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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.
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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.
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* 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Letters From
Our Readers
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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
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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*.
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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
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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.
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“From State and
Nation”
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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The Tekamah Herald calls him
Frank A. Slanderlip. We ll bet that
the Herald's editor could think up
a better word than ■'scofflaw.’•
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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.
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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
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Illinois Central System Again Urges Patrons
to Do Their Shopping Early
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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.
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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.
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C. H. MARKHAM.
President, Illinois Central System.