The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-22

WHO'LL IHcy COuiu HoI DTedk. DaSSlOru
of Austin acted as referee
The Western and Southwestern Pas
senger associations have adopted new
kind of interchangeable mileage book,
effective Jan. l, which will take the
place of several kinds now issued in
their territories. 1t will be for 1000
miles and will be offered for $40. 1t
will be good for the use of one person
only, as at present. In most of the
states, where there is fiat 2-cent
rate coupons will be taken out from
the book mile for mile, while in the
other states, with higher rates, more
coupons will be detached.
The coupons in the different states
embraced by the two associations will
be detached as follows:
Mile for Mile Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa, South Dakota, Illinois, Kansas,
Northern Michigan, Nebraska, Oklaho-
ma. Five coupons for each four miles
Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Texas, Wyoming.
Three coupons for each two miles
New Mexico.
In some of the states such as Colo
RADIO, Montana, North Dakota, New
Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming
several of the lines are not parties t.
the arrangements. 1t is likely, how
ever, that the Chicago, Milwaukee 4
st. Paul will make the book disable
as far as Fargo, n. ID.
Although the book will be inter
changeable its use will be subject to
the regulations of each line.
The new book takes the place o.
the credential book, the refund $50
ticket and the 1000 and 5000 mile
books based on the rate of or
21a cents as the case may De.
Chicago, Oct lS.-To formulate {
cost system which will eliminate cut
throat competition is the object of thu
first National Cost Congress of En-
ploying Printers, which was opened i
Chicago today. Printers from Me-
York and other large cities have joine
with the Chicago concerns in the move
ment.
The congress is held under the aus
pices of the United Typothetae O.
America, the printers boards of trade
the Benjamin Franklin clubs and thu
master printers associations, all or
carnations of employing printers.
Charles w. Smith, secretary of the
New York Typothetae, said in regard
to the purposes of the meeting:
This congress is unique in the his
tory of the trade. For many years
through the lack of some uniform sys-
tenn in calculating cost the employing
printers have been up against hard
wages and everything else has been
increasing while the prices the master
printers have been receiving have re-
manned nearly at a standstill owing
to wasteful competition regardless of
the cost
"While some of the establishments
have been doing large business they
have not been making fair income
vi IllC Investment, eHu WIN leti &c Va
ders on hand many firms have had to
go out of business because they could
not make it pay. The congress is to
devise ways and means to protect the
trade from ruinous competition in the
face of constantly increasing expenses
Ed. Thompson appeared before Judge
Pfau this morning and entered plea
of guilty to the charge of grand lar
ceny in the second degree, in connec-
ton with the theft of an automobile
overcoat from Joe Stein, and was SEN
fenced to serve six months in Stillwa-
ter prison. George Wallin and Con-
rad Westodale, who were held for the
same offense, were eXonerated by
Thompson, and as there was no reason
to believe that they were guilty,
County Attorney Plymat, in the mum
cipal court this forenoon, moved that
the case against them be dismissed
This was granted by Judge Comstock.
and the two men were given their