The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
SHIPPERS FIGHT AN
INCREASE OF RATES
Railroads Say Wages Increase
Means Higher Rates
ARGUMENT rs NEGATIVE
Association Declares That Rail-
roads Are Making Plenty
of Money

Chicago, May 14.-fSpecial)-The fight
is on of shippers against the freight rate
increase proposed by railways east and
west. with Chicago the storm center.
owing to the leadership of the Illinois
Manufacturers association. The confer-
ence about May 20 between these oppo-
nents will be important. On one hand,
the railroads point to payroll increases
that total s1o0,oooo0o, according to Presi-
dent N. C. Brown of the New York Cen
| trail system. On the other hand. Secre-
tary John NJ. Glenn of the Illinois Manu-
| facturers' association. declares: THE
railroads are making barrels of money
ane the advances in wages to employees
are not sufficient excuse for freight
boosts. All last year. and, in fact. since
September. 1908. the net earnings for
all the roads in the country COM
pared with the corresponding month for
the year before ran from 100000 to
$40 100000 ahead In November, 1909, the
increase over November, 1908, was $751;
$4,000. For the year ended June 80, 1909,
about 66 per cent of the railroad stock
paid dividends aggregating $3.50, 100000 or
791 per cent for the stock which paid
dividends. That is better than any other
line of industry .Railroading is the most
prosperous business in the world You
can't show any other In which dividends
arc so general" Shippers and represent
tatives of commercial organizations from
all parts of the country will meet and
protest against the freight rate advances
announced by the western railroads and
Teeth pulling as a means for soul saw
ing was the most unique thing related
by the foreign missionaries n Chicago
during the National Missionary congress.
Secretary H. F. Laiamme of the Lay
mems Missionary movement, declared
that what success he had among natives
of Southern India was due largely to
four pairs of dentists forceps with which
he went armed against the toothache
that afflicted those people and which they
must endure best they may for lack
of any sort of dentist until the missionary
al rves Naturally thoughts OF loving
ones neighbor were difficult to inspire
unit, the aching teeth were out. His
records were SO teeth extracted in one
busy day, and 249 black scorpions killed
II am sure thai the total number of
teeth which I have removed for the ma
tiyes runs way up into the thousands.
For my services as a dentist the natives
almost worshipped me- One instance in
particular | remember, when an old man
followed me 20 miles, begging that ] stop
and listen to what he had to say. But,
my good man.. I replied to his pleas.
I have travelled far and pulled many
teeth. I must get home. Finally. how
| ever I stopped and he actually knelt
| upon the ground and worshipped me as
| he had done to his heather gods. You
! car imagine the relief of suffering pa
| TENTS however when you reflect that
the only way they could obtain aid was
to go to the goldsmith and let him pound
and chisel for two or three hours try
ing to remove the tooth My record of
25o black scorpions" continued the mis-
s,onary, "I established while we were
digging bitches for the foundation of
mission house at the little village of
Cocanada We unearthed hundreds OF
the poisonous reptiles and l slew 249 of
them. Though their sting is deadly, no
one in the party was so unfortunate as to
be poisoned by them We also dislodged
a number of cobra snakes, three of which
1 killed"
The dedication OF the monuments at
Washington to Kosciusko and Pulaski
was an event in which Chicago Poles.
% which there are 10000 held a most
conspicuous role. Tn the United States
there are 100000 Poles, countrymen of
the great generals who fought under
Washington in the Revolutionary war.
There are thousands of Polish organiza-
tons in all parts of the United States,
most OF whom were represented In the
dwelling in Lafayette Square. Congress
many years ago voted monument to
the. memory OF Pulaski, but no appropria-
ton was made, and for years 1t was ap-
parently forgotten until 1903. when the eff
forts of Polish Americans secured an
appropriation of $4,000. Polish sculp-
tor. Casimir Chodzinski. executed the
monument The pride of this achieve
ment fired the Polish National alliance
with the idea of presenting to the govern
n.ent companion shaft. a monument to
Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko. The offer was
accepted. and the collection of the fund
was successfully accomplished the great
nisnist. Paderewski. contributing $500.
Again a Polish sculptor won the com
mission. The principal addresses OF the
Polish National congress from May IL
1s. will be given by DIR. X. Zurawski and
T. Helinski. both of Chicago. and Dr.
n. Kausowski of Washington.
Woman's aid for civic betterment is to
.-,;ntod in Chioapo nv the WOmenS