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Jamaica. Since 1655 a British possession. British Governor. Kingston a splendid city, smart hotels. Here Negroes know and keep their place. Bananas now replace as chief export the famed rum & ginger. Jamaica was discovered by Columbus in 1494, on his second voyage to America. This time he came not with three ships, but with 14 sturdy caravels, plus three great galleons, bringing colonists and 12 zealous Benedictine missionaries headed by Father Bernardino Buil...
...National Grange and Senator Caraway of Arkansas want export debentures. The latter would be negotiable receipts issued by marketing agencies to farmers who market their crops abroad. Senator Caraway's suggestion is that the debentures should be used by the crop-exporters to buy imports duty-free, thus settling the tariff argument. The National Grange urges a tariff upon corn imported to the U. S. from South America...
...number of U. S. plutocrats climbs as quickly as a monkey up a stick, but to more purpose; for this number, together with statistics on import and export, chain store business, stock and bond markets, is an index to U. S. prosperity. In 1925 there were, judging by the taxes they paid to the U. S. Government, 207 men who possessed yearly incomes of more than $1,000,000. In 1926, judging by the taxes that were paid in 1927 and published last week, there were 228 men who possessed yearly incomes of more than $1,000,000. Incomes over...
...that they were "not what we desire. Immigration and unemployment are our two big problems. The young people are still leaving the country. We must help them gain self-confidence. Why, Ireland can produce its own food, clothes, and shelter; we're a self-producing people and we even export a surplus of agricultural products. To show the people all this an honest newspaper is essential...
...prevent hypocrisy"-a modification of the McNary-Haugen farm-relief plan, substituting for that plan's equalization fee an exchange of export debentures for negotiable customs certificates which would permit farmers to import dutiable merchandise duty-free.-Democrat Caraway of Arkansas...