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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
6
The 1913 Mobile Item notes the senate's narrow approval of a banana tax as a revenue measure offsetting tariff losses. It questions how the tax would affect consumers and predicts debate in the house during conference, citing public opposition and city demonstrations in New York and elsewhere.
The New York Evening Post lauds President Wilson as a skilled politician whose decisive leadership has driven major legislation. It notes his clear, sincere pursuit of the common good and his ability to win over lawmakers, even among critics, with evident integrity.
The 1912 wheat production table shows the United States leading at about 730 million bushels, with Canada, Russia, France, Bulgaria and Argentina also listed. The article argues there is no reason for alarm for American wheat growers as most nations lag behind the United States and Russia cannot meet its own demand. It concludes the United States will remain the world's granary amid shifting farming science.
The Foley Onlooker editor Frank Fesler notes Baldwin County has not suffered crop failures in seven years and reports crops ranging from fair to excellent, with good profits on sales. He contrasts a mild hot season with harsher conditions in the North and West and suggests the favorable outlook may attract settlers and support local markets.
The article reports on a fractured New York City political scene as fusion and Republican candidates split the field for mayor. It notes Edward E. Meall as a Tammany rival to Mitchell, possible McCall endorsement, and a potential four to five ticket race with Mayor Gaynor reconsidering a run amid governor involvement.
New York observes a surge of amateur wireless eavesdroppers with an estimated five thousand in operation. The craze grows by about six new outfits nightly as diverse groups from students to professionals install aerials on rooftops, hotels, and stores. Some claim noble aims like hearing distress signals and aiding wireless patents, while others warn of intercepted state and financial messages. Harlem reports a wireless lovers' club with several couples.
Dispatches report Venezuelan President Gomez crushing Castro led rebellion with Coro retaken and Castro in exile. Colom bian minister in Caracas signals friendliness to Gomez and foreign powers back the government. The piece ends noting Harrison Fisher anecdote from Lippincott's.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce compares 1913 with 1900 to show Atlantic port shares shrinking in imports and exports while Gulf and Northern border ports gain. Exports through Northern borders rise mainly due to Canada, Gulf gains come from Europe Latin America and the West Indies, and the Pacific broadens with Orient trade.
R Guyon, Mexican Consul for Alabama, urges Mobile merchants to form steamship lines and push advertising to revive declining Mexico Mobile commerce. He notes Mexico imports U S machinery lumber cement and other goods while exporting sisal fruits sugar coffee and minerals, and cites competition from New Orleans Galveston and Texas ports as a reason for stagnation.
Teheran erupts in rebellion as clashes mount in the capital. The note from St. Louis Republic suggests the scale of uprising could require meticulous record keeping to track ongoing revolutions and shifting loyalties.
The Knoxville Sentinel notes it is odd that all European nations fail to display at San Francisco though the peace burden weighs heavily on them. The remark highlights collective restraint amid postwar tensions and the strain on Europe’s resources.
Four young performers dressed as the letters in Star faced laughter when the curtain rose as the audience watched. The letters were pinned to white dresses and began verses of a song, but the girls formed the word in reverse order, spelling Rats.
A Washington Star item notes farmer Corntessel praising Josh for his hard work on the farm. It states Josh is the best man on the place and can dance the turkey trot, reflecting local rural character.
A Southern Lumberman letter mocks President Wilson as a literary man and predicts Van Dyke will dominate diplomacy by placing a poet in government. The remark frames political maneuvering as a game of control in foreign affairs.
In Paris a tale of Prince Nicholas Roumanieff who marries Tatiana, a sixteen year old peasant girl. His tyrant father plots revenge. the couple face banishment and violence. Nicholas kills the prince to save Tatiana, ends in exile in Paris with Tatiana dying later.
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs in partnership praising daily cheer and reflection. It invites readers to lie in the green wood, scan the sky, and feel part of God’s great scheme despite a humble place. The verse emphasizes rest, dreaming, and personal contribution in life’s race.
In a Washington hotel lobby Congressman Milton W. Shreve recalls a Erie town anecdote. A young man bets a woman will act as expected, but an older man warns that even that may not be safe. The exchange highlights caution in predicting women's actions.
A New York voice argues that Southern development rests on science driven plans, Texas roads, and New Orleans canal links. It highlights San Antonio irrigation, Freeport terminals, Galveston export rank, and Louisiana mineral wealth as pivotal to national prosperity.
In a construction quarrel two tilers were arrested after a violent dispute over a coat. A magistrate heard they were sober workers. One man claimed theft, producing dried peas as proof tied to his card reading Peter Powell. The coat was returned to him.
Hobson, furious over Governor O Neal appointing Henry Clayton to the senate, had expected the Johnson vacancy to lift him to the seat. His campaign machinery moved during the senator’s funeral, but the swift appointment derails his plan and triggers accusations of anti prohibition tactics and newspaper deceit.
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