Economists in Wonderland Says Commons Professors Ignore Real World
John R. Commons of the University of Wisconsin warns that United States economists and sociologists are out of touch with national needs. He cites tariff reform currency changes and labor laws as proofs that academia fails to bridge theory and practical policy. The Chicago Tribune is quoted praising journalists as muckrakers and urging professors to serve the nation rather than publish detached monographs.
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United States
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
Eople
Commons
Unitedes
Chicago Tribune
Smic
the Tribune
The
United
Sand Clay Roads in Southern States Prove Practical
About 36 000 miles of sand clay roads exist in the United States mainly in the Southern states. Spring work is best while soil is damp. summer work raises costs and reduces stability. Sand and clay mix forms a firm, durable road using abundant local materials. binder clay fills spaces between sand grains. A simple test estimates clay needs by water displacement.
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United States
Purge of Impure Foods Records Blow to Canned Goods
The agricultural department renews its drive against adulterated foods. About eight hundred canneries’ products were destroyed at Augusta and Savannah for unfitness for human consumption. Savannah saw one hundred tomato pulp cases from D B Foote and Co and two hundred tomato stock cases from Greenbaum Bros destroyed as filthy and decomposed. Six cases of butter from W and Co were destroyed for added water. Augusta also ordered destruction of canned peas from H Levin's Sons. Householders urged to stay vigilant against impure canned goods.
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Agricultural Department
Ent
Augusta
Savannah
Georgia
D. B. Foote and Co
Baltimore
Greenabaum Bros
Seaford
Del
W. ‘and Co
New York
H. Levin’s Sons
Philadelphia
National senate passes measure on postal money orders
The article notes a measure approved by the national senate and house of representatives enabling postal money orders payable through offices outside the farm home. It mentions a Mobile trade territory and an envisioned canning factory run by a girls canning clubs organization with girls performing the work and the fair managing output.
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National Senate
House of Tives
Ers
Shortage of Meat Supply Indicates Decline Since 1910
The 1914 Outlook reports a nearly nine beef cattle, seven sheep, and over three hogs per 100 people shortage since the 1910 census. Causes include range loss, drought, higher land and labor costs, weak eastern and southern marketing, hog cholera, and competition from central slaughtering.
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United States
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Great Central
Secretary of Agriculture
Suffrage Protests Challenge Illinois Registration Law
Fortified by the new law, suffrage advocates clash with Illinois election officials over the requirement that women disclose exact ages. Miss Mary Miller and Mrs Grace Trout argue the statute conflicts with the constitution and suffrage act while male voters already reveal their ages. The debate highlights tension within the movement as some supporters resist disclosing precise ages to vote.
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Board of Election Commissioners of
Illinois
Mary Miller
Human Rights Party
Grace Wilbur Trout
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
Chicago
Demonstration Negro Kindergartens Opened in Tennessee and Plans
The United States Bureau of Education reports a demonstration kindergarten for colored children opened in Chattanooga by the National Kindergarten Association with bureau cooperation. Miss Bessie Locke funds support in memory of Jane Schouler Locke, aiming for local self-support soon. A second kindergarten, funded by Miss Elizabeth R. Wellington in memory of Mary D. Wellington, may open in Mobile. Also elected as president and secretary of the Society of American Foresters are Dr. B E Fernow and Bristow Adams, the sole professional foresters group in the Western Hemisphere.
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United States Bureau of Education
Chattanooga
National Kindergarten Association
Bureau
Bessie Locke
New York
Jane Schouler Locke
Mainten
Elizabeth R. Wellington
Mary D. Wellington
Mobile
B. BE. Fernow
Forest School
University of Toronto
Bristow Adams
United States Forest Service
Society of American Foresters
Western Hemisphere
Government to Build Alaska Railroad Under New Plan
Washington report discusses a bill authorizing the United States to construct and own a railroad in Alaska at an estimated cost of 36 million dollars. The plan frames government ownership as a pioneer aid rather than a social policy, with private operators to run the line under lease.
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Washington
Congress
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Panama
United States
Panama Strip
House Committee On Territories
Mississippi
The Lace Machine Revolution Redefines Delicate Textiles
The article details machine made lace versus handmade varieties including chain stitch and embroidery machines. It explains loom and embroidery techniques, cellulose paste poured lace, and the figures achieved, noting poured lace origin in Lyons and the brisk market shift from hand to machine production.
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Nottingham
England
Calais
France
Lyons
How Bill Got Along
Bill grows up on a Middle West farm but hates farm life. His father plans for agriculture school nearby while Bill dreams of the great cities. A New York visitor’s tale convinces him city life is easier, fueling his late night resolve.
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Bill
Middle West
Oo Tookie Agricultural School
New York
Susie
The Longest Tunnel in the World and Lace Industry Shifts
The piece describes the eighteen mile Catskill Aqueduct tunnel completed with the January 12 blast connecting Ashokan to Brooklyn and outlines remaining work on the New York water system. It also discusses the decline of hand lace making due to machine production, mentioning major lace centers in Nottingham Calais Plauen St. Gall and Barmen and noting the growth of a home lace industry in the United States with centers in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Cretey
Brooklyn
Catskill
New York
City Tunnel
Ashokan
View
Kensico
Silver Lake
Narrows Crossing
Europe
America
Nottingham
English Midlands
Calais
Channel
United States
Plauen
Saxony
St. Gall
Switzerland
Barmen
Rhine
Westziers Cooperatives
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Eecut
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
Rhode Island
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