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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08
PASSENGER FARES ARE COMING DOWN,
 PREDICTS COLFAX
Mileage Book Case Is First Problem Facing Interstate Commerce Commission,
 Then Passenger Fares
By HARDEN COLFAx

Special Correspondent of The Age-HeraId Copyright. ls22. by The Age-Heraid)
 Washington, October 7.-Railroad passenger fares are coming down. A cut. as great, perhaps, as the ten per- cent horizontal reduction ordered in freight rates last May, may be ex- ceeded. As there has been no offi- cial move, as yet, the date of the reduction is conjectural.
 The interstate commerce commis- sion has been importuned to start an investigation on it's own initiative. similar. to the investigation which re- suited in lowering freighs rates. In- formal requests have come from or- ganizations of travelling salesmen, national and sectional At the pres ent time, however, the commission has before 1t. the so-called mileage book case, and 1t is unlikely that any move looking to a general passenger rate reduction will be taken until that is disposed of. Hearings have been completed and oral argument has been requested.
 Passenger Fares Next
 With the mileage book case out of the way, the commission probably
 
 the reasonableness of passenger fares
 Members of the commission are re- ported to be in a mood to inquire thoroughly into reasons why pas senger rates should remain at their war time levels, when every thing else entering into the business life of the country has declined, coal alone excepted. One of the chief factors to be considered is the earn ing power of the railroads and whether 1t would be adversely af- fecied by cut in fares.
 At the present time, the railroads are earning net income, taking them as a unit. more nearly approaching the fair rate of return fixei by the commission than at any time since they were returned to private con- trol. The N,ars of executives that a redutcion iS freight rates would prove financially injurious apparent ly were unwarranted. The carriers are not near the 5.75 per cent fixed by the commission, but on the basis of latest returns, they probably will earn 4.50 per cent or better for 1922.
 LoadIngs Increase
 The volume of loadings continues to grew. During the week ending September 23, latest available. ac- cording to the American Hallway as- sociation, loadings \exceed 973,0o0 cars. They were better than 96 per cent of the highest figure ever re- corded-that. of/a single week in October, 1920.
 When the reports of traffic carried during the week ending September 90, are received and compiled it Is estimated they will approach 1,000,- 900 cars And whAp tho renort for the current week, ending today comes out according to traffic experts here. there is an even chance that new high record for freight move ment will have been established in American railroading.
 Industry generally reflects the re- vival reported by the railroads. Iron and steel markets have stabilized. The output is at the top figures for the year. The coal movement is de- cidedly on the increase with respect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08

carved from single block of gran ite-hold up it's pCrtico in lieu of pillars. and are as smooth and glts- tening as the day they were placed there in 1852. although the Square that fronts them has been the scene of much hard fighting.
 Collections Added
 Immediately after the bolshevikf won control. special guards were placed about the Hermitage, and 1t was saved from footing. The already priceless collections are being aug mented today by the most valuable of the objects of art confiscated by the government from private per sons during the early days of the revoluth n.
 In paintings the Hermitage ranks with the Louvre in Paris and tho famous galleries of Spain and Italy. The Dutch and Flemish pictures are more numerous and more valuable than are the collections in Holland and Belgium.
 Most of Petrograd's other famour art galleries and museums. which also are again being opened to the pub lie. prove, like the Hermitage. to be Intact. The same is true of Moscow and other principal Russian cities. where the soviet government. like the regime of the Czar, has zealous- ly guarded collections of art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08
OWE OF THE SANTIAGO TRIO
 AT LOEWS BIJOU

marks of battle. Its exterior walls are red and smooth. the 10 gigantic Atlantes in Finnish marble-huge, naked HercuIii. 20 feet tall and each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08
SULPHUR CLEARS
 ROUGH, RED SKIN
Face, Neck and Arms Easily Made Smooth, Says Specialist

Any breaking out of the skin, even fiery. itching eczema. can be quickly overcome by applying a little mentho- Sulphur, declares q noted skin spe- cialist. Because of it's germ destroy ing properties. this sulphur prepara- ton begins at once to soothe irritated skin and heal eruptions such as rash, pimpies and ring worm
 It seldom fails to remove the tor ment and disfigurement, and you do not have to wait for relief from em- barrassment. Improvement quickly shows. Sufferers from skin trouble should obtain small Jar of Rowies Mentho-S Sulphur from any good drug gist and use it like col& cream.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08
SITUATION ABROAD AFFECTS AMERICAN
 INVESTMENT MART
In the Case of High Grade Bond Quotations, Change Was Very Small During
 Past Week
By BYRON SELLER

Special CorresDorient of The Age-Herald z Copyright. 1922, by The Age-Herald)
 2 New York, October T-The invest inent markets cf the week continued under the sway of the news from abroad. Undoubtedly the continued discussion about the future of the money market and speculation as to the governments proposed refunding operations had weight with investors. But the fact remains that quotations from day to day varied directly as the foreign dispatches were considered favorable 'or unfavorable-
 2 Inasmuch as the balance or tho weeks news pointed toward a peace ful solution Cf the dispute between Great Britain and Turkey, the prtcs trend was toward recovery, ss that of the previous week had been reaction cry. And yet. after both the move
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08

to both anthracite anu bituminous All crops, save cotton, have been ben efited by the prevailing dry weather. As a result of the unfavorable con- dition to cotton, a sharp advance in prices Of that staple is expected.
 Construction In 1922
 Builders. taking inventory of their best year. place construction thus far in 1922, at more than S3.060. 900 900 of which one third or better rep resents new houses. If Is regarded likely that the years total will ap- proNlmate s3,750 0Oo,O0 Advanc- ing supply and material prices have caused an eleventh hour spurt in building activities in some of the chief centers.
 Prices of all commodities have recently shown slight decrease The seasonal crop movement has re- suited in heavy borrowings by banks in agricultural sections, the effect Of which has been felt in the east, prae- ticulafly New York, though not to marked extent.
 Gasoline prices are tending low or. A drop in the retail prices of from one to two cents a gallon may be expected soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08
Muriel Mccormick, Under NeW Name, Has Gone Into
 Dressmaking Business
Granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller Denies She Will Seek Movie Career-Is Anxious to Be Thought
 of as an Average American Girl

with very expressive dark eyes and dark bobbed hair. She dresses plain ly but exquisitely. and has real charm of manner.
 But one cannot practice singing all day" she said, "and that Is why I am going into business. Of course, will not personally sell gowns be- hind the counter, but 1t will be my shop. l am not strong for this flap per stuff. l believe in serious work. But when one is the granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller 1t is hard to get people 10 take one seriously"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08

Remember said that great pictures like "Tol'able David' and Sonny" only made in while; yet within the year Richard Barthelmess has given "The Bond Boy"
 We will say that The Bond Boy stronger than either ToIable Davd Sonny in its overwhelm- ing heart appeal better because of Bartheess finer tional role. story of Virginia hill boy who silently braved the gaows rather than speak the of ans honor Even the Scripture seemed mock his darkest hour!
 "He saved others; himself he cannot save" And then fugitive-outcast-damned by the silence of guilty
 There isn't heart that won't feel the drama-he sym pathy-the thrill of this fine picture. of of
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30

have outlasted their right to endure,
to provide sinecures for political
workers, to enable influential party
magnates to distribute patronage and
hand out fat contracts, to furnish soft
berths for scores of incompetents.
And this is the state of Colorado,
United States of America!
Watch the conduct of any state
legislature and observe the ease with
which new boards are created and the
difficulty with which old boards are
abolished. Once commission, always
a commission. Even the most modest
bureau must maintain an Office force
whether or not it has any work to do,
and so the army of spoils is mustered
until the cost of maintaining it in
idleness and ease, for the most part,
begins to break the taxpayers back.
Bureaucracy should be an anachron-
ism and an anomoly in our republican
form of government. 1t is the great
est indictment of efficiency a self
respecting nation has ever raised
against its own sanity, patriotism and
intelligence. AS long as the taxpayer
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30
CONGRESSMEN CONTRAST WORKERS
WAGES WITH MINE OWNERS PROFITS

THE coal mine flooding the country with
misleading propaganda concerning the earnings of the
miners and the profits of the coal companies
Congressman Bland of Indiana extremely
vative member of the House. inserted in the Record
March IT, statement of the average wage of coal miners
in the United States,
'This statement" said Mr. Bland, "is accurate
it is possible to compute it."
According Mr.. Blands statement, the miners in
the Pittsburgh district worked average of 1913 days
1921 and their annual earnings $763. In
Ohio the worked 119 days average, and their
average earnings averaged $3.50 year. West Virginia
they averaged only 80 days during the year. and their
earnings $780, In Tennessee onethrd the
miners worked one-thrd time and averaged $1O5 per
month per for the time worker.
A few days before Congressman Newton of Minnesota
presented figures showing the profits the leading
companies Among the examples cited by him were the
following:
| The Lehigh & Wikes-Barre Coal Co. reduced pro-
duction from 1912 1920 about per cent despite
this decrease in production the company
surplus from 31s millions 81 millions or nearly 900
per In addition paid dividends totallin 3O5 per
cent
The Lehigh Valley Coal Co. also cut down its produc-
tion between 1912 and 1920 Nevertheless paid divi
dends of 100 per cent reduced bonded debt from 20
millions to 111s millions and increased the value of
property from 5A millions to IL millions.
The Philadelphia Reading Coal Co. increased pro-
duction from 1912 to 1920 per cent increased
its surplus from u millions 1912 to 251s millions in
1920, increase of 100 per The company also in
creased the of its property from 9s millions
33 y millions, $50 per cent
/ The Temple Coal Co decreased production 33A pei
cent between 1912 and 1920 but the
capital stock from 293 per cent in 1912 to 12 pei
cent in 1920.-Labor, Washington d. C.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30
BANKER TELLS OF CO.OPERATIvE
ACHIEVEMENTS IN BRITAIN

WILLIAM E. SWEET, a liberal minded Denver bank
workers education and industrial relationships in Eng
land declares that the cooperative is the most
significant constructive factor in English today
Mr.. Sweet, who is member of the National Committee
of the Young Mems Christian Association now travel
ing throughout the country telling groups of business
and Y secretaries what he learned his inves-
LEGATIONS abroad. In address to the civic
leaders of Cleveland. Ohio during the past week. Mr.
Sweet urged them study cooperative movement and
support it in every possible way "Ths movement in
England he declared show that most of the workers
learning how to handle their affairs and that
the desire to make the dollar is not the only incentive
held by these laborng men" He emphasized the new
spirit of service in business by the cooperative
movement, and said that the chief leaders the
British Cooperative Society who refused &c
into private business at much greater financial
told him. 81 would rather be in business the
good than be in it for myself alone
who would pay twice much"
"a finer of men" asserted Mr. Sweet twill come
when get away from the idea that everything is
ured the standard of the almighty dollar We have
impaired character by placing emphasis making
The society depends upon substitution of the
ideal of service for the present creed fol
greed for profits"
This country stand several thousand more bank
who have the and unsesh vision of Mr. Sweet
May his tribe increase
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30
Continued from first page)
MANAGERS PILED UP EXPENSE
sTEPMoTHER OF BUREAUCRACY

Government by boards and commits
sions has reached the golden age in
Colorado. There are fifty such agen-
cies now being supported by the peo-
pie of this commonwealth aside from
the officeholders regularly elected by
law.
1t was once the custom to point
the finger of scorn at Russia as the
mother of bureaucracy. America has
become the stepmother of bureau
cracy, however, and her progeny is
overrunning the land.
The fact does US little credit. 1t
was no stunt for a ruler holding des-
potic power to put over such system
of government upon the oppressed
and illiterate peasantry of Russia,
but it is a different matter for pro-
gressive, intelligent American electo-
rate to adopt it for ourselves.
Special commissions and state
boards of all kinds have multiplied in
Colorado, until today red tape has al
most been accepted as a standard Of
efficiency. Public business is SO en-
meshed by it that economy has been
strangled. Its offspring is increased
taxation.
The invisible power of bureaucracy
is tremendous. One would think that
ordinary canons of thrift and good
business sense would result in the
abolishment of useless public depart
ments, but experience teaches other
wise. When one attempts to do away
with public offices supporting an ar
my of swivel-chair hustlers, all the
intricate and mysterious network of
political wires which is to be found
"backstage" in the political arena be-
comes alive with the pressure and
pull of those who give or accept pat
ronage.
Against this pull and pressure the
executive who believes it is public
duty to save money and reduce wan
ton extravaganza works in vain. The
jobs prove to be more important than
economy and the jobs remain.
The recent article in The Rocky
Mountain News, enumerating the fifty
or so bureaus which Colorado has ere.
ated from time to time for the pur-
pose of carrying on public admins
tration, should be an eyeopener to the
taxpayers who may have wondered
where his money was going. Now he
, knows where much of it is spent-ir
maintaining duplicate commissions
in hiring clerks and employees to per
form overlapping duties, to perpetu'
ate the lives of useless boards which
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30
DIRTY STRIKE PROPAGANDA STARTS EARLY

THE propagandists are getting in their work the
prospective coal strike in plenty of time
Nearly two weeks before the strike is to begin we
lind the big which controlled by the coal
raors and other big interests sending deceptive stuff
One paper, the Denver Post, says the strikers will be
met by federal troops. This is to the miners Next
1T says there signs of division among the miners
This is to discourage the
Another report is that Hammock training his eel
ebrated tear gas that he prepar-
ing TO enlist 600 rangers ito enforce law and order
The concerted plan of the big and the big
newspapers is to do everything possible weaken
he strike and defeat the They go the
tent of telling and printing bare lies against the
workers. but not word about the operators being wholly
to blame for the strike.
Ore Denver paper, the Express does tell the facts
and here is what it about Of the big operators
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30

ISSUED AT ONCE TO DISCONTINUE THE PIECE
WORK SYSTEM ON ALL RAILROADS UNDER FED
ERAL CONTROL AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICABLE
DATE IN NO OTHER WAY CAN EVILS WHICH
HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO EXIST UNDER THIS SYS-
TEN BE ELIMINATED.
'THE SITUATION is so SERIOUS THAT
WOULD NOT FEEL JUSTIFIED IN NOT DIRECT
ING 1T TO YOUR ATTENTION AND SUGGESTING
WHAT TO ME APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY REM
EDY"
Railroad workers are exonorated by Mr.. McManamy
any responsibility for the evils that pointed
out. He said:
WORKERS EXONORATED FROM BLAME
CIT is WORTHY OF NOTE THAT THE OVER
PAYMENTS OF PIECE-WORKERS ON THE PENN
SYLVANIA AND THE OTHER ROADS REFERRED
TO WERE NOT THE RESULT OF A DEMAND ON
THE PART OF THE EMPLOYEES FOR SUCH RATES,
BUT WERE GRANTED BY THE OFFICIALS"
The undisputed evidence then is that pece-work
abolished because 1t did not make for efficiency in
tion, 1t permitted agrant dishonesty the
part of the and placed unjust burden OF
many hundreds millions of dollars upon the Govern
ment and consequently upon the public.
Subject of next Bulletin will be: Punitive Over
time-Was 1t Forced Upon the Railroads."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30
S525 IN PRIZES
FOR THE BEST RHYMES

A new contest is just being started
which will interest every woman and
girl who reads this paper. Any woman
or girl can enter this Contest-any-
one can winl All it is necessary to do is
to write 4-line rhyme on DR.. Prices
Phosphate Baking Powder, using only
the words which appear either on the
label of the DR.. Price can (front and
back) or on the printed slip which is
found in each DR.. Price can.
Isn't that easy? Everyone likes to
make rhymes and here is chance to
spend fascinating hour or two writ
ing rhymes on this popular Baking
Powder and perhaps winning a sub
stantial prize for your efforts.
50 CASH PRIZES
For the rhyme selected as best a
prize of 500 will be given; for the
second, third and fourth best rhymes
prizes of $75, $50, and $25, respec-
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prizes there will be IS prizes of $5
each for the next SIS best rhymes. With
such a long list of prizes as these, it
would be pity not to try your hand
at It'll
Here is a 4-line rhyme as an ex-.
ample:
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AS DR.. Prices Phosphate Baking
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OF. can at grocery stores, some
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baking powder which contains no
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All rhymes must be received by
May l, 1929. Only words appearing
either on the label of the DR.. Price
can (front and back) or on the
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used as often as desired, but no other
words will be allowed. If you haven't
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Any woman or girl may enter the
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Write plainly on only one side of
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your name and address
Send your rhyme before May 1st to
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By C. T. RAWALT

THE very best friends Ireland will have to sdmit
that their present perform endorsement of
Engands oft repeated assertion that they unfit for
self-sovernment After 700 years of armed protest
against government England they successful
in throwing off the yoke only to begin most atrocious
domestic conflict Concede that their difference is
gious There is any limited amount of land
anywhere for the widest possible difference of opinion
the form of religious superstition There need be- in
deed should be- the slightest interference by
with the religious convictions of another To ones
immortal soul is the specific privilege of each and
woman. To lose it, equally their right. Some of US
would much rather to orthodox hell than dwell in
their heaven with them during the eternity
they declare exists for them But that in oends
because they elect for just that result Even
will stand for their perncous activity in proseyting
and securing by devious methods the of legsa
tion that goes far destroy happiness and comfort
this mundane sphere for we recognize the justice OF
the rule that if than fifty cent of the people of
any political subdivision happen be nutty subject
the have but lawful remedy and that to
move. But when two religious sects limited area
with equal rights thereon decide to of
determination another all civilization feels called
upon to protest Irelands present civil is disgust
ing deplorabe If Britain has to intervene and abate
slaughter house her front door, other nations
going view her action toeranty than they have
for the past several hundred if she should
establish her rule that unfortunate and
able people.
WE have tried this week to get the actual facts
about the present debt of the town of Gunnson by
reading of the lately published statement As
nearly as get to it, the town now owes about
100000, and above the bonds in round num-
bers To this is proposed to add $4,000 How much
boost this will give problematical There is
no evidence that paying off of the old debt
except by taxation in spite of the fact that water
and lighting high other towns privately
served The fact is that whenever show sign of
making little money utilities way is found to
dsburse it, Only by juggling figures and charging
$3.50 up for fire protection, flushing porch lights
and street lights they able to show any reduction
Over and above those fictitious charges the debt
duced $685. We insist that private capital would
make the investment asked for at this time. And,
think the council have presumed the endorsement of
the bonds buy sprinkler and truck in
advance of the election.
WHEN you vote for those water and ligf, bonds
Tuesday, do it integenty Do it with the full knowl
edge that they mortgage property that you
will have pay with taxes Do not let the bond advo
fool you into thinking the income from the
laged plant will pay the bonds for that is what will
happen You and your children will pay the bonds with
taxes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30
CONTINUED from page three)

riculture was elevated to the rank Of
the other executive departments and
its commissioner was made secretary
of agriculture with a seat in the Presi-
dents cabinet. This was in Grover
Cleveland's administration. In honor
of its new rank a few more functions
were taken on.
But that's enough detail. 1t kept on
growing. Beginning with an appro-
priation of $1,000 and two or three
clerks, the department had, in 1910.
employees to the number of II, ,4S0, and
an appropriation of 1895 .O38. Five
years later the appropriation had
grown to $19,S65. 1892 and the en-
ployees to 1928. The employees in
May. 1920, numbered 1S,O9S and the
appropriation given by congress for
the fiscal year 1921 was $31. .475,36s.
The department has increased its
cost of living in 80 years from mere
$1,OOO-that is, $S3.33 a month-to
more than $31. .OOO.OOO a years., ,622.-
947.3S every month. That shows as
clearly and as sharply as 1t can be
shown how the high cost Of govern
ment living affects your own cost Of
living.
We, you and l, paid out Of our saw
ings and earnings every red cent Of
that Increase from c1.OOO year to more
than $S1 100000. 1t may have been
well spent. We probably got run
for our money; but nobody knows, ex-
cept in a general way. We have a
right to know II Ia simply fatheaded-
ness on our part not to find out
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-30

AT the end of its first year the Harding adminstra-
tion finds itself politically bankrupt All its campaign
notes have gone protest If subjected
to the ordinary vicsstudes of private business the Re-
publican party would be the hands of a receiver
and its leaders would be trampng the streets in search
of job.-New York World Ind).