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Printing Neat antl
Attractive Salo Bills
OT ALL advertising matter is
consigned to the waste' basket.
Some of it finds a place in the
files of the receipient or on his
desk or his table. The printing upon
which one can depend to win this dis
tinction is of. the out-of-thc-ordinary
class, the well-designed and well-executed
example of the printing art. Every
business man desires that his printing
should have what is known as ''pulling"
power; that is, it should accomplish its
intended mission, namely, to set forth
the value of goods and secure orders for
those goods. The printing we do is of the
kind that win the coveted place at the
elbow of the prospective customer. Try us.
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Red Cloud, Nebraska
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What the Railroads
Do With Their Income
WHY THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE GREAT
BUSINESS BAROMETER OF THE NATION
Id contemplating tlio crisis which
confronts the railroads itt the present
time, nud which whs In icily explained
in last wee It's articles, it is important
fo.' the reader to realize that the rail
roads nint the public face each other
under radically changed conditions to
day from those which pievnllod 11 few
years ago. Iho abuses and hciindals
which have been ulred before ttiu In
terstate. Commerce Commission dur
ing recent months wei,o pet pet rated
for thu most part under the old
regime of 11 dozen or so years ago,
nnd can never lm repeated under the
conditions' which now prevail. On the
one hand, the Interstate Commerce
Commission and thu dilTo ent states
either through their Public Utility
Commissions or I.egisltiluMlMty what
rate the railroads shall charge for
service. In addition to this, a pro
posal Is now pending in Congress to
give the government the right to in
vestigate all new interstate securities
before they can bo placed upon the
market, while similar authoiity Is al
ready being exeieised within the
stales by tho' dliTerent public utility
commissions; This means that the
last vestige of control over their
unituues win nave iieeu taken uwuv
citizen to treat the present crisis
lightly or flippantly, for wo arc pass
ing through a perisd in which the
financial rc-oiirces of every nation in
the world will be tested as never bo
fore,
Where Railroad Receipts Go
In order that the reader may realize,
what a tremendous factor thu i ail
roads are in the every day business
life of the nation and what they mean
to its prosperity, we wish to analyze
brielly what becomes of an average
yeat's railroad income. Just as the
idea lias prevailed iu the minds of
many that the railroads are owned
their income to (Ids end, nud hence
one of the most alarming phases of the
present railroad situation is that tills
process of "burning the candle at bo'h
ends" means a dctei location of rolling
stock and roadbeds which will render
the continuance of adequate and safe
s.MViee for th- public linposlble in
the very near fill me. In a recent
at tide, .lames J. Hill, the great "Em
pire Ituilder of the North," points out
that AmerlcHii roadronds should spend
at least $u(0,om),00 annually in im
provements mid betterments and it Is
therefore no exaggeration to Miy that
rapidly deteriorating cquipuieutls on
of the ghosts which haunts hundred-,
ofrallioad managers throughout the
country ut tliu piesjnt hour.
As was staled in last week's article,
tie operating income of the railroads
for the Usual year ending June. '10, JD1J,
was 6120,000,000 less than for JUlit,
while expanses and taxes were 87(1,1)00,
0 M) greater. It can therefore- be seen
alaglaucetli.it unless the railroads
are given sonic increase iu rntts iu the
Very near future thu 'time when miiuv
ofthem will go upon thu rocks ot
yet
necessary to save
tlmiu is so sin. ill Ihut the uxerage fill
z.'ti would noi be conscious ot it, after
it had gone into ell' et.
8eali Are
' Weapon.
Shu was richly gowned and bedecked
with fun, nud Jewels He was n wtiitlt
by. wizen faced sort of man Until ol
them eiime up to the lied t'rims Sc.il
booth at the same time. "M wife t
dying with consumption." he raid In n
husky voice, "nn' we nln't gut much
money, been tine I'm out of work, but
she did want me to buy live of them
seals. She says If she can take it
whack nt consumption nfore she dies
she'll rest easier, an' I guess she will."
lie wiped his eyes with his knuckles
'find reached for the package of seals
which the pretty attendant had put up
for hi in
"Where do you live?" said the rlchlj
dressed womnn, who had been an In
terested listener to the shabby man's
brief story lie gave nn address ,
one or the poures.t tenement house
neighborhoods.
"I was going to buy a few seals foi
my little girl." said the woman, "but
your wife's desire to get a whack at
consumption has shown me what I
should do, Please give tne $."() worth,
miss. Tell your wife she whacked cou
sumption harder than she expected."
yj YOUR TUBERCULOSIS BILL.
How Much Do You Lose if You Do Not
Buy Rod Cross Seals?
Suppose you were a father of a fnm
ily of three children earning $:t a day
and you were taken slcl: with ttibcrcii
losls. What would it cost you to get
well, nnd what would It have cost you
to have done your share to prevent
this disease from striking you? Here
ore n few ler.ding Items of expense:
Blx months' treatment In sanitarium KCOtf)
Cnro, family of four, at JS per week
for six months ....s 192 00
Loss of wages for six montlis at 3
per ilny 432 0C
by a few rich men, so the thought has
itiso iouiiii deep root thai thoy collect tliuiuuial ruin is noC f!U- oil and
minions or ilollais from tliu public thu slight Increase
wniuii go into thu colters of u handful
of millionaires, and which nie per
manently withdrawn fiom tho thrift,
nnd industry of the people.
At the close of tho Usual year en I
ing .June 30, Ifll.'J, the record, at Wash
ington show that, tho railroads of ti.u ruilrords
united niium nail collected it gross
income from all branches of their
service amounting to SS'1,1 18,0J0,:tlH.
Of this sum, 81,3;3,8.'10,!iK was paid
out for labor or, to put iu iu another
from the railroads and that hence-! WHy' ,l,l,.losl r, uul,ls ''t of very dol-
forth their fate will lie absolutely in
tho hollow of thu people's bunds. Iu
this connect lou, we wish to again re
niliid the reader that tho hundreds of
honest railroad olllulals throughout
t o country men who have mainiged
their properties without u breath of
i.candal or public criticism should
not be condemned because of thu mis
deeds of the few. With an aroused
public conscience on the one hand ami
scores of railroad olllclal.s throughout
tho country sincerely nnd actively co
operating with thu diirorellt public!
authorities on the other, wucnn safely
Jot bygones bo bygones wipe
alute, and with a Mjuaro deal for
people, the investor and the rallioads
ulllte, "sturt over again.
The President's Anxiety
In last week's article we quoted a
portion of President Wilson's recent
reply to a group of Eastern railroad
executives. That the President has1
become profoundly concerned over the
present crisis which confronts the
transportation companies is on.-o
more made strikingly apparent iu his
letter concerning the inauguration of
the new bauklng system to Secretary
McAdoo a few days ago, in which ho
said:
"The railroads of the country aro
Almost as much alfectcd (by the war),
not so ranch because their business is
curtailed as becuuso their credit is
called in question by doubt as to their
earning capacity. There Is no other
interest so central to the busiuess
welfare of the country as this. No
doubt, in the light of the new day,
with its new understandings, tho prob
lem of the railroads will also bo met
and dealt with in a spirit of candor
and justice."
Like utterances havo come from
cores ot other prominent public men
and financiers during the last few
weeks men who are above making a
selfish plea for any private or corpo
rate interest and whose sole desire is
that American business shall crnergo
from the present precarious situation
without disaster. Under these clrcum
glances it is the merest folly for any
hir they took iu was immediately paid
out to the hiiudiuds of thousands of
men and women whom they employ
iu t)ie conduct of their business. For
m intenniY
A Barometer oF Prosperity
It is an old suing that when the
urn pio.spurous everybody is
prosperous, and 1 1 1 . inminer in which
t luir income is disbursed, as above ex
p allied, tells thu leiisou why. In short,
for, years they have been regarded as
the- great business barometer of the
uitlou. No other industry iu the
ciuntry employs so many men as do
the railroads, and, furthermore, it is a
high grade of labor employed upon as
lucrative a
basis as obtains in anv
of way.equipment, depots, other largo industry. When times are
etc., they disbursed 802:,107,491 -or al
most another thousand million dollars
and in this vast item the reader can
grasp whaV'railroad prosperity means
t- the great! otcol mills, the lumber
and coal industry, tho big car and loco
motive building concerns, and other
sources of railroad supplies. Iu taxes
good nearly two million people, Hist
and last, aie employed by the rail
roads, and when this vust uiiny Is
working full time and iscoutented the
millions they pay out for merchandise
nnd for thu living necessities produced
o. i the farm cannot help but have a
tremendous effect upon tho comiuoicu
they paid out tho enormous sum of and agricultura of tho country.
atO'i too no ...i.i tii. . i
ri'!,03'J,llS, which helped to maintain
,i..,lthu public schools, nubile highways
thu ! and other tovuuue expenses of every
state, county and Incorporated town
and city in the country. After tho in
terest has been paid on thejr funded
debt and nil other characters of ex
pense has been mot, they had 815:1,120,
07(1 left out of which to deolaro dlvl
(lends and to use as a surplus fund for
emergencies and Improvements of one . and buying heavily of these supplie
kind tuid nnothor. 'it means that these great Industrie
l nl inn ...n.... . .1. ... II .
.. utiiui tiuiun, unur me railroads
got through paying for their labor,
steel, lumber, coal, interest and other
necessary expenses, tho abovo little
more than 1153,000,000 was all tho sur
plus they, had left for themselves out
of an Income of more thanthrco billion
dollars and this, too, upon 'properties
worth the giguntlc sum of twenty bil
lion dollars, or loss than 1 percent up
on the total capital Invested in tho
railroads of the country. Thus It can
be seen that on tho basis of tho pres
ent rates tho railroads pay back to the
public in one way and another prac
tically every dollar they receive for
service.
urnlnft Candle At Both Ends
As a matter of fact, if every railroad
in tho country had oharged off a prop
cr percentage for depreciation, Instead
of having had n surplus of 1153,000,000
left In 1913, they would have bad an
actual deficit running Into tho millions,
Some of the larger systems havo a fixed
yearly depreciation charge but scores
of the weaker lines, iu their frantic
endeavor to pay tho interest on their
debts and maintain the standing of
their securities, use every dollar of
lint, this is only half tho story.
Aside from the nearly two million
operatives directly employed by the
railroads iu normal times, the hun
dreds of thousands of men who work
in the great steel mills, tho coal mines
the lumber industry and in tho big
a intuit locomotive shops are equally
vitally afieeted, for when the railroads
ttru making extensive. itiinrnviiititn
es
great industries
aru r nulling full shift, while when the
railroads ure subsisting only upon
absolute necessities it means that
many of them aro only working hulf
shift while scores aro shut down al
together. That tho farmer has a very vital and
porsonal Interest iu this situation
should be apparent at a glance. When
the millions of laboring men in tho
United States are profitably employed
and when all our great Industrial en
terprises are running full shift It
means that ho will havo a larger de
mand nnd receive a higher price for
the things ho produces on his farm
for his corn, wheat, pork, beef, mut
ton, cotton, wool and other farm prod
ucts. Iu other words, so closely allied
is tho transportation problem to all
tho other great Industries of the na
tlon that the general welfare of the
railroads has become a fundamental
concern of every other interest.
(Paid Adv. To be continued next
week.)
All Kodak films bought of Stevens
Bros., developed free when order for
prints is given.
Open For Business j
We are again ready for business and can be found in
Lindsey building until our new slore is ready. Our stock of
Drugs was entirely destroyed and we are now opening our
new stock of T:
Drugs, Patent Medicines and Druggist Sundries
We also have a new stock of :s-.,
Christmas Goods
Toilet Coses, Manicure and Traveling Cases,
Vases, Games, Pictures, Etc.
Our stock of Books and Stationery, Calendars, Christ
mas Cards, Fountain Pens, etc., are all new and upvlo-datc.
School Supplies
We have our usual stock ofy Tablets, Pencils, Erasers,
Pens, etc., all new and fresh.
Fire Sale
Total JS74 00
Now, what would hnve been your
share In the prevention of tuberculo
sis? "An ounce of prevention" In the
proper car of .the body too 00
A study of aome literature on the
prevention of tuberculosis, which
can be Becurcd free of charge ... 00 00
The stopping of all bodily excesses 00 00
A timely examination by a doctor .. I
The purchase of 100 Red Cross
Seals as your share In the General
preventive campaign against tu
berculosis too
We still have some of the fire stock goods which you
will find on the counters in the back of the room, which we
arc selling without regard to first cost. Wc invite you to
call and sec what we have.
YOUR TRADE WILL BE APPRECIATED
CHAS. L. COTTING
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HENRY COOK, M. D.
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Uow much do you lose?
RED CROSS SEALS DECREA8E
TUBERCULOSIS RATE.
"Would to Clod your work had started
fifty years ago." wns tho comment of
nn Arizona consumptive In writing the
other day to Dr. Iloyt E, Denrholt, ex
ecutive secretary of the Wisconsin
Antltubereulnsis association. Part of
the letter follows:
"Fine work, old chap! That decrease
In the death rate seems n remarkable
gain to nit. I had not expected results
us soon na that. I have always Inughed
nt the authorities who'clnimed that in
ten years a case of tuberculosis would
be as rare as one of smallpox Is today
The bjid work of centuries cannot be
undone In ten years, and so 1 marvel
nt your wonderful progress. I trust the
errors in statistics. If any. are all In
your favor. You Inspire me. Would to
God your work had started tlfty years
uro. Probably then the dlsenso would
have missed mo."
The letter contained a check for Itcd
Cross Seals, from tho sale of which the
entire support of tho Wisconsin work
Is derfyed. Every scnl you buy Is a bul
let In the fight against tuberculosis.
DRUGS, BOOKS, STATIONERY, SCHOOL
SUPPLIES AND TOILET ARTICLES jt
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ELLEN EXPLAINS RED
8EAL8.
Ellen, who is seven years old and
lives out in Kansas City, enmo homo
from school the other day with a red,
green and white "subscription card"
the teacher had given her. Her mother
hud seen something about Ited Cross
Seals In the paper, but didn't know
Just what It was all about.
"Oh," said the seven-year-old proud
ly, "don't you know? They use tho
money to take care of sick folks sick
folks that haven't got nny money to
tnUe care of 'emselves. The money
they get from tho Santy Clans seals
goes to run n hospital for thoso folks.
And they pay doctois and nurses to
teach people how to get well and how
not to get sick. Teacher told us all
about It Sec, this paper tells."
Tuep, Ellen's mother read the folder
that small daughter had brought home,
telling how often tuberculosis can bo
prevented, and when sho had finished
nbe signed the card for a liberal num
ber of seals.
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4 80ME RED CROSS SEAL 4-
FIQURE8.
Few people have any concep
tion of tho magnitude of the
Red Cross Christmas Seal Cam
paign. Here are a few figures
that will show what a gigantic
movement this Is. .Already 115,
000,000 seals have been printed
and practically that entire num
ber distributed to agents in al
most every state in the Union.
Probably 15,000,000 more wlU
be needed. Advertising circulars,
posters, cards, etc., to the num
ber of several million, have been
distributed. It Is estimated that
the army of paid and volunteer
workers engaged In selling teals
numbers well over 100,000. The
advertising and publicity donat
ed to tlie campalgm amounts to
Borstal hundred thonsand dollars.
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We have gifts for' the ladies
Toys for the babies
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Gentlemen will find
Presents of every kind
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Remarkable Land Chances
For You in Wyoming
Now is tho time for you to visit the Illg Ilorn Basin and travel through
it over the Hurliugton's new Wyoming Mainline between Ihinver and Billings
the railroad that is going to Increase farm acreage, settlo up tho Government's
irrigated homesteads, increase the population of towns and increase land
values generally.
Why do you till tho soil or another, getting nowhero towards land
ownership for your family, when with a small payment you can homestead a
Government Irrigated farm with a reliable and permnuent water supply ona
20-year easy payment plan with no Interest that makes it almost a gift to you.
Ihe North Platte Valley Ilcre is another section called by many,
"America's Valley of the Nilo." It Is, also, on the Burlingtoii's new Wyoming
Mainline. Today you oan get nn Irrigated farm In that Valley whose value is
bound to Increase on the completion of this mainline.
S.B. Howard, Ass't. Immigration Agent
t004 Farnam Bt., Omaha, Nmbraaka
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