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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-09
TR1xIE.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Cure f. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known r. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions, and nafl-
ciaiy able to carry out any obligations made by
his firm. Walding. Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Eatarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 7Sc.
per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Take Halls Fanil. Pills for constipation.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-09
SHE
SUFFERED
FIVE YEARS
Finally Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Erie, Pa. - II suffered for five year
from female troubles and at last wa

ldLInOSC helpless. i
went to three doc
tors and they did
me no good, SO my
sister advised me to
try Lydia E. Pink
hams " eye ia b lie
Co mpoun d, d
when / had taken
only two bottles /
could see a big
change, so / took
six bottles and / am
now strong and well
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-09

You've tried the rest, now try the
best-Jersey Cream Flour.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

chief part Of the work OF this association
must lie.
1--WE do not object to proper public regu-
latlon. We recognize our position as SEMI
public agencies which the state has right
TO control. We do view with dread the
spectre of improper regulation. We stren-
uously deny the right, the duty and the IN
terest of the state to cross the line which
separates regulation from management. we
fear the result of direction freed from re-
sponsbility for results. We Insist that IL
Is our right and To the public interest that
we be permitted TO secure. If possible, sut-
ffcieut earnings from our properties 10 pay
present owners return commensurate WIN
that received in the general run OF other
classes Of successful industry affected py
similar hazards, and also sufficient 10 at-
tract freely the additional supplies of capl-
tai which we need. We insist also that
losses borne I'm our efforts to give the pup
lie the benefit OF the latest advances In
the art Of transportation are legitimate
part of our capitalizations. on which we
are entitled TO earn fair return"
Stupendous though the electric railway
! figures are they are not the only big fig
cures which can be quoted in relation TO the
railway subject. There is another associa-
ton composed Of business men who manu-
facture the multitude Of materials and APP
plances which go to make up the steam
railroads of the country. 1t Is called the
Railway Business Association. It's mem
bers pay to the steam railroads OF the
United states $2j0C00cO yearly for the
freight on their raw material Ihey eHi-
plov 10000 men. Stated another way
their businesses support six million per
sons. These businesses have billion doi-
lars invested iu their working capital
When the railroads flourish these pusi-
| ncsses flourish, when tho railroad business
suffers these businesses decline.
Obviously the million and half of men
and the five millions dependent upon them
! have a direct interest in railroad prosper
I ity. Il perfectly sound reason for deploring
and offsetting the effects Of fanatic agita-
tion. What is the attitude of that great
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

opening paragraph of this article. In other
words, the roads holding membership In
the American Electric Railway Associa-
ton own and operate 26,425 miles of single
track, sc. 400 cars. carry seven billion pas
sengers a year and have a capitalization
of g. .s93.O0O.cO. An industry truly gigantic
is thus represented.
The association has nothing to do with
the securities of the railway corporations.
1t has nothing to do with financing and
control nothing whatever TO do with any
bodys plans for amalgamating, combin-
ing. monopolizing or anything of that kind.
II deals with the scienCe-for science II is
getting to be-of management. Of carrying
on the electric railway business-a busi-
ness which twenty-five years ago did not
exist. Its president this year is wide
awake railroad man of the Middle West
Arthur ". Brady, Of Anderson, Ind. was
asked the other day what he would say or
the real attitude of the railroads toward
the public and toward public agitation.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

nanv which 7 represent are women. They
are genuine investors and not merely hold
ers of stock to hide the true owner. Forty
per cent of our stockholders are women and
the trustees of estates. Much the same is
true Of the list Of stockholders OF many OF
the industrial corporations, and you are
familiar with the statistics of the great
number of women among the stockholders
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
We must always keep in mind the fact
that the dividends of these small investors
are of an immense Importance to them.
They rely upon them 10 pay insurance and
taxes and school bills. and having this in
mind, we cannot forget the responsibilities
OF our trusteeship.
But let it not be forgotten by those who
are managing the electric always and by
those who are managing the industrial cor
pora tions that we are the trustees in our
inheritance in the great deeds OF those who
have gone before US. One Of the greatest
achievements OF the human race Is the
building Of the empire of which we are citi-
zens.
THE statesmen and the courts have had
their part in building the structure Of our
organic law. The schools and the colleges
and the churches have had their part in
building the character Of our citizens, but
the men who have built up the great cor
porations. the industrial corporations, the
commercial corporations, the carrying cor
porations. have had a part in the building
of this empire no less important, il seems
TO me- than the part Of the statesman, the
courts, the schools and the colleges and
churches. Their courage, their genius and
their imaginative vision have built the ma
terial empire without which the courts and
Congress and the schools and the churches
would be of little use For these instltu-
tions are only useful as they have actual
men TO influence and work upon There
are some lines Of CARLYLE that | am fond
of quoting. He says that OF all nations
of the world the English are the stupidest
in speech. the wisest in action. Their
epic, unsung in words, IS written in huge
characters on the face OF this planet. in
harbors and railways, fleets and cities, Ind
ian empires and Americas, legible through
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

"Here are two or three of the fallacies
with which. through false teachings. some
considerable part of the public mind Is
imbued" he replied. "One is the theory
that a public service industry differs from
every other branch of business in that no
profits should be gained therefrom beyond
interest on the actual investment-and n
very low rate OF interest at that No ac-
count Is to be taken of the hazards incurred
by the projectors OF these necessary en-
terprses. OF the uncertainty In which at
the outset their future Is shrouded. and,
oftsn long after enfolded. Every public
utility is unfortunately treated by COM
mon opinion as though IL were an assured
success from the beginning.
Coupled with the fallacy just referred 10
are others. such as the theory that the
amount Of investment upon which mini
mum return shall be allowed is the ! 'esent
physical value or the replacement value or
a property: that the value so determined is
not merely one of the factors to be con-
sidered in determining the reasonableness
of a rate or a return, but is the sole or
principal factor: that all mistakes of past
construction and operation. even when
based on the best expert advice at the time
available, must be borne by the investor
alone and no part Of it shifted to the shoul-
ders OF the public; that losses incurred in
the Improvement Of a property better TO
enable il 10 meet public needs and con-
venience shall likewise be borne by inves-
tors alone; that the shorter the term of
franchise the better forgetful Of the fact
that the less the term the greater the rate
or the less the service, in order that the
investor may protect himself within the
period. that heavy burdens imposed In the
way of taxes and assessments or by fran
chise exactions are legitimate and in the
public interest.
Now if these various doctrines are fal-
lacious, if they are unfair and unjust, II
they are opposed to the real and permanent
interest of the public as they are opposed
10 our interest. il is our duty TO compat
and overcome them The law of sef-pres-
eryation dictates this. In this direction
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

q cotillon with the pyettiest favors Ana
Helen Hankins. our treasurer had $25 more
n add 10 the dance fund. and she gave II
70 some of the girls TO deposit with the
rest Of the money in the Washington 0d'
ings Bank, at Columbus Circle.
80 six of us went up TO the bank 10 see
that the money was properly oePoe''e'
along with the preceding thousand. Ahd'
what do you think, Uncle Phll' lne
wretched old bank was locked ana shy
little card in the window said 1t had Deeh
closed by order Of the state banking au
tborities Would you believe 1t? we
couldn't even get inside 10 collect the thou
sand dollars we had slowed away there'
We knocked on the door. and after Whlie
q man came 10 the window. We told nm
VIC wanted TO get in and deposit some
money. but he only grinned ana pointed 10
the sign in the window.
"Then a nice old man came up and told
us what the trouble was. IL seems tha'
soroa rne,n nerson named Robin had some
thing 10 do with the bank ana ne got INTO
some kind Of financial trouble ana so inc
hank vas closed. IT had been closed' the
man said. for three weeks before we gov
there 10 deposit that 30. we told MN We
didn't care so much about putting the go
IN as we did about getting the 5000 out
because we had to have 1T to give a dance
with. He chuckled and said he was sorry
but he was afraid our dance would have
70 be Indefinitely postponed. If we were de
penCine on our deposit in tho bank be-
cause we would probably have TO wait
months, and then might get only part OF
wtat we put in.
"Oh. It was awful Uncle Phil! We all
felt as II there had been a sudden death
in the family. That beautiful dance that
We had counted on for months one cf the
girls was crying a crowd gathered around
and one small newsboy piped up; Look at
de COILS what didn't know de Robin bank
was closed, Here, miss, buy pape aud
learn what's goin' on
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

tling back into her easy chair. II think
I'll propose you as an honorary member of
Phi Phi Mu."
do that. Dot" | said, "and I'll institute
special weekly literary and musical exer-
cises in the society. Wen have half-
hours reading from tho news columns OF
the papers. we'll sing a few popular songs.
such as oh. Where Is Ny Wandering Casn
Tonight and Every Little Bank Thief
Has "A Motive of His own Wen para
phrase some good old sayings, like 'Eterhal
vigilance Is the price of solvency' ana
Money makes the dance go Wen INTRO
duce some changes in the ritual Each
member will have 10 swear, upon initiation
never TO neglect the reading OF the daily
bank reports.
."This sad sight. Dot" | went on. con-
cealine an unruly twitch Of the upper lip
behind shetering palm. this sad sght
OF a powerful organization plunged from
af,uence down TO the depths OF poverty.
without finding II out until after the lapse
of weeks. should be lesson to rs on the
mutabiity Of human affairs. II should
teach MS that
'Oh. well. II you're going to preach, III
20 away" said Dorothy, arising and tuck
ing the box OF chocolates under her arm
Mother viii be down In minute. ana you
can preach TO her all you like. Ana any
how. I'll bet II women Lad been running
that bank 1t wouldn't have failed. That 5
what I'm going TO be when / grow up-a
banker. Goodby. I'll show you my new
gown for the dance when you come again
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
They Transport Ten Billion Passengers Every Twelve Months

3 Railway Business Association toward the
present tendency of public opinion? Per
haps the best answer to this question was
| given to the writer by Colonel Henry G.
Prout, who through his connection with
railroading as the active head of the chief
switch and signal manufact turing company
I'm the United States is we'll known through
out the railroad world.
Colonel Prout who was one Of the prom
inent men at the electric railway dinner,
said to the writer
The work OF the Railway Business AS
sociation has become known TO the Inter
state Commerce Commission, to the state
railroad commissions and the public ser
vice commissions, TO legislative bodies and
charlbers OF commerce and to the rail-
roads. In all these quarters the influence
of the association is growing daily. and its
greatest title To respect and its greatest
guarantee Of usefulness IL the fact that 1t
holds no brief for the railroads or for any
narrow result. but is doing a national work
in a broad spirit Of patriotism. I remem-
ber that DR.. Johnson said that Patriotism
Is the last refuge of scOundrel' Never
theless. do not hesitate 10 use that word
in a more respectable sense.
"The electric railways have not quite so
much interest now in the possible work of
such an association as the Railway Busi-
ness Association as the steam roads have,
because. generally speaking, the state rail-
road commissions and the public service
commissions have not the authority or the
organization or the means to enforce their
authority that is possessed by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. But all or
that will come. The people are in earnest
In their idea that the carriers must be reg
ulated The powers Of the commissions
will be broadened and the moment an elec-
trio railroad crosses a state line it becomes
an interstate carrier. subject to the regula-
tions Of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion.
Regulation is here TO stay-for some
generations at any rate. Let us then recog-
nize the fact and let us work with the COM
missions and the Congress and the legis-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
One of the Girls of Phi Phi Mu
Tells How the Horrid Bank
Suspension Threatened
Success of a Dance.
SIT>HE horrid old bank, We ought TO
sue it."

fITHE horrid old bank, We ought TO
sue it"
"Oh you don't sue a bank, my
dear. You levy on II or foreclose or some
thing like that. Besides. there isn't any
hank there any more; so how can we
sue it?"
Well. / don't care. We've got TO do
something. Think of those perfectly lovely
dollars-a whole thousand Of them And
we were going TO have so much fun at the
reception. I'm sure that man at the little
window IN the bank ran away with the
money. You remember. dear. ! never hKed
his looks from the first"
The above. in a babel Of girlish voices
: rtsched me the other afternoon as l sat
in me parlor Of a home which is always
Hospitality open TO me- 1t is the home OF
a married couple neither youthful nor aged
but sufficiently advanced in years 10 have
a charming daughter about to be graduated
from the Wadleigh High School, in TINS
city
Presently the council, or indignation
meeting or whatever it was, in the library
adjoining. broke up, and little Miss Dor
othy. after escortng her guests TO the door,
wandered into the parlor, gave me well
coming smile and a small dimpled hand
and curled up in an armchair at my side.
well. Dot" / said-the familiarity VIII
sppear excusable when l explain that upon
nv first introduction 10 Miss Dorothy she
was twelve days old and twelve inches
long-'Wen Dot, what's all this hullabaloo
about? Have YOU and the rest or the
canaries and bluebrds decided that you
want 10 vote or that the tariff on choco-
lates IS too high?'
Dorothy turned a reproachful and mourn
III eve upon me.
Don't laugh at me. Uncle PHIL mad
been adopted into avuncular relations years
before-"I-we're in serious trouble
came down from my jaunty perch.
"Te'l me about IT," l urged.
"rell. it was like this: We girls OF PM
Phi Mu-thats our Greek letter society at
Wadlelgh High School, you know
Yes; believe villainous scoffers call you
the Phair. Phrivolous Maidens, don't
theyf' ] Interrupted.
Dots eyes flashed. II think some low
bred creatures do take that liberty" she
said, with dignity.
was properly squelched "Go on l
begged.
We'll. the Phi Phi Mu girls had Deeh
planning for months and months and saw
ing for months and months 10 give dance
and reception at the Waldorf on Friday
February O. We had found out that we
could do it very nicely with little over
thousand dollars, and had nearly all the
money saved and the arrangements prac-
fticaHy completed"
Levied on fond, foolish parents, l sup
pose" remarked.
"Oh. you mean, old uncle! Well. we did
set little Of it that way But the rest
over q hundred dollars-we saved our very
own selves out Of our allowances. And we
went without everything; we didn't buy
any novels or ice cream soda or chocolates.
And. Oh. I feel as II hadn't had a choco-
late for ages"
Dot paused and eyed me inqulringY' L
Produced small package which / sur
rendered. and in return for which re-
ceived a soft, swift peck upon the foreheah
and smile Of pure JOY. A chocolate COW
cred caramel found pink tomb behiho TWO
Segs Of white teeth, and Doroth! resumed
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

latures and the people TO the end that regu-
lation may be wise and moderate and in
accord with actual human experience. Let
us not allow 1t 10 be steered by doctrinaires
and adventurers or by muddle headed men
who have read a few lectures on social
science and think they are economists. or
by men who play on public ignorance to get
votes
THE carrying and the industrial corpora
tions have much in common in their trus-
teeshps The carriers are the trustees OF
the equities of their security holders, but
they are also trustees Of the public equi-
ties i'm transportation. Do not forget that.
The officers of industrial corporations are
trustees In no narrow sense Thirty-six
per cent Of the stockholders Of the cora
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

ness of giving the public the best return
Tor the money the public spends in pas
senger transportation and of earning in
terest and dividends for the bond and
stock holders who. after all. are members
of "the public" too
The American Electric Railway Associa-
ton is composed OF electric railways rep
resented by their officials, and. besides the
railway membership, there are 1,l50 asso-
cfate members-individual firms and
companies, who are directly or indirectly
associated with the business of electric
transportation. These associates make
and supply the material with which the
roads are built, equipped and operated The
railway membership represents the greater
part of the big figures mentioned in the
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

We had q thousand dollars saved weeks
ago. and had only little more TO get IN
order to be sure of paying the expenses OF
the affair The thousand-oh, what lot
Of money il is, Uncle Phil-we had tucked
away in the Washington Savings Bank.
The success Of the dance seemed assured
and we girls were quite happy over II.
Then one day we had meeting at the
home of the treasurer Of our sorority. and
made our final arrangements for the dance.
1t was such fun. We were going TO have
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

Dorothy paused while she meditatveiy
crUnchcG another chocolate.
1T seems To me little short of a tragedy,
l said, and ! fear touch of mlrth pehe-
trated through my tone of sympathy, for
my little friend looked at me with sus-
picion.
"Oh. it's all right now" she said. We're
getting another fund together, and were
planning 10 have the dance anyway. The
graduating exercises We're held last Mon
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
U1<at1o71aL 814o4a

spending lot Of time making an inventory
and helping Captain Dillon, the regimentsl
qUartermaster, get everything in order.
Captain Elmes, the ordnance officer, and
Captain Glynn. the commissary, arc also
busy in their departments. First Sergeant
T. +. Kerr of Company X, has been ap-
pointed secretary of the Military Commit
tee i'm Albany.
Lieutenant Colonel F. r. Leigh. chief sig
nal officer will review the Second Signal
Corps some time this month.
Colonel Bates, Of the list Regiment. has
received word that Governor Dix has &C
cepted the invitation 10 review hls COM
mand i'm the armory on Friday night. Feb-
ruary L. DR.. Louis A. Salisbury, who Is \
private I'm the 23d Regiment, has been APP
pointed an assistant surgeon OF the list
Regiment He Is a graduate OF Brown Jni-
versity and has also served in the Rhode
Island National Guard. Company X has
succeeded i'm winning the honor trophy for
teams of five and the Banks trophy for
teams of twenty men. The competitions
were shot m the armory range, and the
scores in the Homer trophy shoot were:
Company X. 23l y. 225; d. 225; H. @2l; l..
22o; r. PIG. c, 2l9. q, 2l7 VI, 2l5; A. 2C6, and
r. 203 The scores In the Banks trophy
shoot were: X. l202; B. lls9; II, l.o9S; ID.
t.OS3: VI. .O2s l.. 1.Ool; /. 99s; f. s9i; \. SiS.
c. 9l2. and i, S3i.
Annual inspections for the War Depart
ment and the state will be held this week
as follows: First Battery. Captain ORyan.
tomorrow night. "a Battery. Captain
sherry. Tuesday night, and the 81 Battery,
Captain Matlock. Wednesday night
new company TO be known as was
mustered into the 18th Regiment last Tues
dav night IL is AT present In command ot
Lieutenant Wentworth Tucker, who will hs
its captain Applications for membership
can be made al the armory any evening
and there will be no cost for uniforms. etc.
Major General Frederick ID. Grant. L. s.
A.. will review the regiment next Thurs
day night. and a reception will follow.
Adjutant General William Verbeck viii
review the i7th Regiment next Saturday
night. and members OF the Governors STAN
will accompany him.
The several divisions of the Second Naval
Battalion will hold their annual compe,i-
tive drill on March T. and the winner Will
be selected as the color company for the
ensuing year. The Veteran Association viii
hold A smoker next Tuesday night
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
Found Out in Few Weeks They Couldn't Draw Their Money

day evening, and, OF course. we couldh
attend those and have the girls VINO arc
not members Of Phi Phi Mu Laughing a,
us for not knowing whether we had N'''
or nothing. So We decided TO go right
ahead and try to get together enough
money to pay our expenses. All our good
friends are helping us. You haven't got Slo'
have you, Uncle Phil?'
I had.
And an instant later I hadn't
"Oh, you're GO good cooed Dorothy, set
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

Wasn't that insulting? But after we
had got away and Gained down little we
decided that really it would be good plan
for the society to know what was going on
hereafter So we have appointed com
mittee Of three to read the horrid financial
and political news and the obituary columns
and report on them once week to the
sorority. AS FOR the mysterious disappear
ances and murder and divorce trials and
things like that. wen all read them, as We
have always done
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

Arrangements have been made 10 hold
athletic games for members Of the I'd
Regiment on Sunday morning in the arm
ory under the direction OF captain G. J.
Dieges director OF athletics The games
will be open only for members of the regi-
ment, and there will be two prizes In each
event. The first set OF events will be held
next Sunday morning. They comprise 10
yard dash, 30 yard run, an sSo-yard and
one-mie runs, all handicaps. and a 6oo-yard
novice run. The regiment will undergo It's
annual inspection and muster next Friday
night
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

Companies OF the 69th Regiment are busy
preparing for the coming annual inspection
and Lieutenant Percival +. Nagle OF the
auartermaster's department. Is just now