Industry’s Growth
| f in Interior Real
Canal Rate Issue
Railroads Must Be> Able to
Compete or Inland Cities
Will Lose Manufacturing
Plants.
Industrial development in the middle
treat U vitally affected by low ocean rates
and low rates through the Panama canal.
These rates give a preference to Indus
tries located in coast and newr-coast
cities.
Present high railroad rates are largely
made necessary by the loss of revenue
freight which now goes through the Pan
ama canal. The coast interests are send
ing out propaganda of n subtle character
for the purpose of diverting attention
from the real Issue.
Because of the fact that this Issue will
come up for consideration In congress.
The Omaha Bee hus arranged for tha
publication of the facts as seen by mld
dlcwestcrn industrial and business Inter
ests. The following article Is the second
of a series by Will M. Muupin.
ARTICLE NO. 2
tty WILL M. MAI P1N.
The writer of the propa
ganda seeking to convince the
people that the railroads are
conspiring to destroy the
j Panama canal closes his first
f article by the astonishing
statement that “the larger
issue is the survival of the
canal as a coast-to-coast
waterway.
The absurdity of that state
ment is instantly apparent
when the real truth is known
—that the larger issue is to
maintain and develop interior
industries, to provide interior
transportation at reasonable
rates, and prevent the build
ing up of the two coasts at the
expense of the interior.
Waterways Not Consprred Against.
This subtle propagandist cites a
few instances wherein railroads made
rates lower than interior waterway
rates, and after ruining the water
transportation companies immediate
ly raised their rail rates higher than
ever. Upon this premise ho bases his
charge that the railroads have pre
vented the development of interior
waterways and are now conspiring to
put the Panama canal out of busi
ness. The first portion of the charge
may have been true as to the old
days before the interstate commerce
commission was created and given
power to make regulations and fix
jr rates. It can not be true now, nor
jp has it been possible for the last gen
<-w* eration. Yet inland waterways have
not developed. This has not been be
cause the railroads have conspired or
connived, but simply because they
have provided a more acceptable
service.
"The Panama canal, now beginning
to fulfill its main commercial purpose,
is a new world to conquer. That is
the true purpose of the recent appli
cation of the transcontinental lines
for relief from section 4," says the
propagandist seeking to hold up the
~r~ ‘ *'*-anal as something too sacred to
touch.
Hoads Not Seeking Relief.
The railroads are not seeking relief
from section 4, as charged. The
charge has as little foundation in
truth as the charge that the rail
loads are conspiring to close the Pan
ama canal.
The railroads are resisting the ef
forts of Senator Gooding and his sup
porters to so amend the Interstate
commerce act as to prevent the com
mission, upon application and proper
showing, from granting the railroads
permission to make a lower through
rate than the combined rales to inter
mediate points, in order that they may
compete with the Panama canal. It
does not appear that Senator Good
f ing's intent is to promote traffic
through the canal. He wants to com
pel the railroads to make short haul
rates proportionate to the long haul
rate between the two coasts. But the
real effect of the Gooding amend
ment will be to deprive the railroads
of any opportunity to compete with
the canal in transcontinental rates,
rthus forcing them to suffer a loss nf
revenue that must be made up by an
increase in rates between Interior
points.
It is this phase of the question that
vitally effects the Interior.
Gooding Hill Would Kuin Interior.
Depriving the railroads of an op
portunity to compete with the Pana
ma canal for traffic between the
^ coasts means that the growing Indus
^*3 . tries of the interior must either lan
I1- gulsh and die, or move to one or the
other of the coasts, in order to escape
the increased rates that must of neces
sity follow the loss of revenue derived
by the railroads from transcontinen
tal traffic. The Intent of the Good
ing* amendment is right enough. In
practice Omaha has much to can
plain about. In effect It will be
ruinous to the Interior sections of
the country.
One needs hut study the tremend
ous Increase in canal traffic to gain
. an adequate Idea of the effect the
• canal has had upon railroad revenues.
’ June, 1924, completed the 10th fiscal
year of operation of the Pnnnma
canal. The subjoined table Includes
only commercial vessels, no account
being made of government vessels
and cargoes. Of this total tonnage
approximately 68 per cent Is coaat-to
coast tonnage, carried in competition
with transcontinental railroads.
Fiscs I Tear
Kindles No of Ton* of
June HO Transients Tolls Carso
7 91ft .1,075 $ 4.387.57*0 4.848,464
1916 . 75K 2,406,099 3.094.114
J917 .1,803 6,627.463 7.068,563
1916 .2,069 6.439,653 7.532,031
]9I9 ...2.024 6,172.823 6,916.621
1920 .2.478 8,613,933 9,374.439
192! .2,992 1 1,276,889 11,499,21 4
1922 .2.736 1 1.197.832 10.894,910
1923 ..3.967 17,609,414 19.667,876
1924 . 6.230 24.290,963 26,994,710
('anal Gains as Itoads I .one.
The Panama canal was opened to
traffic on August 15, 1914. The low
number of transits during S918 was
due to the closing of the canal for
icven months due to slides.
Despite the construction of section
4 of the Interstate commerce net,
permitting the railroads to make
rates for transcontinental traffic com
petition In some measure with ttie
rates via the canal, the railroads have
constantly lost tonnage, and there
fore lost revenue, while the canal has
g gained Immensely In both. Manifestly
9 it is impossible for tjie railroads to
compete with the coast-to-coast water
wav In rates, even were they so dis
posed. Their contention Is that they
should be allowed to make rates that
will, with service and time as ele
ments, enable them to retain a fair
share of this coast-to-coast traffic.
One factor in the problem so far
overlooked by the propagandists for
the coast Interests is that while the;
Interstate Commerce commission Is
empowered to regulate railroads and
fix railroad rates, It has no power
over the Upnamu canal. On the
coast-to-coast waterway the rates are
determined by the shipping com
panies and include canal toll fixed
by the government, which is approxi
mately 11.04 per displacement ton of
each vessel passing through the
canal.* This amounts virtually to
from 60 to 80 cents per cargo ton.
Government Hears Canal Expense.
Now get these facts. In mind, for
they each have a direct bearing upon
the interior industries and develop
ment^
The’ government bears all the Ex
pense of dredging harbors, building
wharves, maintaining breakwaters,
buoying the channels and maintain
ing lighthouse service. This, of
course, is provided by taxing all Un
people. Rut the railroads are com
pelled to build their own lines, main
tain their own terminal facilities,
provide Ihtir own switch and signal
tower lights and maintain their own
depots, freight houses and yards and
hear the expense of maintenance of
roadway. This expense borne by the
railroads and not borne by the users
of the waterway, must be reflected in
rates that will compensate for the
outlay.
The next article will discuss the
matter of controlling Panama canal
rates.
Dad and Son Banquet Held.
Tecumseh. N’eb., Dec. 14.—The Te
cumseh Hl-Y held a father and eon
banquet at the Methodist church last
evening. One hundred and thirty
men and boys attended. The princi
pal speaker w«is L. C. Oberlies of
Lincoln, who delivered an address
upon the subject "Who? Me? Owe
That Jones Boy Anything?" |
Houston Riotors Freed.
Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 14.—Four
of the f>7 Houston rioters originally
sentenced to life imprisonment were
released from the federal prison yes
terday upon receipt of certificates of
parole from the Department of Jus
tice.
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Wymore* Neb. Dec. 14.—Denzil
Noll. Wymore High a-hool graduate
of the class of 1908, now a merchant
at St. Thomas. Virgin Islands, West
Indies, has arrived in Wymore, being
called hack by the serious illness of
his mother, Mrs. Dave Noll, pioneer
resident of Wymore. Mr. Noll was
formerly in the United States Consul
lor service in Porto Rico, and for a
time was United States district at
torney there and at St. Thomas.
Agricultural Club Elects.
Special I’l-pap h to The Omaha Bee.
Tecumaeh, Neb., Dec. 14.—The
Johnson County Agricultural and Me
chanical association. In annual meet
ing here westerday, re-elected the fol
low.ng officers: President, J. F.
Kuhlman: vice president, J. H. Mil
ler; secretary, Carl H. Brock; treus
urer, J. V. Johnson, members board
ojf directors: T. K. Roberta, H. C.
I.lntz ami W. A. Kelley. It was dc
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Favorable Signs
Continue Bright
in Business Sky
Retail Merchants Will Have
Lower Stocks at Inventory
Time Than Year Ago,
Canvass Shows.
By RICHARD 8PILLANK,
Inlvernnl Service Finunelul Krtltor.
New York, Dec. 14.—All signs In
the business sky continue bright. A.->
a straw shows how the wind blows,
so one example sometimes suffices
to Illustrate very Important condi
tion In relations to trade. Here It is:
Information gathered by the Rice
Stix Dry Goods company of St. Louis,
a concern that does a nationwide bust
ness, indicates that retail merchants
will have lower stocks at inventory
time than they had a year ago.
Stock market operations continue
on a big scale but not so big as
just after election. Money remains
cheap. Reports of railroad traffic
are uniformly good. Some railroad
executives predict 1925 will be the
greatest In transportation history.
What a tremendous increase there
has been in values within the. last 12
months is indicated by the fact that
in 12 of the 20 most active securities
dealt In on the New Y'ork stock ex
change last week, the advance in
price had been In exoess of 20 points
In some instances—Southern Rail
way, for example, it went more than
40 points.
Better report* come from the tex
tile Industry
Construction work the nation over
averages 7 per cent gfeater than at
this time last year.
News from agricultural quarters is
excellent. Grains are at the highest
price since war days. Cotton grow
ers have a pretty fair return. Farm
suppliers from the sewing machine
seller and the radio manufacturers up
to the International Harvester pee
pie are sharing the prosperity with
the man with the hoe.
All the metals seem to be destined
for the large demand and higher
prices. Zinc, silver and copper are
leading the way. The oil people are
making headway, not perhaps s"
rapidly as they would like, but head
way nevertheless.
News from abroad is cheerful.
FIRE DAMAGES
LEGION QUARTERS
Humboldt. Neb., Dee. 14— Quick
work or. the part of the firemen of
this city, today. In the use of chemi
cal apparatus, saved the Home 8tate
bank, and an entire block of business
houses from destruction by fire to
day. .
The fire originated near a stove in
the American Legion hall, a build
ing formerly used as a theater. The
f.re was discovered when It broke
through the floor to the lower part of
the building.
Aside from smoke the damage was
not heavy on building or contents.
The building is owned Jointly by the
American Legion Post No. 268 and N.
C. Campbell.
Baby Upsets Hot Water,
Is Severely Scalded
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Columbus, Neb., Dec. 14—Ralph
Borer. 2. eon of Phillip Borer. Lind
say, Neb., suffered severe burns on
his amis and the entire lower half
of his body when Mrs. Borer, carry
ing a kettle of boiling water, sllj ed
on the kitchen floor, the vessel s v. n
tents hurling over the child.
Big Grain Movement.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 14—Since the
price of corn jumped to It 05 s
bushel, a few farmers are marketing
their grain here. The road* are im
proving since the Btorm of last week,
and if prices keep going skyward a
big movement of grain ts looked for
within the next few weeks.
[a WIFE'S CONFESSIONAL
Adele Garrison's !Seiv Phase of
Revelations ot a Wife
Copyright, lf24, by Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.
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The Amazing Cr.v that Was Wrung
from Mother Graham.
My little lad's face was turned up
to mine trustfully, and I bent to
him with a reassuring smile.
"That's a good boy not to hurt
Granzie," I said, and then with a
sudden anathema at my own absent
mindedness. I realized that I bad not
secured .Juniors silence concerning
Lee Chow.
“There's something else you must
not tell Granzie now while she Is
sick,” I said impressively.
“What?” Junior queried, his eyes
alight with the determination to
keep all discomfort from the old
lady he adored.
“She doesn't like Chinese people
very well,” I answered, “so you must
n't say any thing before her now
about seeing Lee Chow at the beach.
Don't speak of him at all.”
“But I like Lee Chow lots," he re
plied in an aggrieved tone. He's ter
rible nice.”
“Of course he is,” I assented hast
ily smothering an itching impulse to
correct his atrocious diction, “and
you may like hint all you please. But
you mustn't tell Granzie about him
until she gets well and strong again.
Then you may tell her all about him.
and liow nice he is, and perhaps
she’ll like him too. But today, re
member, not a word Tibout him.”
Junior nodded his head gravely.
"I'll remember," he said, but I led
the way into his grandmother's room
with the apprehension that some
where in Dicky's parlance, “the len
tils would be tipped over,”
Marion Helps Junior.
My fears were not justified, how
ever. Junior rushed into her arms
with such precipitancy that at first
she had no chance to sec his face
so hurled was It in the hollow of
her shoulder as he clung to her in
childish ecstacy. Aand when she did
get a glimpse of the red marks, she
herself opened the loophole of eva
sion for us all.
"Mercy on us child!" she exclaimed.
"Where did you get those mosquito
bites? On that beach picnic, of
course," she answered her own ques-|
tlon with withering intonation. i
"Haven't you put anything on them?”
she demanded, turning to me.
"Oh, yes,!" I answered hasteily. “I
bathed them with a lotion—one of Dr.
Pettit's prescriptions. They aren't as
bad as they were."
"I'm glad I didn't see them when
they were bad," she said ucidly, and
1 heartily echoed her thankfulness.
Marion dashed to the rescue with a
directness and assurance which are
her mother's gift to her.
“Oh, Grandma Graham!" she ex-1
claimed, "If you had been with us on
the picnic you wouldn't have minded
the mosquitoes. We didn't, a bit. We
had the most splendiferous time,
and I lighted the fire with one
ma tch."
Mother turned nn interested face
upon Lillian's winsome daughter who
Is very dear to her.
“To Think That I—”
"Tell me about it,” she command
ed, and Marion, nothing loath,
launched into a glowing account of
our beautiful excursion, interrupted
every few seconds by Junior, patent
! Iy ambitious also to be araeonteur.
I held my breath for fear there
would be some inadvertent reference
I to Lee Chow of the mysterous poison
! which had affected Junior's face but
I marvelously neither child gave the
I slightest hint of anything held back
in their story.
Mother Graham was a most atten
tive listener at first, but after awhile
I sew her attention was not given to
the story, but was fixed instead in
far different fashion upon Junior.
She was contemplating him with the
saddest expression I ever had seen
her wear, and when she suddenly,
looked up and saw me watching her,
in troubled amazement, she burst'
Into sudden tears, and motioned for
Marlon to take him away from »he
room.
At her unexpected outburst of
tears, and her gesture of dismissal,
Junior gave a loud frightened wall,
and for a second or two there ap
peared to be a contest between them
for the championship in vehement
crying.
"And the waters came down at
Indore," I murmured to myself as
I went toward my small son, who
was clinging to his grandmother
with his arms and legs. She dried her
I own tears quickly as she saw his
fright and spoke to him soothingly.
"There, there, Danzie's sweetheart.
Danzie's all right now, but she wants
your mama to bathe her poor head.
Please go away with Marlon and get
your breakfast, and then you can
come up to see Dansie again."
It took our combiner] persuasion
for several minutes to get the small
Iw>y quieted and out of the room, for
he evidently believed his grand
mother to be in some danger which
he could avert. When he had gone.
I turned to my mother-in-law In the
belief that I had an ordinary hyster
ical fit to deal with, but to my hor
rified amazement, she moaned hope
lessly: .
“Oh! Margaret, to ’ think that I
should bring disgrace upon that in
nocent child!”
MEN FORM B. I. L.’S,
P. 0. E. AUXILIARY
Special DUpatrh (o The Omaha Bee.
Cozad, Neb.. Dec. 14.—The P. E. O.
Sisterhood entertained their husbands
at a dinner last night. The men
formed an auxilary whleh is known
as the B. l.'s. Several new members
were initialed at the meeting last
night. The dinner was served at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Pierce.
All the decorations fitted the Christ
mas season. After the ceremonies of!
confering the degrees the company!
was entertained with radio. Stations;
were heard from Winnepeg to East
Philadelphia.
Dniepist Sells Store.
Special DUpatrh to The Omuha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb , Dec. 14.—Fred Pen
tier, who recently disposed of his in
terest in his drug store here to his
brother. Will, has purchased a store j
| at Falls City. Neb., and will soon,
move there with his family.
Fluctuations in
Bond Prices Seen
During Last Week
Uncertainly Over Policy of
Federal Reserve Bank Causes
General Reaction Early
in Week.
By Associated Press.'
! New York, Pec. 14.—Undue appre
i Pension over a possible Increase In
the local federal reserve bank's re
discount rate contributed to the er
ratic fluctuations of bond prices last
week. Uncertainty over the reserve
hank's present policy, combined with
the Arming tendency of money quo
tations. caused a general reaction
early in the week, but the market
later made irregular recovery In re
sponse to maintenance of the 3 per
cent rediscount rate.
Trading continued on an unusually
active scale despite the absence of any
sensational price movements. Pally
transactions at one time exceeded
125,000,000 the heaviest single day e
volume of business since early In Au
gust. Large dealings In Liberty
bonds, which reAected the uneasiness
over the money and bank rate situa
tions, accounted for a large part of
the total. The trhnd of the govern
ment's issues throughout the week
w-as lower.
Merger Deadlock Broken.
Breaking of the deadlock in the
“Nickel Plate" railroad merger nego
tiations through the acceptance of
the lease terms by the Erie railroad
encouraged a brisk rally late in the
week in the bonds of the companies
involved. Chesapeake ft Ohio con
vertible 5s soared to a record high
price and Hens of the Erie and
“Nickel Plate" roads scored impres
sive gains.
Various other railroad obligations
responded to constructive merger and
dividend developments. Approval of
the Missouri Pacific consolidation and
Indications that the directors of the
Missouri, Kansas ft Texas railway
would Inaugurate dividends on the
preferred stock this week enabled
these bonds to continue their upward
movement.
rtility Issues Dead.
A contraction in the volume of new
financing brought the total for the
week down to about $56,000,000, con- |
trasted with more than $90,000,000 and ,
$137,000,000 In the two preceding
weeks. Public utility Issues led the
list of new offerings.
With negotiations for several for
eign loans nearing completion there
was indications during the week the
total of more than $1,000,000,000 In
foreign financing so far this year
would be swelled considerable before
; the close of 1924. The first portion of
a projected Belgian loan, ranging be
tween $25,000,000 and $50,000,000, it
was reported, might be floated this
I month. Offering of the American
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ELECTION RESULT
TO BE CONTESTED
gperlal Dispatch «o The Omaha Bee.
Wayne, Neb., Dec. 14.Contest
proceedings having been Hied by
Thomas R. Sundahl, democratic can
didate at the late election for county
commissioner of the second district in
Wayne county, through his attorney,
C. W. Peaslnger of Randolph, against
Henry Rethwisch, republican, who
was declared elected by a majority
of four votes, a hearing will be held
here before Judge J. H. Cherry, De
cember 29, when the ballots will he
Inspected in court and evidence sub
mitted. The petition claims that ,
while, according to the canvassing
board, Sundahl received 1,598 votes
and Rethwisch 1,(102, sufficient errors
were made by the election boards In
counting some votes and throwing
out others to have elected Sundahl.
Mr. Rethwisch is the present
county commissioner of the second
district, having served several terms
In this office.
STORM DAMAGE
REACHES $200,000
Special HUpntrh to The OmnhA Her.
Beatrice, Neb.. Dec. 14.—Telephone,
telegraph and electric wires which
have been out of commission most of
the time since the sleet and wind
storm of 10-days ago, are almost har k
to normal, although linemen are still
replacing broken poles and making
other repairs. It is estimated that
the damage to lines in this section ('f
the state as a result of the storm
will reach $200,000 or more.
EASTERN STAR
ELECTS OFFICER
Blue Springs, Neb., Dee. 14.—The
Eastern Star chapter of Blue Springs
elected the following officers for the
coming year: Pearl Sandritter, wor
thy matron: Gilbert Sandritter, wor
thy patron; Mae Stephenson, associ
ate matron. Anne Craig, secretary.
Dora Harpster. treasurer; Clara
Rosenfelilt. conductress; Laura Cran
nell. associate conductress.
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