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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
RAIL Rate CASE
IN HIGH court
Shippers Fight Roads
Over Valuation

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. = The
U. S. supreme court is opening the
year by taking up a billion-dollar
law suit, the O'Fallon Railroad val
uation case. Arguments will be
heard, starting probably late to-
morrow and continuing through the
next two days, on this persistent
effort of the railroads to change the
system of valuing rail property.
On this case involving tiny rail-
road with only $255,000 at stake,
hang billions of dollars.
Several other factors complicate
the case and make possible de-
cision by the supreme court with
out ruling on valuation, if the
court sees fit.
Hinges on Valuation.
Stated simply, the valuation
question is this: Is the Interstate
Commerce Commission to set a val
uation Oh a consideration of how
much it would cost to rebuild the
road at 1914 prices (Which is ap-
proximately the same as original
cost and also the value of lands
and 'apreciation of property from
1914 to the time The valuation was
made in 1921?
The railroads contend that the re-
production cost of 1921 should be
used, and that they should be al
lowed to earn six per cent on this
inflated capitalization.
The commission has warned the
railroads that the other industrial
capitalists will not stand for it, as
they pay freight and threaten to
force more drastic control, even hint
at government ownership to save
their own interests.
Big Capitalist Lawyers.
Former Attorney General George
w. Wickersham has been retained
by Attorney General Sargent to rep
resent the government; former Sec
rotary Of the anterior Walter L.
Fisher, Of Chicago, is special coun-
sci for the commission, and the rail-
road is represented by legal staff
including Frederick H. Wood, New
York, Robert H. Kelley, Houston,
Tex, Leslie Craven, Chicago, and
Daniel N. Kirby, st. Louis.
In addition to the government, the
commission and the roads, Donald
r. Richberg, general counsel of the
National Conference of Valuation of
Railroels Is, of which Senator Norris
of Nebraska is head, has been
granted permission to file brief
and argue the case as "a friend of
the court" He takes the position
that Alternating is a legislative
power delegated by congress to the
commission, and that under the con-
stitution the judiciary has no right
to revise or alter the commissions
valuations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
BANKERS, LARGE
EMPLOYERS, TO
FIX PREPARATION
Tough Old War Makers
Face y. S. Empire

LONDON, Jan. 1.-England has
appointed two of the most pro-
nounced imperialists, big business
men, and enemies of the Soviet
Union, on the committee of experts
to consider the revision of the
Dawes Plan.
When the expected clash with the
U. S. bankers comes out of this, no
more uncompromising defenders of
British predatory interests, now
menaced by U. S. capitalist invasion,
could have been selected.
The Baldwin cabinet yesterday
appointed Sir Joshua Stamp and
John Barring, second Baron Revel-
stoke.
Trained In Empire.
Stamp is an old graduate of the
British civil service, STEPPED in
bureaucratism and imperial policy.
He owns banks, is a capitalist eco
Monies theoretician, author of num-
erous books defending the present
social system and England's inn
perial policies. He is chairman of
the London Midland and Scottish
Railway, director Of the Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd, and was
secretary and director of the Nobel
Industries, Ltd, from 1919 to 1926.
Inherited Bank.
Barring inherited his fathers half
interest in the Barring Bros. and Co.
clearinghouse. He is a director of
the Bank of England, member of the
Council of the Prince of Wales, Lord
Lieutenant of the County of Middle
sex and has been Receiver General
OF the Duchy of Cornwall since 1908.
He is chairman of the "Interna-
tional Committee to Protect the In
terests of Russian (Czarist) Bond
holders" bitter opponent OF the
government of the U. S. S. R., and
partly responsible for the breaking
off of diplomatic relations with the
U. S. S. r. by the British govern
ment.
Fight Over Loot.
The U. S. interests conflict with
British chiefly in the matter of who
gets the Preparations" loot. The
British government objects to Dawes
plan arrangements that will merely
make England a collector for the
U. S. and proposes that the German
Preparations debt be funded by loans
from Wall Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02

We demand the immediate re-
mOval of aII restrictions in all
trade unions against the member
ship of Negro workers and equal
Opport unity for employment,
wages, hours and working condi-
ti0ns for Negro and white workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02

"Wherever trouble broke out
against the miners, Mother Jones
went there. When a bridge was
patrolled by soldiers, she waded the
river in winter; when trains were
being watched, the train crew emug-
gled her through. She always went
where she wanted to go."-From
"Bill Haywooo's Book" in tribute to
Mother Jones.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02

at was in this cross-cut, four
thousand feet from the surface, that
I turned off the air on The machine
drill for the last time. 1t was three
o'clock in the morning. I left for
the convention that was to be held
in Denver, on the stage the same
rnorning at six O'Clock. From
"Bill Haywood's Book" telling how
he left the mines to take leadership
of the union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Limiting County Warrants

Failure of the legislature to place a limit upon
the amount OF county warrants that may be issued,
ms proposed in the measure introduced by Represen-
tative Quinn Of Beaumont and defeated in the house
saturday, viii not arouse much enthusiasm among
Texas taxpayers.
The major opposition to the bill revolved around
the proposal that counties be limited to $4,000 in
issuance OF warrants. which legislators argued was
entirely too low. and would be insufficient to meet
contingencies This could have been corrected by
arrangement Of a sliding scale, which would have
permitted issuance Of warrants upon a basis Of pop
ulation-$i.o 900 to the 1000 population, or some sim
liar amount.
There should be no necessity for issuance Of war
rants In large amounts. except In cases OF disaster or
similar emergencies when large amounts Of money
might be necessary Immediately. The present Gus
tom of financing county paving or similar programs
by warrant issues. is. to say the least. decidedly un-
satisfactory 10 taxpayers In those counties where 1t
Is p~racticed.
1t is very rare that a county paving or other i'm
provement program Is OF such pressing necessity that
1t would be impossible to call a bond election. II the
voters are In favor OF the proposition. they will fl
nance it: II they are not In favor. 1t should not be
financed. The viii OF the majority should prevail
in county financial affairs as well as In the election
of officers
Several years ago Cameron county was faced with
a contingency to meet the requirements Of the state
tick eradication law. ana warrants were issued IN
the amount Of $4,000. over half Of which have been
retired. The commissioners court should have the
power to authorize such issues, but only in a case Of
emergency.
Paving and flood control programs in Cameron
county have been financed entirely by bond issues.
On January 81. the outstanding Indebtedness of the
county was So. 257. 75803. and Of this amount $1,000 IS
in 8 per cent warrants. $4,000 in S per cent warrants.
and the remainder In bonds bearing interest at the
rate OF 4 IL to 5 IL per cent. the majority bearing
. per cent.
There are few counties in Texas in which the tax
payers are not willing to finance improvement pro-
grams. and there Is no occasion for commissioners
courts issuing warrants bearing high interest rates
except in cases Of emergency. Had the legislature OF
Texas seen fit to place a reasonable limitation upon
warrant issues It would have eliminated much Of the
abuse of the power vested in the commissioners
courts and would save for taxpayers of the state the
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars which represent
the difference between the warrant and bond inter-
est rates.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
an. About 5NEsee
EfbAh GEhy A~-~~ MY -
Elg4gh New York .R1N

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-In This
| Town Of Ours: Mr.. Malevinsky. the
lawyer, Is representing Norma Tai
| madge in the soto voce manner /. /.
| Richard Dix and Regina Cannon,
the phemme moon pitcher recorder,
are Garbo-G ilberting . . Mrs.
Henry Jacobson is having IL Reno
waited 50 she can be welded to Oscar
Hammerstein. I'd (who Is also)
4. The Daily Mirror has pur-
chased the International Newsreel.
Louis Brooks, who became a
movie celeb when she welded Ed
die Sutherland, the director. is job
hunting since she had the seal
broken Dorothy Parker Is that
way about a lad who owns a &C
coon farm . The Sunday Ameri-
can recorded that Mrs. Eugene
OfNeill Is arranging a Mex divorce
via the Arturo del Toro route
That same news was first chron-
icled here. q dozen weeks ago
Philip Schuyler and Editor and
Publisher have parted . For an
arm rest. pull out the center cush-
ion In the rear of the new Checker
cabs.
Fl. 8. Swope. former executive
editor OF the World, Is In back OF
a combine to sell exclusive news
TO b-roadcasting firms Zierfeld
will only hire bruettes for East
Is West" "A Cambridge Mass.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
The World and All
CHICAGo WILL DEMONSTRATE

Chicago is a step or two ahead of New York In
getting its grand opera company into large, modern
and suitable quarters. Next fall the Chicago Civic
Opera viii open its season In the most magnificent
opera house in the world. and Of course. the largest.
The building will be ~forty-two stories high. and there
will be plenty Of room for the real music lovers with
i'm the auditorium.
New York may do even better some day. But
while New York Is talking about 1t, Chicago does 1t.
That reminds me Of the coming Worlds Fair in
Chicago, which will be the greatest exposition in
history.
The Chicago fair OF 1893 Is still the outstanding
exposition OF all time. 1t will be SO far surpassed by
the new Worlds Fair that 1t will appear as a mere
street carnival by comparison.
The exposition Of 1893 had a profound effect upon
American life. Out of it grew a new appreciation Of
architecture and landscape gardening. 1t stimulated
American interest in travel, in art. and In anthro-
pology. 1t introduced to the American people many
new ideas that have since become part Of American
life.
At the next Chicago Worlds Fair there will be
many innovations that need to be popularized. For
instance, moving sidewalks.
Moving sidewalks are altogether practicable now.
There's no mystery about them. Your city engineer
can have one installed for you in 90 days. at your
order.
But the people haven't been sold on moving side
walks. Moving stairways. operating on the same
principle, are in use in all large cities.
The next Chicago exposition win demonstrate how
the moving sidewalk can speed up pedestrian traffic.
In all large cities there is much walking to be done
by shoppers and business folk. In New York taxicabs
have become so badly jammed-33.000 of
them already in the streets-that persons who want
TO get to their destinations quickly often get out and
walk.
Moving sidewalks will do much to make life easier
In the big cities. Watch Chicago demonstrate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25

bootlegger Is authority for the
statement that he averages sales Of
is cases a week TO the young ladies
az Wellesley Collitch Vivad0u
Is marketing a compact for men
with mentholated powder. Goodie,
goodiel
Joan Lowell. author or Cradle
OF the Deep CSimon a. Schuster
Is the squaw Of Thompson Blu
chanan. the playwright She is
a stock lead in Nawleans John
Anderson. the BIG WhaIen- Traffic
Plan-Idea Man, has peddled a
piece to McCall's which recently
changed 100000 subscribers . . .
The Spat manufacturing racket was
never better . The provincial
dudes. IL appears. just discovered
them The j. II. Cluett on the
Judge staff Is the son Of the collar
and shirt man .. Those clocks
that don't give the time. in front
OF jeweiry shops. r pointed at
8-something because thal's the
hour when Lincoln died.
Fred Stone has shelved his
crutches . . . Betty Compton will
transfer from Hold Everything"
10 Para flickers for m ten-week job
". One az the cigarette magnates
who backed m show and then
stranded 10 last VT. iS In IN sanI-
tarium. with six months 10 live
Knrl Decker has deserted Suba for
Paree. where so million Yankees
go wrong Ted Claire walked
off the Paramount cstage Satdee be-
cause his ditties weren't footed ccr-
rectly, he said A dressing
room fist fight followed . Mar
iorie JoSetine poses for the Be
cause She Loves Nice Things" I'D.
Groucho Marx wires that II l. IN
bellboy over nc the Aston 4. That
fascinating ta-rah-ta-ta on those
French auto horns are the first
four notes OF Rimsky-K
"Scheherazade."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
Other Papers
HARD TO PLUG THE LIQUOR LEAKS
beaumont Enterprise

Commissioner Camp Of the customs bureau may
not be an incurable optimist, but he qualities for that
designation If he thinks that doubling his patrol of
difference to the liquor smugglerS. III the request OF
the prohibition and customs bureaus for additional
funds Is granted by congress. 1t Is proposed to in
crease the number Of prohibition agents and customs
inspectors.
What could $50 federal agents do to stop the flood
of liquor flowing from Canada into the United States
assuming that the present force of $50 men Is
doubled? If the full force Of $50 men were concen-
trated at Detroit. they could not stop the smuggling
OF liquor from Canada to the United States at that
point. And the Detroit sector Is only part Of the ter
agents.
1t is so easy for rumrunners to transport liquor
from Canada to the United States. and SO profitable
that it would take an army Of prohibition agents and
customs inspectors to stop the leaks" at the wettesr
parts of the Canadian border. While efforts are con-
~centrated on this phase of prohibition enforcement
thousands Of miles Of coast and other boundary lines
will invite the liquor smuggler.
He viii steal into coves, Of which there are hun
dreds, scattered along the southern shore Of the Unit
ed States; he will cross the Rio Grande with contra
band liquor; he viii slip into California from the Pa
cific. And d. Doran. prohibition commissioner, tells
us that when liquor smuggling is cut off at one place
the output OF 'moonshine" liquor increases.
Prohibition enforcement is a big job. Congress Is
just now beginning to realize what a big job 1t Is. but
is not yet willing to appropriate enough money tc
make prohibition enforcement effective.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25

this was the fiddler she had to pay
for her dancing she would pay; but
not willingly.
There seemed nothing else to do
but marry George No matter how
much she rallied at fate, she could
see no other way out. IL was a
comfort that George had confidence
in herl He said he had known all
the time that she would come
through. He, at least, did not think
she was a bad girl.
Before she married George was
IL her duty to tell him that she
had seriously considered allowing
Andy Adair TO furnish an apart
ment for her? She had not done
70. but II the accident had not hap
pened. she might have.
In the wee small hours Of the
morning she made up her mind 20
do her duty as she saw It.. She
would show George that she appre-
ciated his sticking by her by mar
rying him. II he asked her. Having
made up her mind. she turned on
her side and cried herself 10 sleep.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25

Who am I? What In nv profess
sion? From whom was ! recently
divorced2
What Is the feminine OF peacockP
Who was the first vice president
Of the United States7
Who is the president protein Of
the United States senate?
"And he said. The things which
are impossible with men are pos
sible with God" Where is this
passage found In the Bible7
Today I'm the Past
On this day. In 1913. the 18th
amendment to the United States
constitution (income taxi was pro-
claimed ratified.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are eau
tious in their movements and very
restless. They 2 slow to anger
and their wrath lasts but for m
moment.
A Daily Thought
III In costly wisdom that All
bought by experience."-Rcger
Ascham.
Answers 10 Foregoing Questions
I. Michael Strange; authorcs-.
John Barrymore.
2. Peahen.
3. John Adams.
4. George Adams.
5. st. Luke, xviii. ~.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
Washington
DaybOOk

have not yet framed up a tolerably
reliable slate. among them
This assuredly has not happened.
Otherwise. the tentative list would
have leaked" long ago-probaHly
vaguely mt first. and subject, for
awhile. to corrections here and
there-but at the present late date,
pretty accurate.
To think OF such a piece Of Inc
formation as reaching any politi-
clans ear. without being shouted
from the housetops shortly there
after. would be enough 70 over
strain the strongest imagination.
The fact Ar. three men are con-
sidered practical Hoover cabinet
certainties-
Andrew w. Mellon. Henry r..
Stimson and DR. Ray Lyman VIII
bur.
Secretary Mellon undoubtedly IL
sure enough 20 remain az the head
Of the treasury department, for a
year or two, to be worth betting
Onto give odds on, indeed.
Stimson and Wilbur are favor
ties. above several score or other
supposed possibilities. only because
OF 5~tiinson's resignation from the
governor generaIship OF the Philip
rines. and the leave of absence CO
tanned by Wilbur from the presl-
dency OF Stanford university.
However. even assuming that
they are to become cabinet men,
bers. the theory that Stimson Is TO
set the state and Wilbur the inter-
Tor portfolio Ia pure surmise.
Maybe Col. wv. j. Donovan would
be- "a 1udicious long shot for nttur-
nev general.
All the rest7-the mereEt IctnfNvl
And going I'd stay 10, they f@Ny.
until Mr. Hoover lays hs full
batch or appointments before the
senate, I'm N bunch. after Inc nj
ready In president.
IL win be a FACILITATING moment
! when that happens.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25

Good night" replied Betty,
coldly.
There is no hurry. We both
have 20 stay here all night"
Il think you better 60. Your
other patients need you. I don't"
There Is nothing particularly
pressing. How Is your pulse?" He
took her hand as he spoke.
ut is getting a bit fast" Betty
pulled away her hand. That Is
because / am getting angryi"
About what?" He grinned. i'm
perturbably.
1T isn't necessary to explain.
VIII you please go?"
mot until 7 have found what I
have done to make your ladyship
angry"
Il don't care to have you stay
now, or to come again unless / ask
for you"
"Ah. / am being high hated, I
see. AS you won't accuse me, I will
answer your unspoken charge Of
undue familiarity. How do you
get that way? You were a profess
sional dancer before you came here.
You made a business of displaying
your body In public for money.
didn't your"
Il did mott I danced for my
living. which Is very different
rs that so?" he drawled.
Would your dancing have attract
eel q large audience Of women only?
Could you have made IL pay II you
had worn long skirts and full
bloomers2"
Il don't care to discuss it with
you"
Il don't blame you. You think
people came to watch you dance
because Of your art. Yet only
shapely girls ever make q hit dane
ingi Why are popular dancers Al
ways young and pretty girls7 ]
don't know whether you are trying
to deceive me or yourself. Sex
appeal Is the real appeal Of dane
ing"
win you please go7" cried Bet
ty, inpatiently.
Sure 7 will" he laughed mo
use to get on your high horse with
me. kid. You aren't the first
dancer I ever met You all have
an exhibition complex As i know
what that leads to. you aren't put
ting anything over ON mel"
Betty reached up and pressed the
button which called the night
nurse. He waited. smiling. until
the girl came Then. in his most
] professional tone he asked: Nurse
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25

get Miss Brown a glass OF orange
juice. please"
Betty opened her mouth to pro-
test, but as he left the room with
the nurse she thought better OF IL
and said nothing. She thanked the
nurse for the orange juice. and
then lay miserably awake for hours.
SO this was the admiration she
sought and received for her dane
ingl Just sexl"
As she reviewed her experiences
she had TO confess that all the men
she had met through her dancing
thought as did this young doctor.
AT dancing school she had been
taught that dancing was art OF the
highest type This intern reduced
II to It's lowest meaning. She fear
ed he was right. although she r.
sented his familiarity bitterly
Had she been q school teacher. a
stenographer or q millinery, this
man would have had q different
attitude toward herl He would
have taken her virtue and refine
ment for granted. With q dancer
he thought the worst.
These humiliating reflections end
ed with the thought that her dane
ing days were over. as we're her
acquaintance with the men she
had met during those days. The
girls she knew who danced for a
living were not what this man
thought. But they were interested
in no one who did not dance: she
would lose track OF them now. and
felt no need 70 defend them or
herself.
She must make up her mind what
TO do for a living. George Harris
had told her not TO worry; he had
her future all planned But she
was worried: she feared that fu-
ture involved being married 70
GEORGE
she had no doubt that Andy
Adair had deserted her. But in
spite Of everything, she cared more
fer him than for any other man.
Even careless Harry Ford meant
more to her than George Thoughts
of the hum-drum. well-ordered
methodical and unsentimental life
she would lead as Georges wife
made her feel that she would have
been better off if she had been
killed III the automobile accident
She felt caught In a current ci
events which were dragging her in
evitnbly toward marrying George
Harris. She felt bound to marry
GeorTe II he wanted her, the hard
est duty she had ever faced. u
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
CABINET AN
AMAZING MYSTERY
By CHARLES p. STEWART

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-If
President-elect Hoover car keep his
cabinet personnel ais much OF "a
mystery ms he has kept IL up %
date. until after he actually has
been inaugurated. he really Is q
wonder.
President Coolidge's secrecy con-
corning the position he would take,
in the event of an attempt to draft
him for a denomination. was con-
sidered remarkable. After all. how
ever, IL was not SO extraordinary
MI. Coolidge had TO consult nobody
else as tC II own intentions. Be
sides. II Is possible that he him.
self did not know Just what Tie
would do IN his party named him
again by an overwhelming major
ity.
Mr.. Hoover. on the other hand. In
the matter Of his cabinet selections
has had 10 consult hundreds OF
folk: and BY this time he must have
his mind made up pretty definitely
upon most OF hts portfolios. al
any rate
TO have refrained from telling
anyone In plain terms. II am GO.
ing to appoint So-and-SC." need
not necessarily have been any very
surprising performance on the
president-elect's part.
He may easily enough have
avoided even one binding promise.
Nevertheless. shrewd politician,
are marvelously good guessers. And
so many OF them have seen HIM
and 50 many uf them nrrlst have
discussed the cabinet question with
himI-cuncentrating. each one hLi
every faculty. upon his vis-a-vis
slightest CULVER or shade or expires
sicnl--and such ample opportunit,
| has been allowed them. 20 get to-
eether and exchange impressions
that II Is perfectly amazing the