Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-19

tloH OF o,0-otuUu DuSnelS. LdSA
years crop was estimated at $751;
500 bushels.
characterization on August l
was 9S per cent of n normal indi-
eating yield of 1.4T0 pounds per
acre, and a total production of 55.-
6S9.500. The production last year
was estimated at 5S,001, 400 pounds.
Hay-The acre of hay cut is esti-
mated at S.16T,100 acres which is
Il decline OF one per cent. from last
year. The average yield per acre
is placed at 40 tons and the total
production 4,4S0.100 tons. The
average yield last year was estimat-
ed at 1855 tons per acre and the
total crop at 4,S4S,260 tons.
Potatoes-Condition of potatoes
is estimated at 81 per cent. of a
normal crop which indicates an
average yield of 81 bushels per acre
and a total production of 24,S62,-
500 bushels. The crop last year was
estimated at 24,733.2O0 bushels.
Minimum Rate I<illcd.-The Pub
lie Service Commission in an opin-
ion handed down to-day decides
against the monthly minimum of
each charged the residents of Lans-
ford, Coaldale. Summit Hill and
other communities in the Panther
NAANt ~ tAiS ttilbilGI dllGN EleC-
trio Company. Under the old tariff
the charge was made for actual cur
rent consumed with an added charge
for meter service when the amount
was lower than one dollar. The COM
pany did not base it's schedule on
the necessity of earning more money
in order to declare a reasonabl
dividend and the commission there
fore considers that the returns un-
der the old schedule are adequate.
crop. On thishsrdlueta oinshroaoa
Federal Our govern
mental business is the most care
lessly run in the world. Let us have
Federal budget as a relief from
the evils of the present utter lack of
system" This was the plea for
governmental economy made yes
terday by Governor Sproul in a
statement specially prepared for the
National Budget Committee The
Governor heartily indorsed the COM
mittee's plan to secure the adoption
by Congress of national budget
system. He based his belief in
budgetary reform upon the expert
ences of the State in handling mat
ters of departmental finance. In
PeDHsylvania all appropriation
measures are handled by appropria-
which coordinate their efforts with
the Governor and with the fiscal
officers OF the State.
New Compensation Costs - The
cost OF operating the new compensa-
uon law passed during the last Ses-
sion will be about 20 per cent. av-
erage in the mining industries, 8 0
per cent in manufacturing indus
tries and about 25 per cent. in con-
structlon work, according to figures
compiled from statistics based on en-
perienCe by Z. II. Downey, the State
compensation rate expert. According |
to the same authority the average |
increase cost OF the operations OF the |
law VIII be 80 per cent. The ad- |
vance in death benefits will be ten |
per cent, permanent disability sol
per cent, medical costs 80 per cent. |
ana temporary disability costs 40 per
cent. Ihe hgure are only approx |
mate and Will vary in individual
cases, especially where safety devices
have been installed, where in a num- |
Der or instances the rates unques-
tionably Will be lower than under
the old law. The increase in mine
rates VIII be due to the larger num-
ber of accidents in the mines last
NNNA NSNNSSu OS tllOl Is u
production for war purposes and the
large number of unskilled men at
work. Another factor is the pre-
ponderance of married men in the
mines now caused by the enlistment
of many single men for the war who
have not yet been discharged and
the return of others to Europe. It
Is expected that the accident figures
for this year will show a decrease
and that the rate will be adjusted
gradually over period of years to
meet the better conditions.
Oil Company Comprehensive At
lantic Refining Company, of Phila-
delphia, has filed a complaint against
the United States Railroad Admins
tration and the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, alleging excessive
rates and asking reparation of $224Sl
representing the amount of excess
charges paid for switching 362 car
load shipments of bituminous coal
from the Philadelphia to the At
lantic railroad yards. The complaint
states that the rates charged ex-
ceeded those authorized in general
order % of the director general of
the railroads of $3.50 per car.
Battle Standards Arrive The |
SlSiiuSII Us VI 441lH regiment or the |
2Sth division, which was formerly
the old Eighteenth Regiment OF |
Pittsburgh, have been received by
Adjutant General Beary to be added |
to the display in the State Capitol. |
The series consists of the State flag, |
the regimental standard of the old |
18th Regiment and the National col |
ors of the 11lth Regiment. In ad- |
dition there are streamers showing
the engagements in which the 111th |
participated in France.
Rifle Teams Practice - General |
Beary is much pleased with the sue
cess the rifle teams are making with |
the new Springfield rifles at Mt. |
Gretna. General orders relative to |
the revolver shooting have been
changed whereby an expert marks |
man must make $50 points out of a |
possible 200; a first class marks |
man $50, and a second class marks |
man 120 points.