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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1919
Page
8
Rev Fred J Clark at First Congregational church links civil war risk to moral law breach and labor capital conflict. He cites Gompers and factory conditions noting theft by monopoly, wage disputes, and exploitation while urging honest citizen action for peace.
The speaker quotes Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt praising old fashioned honesty. He decries greed as the root of dishonesty and notes Roosevelt prosecuted price gouging and short weights at the American Sugar Refining company, urging a return to moral public life.
A religious exhortation argues that patching the current crisis fails without returning to God and his precepts, stressing the command Thou shalt not steal as essential to restoring stability and honor.
The passage notes widespread excitement as new oil developments in Louisiana spark economic optimism, while residents in the Palmetto state shift focus from sugar cane and cotton to oil and prosperity. It contrasts practical craziness with booming industry chatter.
Hugh G. Van Pelt editor of the Dairy Farmer returned from Yexay and Louisiana where he presided as a judge of purebred cattle at state fairs during the past ten days. Mr Van Pelt says the oil craze south of the border affected agricultural markets and cattle shows.
Edward B. Tourtello a graduate engineer associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers is listed as a civil engineer based in Oelwein Iowa. He advertises services in municipal drainage architectural engineering land surveying estimates and reports with office at City Hall phone Off.505 residence Black 995.
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