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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-11-26
METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday Service.
Cor. Lavergne and Delaronde.

Cor. Lavergne and Delaronde.
Rev. R. NJ. Brown, sos Pelican Ave.
Morning service, IL a. m; evening
service, 1880 p. m; Sunday School,
$50 a. m.
Sunday School Teachers Meeting,
first Thursday night after prayer ser
vice. Sunday School Missionary day.
first Sunday in each month. Commu-
MON service, first Sunday of each
month.
Mems Bible Glass every Wednesday
at 7:45 p. m. and Sunday at $3.50 a. m.
Woman's Bible Glass every Sunday
at $3.50 a. m. and second Tuesday night
Of each month.
Official Board meeting, first Monday
night of each month.
Prayer meeting every Thursday at
1880 p. m. Missionary prayer meetin.
Thursday after first Sunday Of each
month.
Senior League, Sunday at 700 p. m.
Senior Epworth League Literary,
Social and Business meeting at the
church on the fourth Friday. 1880 D.
N.
Wopan's Home Mission Society at
the church on the first Tuesday Of
each month at 1880 p. m.
Choir practice every Saturday at the
church at 1880 p. IN.
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MOUNT oLIVET CHURCH.

Rev. Sidney L. Vail, Rector, 524 Peli.
can avenue. Telephone, Algiers 235.
Sundays-Holy Communion, 1889
I. M; Sunday School, $3.50 a. m;
Morning Prayer or Litany and al
iress, IL a. m; Confirmation Glass
(children), p. m; Evening Prayer
md sermon, 1880 p. m.
Holy Days, Holy Communion. 1880
4. m. unless otherwise announced.
Vestry meets first Thursday OF each
month at the Rectory, 1880 p. m.
Ladies' Guild meets Tuesday after
he third Sunday at the Rectory, 1880
o. m.
Senior Chapter Brotherhood Of st.
Andrew, second and fourth Tt" sdays
At the Rectory, 500 p. m.
Choir Guild first Tuesday after prac.
tice.
Girls Friendly Society. second
Thursday at 700 p. NJ. homes Of mem.
bers.
Teachers Meeting, Saturday, z p. M.
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CHARTER
OF J. II. SIMMONS PIANO COMPANY nv,
October IL 1911

October 81, 1914
United States of America State If 7 o,,;.;
farish OF Orleans, City of New Orlears
be II known, that on this thirty.first d,-
OF the month CT October, in the wear II M,
Lord One thousand Nine Hundred and Forr.
ISeen, and OF the Independence of the United
states states OF America the One Hundred and
yanin, a notary public, duly com.
missioned and qualified, in and for
tins city and the Parish of Orleans, there.
IN residing, and in the presence of the W.T..
hesses hereinafter named and UNDERSIGNED
personally came and appeared the several per,
sons hereinafter named and UNDERSIGNED ali
residents OF the City of New Orleans. and
an OF fuil age of majority, who severally de.
ciared That, availing themselves of the laws
o. the state OF louisiana, and particularly on
INC provisions OF the Act No. 267 of the Cen
eIaI assembly OF 1914. relative to the forma
tion OF corporations they have coyenanted ans
agreed, and by these presents do covenant snd
agree for themselves their successors snd
assigns, to form themselves into a corporat;on
ana BODY polite for the objects and purposes'
ana under the stipulations following. to.wit. |
Article The name and title of This Gov,
CoTatIon shall be 81 p. SIMMONS PIANO
,oMrANf, INC and under its said corpor-
tie name it shall have power and aptbor;,y
nave and enjoy corporate existence snJ
uccession tor the full term and period NJ
inety-nlne years from and after the dav ana
ate hereof; to contract, sue and be sued: N
sc ana make a corporate seal, and the same
). after and break at pleasure; to hold. re-.
I'VE, lease, purchase and convey, as well as
oI'gage and hypothecate property, real, Der. ,
"si ana mixed, eorporeal and incorporeaI:
oorrow money and to make and issue {
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-11-26
TRINITY Ev.-LUTHERAH CHURCH
Cur. olivier and Eliza Streets.

Cur. olivier and Eliza Streets.
Rev. A. j. Schliesser. Pastor.
Residence: 43S Olivier Street.
German-Every Sunday At 1880 q.
q.
English-Everey Sunday at 8 q. m.
Sunday School-9:15 g. m.
Weekday Services-Conducted Ii
he English language, every Thursday
aight 1880, from October to June.
Communion services are previously
announced.
Church festivals observed by special
services.
A parochial day school, conducted
oy q special teacher, in connection
with the church.
Meetings-Congregational meeting,
very second Monday, 1880 p. H.; Ger
man Frauenverein, every first Wed.
nesday, 3 p. m; Helping Hand Circle,
every first Wednesday, 1880 p. M;
Young Peoples Society, every second
Tuesday, 1880 p. m.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-11-26
Where Was WaIes7

Spencer Leigh Hughes, NJ. p, tells
or the following amusing experience:
He was once passing the new war of.
nee building in Whitehall when his
companion, Scotchman, pointing to
the emblematic devices engraved over
the door, indicated the Scotch thistle,
the English lion, and the Irish harp.
Where is the emblem Of Wales?"
asked his friend. "Oh," Mr.. Hughes
replied, Il expect there Is a leak in
the roof"
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Query Easily pisposed OF.

Hogan" propounded Schmidt, "if a
hen unit half laidt an egg unit half
a day, how long would il dake a hen
to lay half an egg?" "A him." prompt
ly responded Pat, "wud scorn to
shOrt-change her owner be layin' half
an egg. An nobody but a tightfist
wud liver think av such a thing
Judge.
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Zest In Uncertainty.

II would be fine if the ideas could
be manufactured and stored away by
conscious effort But after all that
might take away some of the adven-
ture of living. AS it is you never know
when you so to the mental cupboard
whether you are going to find it full of
good things or empty At least there
is the uncertainty 10 give zest to ex-
istence.
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Good Fishing In Crater Lake.

Originally there were no fish in
Crater lake, one of natures wonders
on the summit Of the Cascade range
In southern Oregon. Rainbow trout
were planted, and now they swarm
the waters, ranging up to ten pounds
In weight. The lake itself has an
area OF twenty and one-fourth square
miles (water surface), which is sit.
uated In the caldera Of an extinct vol.
cano. 1t is surrounded by unbroken
cliffs which range from five hundred
to nearly two thousand feet in height.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-11-26
Not at Home

A little girl. on being told by her
mother that when a child died an
angel came and took her up to heaven.
thought deeply for a moment, and
then said: Mamma, II an angel comes
asking for me. say I'm not in"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-11-26

OF the chlffrobc.
He smiled con-
tentedly when he
caught q CLEAN Of
pale gray. He
knew that were
he a little nearer
he would get the
faint stripe OF
tango color that
ran through the
perfectly tailored
suit. And his eyes
wandered lovingly
toward the drawer
beside II which
held the new tan
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U. S. A. Presbyterian Notes.
Church Calendar

OHUrcn calendar.
Sunday school every Sunday in the
Pythian Hall at 8 p. m.
Services of divine worship every sec.
ond and fourth Sunday at 3:45 p. m.
Special service next Sunday, Nov.
10, at 3:45 p. m. Public cordially in
vited.
W. H. LEITH,
Pastor, U. s. A. Church.
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|, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
IN and for the parish of Orleans, state OF
louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of incorporation of the
duly recorded in my Office in book li27, folio
S29. New Orleans, October u, 1914.
,(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, D. R.
1 do hereby certify the above and fore.
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Sc on the SAFE Slde.

Give de devil his due" said Uncle
EDEN, but make your arrangements
as near as you kin so you won't owe
him muffin"
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going TO be a true and correct copy Of the
original act OF incorporation OF the "Boken-
tohr Realty Company, incorporated, together
with the certificate of the recorder OF mort
cages thereto attached.
Witness my hand and seal this 9th day
Of October, 1914
G. G. KRONENBERGER, Not. Pub.
nov 10 % dec 10 II "a
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sHs1s1sHs1sHs1sHs1sns1s1sS
!: BECAUSE HE LOVED HER ;
3 BY LOUISE OLIVER.
{

Frederick Adair rolled over in bed
and squinted through the open door
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC.

(Union station.)
AS a. m. Texas Local, for Hous-
ton and all stations inferno
II 40 a a m Sunset Express. for 80 r. "'
Houston, Austin, Fort Worth,
Dallas and other north Tex
II 20 a. m sunset Express, for San
Antonio, Mexico. Ell Paso,
Arizona and California -. 9 AS D. m.
. :05 pm. Lafayette Local, for La
fayetts and all stations In
lao n .e mn ssIas Limited for Hons. 1' M
ton, Galveston, Austin, Waco,
Fort Worth, Dallas and other
II :45 p. m. Sunset Mall, for Hous
ton, Galveston, Waco, Fort
Worth. Dallas and other north
I1:4r p. m. sunset Mali, for San 80 d. Ill.,
Antonio, Mexico. FL Paso,
Arizona and California. 7:45 q. On.
eoNTCHARTRAIN RAILROAD.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
Leave Mlneburg-6:1O, 7:1O, s:3s. 1000, II: 30
a. m; 1880, 2:50, $3.50, 4:3O, S:45, 200, $40
p. IN.
ESQ, 9;lo, Hoo a. m; I2:Ol, 200. 400, 400
$500, OBS $40 p. m.
WEEK DAY SCHEDULE.
Leave Milneburg-6:OS, 7:lO 7:lO S:3s. s:3s
lO0o, ll:O a. m; 2:0O 3:2s, 5:2s, $50, 200,
200 p. m.
Leave Pontchartrain Junction-5:40 $40,
IS 7:S0, go, $40, Hoo a. m; 20 2:4s, 4:Os,
4:0S, OBS p m.
NEW ORLEANS GREAT NORTHERN.
Daily Except Sunday.
100 a. m. Jackson, Columbia, Ty-
lertown, Folsom and Inter
fl5 D. m. Folsom, Columbia, Tyler.
town and intermediate. .5Oa m
Sunday Only.
40 q. m ]. Jackson, Columbia, Ty-
lertown and intermediate, 4 90 n m
oOo p. m: Columbia, Tylertown, Bo-
galusa and intermediate. 10 90 n =,
Sunday Excursions
40 a. m. Folsom, Covington. AbIta.
Springs, Vaudeville, Lacomha'
Forest Glen. Bogalusa and In.
.''-''. 8 90 .. m
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GRErNA TO IMMIGRATION STATION

From Gretna, minutes, - minutes ana
AZ minutes after the hour.
Newton and TeChe, ialnutes' - A'A
utes and AZ minutes after the hour.
canal Street Ferry, 10 minutes 81 MN
ntes and 50 minutes after the hour.
car Barn Pdc.uc Ave, 10 minutes ."
minutes and 80 minutes after the hour; ,
EImira and Newton, on the hour ana :"
minutes and 40 minutes after the hour.
First car leaves Gretna . :2S a. m.
Last car leaves Gretna Tor Immigration
Station Il :OS a. m. II
Last car leaves Gretna for Car Barn via
Newton and Teche SITS. Il 80 Il. III.
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Leaves Gretua, Jackson Ave. FERRY i.anu-
ingI passing through McDOn0ghvil.e, 10 A..
giers, meets Canal 81. Ferry, passes lpIrd
District Ferry, Southern Pacific irTinlha.S
and viaduct, crossing over the Newton 81
VIaduci. the Southern Pacific 4. l. Yards.
along the rear Of the L. ;. Naval station,
to the l.. 5. Immigration Station.
Returning over same route, meeting lh'
y. o. aud Western Railway cars ana JACK
RonAVe. Ferry at Gretna.
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Railroad Schedules.

NEW ORLEANS. SOUTHERN AND GRAND
ISLE HALLWAY co.
Leaves Arrives
Algiers Algiers
90 p. m. Daily ex. Sat. & Sun. Q :45 a. m.
$ :O5 a. 20. Mixed, daily ex. Sun. Z % .. IN.
80 =. al. Sat Sun. only. Q :45 a. m
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER %. 1913, AT
9. A. NJ.
South-Leave Miineburg 6 10, 10, Z 10,
8 80. s :35, 10 90. IL 80 a. M. 100, 3 20,
8 rs, 80, 3 80, Z 90, Z 100 p. m.
North-Leave Canal Street: { AS 0 :05
a m; 4 100, 8 :15 p. m.
North-Leave Pontchartrain Junction
8 40, 40, 80, 80. 8 20. IL 100 a. m.
. 90. 3 :45, 4 :O5. :O5, 6 20, 6: . 6p. m.
SUNDAY EXCURSION
. 20 a. ID ...-.... '''''' '"D y ~
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SCHEDULE /:

LEAVE GRETNA-5 80. 8 80, 7:1o. 80,
s: 80, 9:lO, $50, 1880, IL 10,
IL so a. M; II 80. 10, 80, go
$40, 3 so, a 80. 10, 5 80, 9 80,
7:lO, 80, 80, 8 10, 0 80, 10 80.
IL 10, IL 80 p. m.
Pass Harvey's Canal minutes after ieaV-
Ing Gretna.
Gretna.
LEAVE AMEsvILLE-e :O5, AS. :25,
sos, s:45, OPS, 10 :05, 10 40,
IL :25 a. m; II :05, Il AS, 20,
:O5, 2 As, 3 :25, 4 :05. 4 AS, 8 20,
sos, 8 :<5, :25, s :05, s AS, 8 20,
1905, AS, IL :25 p. m; IL :OS
q. m.
Pass Harvey's Canal minutes after leaV
ing AmesvilIe.
Reach Gretna 10 minutes after leaving
Amesville.
Last Car leaves Gretna for AmesVllle
IL 80 p. m.
last Car leaves Amesville for Gretna
IL :05 O. N.
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What Is Your Rank7

Mans rank is his power to uplift-
George Macdonald.
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New orlcar.,, October 10Th, 1914.
ACT OF INCORPORATION

OF EDkLNIDHH REALTY COMPANY
INCORPORATED.
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United States Of America, State OF Louisiana,
Parish ut Orleans
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IMMIGRATION STATION TO GRETNA.

From immigration Station, 10 minutes 81
minutes and 80 minutes after the h2lr %
Elmira and Newton, on the hOur' ana ~
and 40 minutes after the hour: no
car Barn Pacific Avenue, minutes ="
mInutes and AZ minutes after the hour.
canal ~. Ferry, 10 minutes, 30 MINUTES
and 80 minutes after the hour.
Newton and Teche SITS, IL minutes 81
minutes and 80 minutes after the hour
First car leaves immigration station 'oo
a.. m. ~, c..t, =, .5o
Last car leaves for Ca Barn via Newton
and Tecne SITS, II 10 a. IN.
PACIFIC AVE. BELT CAR.
From Canal Street Ferry, on the hour
20 minutes and 40 minutes sfter the hoHr;
Newton ard Teche SITS, minutes, %
minutes and 43 minutes after the hour.
Elmira and Newton SITS, minutes, 20
minutes and as minutes after the hour.
F.om Car Barn, o minutes, % minutes
and 40 minutes after the hour. -
ELECTRIC CAR SERVICE BETWEEN
GRETNA. HARvEY'S CANAL AND
AMESvILLE.
Leaves Gretna jackson Avenue Ferry
Ianding), along Copernirus Avenue, passing
feIas and Pacific and Southern Paclnr De
nots 10 Fourth Street, thence along Fourth
Street to Public Road, crossing Harveys
Canal to Amesville.
Returning over same route, meeting the
Algiers Railway cars and Jackson Avenue
Ferry at Gretna-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-03
the summit of the mountains

the summit Of the mountains to
about % per centor "a per cent"
Father Time now marks '75" in the
age column for the.ma of Montana,
Arizona, Utah, Nevada California
and New York. In all these states
he owns property worth many mil
lions. AS usual, he wore cutaway
coat ard trousers of gray, with a
fancy vest and an Ascot tie, and on
His eft hand glittered a yellow to-
paz.
His 7OO0-mile trip from New York
and back to make his semi-annual
inspection Of what he owns in the
West is planned in detail. He wires
the directors at each place to meet
him at certain time and he is there
to open the meeting. This punctual-
ity, it is said, is one of the chief
causes of his wonderful financial sue
cess.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-03
The Prolific Cattle Tick

A male and female tick hatched
in April may by October Is give rise
to 6,750,000,000 descendants, about
half of which being females, will lay
about 1900 more eggs apiece immedi-
ately or the following spring. Take the
cattleman's point Of view. A thorough
ly, though not exceptionally, infected
COW may carry several hundred thou
sand ticks at one time and, during one
season, may be infested by four such
broods. Now 1900 ticks, after having
engorged themselves for three or four
days, will weigh about a pound, this
representing almost entirely the
weight of the blood taken from the
host. Thus the helpless beast may
actually lose from 200 to 500 pounds
of blood in a single season. Little won-
Ger that thousands of southern calves
never reach maturity; that the pitiful
spectacle of valuable dairy or beef
animal actually starving to death in
the midst of rich, nutritious pasture
is no5 nightmare, but terribly fire.
quen.. reality.-The Worlds Work.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-03
KING GEORGE CELEBRATES
FORTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY
Omitted Press Day Service)


London, June 3.-King George re-
ceived. private congratulations from
the crowned heads of Europe on the
occasion of his 49th birthday. Official
congratulations are not due until June
%, as George is too busy to take a
proper birthday and has postponed
the formal celebration until the thiro
anniversary of his coronation. Never
theless a salute of 49 guns was fired
by artillery in St. James Park, and
at Windsor, while flags were flown
on all government buildings. For sew
eral days packages containing pres
ents from members of the royal family
and intimate friends have been arriv-
ing at Buckingham Palace, and his
sons and daughter dubbed together
for birthday present Of which they
made a great secret. The King, who
married~Queen Mary in 1898, has five
sons and one daughter. He succeeded
to the throne May 6, 1910 on the
death of his father King Edward VII.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-03
ALL SEEMS SOCIALISTIC

BY Willis J. Abbot, author of "Pan-
anna and the Canal in Picture and
Prose-"
Copyright, 1913, Syndicate Pub
fishing Co., New York. All rights re-
served.)
Our Uncle Sam owns and manages
a line of steamships plying between
New York and Panama, carrying both
passengers and freight and competing
successfully with several lines of for
eign-built ships. The largest vessels
are Of 10000 tons and would rank
well with the lesser transatlantic lin
ers. On them congressman and Pan
anna Zone officials are carried free,
while employees of the Isthmian Canal
Commission get an exceedingly low
rate for themselves and their fami-
hes. The government also owns and
conducts the Panama Railroad, which
crosses in less than three hours from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. This sounds
like a mighty good argument for gov
ernment ownership and it is not much
more fallacious than some others
drawn from Isthmian conditions. The
president of the Panama Railroad is
Colonel George w. Goethals. The
government caught him young edu-
Gated him at it's excellent West Point
school, paying him a salary while he
was learning to be useful, and has
been employing and paying him ever
since. Like citizen of the ideal CO.
operative commonwealth, he has never
had to worry about job. The state
has always employed him and paid
him. While he has done his work bet
ter than others of equal rank he has
only recently begun to draw more
pay than other colonels. Sounds very
socialistic, doesn't it? And he seems
to make very good railroad presi-
dent, too, though the shuffling of
shares in Wall street had nothing to
Wv Will iilo dppOlilCIIlelII, anu Hc HdSu |
got director on his board inter-
locked with ]. P. Morgan g. Co. Oh
the City National Bank.
The government which runs this
railroad and steamship line doesn't
confine its activity to big things. 1t
will wash a shirt for one of it's ca
nal employees at about half the price
that John Chinaman, doing business
nearby, would charge; press his cloth
ing, or it will send man into youl
home--if you live in the Zone-to
chloroform any stray mosquitoes lurk-
ing there and convey them away in a
bottle. 1t will house in an electric
lighted, wire-screened tenement ia.
maican negro who at home lived in
q basket-work shack, plastered with
mud and thatched with palmetto
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-03
HObsOn Sank Merrimac 16 Years Ago
Gnited Press Day Seryicel

Washington, June 3.-Officials at
the Navy Department today recalled
that exactly sixteen years ago Lieu
tenant Richmond P. Hobson and seven
enlisted men steered the collier Mer-
rimac into the narrow neck of San
tiago Bay and under fire from the
great guns of the frowning fortresses
sank the boat in an attempt to bottle
up Admiral Cervera in the inner har-
Dor. Although the purpose for which
the Merrimac was sunk was not sue
cessful, the feat was considered one
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-03
ESTIMATES ARE MADE
FOR WORK TO SOUTH

Los Angeles, June 3.-William A.
Clark, multi-millionaire president of
the Salt Lake road, arrived here yes-
terday from Arizona and convened
the board of directors to take up
three great projects. The projects
are:
The erection of a new depot here,
to cost about $500 900.
Building line to San Diego, to
cost $6,OOO,OOO.
Building the Barstow-San Bernar-
dino line, eighty-one miles long, to
replace the present use of the Santa
Fe's tracks, at a cost of $4,050,000.
The total cost of the three projects
would be $1O,65O,OO0.
"We will build our own depot here
and will not join the Southern Pa
cific in a depot" the former senator
said after the meeting. eve have
not decided when the work will start
and l will not say now whether or
not the depot is to be built before
the rush of 1915. We will build good
depot, however.
81 cannot discuss the San Diego
line at present. We have the esti-
mates and that's all l can say now.
"The Barstow-San Bernardino line
has been completely surveyed and it
will cut down the present grade over
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-03

of the greatest exhibitions of indi-
vidual heroism of the war. The seven
men who were chosen for the duty
were d. Montague, chief master-at-
arms; George Charette, gunner's mate
third class; r. Clausen, C. Diegnan,
and J. E. Murphy, coxswains; G. E.
Philips, machinist and F. Kelly, water
tender.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-03

leaves. 1t is very democratic, too,
this government, for it won't issue
to Mrs. Highfiyer more than three
wicker armchairs, even if she does
entertain every day. while her neigh
Dor, Mrs. Domus, who gets just ex-
actly as many, never entertains a.
all.
We find a great central authority,
buying everything imaginable in all
the markets of the world, at the mo-
ment when prices are lowest-an au-
thority big enough to snap it's fingers
at any trust-and selling again, with
out profit, to the ultimate consumers
There are no trust profits, no mid
dleman's profits included in prices of
things bought at the commissary
stores. There are eighteen such
stores in the Zone. The total bust
ness of the commissary stores
amounts to about six million dollars
annually. Everything is sold at prices
materially less than it can be bought
for in the United States, yet the de-
partment shows an actual profit,
which is at once put back into the
business. A Zone housewife told me
that steak for her family that would
cost at least 80 cents in her home at
Brooklyn cost her 40 here. Shoddy
or merely "cheap" goods are not car
ried, and the United States pure food
law is strictly observed. That ter
rible problem Of the "higher cost OF
living" hardly presents itself to Zone
dwellers except purchasers of purely
native products; those, thanks to the
tourists, have doubled several times
in the last five years. But articles
purveyed by Uncle Sam are furnished
to his nephews and nieces here for
about one-third. less than the luckless
ones must pay who are sticking to
the old homestead instead of faring
forth to the tropics.
But more. The canal employee does
not know what it is to fear rent day.
If married he is supplied with quar-
ters, all furnished, ranging from A.
room flat to a 16-room house, ac-
cording to his Importance in the canal
organization. For him neither the coal
baron nor the ice trust has any ter
rors for the little coal he needs is
furnished free by the commissary and
ice is supplied at price to. put the
trust out of business.
This is benevolent despotism, the
sort of government that philosophers
agree would be ideal if the benevo-
lence of the despot could only be as
sured invariably and eternally. The
Car of Russia could do what is be
ing done down here were he vested
with Goethals' intolerance of bureau
cracies, red-tape, parasites, grafters
disobedience and delay. But Goethals
is equally intolerant of opposition, ar
gument, even advice from below. His
is the military method of personal
command and personal responsibility
I don't believe he is over fond even
of the council of war. In a social
istic community, where every man had
a voice in the government, he would
last only long enough for new elec,
ton to be called. Though his popu-
larity here is universal, it would moi
withstand the attacks of demagogues
were there field for demagogy here