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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1918)
THE ALLIANCE HERALD, AUGUST 22, 1918 L Railroad Notes f ATHMKltT TO THK I't'HIJt' SO I t otnplaints have reached me from tini' to tUns of overcrowded trains and unsatisfactory conditions pr -Viiilinp in some sections of the cnrni iry in paSMBgsr train service. 1 tat (citain that there are grounds for sonic 01 these complaints, hut I am pure the puhlic Will lie Interested to know that the reasona are two fold : First, the ureal number of irops now being handled over the various railroads between the homes tim the cantonments, between the different cantonments and then to tbfl sea board, is making extraordinary de mands upon the passenger c;ir and sleeping car equipment of the coun try. This has caused a scarcity of day coaches and sleeping cars Which It is impossible to remedy mime !i ately. Secondly, the increased deyiands upon track and terminal facilities for the transportation of (' e tremen dous amounts of coal, food supplies, raw materials, and otlvr things re quired for military and naval opera tions, as well as for the suppert of the civil population of the country, force the largest possible curtail ment of pajsenger train rervice. The movements of troops and war ma terials are, of course, of paramount importance and must be given at all . imes tin1 nuni or WIT. It was hoped that the increyse in passenger rates recently made would have thi wholesome effect of reduc ing unnecessary passenger traffic thruout the country. The smaller the number of passengers who travel, the greater the numbe'r of locomotives and cars and the larger the amount of track and terminal facilities that will be freed for essential troop and war material movements. Engineers, tin men. and other skilled laborer will also be released for service troop and necessary freight trains Among the many patriotic duties of the American public at this time is the duty to refrain from traveling, unnecessarily. Every man, woman and child who can avoid using pas senger trains at this time should do so. I earnestly hope that they will do so Not only will they liberate i essential transportation facilities which are necessary for war .pur poses, but they will sav emoney which they can invest In liberty t(nds and thereby help themselves as well as their country; and the fewer who travel, the more ample the passenger train service will be. . I may add tint consistently with the paramount demands of the war, ry possible effort Is being made of tin railroad administration to supply the largest possible amount of comfortable and prompt passenger train service. (Sinned) W. (; MeAlNtO. Director (ieneral of Ha'lroads rjmnoRAL order n. to. IOI : To All Employees In the Railroad Service of the United States: i Complaints have reached me from time to time that employees nre not treating the public with as much con sideration and courtesy under gov ernment control of the railroads as ; under private control. I do not : know how much courtesy was accord I ed the public under private control, and I have no basis, therefore, for accurate comparison. 1 hope, how- I ever, that the reports of discourtesy I under government administration of i hie railroads are incorrect, or that I they are at least confined to a rela tively few cases. Whatever may be the merits of these complaints, they duaw attention to a question which I is of the utmost importance in the I management of the railrocds. For many years it was popularly- believed that "the public be damned" policy was the policy of the railroads under private control. Such a policy is indefensible either under privnte control or government control. It would be particularly indefensible under public control when railroad employees nre the direct servants of he public. "The public be damned" ,,olicy will in no circumstances be tolerated on the railroads under gov ernment control. Every employe of the railroad should take pride la serving the public courteously and efficiently. Courtesy costs nothing and when it is dispensed. It makes the self -n sped ofthe einplovi My attention has also been called to the fact that employes have some times offered as an excuse for their own shortcomings, or us a Justifica tion for delayed trains or other diffi culties the statement that "Uncle Sain Is running the railroads how" or " These are McAdoo's orders," etc. Nothing could be more repre hensible than statements of this charai ,er. ami nothing could le BMTt hurtful to the success of the railroad administration or to the welfare of railroad employes thetnr.elves. No doubt, those who have made tin in have done so thoughtlessly in most instances, but the harm is just as meat if a thing of this soil Is done thoughtlessly as if it is done deliber ately. There are many people who for partisan or selfish purpose w!4h government operation of the rai- i(i, ids to be a failure. Kvery em ploye who is discourteous to the pub lic or makes excuses or statements of the kind I have described, is help ing these partisan or selfish inter ests to discredit government control of railroads. Recently the wages of railroad em ployes were largely Increased, In volving an addition to railroad oper ating expenses of more than $475, 000,000 per annum. In order to meet this increase, the public has been cnlled upon to pay largely increased passenger and freight rates. The people have accepted thiB new bur den cheerfully and patriotically. The least that every employe can do In re turn is to serve the public courte ously, faithfully and efficiently. A great responsibility and duty rest upon the railroad employes of the United States. Upon tnetr loyal ty, efficiency and patriotism depends in large part America's success and the overthrow of the Kaiser and all that he represents. Let us not fail to measure up to our dutj), and to the just demand of the public that railroad cervlce shall not only be ef ficient, but that It shall always be courteously administrted. (Signed W. O. McADOO. ' Director General of Railroads. Illliltllllllllllllfllllllllllllllllliliiiiiimtitimmiimmmiiiiiimii niiinimiii Tl T f I III I Ml 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 lit llll 1 1 llll All Kinds of HAYING MACHINERY Including the famous Loosbrock Stacker and the' celebrated i Bain Wagons De Laval Cream Separators Farm Trucks Gas Engines Dayton Airless Tires Lubricating Auto Oils and Greases The Farmers' Union Alliance, Nebraska . i S; 11 ave money on rami F; Gates It won't cost you a penny more to put up genuine CAN'T SAG gates on your ranch or farm than to build the clumsy, short-lived all-wood Rates vou have used for years. That's why the farmers are putting up thousands' of these gates every year. They have found that here is the first practical farm gate-one that will really stand the hardest knocks, outlast the all-wood or wire and gas-pipe gates three to one, and yet actually costs them no more than the cheapest home-made gates they can build. 4i m CANT-SAG gates are not only stronger and cheaper, but thev are also the hnest looking gates you can own. They swing both ways easily, and are guaranteed never to sag or drag. PUT UP GUARANTEED CAN T-SAO GATES Buy them complete or build them just as you prefer. We furnish the gate steels which include, angle steeples, hinges; braces, lag Her'ZVry. S 0 The sample gate now onolemonstration at our yard will show vou just how they ar made and how they look when hung. The price is low 'i ASK TO SEE THEM. FOREST LUMBER COMPANY GEORGE A. HEILMAN, Manager Alliance, Nebraska OUR SAVED FOOD FED THE ALLIES Food Administrator Writes Presi dent America Conserved 141, 000,000 Bushels Wheat. CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN. French 5un;llfo Deslrgvdft Meat and Pat Shipments Increased by S44.6C0.000 Pounds. Conservntlon measures applied by the American people enabled the rnit- ed States o ship 10 the Allied people anil to our own forces mat eeei HI, 800,000 bushel of wheat ami 844,000, "00 potted of meat during the past j ear, valued In nil at 11,400, 000,000. This was arcompltehed in the tece of a serious food shortage In this country, bespeaking the wholebtnrtedneet nnd patriotism with which the American people have met the food crisis nbroad. FVjod administrator Hoover, in 6 lat ter to President Wlleon, explains how the situation was met. The voluntary conservation program fostered by the Food Administration enabled the piling up Of the millions of bushels of wheat during PUT IS and the shipment of meat daring 1017-18. The tntnl vslde of nit food ship ments to Allied destinations amounted to IMOo.non.ooo, all this food being bought through or In collaboration with the Pood Administration. These figures are all based on ofOrial reports nnd represent food exports for the harvest year that closed June 80, 1018. The shipments of meats nnd fats (Including meat products, dairy prod ucts, vegetable oils, etc.,) to Allied des tinations were as follows: Fiscal year 1016-17... .2,180,500.000 lbs. Fiscal year 1017-18. . ..3,011,100,000 lbs. Increase 844.600,000 lbs. Our sluRhtcrableanlniats at the be ginning of the last fiscal year were not appreciably larger than the year be fore and particularly in hogs; they were probably less. The Increase lo shipments la due to conservation nnd the extra weight of animals added by our farmers. The full effect of these efforts began to bear their best results In the Inst half of the fiscal year, when the ex ports to the Allies were 2,138,100,000 pounds, ns against 1 ,280,.r00,000 poundi In the same period of the year before. This compares with nn average ol 801,000.000 pounds of total exports fot the same half years In the three-yea' pre-war period. In cereals und cereal products re duced to terms of cereal bushels out shipments to Allied destinations huv been : Fiscal year 1010-17. .2.r.0.000,000 busheli Fiscal year 1017-18. ,a 10,800,000 bushel France must Import sugnr todny. most of It from this side of the ocean, because the largest portion of French sugar beet land la In German hands. As a result, the French people have been plared on a sugar ration of about 18 pounds a year for domestic, use ; a- pound and a half a month. This photograph hows how the German troops destroyed French sugar mills Thanks to the French rationing sy tern the annual consumption haa been cut to JOO.OOO tons, according to re ports reaching the United States Food Administration. Before the war Francs had an average sugar crop of about 700,000 tons of sugar and had some left over for export "'''''I'MlillflltttlllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiimillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMllllllllllllim Increase 80,000,000 husheli Of those cereals our shipments ol the prime breadst tiffs In the tlscal yeni 1017-18 to Allied destinations were: Wheat 131,000,XH) bushels and of ry 13,000,000 bushels, a totul of 114,000. 000 bushels. The exports to Allied destluntloni during the fiscal year 1916-17 were Wheat 186,100,000 bushels and ryi 2,300.000 bushels, a total of 117,400401 bushels. In addition some 10,0O0,OO( bush-Is of 191? wheat are now In port for Allied destinations or en routi thereto. The total shipments to Allied countries from our Inst harvest ol wheat will be therefore, about 141.000, 000 bushels, or a total of 154,900,00c bushels of prime brendstuffs. , In ad dltlon to this we have shipped soon 10,000.000 bushels to neutrals depend ent upon us, nnd we have received some Imports from other quarters. This accomplishment of our penplt In this matter stands out even nion clearly if we bear In mind that we hat! available In the fiscal year 1916-11 from net carry-over and as surplui over our normal consumption uboul 200,000,000 bushels of wheat which Wt were able to export that year without trenching on our home loaf," Mr Hoover said. "This last year, however owing lo the large failure of tlte ion wheat crop, we had avullable from net carry-over and production and Importi oply Just about our normal consump fion. Therefore our wheat shlpmenti to Allied destinations represent ap proximately savings frou our owi wheat brend. "These figures, however, do not full) convey the volume of the effort anc sacrifice made during the past yeai by the whole American people. I), spite the magnificent effort of our agri cultural population in pluming a mini Increased acreage In 1017, not only erai there a very large fuilure In wheat but also the corn failed to mature prop erly, und our corn is our dominant crop "I am suro." Mr. Hoover wrote la oonclmling his report, "that ull th millions of our people, agricultural at well as urban, who have contributej to these results should feel a very definite satisfaction that In a year of universal food shortages In the north ern hemisphere all of those peopl Joined together agninst Germuny huv come through Into sight of the comiri harvest not only with wealth und strength fully maintained, but with only temporary periods of hardship. "It is difficult to distinguish between various sections of our people the homes, public eating places, food trades, urban or agricultural popula tionsIn assessing credit for these re sults, but no one will deny the dotal uuut part of the American women. A boarder Is a man who is mora la terestcd In getting big bite than la gist ta; hie biu ALLIANCE CANDY STORE PURE HOME MADE CANDIES Home Made Ice Cream 46c quart Pint lee Cream 25c Completely Equipped Sanitary Service. 1 Come in and let us serve you with cooling drinks or delicious candies. FRUIT SUNDAES A Any Flavor IUC FREE CITY DELIVERY S. P. JACKSON, Prop. 210 Box Butt Phone 27 niiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimtmmm yiiiiiiiiii in ml 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 iitiiiiiiiinmiiiiiitii ii ""Hiitim PASTURE WANTED 400 Head of Cattle to Pasture in the Sand Hills. Inquire Herald Office, Box No, 9826 lIHIllHllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimnttiinti nn i MMMIIIMIIIfttttm Soft Drinks and Beverages BEVERAGES ON DRAUGHT AT ALL TIMES Order a case of 36 pints sent to your home. De livery made anywhere in v Alliance. Rebate for re- t turn of cases. Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Lunches. KING'S CORNER I 5fc (LlM J0IINHODGKID4, M ; Distributors far it . . t - r t Bot fling Works Order Your . -J Coal Supply Early It is the wise thing to do You'll say so this winter, too. If we could make plain tu 70a the situation, we know that you would put tn your winter's coal supply now. We are not trying to scare yon, but we are trying to teU ou. The car shortage exists. It may 100s to yon like everything Is moving, but you'U appreciate what we tail you when winter oumes and It may be neat to impossible to get coal. We've got coal to sell you today. We've got coal today to put Into your bin. We can't promise more. It's good coal and It's a fair price. We urge you to get busy hint? act. It will prove to your advantage. Dierks Lumber & Coal Co. F. W. HAROARTEN. Mgr. PHONE 22 111 Laramie Ava