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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-22
Building Better Roads.

The writer has stated innumerabl,
times in public addresses and in print
that the sentiment for better roads il
Mississippi is growing at remarkable,
rate. Where four years ago only 26 pei
cent OF the counties in the State hac
broken away from the old overseer sys
TEN of road building, at the present TIM
90 per cent are working by contract
with commissioner, or trying SOM,
other plan for improved highways. There
are many workers along this line who
hold no official position, but are doing
yeoman service as private citizens. The
following letter from r. p. Wright OF
Leake county brings gratifying informa
ton, and goes to show what an energetic
and enterprising man can do if he will
only try:
Il write to tell you that after tive
and one-fourth years, that is since ]
read bulletin from you on good roads
we have been able to get at least one
man interested in better roads and to
JON me in putting sand on a piece OF
chalky road and put sand on it and build
King Drag for use after each rain. Om
purpose is to give an example of what
can be done with a piece of road of this
character and the ease with which it car
be improved and made reasonably good
Now, | want to say that this is not the
road that we work at all, but stretch
of private road. ! am above road age
and of course am not compelled by law
to work any. am willing though, tc
work alongside my neighbors and am de
termined to do my best to awaken our
people to what a good thing better roads
are. That drag is just simply revela
lation to our people up here, and | pre-
dict that before the end of another year
if l can get our member of the board OF
supervisors interested. and / will say tc
his credit that he is doing better work
along this line than any of his predeces
sors, that business will pick up along
the line of good roads and God speed
the day, for we need them. When they
see our drag at work they can't help be
ing interested | heard for the first
time last September at the round up OF
farmers institutes at the college, from
Walter Clark, that we could make good
road on one of these old chalky hills by
putting sand on it and then using the
King drag. 1t looked so good to me that
| have been talking it ever since and am
bound to write you today and tell you
that we have now got the real thing"
Friend Wright has just cause for feel.
ing good Then, too, the writer finds
cause for feeling good, although it has
been more than two years, that his work
is beginning to bear fruit. The King
drag was fully explained in bulletin
from the department of agriculture early
i'll 1907, and again in October, 1907. The
system of sand on gumbo or stiff clay
roads and clay ON sand stretches was
mentioned in the first bulletin and fully
explained on page SO of the October,
1907, bulletin. A man like Mr. Wright
in each community would soon work a
revolution in the methods of road build.
ing that would be worth millions of dol
lars annually to our people.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-22
THE WRETCHES.

Unele-fow is it, young man, that
you failed again in your examination?
Nephew-Why, the wretches asked
me the very same question l could not
answer last year,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-22

Vance, small town ON the Yazoo
Delta railroad, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is between $4,000 and $4,000.
Insurance over $4,000
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-22
Big Shipment of Syrup.


Last month reference was made in
this department to carload shipment
of Mississippi sugar cane syrup made
to West Texas by Neyland & Cox, OF
Olio, Amite county. 1t was stated at
the time that this was possibly the first
time solid car had been shipped from
the State. The following letter from j.
j. Groom, Lucedale, tells of another big
shipment, although it does not state
whether all was sent at one time or not:
81 have read with interest this month
of the fact that Neyland & Cox, of Olio
shipped solid carload of syrup, and the
question as to whether so much had been
shipped at one time in the past. l will
say in reply, that three years ago
planted ten acres in sugar cane and on
the ten acres / made one hundred and
fifty barrels of syrup. This was
an average of ten barrels per acre. i
sold it to the Southern Syrup Company
of Montgomery, Ala. They sent man
to the mill to inspect every barrel be-
fore being shipped. They stated that it
was the finest lot of syrup they had ever
SEEM"
A marked difference between the ship
ment made by Mr.. Groom and that OF
Neyland & Cox lies in the fact that the
latter was canned and ready for use. At
any rate, it is encouraging to hear of
these large shipments and others will
be received with interest.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-22

A heavy frost fell at Scooba last week,
but the damage is slight. Tender vege.
tation was injured. Cotton planted was
not sufficiently up to be injured.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-22

All honor to the enterprising, energetic
citizens in each community of MISSISSIPPI
pi who are striving to better the condi-
neighbors. There are many of these and
the influence of their efforts is being
felt in substantial manner. The, man
with thought for himself alone is to
be pitied. The spirit that is actuating
our people at this time means that the
next few years will show marked i'm
provement along all lines tending to the
happiness and prosperity of our people
In the results being achieved there is
much encouragement for greater effort
in the future.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-22

He who is buried in thought lodges
the undertaken.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-22

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces In
nammation sllays palm wind collie. Csc bottle
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

A nombre de los abogados de Huma
Gao, despidi6 Il duclo el Lieenciads
don Victor Burset. que hizo una ora
ci6n fnnebre de tonos eievados.
Habl6 tambien otro elocuente ora
dor. cuyo nombrc sentimos no recor
dar, Il padre Fernandez, parroco in
terino y ii Licmcia.lo Vaad6s Cajas
expresando 81 d,elo de Ia ciudad.
Cuando la tiera cubria el f6rctrs
que habia desccndido & las ser,niJa,
dies augustus de Ia tumba, cubierto do
flores y de lagrimas, GAIA In tarsbe en-
la gran tristeza crepu~uiar.
III espectaculo era dc una grandexa
conmovedora.
Fra el alma de un pueblo dc rodi-
Has ante una tumba.
Y en- csc duelo de lIumacao, en- cse
duelo de tpda In Isla, de la Iglcsia, que
picrdc Il unO de sus mas cultos illus
trados ministries, de la colonia espanola
cue pierde uno dc sus mas popniares
n.iembros, 81 BOLETIN MERCANTIL
que admire V elogi6 siempre las dotes
singularcs del padre Lconcio, toma una
partc muy sincera.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23
La ye|ada del Ateneo

A pesar de la lrrtiiaz iluvia, ccie-
brt<se anochc cn cSta prestlgioSa Ins--
tituci0n, Ia veiada organizada por la
Junia EScolar de csta ciudad. 30 AM
vcr7srio de Ia abolici6n Dc la csclavi-
tud en- Puerto Rico.
FL programa Rlunciado fu, cltmpai-
do en- tOdaS SuS parties, "xcepto la en-
comendada al caocucnte orador lrdo
lIornandcz LOPEZ. quien no pudO toms
partc debido una H.lera iDdispOsnioa
Sorian aproximadamonte las 9, Guam
do comcnzo dicho acto. siendo muy
apla,ididos los que en 4 tomaron par
tr.
ReSuitando brillantr cI discuso pro
nunclado Iror 81 senior N:grtau Con
z3ilcZ, Y IA recitacion del insprado 80
Ireto, titulado oEl EsclavoD del facil
pocfa Luis R"drigucz Cabrera.
La clausura dc tan solemne como
al,radablc fiesta, Ia hizo con bastanae
cxito, Il seilor Roca.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

Es una verdad mas granae que io<
efectos de la otintura Inhiana,p y
que 4 Made debe de ncuitar-le, dc
que nuesstro pobado de Catan0 pro
grcsa de manera prodigiosa. III case.
rio de hoy no cs nj con mucho, q one
tcnlamos hace cinco amos, siendo tam
bi1n mucho mayor la desindad de po-
blaci0n. Al juzgar por las aparen--
cias on pla1o breve, podreuos deer a
todos los vientOs de La pubilcldad, Qrr
Catano es, sin dsputa, una de las To-
calidades meiorcs de La isla.
A tan pOsitivs corriente de ade--
laalfo vene q contribuir sin duda al
gS41la, 4 notable literato Y farmaesltl-
90 don Jose Caider6n ATDnte. q1e
ha dado principle Las obras de redl-
fcacion, de altos bajos de la hern1o-
sa casa en- donde tiene establecida su
hjcn acreditada farnacia Los pianos
y fachadas del nuevo edi6co han sido
hechos por ID habH :, snteliemte ar
qultocto DON Camilo Gonkalez
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23
COnercial

Los senores J.. T.. ,intrtn. =. en {
Mavagiiez. nos rarficipan la cons
tiiucion De una s0ciedad mercantil er
comandita con domicilio en- Mayagiiez
balo la razon social expresada. para
iedicarse al negocio d. Importation }
NIGriacIon y comlslOneS ga general
r. socio gestor don Daniel r. Gin
ron ' comanditarjos los sehores San
jerS. Philippi y Ca, de Aguadilla.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

reunion familiar en IA espacaa .Gs-
da dc nnestro distinguido amigo don
f'raneisno Gutierrez, con notivo DE- o.
iehrar su fiesta oaom&stics a Mia, Il
enntii enosntasion Jssrkz.
Muchas de sus smistades senfS0um
a saiudsha ee sus dias. entire daans -
senores dois Rita p. de Balseiro ~.
da de Pichanio, dora Marin Sasrisuu
de Lopez, doha Munia C. de PuiN1s-.
isssS, y IN grnp'sO de sinp6tims soiss-
r'tas tornado tor Conchit. y Anuuu
h"drseuer Ariss, Crsto bsiinA y Ur..is
de Juan, CArnn Flores, Aatilse GlA.
rr'era, julia Diax Isabel Samp.yo.A.k.
parO Jimenex, Crmcn. Mstilde , 49,
ria Teresa Gutirrx Marin Luiu. ID
Angels.
JoSetna Gut'errex dabs ralce & IN
nehtA cSm SUE esnersdas aseDciunx.
RI sehor Gutierrez ' gu npa~ a
"n'on de sus nmpatnas hijas estuvip.
non en estresup aaentas con h os.x.
errencia, obsequiandola con duIcsx W
i,cossR.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23
La fiesta
DE LA vnArnNIDAD KscoLAR
Primer anrverssrio de - fundAcion'

Ansche ofroc;a un ssspoctaclo bril-
iiante Il gran salon del GParqne 30
r.,oucun. donde Ia Fratcrnidad Escoiai
c,icbraba Il primer an'ossario de su
f,mdsci0n. con una yeia'ia !ir'co-li'H-
rsria. Que tuvo un aamTsiae d'Se'''--
pnie.
Al acto. que muy b'en pucde ser ca
,i6cado dc solcmnidad artist 'ot"cIai'
shisi,eron las mas princIpai'S iamlii'I'
lie San Juan. los ex-ca'dra''c"s d'
institute. los Representatives, dc la prem
- Y los socios De la Fra'crnhad-
I4A ssla d4 scto oiracf. desiumhra-
dor aspocto,
Comenz6 la v.lada Coz, Ia OScrtura'
.Maritana.n de Wallace, que intcrpre-
IL muy sjustadamcntc Ia orlu'sta.
Dcspues haiA6 nucst" aIcalde, l
doctor dei Vale, como rat''fratl"o que
ne dci Institute civil.
Recuarda Ia imporl@ncia que ticne
q s"ciodad bahada en- '*' '''"'' ''''''
dc Ios amos eacolarcs que o1tabio-h
tazor que no los ocs'd"ye 81 '''"'i"'
n dice, que los e1fl1f"h De 'iI>'i ~ '''''''
i que q habia qsistido cram muy
'n"destoS, tales como "a que t't1a 'in
tumade 2apatoro que en- los '"'<~ que
t. deJaba llbre ol oirc'o f''i'saeraoa 81
n1eligcncia 4 difmdir suS cunoTiihlch-
is motastslmos .~.~
Este era Nh honbrr erafsit=- dIJ"--
\ 40 Id admro con Ia ni'fna vsa'efa-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

LA extension quc tior csia rcvS-
Ia Ia que denstndaria Ia importan-
cia de los nume0s Dc IL segunda par
tc del prognima. juntamcntn con a
excoso dc originates Dc hoy, nos obiga
/ dejar para manans Ia cr6ninA dc
Ia segundA parte.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

Il pasado vi6rnes recibi6 las aguas
del bati~mo IN la Santa lglesia Cate
drai una criatura encantadora. hija
del intaigente marino don Matias Ia
ragoza y Dc su simpatica espo%a DO
ia Marciana Hcd6. pertenecientes II
bucna sociedad De este pobiaalo.
En- bra7os de suS padrinos los espo-
SOS don Pedro IIed6 = doha Vicenta
Segarra. reclbi6 la tierno nina ei nom
ORE de Rosa.
Como souvenir de la cere mona re-
partieron entire Sus amistadcs unas tar
jetas muy bonitas. Muchas grzcias roI
la que lego nuestras msnos
\ Ia vez nuestros mas fervientcs
votos por la felicidad de esa ange}i-
cad eriatura que contribuye uenar dc
algeria un hogar de juventnd, dc amor
y de ventura.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23
Don Pedro MaSsot

En- al vaPor espadol eMCnteTss.oes
mbaTcs hoy 81 disiinguido Jovea SiesR
Pedro Assss quien "a 4 pAsa< Snss
lsTgz tenr-arads en- Ia I-nnfTszils-
Dszsarnos Al selsor Bz<xot un fekEx
.iala
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23
Ri Padre LeoncIo Garcia
Duelo en- Humacae

l!nmacao. Revercndo Padre Leoncio
Garcia Valle, ha tenido 81 lamcntabl,
dcsenlace que se temia.
I'll sabadO. las doce de Ia n0che
dej6 de existir.
La noticia corrio por 81 pueblo lie
vando una impression dc tristeza Il los
animos.
La casa mortuoria Nc yi6 invadids
por Ia multitld one scudia, consterna
da, Il ccrciorarsc de In dcsgracia.
| Todas las ciases sociales dc iiuma-
Gao participant del duclo general que
ha producido ALI la irreprable perdl'
da.
III Padre Lconcio llcvaba en- la ciu-
dad trcinta dos amos dc parroco y
vicario, v durantc ese tempo ha he
cho mucho bien Il todos, ha sido el con
sejcro sabio, I'll amigo paternal, 81 am
Iarador de toda dcsgracia.
Mucrc Il los scscnta cinco amos, y
Sc afirma que ha prccipitado cl dcSen-
lace de csta vida it'll por todoS con
ceptoS. 81 cmpeno. el atan. 81 esther
20 cXtraordinarlo con qCc cmprcndio.
sin rccursOs en- una comarca cmpobrT-
cida en- daS De tibicZa rellgIoSa la
reconstruction 1e Ia lglesla de iIuma-
Gao. dcstruida por 81 cicldn de San ti-
riaco.
La obra con i.nto tcs6n perscgulda.
q,cda terminals i la mucrtc del pa
Dire Ieoncio. que ha tenido Il 10 menos
este cons,lelo en- sus horas postrlmc-
raS
All queda, como una DEMONSTRATION
pcrdurabIe De su volGntad y de Su cS-
flerzo, cl tempio reconstrlldo Y deco
RADIO, borradas las huellas del desastre,
convertible otra yez en- una de las me-
jores iglesias de la isa.
Fl padre Leoncio recorrio la lsla en-
demanda de auxilio para SD obra, y
fue en- aqucIlos tristcs dias ccrcanos
sl de la hccatombc cuando empezo la
rccolccta auc no lcg0 / cubrir, total
rlcnte: 81 las obras cstan termlna-
das, IS porque lie su peculio ha pucs
10 cllanto pudo q buen Sacerdote que
era de- una caridad jnarotable
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

Una nota triste para terEnmar. LA
'alieeido - sItuaeioa precaria.et arsfs-
ruo comercianto 5&panol don lose Ine-
fanzon. qle por muchos amos es'tUvo
etablecldo en Is Marina en- ste ro-
blaco de Catano Paz a slas ressoos.
Maria I.uSs-
CstAno. 20 Mario. 1909. +
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23
Desde mi barriO
CRONICAS DE ACTUALIDAD

Catano progresa-Reformas importan
tes en- la casa del Lcdo. Calderon
Aponte,-Verja de hierro para ei
atrio de la Igiesia--Una cristiana
mas.-Fiestas onomaticaS.-En OBJ
seouio 4 los educandos.- Segui-
mos entire tinieblas-No*a de en-
fernos.-Nota trSte.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

H senor Gotierrez su sspsu -
union de sus smpstnas hi5as estuvS,.
non eo estrcno atentas con h CON.
eurrencia, obsequiansiolIa CON dul,,x w
iicos,n.
hh la agradabie sn0raxia de IL sfixsrx.
guns hmdn de Juan tnvo .efecto sg
"a aoaho, ma simpat.ca fiesta en edo.
"faci"n de los dias de La sonora dc In
casa, doha fepits dc Juan. fiesta tran.
ierida del dis anterior. por aer asrrg
dr trdhaio.
n'"nsis y huenas am istader v;;sitx..
ron a la disnnguida dana.
DE toaias r,clSlj6 las me nrov -,
earlnoNas de-rsoStrario8ss de siynna..
tiaA
LA neunlon result6 deiiesxsa ~a,wn
fodas las qae ALI Sc ,,rys.n, ,yS,a
tImrae u nuestrr debey de crpnss.
tils feses e Jnparriaiss de snysar 4 m
Andr's CamlTD, dueFio d. la las,chs:
"fat1aa qae hace 81 tr1.fico darso eu.-
tire Cata6o ' Saa juan. nusxtrp eu,u..
si&sta aEsauss1 por la esxontan.a w
gereroSS concession Que ma hsrho n
los educardo~ de este ooblsdo enc err.
san suE eEtuclios en- San .Iuan ae ~, ~
taerles sus passages de ida vocyta ta....
y~eparados oara 81 gnh;e~s,s, n.,,r
ss
In gran frayt,to d4 Il easTe 8cH
Trep hasta la estacit, del ,raavSa xs.
que entire tiniehlas.
III Ayuntamjento Dc Bayar.isu uvwx1s..
te en- gu torneryarla idea de mn dar sux,
como los nna mas
Don yirx,;I;o .c,s~4aso a. ,,.o
rir haheo,,,s
es
Nnertra con+aolr,a Ia rsaregay3xo s...
fsora dona PepltH Ma ssoRet pasa por
gfSssxisA MRM
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

II dia dc San jose g. ofertu6 una
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

Nuertra conF@cIna la respegabisa se-
FSora dona Peplta Malssoaet pasa par
IA pena de tener enferma fes5e haee9
1nos dias a su armada hijA CarneIin&-
Noeotros qsIe Ia profesamos yerdaderss
aio.to haccmos sotoe por a pronto reg
t.ablecminto lie la @oven enferrna.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-23

CstAno. 20 Mario. 1909.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-02
RAILROADS TO CEASE GIVING
BUSINESS MEN SPECIAL
FARES.
MUST PAY FULL RATES
WHEN ON BUYING TRIPS
Iowa Retail Dealers Who Purchase in
Chicago and New York to Get No
Favors-Privileses Said to Have
Been Abused by General Public
Other News of the State.

Mason City, Dec. 2.-After Jan. 1, so
said a prominent travelling man, the
merchants of Iowa will no longer en-
joy the merchants rate on railroads
between their homes and Chicago, but
vii. be compelled to pay full fare as
other people who visit the big city.
This decision, it is said, has been
reached by the railroads OF the west
as we'll as the east and will be applied
to every one alike regardless of the
frequency of the visits to the hub or
he amount of stock he may chance to
buy ana accordingly ship to his trading
point for his customers.
The decision of the railroads will
mean a decided loss as we'll as prob
able inconvenience to many mer-
chants. In the first place full fare
will be charged to and from Chica-
go or New York. In the second
place for that reason it is probable
the trip will not be made With the
same frequency as formerly and the
merchant may be in some measure
cut off from the benefits derived
from an occasional trip to the large
cities where he is apt to gain valuable
trade pointers. Mason City sends an
nually from 100 to 150 people in this
way. Most of her merchants have beea
extended a rate by all roads. The rate
has been a delight to the millfner from
the manager of the establishment down
to the humblest trimmer. who wants to
see things at the fountain head and a
milliner who has been at New York
is supposed to add fashion and nifti-
ness to the creations of her particular
store. But it IS said that a thou
sands Of people visit Chicago annually
as merchants who are not.
But the edict of the railroads is
more sweeping. After Jan. / it is said
reduced rates to all merchants meet
ings. stale fairs. conventions, and every
other kind of gathering will be abol-
ished. The only person favored by the
railroads will be the tourist, the colon
list and the homeseeker and unless you
can pose as one or the other Of these
three YOU are lost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-02

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-02
The Traer Letter.

Traer. Dec. 2.-The shrieking of the
fire whistle Tuesday night at 10
o'clock brought the fire laddies out in
quick time. The fire was confined to
the Misner meat market on Main street
and was extinguished before any great
damage was done. Mr.. Misner had
just received some new goods and
had thrown the straw in which they
were packed in the back room and the
fire ignited there.
A meeting of the town council was
held Monday evening for the purpose
of considering bids for the new Traer
sewer system. About a dozen men
tered bids. After due consideration all
bids were rejected, as 90 high. An
other meeting will be held later and
new bids will be submitted.
A large number of B. E. Bowers
friends gave him a smoker at the home
Of A. c. Siewers Tuesday evening,
complimentary to his leaving Traer for
the Pacific coast. Mr.. Bowers has
closed his work in the postoffice and
will leave the latter part of this
week.
DR.. j. H. Nauerth has just returned
from Council, Idaho, where he has
spent the past three or four months
looking after his extensive interests in
fruit ranches. The family contem-
plates moving to Idaho in the spring.
Elmer Draper has gone to Omaha to
purchase'cattle for his large stock farm
north of town.
Mrs. A A. Crabbe entertained the
Five Hundred Club Wednesday after
neen. AT the close of the game a very
bountiful luncheon was served by the
hostess.
Miss Elsie Brown has been quite i'll
with gasiritis, but is now recuperat-
ing.
Andrew Soil, who has been living on
the Robert Brown farm in Grant town
ship, has purchased eighty acres of the
Swan farm, east Of Gladbrook, and
will move to his new home dn the
spring.
Howard, little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Gravatt, in west Traer, is quite
Ill. threatened with typhoid fever.
While assisting Will Simonsen. north
OF town, in fixing a fence, Merton AL
bright accidentally received a blow on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-02

Sept. 80, 1908, it is figured out that if
the act had been in force the COM
pany would have suffered a loss of
10,7S9.61 or 1892 per cent. 1t is stated
that this decrease estimated in pas
senger receipts is in accordance with
the best estimates of the railroads
where reductions have been made.
On the other hand it is found that
the actual earnings of this particular
line have been fairly good and the next
profits which have gone into dividends
have been as good as on most Of the
roads of the state.
The whole matter of the finances and
profits Of the interurban business in
Iowa under the 2-cent fare law will
be gone ~ in this case before Judge
Mcpherson. The immediate effort of
those concerned in the McClintock case
is to show that the rates are not high
enough on this one road; but mas
much as the entire law is attacked
and the OF passage of the law
is raised it is entirely within posi-
bility to have the statute declared con-
fscatory, SO that all that would be
necessary for any road to get from I'M
der would be TO make the proper show
ing in bookkeeping.