Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-23
OPERATION.

government is not capable of doing what the
New Zealand government can do, or that the
people of this country are not as honest as the
people of other countries when it comes to run
ming government affairs.
According to reports government ownership
and operation of railroads netted ss.o17,1s9 in
profits to the government of New Zealand.
The prime minister has just presented to the
House of Representatives of New Zealand the
annual statement of the government railways for
the fiscal year ended March 81, 1920. 1t shows
a net profit of 1.647,420 pounds ($8.017.169) on
"A total capital to that date of 39.997,s40 pounds
ts194,64 .O55) invested in government railway
construction in the Dominion. The earnings
were s935S per mile during 1920, as compared
with ss126 per mile during 1919. while the
operating expenses amounted to $6676 per mile
during 1920. as compared with $53S7 during
1919. The profit was earned in spite of these
heavier operating costs.
The prime minister estimates that the revenue
for the coming year will be $29,1ss,o 900 and the
expenditure s22,446,731. Thus a continuance of
profitable operation is forecast.
Is the New Zealand government more efficient
than that of the United States? Not necessarily.
The New Zealand railroads are not clogged with
watered capitalizations as are so many American
railroads. The U. S. railroad administration had
to struggle in a time of quickly rising costs with
the problem OF paying a rental based on a
capitalization that bore. in many instances, no
relation whatever to money actually invested In
the roads. The capital accounts of many roads
were based on earning power. not investment.
League of Nations is under fire again. This
time the Lithuanians took a shot at a peace COM
mission.
When it comes to making elections lively
Greece holds an edge on Florida.
A man advertises that he owns a dancing ape.
Must be a shimmypanzee.
Fiume may not be the land of the free. but it's
the home of free verse.
Profteering bakers may accomplish a real
public service if they help restore good old-fash-
toned homemade bread.
In the case OF Admiral Sims. D. S. NJ. seems
to stand for Delivered Sometime Maybe.
Perhaps woman's bargain hunting instinct has
been dulled by the war.
Two bottles of beer have been placed in the
Milwaukee public museum. One might label
them elixir relics. or relixirs for short.
Mildred Harris, it reported, will marry again.
This time it's probably a man who eats custard
pie instead OF throwing it.
If the Shipping Board paid 1851 for a hinge,
as is charged. someone ought to swing for it.
A Syracuse professor caught a glimpse of
heaven after an auto accident. thus u~psetting the
theory of thousands OF pedestrians who figured
careless motorists were headed the other way.
They're raising Cain in India which is one of
the easiest things the Hindu kindu.
There are many barefoot millionaires in the
Crimea. Over here the millionaires have their
wives go bareback.
Lord Robert Cecil says the League of Nations
is very much alive. And Hiram Johnson asks
Alive with WHAT"
Speak of soviet Turkey with the accent on the
ct.
Lack of gift turkeys didn't worry the White
House this November; there was the old rooster
to fall back on.
When Mary Garden goes to Parliament as she
plans she will sing it to the speaker thus: Il
rise. I rise. I rise. to a point. to a point, 1 rise.
1 rise. 1 rise. to a point. point. point; 1 rise to a
point OF order. order order"
Detectives peered through a keyhole at a peer
and the Duchess of Marlborough won a divorce.
Governor Terhune committed suicide. but the
concensus is that Samoather heads will fall.
Santa Ana, Cal. has a 725-pound bride.
Betcher the groom Ti'~'- te-p her weighing at
the church.
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