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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1916
Page
4
Daily and Sunday subscriptions and rates listed for Whimmington North Carolina with annual, six month and three month options. A satirical column comments on peace in Europe, von Mackensen, Villa, Car ranza, and American politics including Hughes, Whitman, Osborne, and the Wilson Taft Roosevelt messages.
President Wilson, in a concise closing speech, urges continued railroad legislation and four main measures including Porto Rican government reform, anti corruption election funding, a Webb bill to back export trade, and expanded vocational education. He also revises his railroad plan to drop a demand for increased freight rates while pushing to broaden the Interstate Commerce Commission and empower federal action during strikes.
In Raleigh William Jennings Bryan drew North Carolina Democratic leaders who hailed him as a lasting leader. The piece defends his ideas as lofty and not driven by greed, notes his post campaign strength, and argues against a food embargo or boycott while citing President Wilson's planned last address to Congress on the high cost of living.
The speaker notes Representative Fitzgerald may be a grandstand player and oppose an embargo as retaliation yet praises his drive to stir action. The country needs relief, and any forceful move he can compel, in any form, is seen as a splendid service and a nudge others have avoided.
Rear Admiral John Henry Upshur U S N retired marks his ninety third birthday at home in Washington D C He is the oldest high ranking officer on the navy rolls with 44 years of active service He is Virginia born and a Naval Academy graduate who saw Mexico War action and early Civil War service including Perry’s expedition to Japan and the captures of Fort Hatteras Fort Royal and Fort Fisher.
The note compares actual average earnings of trained and untrained men to chart a future path. It suggests training impacts income, illustrating a gap between the two groups. The message emphasizes work prospects and the value of skills in economic advancement.
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