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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1913
Page
4
The August 30 1913 item from The Mobile Item discusses a Georgia lynching where an innocent black man was killed by a mob while the actual murderer confessed later. It condemns mob law, cites Governor Blease and Senator Vardaman, and argues such crowds thwart justice and protect the guilty.
The London discussion on The Dignity of Business cites H F Morgan urging links between schools and business and Gordon Selfridge arguing commerce should be a respected career. He likens modern merchants to explorers of old, needing imagination and sound judgment to push into new markets.
Dr. Harry T. Inge of the Means Committee lauds Mobile's West Indian trade role, citing the Jamaica market and the Seeberg Line. The Jamaica 1912 trade report shows US leading imports and exports, with the US taking 60.2 percent of exports and bananas dominated to the US, while Britain and Canada share smaller portions. Jamaica’s coffee exports attract notable interest for Mobile shipments.
Over a million children under sixteen work in about 200 occupations, with girls and most boys leaving school for low wage unskilled labor. Lovejoy of the National Child Labor Committee cites studies showing many native-born children work before sixteen, urging states to pass laws requiring pay in factories and protect young workers.
A New Yorker living in Chicago four months criticizes city life noting frequent automobile smoke and nuisance arrests, imperfect telephone service, and shabby pavements. He contrasts Chicago’s debt growth with New York’s $1.2 billion burden and laments the slow State Street bridge repairs while praising New York as a transit hub and warning smaller cities about Chicago’s perceived faults.
Baroness Hetty Green’s daughter Mrs H Astor Wilkes is said to live modestly in a two room Bar Harbor apartment and refuse large tips to bell boys and waiters. The Knickerbocker Press argues tipping harms workers and shifts burden between patrons and employers, urging reforms led by self respecting waiters.
A clerk and his wife find a wallet with foreign stocks worth about eighty thousand francs. They return it to police and, ten months later, learn unclaimed funds become theirs by law, fueling daily anxiety and daydreams of wealth.
Washington commentary argues the Monroe Doctrine endures after a hard test amid the Mexican situation. It warns European diplomats may seek to provoke intervention, while noting the issue extends into international law over protecting foreign investments and sovereignty.
John Kendrick Bangs argues that good morning politeness contrasts with bold foreign policy moves. He critiques European interventions, economic entanglements, and Mexico’s instability, defending U S. independence from foreign investors' fears and urging adherence to the Monroe Doctrine amid Dollar Diplomacy debates.
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