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The Omaha Bee MORNINC—EV E N 1N C—5U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. U ID IKE. President BALI.AKD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLKR. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of arhich Ths Bee Is a member, exclusively entitled to the use for republleation of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republican->n of out special diapatchoa are also reserved. .. . The Omaha Bea la a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’a circulation ia regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28. 1*08. at Omaha postoffice under act of March S, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for »>r l.-a; SAM the Department or Person Wanted. ^ * IRI9HC 1 W\J OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs —16 Scott St. So. Side,N. W. Cor. 24th N. New V>rk — World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicagn—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Lonii—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angolas—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Holirook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. i._ --1 WHAT WOULD THE “BIG STICK” DO? Many persons, indignant because of disclosures made through the investigations at Washington, lament the absence of Theodore Roosevelt. Each pictures to himself what that impetuous, strong, in dependent-thinking president would have done. In doing this, each one but portrays his own ideas of what ought to be done. We are not wise when we undertake to lay down a line of action for one man with the insistance that he use the tools of another. Chiefly, the difference between Roosevelt and Coolidga is that of temperament. One was sudden in both conclusion and action, the other is delib ;rate. Roosevelt’s judgments often appeared to be impulses, while Coolidge’s are the calculated effects of a reasoned decision. In the case of the quick icting man, the follow through was important. He must proceed along the line he has chosen, regard less of consequences, or he must withdraw. Roose velt always advanced. Coolidge, should he attempt Rooseveltian methods, would not be able to follow through, because he has not the Roosevelt tempera ment. . A thing begun in a Roosevelt way must be followed through in a Roosevelt way. Coolidge, too, advances, but each step in his campaign is planned for advance. * * * Take the Boston policeman’* strike as an exam ple. The action of the governor of Massachusetts at the time appeared sudden, yet its development showed that all details had been carefully planned in anticipation of exactly the situation that con fronted him. When the mayor of Boston admitted his inability to cope with the situation, Coolidge called out the state troops. Within 24 hours life in Boston was moving along its accustomed channels. A new police force was organized, and the city was saved from the anarchy into which the mayor al lowed it to be plunged. There was neither haste nor display at the governor’s office, and it was coolly met. • • * * A Washington correspondent, writing about the president and contrasting him with his predecessor, says: ••If Coolidge does not know, he says 'I don't know, you'll have to see the secretary of war about that, lam not well enough Informed.’ But there are few governmental subjects on which he is not Informed. Those' few would he technical subjects. "He has an extraordinary knowledge of the ma chinery of government, while of the theory ami principle <>f government he Is absolute master. "He goes right to the heart of a Subject. "lie reveals much more than Harding did, anil as to what should he revealed he is never In doubt." Such recommendation is good for any man. One who can meet these specifications deserves the con fidence of the people. He is capable of great things. To understand the machinery of government and to be master of the theory and principles of govern ment equips a man to govern, especially if, as the correspondent states, he can also say, “I do not know,” when he is asked a question on which he has not the definite information, or which should be answered by a department head. • • • People are coming to know Coolidge. He still is “Silent Cal,” just as Grant was “The Silent Man,” but even his silence is eloquent in these times, when lesser men and those most obdurate in their partisan ship, are so stormy in their utterances. It is fine to have a man in the White House who will not descend to bandying words and phrases with a group who seek his undoing by such means aa have been adopted. He more than ever resembles the tall cliff Goldsmith wrote about, for he rises above the clouds and into the sunlight. Coolidge is not a Roosevelt, but he is a man of strength and such high character and ability as fits him for the office he holds. THIS WILL BE WORTH WATCHING. An unnamed benefactor has bought 18,842 or chestra tickets at a New York theater, lor the pur pose of distributing them among delegates to the convention that meets there in June. Beyond this fact and the further fact that the tickets cost $76, 000, no information is given. Barring the off chance that the whole thing is just a clever bit of press agent work to boom a certain attraction, which in time will be named, the affair looks interesting. At the outset, of course, anybody will be eligible to a seat at the theater. Then will come a tighten ing up, and certain qualifications may be required. To be sure, no effort will be made to control the vote of any guest. Perish the thought! Yet some thing like that has happened. Once a state conven tion assembled in Omaha, to which a majority of the delegates had passes only one way. They did not get their return coupons until a deal of considerable importance was put over and sealed airtight. A case more nearly analogous is remembered by some old-timers over in Iowa. It was in the session of 1885, and a bill of some moment was under con sideration in the house. At the moment it seemed as if the opposition was about to win, when the speaker ordered the clerk to read a note that had just been sent up. It was an invitation to attend the theater in a body that night. The invitation was accepted, and the house adjourned. Old Ben Cul berson, democrat from De* Moines county, said it was probably the first time on record that the Iowa legislature had been bought with a pass to the theater. BETTER BUTTER AND MORE OF IT. Nebraskans who are interested in the extension of dairying may be encouraged a little by what has just happened in Minnesota. A co-operative cream ery company at St. Paul has just been awarded an order from the navy for 430,000 pounds of butter. Beginning June 1, men on shipboard in the service I of the government will eat Minnesota hutter ex clusively. This is because of the uniformity in quality. A recommendation that will hardly be overlooked for its commercial value Is contained in that decision of the Navy department. What does it mean for Nebraska? Simply a mark to shoot at. Nebraska can produce butter as good as Minnesota or any other state. Nothing is needed but the equipment and the determination. Millions of pounds of high grade butter go out from Omaha each year, and other creamery centers in the state add their quota. Thia butter finds its way to market through the regular channels, and goes on the tables in homes all over the land. That is its recommendation. Yet our butter makers should not rest until they have reached and passed Minnesota in the estima tion of buyers. Better cows are the first considera tion, for butter making begins with the cow. Then the factories will have theif chance, and the day will come when Nebraska butter will top the world, and will be as celebrated for its uniform quality as for its flavor and general excellence as a f^od product. Good butter is going out from the state now, but if there is any room for improvement, the makers should aim at bringing that about, for only the top is the goal worth striving for. WHEN NATURE SHOWS HER POWER. Headlines stretching across newspaper pages tell of death and waste of life, limb and property in the wake of a great atorm. Terror came in the night, and destruction rode on the blast, like a mighty besom, blotting out not only man’s efforts but man himself. Awe and dread mingle in face of the storm, and man feels his littleness before the terrible forces of nature. Yet the whole is but the effect of an eternal law, one that has operated since first the old earth began to roll through space, swinging along an appointed path and revolving at a determined rate of speed. A storm of any sort is the natural result of certain conditions. Weather bureau men tell us, and with reason, that the so-called equinoctial storm is not essentially a result of the equinox. Yet this is only technically true. For many weeks the warm sun over the southern seas has been gathering tiny particles of moisture, and the high sweeping winds have been carrying them northward. Somewhere along this journey, the south wind meets its age-old competitor, and between the two is renewed the conflict that brings the great storm. Vapor condenses, becomes clouds, that gather and finally are too heavy to be supported. Then down come their contents, in snow or rain. That is all thete is to it. % But nature does not adjust her schedule to man’s clock. She moves after her own fashion, and if this sometimes seems vagarious, it is only because we do not understand' how to adjust or thoughts to the mighty movements that control us. If the equinoctial season is more likely to produce a great disturbance than the solsitial, for example,*it is be cause conditions are then the more favorable for a storm. This is incidental to the swing of the earth that sets the sun riding higher in the heavens and farther to the north. “Summer evening’s latest sigh that shuts the rose,” and “Storms that rack the winter sky” are caused by the same law. Trade winds and tornadoes flow from the same source, and all the majesty of the heavens rests on the rule. “The heavens de clare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork.” Man can partly comprehend, but never escape the progress of forces that are eternal. HARD ROADS AND HEAVY LOADS. Iowa legislators are wrestling with a problem that is sure to be before the Nebraska body in its next session. In fact, it was up for extended con sideration at the last session, and may be reasonably looked for at succeeding sessions for a long time to come. It is the problem of the use of the highways for freight trucking. Just now the debate In Iowa is over the proper method for protecting gravel roads from destruc tion by beery load*. The house has adopted a maximum hid cf 5» tens for pneumatic tires and 14 tons for soiid tires. hf* k.’isi like a liberal allowance, for it amounts to the full capacity of a freight car of less than 40 years sgo. fv truck with a load of that proportion will certainly test the stability of any road it travels over. The question of truck competition with the rail roads is but a collateral issue. If truckers can suc cessfully compete on short haul business with the railroads, there is no reason why they should be (interfered with. However, when it comes to requir ing the public to maintain highways, which are in effect the tracks over which the trucks move, the question takes on a different phase. Money saved on freight at the expense of the general taxpayer is not a saving at all. Good hard surfaced, all-weather roads are a prime need, and until Nebraska is as well equipped in this regard as the business of the state properly demands, it will be listed as lagging. But the build ing and maintenance of these roads calls for money, and some of this ought to be paid by those who use the roads the most. How to work out the details of the system, so that no injustice will ba done, and the trucking busineas can proceed on its own foot ing, is the problem for the coming legislature. Hiram Johnson keeps right on, blazing away at the president, no matter what he does. When Daugherty was in the cabinet it was an outrage to keep him there, and when he is out it was a mistake to let him go. What could Coolidge do to meet the approval of the peripatetic senator from California? As Pudd’n’head Wilson put it, this is the day on which we are reminded of what we are the rest of the year. Doesn't it seem duplicating effort to put a loud speaker in the pulpit occupied by Rev. Mr. Holler? March may have bleated his way in, hut he cer tainly roared as he wont out. r ’ Homespun Verse —Bjr Omabt'i Own Pod— Robert Worthington Davie THE RADIO. My pencil Is reluctant to continue with Its scrawl. My thoughts nr« somewhat cluttered, and I'm not my self at all. Because I am afflicted like some others whom 1 know— I have the current fever, and I’m dreaming Radio. It's wonderful, If naming la within my humble power; I ponder on Its magic and I listen by the hour. My little girl In happy and my little boy la glad, Their mother says It Is the greatest treat we've ever had. The evenings swiftly vanish, 1 await each dsv'a demise, The outward sign of sadness Is no longer In mv eyes. My weary smile Is altered to a wholesome boyish grin, I know I'm growing younger every time I listen In. 7 •> ----- ‘ ■ ■ Letters From Our Readers All letter* mwl He •l|9e<l, hnt Mine will l»e withheld upon rr*ne*l. Com muniration* vf ?»»o tvordi end lr«a will be (Iran preferen-e. - —1 Endorses Rankin'* View*. York, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Just rend A. C. Rankin'* letter in today's Bes and I heartily endorse his remarks concerning the primary. The primary law was a pet hobby of our present?governor and the illustrious brother in their efforts to change everything to suit their views of how things should be run. One of the Important Items In our taxes Is the expense of this primary and reduction of taxes was the main feature in the last campaign. One of the good features claimed for the primary was that It would give the poor down trodden oppressed farmer a chance to go to the primaries and nominate men to his liking. Some feared the farmers would combine and take all the offices In sight. The contrary is true. In the old conven tion days the party leaders encour aged the candidacy of good strong men In various parts of the county and only a relative per cent of the county offices were given to town men. The fears that the farmer would take all the offices has disappeared. He doesn't get any of them, the town voters simply combine and take every thing in sight. In almost any court house in the state it will be found that the officers are residents of the county seat, and that nary a farmer or small town man has a place. This shows what chance the farmer or small town man has under the widely touted primary law—a law which Alls ISO pages and which no man under stands and has to be taken to the courts in every campaign in order that Its tearfuily and wonderfully made provisions may be straightened' out. Abas le doggone primaryblaw. O. M. PINE. Pay For Vse of Highway*. I.oup City, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In your Issue of March 26. I note your editorial, "Highways And Their Uses.'’ In that article you are seeking a solution of the question of who should main tain the upkeep of the public high ways of our state. With our present license system of $10.00 minimum for a. car weighing up to 2.000 pounds, and 50 cents for each added 100 pounds, there Is no proportion what ever between the price paid and the use of the roads." To illustrate—I have In mind two friends, one is a traveling salesman who Is on the road 12 months In the year. He pays $10.00 license fee for his Ford road* ster, and travels, say 15,000 miles dur ing the year. The other friend has a large touring car. weighing 3,000 pounds and he pays $15.00 license fee, and travels only 5,000 miles dur ing the year. It Is quite plain that the use of the roads of these two friends hears no relation to the cost of the license fee each one pays. Now I would suggest something like this— charge a small registration fee, just enough to cover cost of license num ber and clerical work, and place a tax on gasoline, used in motor cars, and trucks This tax when collected to be used in Ilk# manner as the present license fee is used. Then those who travel most would pay most and In exact proportion to their us* of the roads. Some other states have adopted this plan and find it to work well. Another consideration for Nebraska is this. There is a large outside tourist travel through the state to thfc Ratky mountains, Yellow stone park and the,Pacific coast, that enjoy the us* 'of it* highways, but contributes not one cent to their up keep under the present system. Tour "St. T.ouis to Terre Haute" illustra tion Is very much to the po.nt. A tax on gasoline would even up this matter. Some workable rules could he adopted to exempt Industrial use of gasoline. J. Q. PRAT. Soldier Against Norris. North Bend. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: la the Oeorge W. Norris who is now seeking the repub lican nomination for senator the same George W. Norrl* who voted against every appropriation bill calculated to feed and clothe the soldiers and fur nish them with ammunition while they were serving over seas? I am inter ested In knowing because I am one of those who enlisted, went across and, serv ed for months tn. France. I know there were those *t home who were •nlpir.g st tis stl the time. If this is the same George W. Norris who ws* :n the senate during the war, then I am against him. And of course he is the same Norris, always against something snd aever "or anything constructive. I have always been a republican, but I announce here and r i Abe Martin s:t After all th' doctor* in town had uiven him up, Lester Mopps cured himself by cuttin’ out envy an’ malice. Maybe th* world is irittin’ better, but it don't seem t* hurt th’ closed In schools fer girl*. (CApyrlffht. 1124 > NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for February, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .75,135 Sunday .<..80,282 D«h not Include return*, loft* •▼era, aamplea or paper* apoiled in printing and include* nu aperial •alee or free circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed ami iwarn to before me tki* 4tb day of Merck. 1*24. W. H QUIVKY, f (Seal) Notary Fublto j THU PAY t'HKt'K. .lust n tinted Mt of paper, but It hold* a Wealth of Jny-r? Home and comfort without measure, happiness without alloy, Hour by hour I toil with pleasure, for I know the moment* count. Beat by beat, each stroke Is adding to my honest week’s account, Kvery moment adds a pleasure to the loved ones In the nest, While the thought nerves me to labor with a never falling zest, 'Tit for wife and babes—Uod bless 'em—and my heart with rapture hums When I face the cashier's window and the Pay Check Contes. There are an unusual numlier of bindsighters in Nebraska right now. They are. bewailing the fact that they didn't see the money in sheep feeding. And the comparatively few men- t of foresight—some call it luck—who did feed sheep are now smiling as they look at their bank account^' Three rousing cheers for lion Herold, who contributes to the current Issue of Life a complaint about the '.'surfeit of service." His experience is the experience of travelers every where—too blamed many people rushing to do things fay us that we would prefer to do for ourselves. F'rlnstance: One bowl and a spoon is all we need when we call for our favorite'edible, a baked apple. But the sable colored servitor in the diner serves the apple In a bowl resting upon a plate. Then he shoves another bowl resting on another plate in front of us. Four pieces of chinaware, when one would suffice. That’s the reason the edible costs us 35 cents. Reckon we'll Have to Pass a Law. If the copper market Is not ruling strong, then there is something wrong. Brief visits to a half-dozen courthouses dur ing the last week has revealed large numbers of copper coils seized by prohibition officers and sheriffs. It would seem that the demand for copper is growing. Talk about fraternity among the country newspaper breth ren. For nearly a month, C. K. Botkin of the Gothenburg Independent has been sick in bed. For three weeks now, J. C. Holmes has been printing the Independent in his Times office, looking after the news and advertising and getting out the mail. And Holmes says he will keep it up as long as his brother editor is laid up. Fred Young, editor of the Genoa Leader, died March 17, after a protracted illness. One of the oldfaehioned country editors, Fred maintained a unique position among the frater-' nity. His biting wit often exposed a grafter, and his sarcasm made him a man to be feared in a political contest. But he was a devoted friend who would go his limit for those he trusted. Cozad Is one of the best small towns in Nebraska. And the Cozad Local is unique in several respects, one being that it is a semi-weekly, doubtless, published In the smallest town in the middlewest. If not the entire country, that boasts a semi weekly newspaper. This of itself is mighty go6d evidence that Cozad is a humdinger of a town. WILL M. MAUPIN. now that I will not vote for any man who sniped at us while we were fo) lowing the flag. I have a lot more re spect for Heine. He at least went to the front. Of course 1 do not pretend to speak for other service men, nor for my fellow members of the American Legion, but I can speak for one voter. I am against Norris and for Sloan. Mr. Sloan had sons in the service, and one of them lies burled over seas. GEOROE "DAD" ARMSLEOD. Company D, 109th Engineers, J4tb division. "Construction Beats Criticism." Slromsburg. Neb.—To the Editor of Ths Omaha Bee; For years It has been vary disgusting, irritating and humiliating to republicans to hear the so-called insurgents denounce, discredit and cast aeperslon on the republican party for the purpose of courting support from Its opponents for themselves. While this has yielded considerable votes from outside the party to those insurgents, it has con tinually discredited the party in pub lic opinion. The republicans have borne this approbrium too long, but since the insurgents attempted dicta torship and. falling, united with the democrats in organizing; disrupted what appeared to be a safe working republican administration so thst not a single constructive piece of legis lation favorable to the middle west has been placed on the statute book, and with the democrats degraded the senate Into a place reeking with po lltlcal scandal-mongers and mudsling ers. republican sentiment has turned strongly to republicanism. Halting between two opinions is out of favor, and republicanism for republicans the slogan. Insurgency la considered the tali of the democratic kite, let the democrats feed their tail. Charles H. Sloan's motto. "Con struction Beats Criticism," strikes a responsive chord. The republican party is end hes been noted for con structive statesmanship, democracy for criticism. Hiram Johnson, at Fremont. Neb.. March 24, la quoted sa asserting "a need for complete house cleaning exists In the repub lican party." I can agree with him on that—clean out the Insurgent tall of the democratic party. Political scandal mongers and mudslingers are not a prime necessity In the party or the I'nlted States, either, for that matter. It is a matter for congratulation that the political atmosphere Is clear ing and republicans lining up for Charles H. Sloan. The fact that demo crats In Nebraska manage Norris' campaign and democratic senators from other states Urge Nebraska re publicans to vote for Norris, clearly proves that the logical thing for Ne braska republicans to do Is to vote for Charles H. Sloan for senator and a landslide of republican votes for When in Omaha Hotel Conant YOU CAN RIDE FROM OMAHA TO NEW YORK FOR IF yaw tMut nail vto ERIE RAILROAD FROM CHICAOO • TIM HMli Natl Two of the fineit through train* daily. Nightly sleeper to Columbu*. Ohio. Aak any Ticket Agent of connecting linea or write H. C. HOLABIRD, C. P. A , Ckicege A. P. Walnarott. TrRv. Peaa. Agt., MB Railway Eac. Bldg., Kanaaa City, Mo. Charles H. Sloan should occasion no surprise—a man of clean character, high ideals and dignified action, he "ill never be tioted for & stinging tongue, defaming the party that hon ored h.m. Sloan's record in congress warrants the confidence that he will accomplish something for the middle west, be an asset to the senate and a credit to the state. On April 8 the Nebraska voters can do themselves honor by voting repub lican. or uphold insurgency and democracy in a tirade of political scandal, mudsllnging and character assassination to destroy faith in pub He officials and disgust the people so as to give an opportunity to add to tha already large wet vote in con gress and. If possible, elect a wet as president. The Volstead law and pro hibition are prime objectives. ALBERT HENRY. Can't Always Tell. Flublr—Appearsncea are often de ceptive. Dubb—Yes: because a man carries hts wife’a photo in his watch it does not follow that she is the only wo- ; man In the rase?—Exchange. f “From State and Nation” -—-* Americans and \inerlran Ship*. From ,U>« Washington Toot. Alneh.odiiVlilps me good enough ftjr the American members of the Ae aocleteii Advertising Clubs of the World." The advertising men, It It announced by Leigh C. Palmer, presi dent of the Emergency Fleet corpora tion, have made arrangement* to nail on three ve**el* of the United State* lines when they make their proposed voyage * cross the Atlantic oceap in July. The Republic is to carry 600, the Leviathan 300 and the Ueorge Washington 100 of the party. It Is a refreshing and cheering bit of new*. Particularly Is this true in the light of the recently much-adver tised selection of a British vessel by the American Bar association for its European pilgrimage, which is to take place also in July. Recently in the senate. Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, chair man of the commerce committee, who watches over shipping legislation, took the bpr association to task for Its failure to choose an American ship. In the course of his address the senator from Washington laid a finger on one of the real difficulties in the development of a successful overseas American merchant marine, {he lack of interest evinced by Ameri cans themselves. “The lack of interest, to express It mildly, in an American merchant ma rine is too prevalent in this country, and is one of the greatest handicaps to building up our shipping,” he said. ’•Until our people prefer Amercan •hips to alien ship* for transporting tfiemkelves and their property we can not hope to have a merchant marine." The right spirit of .Americans to ward their merchant marine it a great need today. When the* arS'ready to use equal or less accorttmogations by employing Americas - ships, when American merchants insist that their business be carried in American bot toms, the problem ‘ of the merchant marine will largely bfe sdlved, In the opinion of Sena tor| Jimes. And why should there be this soft ness of Americans toward the mer chant vessels of Britain or France or the Scandinavian countries, this pref >ren0* to the disadvantage of Ameri can. ships? Unfortunately rumors and reports alleging lack of service and Jack of safety on American ships have been circulated both In this LISTENING IN On the NeMsska Press. The Auburn Herald tells of a Ne maha county man who w»* going to file for county commissioner but re mem be red that he had some oil ■tock. He couldn t aril the stixt , snd was afraid of publicity. He wi^i, wait until the commotion dies down before becoming a candidate. • • s "If the Father of His Country should return now, he would feel like spanking a lot of his children," lays the Beaver City Times Tribune. • • • The fellow who can pass a car on a muddy road, and amile as be turns hla car out of a rut, Is sure one good fellow," admits the Tecumseh Jour nal. • • • FTed Howard of the Clay Center Sun wonders If the girl* of today are* more truthful than those of former Kenerat?s®a. He says It has been a long time since be heard a girl ad mit that she was "sweet 16 and never been kiseed." Well, how could they and be truthful, in a town where Fred Howard Jives? After watching the gyration* of congress for several weeks, Editor Sutherland of the Tekamah Herald is of the opinion that Teapot Dome Is a gas well. • • • The Tekamah Herald calls him Frank A. Slanderlip. We ll bet that the Herald's editor could think up a better word than ■'scofflaw.’• • • • Somebody told the Wayne Demo crat that a bootlegger takes danger ous chances. “Sot as dangerous as the fellows who drink his product," replied the editor. • • • Mr*. Chattie Coleman Westinius, editor of the Stromsburg Headlight, admits that up to data the primary has been a very ladylike affair. country and in Europe. Unfortunat^**’ iy, too. there is a certain degree of snobbishness which Insists upon the use of the vessels of soma of the European lines rather than the Ameri can ships. To an American who be lieves In American shipping, the sug gestion was brought recently that American vessels, as compared to those of foreign countries, are not safe. "Have you ever," he replied, "heard of the fate of the Titanic?" Your Trip to Europe The boat you use and the route you choose can make or mar your trip. Travelling by Cunard-Canadian Service Steamers you spend two or three days on the glorious St. Law rence—time to get your aea legs— and four days at sea. You are surrounded by all the comforts found in the best hotels. Your meals are chosen from menus that are a veritable delight. You get service, courtesy and personal at tention at every turn. S«# the Cunard Agent in your town for sailing dates, rates, etc., or writs for Gcnersl Information Folder to The Cunard Steam Ship Company Leaked M f Illinois Central System Again Urges Patrons to Do Their Shopping Early l The railroads of the country last year handled the greatest volume of freight ever handled in any one year in their entire history, and shippers and receivers of freight never enjoyed more satisfactory sendee. , I Various factors contributed to the making of this unprecedented record, but special credit must be given to shippers and receivers of freight for their efforts to use as much transportation as possible early in the year, when traffic is compara- * tively light, thus releasing equipment for use later in the year, when traffic is al ways heavy. Other factors which also entered into the situation last year were heavy loading and prompt unloading of cars. Without this splendid co-operation it would have been impossible for the railroads to have served their patrons as efficiently as they did last year. It will be recalled that there were severe shortages of railway facilities in the fall months of 1920 and 1922. The movement of freight was unbalanced. In 1920 the maximum daily business handled by the railroads, which was in August, was 44 per cent greater than the minimum daily business, which was in April. In 1922 the maximum daily business, which was in November, was 53 per cent greater than the minimum daily business, which was in April.* In 1923, however, the maximum daily business, which was in Octobeh was only 26 per cent greater than the minimum daily business, which was in December. For one example of what was accomplished by the shippers and receviers of freight last year, take the case of the cement manufacturers. They loaded 60, 000 more cars in the first six months of 1923 than they loaded in the first six months of 1922. Although total car loadings this year have been running ahead of the record loadings of the same period of 1923, the railroads have thus far been able to meet the demand for transportation, and there has been a surplus of freight cars over and above those required. In the first nine weeks of this vear 7,924,617 cars were loaded with revenue freight, compared with 7,654.118 in the first nine weeks of 1923. There is every indication that the demand for transportation is going to continue strong throughout the remainder of the year. * „ If those who are in a position to anticipate their transportation requirements for the year will place their orders at once, or as early as they can do so, we be lieve the railroads will he able to serve them even more efficiently this year than they did in 1923. Evyry effort should be made to stabilize the movement of traf fic. It is of the greatsst importance that shippers and receivers of freight make use of transportation facilities when they are available. We believe it will pay shippers and receivers of freight of all kinds to move their commodities now. even if it should be necessary to store them upon delivery, and we sfrongly urge them to pursue th!s course as far as it lies within their power to do so. In view of the extensive building programs under way and in prospect, this applies with special emphasis to stone, sand, gravel, cement and all other kinds of construction materials. ' Transportation Is a business which requires for its successful operation the closest co-operation between those engaged in it and those whom it senes. This statement is made in the hope that increased co-operation will facilitate the serv ice of this railroad to its public. ^ Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. i C. H. MARKHAM. President, Illinois Central System.
