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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
8
The speaker decries unpreparedness and a fool’s paradise in industrial and commercial life. He faults the administration for failing to protect citizens and property in Mexico and urges international cooperation for peace. He calls for cutting monopolies and a responsible budget to prevent financial waste despite prior costly actions.
Practical advice for fowl health and productivity notes keeping year round records. Emphasizes tracking eggs and fowls used in the kitchen, focus on pullets for egg production, and the value of exercise and feed storage. Warns about rats and cats and the need for a large hopper to store several bushels of feed.
Excerpts from Hughes speeches in Detroit stress universal rights across borders, a square deal for workers, and Americanism over militarism. He argues prosperity must be shared, warns against national disesteem, and asserts pride in being an American citizen.
An Evening Post editorial notes President Wilson has reversed course on child labor regulation, arguing his shift shows openness to new ideas. It cites Senator Borah's critique that Wilson’s stance expands congressional power, while praising Wilson for changing positions on many issues including tariff, referendum, woman suffrage, and civil service reform.
The spokesman urges stronger national defense with larger regular forces and a federal trained reserve. He argues current army size is insufficient for a 100 million population and calls for federal authority over a national army and expanded military service.
The piece extols the big freight locomotive and rail system as key to American prosperity, argues against shortening trains to speed pay, and warns that faster trains raise costs and burdens for the public while preserving low rates for bulk goods. It cites massive rail investments, wages, and the value to industry and markets.
The UC-5, a small mine laying submarine, carried no armament and featured forward mine tubes with automatic or hand operation. Powered by a sixteen horsepower Diesel engine, it could reach about eleven knots and likely made around 240 mine drops on trips to British waters. Noted are a few clever design features.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports the 1916 wheat average at 14.1 bushels per acre, down from 16.9 last year, with nine million fewer acres in wheat and a predicted total yield decline of 300 million bushels. Weather later this season will affect the outcome and farmers are urged to manage soil fertility and seed bed preparation carefully.
The speaker argues that strict accountability in diplomacy would have prevented American lives from being lost in the Lusitania disaster. He contends that published notice and clear, decisive representations were needed rather than evasive talks. A firm policy would have gained public support and reduced bitter sentiment.
Brown University President W H P Faunce extols Justice Charles E Hughes praising him as fearless, loyal, and fair minded with a sharp mind and decisive leadership. He says Hughes blends judicial temper with swift action and would clear foggy public questions.
An August countermand to send 25 000 militia from Kentucky and Ohio to the Mexican border was issued by Assistant Secretary Ingraham in Secretary Baker’s absence. The move astonished administration circles as no higher official was consulted.
The Clarion State Normal School complains it needs more teachers than applicants. It touts its Domestic Science Manual Training Elo cution and Music departments as unusually meritorious. The state offers free tuition to prospective teachers age seventeen. Fall term opens September 5. Write Amos P. Reese, Principal, for room and information.
Congress directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and report on railroad payments for carrying mail. The commission will test payment by weight versus by space, addressing claims that railroads are underpaid and losing millions under the current system.
An Interstate Commerce Commission report shows long hours in train service have fallen sharply. Only about one in five on average last year worked more than sixteen hours in a day, with total excess-duty cases at 61 247 for the year ended June 30 1915, down from prior years.
Professor J Laurence Laughlin of the University of Chicago argues that if conditions justify regulating transport rates the government must also regulate wages. He contends current economic logic forces the government toward wage controls as the public will ultimately bear the higher transportation costs.
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