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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

about 40 tons apiece, the new steel
type weigh 60 or rs, and our fast
trains require a 20O-ton engine.
Not only in the passenger service
do we require quality, but in the
freight service as well. When we load
a a of cattle or hogs within 200 miles
of market we don't intend to stay a
week on the way and see them shrink
all the gain we have been putting on
them the last four weeks with 60-cent
r We must make the yards be-
tween sunset and sunrise, and the
railroads make good. They run live
stock almost on passenger train sched-
ule. AT their destination they require
costly terminals, so there may be no
congestion of freight. The cost of ter
minals, owing to increased value Of
city property, has run into the mil
lions. We also demand car service.
This has been a mild winter, but a
few weeks of zero weather in the
northwest will produce a need for coal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

eight years. These figures show how
quickly the railroads are passing out
Of the hands of Wall street. II we
don't like the way the New Haven &
Hartford has been managed, why in
the name of the Sacred Cod don't we
little fellows who own SO or 60 per
cent Of the stock give some descend
ant of Miles Standish our proxies and
tell him to go down to New Haven
and put in a board of directors who
wouldn't treat that fine old road as
they might treat a Jersey COW! take
all her milk and ream for their own
table and after she was worn out and
scrapped throw the carcass to the
wolves Of Wall street and toss the
horns and hoofs to the stockholders.
There isn't a big road in the country
which isn't owned by enough stock
holders to take the control away from
Wall street If they don't like the pres,
ent management. Government owner
ship, in the sense of popular owner
oAAPs 10 q Ling LulnS. we Dell6t6 Ill
1t, but most of us don't know that we
have it already in it's ser without
any of the evils which might ensue
If we put the aforesaid patriots in the
place of Elliott, Rea, Earring, Hughitt
and Hill. We have not only practical
public ownership, widely distributed,
but we have absolute government con-
troll. When it comes to fixing rates,
issuing passes, equipping trains with
safety appliances and a hundred and
sixteen other matters of regulation,
even down to the way of keeping
books, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, the direct agency of the gov
eminent, is the whole works. How
thoroughly 1t regulates is apparent
from the fact that when it began BUSH
ness in 1888 with five commissioners
the annual cost was $97,867. In 1912,
with only two more commissioners,
the cost of regulation was $1,469, $3.50.
The only alternative to outright,
formal, complete government owner
ship and operation of our railroads Is
to increase their earning power so
that they can meet their increasing
expense of operation without going
into bankruptcy. This may be done
by. allowing them a slight increase
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

hour and losing the top market on
which he had figured this morning.
To supply these immediate require
ments of the railroads, not for their
benefit alone, but for ours as well,
will cost, in the judgment of James J.
Hill, half a billion dollars. These bet
terments during the next five years
will cost $4,000, 900, 900. Who is to
supply this money? All of us, of
course, as we have in the past; that
is, all who have $500 or $1,000 to pur-
chase a railway bond or certificate of
stock, But not now, not now, Uncle
Henry. Why not? Why. don't you
know that railway stocks have gone
tumbling down in the last ten years?
Good old New York Central common
sold for $16S in 1902 and last year it
was as low at 9O%; Pennsylvania
common sold for $40 in 1902; it was
down to $1O6 in December, 1913; Chi
cago & Northwestern common sold for
$271 in 1902; 1t was down to 1923 in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

a slender margin of profit that in.
vestors, little and big, are afraid that
the day will come, if 1t is not already
here, when they cannot pay their in
terest. Such failure will bring us back
to the situation of 1898, when 1880
miles of American railroads were in
the hands of receivers.
What is the cure for this threatened
paralysis of our biggest arm of in
dustry? l occasionally hear some off
hand glib reply. Government own
ership!" If / were a big railroad Off
cial put in a swivel chair in The dual
capacity of being trustee for a prop
erty representing a billion dollars,
owned by S4,244 people, half of them
women and children, as is the case
with the Pennsylvania railroad, and
on the other hand representing a pop
ulation of 10000, 900 people who in
habit the territory through which my
road passes, and as ! sat far into the
night with my associates and subor-
dinate officers trying to devise econo-
mics that would insure my employers
the stability of their investment,
while we tried as hard to provide the
service required by our patrons, /
think l would feel like throwing up
the sponge and say, "Yes, let us turn
the job over to the government and
let Barnes and Lorimer and Penrose
and Boss Cox and Taggart and Roger
Sullivan and that whole kit of patriots
apply their organizing managerial tai
ent. They have made money by COM
bining business with politics. I'll re-
sign, let us put the throttle in their
hands,"
If the government took over the
railroads, it, Of course, would have to
buy them. Confiscation of property
is forbidden by the constitution. They
would cost at least $40, 900, 0O0, 900,
fifty times as much as the Panama
canal, which isn't paid fer yet and
will not be for 20 years. OF course,
the government could issue bonds and
sell them, perhaps, quite easily With
it's guarantee. But who is the gov
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04
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confront the railroads again without
notice. They require money to buy
more equipment and to double track
their lines 10 that they can nov their
trains more quickly. They must also
enlarge their terminals so they may
avoid congestion, Who will be the
greater gamer from these improve
ments, they or we? Ask the man who
has a few loads Of stock bottled up
on the side track losing weight every
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

more railroad stocks all the while.
In 1904 there were only 1888 share
holders in Great Northern; in 1912
there were 1884. In 1904 there were
1858 shareholders in the Northern Pa
ciic; in 1912 there were 1887. In
1904 there. were 149,791 shareholders
in 10 of the larger railroad systems;
in 1912 there were 297,575 sharehold-
ers in these same roads, an increase
of 9S.7 per cent, or nearly double in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

is their stock down, but their bonds,
which used to sell on a 3k or 4 per
cent basis, now scarcely sell at all.
Some of Jul better roads have had
to issue short term notes at 6 per cent,
which the banker takes On suspicion
at a discount. Some issue equipment
notes, which means a chattel mort
gage on engines and cars. Why is all
this? Simply because the very best
railroads are doing business on such
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

exceptions. Five per cent added to
the rates on the specific items named
above will show how little the added
rate would hurt the individual ship
per. But what would 1t do for the
railroads and what would it, do for
us all? If the 5 per cent were added,
not alone to the traffic of eastern
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

eminent? Why we are--E. Pluribus
Unum & Co. We little fellows, so to
speak, own a majority Of the railroad
banks. or as policyholders in insur-
ance companies, and we are buying
bondholders, or as depositors in
mileage, either as shareholders or
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

December, 1913. G., M. C st. P. sold
for 1881 in 1902; it went as low as
96& in 1913, and now hovers around
par, a shrinkage Of approximately one
half. I name these roads because they
are well managed and have fever been
the football of high finance. Not only
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
Daysey Wayne and Her Folks
By FRANCES I. GAREIDE.

memorized more helpful poems than
herself
She had called on a woman In one
OF those neighborhoods where wife,
beating is the king Of indoor sports.
and, with many apt quotations Of
poetry, had essayed to cheer the
weeping wife, whose eountenance, be-
fitting one who engages in such royal
sport, was rapidly becoming purple.
There were half dozen children in
the room, ranging from six weeks TO
ten years, and the sight was one that
made Daysey Wayne contsnted with
spinsterhood.
The husband, the woman explained
as she wept, beat her every day. and
never earned cent. The story
aroused Daysey Mayme's indignation.
Il wouldn't let man treat me that
way" she said In a burst OF wrath.
The woman paused In her weeping
Pushing the struggling locks from
eyes that were fast swelling shut, she
asked:
Have you q husband 2r--to which
Daysey Wayne responded that she
hadn't.
Gee" said the woman, looking COM
miseratingly at her visitor as well as
she could through the half an eye
that was still visible, 1T must be
tough to be an old maidi"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
Little Boobies Pa o

man If he had married me, sed Ma.
However, that doesn't maik any diff
ferns. l married one Of Natures
nobelmen, Ma sed. MY new suit &
hat is cumming tomorrow.
I suppoas so, sed Pa newer git.
boost from you that thare lsent sum.
cumback. But Citing back to the
subjeck Of picking out a bride for
Bobble. hoap you will newer do
that II Robbie happens to fall in
love with a plain woman let him
marry her Thare was old Greek
fillosofer onst that sed Plain Wimmen
Maik the Best Wifes.
That was prGbly beekaus he hap
pened to be married to a plain woman
hisself, SEQ Ma.
No, sed Pa, 1t was beekaus he mar
ried vary butiful woman. He rote
that Dethless sentence about plain
wimmen making the best wifes
shortly after his butiful wife had run
awaygwith sum yunk Greek geeser.
l will newer run away from you,
my heero sed Ma My new suite q
hat are perfectly luvly.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
By WILLIAM r. KIRK.

THARE was picter in the news
paper last mite Of q yung man
& a girl witch had jest been
married. Ma handed the paper to Pa
& sed Isent that PERFECTLY sweet
gurl?
How do I know? sed Pa. do not
know the yung lady & l can't tell
from her picter in the paper. She
may not eeven be half as pritty as
this picter looks, & eeven IL she is
pritty / doan't know whether she is
vary sweet or not.
OF course you have to go rite at It
splitting hairs, sed Ma IL / showed
you a picter of the Queen of Shelby
you wud be libel to say Who is the
old benz ] think this .yung bride has
a butfful & sweet face, & / hoap wen
Bobbie grows up he will marry a CURL
that looks just like her. If have
anything to say, sed Ma, my son shall
newer marry a hoamly woman.
If l have anything to say, sed Pa,
Bobble shall marry anybody that he
picks out to marry II he is old enuff
to know anything wen he makes his
choice. Ever since my father KEEP
me from marrying gurl I was fond
Of, Pa sed. have swoar newer to
butt in on my sons marriage affairs
Indeed, sed Ma, e so yure stern
father KEEP you from marrying the
CURL OF yure choice. 1t Is too bad that
he dident let you have yure way, sed
Ma. Then you wud have been happy
If the CURL newer knew happiness
aggenn.
Deerest, sed Pa, I was only joaking
You know well huff that you were the
first & only gurl ever loved.
jest sed that to see IL you was still
kind of jellus of my affeckshun. No.
sed Pa, my dear old dad newer sed a
word to me about my choice of wife
g. neither did my deer mother. OF
course / had to go through the old
stall of going & asking yure dad, sed
Pa, but l knew he wud be glad to see
you git so fine q husband, & tho he
acted kind of Erouchy I knew that
down in his hart he was tickled to
deth.
doant want you to think that for
a moment, eeven at this late date, sed
Ma. You cud newer have married me
IL 1t wasn't for deer mother. She
loved me too muchs to see me I'M
happy, so she coaxed dad oaver. He
always wanted me to marry James
Jenkins, the rich yung man that
owned the feed mill at lloam.
That Joe, sed Pa. Why, he had a
grand finnish, dident he? He got to
be county treshurer & went South
But he wud have been different
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
The Early Bird.

The brass plate on his door pro-
claimed to the world at large, and the
people OF Pipton in particular, that
Binks was an architect.
Binks had been six months in Pip
ton, and, though he felt sure of doing
great things, had only built a dog
kennel for his landlord and over
drawn his account at the bank.
One night. however, at about II
o'clock he might have been seen tear
ing along the deserted streets to the
outskirts of Pipton, where resided
Mr.. MacAlico, the big local shop
keeper
The house was In darkness when he
arrived, but his energetic use of the
knocker soon brought Mr.. MacAlico
to the door.
Good evening"" painted Binks. Il
have Just come to ask II you wish
me to design a new front for your
place in the High street,"
"Confound you for waking me UP,
you idiot! Certainly not! My shop
front is perfectly satisfactory, and
will last out your lifetime!"
"Oh, no, II won'tl" retorted Binks.
'for it was knocked into smithereers
about half an hour ago by motor
bust"
The contract was signed the next
morning
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
BAD FEELING
ALL The TINE
Bad Condition Of Arkansas
Lady, Who Finally Over
came Her Trouble. I

BOARD CAMP, ARK.--Mrs virgie
Balm, Of this town, gives out the fol-
lowing statement for publication
when / was just fifteen years old, I
suffered dreadfully with cramp In
my stomach, about once month, and
l had dead feeling all the TINS no
life to do anything.
II took two bottles Of Cardut, the
woman's tonic, and / felt like a diff
ferent person. had tried all kinds
Of medicine for over a year, but not
a thing helped me, until I took
Cardui
"a short time ago, I suffered
again. 1 would ache and hurt, until
I couldn't stand on my feet to do my
work. My back ached and my head
hurt all the time.
Il was glad knew about Carduil
1 took three bottles and now I never
have any aches or pains, and ! am
cheerful and happy,
Ladies, let's take one another's adj
vice and not suffer so much. Try
Cardui, the woman's tonic. It's a
wonderful medicine"
II you have wondered where you
could find remedy to ease your pain
and relieve the torment which goes
with so many forms Of womanly
trouble-here is your janswerl
Take Cardui, the woman's tonic,
and be relieved, as Mrs. Balm was.
All druggists sell Cardui.
N. B.-Wrlte to: Ladies' Advisory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat
tanooga, Tenn, for Special Instructions,
and 64-page book. Home Treatment for
Women" sent IN plain wrapper, on re-
ADVERTISEMENT
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
Do You Know That

Lieutenant General Sir R, S. s. Ba-
den-Powell. OF the British army. has
given TO the museum Of the Royal
United Service Institution in White
hall very interesting. IL rather
grewsome. relic OF the Ashanti expe-
dition OF 1886. II is the brass bowl
used to receive the heads OF the un-
fortunate victims Of King Prempeh,
The bowl. which resembles an ordi-
nary bathtub in appearances and slza,
is about Ave feet in diameter. On the
rim are four small lions. rather clev-
erly modelled. and a number OF KNOBS.
evidently intended as an ornamental
ton. There Is a gap in the continue
~ OF the series OF knobs TO allow a
space TO the victim TO Insert his neck
preparatory to execution.
For some time past sweets pro-
duced from flowers crystalllzed have
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28

An old convict named Glur, who
was sentenced to perpetual deten-
ton" in 1867 for brutal murder. has
just died at the prison OF Lenzbourg,
Canton Of Argovie. Switzerland, aged
"A. During his imprisonment OF Al
consecutive years-the ticket OF leave
system does not exist IN that country
-Glur never left the prison and no.
body visited him.
Elmley on the Isle Of Sheppey,
though only As miles from London, Is
parish where roads, shops, lamps,
telephones, motor cars public houses
and postofiices are unknown. II IS the
property OF the University Of oxford.
and is-or was recently-the home Of
IS men, women and children. The in
habitants are mostly shepherds, the
eldest of whom has yet to see a motor
car. There are church and a school
in the parish. which IN winter time is
isolated for considerable periods
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
Poultry Pointers

Mild, spring like weather condi-
tions invariably effect marked diff
ference in production. The hen
Is very much like a plant; she re-
spends to warmth, starting to lay at
the first signs Of climatic geniallty.
The great thing then is to keep her
moving in that direction. A generous
diet naturally goes long way, and
a little spice of an innocuous nature
in the soft food helps matters consid-
erably. 1t must be of kind, how
ever, that, while stimulating, does
not irritate. Spices containing irri-
tants such as cayenne, capsicum
and other super heating ingredients,
are best left alone.
Greenstuff, which in some form is
most essential to laying fowls, Is
now somewhat scarce. There are
plenty of roots, however, such as
swedes, mangolds and turnips, that
may be used. The birds will appre-
ciate them split in halves and given
raw, or, better still, cooked and in
corporated with meal and middlings
In the form Of a mash. Another ex-
cellent makeshift is sprouted grain
preferably oats.
The grain is sprounted by being
subjected to heat, such as that of a
garden frame, having been previously
covered with sacking to conserve the
shoots, which are greatly relished by
the fowls, and which constitute a
food well calculated to increase the
output Of eggs.
One tendency OF spices that contain
pungent ingredients is to irritate the
egg-producing organs, so that the eggs
can not be retained sufficiently long to
enable perfect shells to be formed.
Hence the soft-shelled egg. which so
frequently puzzles poultry keepers, who
are at some pains to provide their fowls
with shell-forming materials.
The approach Of milder weather
should See the total exclusion OF maize
from the daily menu. In cold weather
this grain, given in moderation, Is good !;
but II is much too heating and fatten-
ing to use at other periods. Wheat al
ternated with oats and barley, consti-
tutes the best grain diet from now on
ward, until next autumn.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
Nipped in the Bud.

His hair was long and languid, his
cheeks of an interesting palior, eyes
all soul, and mustaches all scented.
Were you ever in love?" he in
quired Of the other occupant of the
railway carriage.
That Individual. red Of feature and
apoplecsic Of complexions ierked him
self into a position where he could
gaze at the new specimen with ease.
II don't remember" he remarked at
last.
you have never known the rap
ture OF dreaming OF your love by
night, thinking OF her by day, living
for her dear sake alone?" vehemently
inquired the youth. She Is the"
Were you ever married?" broke in
the red" one
mo, sir; but hope"
We'll, then. let me paint another
pictura To-.
Pat the youth vanished before his
Eyes. and nothing but a lace-edged
hsrdkerchief and a faint odor OF
crushed violets betokened his sojourn.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
Chic Chapeaux---New Spring Shapes
Described in Detail by Olvee.

With the return Of Spring
and Spring blossoms, flow
ers are coming into their
own again for trimmings
on hats and gowns and for
a touch of brightness on
bodice and coat. The hat
whose brim is fairly mass
ed with blooms has not
been with us for several
seasons, and is swinging
back to US this year as
something new.
These brightly decked
chapeaux bring a touch of
brightness to the end-of-
the-season Winter srocks.
The Vatican picture
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
HHERE are times when Daysey
Mayrne Appleton. after languid-

hIsAeE ole N-AAASS 1850 = - -
Wayne Appleton. after languid-
ly eating the breakfast her
mother has prepared, has retired to
her room that she may not be an-
noyed by the dust flying before her
mothers broom, nor have her nerves
racked by the clatter OF pans and
dishes, and there has given way to
moods of deep depression.
It Is then when she feels her use
lessness to the world; it is then that
she dreams that life must mean more
than Judges, rouges and writing the
hungry longings of ones soul In a
diary: II is then that she becomes so
absorbed in listening to q cry from
the wilderness for help that she grows
deaf to the cry for help from the
kitchen. thus proving that her long,
ing to do good is essentially modern.
1t was following one OF these
moods Of deep depression that she
enlisted in settlement work With no
working knowledge OF the difference
between a pie and a purse, and a dis
position to heal the sick and the suf-
fering by the suggestion that they
rest in the Arms of Encircling Good.
rather than engage In the plebeian
task of making mustard plaster, she
felt we'll equipped for the work be-
fore her. No one, she knew. had
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28

TIL E Gro w n has the
rounded swell of a mans
derby. 1t is banded in tete
de negre MORE ribbon,
and its sole trimming is of
camelias in the brightest
shade Of red. One is at
the left front, and the
other is perched high at
the back.
This is a particularly
good hat for the simple
tailored suit and severely
plain linen blouse.
-OLIVETTE.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28

been on sale. and though they COM
mand very fancy prices. selling as
high as 81 a pound retail, they have
persistently increased In favor Now
we learn that an attempt Is to be
made 10 PIT various brands OF floral
cigarettes upon the market. The Gig
arettes have proved most agreeable
and with them the smoker would be
able to blow the breath Of roses
sweetpeas and violets about the house
and street.
The Rev. l. Cyril Walker. rector Of
Averham, near Newark. England, has
erected in the rectory grounds a mod
el theater to accommodate 500 people
The cost was $500 he has designed
the theater. painted the scenery,
made some OF the properties. pro-
duced a comic opera. acted as stage
manager. AID written the words Of =
topical duet.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
WRITE ANOTHER.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am in love with a girl of my
own age, and she loves me. ! sent
her letter and her father opened
1t, and have not seen her since.
A. s.
Write her again, and make your
letter so sensible her father will de-
eide you are a young man well worth
knowing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
STAIR ETIQUETTE.
ear Miss Fairfax:


Should a man precede lady
going up or down stairs, or should
a lady precede a man?
NELL.
In going upstairs the man goes first
and the lady precedes in going down