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CONGRESS ASKED TO MAKE;
MALONE ANSWER LETTERS
Representative Kinkead Introduces Resolution
to Show That the Collector of the
Port Is Too Rude.

Collector Malone last night by a SUN
reporter.
II am sorry" was Mr.. Malones com
ment. that certain national LEGISLATORS
have so little to do with the nations tin.
that they use II to introduce absurd reso
lutions. All the correspondence that mas
been addressed to the Collector OF the
Port dealing with departmental matters
has been promptly. courteously and COM
pletely answered.
THE Collector OF the Port and the
customs employees at New York have
been working day and night since the
beg inning Of the European war on the
heavy burdns that have fallen upon the
service And since the complete. Volumi-
nous and continuous correspondence ot
certain New Jersey Congressman has
merely contained. and has contained since
the beginning Of my term OF office, fran
tic appeals for patronage to aid them in
factional disputes Il may be that some OF
these letters have not been answered be-
cause of the great stress we are being
put to at the present time.
ct have taken no part for any faction
I'm New Jersey against any other fac
ton and ! am not interested In any %
the cheap political activities Of any Com
gresham who has so little regard for
national affairs as to use up time BY In.
l Producing so absurd n resolution"
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three or four competing candidates. no
doubt one OF the candidates would ha
woman and would be elected
III the Norwegian women have not yet
entered tho Storting. ,heir influence 10
very great. rs the members feel ;hey rep
resent both men and women. aud arc aym-
pathetic to all proposals from women.
Among the women the political feeling 10
growing and at the last election, &c PEI.
cent OF the women IN the country voted,
and moro women than men ~ me owns,
- per cent, as against - per cent"
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'yirst--The fact that women had little
prejudice TO overcome IN the Norwegian
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The exceptional facilities with London
regardless the disturbed
than have including Paris Model
and Millinery, that will immediate atten
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As they dashed up the hi, to the show
enclosure capt. Plants Chance was lead
'0g Charles McDougIll's Covington by
i"ngth and n half. but just TO show how
fresh his mount was Private Charles Love.
who rode COvington. dug in his spurs. II
was real racetrack finish across the
level sward, and when the linE WAS crossed
Cnvington was a head IN front Of Chance,
with Benjamin :. Nouugs Scout less than
length back. There was snort cNain!-
nation by the Judges before they decided
that Covngton was as fresh as his finish
'ndicatcd. and h. won the first leg on the
cup. with Chance second. Scout third and
Coventry fourth The time for the dis
lance. % minutes, was considered excel
lamt
There was a triumph FOR the side saddle
ttyle Of riding when Miss Fleitmann car
ri"d off the cross-Countgy cup from field
which comprised the best Of the women
VINO follow hounds on Long Island, in
Guiding several who rode astride. TpT
This competition Miss Fleitmann rode w,
= Goes Molly Gray. She took the fences
with grace and ncatness that caused fav-
oraole comment from all judges.
Perhaps ne most notable achievement
~ the equestrienne queen was In tho
'~oad Jump. novel event In which MISS
Flei'mann was one OF the few women TO
compete"
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THE SEAGOERS.

Arrived by the French liner France
from Havre
Mics Maud Bell. Col. and Mr.. w.bb
W. T. Busch G W,yes
Edward s. Beutten Mrs s II Knapp
J II. Clarke Major n T. Roo...
~ r. Carey. Welt
Mr.. and Mrs Harles,on y Hoppin Richmond
Deacon. Mrs W s,ichn.v'
J. l.. Duplan. Mr. and Mrs II
Y. Y. Eldridre sout n wick
g. r. Fearing Miss A II woo5ruN
,omte de Fontenillih Miss Marjorie Went.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexan. worth
dor Glass.
Arrived by the American liner 81 Louis
from Liverpool:
Capt. and Mrs A. C. A. l.. LAYTON
Aney. Col and Mr.. r.w,.
John G. Barber G. Iuca.
Stewart y. NJ Bremen Mr. and Mr.. G. rah,,
NJ and Mrs jaime. G.. McAlls,er
C1nnOn. Hugh 8. Mcclure
tharles a Coorlbcs. Wallace Mccormack
Henry H. Cooper. William l.. Mitchell
A y Cruikshlnk Robert Morrison
Mics Margaret Forbe. Cant w y park
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Miss Margaret pay.on
Gould Hrrbrr, Rnn.on
.lul' IN " Harris William, / Richa-dso,
Roland Hastings. Mr. and Mr.. ,Iobn
DR. and Mrs James u. sibley
Heard. james 4 s,illman.
Mari hefmes Preston 4. wills
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WAsHISGroS. oct. 3.--Representative
Klnkead OF New Jersey introduced
resolution to-day calling on the Secretary
Of the Treasury to explain why Dudley
Field Malone. Collector Of the Port of
New York, is not answering official cor
respondence. The resolution was
Resolved. That the Secretary Of the
Treasury advise the House what Is
necessary to be contained In letters to
the Hon. Dudley Field Malone, Collec-
tor OF the Port of New York, In order
20 secure a reply thereto. and further
to state where the said Collectors
office IL located and the hours of
doing public business there.
Mr.. Kinkead has recently told his in
Inmates that Mr.. Malone has treated him
and his letters with scant attention. Mr..
Kinkead lately displaced II. Otto Witt
penn. Naval Officer OF the Port OF New
York, as leader OF the Hudson county
Democracy. According TO Mr.. Kinkead s
friends, Mr.. Malone just now hobnobs
with Mr.. Wittpenn and Mr.. Kinkead
wants to get to the bottom OF what he
feels are unfrlendly motives toward him
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men. The French women who have Just
finished a conference, as we'll as other ma
tons, are fighting with more vim than II
took for the Norwegian women to win
their victory. although they battled hard.
'Second--the cooperation of all forces
for making the Issue familiar to the
people, namely, through the Nylande, OF
which Miss Gina Krog IL editor. paper
for women which reaches the interested
persons with suggestions and news of
new developments. II has a small and
influential set of readers, and did. and
still does, much In propaganda work. And
in addition all the chiefs of the move
ment helped by giving conferences
But the greatest power welded was by
the National Alliance OF Norwegian
Women for Suffrage. which formed unions
In all parts OF Norway, working directly
among the women. The first time the
question came before the Storting the
members OF each district saw before them,
as they took their seats that morning,
many kilograms from their constituents,
sent by the, unions from every voting dis
trct In Norway.
My second question was Why with
general suffrage have the women no rep
resentatlves In the Storting? This must
be a great sorrow to them. The Storting
! may insert Is the Norwegian Congress.
consisting Of 1875 members, all equal In
power. all having the same number Of
votos with the exception OF the President
VINO has two in case of tie ballot. It
IL divided into two divisions. the Odels-
ting and the Lagtng Uhese are names
having no translatabls meaning). Both
are equal in power and sent up at the
same election for term OF three years.
when they meet they divide. and each
division legislates upon certain laws slip
ulated by rule. but important bills arc
handled by both divisions.
why Not Represented.
The explanation that the Norwegian
women have no representative in spite of
universal suffrage ia not that the Nor
wcglan men will not take the conse-
qucnces % their own action. but Is the
position OF the political parties. " Is the
so-ca'lcd Left Cradicals) who took upon
their programme the suffrage cause. Now
all parties have indorsed IT, hut the Left
were the champions of tho ridiculed cause.
II II true they have tho majority in the
Storing. but the majority II returned
from the country districts. The towns
eend In Socialists and Conservative MEM
bers
The LET'S have only two or three rep
rtqantatives from the towns. The women
from the country districts take no prac-
teal part IN politics. and viii not, could
no.. stand rs candidates. All the possible
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The boxes were well filled With Visit
tors by the time the Afternoon Judging
began, and the perfect weather allowed
r the display OF many beautiful cos
tunes.
Among others present were Mr. ana
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Nearly all the horses m this event
were ridden by professionals. but Miss
Fle'tmlun more than held her own until
mo last trial, when her horse, CygHeH rs;
srrsed the obstacle and she had 10 ne
content with second place 70 sam OFT
owned by F.. Ambrose Clark Tho
NnuDrs performance was rcmarkabIe
'ua. ts in clearing the hedge and boxes
extending II feet inches It was cal
cHa;cd by Thomas Hitchcock that tho
Horse covered 20 feet from takeon to
landing ront
Is indicated by victories earlier in the
how the Piping Rock challenge cup for
tho best saddle horse was taken by MISS
Vera \. H. Cravaths Warwick.
Mrs Thomas Hitchcock maintained her
supremacy in the hunters division by win
Ming the Meadow Brook challenge cup FOR
the best hunter with Cavalier AS the
same horse won last year the cup be-
comes Mrs. Hitchcock's personal property.
Society gathered N good numbers for
'.c hral day of the horse show. During
the morning session m ny Of these VINO
forn the Long Island colonies assembled
N the boxes and on the lawn to watch
the judging After luncheon these were
Joined by others, who came cut from the
ely by train and automobile. There
Ver" several interesting luncheon parties
O. the p ping Rock Club house. and Others
entertained AZ tables placed on the lawn
N~-rlook!ng the beautiful Piping ROCK
ursS
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Collector Malone Calls the ResoIu-
ton Absurd.

The text of the resolution introduced
by Representative Kinkead was read TO
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-05

diet. II 10 not for want Of traffic. In
fact, the total Of freight tonnage
hauled each year during the last 20
years has steadily increased. with oc-
casional temporary shrink&ge, 90 that
the volume IL now two and one-half
times what It was 20 years ago. Tho
passenger traffic has also increased to
almost the same degree. but the ex-
pense Of operation has jumped faster
than the increase in business. This
has been due to causes over which the
railroads have had no control. The
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-05

Of the case have not been fully stated.
When We stop to consider that rail-
road securities have been the favorite
form of investment with insurance
companies, both life and fire; with
savings banks, trust companies,
estates in which there may be q score
Of heirs, some in their m;norities; edu-
cational and philanthropic endow-
ments, etc., we begin to realize who
owns these traffic lines which are the
very arteries through which the blood
Of our commercial life must flow. II
their ownership we're only in the
hands Of the 100000 shareholders,
whose names are registered on the
stock books, It would mean that the
average owner was the proprietor of
only one-third Of a mile Of track, but
when we reflect that large life, fire
and accident insurance companies
alone held in 1905 railroad stocks and
bonds amounting to approximately
$3.50, 900 900. that the savings banks of
the country in 1909 held approximate
ly $S35.000. 900 Of railroad securities,
and. according to the Comptroller Of
Currency, In 1910. the trust companies
and national and state banks held
$3.50. 100000 Of these securities. and
when we reflect that there are over
II, 900 900 depositors In American saw
ings banks alone, to say nothing Of
the millions Of policy-holders in insur-
ance companies. we begin to realize
who. after all. are the owners Of these
steel ribbons which run to the four
corners Of the continent. l submit to
the Jury that the prisoner in the dock
may be q near blood relation to all
Of us.
Parenthetically pause to wonder II
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curities is actually owned, az appears
to be the case. by the people at large.
and owned In comparatively small
units, and much Of the balance IL
owned BY insurance companies. saw
ings banks, etc., In which nearly
everybody has q direct or indirect In
terest, we are much nearer to popular
ownership than most of US have
imagined. II We start to chase the
railroads around q stump, we may re-
semble the dog that chases his own
tail. How foolish he looks when, aft
er rapid revolution In pursuit Of that
caudal appendage, he gets it at last
and then identifies the owner.
Let rs frankly admit right here that
there h . good deal Of excuse for pop
ular hostility to past railway manage
ment. We cannot soon forget what
some financiers have done In the past
to certain railroads. Even at this very
moment the quiverihg form OF the
proud old New Haven q Hartford Hes
PROSTATE In the dust, bleeding from
the wounds where High Finance
stabbed her. But we will not forget
that more than half the stock Of the
New Haven belongs to comparatively
small holders. There were 21.94S of
them in 1912, and many Of the num-
Der are women. We cannot forget
that, while piracy has attacked the
railroad world in some quarters, the
biggest part Of the business has al
ways been in clean hands. Has any
serious imputation ever been laid upon
the Pennsylvania or New York Cen
trail lines, the Northwestern or the
Santa Fe? Does the business world
possess any names Of which we are
more proud than those Of Marvin
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-05

wages Of their employees have been In
creased HOS Per cent during the ~
year period. Il 1891 trey employed
see psopse to each hundred miln q
track. while IN 1919 they required Sos
people. Even since 1904. when II was
officially reported that the pay roll On
American rAllf6ad6 &ihotated u $e7e,-
O3s,sy0. there has been a iAcr6ass q
w4Ges moro t6an dddbIs tAs4 fiStrS,
Wine the number of smpl6ys1 Hss
only increased ffoni 1.iss,S1S II
1.72S.oo0. which means 100 pr cent
incrsase in wages With only "a pet
cent Increase in the number d en-
Dloyes. During these. II years IL
avers6e pay of smpibyeS hx6 advanced
from @0eS per year 70 On average of
nearly $500. In 1892 the wages paid
to employees amounted to Se.3S pef
cent Of the gross revenue: today Il n
1920 per cent. This increase Of 5 Der
cent in wages means s per cent on
$S.000.000.00 Of gross income, or
$3.50. 000. 900 year in wages above the
rate that was paid In 1882. There has
also been an increase In the cost q
materials. equipment. etc. Ties used
to cost 50 cents or so cents apiece;
now even poor ones cost IS cents. The
railroads Of the country use about
160.000.000 ties . year. This differ
ence In cost amounts to about
$s0.000.o00. As late a. 10 years ago
coal cost the roads 81 cents q tom 1t
the mine; It now costs $1.12. Taxes
during the 2o-year period have in
creased 2s4.s per cent, while the net
capitalization has increased during
the same period only 76.7 per cent.
Twenty years ago the railroads paid
taxes Of $sS.0ss. 4ss: IN 1917 they paid
t13o,373. AZ. In ether words, the rail.
roads pay IN the form Cf taxes approx-
isnately one-quaftef - much . they
psy 70 the owners, tier Stockhcl0ers.
Another Increased charge up0d tic
railroads has been the larger terminal
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-05

cspt 70 dispense With 1 few hundred
street crossing guards.
llsGaxkfIS. faalrdad <atts lave d.
of6assd dafiAt IL iaSt - yexf6; -
ssnser traffic now payy 1.ss3 cents
PET ia1lt; md frsftht trafhc pays only
.97l1 per ton Per mile. - against
.0ses Per ton n 1904. This means that
f6f the edit q I 4-ceit stamp jou can
6hiD 1 ten 81 FStgdt hsafiy three
nils. Thsrs ifs other mems Which
have aiSo incf66S6d the rSilt6ad's bur.
den q Sxpsuss. Satst5 ipbliiaceS.
shorter, hours and hofl cr6N6 5tssl
car, blsgsf locom6tivS6 rSQuifihS
heavier fails ana hSavjsr bfidtes,
have added enormou5ly to the ratl-
roads investment. These impfov4
ments have been made mostly by a.
vefsloh q diviuendi' whica miehG havo
otherwise bsen paid to tie stockkold-
err. Al . consequence the per mile
capitalization Of American roeds
stands ct only Ss1,6os pr mile. While
that q Great Britain y >176.S7l. and
h IN Europe. including Asiatic Rus
SfA the Per m1e capitalization q H.
railroads u $131, ass. about two times
that of the American roads. II Il ~
urged that greater land values Tiers
partly account for the greater capital
isation, we might make comparison
with New Zealand and South wales,
where land = worth lees than here,
ana where NO big cities make costly
terminal facilities necessary. In New
Zealand the capitalization h $56,S7l
per mile on tracks which are mostly
narrow gauge, 8 feet inches wide. In
South Wales the capitalization Il $751;
2S8 per mile. While xe are consider,
ing capitalization We hear It urged DE
quently that the stocks n American
roads carry lot Of water, but W
ought to reflect that while It h trus
that much stock va ofitin9fIS Sfvsa
q I bonus wfsn ps6assr f66ds xsfs
trying to sen their bonds. there have
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-05

Hughitt James J. hin. W. c. Brown.
Melville =. ingalls,. stuyvesant Fish
or E. p. Ripley?
Whist Il the sitdatioe q t1s railroad
industry today and what relation has
It to our national wsll-beingf The
railroads are hard up! One big sys-
TEN ID IN thS hands 81 fsS5isefs. m
other barely earned interest ehafgeS
OF its Indebtedness. THE "a Boston
Z Mains hasn't snouSh iAodsy m III
treasury u buy SFiiS n ffstsht cais
ana "a engine to h8uf thsA. P6fEaps
these roads have beSn mfSmad&e6d;
but the best companies hSvk bes6 rt
ducsd almost to breia ana water
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-05

facilities which they have had to pro
vide. The New York Central and
Pehnsylvania systems recently spent
upward Of 500. o00. 900 on new tetmi-
mails, mostly in New York City. The
Chicago 4 Northwestern has Just late-
" spent about $2o.0oo.oO0 on Z new
passenger terminal in Chicago. The
roads entering Chicago have spent
$76. 100000 in the last 10 years for the
elevation Of their tracks. This vast
outlay does not produce I single PEN
ny in actual revenue. or IN savings, ex-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-05

we hive not talked % much Of this
rosa beine I Rockefellef road and Of
nat one q Z Vanderbilt line, ana
some. 0ther one. % belons1ng to the
Gould system that we conclude Off
hand that the whole f1ilfo4d business
Of the country il owned practically BY
I dozen n Two De0b1s Of t6sif fkmi-
heS. II We deceive ourselves By this
defusi0n ana think tAit by laying bur.
dens on the faiiroadS We are layink
them on the Backs Of thesS financiGl
Colossi. We may find that We afs not
only mistaken. but that We are really
chasing ourselves up = tree. II. the
majority of the bulk Of railroad 81
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been millions Of dollars taken on a
the earnings n the last - yenfs sna
have gone into Improvements With
have probably more than abs6tbtd ne
watered stock that was supposed o b
IN these systems. We 6Aoulo not foe.
get moreover; that since 1S76 thsre
have BEEN 734 roads IN TIE Unissd
States pass through receivofv hands.
with 136.567 miles Of tfsek snd Mn
stocks and bonds Of $7;112,se7, ~. In
reorganization through which th6se
roads passed the stocks were scaled
down. often anuihilated, and some
times the bondholders' invo1tneots
were extinguished.
The situation todiy naAy Is duo
chiefly stated thus: Owing TO the In
creased cost Of operation and he
stricter demands Of shippers and tfav.
elers for modern service. ana ne 70
Quirements Of the government in re-
spect to safety appliances, etc. The
railroads are operating under Z vastly
larger expense, while their revenue
rfrom freight and passenger traffic Has
been growing steadily less. Aceordlng
to Charles A. Conaut author Of ''prin-
ciples Of Money ana Banking" the
purchasing power Of the railr6AdS DOH
lG hAs declined 81 per cent between
1895 ana 1911. We can nov under.
stand Why our railroads an bent a.
most to the point Of Dreaming. They
are facing { crisis. Their fejbonsfbla
offlcers are haunted With the f6af Of
deficit A continued deficit ni66nsl
ultimate foreclo6ure. That 4 Whyl
upward u 100000 men have bsenI
taksn from tie payr6llS In he
last four montht. This y Why
no rails. no carS. 10 sutpli6S xrs
being bought txc1pt f6t haSd-to-
mouth existence. WAea ths faiir6ad
lays OF 100000 men, 10o. oo0 men 90
"a half rstions. Merchants along the
line sen them Just half q much 70
eat and wear. When faitoads stop
buyins. perhaps I half nlillion other
mea stop working It the rdiIls which
make their rats ana engines md cars
ana 0ther equipment. Th66o Nh Are
also On ham ratiohs. fh6y buy less
and their bills ere not RIA. Every
tradebman fssls II ana l11Ally ths
farmer feels It. He feels 4 1hSk but
he fselb It most.
But tan about feoIfns. 81 feeiS ttat
NJ railroads rob. him Svefy tttiS he
ihips 1 load q stu& 70 marfaf ana
| ships another load home. t6n46f e
IAs oftsn stops and figures lust low
much he pays, the railroai IL it,
service. Suppose We al thS ikter-
state Commerce CommissioG. Which
lnoW Axes the rates and koebe tkom
| op Ale. The commission vH1 tan You
| that . farmer can ihip a az from
New Yofk 10 chicago Tor ~ SSdts.
II It co6t3 Hill Is cents hS p1ys 6ns-
| thirtietk u he selling pffcS Is the
IfailfsAd. He can Ship i've cattjs ind
Ino6b the6s thou1hn6 thfiSa ~ $40
Of : csnt 9 pound. Il they "a for
II cents pound h4 paye onSswt4ty-
seventh Of The selling trjce - the
reuroad H9 can 1hit coRee 3 0ou-
end miles Tor - cent Z podhd. II
he Pays 20 cents : pound fof Il ~ pays
|onenlnetassn o. ne ssline pftct to
me ralno1d. 40 en- ship Z ~ Of
haSneeg = eneusoea 11l0 foe AN
cents and e Il sells Tor ~ he pays
the railroad one-eishtieth Of the sell
The Meeker herald., 1914-08-29
Cultivate sslIss In ye.rssk.

Ths man who does mot bslisvs h
himself Will never succssd. It's the
man who tatse nrm grip Of himself.
who relies on his own ability and says
Il can" that rises superior to every
occasion. conquers all dimcultiss,
sweeps them aside ~ oobwebs. and
makes Of his life . success bless
ing to himself and . benefit to his
kind.
The Meeker herald., 1914-08-29

Much Easier.
IT would b quite . bit easier To
forgive and forget" remarked the OBJ.
server Of men and things, "if the coal
man did mot usually handle ice also"
-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Meeker herald., 1914-08-29
assnsy In osrssnlns.

Sy N Ootuoot09.
mo money in gardening? Why. I
know . man whb cleared $4,000 last
summer from less than an acre"
"Impossible! Utterly absurd"
mot 1t all. You SO Il vas q rooe
garden"
An Improvement.
"8ince the soap factory was built
IN cur street the autoists have not
troubled NJ at all."-MsggssAoffsr
BlAetter.
The Meeker herald., 1914-08-29

FIrst Cannon Msde In 1s4s,
The nrst cannon to be cast in one
piece was made By an English iron.
master in 16l3.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-22
PAREN1-7EACHERS
LEAGUE THIS P. N.
Will Meet in Kindergarten Room
of Will School; Every Member
Is Urged to Attend.

The annual business meeting Of the
Parent-Teachers League which was
postponed from last May will be held
in the Kindergarten room of the Will
school this afternoon at 1880 o'clock.
All members are urged to be present.
Those Interested in the work are
planning to broaden the work of the
organization for the coming year.
Come to the first meeting and get a
good start, S.8.