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', ':" The Commoner Vol. 17, NO. 12 16 ?. i V-i.- if- ' 'J-y i-K' : BT-v. '-W w It: it. .. i. , ,V . '1 . :- 1 1. ., ;.-c" I &: 4' W ,!i.' v' ,y . I '-U "p ih Interstate Commerce Commission's Report A Washington dispatch, dated Dec. 5, says: The immediate unifica tion of all the railroads of tho United States for tho duration of the war, either by the railroads themselves or by tho President, the suspension of the anti-trust laws and anti-pooling laws, and a government loan and government regulation of security issues, are recommended by the in terstate commerce comm'ssion In an important and unexpected special re port mado today to congress. Commissioner McChord, In a sup plementary report, declares that any voluntary pooling plan would fail to -meet war exigencies because of the unavoidable influence of selfishness among the railroads, and emphatic ally urges government control be cause "the strong arm of the govern ment authority Is essential if the transportation situation is to be rad ically improved." Ho asserted that railroad operation Is approaching a. chaotic condition. The railroads' own proposition for the solution of tho present war trans portation difficulties of tho nation, an Increase in rates in order to attract capital, was characterized as entirely inadequate by the commission. Even with more funds, tho report . said, tlie Bhortago of equipment could not bo remedied materially because of tho inability of industries to man ufacture it with sufficient speed. Doubt also was expressed as to whether hew capital would be at tracted, in view of the enormous flo- Station, of government war securities, -ty Prompt action of some kind to im . prove -the railroad situation for the prosecution of tho war will undoubt edly bo taken by congress. The report met quick response in both senate and house. Senator Newlands, chairman of tho special cougr' ssional railroad investi gating committee, arranged a confer ence with President Wilson for next Monday, to receive executive recom mendations. He declared tnat de cisive and immediate action S'y the government is necessary to insure efficient operation of tho railroads and provide sufficient capital. Chairmen Adamson of the house interstate commerce committee ex pressed opppositicn to the sugges tion of repealing the anti-pooling provision of tho Sherman act, and advocated loaning money only to weak roads. Representative Sims, who will succeed Representative Adamson as chairman of the com mittee, advocated government oper ation. Representative Gillett, act ing republican leader, said he fa vored almost any plan short of gov ernment control. MT-' Sirlj A neglected cold in a child's head often leads to chronic catarrh and catarrhal deafness-stunting child ren's mental growth, maklnsrthcm appear stupid. TryKondon's tor the baby&cold (at no charge to you) that were created by Mr. Bryan's ora torical periods and by the smashing speeches made by Dr. Ira Landrith of. Tennessee. Dr. Landrith was the pro hibition party candidate for vice pres ident in 1916 and is the national chairman of the hew national party organized recently Iti Chicago, He preceded Mr. Bryan, at Medinan tem ple and followed him at the church. DRYS INCREASE FIRE ON WETS From The Chicago Journal, Nov. 21. "Chicago is going dry; there is no doubt about it." This was the war cry today by dry leaders as they girded on their armor and prepared for increasing the in tensity of the oratorical bombard ment started Tuesday evening by William Jennings Bryan and others. "The nation is going dry! Will you help?" shouted Mr. Bryan at the climax of has speech Tuesday evening at Medinah temple. "Yes! Yes! Wo will!" shouted back nearly 3,000 people. "Alcohol is poison when taken intoj the body. It weakens the physical' man; it. weakens tho mental man; it menaces the moral man," the speaker told his audience. "If it is Jiot a good thing for a man to use liquor," continued the Nebraskan, "how can it be gbod for a community to permit a saloon to sell that which does harm? Every community in which saloons flourish is a partner in the liquor business. No saloon can now exist without votes." 60.000,000 hare used thU -year-old remedy. 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Bettor cut out this notlco and show it to any others who are ruptured you - may save & life or at least stop tho misery of rupture and the worry and 'danger of an operation. TALKS FOR A DRY CHICAGO TFrom The Chicago Tribune, Nov. 21. William Jennings Bryan, at. his best, gave the dry Chicago campaign an inspiring start last -night. Three thousand men and women at Medinah teniple and 1,500 at an overflow meeting at the La Salle avenue Bap tist church were aroused to an in tense pitch of enthusiasm as he opened the actual fight to wipe out Chicago's saloons at next April's elec tion. Prefacing Mr. Bryan's speech at Medinah temple, Philip Yarrow, gen eral superintendent of the Chicago Dry federation, made the first definite announcement of the preliminary campaign for signatures to the neces sary petition. He predicted an over whelming success in this detail. "We need a total of 106,600 names," Mr. Yarrow said. "More than one-half of that number are now signed to petitions that have -been turned in and counted, and many dis tricts in the city have made no re port. There is not the slightest' doubt about the petition. We want to com plete it ready for filing by Dec. 1. Certainly it will be ready before the holidays." Mr. Bryan spoke to men and wo-men-who swept over to the north side meetings from every part ojt- Chicago. The crowds were as notable for the diverge character of their membership as for the rolling tides of enthusiasm The Rejected Risk The man -who has been rejected for life in surance learns something In the twinkling of an eye that no one could ever teacli him. Hereto? ' -fore he has thought of life insurance as some- ..-.. thing he could take at any time just as he could take a journey or buy a new suit of ,. clothes. He had been so often solicited to in sure that it seemed as if he must be doing ev erybody a favor in making a tardy application. What a shock tind what a revelation, when '"' the "agent tells him the company can not accept him. He knows the company wants business. " " ' Why then is he declined? There must be some ' " good reason. -'In most cases he simply waited '' too long. He can not blame the agent or the " " ? company. Whose . fault will it be if you, now' ' in good health, later are declined? Better Tmip- a policy now in - S1 THE MIDWEST LIFE of LINCOLN, NEBRASKA f N. Z. SNELL, President. Guaranteed Cost Life Insurance . ' - - .:-, -''&' Mr. Bryan's New Book "Heart to Heart Appeals" Mr. Bryan has made a careful collection of the Heart" to Heart Appeals, scattered through the speeches delivered by him during a quarter of a century (i890 1916) in the belief that they will be of permanent in terest to the reading public, especially to students. They cover all the issues before the country during the eventful period ' covered by his connection" with American and world politics. The twenty-two chapters deal with, topics ennumer ate'd in the tablo of contents below: . I. Government n. Tariff. HI. Income Tax IV. Money -V. Imperialism ' VI. Trusts VII. Labor VIII.- Popular Election' of Senators .-;' IX. Publicity Campaign Contributions X. Initiative arid Ref erendum - CONTENTS XI. Equal Suffrage XJI. The Liquor Question XIII. Issues Past and i - Present XIV. -Chicago Convention XV. St. Louis Convention XVI. Baltimore Conv'tlon XVII. Pan America XVIII, In Foreign Lands XIX. Peaco XX. Religion XXI. Ideals XXII. Miscellaneous a) Mr. Bryan is sepeclally anxious to get the book inW the hands of University, College and High School stu dents. Any student desiring to act as agent can obtain,, terms by addressing the publishers, Morning H. Reveil Co., 158 5th. Ave., N. Y. Readers of The Commoner can secure the book at one dollar per volume by addressing The Commoner or the publishers. 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