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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
2
In an Independent News piece the city’s response to want and destitution is examined. The article notes wanderers and hungry men in previous years, but credits Santa Clara with providing means to elevate the tramp to dignity and seeks a balanced approach to aid and justice.
Our foreign trade for the year will total near eight billion dollars, the highest by any nation. Exports in November reached 517.9 million, implying over 1 billion annually. A two billion dollar favorable balance, if invested in gold, would mark a very high percentage of world gold. Disruption of this trade would hurt industries and business. Rumors of peace from either side in Europe unsettle prices on Wall Street.
In Ball Lake City miners from Carbon and Emery counties urged action by the Political Research Association against railroad exactions. They complained that coal has a $1.60 per ton price in Utah while Colorado mines receive faster rail service, causing Utah mines to shut down part of the time. Democratic steering members and utilities committee were present as tensions rose between mine operators and railroads.
American manufacturers face a large field in Trail as Lincoln Hutet oxe notes prospects in hardware. England leads in zinc plated goods nails and tools while US tariffs limit but also challenge European makers. with scope for Americans in exports like scales and nickel goods, sharing gains across Europe and the United States.
The article discusses how Americans should study market conditions and learn tact and language to retain trade after the war. It cites issues in international business, including a humorous misread invoice where crackers were mistaken for fireworks, leading to delays and loss of goods.
A commentary questions German persistence in peace propaganda and submarine policy, arguing the Allies must resist premature peace. It predicts German war aims remain to crush and conquer, and warns that any peace move would disrupt the war machine and reveal deeper Teutonic aims.
Reports from London Paris Petrograd Rome and other capitals reflect near unanimous backing for Lloyd George’s rejection of German peace proposals. Editors praise Allied unity and warn that German terms were a trap to sow discord.
Fragmentary text from a Saturday Evening Post piece questions headline value and mocks unused names and titles. It notes embarrassment at outdated ceremony elements and hints at political functionaries replacing common honorifics with casual labels. The excerpt ends amid a critique of campaign style.
The passage notes changing respect for traditional honorifics like "Hon." and "Prof." in a town, contrasting past and present usage. It humorously critiques evolving standards as new styles and titles rise, while old forms fade from polite discourse.
A fragment reflects on moral safeguards from figures like Carnegie and Tagore, then shifts to warning against fly by night Ballyhoo merchants exploiting shoppers during holidays. It argues for shopping with established local merchants and notes a proposed constitutional amendment to restrict alien voting rights to citizens by birth or naturalization.
The regular annual meeting of the Mockhollere of the Fler National Tank of Oden York will be held at their banklog rouma 2184 trashing the avenue on Thursday January 1817 at 12 o clock a.m. for electing directors to serve the ensuing year and other business. Dated Ogden Utah December 20 1916 Jane F Burton Cather advartiooment
The opening rally drove prices up as stocks rose 3 to 10 points from yesterday. United States Steel led with an initial 10 percent gain to 101 1 2, and other steels and industrials followed, while bonds stayed firm and trading paused after early gains.
Chicago wheat prices opened with small gains as hopes for renewed foreign demand battled holiday caution. Weakness in Winnipeg fed bears, while many bullish traders avoided new commitments with three holidays ahead. May and July futures showed modest declines later, trading scattered as provisions remained weak and speculation favored puts.
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