Antitrust Issues and Foreign Trade Expansion
The text discusses antitrust concerns in cooperative selling and pooling among firms, the danger of restraint of trade, and potential changes to U S antitrust laws to aid foreign trade expansion. It cites Secretary Redfields recommendation and urges congressional action if executive steps stall, stressing timely action to seize opportunities.
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United States
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Congress
Build More Fighting Ships Says Navy Backers
A 1915 Washington Post editorial argues for a rapid expansion of the U S Navy through congressional action. It calls for two battleships annually and several submarines plus auxiliary vessels to safeguard American commerce and ports. The piece stresses a strong navy as essential to national security and economic prosperity.
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House Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
United States
Great Britain
British Isles
British Empire
Germany
Porte
Extra Session Unnecessary Says Congress Leader
A veteran call to avoid a new Congress session. The water power bill stands ready in the Senate committee after a year of work and could pass in a week. The ship purchase bill, framed in fear, would hinder a sturdy American merchant marine and is best left aside. Leaders should agree to proceed with appropriation and river and harbor items while skipping contentious measures.
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Congress
Senate
A Constructive Year Hopeful for Prosperity in 1915
A public call for unity to boost national prosperity amid 1914 policy disruptions. The speaker condemns extensive legislation, tariff shifts, and canal toll rejections, urging Congress to stop hobbling business and let the economy grow. The nation is rich and capable. restraint from further interference is urged.
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Panama Canal
Congress
Cooperative foreign selling and antitrust clash
The movement to expand US foreign trade relies on organized cooperation to overcome foreign market inactivity. It argues that manufacturers earning substantial revenues cannot staff foreign sales forces, marking a head on collision with antitrust laws as experts weigh the feasibility of such arrangements.
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United States
Why Deny Mexico Its Right to Spill Blood
A London Times editorial is quoted criticizing President Wilson for defending Mexico’s right to spill blood in domestic affairs. The piece argues U.S. interests in Mexico exceed Britain's, cites Wilson’s Indianapolis pledge of no interference, and questions foreign nations’ calls for U.S. protection while ignoring American losses. It also references Germany, Dunkirk, Terre Haute, a New York suit, and a prohibition vote.
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London
The
Times
Wilson
Indianapolis
Mexico
United States
Great Britain
Britain
State Department
France
Spain
Italian Premier Salandra Knight Of The Annunciation
Prof Salandra, premier of Italy, is made a knight of the Annunciation, a rare honor for nonroyal Italians. The order, founded by Duke Amadeus, ties to the Crown and church, granting privileges and immunity. Salandra, a noted publicist and liberal conservative, balances cabinet views and supports individual conscience on divorce. The insignia feature the Annunciation and a motto once misunderstood until King Victor Emmanuel clarified its meaning. Egypt’s tobacco tale notes exports and state monopolies post Ottoman rule, clarifying Egyptian tobacco origins and import duties.
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Kaly
Onoravole Bal_andra
Idom
Calla
Salandra
Senate
Salandrate
Rome
Salendra
Liberal Party
Sonnino
Italy
Wower
Marguerite
Maria
Victor Emmanuel III
Amadeus
Savoy
Sigismund of Germany
Felix V
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Charles Albert of
Sardinia
Our Mother the Holy Church
Holy Apostolic
Order Constata
Victor Emmanuel
Charles Emmanuel I of
Catherine
Spain
Virell
Dido
Egypt
The
Nile
Engilah
Khedivial
Turkey
Europe
Asia Minor
Greece
Marquire DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
The Fool of Fools on Railroads and Peaks
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger a verse observes that marriages occur on trains and atop skyscraping peaks, yet the bravest and most foolish are those who wed on seven dollars a week.
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The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Jeffersons View of Neutrals and Ocean Rights
Thomas Jefferson argues that neutral nations must enjoy free commerce on the seas and not be subjected to belligerent blockades or searches. He traces historical practice, rejects the idea that free goods follow free bottom universally, and urges peaceful coercion over war to defend neutral rights.
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Thomas Jefferson
Bngland
Europe
Right to Search U S Ships A Question of Law
The Post editor cites an editorial claim about Britain’s legal right to stop and inspect a US ship on the high seas. The piece asks when where and how Britain acquired this authority and condemns any surrender of freedom of the seas by the United States through conceding invasions of jurisdiction over a US vessel.
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Great Britain
Post
Tssue
High
United States
War Costs Soar as Nations Exhaust Savings Across Europe
The New York American reports unprecedented war expenditures with ten powers spending about 50 million dollars daily. France borrows 580 million from the Bank of France and 20 million from Algeria. Britain, Germany, and others tap national savings. War finance relies as much on gold as men, with monthly outlays averaging over one million dollars and rising hourly.
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New York American
M. Ribot
Bank For France
Bank of Algeria
France
Great Britain
Lloyd Geerre
Germany
Treasury
England
Belgium
Servia
Greece
Roumania
Italy
Russia
New York‘ American Aninual Review
Fragments and Reason in a Fragmented Vision
The passage blends lyrical imagery of forests and seasons with a polemical note on a foreign policy principle. It juxtaposes poetic lines about logs, midwood moods, and faery wings with a formal, cautious stance on a peaceable principle of free bottoms and free goods. The letter-like prose ends with well-wishing and respect.
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New York
Mary
Mexico Faces War Weariness and U S Intervention Talk
In the New Willard hotel lobby Jose Garcia of Mexico City says no man in Mexico can control the factions and war has ruined mining and industry. He notes widespread poverty, calls for peace, and says Mexicans may welcome U.S. intervention if peace cannot be achieved. Marcus Daly praised as a fighter and wealth creator in mining, with reminiscences of San Francisco and Washington encounters.
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Mexico
Jose Garcian
Mexico City
New Willard
Republic
United States
Meatro
Americana
America
Marcus Daly
M. E. Knowles
Montana
Daly
San Francisco
James B. Haggin
Anaconda
Tibet
Mann Big Favorite Sees James Mann as Republican Leader
FE Cosne former Chicago postmaster at the Raleigh predicts the Titinoig delegation to the next Republican national convention will be instructed for James B. Mann. He argues Illinois with Chicago as its second city deserves influence in national affairs and Mann is the best equipped man in the party a lawyer and statesman whose Republicanism is unquestioned.
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James BR. Mann
FE Cosne
Chicago
Raleigh
Llingis
Republic
Abrahama Lincoln
IlMne
Ohm
New York
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Forecast
Weather forecast for Washington DC and surrounding areas with tides and sunrise times. Includes wind expectations for Thursday and Friday, temperatures and rainfall notes, and temperatures compared to last year. Storm activity noted in the Atlantic with unsettled rains across portions of the northern districts and western regions.
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U.S Dept
Rver
Lake Superior
New England
New York
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Amd
Wyoming
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