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2,) The Commoner JANUARY, 19J.5, 25 P. Dutton & Company, Publishers, New York. Price; $.1.00, net. Captain Street, Pionedr. An au tobiographical story of pioneer days and oldtime customs, contrasted with those of the present. By Everett Guy Ballard, A.B. Emery Publish ing Service, 3938 Greenvlew Ave., Chicago, 111. Price, $1.25, net. Wealth from the Soil. Chiefly de voted to problems which confront city people who wish to m become farmers. Forbes &' Company, 448 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Price $1.00. The Cause of the War. By Charles Edward Jefferson,- pastor of the Broadway ' Tabernacle in New York City. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Publishers. New York. Price. 50 cents, net Little Sir Galahad. A noveL By Phoebe Gray. Illustrated by F. Liley Young. Small, Maynard & Company, Publishers, Boston, Mass. Price, $1.35, net. Negro Year Book. An annual en cyclopedia of the negro.' By Monroe N. Work, in charge of division of records and research Tuskegee Nor mal and Industrial Institute. 1914 1915. Published by the Negro Year Book Publishing Co., Tuskegee In stitute, Ala. Price, 25 cents. By mail, 35 cents. Business A Profession. By Louis D. Brandeis. With photogravure portrait. Small, Maynard & Com pany, Publishers,, 15 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Price, $2.00, net. Poems and Translations. By Fred eric Rowland MarVln, author of "A Free Lance," "Love and Letters," etc. Sherman, French & Company, Publishers, Boston, Mass. Price, $1.50, net. The Standard of Value. By Wil liam Leighton Jordan, Fellow of the Royal Statistical society, member of the London Chamber of Commerce, associate of the. Institution of Civil Engineers', etc. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., London, England. The Traininc of a Forester. By Gilford Pinchot. With eight illustra tions. J, B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London. Price, $1.00, net. Arms and Industry. A study of the foundations of international pol ity. By Norman Angell. G. P. Put nam's Sons', New York antl London. The Knickerbocker Press. Price, $1.'25, net. Where No Fear Was. By Arthur Christopher TBensbn, Fellow of Mag dalene College, Cambridge. Author of "From a College Window," "The' Upton Letters," etc. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London. Price, $1.50. The Renaissance of Motherhood. By Ellen Key, author of "Love and Marriage," "The Century of the Child," etc. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Publishers, New York and London. Price, $1.25. . Public vs. Private Ownership of Water Power By Silas M. Bryan, & student the University of Nebraska. at Dr. Miles, the great special-. 1st. flnnda a. now and re markable $3.75 Dropsy Treatment Free as a Trial, Jiunareas curea oi jropoy, Smothering, Short Breath, at homo af ter 5 to 15 doctors failed'. Immense prac tice, -won txful success. Send at once for Free Treatment and Remarkable Cures la your state. Describe symptoms. Relic! in a day or two. Address DH. FRAHKLIH JUIJEfl, BlkkarJ, lad., Dcpl. D fli ta U, Xala Ut. Stop Using A Truss STUART'S lI.AMO.fAD are rfWtoreal from Uie truss, betas me4Jclne applicators ade ! dhaalva purposely to faola the parts securely In place. NaatrMa er b vftkles attached no obnoxious asrlttfls Cannot slip, so emt chafe or press against toe none. Thousands nave successfully treated themselves at home with out hindrance from work most obstinate cases curea, wn valval -rsaay ff.r.,J,,5 anclva. Awaraea uwa mcwi IsftARTs-lfi PumFam1 I RWTUfle In several states, water power is of such a negligible quantity as to hardly warrant a discussion of own ership, but taken as a whole, the power possibilities represent a tre mendous interest which demands public attention. There are at least two reasons why public ownership is more desirable than ownership by private corporation; public owner ship is necessary for the early de velopment of our water power, and J will provide cheaper service. While it is true that many of the large power plants have been devel oped by private organizations, it must also be conceded that they have held and prevented development on a still greater number. Nebraska's experience, while not conclusive, fur nishes a typical example. In Ne braska the water rights on the four most important projects have been granted for nearly twenty years, yet there has been nothing done toward actual development. It also happens that these projects are largely con trolled by private corporations al ready 'operating power plants In the state. Such conditions would lead us to infer that the private power plants are holding these power sites in order to maintain their monopoly on power production. It is very true that conditions similar to those of Nebraska may not be found in every state, but it can be safely said that they at least indicate a tendency of the private corporations to stifle cheaper power. The more Important point to con sider is the low rate possible under public ownership. The very nature of the public owned plant allows greater philanthrophy in the matter of rates, because such a plant does not have to produce sufficiently largo dividends to encourage investment, but merely large enough to retire its bonds and pay Its running expenses. Its sole purpose is to give the best service at the lowest cost to the con sumer. The private corporation, even though it tries to maintain good service at a' low rate, must na turally make its rate high enough to produce dividends, and this differ ence means much to the consumer. The experience of the Province of Ontario, Canada, furnishes an in teresting example of what the public can do in the direction of cheap rates. T,he fact that Ontario is particularly rich in water power will not, I be lieve, make a comparison impossible. The first annual report of the hydro electric commission (1909) shows that the public owned plant made a remarkably large decrease in rates. The cost per one thousand Watt hours for lighting purposes was re duced from fifteen to seven and one half cents; the annual cost per horse power was reduced from forty dollars to twenty dollars; the" annual cost per arc lamp was reauceu irom sixty-five "Co forty-five dollars. These statistics show that the public owned plants are saving the consumer from thirty-five to fifty per cent of the power cost. Not only did they reduce the rates almost fifty per cent, but they oper ated at a profit sufficiently large to pay for depreciation, retire the bonds, on mo At all exnenses without tax- Ling the municipalities for their gup- nort. The sixtn annual rvvvi t uj. .Amnn'aAii fl914l shows mat in ,ro muniflinalities served net ted a profit totaling $45i000, and want No ono Is entitled to a Hying who will not work. There Is no dl vino order of loafers. Thero is no oxcuso for a so-called "leisure class." Tho stato has two troubles: tho pau per who Invents a reason for bolnt; fed without toil, and tho rich Idler who claims a right to live from the work of others. For the ono class the ( city Is asked to open soup houses and I provldo winter bed and keep. For 1 the other tho police are asked to pa trol unused mansions, while the owners, flitting about, attempt to spend a part of an unoarned Income. (filf rilannnf la Tiif (tlswl In, tirnrlr rt . w ivui'ui'b n imiiiuuu "J nuin w. power, and the plants are sufficiently sulf-supporting not to need taxes, which might offset th i cheaper rates. The Ontario plan is so satisfactory that tho municipalities served are constantly increasing The last re port of tho commission shows thai during the year 1912-13, tho number of municipalities served increased from twenty-eight to forty-five, and that scores of others were on tho waiting list. So tho review of On- hand or brain. Immunity bocauso of tario's experiences has proved that monoy breeds parasites, a class to bo public ownership can bo operated on j abhorred. Charity to hard luck a sound financial basis with a great rounders - is misdirected sontimont saving to tho consume?. J which Is nolthor just nor religious. Tho argument Is often advanced . WU In mess to work is a fair test. that the private corporation can furnish power at as low a rato as the public owned plant. This may be possible, but such instances arc very few, and the assertion is gen erally made after tho private com pany has lost its opportunity to pro vide cheap service. If Ontario can achieve such unqualified success in public ownership ot water power, thero seems no very good reason why a similar plan should not succeed in other localities. WORK MAKES SELF RESPECT Wo are all poor, Misfortune may fell any estate in a day. It is no credit to anybody to bo born well off. It is an accidont. The rank is generally the "guinea stamp." Wealth may have a poverty of morale that beggars any word to describe. Pov erty may have a wealth of honor that astonishes angels. A day's work only stands between any man and Alexander C. Stephens in tho Sti Paul Pioneer Press. Littlo Loft In Life Ho came homo and found his young wifo dissolved In tears. "What do you think has happened?" she cried. "I left tho enso open and our canary has flown away." Ho undertook to glvo what consolation ho might and took the poor distressed lady in his arms. As she nestled against his shoulder, a now across of sobs con vulsed her. "Ah, George," she mur mured in a choking voice, "now I've only you loft." San Francisco Argonaut. Shivers She The very thought of tho fura you have promisod mo makes me feel warm. He And the more though of their cost makes cold shivers run down my. back. Boston Transcript. Process of recovery Is aahural, tux aftArwarda H8 farther BM for trasses. We pwra Ithr abMlulely frU, Wrlfc5. runic., swizii iftitife erated at a loss, and this loss only totaled 3,200. Therefore, the con sumers are paying less for their GET A "FACILITY" GOLD-PLATED SAFETY RAZOR - i BlBRAwX !-. SiSlSSSSBSSSSSSSBSmSBTfcr'gjiJ'fl1 ilBMlJ'J llJBfHMJSSSBSSBBS rasMM"vywMfe 5raSlMK8iSSMBSSBSSSSSBBSBBaPr wHSHssHiaiKsisH Heavy, reinforced Geldjriateil Facility Rjzer Frame and Three double- tested Facility DIade, oil-honed on steel, in a black leatherette hinge-cover box, lined and mounted in Cherry Satin and Velvet, with patent fastener. Additional blades will be furnished at any time, at 3 for 10 cents. 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