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est financier and dividend-maker
which the Utility corporations have
supplied in Wisconsin in recent, years,
gave out the following to the Morning
Press of Milwaukee on November "a,
1907, in response to request for a
Thanksgiving Day statement.
"I am thankful that the Traction
affairs in the city of Milwaukee have
gotten into the hands of the Railroad
Commission of Wisconsin, an efficient
body of men free from local prejudice,
and capable of judging what is right
90 1t is the best thing that ever hap.
pened to the Milwaukee Electric Rail
way and Light Company. 1t will in
sure to the Company fair treatment,
and to Milwaukee the best service we
can give at fair rate.
1.-THE report of that Commission,
after its hearing on conditions regard.
ing the city of Milwaukee here, was
the best bill of health ever received
by Public Utility Corporation The
examination was satisfactory to us,
and should be to the people, as it GER
tainly was ably conducted by their
city attorney"
Mayor Hoan, now a trusted LaFol-
lette lieutenant, takes further pains to
tell us that: I'm an address delivered
at Madison, February 21st, 1912, H.
Draher, Manager of the Bond Depart
ment of the Marshall and Illsley Bank
of Milwaukee, before the Wisconsin
State Telephone Association, let the
cat out of the bag when he stated that
the regulation law had been of great
benefit to the investors, and gave as
his three reasons, in substance, the
following
"(a) The law removed the Difficult
ties formerly experienced by corpora
tions in obtaining franchises, in that
the law itself gave a long and indefi
mite franchise permit to all corpora
tions upon which long term bond
could be issued.
"(b) It eliminated what he termed
cut-throat competition.
"(c) 1t guaranteed to the investor
a return Of the money invested by
compelling the cities to pay the full
value of privately owned plants
whether they wanted to or not, in the
event the cities proposed to go into
the business.
Much the same spirit of capitalist
satisfaction is expressed in the fol-
lowing extract from an editorial in
the leading LaFollette Progressive
paper for Wisconsin:
Measured, yet very strong, recon-
mendation Of the Wisconsin idea OF
controlling public service corporations
was expressed by one Of the largest
bond and bank houses Of the countrl
Spencer Trask, New York--in an ar
ticle published Sunday in the Jour
nal. These bond dealers say that
public utility and securities issued
under the Wisconsin system are in
pronounced demand among discrimin
ating bond buyers OF the country and
that they bring higher prices than
bonds issued by unregulated public
utilities elsewhere in command.
1.-THE Wisconsin idea Of public reg
ulation, the public control OF service
franchises and utility capitalization
was at first mistaken for extreme rad
icalism; II was charged with being an
The daily worker., 1924-08-14


ness; it was considered with horror
by the monied powers; it was consid-
cred an arch enemy of capital; a dark
plot against Big Business; designed to
confiscate the proceeds of thrift for
the mass of the common people"
The approval with which the La
Toilette program has met at the hands
of some of the biggest capitalist in
terests in Wisconsin is also very
indicated in the following interview
given Richard Barry, by an ex-oficial
of the Northwestern Life Insurance
Company of Milwaukee in Hearst's In
ternational for August 1922:
"'Some of us who fought LaFollette
in the early days became his benef-
ciaries after his insurance and rail-
road acts got to working"
Employers Reward REGULATORS"
Recently the country was quite stir
red over the fact that William G. Nc
Adoo utilized his prestige as an ex-
cabinet officer in obtaining employ
ment at the hands of big corporations,
like the Doheny Oil interests and the
Republic Iron and Steel Company. 1t
is no secret that this profitable en-
ployment lost McAdoo the Democratic
nomination and perhaps the presi-
dency.
But in Wisconsin there have been
many such cases of ex-railroad COM
mission, or ex-public utility commits
sion officers being employed by the
very corporations they were regulat-
ing as soon as their terms of office ex-
pired. We will call upon so friendly
a witness to Mr.. LaFollette as Victor
Berger to tell us of only few of the
outstanding instances where the La.
Toilette regulators were rewarded
with handsome jobs by the supposedly
victimized corporations.
Quoting from the Milwaukee Leader
of August 9Th, 1928, we learn:
"P. w. Doolittle, New York and Mil
waukee, formerly of the Wisconsin
Railroad Commission is employed by
regulated public utility interests.
u. p. Cadby, Madison, secretary of
the regulated Wisconsin Electric &
Gas Association, was formerly an en-
ployee of the Wisconsin Railroad COM
mission.
Edward Strait, a rate expert with
the II. II. Byllesby company, was
formerly with the Wisconsin Railroad
Commission.
Public utility corporations also
have taken two OF the four men who
have been secretaries of the Wiscon-
sin Railroad Commission during its
existence.
Harold Geisse, former secretary OF
the railroad commission, is now man
ager of the regulated Electric Com.
pany at Wassau.
&c. ID. S. Cheverell resigned last
week as secretary Of the commission
to enter the service of the regulated
Middlewest Utilities Company, pri-
vately owned public utility corpora.
tion.
III. ]. Hagenah, former chief sta
tistician Of the Wisconsin Railroad
Commission, is connected with Hage.
nah and Erickson Company of Chi
cago, consulting pubic utility statis-
ticians, who rely on regulated public
utilities for their business.
'E. p. Gruhl, former statistician OF
the Wisconsin Railroad Commission is
The daily worker., 1924-08-14
LaFollette's Progressivism Scares No One

now vice president of the North AM
erican Company which owns among
other properties the regulated Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
Company.
"In Chicago you find the firm of
Sloan, Hudele, Tuesdel and Freeman,
consulting public utility engineers.
Each member was former employe
Of the Wisconsin Railroad Commits
sion.
Former Railroad Commissioner
Halford Erickson, who served the
state from 1905 to 1916, left the rail
road commission to become mem
ber of the firm of Hagenah & Erick-
son, Chicago, consulting public utili-
ties statisticians. relying on 'regu-
lated public utilies for it's business.
At present he is vice-president of the
H. M. Byllesby Company which owns
many public utility properties and
which recently acquired the Wiscon-
sin-Minnesota Light, Heat and Power
Company, one of the largest Wiseon-
sin utilities.
Then there is former Railroad
Commissioner John H. Roemer, who
served the state from 1907 to 1915.
Mr. Roemer is an officer of H. M.
Byllesby & Company, regulated pub
lie utility owners.
"Then there is Railroad Commits.
sioner Walter Alexander, who Served
the state from 1915 to 1917. He left
the railroad commission for a position
with the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway Company. At present
4 he is managing Governor Philips
Union Refrigerator Transit and Car
Company, a privately owned public
utility.
"A former railroad commissioner
Carl d. Jackson, bitterly remembered
by Milwaukee citizens, served the
state from 1915 to 1922. He is now
public utility attorney in New York
general attorney of the National
Electric Light Association and also for
the National Gas Association, com
posed of regulated privately owned
public utilities. The latter was ap-
pointed by Governor Blaine whom La
Toilette is today supporting for re-
election.
Bob" Talks More Than Fights.
LaFollette's state record shows that
he has almost limited himself to talk
ing rather than fighting against the
monopolies. While he was casting
amorous glances at the White House
in 1912 and preparing for the presi.
dency, the venerable Senator wrote in
the following boastful attitude in his
weekly of January 9Th of that year:
"The general business conditions in
Wisconsin conclusively show that in
stead Of being retarded by progressive
legislation Wisconsin has advanced
financially and commercially more
than the country taken as a whole
Since we organized our state banking
inspection ard supervision in 1904
there has not been a single bank fail.
ure among the 507 banks in that com.
monwealth with s22000,000 Of capital
and surplus. The only failures have
been those Of national banks, thru
embezzlement During the years 1903
to 1910 the capital and surplus Of all
state and national banks in Wiscon-
sin increased 81 per cent, whereas for
the U. S. they increased 46.6 per
cent
The daily worker., 1924-08-14

"The clearing house exchanges for
Milwaukee increased 117.5 per cent
from 1900 to 1910 while for the United
States the increase was about 100 per
cent. Milwaukee increase was IL per-
cent greater than that of Chicago"
Again turning to one Of the leading
LaFollette strategists of today, Mayor
Hoan of Milwaukee, we are further
enlightened as to how LaFollette
handled the big corporations with silk
gloves while he was governor. In
Hoan's Failure of Regulation" we
read: mot only were trusts not prose
cuted in Wisconsin while Senator La
Toilette was governor but they have
not been prosecuted before or since.
in spite of the fact that there was
then and is now a statute (Section
1791-j) which provides in substance
that any corporation organized under
the laws Of Wisconsin which shall
enter into any combination or agree
ment to prevent competition or to con-
troll prices, shall in an action to be in
stituted by the attorney-general of the
state, have its charter revoked.
"The above statute has been on the
statute books since 1897. Since that
time we have had Democratic, Repub-
lican, Progressive, Tory, and lastly,
Bull Moosely inclined governors.
Notwithstanding this splendid va
riafU frtrQfc koo,,
in this state. All of this proves that
if smashing the trusts is part of the
Wisconsin idea up to the present the
idea has not materialized any tangible
results,
1T is true that LaFollette recon-
mended that the law be changed so as
to provide for Jail sentences. But
the legislature which he controlled abb
solutely failed to heed this advice, and
has not done so since"
Nor have any trusts been prose
cuted since this date. And when At
torney-general Morgan of Wisconsin
attempted to irritate some of the big
corporations with fines and dissolu-
tion orders, Senator LaFollette hur-
riedly left Washington to get into the
campaign in order to defeat Morgan
for reelection.
Regulation No Weapon.
LaFollete is and has been trying to
ay in the face of Industrial develop
ment. The fact Of the matter is that,
economically, great industrial units
are both desirable and inevitable. In
stead of demanding that these highly
organized industries be socialized and
controlled by the working class, La
Toilette has been seeking to return to
the old system OF numerous competi-
tive small industrial units.
II attempted prosecution OF trusts
is to be considered a criterion OF
friendship to workers and poor farm
ers, then Coolidge and his anti-labor
crew have at least as much right to be
deemed friends of the working masses
as the Wisconsin Senator. Since the
Harding Coolidge administration came
into Office II has brought no less than
sixty-one antitrust suits. The con-
tractors and manufacturers in the
building trades, the sugar, lumber,
pottery and harvesting machinery
corporations have been amongst the
targets Of the reactionary Republican
administration. or course, nothing
dangerous or harmful has hapepned to
these groups Of powerful exploiters.
The daily worker., 1924-08-14

"Strike strategy" was one of the most important
subjects of discussion at the recent world congress
Of revolutionary unions. Heretofore it has been
only the capitalists who able to organize
specialized knowledge their side of the struggle.
1t has become different since the establishment
of the Red international Soon the labor movement
will be finding a corps of skilled fighters at its
command.
The daily worker., 1924-08-14
command

Russia has another drought in the Volga region.
But so rapidly is the Soviet Union recovering from
the ruin of war, under the efficient leadership Of
the Communist Party, that already it announces
that it will overcome this second terrible famine
without any outside assistance.
The daily worker., 1924-08-14

member for the Workers Party is new
recruit to the revolutionary army. Become a
recruiting sergeant for Communism
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
HARRY THAN WINS IN
!. BATTLE FOR FREEDOM
Famous Patient Declared Sane
By jury In Court AT PhiIa-
delphia Last Night

PHILADELPHIA, April 23.-
Harry K. Thaw was declared sane
Tuesday night by the jury that had
been hearing testimony to deter
mine his mental condition.
The jury declared him fully ca
pable of looking after his estate.
The jury deliberated seven hours
William A. Gray, counsel for
Evelyn Nesbit, divorced wife Of
'Thaw, said that a motion probdbly
would be filed for a retrial of the
case.
Thaw was not in court when the
verdict was announced.
The case was given to the jury
At $3.50 p. m. and at 5;55 o'clock
Judge Monaghan ordered a recess
until 8.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
MOUNTS
AT REVIVAL SERVICES
IN VARIOUS CHURCHES
Pastors Report Morning Services
Are Being Especially Well
Attended
SINGING is FEATURE
Awakening Already Brought
About, Say Those in Charge
Of Simultaneous Revival
Contributed

From the reports Of the pastors
it is learned that the attendance on
the services for Tuesday the third
day of the simultaneous revival SER
vices was the greatest yet seen.
Special emphasis is being iafd on
the morning attendance and every
church had a larger attendance
yesterday morning than is usual
during the first week of a revival
service.
A special feature in all the
churches is daily Bible readings.
Every person is requested to read
at least one chapter from the Bible
each day and more if possible. At
the evening service reports are be-
ing received and the total number
of chapters read by the members
of the congregation is announced.
Another feature of the services
is the singing. In every church
choirs have been organized and the
singing is unusually fine. Junior
choirs for the younger people are
proving quite interesting and help
full in the singing.
1t is observed by the pastors that
the church members are being es-
pecialiy loyal to their particular
churches and pastors in these serw
ices, and this fact is not olny ap-
pjreciated by the pastors but prom
Uses to be of great help in bringing
awakening that has already come is
q genuine revival in the city. The
encouraging and is believed to be
the greatest awakening in religion.
matters that has ever been known
in Americas.
DR.. Chas w. Daniel spoke on yes
terday in the Central Baptist church
to two splendid congregations. II
the morning he spoke on "Peter's
Call to Service" while in the even
ing his subject was "Reconsecra-
ton and Rededication of Our Live,
to Gods Service" Both attendance
and interest are increasing, with The
best singing ever heard during a re
yival at this church.
DR.. Bruce Nay spoke yesterday
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
Chamber of Commerce Asks Lakeland
By Lovelace Eve
Fla. for $4,000; and Gets $4,000

One Of the the phenomenal growth and pospe
ty Of Florida ability of its people to PULL together
Another reason they willing to SPEND in order
to gain thereby Every fellow does his part cheerfuy willing
ly and efficiently.
Here's an example, Saturday Joe Johnson dropped in for
chat You remember formerly Of the Americas
Light Co.
Down in Lakeland started out annual drive for
the Chamber of Commerce." said Johnson eve wanted
$50 900 for months The reporting before
left turned in subscriptions totaing $4,000. will go to
"some of our merchants not only their quotas of
memberships but made donations high $1,000 We know it
takes money make the town 60, and invest with the
Chamber its advertising campaign and other
regular commercial work"
Mr. johnson predicts Lakeland will be of the big
towns Florida years. predcatng this prediction on the
rapid growth Of Lakeland railroad facilities and its industrial
enterprises.
All these hep-no question about that; put the one
thing that will Lakeland big city is MANPOWER with
all the natural artificial advantages known to the race
town will stand still unless has MENmen who will work with
their brains, heart and money
Towns grow into cities because the effort from the m
SIrE-not without Prosperity to the community
that helps itself
Friday evening at o'clock Chamber Of Com
erce holds its quarterly membership suPPern the Wind
sOr Out in time for of the e~ecu-
ves United States Chamber Commerce. will speak
and let's plan for greater Americas No collections
will be taken -. ,asg 4. ~ n a. Il ~ "A zs4 -.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
GALE OF ORATORY IN
SENATE TUESDAY

WASHINGTON, April ga
gale of oratory swept the soldier
bonus bill throughout a stormy SEES
sion of the Senate late Tuesday aud
was not checked until adjourn
ment when agreement was reached
to limit debate tomorrow, so that a
final vote on the measure could be
taken early in the afternoon.
However, while proponents of the
cash option amendment and the
"d'e hard" opponents Of any bonus
unloosed an attack on the pending
insurance bill, advocates of this
measure conducted a poll which
they said showed would be pass
ed tomorrow without the cash amend
ment.
Senator Borah, Republican,
Idaho, picturing scenes Of distress in
the farm areas and the growth Of
public indebtedness, sounded the
opening attack on the bonus and
declared 1T is time to take STOCK
and turn the corner" He, like Sen
ator Fernald, Republican, Maine
and Bruce, Democrat, Maryland
who also spoke against the bonus
prefaced their remarks with the as
sertion they expected the pending
bill to be passed
Likewise, most Of the Dmocratic
speakers of the day, although de-
claring in favor of the cash OF
ton amendment, proposed yester
day by Senator Copeland, Demo
crat, New York, said they expected
to vote for the straight insurance
bill and attempt if it became Law
to amend it later to include the
cash option. Such a policy was az
yaneed yesterday by the Democra
tie leaders, but Senator COPELAND
offered the amendment regarding
| less.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
SMITH WOULD LET
TAX EXEMPT DO NDS
PAY SOLDIERS BONUS

WASHINGTON, April pa
proposal that American holders Of
tax exempt securities pay the cost Of
giving ex-service men a bonus by
voluntarily foregoing all income
from this source during four years
was made in the senate today by
Senator Smith, democrat, from
South Carolina. Estimating the out
standing value Of tax exempt Sc
curities at $11,Oo0,O00,OOO and
their average interest rate 4 per
cent, Senator Smith said he had
found where $1600,O00,0oO could
be created under plan adequate
to meet all cost of the proposed be-
nus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
GOFERS AT ALBANY
TO PLAY TOURNEY

ALBANY, April 28.-For several
months the golf course at the
Kinchafoonee Country Club has
been closed for repairs. Five Of
the fairways have been reworkedC
and while they are not yet in per-
feet condition, the greens committee
has decided to open the course for
play.
In order to help condition tbs
golf team for the remaining league
games, a a tournament will be held
beginning Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Every golf player belong
ing to the club will be given an OPP
portunity to enter this tournament
An entrance fee Of one dollar will
be charged. All who participate in
this tournament will be classified
into four flights, according to Their
medal scores, turned in for eighteen
notes. aAA - "A aA-AAaaa.E a. q znllkl
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
F EW RESERVATIONS
TO CHAMBER DINNER
Secretary Everett Asks Members
to Send In Cards Without
Delay

Secretary Everett, of the Cham
Der of Commerce calls attention to
the tardy response Of citizens for
reservations for the chamber of
commerce dinner Friday evening at
the Windsor hotel.
at is very necessary" said Sec
rotary Everett, "that these re-
sponses be mailed promptly in or
der that the required number Of
plates may be prepared. Look on
your desk, and if there is an I'M
mailed card, please see that it gets
into the postoffice this afternoon
that I may have full information as
to the number who viii be present. y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
STATE. HIGHWAY FORCES
BEGIN ROUTE 22 SURVEY

ROBERTA, Ca, April 23.--Engi
neers of the state highway depart
ment have begun their survey for
the extension of route No. % in q
westward direction to the county
line commencing from the court
house at Knoxville.
The plan of the department is to
secure the route that can be main
tanned at the lowest cost. The sys-
tenn is to be a courthouse route over
the state. In many places, an en-
tirely new road may be selected. 1t
will take at least month to make
the survey of about eleven miles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
NIKE kINCEY WAY
GO TO NEW YORK

SELMA, Ala, April 23.-It is
currently reported here that there
will be a change in the management
Of the Academy Of Music and Wal
ton theaters, with Manager Joe Gill
being succeeded by Herbert Kinney,
formerly of Americas, Ga. 1t is
learned however however thar
Kincey has received an attractive
offer from a New York company
and will go there this week to make
some firsthand INVESTIGATIONS before
reaching a decision as to his future
plans.
Asked concerning the report that
there is change in management
impending, Manager Gill today said
he had no statement to make and
had made none. Mr.. Kinney, for
mer manager of the Acaemy sand
he had no statement to make and
had made none, while the owner
of the Academy, R. B. Wildly,
whose home is in Birmingham, said
he had nothing to give out
Manager Gill will remain at the
helm and his direction Of affairs at
the two houses may be prolonged IN
definitely or they may terminate in
the near future. The Academy has
had a very prosperous run undee
Mr.. Gilps management m.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
.S24.O00 ROBBERY IS
STAGED At TAMPA
BY TWO BANDITS
Chairman of Board of Tampa
National Bank Loses Huge
Sum In Cash
ROBBERS MAKE ESCAPE
Banker Was Transferring Money
From Bank in West Tampa
When Accosted

TAMPA, April %: A. G.
Clewis, chairman Of the board Of d.
rectors of the National Bank, and
connected with many other finan.
eial institutions in the state, was
held up in West Tampa today and
robbed of $4,000 which he had on
his person, according to Sheriff
Spencer.
Two men stopped the banker, ac-
cording to the officials as he drove
off from a West Tampa bank with
she money, which he was transfers
ring to the Tampa Bank. The rob
bers escaped in an automobile ana
police have only meager descrip
ton Of them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-23
-FOUR BIG ELECTRIC
ENGINES DESTROYED
a Engineers Are Among Dead
AS Result of Terrific Inn
p a ct

BERNIE, switzerland, April 3D.
Thirty persons are reported killed
and so injured when the Zurich
and Milan expresses collided neac
Beilinzona.
Each train was driven by two
large electric engines, all four Of
which were demolished, killing the
four engineers. Twenty-one bodies.
were recovered from the wreck
early this afternoon, most Of which
were burned so badly that identifi-f
cation was impossible