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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
4
The Mobile Item Company announces its aim to inform readers about world events and movements, praise worthy individuals, combat evil and injustice, advocate correct moral and social principles, and serve public welfare through intelligent impartial discussion of public questions.
Readers are asked to notify the circulation manager of any address change within the next two weeks to ensure uninterrupted delivery of The Item. Provide the new address promptly.
President Wilson’s Southern Commercial Congress address declares the United States will never seek more territory by conquest and will set an example to Europe by preventing Latin American exploitation. The Mobile Declaration adds to the Monroe Doctrine, praised by Latin American reps and much of the Democratic press with caveats on conduct.
The 1912 import and export totals for Pacific ports reach 2.33 billion and 2.0 billion dollars respectively. Western South America and western North America account for large shares, with China Japan Hong Kong and Australia among major import sources. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce notes anticipated traffic growth once the Panama Canal opens to merchant ships.
The USDA launches a study tour led by forest examiner W. R. Mattoon to inspect cypress growth from Maryland to Texas. Cypress thrives in swamps and delta regions with extensive forests in Alabama Georgia Florida and Everglades fringe swamps. It is durable for tanks cisterns columns finish and wharf piling and supports vast lumber use yet grows slowly and poses regrowth challenges for forestry policy.
The Birmingham Ledger lauds Oscar Underwood as the party’s chief agent in passing the tariff bill and carrying out the nation’s will. It argues no earlier leaders matched his achievement, comparing his work to Rome’s greatest generals and stressing the tariff reform as a nationwide mandate. It notes expected attention to waterway issues at the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington.
Washington notes a plan to replace roll calls with an electrical voting system. Rep Allen Walsh suggests switches at each seat to record aye no paired and present votes on a central board. The rule committee backs study and a special panel will report back to the house.
Senatorial discussions reveal Frank A. Vanderlip’s plan for a centralized banking and currency system under exclusive government control. He seeks a federal board with long terms, elastic currency, and branch banks to mobilize credit while avoiding undue centralization of resources.
The report cites Congressman Hobson as being at his post in the House sixteen times over more than five months while drawing a salary of seven thousand six hundred dollars yearly. It accuses him of neglecting duties, defending himself, and using time to lecture tours and political commentary in The Congressional Record.
A senate bill by Senator Clapp on campaign funds is seen as a key sign of progress from the Mulhall documents. It would ban interstate money transfers for politics, curbing nationwide funding networks and potentially altering a congressman’s alignment with national groups versus local constituents. The piece discusses strategic motives and the bill’s possible emergency use to limit campaign finance distribution.
A widower sits in their former rooms a year after his wife’s sudden death. He recalls her gentle nature, the locked boudoir, and her sewing life as he discovers a photograph and a note hinting at another man, deepening his mystery and grief.
Congressman Ho accuses colleague Mr Underwood of bias and failing duty as he leaves his post. The piece notes Hobson’s long attendance record and questions his motives for traveling to speak for pay and for another office.
A fragmented report notes concerns over an e voting plan and the need for safeguards. It warns that rushed adoption could invite greater evils than it seeks to cure, with critics urging careful deliberation and proper procedures.
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