THE ALLIANCE HERALD
Thursday, December 12, 1018
RAIL RO.l AIIEI 1 VICTORY
W. 0. MeAdoo, director Reneral of
the rallrnnils of the I'nlted States. 30
Peeember flrst Issued the followlne
tenement rcieardinc the assistance of
the railroads In the winning of the
war:
"The railroads were, no to apeak,
or first line of defenae. If they had
not functioned effectively our armies
overseas wluld have been powerless.
The result la worth all that It may
eost. whether the sum bo lame or
mall. I feel also that 1he public has
Shown themselves patriotically sym
pathetic nnl forbearing In the
patience with which they have borne
the lnrnn cnlenccs that were unnvoid
able as the result of the strain to
which our transportation facilities
have been subjected in the exigencies
of war. This strain Is not yet over, for
Europe will continue to be dependent
upon America for her food at least
un;il her next havest shall have been
fathered, and the many cars and en
gines will be engaged for some time
pet In the demobilisation of our
troops. An mediate reversion to nor
mality is not, therefore, to be expect
ed, and until the abnormal demands
of the post helium period are satisfied
comparalson between the results of
ultiple unitary control of the railroad
cannot be fairly made, nor can the
public expect to enjoy all the travel
luxuries that they had become accus.
Strong Men
The Nation needs strong
men and the right time to
begin to build up strong man
hood is during the growing
period of childhood. Many
mothers remember, with keen
satisfaction, the days when
SCOTTS
EMULSION
was one of the determining
factors in building up the strength
of their children. Soott's is a
source of nourishment and strength
that ought never be over
looked by the mother of
today who is anxious about
her fast-growing boy or girt.
Scott & Bownc Bloomfield. N. J.
tomed to In the long years of peace
that preceded the world war.
"As to the future. I prefer to forgo
any adventure In the field of prophecy
but do feel Justified In pointing out
thai by the prompt act of the presi
dent In taking over the railroads and
putting the guarantee of the govern
ment behind them, bankruptcy for
many of the proprietary corporations
was averted and that, whatever the
cost may be, if any It la Insignificant
when compared with the contribution
made toward the winning of the war.
"Under the statute, government
control ay continue for twenty-one
months after a formal declaration of
peace shall have been made by the
president. This limitation renders it
Impossible for the railroad adminis
1 1 at ion to undertake much that mig'it
be desirable in so far as the remoter
future of our railroad system Is con
cerned. "I am, nevertheless, confident that
the Intelligent, enthusiastic and ex
perienced railroad men who are asso
ciated with me in the United States
railroad administration will do all
that can be done toward sound econ.
omy and efficient operation In th
service of the public during that
period. Kvery effort will be made to
give the best possible service at
actual cost. The government is not
trying to operate the railroads at a
profit but to furnish the people with
adequate and efficient transportation
without loss, while at the same time
establishing reasonable wages and
working conditions for f e great
army of railroad men and women in
the railroad service of the United
States."
9
1H
Human Development.
Man has been on the earth perhaps
some twenty odd thousand years, and
It Is only the last three thousand that
we are much concerned with. To sup
pose that a modern Englishman must
necessarily he at a higher stage of
mental development than an ancient
Greek Is almost the same mistake as
to argue that Drowning must be a
better poet than Wordsworth because
he came later. If the soul, or the
brain, of man Is developing. It It not
developing as fast or so steadily as
all that. Gilbert Murray In the Cen
tury Magazine.
Moon Superstition.
Among the Hindus and Egyptians
Jie mouse was carried to the moon.
Oe Gubernatls says: "The pagan sun
rod crushes under his foot the mouse
ft the night. When the cat's away the
nice will play. The shadows of night
lance when the moon Is absent."
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS
Kidney disease Is no respecter of par
sons. A majority of ths Ills aflUctins
people today can be traced back to
kidney trouble.
The kidneys ere the most Important
organs of the body. They are the
Blterers, the purifiers, of your blood.
Kidney disease Is usually Indicated by
weariness, sleeplessness, nervousness.
derpondncy, backache, stomach trou
ble, pain In lotna and lower abdomen.
Hall stones, gravel, rheumatism, sciatica
and lumbago.
All these derangements ar nature's
Signal to warn you that the kidneys
n.. help You should ua GOLD
MXDAl. Haarlem till Capsules Imme
diately. The southing, healing oil stim
ulates the kidney reltsves Inflamma
tions and destroys the germs which
have caused It. Do not watt until to
morrow. Go to your druggist today and
Insist on OOLJit MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules. In twenty-four hours yo
should feel health and vigor returnlni
and will bless the day you first hean
of OOL.D MKDAL Haarlem oil.
After you feel that you have curei
yourself, continue to take one or tw
capsules each day, so as to keep n
first-class condition and ward off th
dangen- of ither attacks.
Ask for the original Imported OOLI
M 1 11 1 M brand. Three sixes. Money rs
funded If they do not help you.
LIVC
STOCK
MORE HORSES NOW ON FARMS
Increase In Number of Animals Not
withstanding Larg Use of
Motor Vehicles.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Substitutions for the horse have so
for failed to diminish his number on
farms, where he la mostly bred. The
railroad did not verify the common
prophecy of the horse's gloofhy future
Dearly n century ago, and many years
elapsed before the heyday of the bi
cycle arrived with Its expected menace
to the horse. That machine of pleas
ure and toll diverted sttentlon from
the first real antagonist of the horse,
the electric street railway, and this
was a formidable one. Street-car serv
lee could not have been developed by
horses to the extent that It has been
carried by electricity, yet there was an
enormous displacement of horses
when they no longer pulled street cars,
ft is roughly estimated that 2,000,000
horses would be required to move the
street cars now In city service, and
that farmers would need to keep a
stock of perhaps 8,000,000 horses to
produce this supply. Tet, horses kept
in increasing.
Apparently the most effective foe of
the horse has appeared in the last ten
years In the motor vehicle, although
Its Importance in this respect la pop
ularly exaggerated. According to ata
ttstlcs collected by the United States
department of agriculture, the total
state registrations of motor cars were
48.000 in 1008, about 000,000 In 1910,
over 1,000,000 In 1912, over ?.400,000 In
1915, and 8,512,998 In 1918.
Automobiles do not merely displace
horses but many are used by men In
occupations dependent on either horses
br automobiles for personal movement,
such as real estate agents, builders,
and some merchants and manufactu
rers, and there Is also the large public
automobile passenger service In cities
and, again, the large number of auto
mobiles owned by farmers in place of
driving horses.
With motor trucks and commercial
vehicles the case Is different. Here la
clearly s complete substitution of fuel
power for horse power. It is the opin
ion that every motor truck on the av
entge displaces three horses. The state
records often merge the registration
of motor trucks and commercial to
hides with that of automobiles, but,
to the extent that the separation Is
made, It If known that 118,882 of the
former were registered In 1918. Prob
ably the displacement of horses by mo
tor trucks and commercial vehicles
LETTER FROM Mil. SMART
Your body and mental efficiency are important factors
right now. It's no time to be sick. It's no time to allow your
system to be drained of its vitality to such an extent that you
cai do only a part of the work demanded of you.
You oan't be efficient if you are ill. So begin now to take
steps to remove the cause that leads to these periods of intense
suffering and accept the help of Chiropractic so you can be 100
per cent efficient and vigorous.
Why Women Suffer
Most women suffer primarily from deranged function
caused by spinal pressure on the nerves. This pressure shuts off
or obstructs, the life-giving nerve energy, and weakness and
disease affects certain organs and tissues of the body. Chiro
practic corrects these spinal defects, and thereby removes the
cause of illness. Nature cures the effects and builds up the
weakened and diseased organs. No drugs, no surgery are used.
sTrinsa7gaafeAvafliiij.ik,;kW
is Nature's way. It is safe, sensible and sufficient as a national
health method, and it has proven wonderfully effective in wo
men ailments. There is nothing in the chiropractic (Ki-ro-prak-tic)
method that should prove the least embarrassing. Inves
tigate Dr. Anna Graham Jeffery
Dr. Walter A. States
CHIROPRACTORS
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American-Bred Psrcheron Mare, ths
Type That Is Always In Demand.
represents a stock on farms of a few
million horses, and to these must bs
added the stock eliminated by the au
toiuoblle. Last of all, the farm tractor has ap
peared, with conjectural possibilities,
but as yet with no perceptible dis
placement of horses.
Unusual and large demands for
horses for war purposes have been
made since the autumn of 1914. Dur
ing the ten years preceding, from 19,
000 to 40,000 horse were exported an
nually, while the imports were from
6,000 to 88,000, so. thut the net exports
were no appreciable draft on domes
tic production. In the first year of the
war 289,340 horses were exported, in
the second 867,653, and in the third
178,874 horses, and within less than a
pear the needs of the army of this
country have called for a large number
Of horses.
Notwithstanding the various forces
that have been working against In
crease of horses at their breeding
places, or rather, In common expecta
tion, to reduce their numbers at s
strong rate, the fact Is that horses on
farms increased at the average yearly
rate of 183,000 since 1900 and more
than that since 1910, or 216,660 per
Jear. fer capita of the population,
farm horses tended to Increase from
0.19 of 1 horse In 1850 to 0.24 in 1890
ant) 1900. after which the decline baa
l to 0.20V4 in 1918. or still above
J. A( the same time, however, by
Cna of machinery the farm feprse
constantly gained as a producer.
Strange though It may seem, the av
erage price of a horse at the farm,
all ages and conditions included, Is
less than It was four years ago, and
even eight years ago. Since 1897
horse prices at the farm for January
1 had risen from $31.51 to $111.48 by
1911, the highest sverage In the de
partment of agriculture's record of 58
years, but s decline followed to $101.80
In 1916 and then a gain to $104.28 In
1018, apparently caused by ths war.
A. O. Smart, general superinten
dent on the Burlington, with head
quarters at Alliance, found himself
unable to be prsent at the community
clqb eetinx Tuesday evening. He
therefore sent the folowing Interest
Ins; lettr to secret M v Klsher.
"Youf kind invitation to attend the
general metng of the Community
Club received, ami W.I lis I rcgr-U mat
prior enga.rme its maxe::. impoorl
ble for me ;o be present I am with
you in spirt and predict that the get-
mucwier meeting win nave a Dero-
flcent effect on the material interests
of the community.
"But few places are as fortunately
situated as Alliance the operating
headquarters of over two thousand
miles of transcontinental railroad.
This one Industry In the month of
October paid to its Alliance employes
over $128,00 in wages, which indl.
cates -the purchasing power of your
citizens.
"We have every reason to believe
that the transportation business will
expand, andi contemplate next year a
considerable expenditure in nlarging
and improving our facilities at this
terminal This means additional men
and the necessity for more edequate
housing facilities becomes apparent.
The start made by your association,
is, I feel the beginning of a better
and larger Alliance.
"Permanent roads are of inestim
able value to any community and no
effort made to obtain them will be
wasted. Its simply a matter of mak
ing the people generally realize their
Importance, and I believe your as
sociation is entirely qualified to
pave the way".
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