THE REK: OMAHA, THURSDAY. APRIL 20. 1916.
13
WHITE FLOUR BEST
Ull lima AD I 1U1MI
1 1 It'll - A i '
fieorasica miners rroicciive asso
ciation Now in Session at the
Commercial Club.
FLO UK MOST FOR THE MONEY
White flour against ttio whole
wheat, graham and ryo propaganda
that in general lit the slogao of the
, Nebraska Mlllors' Proter-tlvo asuocla
tion, In session at the Commercial
club roomf. Thin assorlatloo meet
about once a year to take up nonie
tt the problems of milling In which
the members are mutually Interested
White flour 'In one of the subjects
In which they are mutually Inter
eated at present, for they hold that
)n spite ofvthe fact that much adver-
I lining In being; done seoktug to show
. .. t,i . . ' j 1 .. t ,i ik.t
mat. wniie jiour in injurious u.v
whole wheat and other brands are
wholesome, white flour la. neverthe
ss, an wholesome as any, and It Is
their business to keep this before the
consumers'of flour.
Dnnil Whll" Floor,
r, In accordanre with thin potlc-y, (h
Huoclatlon has tindoisivl thn Itiimts
Urotprrs' advcrtlwlnst esmpiiltfti, which
peeka to advertlao while flour, jiolntlrtK
nt Its merits slid Its mwrlnrlly oVrr th
titbsr flours thn havs been booalsd In lis
place.
A, U,Ilen of the Western Welithln
ssotMatlon Is to ncnk on shipping
welghls during the s'tnrnoon srion ami
I'rstlk I. 'RlDKer,' ftommlsslorirr ..of the
Ktats Manufnsturcrs' association, Is to
tJk on community building.
K. C. rtlwkhurn of Bt. Kdward Is
rreMrnt, J. N. Ashhum of (Hhlx.n l
Men president and J. K. Hurgner Is sep
I ctary-trsaMirer.
In -the ialks of the morning It was
poitiKxi out that flour hss not rlsrn In
firlcs In proportion to the othT neees-
lu of life In the Una of food proilijcls.
Ifr was pointed out that wherever a table
In shown 'or the vast incruascs In the
t.riee of ineitts, suiritr, butur and any
one of the staples In the laet row years,
flour Is cither not glvr-n at all, or lis
edvanoe In prl-s Is found to hs the
least In the lint. The wlllf-rs hold that
nn isn get greater fond vslue today by
inyeMln a dollar In flour than lm run
f.y .Investing- that dollar In any product,
known.
Ak-Sar-Ben. Makes
-Bic: Membership
" Gain Over Last Year
Ak-Rsr-Jten has more ntembers at this
time than It had at, the corrpon(iln
rr-rlnd last year and last year was something-
of a record Itself. There sre at
present 1,01) members for ,1 he 131S seoson,
ea against ,6, at this time last year.
Of the '1,nw mombers who have paid
this year. 'J2.were brought In by the
ntenlid work of the organization's bua-
tUn emnmltt'e, 'which la working every
day. -Of 1h total number of members to
date, are new niemhfrsl.-'thHt Is, men
who wA;o'not rnember Isst year,
Tha seiiotld 'rwhelrsat 'p( the ;on at
the fen, wltl lw . Jifcid. Alondsy evening
The. li-st rehearsal was held Jt ,Mri-
ca.f evening, when about twenty singers
....... i,i kj ,tmrui KntiirM The re.
lienrsal pest Monday evening Is to be
Vis lino enure snnw anu "iniiii
$' 'the Pen. There are to bo over WO
niehibers In the crew, for the big show
(nd 1nltl?"n- st the Den this year.
;WRS:REDFIELD, RESIDENT OF
lf. '"Str; Mnrirnret Ti. P.edfleld. W years
C old, a resWent of Omaha for, the last
' fifty yeara, died at her home. I5 Pouth
Thlrty-fonrth street, Tueaday. She la
Hurvived by a son, Joseph nedfteld, end
r dsugliter, 'Miss Jennie lriflel(l,,a puli
!U school ' principal, funeral services
iill be bi'ld , Thursday afternoon at. 2
l'S'k from. the. residence, with Inter
Tcent In Prospect Hill cemetery.
STREET RAILWAY AND
!' ' LIGHT COMPANY PAY UP
' The .fmieha founcll Uluffa Street
Jiallnoy eonipany rnmltted to Ihe. city
SIT.KW.IS owupnllnn tax for the flrnt
'mmrter of this year, this being 3 per
-4 nt of . tS.:et r." iirnss earnings In
Omaha. The Omaha Klrtl rlc Light and
t'owiT' fmnpatiy .paid ll'MiTt .14 fur the
,ui period, .this ta bcint 3 per cent
i't t:t3,.II.W rs eariilngs.
a
r
WELL KNOWN MAIL CARRIER
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Jnen A ,l"linen. '.T'J I'lerce street, ll
Uml fSrrlrr In the dlflriet Imundi'd b
iihteentli and Teeuth and 1'v I'odtie
mt Harney sir'ei. di-it at tUe t'Urkaun
henpust Kr!y Wnliiesdav ixornlitii afti-r
a illness
(Is his rrtis out snt.l h,t Itt ru
jusil tsruer t"l t f'-in V'i He l
.rme.) t.y hit vtid". to l-r-i'iiers mvl
a r'.-u r
CRAWFORDITES USE COUNTER
MOVE IN44WRITING IN" GAME
Ire i (tine .f S(u ivf..i,l . u.,
itnlv t iiM rlutet S iuftil it fi-r nmttly
I n ll. in I me-
M'Hi ttftll t t t"itrt !t t.
. U. . 1 hi VV i h liu til. ini i.r
i hAH ft Hits lh ) .! 4
r if ' . I . 111 III
.. t-f ! 't f'1- 1 e.- t in. '
i t .1 (,.., 1. 1 U Jl - nt. !iil
FREIGHT TRAIN GOES IN
THE DITCH NEAR MALVERN
S, V''.a, U t t v
. It - l.t t t I I ll, ' ' ...t
' ! -" '' , t '..
-.I 1 tl,H,l .'.''ir I lt
' . S 1 i.f f. IU '8-1
s t f. t ii . . t ; i
'Ui I !'. 'l It '
..!. I., l..4,4
It e Iks ;,. ' t' t- '
- t''.'., I .t l' . . 4
. I h t I., s . 1 1- - .
. . Ittt A I . I. f . . . . .... k
' ( r i . i '
.?!'. it - r (). (V,,r,, , t
1 , - i . . i i ui
'. -if .In-,. t t ,- , ,t ; t . ,
. I' nil '... t , l i . In,,.,' ,
a. ' (. I . H , . f . , .
I . I I : .i - 'I , .' t -,
t i . k t I1 i' i , . ''. .i
Aged Resident of
East Omaha Dies
Leaving Many Kin
Mrs. Antg Lesch, 9 years old, for thlr
ty-five ytsrs a resident of East Omaha,
died yesterday morning at the homo of
her son In Kast Omaha.
. Bhe Is survived by her son. Peter; a
dauuhler, Anna; nine grandchildren
thirteen .great-grandchildren and one
KriHt-ttreat-grandchlld. funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon at - o'clock
from the residence, with Interment In
Forest La it cemetery.
PLAN GALA SEASON
FOR MUSIC LOVERS
i
Brightest Stan of Grand Opera
World Have Been Secured by
the Retailers' Association.
PRICES WILL BE MODERATE
A galaxy of musical stars that will
rrllpso even those that were here
during the season now dosing will
come to Omaha next fall and winter
through the effort of Louis Nash,
George Drandels and the Omaha Re
tailers' association.
Among them will be Oraldine
Kurrar, Kmina Dentin, Louise Homer,
Helen Stanley, Luelcn Muratore and
Clarence Wbltehlll, all members of
Ihe Kills Grand Opera company,
which will be hero October 23 and 24
In "Carmen" and "11 Trovatorc,"
Mr. tirandvla and Mr, Nash were In
New York recently snd were able to so
curs the engagements of this great op
era company. It hss s full orchestra
snd sevenly-flve In the chorus snd Iml
let snd Includes soma of the highest
salaries! artlsls In opera.
John McCormack, the celebrated tenor,
will be one of the other big attractions,
Frits Krelsler will fill tha fourth even
Ing snd the fifth will ho either a big or
vhestrs, a chorus of some famous mu-
sI'm) star.
His Demand for Tlrkela,
The demand tor season tickets has been
tremendous and over IIG.OflO worth hsvs
been sold slreudy, according to the pro.
tnolrs.
This Is not remarkable when the very
low prices are considered, when It Is
remembered that the people of Omaha
will have, these musical tients at less
than half what the people of Chicago,
Philadelphia, New York and lloston puy
for them, tvlien Ksrrar and Muratore,
for example, sang "Carmen" with the
Chicago (Jiiind Opera company, the
prices for first floor sests were raised
from If" to 17, and even then tin sests
were sll taken long before the date of
the opera,
In New York, hen f'srrar opened In
"f'srmen," slnple sests sold as high as
$.V and were hard to obtain at that pi leu,
Never In the htslory of Omah hss
such big musbal value been given for
the money as was given here during the
season just cloMed.. And next season even
a bigger value will lo given through th;
efforts of the Omaha retailers. The re
tailers " hsvn f)ven llielr 'fiigrsnties to
bring big si trv tlons' he-re for the people
to' enjoy, . ;. i- . .. ; .
Most of the State'
' 'Gets Good Soaking
Another drenching rain vlxlted about
all of the grain belt of Nebraska again
Tftesday "night, snd, according to the re
ports of sgenls sent to railroad hoad-
quarters, th precipitation ranged from
one-half to i an Inch and one-half.
ilong the Northwestern, practically sll
the way arroas the state, from Blair, on
the east , line, west and southwest to
Hastings, there-was an all-nlRht sraln.
and agents report the precipitation al
one and one-half Inches to slightly more
In a number of places. Crom Omaha to
Fremont snd thence up the Elkhorn val
ley to Oakdula and tip tho Albion branch.
there was from one-half to an Inch.
The Huillnston reports from one-half
to an Inch and one-half over about all
ihe country south of thg rislte river,
with one-hnlf Inch- as far west as Ox
ford. ,
In t'nlon Pacific' territory there were
light to heavy rslnS all the way from
Omaha to beyond North 1'lnlle, ilh
generally a 'heavy ' downpour over the
country tributary to the branches north
and southof , the maln'llite. in Nebraska.
APPOINT COMMITTEE FOR
PROPOSED jROTESTANT UNI
The .following committee has been ap
pointed to. represent the -Omaha Minis
tertul union In the matter nt a, prnpored
piolenliint. university to ba Imaied In
this city: Hev. I:, 11 Jink, l'rebyte
ilun, liv. t' II t'ohliey, t"hrl.iin, Rev
l fbiUiy, ,iillu-ni. I!v, Titus I, owe.
Mrthodlxt, ev. A. J Mruris, I'.apllst.
Ile, W. O, .lories, t'hltrd Hrettui'li.
t'.rv Tlinuiaa I'.vans, l ulled F:infilti-l
l;.-v. II H Jpeer. I'lilted I'rrstiyterUn.
r.e l" (f, rump rivse.luh Mission. I!'V
t !', Ji i kins, I nlvenily of imli, i:y
A II illiiit, I'rinsiig&ttmt.it.
CHURCH LEAGUE MEETING
TO BE HELD IN COURT HOUSE
T'.' i 'mud i ' ti ii.h !!.'!
1,1 h.ii) a iu.tn Ill-Ur iil in
lti. i.ii... of l! t. t. il l. n .1". . . mi
l,a m. ..11,1 fii.r i'f h' "l,.e A 'l
r..-il-r t'-ni iil S Iro!-! in II, , l
I . it , t !'' me I '
It I. 11 Lit
RUPTURE
S l.aa I hiiim f,
(in.i a 1 1. out f., m 1 1 aim a,
..I wt s - a , 'f.i-it ii a
a- . i " I- 4 a 4
" '- -- ia
.. ' f 1 ' 1 a 1 i.
1 1 l .... , . ... iti.i 1 f l. i. a at.
, ,...1. .1 , . 1,1 i . t , 1 ,4
, .... 1 i i . . I "I i 1 . 1 h 11
I 1 ...1 . ' H i ' i i 1 a.al.
I ( . 1, 1. 1 1 .' U ''"''St
l!--.! tr (.., 1 U a
a. 1,.,.. ,N ,.i..-. 1 .. 1.. ..1
j J.. a t a . I
! i v ! a s-.
iiiui
i e i.f Our a a t ft. .1 -4ei, v
CIYIL SERVICE JOBS
ABROADWILL OPEN
Examinations for Positions as Clerks
to Foreign Commercial Attaches
to Be Given.
SERVICE IS LARGELY EXTENDED
Some nice positions for clerks, who
would like to live abroad and draw
y,ood salaries, are about to be open
in the Cnlted etatca civil service.
These are positions aa clerks to com
mercial attaches In foreign coun
tries. The positions pay $ 1 , 0 0 per
ytar.
Hiu h attaches are now located in
london, Lima, Peru; Paris. Petro
trad, Hlo de Janeiro, Buenos Ayreg,
Melbourne, lletlln,, Peking and San
tiago, Chile. It la jlkely that the
service will bo largely extended dur
ing the coming fiscal year by the
eppninttnent of new attaches, and
therefore the necessity arose for ad
ditional clerks,
Kxn initiations for tho positions wilt be
given May 17 at thu following points
In Nebraska: Omaha, Uniolii, Orand
Island, Alliance, 1tatrtce, Urokcn How,
North riatte, remont, Holdrego, Mo
Cook and Norfolk.
t'lvll service examinations will also be
given at the same places on the same
'Isle for tho following positions; Mar
ket station assistant, woman head nurse,
nil ganger, clerk qualified In modem
languages, entomolOKlcal Inspector, shop
iipprentlc, Instructor In patiern-msklng
snd foundry work, asslstsnt sllny chem
1st snd besting and ventilating engineer
snd draftsman.
Information regarding any ef these
examinations may he obtained by sppll
csllnn to the secretary of tha Cnlted j
Hlates Civil ifervlca boardMiss Viola
Coffin, federal building, Omaha or by
writing to thn t'nlted fftatea Civil Berv-
c commission, Washington, P. C,
RAINFALL VARIES IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF CITY
The rain Isst night varied greatly In
different parts of tha city. Home dis
trict reported a heavy downpour, but
In Ihe government rain gauge only ,03 o
an Inch was recorded,
Halns wers general throughout tha
state, eicept In the extrama western part.
Hartlngton had J.SO Inches; Oakdale, .70
of an Inch; Culheifsnn, M; rtroken Jlow,
.; Iloldrege, 40, and Iliicoln, .10,
"1,'nsettled snd cooler tonight, Kslr to
morrow," Is the forecast.
U. P. Officials Plan
to Prevent Shortage
of Cars Next Fall
After the exneHeno. of ttie nml t'nlnn
Pacific officials are figuring on a plan
to prevent a car shortage next (all whi n
the grain commences to move from Ne
brueka to market.
To company agents of the t'nlon Pa
cific system. (Jenersl Manager War has
addressed a letter cautioning the t'nlon
Pacific men to be particular and Use
foreign cars, whenever they are Avail
able, for shipments going off the com
pany lines. He advl-ns that all cars b
Inndcd lo 10 per cent above capacity
weight, or up to full rapacity space, Re
ports will be required eaih dny on sys
tem cars Iciailrd for points off the com
pany lines, snd when so loaded, a report
on why such loading could mil have
been avoided, will be required.
It la the opinion of (Jenersl Mansger
Ware that If officers and empln fol
low the rules laid down, they will be
sh to prevent a serious freight csr
shortage, so far as the I nlnn Pacific Is
concerned.
To Discuss Track
Elevation at the
City MlThursday
f'ltlsens Interested In Ihs flelt line
track elevation sre notified to appear In
the city council chamber at o'clock
Thursday morning, when offh luls of the
Missouri Pacific Hallway company and
city commissioners will dls iiss pbins sub
mltled by th railway people. The MIS.
sourl Pacific proposes to start tha gen.
era! plan of elevation by raising th
trarka over Dodge, louglss snd Karnam
streets.
Part of Belgrade is
Destroyed by Fire
TAni", April 1.-A destructive fire In
Itelgrade, formerly the ceplUI of farbls,
Is reported in a dlspatoh to the Matin
from Huchnreet It Is said the eastern
section of the city was almost destroyed,
Heverel hundred houses were burned and
thousands of persons are homelrss,
GREAT WESTERN R. R. MADE
DEFENDANT IN FED. COURT
The (,'hli sgo Oreat Western railroad has
been sued by tho federal government on
charge ef violating tho twenty-eight
hour act on a shlnment of catlle from
liuffalo Center, la., to Omaha. The nov-
crnment asks that a fine of JfW bo Imposed.
Tlione your Wunt Ads to The Bee.
ROURKEGETS NEW SECOND
BASEMAN FROM YORK STATE
ra Rourke has secured Priests of Ro
chester, N, T., to play second base. le
will, Join the club In Pes Moines Thurs
day. Prlesle Is said to be not only a
good man on second base, but a strong
batter and all 'round good man.
GOOD RAIN IN GRAIN
BELT LOWERS THE PRICES
A continuation of good rains over a
portion of the wheat snd corn belt sent
grain prices down egaln on the Omaha
market, wheat losing one to two cents
corn, one-half cent, and oats, a quarter
of a cent.
Omaha receipts were; Wheat, M cars,
corn, i. cars, and oals, 19 cars.
Wheat sold st ll.rto'ul.OS; corn, SJihc',
eats, 4ottl'Hic per bushel.
SCHOOL DISTRICT ACQUIRES
OLD JUDGE LAKE PROPERTY
The deed has Just been filed whereby
tho school district of Omaha acquire!
the i!0 feet west of the Central school.
This Is the old Judge fjrorgs 11. fli
property. .The conslderstlon wss S3 WW.
The transfer wss made some months sgn,
but the filing of the deed bsd been do
Isyed. The deed reads, 'l'rom A, U
lAke to the school district of Omaha."
SUIT AGAINST MILWAUKEE
FILED IN FEDERAL COURT
Hult was filed by Ihe rertcral govern
ment against the Milwaukee lallroad,
charging It with violation of the twenty,
eight-hour law on shipments of cattle
from .Mitchell, 8, P., to Omaha. A fins
of 1,0W) Is asked.
4$s"
For Sore, Tired, Swollen Feet; For Aching, Tender,
Calloused Feet or Painful Corns-Use "Tiz!"
Whole year's foot
comfort for only
25 cents
"I use 'Tiz' when
my fcrt ache, burn
or puff up. Il'ifine!"
'i.n.'t ty, torn f. ' t.i.riin f t, s ji'd I 'fin mil i -ms'irr ih.i
l n fi hn ! r f i. Ili l f. rl I I "Tls" and ( ua.t vi n f.il ml. n
in,."l li(r, .null, ia'l'iiii" I, ml in ati't : Ah !.., . i.il.irtaii- "i . I't
raw aiH.tii V i o, ! .i; i;i.ii. i- . i I a ' ' I . n-.a at ai.l
iniira t:nt't' "U" rim ' ' ita'iit 'r ihi'aI nt .f . a it t si.. e i.ni
o"r fa'-e I" sg"b . "Tl ' Is luaslcal ' ' lla g-.l f' . M
.U lfcit "ft 1 1 1 i n . ...I a i' ' inn . i . i "i i .if i pi $tt 'ir I
e..ixvua t .iiii,i, wtti h r-itf 'ii' thi ) .. t i.iium
IHI
"!- I W '
' I
It
I
' a t
V . I ,
I 1 I V 1 1 4 t Ik "I
- . .1- Vl
I ..r . i , - , .
I I
I. '
. I '
. t t
K , I t.
In r a ll I
. 1 1 '...a
r
r '; . r v : : l:vv !i
' " . . ; . ' .. v . i
j , X '.rl'
V' Jh.ttlS ' JkiI " "' ' ,
,A - r 1 1 b, ji, . v.
Mint Motlfrn an.l Smit.rv Hrrwrrv in the Writ.
IVmilr Ti.H'f vij -!ir. tv WM JKTTI.K. IM anhutor.
':iK2 N U. Tclcj'hoiif Du'.uUi 4 JJ I. JJ Kith 8i3 or
sr".JaiBl;
I
,.!: . i- ..a til) i Sillkll,
4 e i I , d .. SaV
The Truth About the
Cleveland Municipal
Electric Light Plant
(CONTINUED)
Some Untruths Told and Implied by F. W. Ballard
We have set before you the TRUTH about Cleveland's
municipal electric light plant,
We shall now point out more specifically some of tho
UNTRUTHS told and implied by F. W. Ballard, the deposed
manager of this plant, while in Omaha.
Mr. I5;illanl rnm Iuto, i In- goon to othrr citios, rcokiiiff irmploymfint as
mi "cxjir-rt" iiiiiiiiciil ownfrliij jiromotor.
Mr. JJtllfinl (lirfctly rt'prociitfil himself m now ronnoctctl with the man
aKcnifiit of thin Clfvclninl plant, when uh a muttor of fact ho was ousted from
it.i mtna'mriit Inst full at a populur olr-ction hy tho ntunning majority of
J 1 ,iilf, hf and all his crowd.'
He rpproMcnted hiniRelf m tho instrument hy which the city of Philadol
phiu recently obtained mJiiction in eleetrie light rate, when a a matter of
fact the rnun irioft eoiiHiieiioiiH ifi thin realjiihtment, outfidn of tho company's
own officials, was Morris IJewellyn Cooke, director of utilities for tho city of
Philadelphia, nnd next to Mr. Cookf. was Dr. R M. Pattcrnon of tho Wharton
School of I-'inanco of the UnivcrMty of Pennsylvania, J5allard' part being but
incidental,
liy implication he represented hirnnelf an aignally aiiccei-ful In this lin of
work, when as a matter of fact jn notably two cities whero ho bad been to aid
in foiftinpr municipal ownership upon the people, Ixirain, 0., and Kalaxnazoo,
Mich,, he has met with overwhelming defeat.
SOME LIES ABOUT THE PLANT.
Imposing upon the confidence and credulity of Omaha people, Baflaxd
miwprcf-cnted fact after fact in his peechon here,
Find be srwkeof the $2,0(X),fX)0of bmulx issued for the plant, failing to
bring out the fact that the bonds had to be increased up to $2,775,000, an in
crawe of .38 jer cent, ,
Po representod the investjiiont a $.1,000,000 instead of more than $3,
500,000. Ife said the total load of the plant now was one-half, when official records
show it to bo more than two-thirds,
He said the plant in 1915 paid all its interest ehnrjre, $120,000, when offi
cial records how it paid less than one-half, or $50,040, capitalizing the remain
der, $30,810, for the total interest charge is $1 f),850.
He said the plant wax increasing its load and taking on new customers,
when, according to the specific statement of the lighting commissioner in
charge of the plant, no new customers are being taken on,
'He said extensions were being made as fast as possible, when according in
the lighting commissioner in charge of the plant, "We have no money to make
extensions and have cut down our force by 40 per cent.
He told of laying up a big surplus from earnings, when as a matter of fact
expenses have been charged to construction and interest to capital to make a
showing.
He represented the plant as "the people's plant," and himself or the man
who "gave Cleveland 3-eont electric light," wjicn aa a matter of fact, taking
the official records of one month as an average, "the people" or the residence
consumers, got only 8 per cent of the plant's total output for which they paid H
per cent of its total revenue, while Kil big wholesalers got CC per cent of its total
output, for which they paid only 44 per cent of the total revenue.
HIS CROWNING FABLE.
Mallard said that in 1015 tho plant made a profit, after paying for opera
tion, intoroHt'aiid ninking fund, of $42,510, when as a matter of fact it lost up
wards of $1 2.1,000, as will lie seen from the fact that;
Its total rm'finno was , .$541,495 ;
Its total operation cost 311,135
Its (otal interest charge 119,850
Its total sinking fund charge 68,062
Itn total depreciation charge r 103,000
lt total tax nllowanco 60,047
With one damage claim judgment of $7,500 paid by the city treasury, with
office rents and services from other city departments free, all of which'Brother
Ballard blissfully ignored in his presumptuous misrepresentations to the people
of Omaha.
He represented the gross revenue for January, 1916, $62,000, with cost of
operation, $24,rM)0, and operating profit, $.'58,000, as tho average for the year
lultiplying this $.!H,sM) by 12, struck otj a total of $450,000, which he had
nnrl mi
the effrontery to refer to it the profit for 11)16, when as a matter of fact this
would be a percentage of profit of 62 per cent, ns compared with less than 8 per
cent profit for 1015, if his claimed profit of $42,510 for 1015 were true.
Ho represented in this $156,001), a profit for 1916 only $85,000 less than
the whole income of the plant from all sources in 1915, thus presuming upon the
intelligence of his Omaha audiences.
Ballard said 3 per cent was the iihiihI depreciation rate for electrical plants,
when no Mate cotnmisiii) will permit, so low n rate; when most of thorn, N'ebra
kn V railroad commission included, refuse to go below 6 per cent for these muni
cipal projierties.
THE CRUSHING CLIMAX.
Ballard represented the municipal plant in Cleveland a? senilis; Cleveland,
when a matter of fact it serve but 15,000 or 16,0o of the 90,000 electrical con.
sinners, and can serve no more now with no money for extensions nnd two- thirds
(liei.
lie I'eprc'onteil it ii" paving i1 ay, when it slough off its fiird charges
unto the titxpii.M is each year,
lie represented 0 in ha inir been well managed under him, when, vordinij
In tlie lighting e.intiiiifiviutii r, itn it coi b aro "a jumbled hh-m" that will require
Iuh vi iir of auditing to -h'uigMeii nut.
lie it invi-nieil it m in U'mmI ph Meal condition, w hen according to th light,
in- coiniiii-iMoiier, "the d.v i not fir distant " when it t hief machinery will
haw to go tho senip pi!,- Iim-hum .f i.b.i.lcH-i.n.,e and deterioration and a big
l.lutiih i in the t.riKiiuil I'ui'i I. a m with n-t a penny put ny n deproUtion
i hiilKe t" I'UV new iti.tctiUu T wbrll it U "10.
Hftli, od's bin p'n wn. t n in ent this .l(nt s fa,p(iir, when a n matter
( f. I l ere i nt this ino.u-nt an.l wm nt lh monu-iit be sjiokt in Onaha, a
ift.pii-itnii pi i ' 1 1 ' ' g In li e tt if C!, i lnud ftr the tdnting down of thli
p!;tiit Mi-il a- a dnlnbuUnn nut ion.
I I.. -r. art. f of the nii-iepn-".. ntntinnn th self ..eking lUllsrd made In
t.t own behatl' to tlie ,'"'d p-eple of 1 hv,nh w hither be bad tome hoping Utff
to t e K'Sh' i an "e p it" telM r,
Omaha Electric Lifllil & Power Co.
,!. II, IIAHHI1S, rrnident