El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-17
Railway TRAVEL
MUCH IMPROVED
Lawrence Finds Train De
layed Only Twice in a
10000 Mile Trip.

could have been obtained last Nofell-
Der, the shiDbuilders would surely
have come out on top
Prohibition OF the liquor traftic IS
causing no serious unrest In the uls
cities where breWerlea and olsullerles
l abound Most Of the plants VIII pc
converted for other uses and the rear
estate in saloons IS exceptionally val
liable on account OF the shortage OF
store space and the need OF dwellings,
new or remodeled Travelled Lnroubn
all the dry states Of the west saw
a good deal OF bootlegging- ] saw a
l few persons Intoxicated Unquestion-
ably the consumption OF liquor has
Z been greatly reduced
/ have yet 10 meet a man or
woman, properly owner former
bartender. business men or work
Ing man. soldier or sailor, who has
lived In the dry region and doesn't
have a good word 10 say fer Prohi-
bition-
/ Merchants who thought u meant
] loss OF business have been surprised 20
l find just the opposite.
Bills Paid More Promptly.
Bills are paid more promptly ne
leverage working man has more money
{ 20 spend for his family and himself
I IN the stores Newspaper editors claim
{ this means more advertising and more
10 leading OF papers. magazines and
Z books Night life Is not so gay as In
/ the cafe and cabaret era but the Jazz
E band still keeps young folks happy
3 from coast 20 coast while the tlTFer
3 and the roadster the photograph and
the piano take up evenings On the
3 boulevards or az home
Influenza Hurt More Than War.
l The epidemic OF influenza hurt tbs
United States more than did the war.
Z Business examinations. large and
small. indeed. the whole social fabric
suffered more loss directly or indl-
Irectly on account OF the plague than
the curtallment Of manufacture or the
7 restrictions OF certain businesses, yet
the public has apparently made no de-
mand for preventive measures or the
I expansion OF the federal public health
Z service Some day some political party
I is going TO make a big nit for itself
I oy paying some attention by legisla-
3 ton or appropriation or otherwise. TO
l the health OF the people OF the United
States.
As Tor war. the people want II
I prevented forever. They are over
wheiminEly for the lelgue Of na-
! tons not because they are sure a
VIII prevent war, but because ff
may. And since the opponents OF
the leaEue haven't Offered any
thing else that looks better, the
people viii stick 10 TIE covenant
They don't know any more about Il
now than when Il was first drafted
I that is the plain folks who don't take
I time 10 scrurlnize legal documents and
involved opinions from senator's. pub
{ licists. lawyers and officials OF this
OF any other nation They believe Mr..
Wilson is at heart a Dacifist IN the
sense that he wouldn't sign a docu-
ment that was sure 70 bring more war.
They view the opposition 20 the league
as sort OF splitting Of hairs They
Will therefore. brook no delay IN sign
ing the peace treaty such comment
as heard on the triple agreement 10
aid France IN case OF unpr0voked at
tack by Germany was not favora-
BILE The prejudice against an alliance
is deep rooted Folks want to know
how Germany. II she = TO be made i'm
potent from a military and naval point
Of view, can ever get strong enough 10
make an attack such as France herself
could not handle
Much Libertyi Little License
Generally speaking, politicians ard
poAtical parties are not high "a pro-
lie esteem There Is much impatiencs
with the professional politics OF both
the Democrats and Republicans and
considerable irritation over the out
and out Newspaper orEa AVIATION CT
both parties Independent uewspa-
pers seem 20 be Increasing In number.
Free speech Is just as popular as ever
out license IS not Persons who spent
their time calling the aggression By
Germany and the sinking o. the Lusi-
tania part or capitalists war do not
get much freedom when they get Up
nowadays TO preach Bolshevism-
Reforms advocated by resuecfed
members OF the community. Including
socialists whose attitude on the war
was above suspicion. are listened 10
by the people Some cities suppress
all meetings OF a liberal character By
refusing permits. Others have found
by experience that the safety valve
idea Is most useful and that exposure
20 the air sometimes does less harm
than combining radicals to the poison
Gus atmosphere OF secret meetings.
As a whole. America Is not doing as
much suppression OF rree speech or as
much opposing or the socalled radicals
as the latter would have the public
believe
Factor or Contentmsnt
Most employers are recognising the
[ importance OF keeping wages above
the cost OF living and with a certain
amount OF money besides for the av-
erage workman 20 take an Interest fr.
his JOB. To stimulate efficiency and
remove discomfort many corporations
re assisting their employees 70 buy
their own homes In other words. at
/ tention is being given to the factor OF
! Bolshevism.
Prefer Private Ownership.
50 Tar as government operation OF
railways. telegraph and teiephores.
the public has made up its mind that
private ownership means compafftfo--
ana therefore greater efficiency for
I the consumer. On the other hand
some things have been done under
government operation which viii rot
be forgotten The people Ike to have
an trains leave from the same Station
II they could get waited on uuicklv
they would Ike to puy their tickets AZ
one place Also they would IKE ~
get their money back at once On nm
used tickets These last two things
have caused much irritation durina
government operation.
Public Wants More Trainr.
me Du1Ic wants more trains ana
oelter express facilities. As FOR pas
senser travel government operation
is much better now than three MONTH
ago In my journey OF IS davs-
spent az least seven hours OF everv
cay on the trains. rode on the urin-
clpal railroads or the United states.
was late only twice IN $4,000 miles
1o-n cases being unavailable
Ireisnt car Jumped the track IN Ore
son and 10 was some time before g re-
PAR crew and engine could reach rs
We were three hours late In Loufrf-
ana Two hour de-av was experienced
because or an accident to one 81 the
Terry harges which carry trains across
me river near New Orleans. Other
wise. the trains were on time every
day--a remarkable record.
America Is Best. After An.