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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1913
Page
6
The Mobile Item Company Publishing details and staff notes its foundation in 1913, distribution across Mobile and Baldwin County, and full Associated Press reporting. Bradstreet’s North Atlantic data praised Mobile’s growing manufacturing export base, new dock, deeper channel, and rising real estate values as indicators of future prosperity.
The U S Supreme Court upheld states power to fix intrastate rates on interstate railroads until federal regulation applies. It ruled Minnesota may not enforce two cent passenger and reduced freight rates on intrastate traffic affecting interstate commerce. Alabama cases cited potential influence on state railroad rate disputes and valuations for rate making.
Postmaster General Burleson and aides outline a sweeping reorganization of the railway mail service in the fourth division aimed at better service in the Southeastern states. The plan features segregation of races in mail cars with black clerks on one run and white clerks on another, despite noted difficulties, pursuing a broader Washington push for racial separation in government work.
The piece portrays Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall resisting public neglect and fame. It recalls his quips about hunger and hoe cakes while criticizing an overhyped public spotlight and his struggle with fate and obscurity.
President Wilson maintains conviction for free wool and free sugar as the Underwood tariff bill advances. He vows to fight the tariff issue through summer if needed while business groups press for early enactment through letters to the White House and suggest a swift resolution.
Dr Laura Muller, Brazilian foreign minister, arrives at Norfolk Virginia aboard the Minas Geraes for a three week visit. He travels to Washington Philadelphia New York West Point Boston Chicago and San Francisco to select a site for Brazil's 1915 exposition building.
Washington report notes Senator Cummins seeks to reorganize the G O P through direct primaries and revised convention rules. Insurgents push for progressive control while standpatters fear loss of old machinery as factions clash over 1914 campaign strategy.
In a Haymarket scene two farmers discuss crops and stock. One offers his bay mare at a rock bottom price. The other cracks a joke about not wanting to bust a dollar before purchasing.
A fragment from a column notes folk complain the speaker has done nothing. The voice defends itself saying it has never done nobody and that may count for something. The piece preserves a humorous rural tone.
Frederic de la Tour, a modest man, is drawn into a rich marriage after meeting Lady Melville. She reveals she was the beggar he helped with a five franc coin, later becoming Lady Melville and nursing her husband to death. The tale ends with him realizing love and fortune can come from fate and a remembered act of kindness.
The article reports George F. Baker citing Morgan's view that the current market pause is temporary and will yield renewed vigor as crops and activity rise. It notes Talbert of National City Bank warning bankers to prepare for emergencies and avoid large securities financings, with New York State moving to auction notes at higher rates.
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