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New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Future Of Railroads

The important question in regard to
the future of American railroads to
which the Labor Board decision may
furnish clew is as TO whether or not
the railroads are to be managed by
their own individual management or
by two antagonistic government bodies,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Railroad Labor Board. Will
the additional $3o000O,0 900 to $400 000,-
600 net revenue plus the saving which
can be made from the abrogation of
the national agreements become effecv
tive quickly enough and have sufficient
effect TO save the weaker railroads
from railroad bankruptcy? AS to this
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Foreign Demand Fauorable
Aspect of Copper Outlook
Domestic Buying Is at Lowest Rate i'm Many Years.
but Purchasing by Germany and Japan Is Ina
creasng, Says Douglas

|ALTER DOUGLAS Phelps Dodge cornoration
wv who the leaders noe
conditions the industry, interview with The Trib
une declared that the favorable the market as If
steady demand
lowest rate Germany Japan he said arc +e r
cpal purchasers of the metal
phases of the industry departed from his usual
refraining from talking tn press VI
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Merchants Think Prices Are Stabilized
for Few Months; Customers Are
More Discriminating

TITLE Of the gloom that lines of trade is to be
this city For the big retailers readusment apparently has
been completed completion that offers unknown
executives
their minds the future than they
ths
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Decision of Labor Board to Reduce
Wages Regarded as Step in Increas-
ing Earning Power
By William f. Hooper

%HE Plumb foolish
nized fundamental truth about railroad
that the who the railroads
built
he Later they managed sometimes
bankers who interested their
poyed bankers others in contos
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

1ne eXhlplClOn Is designed to create
permanent market place for American
machinery manufacturers. Eleven ex-
hibts already have been installed and
within a few weeks at least nineteen
more will be in place. New exhibits
are being annexed almost daily, ac-
cording to general manager, l.. R. Duff
field, formerly in charge of the ma
chinery exhibit in the Grand Central
Palace, which soon will be converted
into an Office building
Although the exhibit is designed
chiefly to interest the machinery buyer,
it appeals to the layman. The new
inventions, many of them almost un-
canny in their operations, arouse the
curiosity of those who have but little
knowledge Of practical mechanics.
Future Outlook
The future outlook for the machin-
cry trades, according to those engaged
in the industry, is bright, because, it
is believed, the efforts to cut reduc-
ton costs will take the direction of
installing labor saving machinery and
devices that will speed up production,
rending the unit cost an hour much less
than. at present.
Just now, however, the machinery
market is inactive. With the execution
Of the textile industries, most trades
are still in the throes of depression,
! and speeding up production is not as
much of paramount issue as curtail-
ing the manufacture of products to
fit the shortened demand.
One glowing exception to the rule is
the ice cream machinery trade. Pro-
hibition has stimulated the consump-
tion of ice cream, water ices and SINH
lar products and this has been re-
cream industry with new demands for
machinery. One manufacturer of ice
cream making machinery, shown in the
exhibit, reports that last years sales
were larger than the total of sales for
the previous twelve years.
Despite highly complicated mechan-
ism, most of the machinery shown in
the exhibits already installed is "fool
proof and almost automatic in opera
tlon' ms IS particularly true of i'm
proved farming machinery.
Variety in Manufacture
The adaptability of machinery max
ing plants is illustrated by the historv
of one concern, which is primarily a
producer of clay working machinery.
but has as an exhibit gasoline narrow
gauge locomotive. During the war the
company turned out naval shells for
the government, capstans, steering en-
gines and other marine equipment.
Some of these products are still being
made. and the gasoline locomotive was
added as an extra product.
Few of the machinery manufacturers
produce only single item. Their prod
ucts are more varied than those of most
other manufacturers, and most of them
upon order will produce special ma
chimes to do certain tasks. One of the
largest fields is that of manufacturing
machines to ma ke nthe, N, q chinas
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Congressional Inquiry

Congress is in the midst of another
investigation cf the railroad situation.
Starting with the Hadley commission
appointed to investigate the issuance
! of railroad securities in 1910, there
has been an almost continuous investi-
cation by Congress or it's representa-
tives since, and now Congress has the
added element of interest in the in
vestigation, of trying to determine why
it's own efforts were unsuccessful in
solving the problem.
The first indication that the govern
ment had learned anything whatsoever
from these Investigations was in the
decision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to grant increased rates.
Railroad men protested enthusiasm
over this decision and the provisions
of the transportation law. If they
were sincere in these expressions, or
if they were not merely giving express
sion to a natural hope that the long
losing fight against usurpation of COM
plete authority without responsibility
had at last turned in their favor, they
must soon have felt somewhat abashed
Certainly, their own long experience
ought to have demonstrated to them
without a doubt that good intentions
save not a dollar for net revenue.
Certain it is that good many of the
older directors had rather unsym-
pathetic laugh at the governments ex-
pense. These directors had tried to
manage a railroad themselves, and,
having failed, had tried to pay sal
airy that would attract the genius
necessary to manage seven thousand or
eight thousand miles of railroad and
have more often failed than succeeded.
What the government wants, but re-
fuses to acknowledge, is managers for
the railroads who. while having the
power and responsibility necessary to
successful management will not un-
dertake to lay toll on all industries
through the agency of discrimination
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Machinery Exhibit Opened Here
Permanent Market Place Established by American
Manufacturers i'm Old Greenhut,
SiegelCooper Building

IN ACHINERY delicate
change
small sheets Of to heavy sheaers that
inches thickness, and tenton capar
inspection of buyers in the Manufacturers
the old Greenhu Sege Building Avenue and Eight
eenth Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Easier for Workers TO Save
Banks Cooperating With Employers to Interes,
Employees in Setting Aside Small
Amounts Regularly

INTERESTING the small
bank account by setting aside designated amounts REGULARLY
problem winch no
Three plans have into last few wears erac
New England where the thrift idea
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05


managed by the government. 1t is a
euphemism to say that we have in this
country government regulation but not
government operation. Professor Henry
C. Adams who devised the system of
accounts, which the Interstate Com
merce Commission prescribed for the
railroads, and in an address before
accounting officers, delivered October
4 II, 1907, in speaking of the new system
of accounts, "it has undertaken to ex-
ercise controlling influence upon the
administration of railroad properties
through the agency of their accounts"
Last week the Railroad Labor Board
handed down a decision decreasing
railroad wages by what is estimated
will amount to between 10 and 12-
probably nearer 10 than 12--per cent
of gross revenue. Wednesday Presi-
dent Harding had conference with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
discussing the question of reducing
freight rates, The wage board makes
an estimate of what the increase in
wages will yield the roads, the Inter-
state Commerce Commission makes an
estimate of what reduction in rates
will take away from the roads and the
so-called managers are left to work
out the problem so set for them.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Aid to Home BUYERS

A shareholder may borrow from
the cooperative bank Withdrawals
are thus avoidable. With the shares as
security, he pays back monthly both
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Dull Summer Ahead for Steel
Interest of Industry Centered Wage Confer
at Atlantic City; New
Business Light
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

MITTSBURGH June 4In manufacturing circles is be-
eved that July August will be light months the stand
of business May showed from April
promising than those of May Hence
unlikely that the Of three months of
errtor a leading max
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

chases, good part of which is under
for loans. N'
Before revertng to a discussion Of
the domestic situation in copper it is
pertinent to point out that this great
industry is still in the throes of a de-
preston the like of which has not
been experienced in more than a quar-
ter OF a century. With hardly an ex-
ceptlon, the big producing mines have
closed down and thousands of en-
ployees are either idle or are working
under reduced scale of wages. This
condition is in marked contrast to the
feverish war boom days when every
effort was made to stimulate produc-
ton, no matter what the cost AS a
result the price of spot copper at one
time rose to 81 cents a pound. After
the United States entered the war the
government fixed the quotation at 23h
cents on September 81, 1917. Later, on
July 2, 1913, the fixed price was placed
at 26 cents owing to an increase in
freight rates which materially affected
costs of transportation.
Producers Optimistic
Yet there is degree of optimism in
producing circles that the time is not
far distant when demand will reach
sufficient proportions to induce re-
sumption of mining and smelling oper-
ations. This lies chiefly in the fact
that foreign buying, coupled with the
hand to-mouth purchasing policy of do
mestic consumers, is gradually making
inroads into the accumulated surplus,
estimated on May 1 at approxim ately
l,250,000,000 pounds. This, however,
includes the 400, 900, 900 pounds pledged
as security for $40000,OO0 of deben-
ture notes sold by the Copper Export
Association earlier in the year.
Sales are now running at a rate
four times in excess of current produc-
tion" continued Mr.. Douglas. "a gen
eral resumption of mining depends on
general conditions. Fabricators here
are running at from 80 to SO per cent
of capacity.
prices will have to go above 16
cents pound before producers can
show profit under present conditions.
At present freight rates are terrible
burden on both the producer and fab
rlcator. AS an instance, when the gov
ernment took over the railroads the
rate on bullion was advanced from
$3.50 to S22 a short ton. This was re-
duced to $40 ton with the RESUMPTION
of private control, and further red1c-
tlons are hoped for"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Function of President

The functions of management under
the generally accepted American def
milton consists in so regulating income
and outgo as to produce profit for
the owners of the property. Both
theoretically and actually the owners
of the Pennsylvania Railroad are the
stockholders who delegate to the board
of directors the power of directing the
policy of the management of the COM
pany. The directors select a president
who is supposed to have the power to
manage the property. The power and
responsibility so conferred by the
board of directors is actually under
present conditions, largely fiction:
Samuel Rea, in SO far as the actual
exercises of the two most important
functions of management is concerned,
has no power at all.
When William G. McAdoo took con-
troll of the railroads of the United
States in 1917 under war powers con-
ferred on the President and undertook
to demonstrate that railroad presidents
were unnecessary, he found it essen
tial, if he was to operate the railroads,
that the power of the Interstate Com
merce Commission be abrogated. He
called his administration of the prop
critics government CONTROL" avoiding
with surprising delicacy the use of the
words government operation" put
government control could not tolerate
concurrent government regulation. Yet
railroad men and public authorities
generally continue to keep up the fic-
tion that the Transportation act con-
tinues private operation of the rail-
roads.
That was the avowed principal pur-
pose of the Transportation act. No
or n Ivy
hearings before the House Committee
and Senate Committee that invest
gated the railroad situation prior to
the drafting of the Cummins and Esch
bills could doubt that the legislators
were in earnest in their efforts to pass
law which would straighten out an
economic tangle that they recognized
as exceedingly dangerous. All too often
a law is formed through a compromise
of various interests which can bring
illegitimate pressure to bear on a
Legislative body or in accordance with
popular prejudices and fallacies of the
moment. The Transportation act is un
usually free from such features. 1t
is true that the labor union represen-
tatives forced through, at the last mo-
ment, certain class Legislation tackled
on to the bill. But, in general, it was
the outcome of earnest, careful study
and honestly arrived at convictions.
And yet it has wholly failed to yield
the results anticipated. With the best
intentions in the world and all the
power that government can have in
democracy where government as exer-
cised by the Executive is more power
full than in any modern limited mon
archy, Congress failed to change the
course of economic events.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Tinplate Is DILL

Makers of full-hnished material are
understood to have taken concession
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

felraI1IHg from TALKING the
E Eal
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04

tanning. The regular ritualistic
work, which is very pretty, will be
given by the order. and in addition
musical mbers will be rendered
by mem bers of the Monday Musi-
cal club.
The principal address Of the af-
ternoon will be delivered by Judge
james E. Garrigues of Denver.
Those who have heard the Judge
will be eager to hear him again,
and those who have not should
not miss the opportunity.
The program will begin promptly
at 3:l5 for the accommodation of
those from the upper end of the
county who wish to come down on
the afternoon train and return on
the evening train. The public is
cordially invited, and it is hoped
that large crowd will be in at.
tendance.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
Consolidated Mine
Taking Out Good Ore

The Silver Plume Consolidated
Mining company, at Silver Plume,
is taking out some very good ore
from the mine. The ore runs high
in lead and silver and resembles
very much that which the Blue
Ridge company is taking out of
the Senator mine. 1t is rich in
native silver and fine looking. Q.
D. Gibbs, manager of the COM
pany, says the streak is more than
eight inches wide and assays from
$3.50 to 81 900 ton. One of the
stockholders, H. W. Walters of
Denver, visited the mine Thursday.
Several of his friends from Denver
motored up with him.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
industrial School Boys
Caught by the Sheriff

Two young fellows from the
State Industrial School at Golden
were caught Wednesday morning
by Sheriff w. J Harvey.
They left the school sometime
Monday forenoon and headed for
the mountains. The officials fol-
lowed them as far as Lookout
imonntain, where tae lo9 b..et.nas
So thick that they were unable to
locate them.
The bows spent their first night
ont on top of Lookout mountain
under tree in rain storm. The
second day they continued on
toward Idaho Springs. and on their
way they stopped at the Brandt
ranch, on Floyd hill, and relieved
the owners of several articles
They came to Idaho Springs on a
load of hay which was being /
brought to town. From here they
went to Empire and spent the sec
ond night above that place, hiking
over the pass.
Undersheriff Jacobs and an as
sistaut caught the boys about a
mile and half this side of the top
of the divide. Sheriff Harvey left
Georgetown as soon as word was
sent to him of their capture.
The boys confessed to having
robbed the ranch and turned over
all the articles stolen. The money,
which Mr.. Brandt claimed to be
between 81 and IS, the boys say
was only Sl.65, and they had spent
80 cents.
Sheriff Harvey took the boys to
Golden Thursday afternoon on the
train. He will return on Saturday
evening.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
DUNCAN {. CLARK
Reelected HEAD
0FL0CAL SCHOOLS
School Board Reflects D. E.
Clark as Superintendent and
Principal Of Schools; Friends
Hated Over the Decision; the
Offices OF Superintendent
and Principal to Be Merged.

AT meeting of the school boa re
Thursday evening, Prot. Duncan
E. Clark was reelected as super
intendent of the schools, and was
also elected as principal of the
high school, thus having one man
fill the two positions, instead OF
having one man tor each as form
erlv.
The result of the election is
pleasing to big majority of the
patrons of the school, ard it is be
lieved the board acted wisely. Mr..
Clark is a man of great ability,
and as teacher, rates high over
the entire state. For three years
he has been in our schools, two
years as principal, and filling the
unexp pired term of Prof. 9. E.
Green as superintendent Mr..
Green having left in the fall of last
year for Nebraska.
Mr.. Clark's work in the past has
been very satisfactory, and it is be-
lieved that his work next year,
with a good staff of teachers, will
even excel his former efforts. He
is acquainted with the ways OF the
students, and they with him, and
better results will no doubt be OBJ
tanned than we're a new superin-
tendent to be installed.
1t is very gratifying to his friends
which includes the greater popula-
ton of the city, that MIR, Clark
has been reelected, and that he
will remain in our midst.
Now that matters have been
settled, everybody should put
shoulder to the wheel, forget all
petty grievances. and stand by
the faculty, and the result will be
that Idaho Springs will sustain its
reputation for having one OF the
most efficient schools in the state.
Other teachers will be elected at
a meeting of the board Monday
night.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04

The CITY council last night de-
cided to hold up the letting of the
street lightning contract until
the case of the Colorado Power
company against James Pirie could
be decided by the state utilities
commission. This case is one where
the Power company petitions the
com mission to prohibit Mr.. Pirie
from doing business in Idaho
Springs.
Pirie was represented by E. M.
Sabin, an attorney from Denver
and the Colorado Power company
was represented by Fred Collom,
of this city, Both legal represen-
tatives said that their clients were
ready for action to be. taken by
the council, but the aldermen de-
cided to await the decision of the
utilities com mission. As to how
soon that will be, is speculative.
Alderman Roberts made a mo-
tion that the Bureau of Mines and
scsns,esee 70 be paid the sun Of
| 500, to be used as the Bureau sees
fiji in promoting the welfare of the
city.
The council instructed the pro-
per com mittees to proceed to build
water mains and sewer lines to the
site of the School of Mines summer
school in Dry Gulch. Alderman
Underhili, on behalf of the Colora-
do School of Mines, thanked the
city council for the interest and
support that the off cials had shown
and extended to the school.
Mayor Moscript conteaded that
the SUI plus dogs in Idaho Springs
shoule be eliminated. This is a
matter that is well worth imme-
diate action as the canine family is
all too numerous in the city in
fact it has become nuisance.
Another good thing the council
did at the meeting was to instruct
the marshal to stop the speeding
which has been going on in the
city.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
Opera House Program
Beginning June S

Sunday-Paramount-FlorenceV Vidor
in Beau Revel"
onda y-Special-G Georges Carpen-
tier, The Idol of France, in THE Won
der Man" Leach's Orchestra. 10 and
30c.
Tuesday = Select Elsie Janis in ..The
Imp" and Knograms.
Wednesday The Gibsonians. Man
dolin, Guitar and Banjo artists. Reser-
vel seat at Deis' 35 and soc. One show
o'clock sharp.
Thursday-High School Commence
m5nt.
~Friday-Artcraft special-"O MaIley
of the Mounted. 10 and 3oc.
Saturday-Special-D. w. Griffith q
fBroken Blossoms. 10 and 3Oc.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
JUN|ORPROM WAS
GRAND AFFAIR
Twenty-Seven Guests Seated
At Banquet; Dancing Forms
Evenings Entertainment;
GORGEOUS Gowns Are Worn.

Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock
the Junior Prom banquet was SER
we'd to twenty-seven guests and
hosts, at the Hot Springs Hotel,
in honor of the senior class of
this year, 1t was served in five
courses, consisting of the following:
Cheese Consomme Sailed Nuts
Pickles Olives
Chicken la King
New Potatoes and Cream Asparagus
Fruit Salad Ice Cream
Waters Cafe Mutt
Superintendent d. E. Clark act
ed as toastmaster at the even t..
Miss Arlene Barrick, president of
The Junior class, welcomed the
guests with very clever speech,
and was responded to by Melvin
White. president of the senior class
with a toast OF gratitude from he
class. The toast master called on
several of the mem bers of the fac
ulty for extemporaneous speeches.
The final toasts were given by Mel
vim White of the Junior class and
responded to by Eva Wood ward
of the senior class.
While, the tables were being
cleared the seniors sang their fare.
we'll song to the juniors to the
music of "Grieving for YOU, and
the words were composed by Miss
Vesta LeProwse of the senior class.
Under the artistic decorations
which the Juniors had put up in
the ceiling of the sun-parlor of
the hotel, the remainder of the even
ing was given to dancing to music
furnished by Leach's orchestra.
The hosts had decorated the en-
tire parlor in the colors of the
seniors, blue and grey, and trim
med with paper roses. The table
for the banquet was decorated
with fresh American beauty roses,
the senior class flower, aud at each
end of the table was arranged a
kewpie doll standing in a bowl of
lilacs. The entire center of the
table was laid with roses a d
greens. Punch was served from
bowl hidden in the heart of
large red rose bud and standing
on a pedestal, wrapped in green
resembling the stem of the rose.
The Junior Prom is perhaps
the most enjoyable event for the
graduating class of the Commence-
ment week exercises, and the one
this year was one that the class
members will never forget.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04

Misses Ethel Sandell and Evelyn
Flynn Of Central City hiked over
the canon Thursday for visit
with the local telephone operators.
Miss Sandell is an operator
at the Central City exchange.
Herbert Thompson took them part
way back in his car.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
ELKS FLAG DAY
PROGRAM TO Be
GIVEN may II
Committee Preparing Splendid
Program for Flag Day; Mon
day Musical Club to Furnish
the Music: Ritualistic Exer-
cises Very Pleasing.

The annual flag day anniversary
will be observed bv the local Elks
with splendid program in their
Home on the afternoon of Sunday,
June 12. 1t is the Hath anniver-
sary, and while it really comes on
Tuesday, June IA, it is usually
given ON the Sunday preceding,
and the Elks here will follow that
custom.
The flag day services r. espe-
cially pleasing. and will be worth
your while 10 attend. A complete
program will be pu blIshed later
AID the com mittee IN charge is
making an effort to make it enter
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
CITY COUNCIL
TAKES FURTHER
Time ON LIGHTS

No Action to Be Taken on the
Street Lighting Contract I'm
til After the Case of James
Pirie Is Acted On by the Util-
titles Commission; the City
Marshal to Stop Speeding.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
Springtime Brings
Thoughts of Home

A home all your own, one that
you can take pride in having just
as you want it. We have them
in all parts of the city, from 1925
up. The L. A. Hafer Inv Co.,
215-15th Avenue. Phone Idaho
90-J.