Voice of the People argues for farmer labor and soldier profits shift
The speaker condemns the inverted pyramid of profits dominated by trusts and Wall Street. He calls for farmers and workers to unite for cooperative production, credit, and marketing, and cites credit manipulation and deflation harming agriculture, labor, and small business. He urges Chamber of Commerce bankers to support reform and outlines a Canada Denmark style coop system as a model for cost cuts and price stabilization.
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Transportation Trust
Telephone Trust
United States
Beef Trust
Steel Trust
Coal Trust
Money Trust
New York
Sugar Trust
Tobacco Trust
Millers’ Trust
Cotton Trust
Oil Trust
New Jersey
Indiana
Napoleon
United States Chamber of Commerce
United For
Marshal Foch
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Co
Steel Corporation
Congress
Federal Reserve Bank
Iowa
Chicago
Federal Reserve
Iowa Bankers Association
Europe
Iown Bankers’ Association
Comptroller of the Currency
Wall Street
Congressional Agricultural Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Ottumwa
Federal
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Denmark
Guernsey Cattle Prominence and Local Entertainment
Guernsey cattle are praised for high milk and butter fat yields with averages around 9,000 pounds of milk and 453 pounds of fat per year. The article notes multiple world champions and compares to US dairy averages, plus local events: UF talk on suffrage, reading on ballots, and a three act play Clubbing the Husband staged by Four Mile Lake locals with a troupe list and a post-show concert. The next East Riverside Local meeting is set for May 10 at the I O O F Hall.
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Guernsey
Guernseys
United States
Hepp
F. B. Yule
Cliff Phil Tt
J. N. Jensen
Mile Lake
Mrs. Newman
Neva Yates
Belle
Ruth Yates
Ashton
Boston
Harry Jones
Maud
Hazel Frank
O’flannagan
Jacobson
Ottoway
George Frank
Ferris
Violet Frank
Hudson
George Swanson
I. O. O. F. Hall
Farmers Union Meeting Debates Woman Suffrage Duty
The Farmers Union meeting Wednesday evening discussed whether women should vote now that suffrage is granted. President Mr Utz opened by reading an article on the League to reduce taxes highlighting large spending with little apparent result. Miss Jessie spoke on the topic.
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Farm Union Meeting
Farmers Union
Mr. Utz
League
Jessie
Keighley Brings Turn to the Right to Chautauqua
Keighley returns to Chautauqua with a new Broadway style comedy drama Turn to the Right. The performance promises human interest and sentiment with a specially selected cast, part of Redpath Vanter circuits.
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Chautauqua
Keighley
Cedar Rapids
Redpath Vanter
United States
Great Lecture for the Farmers at Chautauqua
Homer C. Boblitt, a veteran world traveler and dirt farmer, comes to speak on farming as a business. He will address miners and factory workers as well as farmers, arguing for a new deal and fair value for farmers as a key business asset.
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Boblitt
West Virginia
Farm rally speaker Boblitt to draw nation’s farmers
A newspaper tease promises Boblitt will energize farmers with a bold undertaking. It urges every farmer to hear him, asserting his speech will set minds thinking and tongues wagging, and that locals should take a half day off to attend as he champions their cause.
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Boblitt
Maine Republicans Favor Repeal of Primary Law
Springfield Massachusetts article notes Maine Republicans, recalling past giants like Fessenden Hamlin Blaine Reed Dingley Frye Hale, say direct nominations fail and urge repeal of the primary law. It frames the convention’s impressive statement on the system’s unsatisfactory performance.
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Springfield
Mass
Maine
Congress
William Pitt Fessenden
Hannibal Hamlin
James G. Blaine
Thomas B. Reed
Nelson Dingley
William P. Frye
Eugene Hale
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By Smith W. Brookhart
Homer C. Boblitt
Adollar
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