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In Memoriam Notices

woRLAND-In memory OF our dear
mother, MAY WoRLAND. who passed
away years ago today. Jan. 80, 1879.
We do not forget you nor do we intend:
We think Of you often, and win be TO
Gone and forgotten. by some you may Be:
But dear 20 our memory you always
vii Be. THE CHILDREN.
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indianapolis.
Jan an lQ21
NOTICE T0 TiiI1lI-xPAYFRs.

HOIlCE ~ AAAN~~ =
Notice 3 hereby given to ne taxp o,l.
Marion County. Indiana. that the Boaro
Of School Commissioners OF the Sity Of
Indianapolis, at its regular meeting TO
February 10. 1881. at the. Boards onice
at the Southwest corner Of OHIO ana Me,
ridian Streets, indianapolis. Indiana. VIII
treated of in the Boards resolution
uary 9th. 1881. concerning the appropria-
ton Of $40 900 to Account No. 1880 in
the Special Fund for the erection Of
new permanent school building at Twenty
fourth Street and Martindale Avenue in
the City Of indianapolis. Indiana.
Taxpayers appearing at said meeting
will have the right to be heard on said
contemplated action and after this Board
has at said hearing. finally acted on
said resolutions ten or more taxpayers in
said School City, who may feel aggrieved
BY the Boards said action may appeal
said action to the state Board OF Tax
Commissioners Of the state Of Indiana
for final disposition by flling petition
therefor with the County Auditor OF
Marion County. Indiana within ten days
after said final action by the Board Of
School, Commissioners Of the City Of In
danapolis. and the state Board of Tax
Commissioners will TX day for hearing
in said Marion County.
THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITS
sIOEERS OF THE CITY OF INDIAN
BY A. b. GOOD,
It's Business Director.
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AUCTION

Monday. Feb. z. 2 .. m. Lots 4. S. II in
Rhinehart'S Lindhurst Addition. Improved
and rear porches nreproof roof and con-
crete block foundation 2-car garage. 323
Lindhurst Drive about miles west of
Monument Circle; take West Washing
ton Street. Indeed fne little suburban
home. Convenient to school. church and
transportation. Splendid terms Frank
Coffey. owner. r. G. Poland. auctioneer,
Noblesville Phone 245.
SELL. RENT OR BUY REAL, ESTATE
through classified ads in the Times.
Phone "ad-taker" Ri. 5551. during busi-
ness hours
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Office and Desk Space

DOCTOR and dental offices, 1856 N. Sher-
man Dr.. right at 30th and Sherman.
Best outsied business center in city. No
doctor or dentist within squares. Rea-
Sonable Oh 1774
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Real Estate Wanted

s2s2 W. PRATT sT.-5 rms. mod; long
livinR-rm.; square to car line. Pay only
$50 down, $40 per mo. j. H. AEBER-
SHARDT. Ii. 1890. Hu. 6124.
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January 80. 1881.
NOTICE 70 RTnnERs

Teachers College Board Of the Indiana
' 1851 ea AZ tSs 0o oes q the Presiden
ct the Faculty Of the Indiana State
Teachers College. Terre Haute. Indiana,
installation Of the following items OF
equipment for the heating plant at Terre
Items 2-Three pen how meters-for
boiler tsteam fow-pressure and
temperaturel complete with
ETC.. and to B. H. p indicaRto @s.
Item Panel board for instrument
fem F mounting lIs.or. ,or dorr,,,or,.,
(steam how-pressure- temperature)
vi : manometers. piping.
Item Panel board for instruments.
Item Feed Water Flow meter with
temperature recorder.
Item 20 81 meters S sAi tor Boilers soT m'''''
Item Item 2-pratt; gauges for boilers
Item a-AatOmstiss' feed water regulator
Item a-PSmp governors for boiler feed
Item 7--Automatic dsmper regulators for
boilers.
Bids must be made showing the price
OF each of the items and the kind and
make OF instrument must be shown in
each case. Combination bids on all items
without the price for each item included
will not be accepted This eouipment
made BY Miller & Yesge ri sis 6hio atreet
Terre Haute. Indiana, from whom COPIES
NAV be obtained.
scribed by the State Board of Accounts
and must be accompanied by certified
check equal to so Of the amount Of the
state Teachers College Board.
nolana state Teachers College.
BY HELEN 9. BENBRIDGE. Secretary.
TEEAsURERs AANlNSgzAL REPORT FoR
TTp Pxp , az WOODRUFF PLACE FOR
,.,.s.-ceneral CORPORATION Fund
Jan. !. 1880. .$10,652.l7
+ Heclepts ............. l7422.6S
s2so74s2
Disbursements ....... 1s,o7i.72
Balance in fund s s,Oozlo 3 s,oOS.lo
Balance on hand
Jan: !. l930.........$ 1.401 80
Receipts ............. 10000
Disbursements ...... 52s.55
Balance in fund Is s77.ss s77.ss
Balance on hand
Jan; I: 1880 ........$ 55.s37.32
Receipts ...........s. 3.24o.59
Disbursements .......s 5,746.26
Balance in fa 1ssr..s -. tu sis2s:s' '''ss'
Balance on hand
Jan. ?. 1880 ........S See.12
Receipts ............. 1.100.l0
8 l.sse.22
Disbursements 1900. 47.54
Balance in fund, .& 1,6416s 1,64t SO
Bslsnce on hand tY D"O
Jan. 1. 1890 .......$ 1871
Receipts ............. 2.ooo.lo
S s,eo2.27
Disbursements ....... 2.4l4.e9
Balance in fund ...s l.4s72S 1,4s7.3s
Balance all funds
nee. 81. 1880 .$iT,346.65
indebtedness OF the Town, Dec. 81. 1890.
Is 1900 90.
100000 refunding bonds 4iSec.
Ss.sn0.00 town hall bonds 4iSrc.
81 1000 90 temporary loan So.
Approved Jan. 19, 1881.
NJ x. FOxwoRTHY,
Q. r. POISSON,
EDITH r. HUGHES.
Board of Trustees.
1C1HN M DIS ClRrk-TreaS
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Miscellaneous for Sale
IeIo UNCLAIMED Ries
IFREIGHT STATION

Lot small Bullets or servers, wal
nut finish. Sale price. $500 each.
Fine quality washboards, Csc each.
1881 Model 7-tuhe electric radio
set with tubes, SIS. We have sold
five of these sets since first of year
and only one more left. Better
come in if you want a real good buy.
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The Wise Shopper
Buys Now

If you're looking for good transportation at bar
gain here's your place to find it. These cars were
traded in by people who wanted models-they
wanted style and they left many thousands of miles
of fine driving-gave you the opportunity of buying
cheap mileage.
Here are some of today's Best Used Car Buys"
oldsmobile Coach 1880 Model ............. 1896
Oldsmobile Deluxe Coach 1929 Model . SIS
Packard Sedan, 1927 Model ................. $50
Marmon 60 Deluxe Sedan, 1929 Model ........ AS
Pontiac Sport Cabrioet, 1929 Model ......... 345
Nash Coupe, 1929 Model ...-................ 325
Ford Fordor 1929 Model Observation-Disclosures. 275
Graham-Paige Sedan 1928 Model ..... 1876
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Household Goods

FREE
A beautiful 5-pc. breakfast set given
with any purchase Of SIS or over.
Pure cotton mattress .....s.......t 4.95
Occasional table ,............. 3.95
Pope. living room suite ..;.......: $500
and vanity s..'.. Dea' .ne'' a $500
Coil spring day bed and mattress. 1875
8-Pc. dining room suite 800: $500
springs bed dsvenport .... WIN w.. $500
IDEAL FURNITURE CO.
Cut Price Quality Furniture.
227 W. Washington st.
SEWING MACHINES, portable electric
Singer and other makes as low as $685.
SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO.. 1875 W.
Washington st. Ri. e71S.
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$1,000 CASH-$220o monthly: price 1850;
new 5-room bungalow: cleo lights. ga
rage, south side 46th st. W. of traction
line, Lawrence, Ind Owner, 1854 N.
Delaware St. Ia. 1894.
$500 DOWN-si6.00 monthly, price
$4,000; Bird house S. Of 46th St, e. side
Vernon ave-, Lawrence. Ind. rooms,
cleo, garage. owner, 1854 N. Delaware
St Ia 5334
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ALABAMA. S. l52Rsplendid rms, gar,
water paid. sal. DR.. 574s.
CENTENNIAL. 409--5 lovely rms; cleo,
gas. pantry: porches: good paper: SIS.
double. garage. easiiy heated: $50. III 5s4s
COTTAGE. 1855 rooms, 'water. paid, gas,
elec.. sis: near school. Hu 1868.
s s. DEARBORN
,Four-room double. lights. gas and water.
GREGORY and APPEL. INC. Ii. 1891.
DELAWARE. n. 24ii--Double. bedrooms.
furnace. bath: SIS. u. 1921.
DE LOSS. .isls-4-room single: lights. gas.
water. toilet. garage: $40. Ri: SAL.
furnace. s22. pr. 1882. ~ ~p'
EMERSON, 725. s,--5-rm. bungalow: cleo.
lights. garage. side drive: $40. II. 1880.
FULTON, 319-Easily heated, s rms. mod.
exoept turn. conn. bath: s2s. III. si56.
GRANT. ss0-4-room modern: built-in
features, GARAGE. water paid: $50. Ri: 4sos.
HAMILTON. n. l42l-A-i: six-room mod.
double: garage: water paid. Wa. 1874
HARLAN, 1867 weeks rent free; 5 rms.
repapered; SIT. Hu. 1898.
HARRIS S. Si-6-rFn. modern. except fur
mace: garage: reduced S25. Be. 0746.
{. ". toiet, sis.5S: I %Ster pd dsnI ss S,
sCHMlD AND SMITH. NC. REALTORS.
HAUGH. 422-s-rm. cottage. pantry. gas.
elec.. gar. big yard: $3.50.
HOWARD. lS2a-6-rm.. single. complete
bath. garage. Reduced s22.5o He $3.50.
HOYT. 1204-6-4 rms. mod. except furn-.
water pd.. school. Reduced. ri. 1859.
MANHATTAN. s05-Dandy modern house
Reducee $50. Be. 1858.
MERIDIAN. N. 223s-Rear: s rms. toilet
sink. refnished, papered. s225o. He. ss5s.
MICHIGAN. e. 2924-Nfodern double: S25:
rooms and sun parlor. Oh. 1925.
MICH, E.. S552-Att. 5-rm. mod: desir-
able loca powerful fur: gar. IT. 1901
NORTH. 2720 e. near ST. Philips church;
- cory double. living room. dining room
Kitchen. bedroom and bath. garage. water
2aios SIS. Hu, 2l09; Office. RI 1888.
OLNEY. is0S-Near Brookside PIX: s-roon1
ORANGE. zl2-S Tkonis, cas-. fIThES. water.
inside toilets Ea1aEe; only <l8. Be. 1850
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Musical instruments
USED CLARTNETS

PEARSON PIANO co.
12S N. Penn. st. Ii. 551S
RECONDITIONED pianos: be. assort-
ments and lowest prices in city WIKI
ING MUSIC CO. lao E. Ohio St.
TRUMPETs & sAXOPHONEs, $40 and up.
E-1 payment plan in city. LORENl
SAXOPHONE SCHOOL. Pembroke Arcade
Ii. 1900.
SMITH 4 BARNES MAHOGANY upright: big
100 E. Ohio st.
P1ANO-Steinway g. Sons upright; excel.
condi:; cheap for quick sale. 2314 Belle
fontaine.
VOsE & SON mahogany upright; fine for
CO.. 100 e. Ohio st.
BEAUTIFUL grand. balance due $I97.50.
Reliable party may take over account.
Terms; Viking MUSIC CO.. 100 E.
PLAYER PIANO-Bepch, so rolls bargain.
605l College Ave.
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East
South
Suburban for Sale

NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO BUY.
Bungalows, 500 down.
Ri. 25G9. N. j. FOX. Hu. I166
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Lost and Found

CHILD'S PET-Fox terrier. male. brown:
name Brownie; last week vicinity N. Oak
land and r. Mich. Rev. Oh. 5855-J.
LOST-Black ribbon purse downtown; re-
turn purse, cont'ts: keep money. Or. 1855.
POLICE DOG-Female. brown. z mos. old.
Child's pet. Reward. Ia. 1856.
$25 REWARD-Party who found diamond
pin set with pearls is known. Return,
no questions asked. Ii. 6l34.
IF YOU DON'T FIND what YOU are look
ing for in the want ads today. 1t may
be ADVERTISED here tomorrow. Read Times
classified ads daily.
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Suburban for Rent

3-ROOM HOUSE=Northeast: garage; cleo
tricity; very desirable for chickens or
garden; curtains, floor covering, shades
and stove furnished: $40 per month to
reliable party. Ii. 0531
BUS STOP 61z Rockville road, homes,
ground. truck and garden. Raise eats,
chickens and rabbits. Just the place for
3 or day workers. Rent or sell.
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instructions

SPECIAL offer Of six weeks. free instruc-
ton in music for enrolment fee and only
cost Of 81. Lessons valued at SIS to $50
term, IT. 0956.
WANTED-ALTO VOICE. WILL GIVE
FREE INSTRUCTION IN EXCHANGE
FOR QUARTETTE WORK. PHONE IRV.
0956. FOR APPOINTMENT.
TUTORING grade pupils. by ex-teacher:
specializing in backward and out-of-
school children: reterences. He. 24e2.
TUTORNG-H. s. English. history. civics.
science. math.: exp. graduate teacher;
also grades TO 8. inclusive. Or. l606-M.
TAP DANCING TAUGHT IN YOUR OWN
HOME. VERY REASONABI,E RI 8735
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Special Notices

WHY SUFFER WITH PILES
when YOU can positively get well or it
VIII cost you nothing? This is strictly
home treatment. Also wonderful lung
throat and catarrh treatment. Either
sent parcel-post to any part Of y. s.
Call or write Tor free literature. q. r
WYSONG. 80 K. of p. Bldg. Odice Ri
1881: res. 1899 N Meridian. Ts. 1910.
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SITUATIONS Wanted Male
Rooms for Rent

HOUSE CLEANING JOBS-Youns ma,
satisfaction assured. Ii. s762.
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Bids will be received by the state
state Teachers College at II a. m. FEB.
g. 1881, at the office OF the President
Of the Faculty Of the Indiana state
Teachers College. Terre Haute. Indiana,
for the furnishing and supervising the
installation Of the following items of
equipment for the heating plant at Terre
itenns 2-rhren nsn Tow metars-for
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Infants Wear

ACC NainsOOk Dresses. and 2
years ............... sc
39c Muslin Gertrudes, button
shoulder style ............ CSC
$l.29 Birds Eye Diapers, 27X27
nCheS. Dozen .............. CSC
81 RayOn StOckinet Sheets, 27X36
inches Observation-Disclosures. 81
l9c Rubber Pants, medium or
large ...............l Ice
Sl.59 Wool Sets. sweater. cap and
Boobies, for tiny babies. 81
GoldenberE's-Third Floor.
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Women'S soc GauZe Cotton Union
SUITS, sleeveless; Sc and 3S oaiy.
90
Women's 79c Jersey Knit Athletic
Shorts and Shifts. Broken lots.
Each ............ l9c
Ki6dieS' soc NajnsoOk Waist
Suits seconds; 2 to years. .23c
GoIdenbergs-Main Floor.
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Towels

(6l dOE) Huck Towels, plain
white with green stripes. Regu-
larly l9c each Observation-Disclosures. loo
C29 doZ) ColOred Mercerized
Damask Table Napkins, in green,
orchid and blue only. Regularly
l5c &c
t47) All-Linen Crash Luncheon
Cloths. size 54x60 inches. Assorted
colored borders. Regularly 81 80
each ................. &c
GOldenberE's-MainF Floor.
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E.ousefrocIs

SI.93 Handkerchief Lawn and Ray
on Creme Frocks .SI.29
7Sc to 81 Printed Tub FrockS, SAC
81 Smocks and HoOvers, unused
and faded ...............l 3c
81 Coolie Coats and Kimonos, SAC
GoldenberE's-Second Floor.
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Millions to Save RedwoOds.
ON the Allentown Morning Call.

From the Allentown Morning Call
One of the finest glories of the West
ern country Is the giant redwood tree,
a few forests CT which remain against
the temptation of private owners to
dispose of them because of their high
value as timber.
AS the poet said, "Only God can
make tree" and, in the case of the
redwood, it has taken many hundreds
of years to bring them to their present
state CT grandeur, unsurpassed by any
living or growing thing in the world.
So 1t has appeared to a great many
people that the redwood forests, per-
hapS above all others, ought to be saved
for as many generations as may be
permitted to enjoy them, and there
have been agitations on a number OF
occasions to effect the saving of them.
In some cases national parks have been
established.
Recently agitation developed to save
the redwoods in the Bull Creek Flat,
Calf. John D. Rockefeller, jr., philan-
thropist extraordinary, heard the call
Of the old poem, "Woodman, Spare That
Tree" and he decided that the only
way to save the trees was to buy them.
Therefore he has offered to match the
contributions of any and ali other per-
to the amount of a million from his
own pocket, and after that he Is willing
to go another million.
That would seem to assure the pro-
lection of the trees for as many more
years, as they will grow and defy the
storms and the nghtnings and the
pests that up to this time have not
been able to do much with them in the
course Of hundreds Of years.
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The Eternal Question.

In American politics there is Just
one question that is eternal-the tariff.
When a Democrat can think of nothing
else to say about the G.. o. P. he talks
of the ubiquitous" Republican tariff.
Such discussions have been going on
for about quarters of century.
In more recent years the Democrats
have in many cases approached so
closely to the Republican attitude to-
ward the tariff that they have been
handicapped when it comes to making
detailed charges against the G. o. p.
tariff laws. From free trade, the DEM
ocrats graduated to tariffs for revenue
only, then to tariffs with incidental
protection" and, lastly, to reasonably
protective" tariffs. In the case Of the
Smoot- Hawley act, against which the
Democrats illuminate with regularity,
that measure could not have passed the
Senate without Democratic support, and
there were a score or more OF Demo-
Gratis in the House who voted for the
measure also. It might be supposed
that under such circumst noes the
Democrats would think up s thing
else to talk about in their preparation
for the coming national campaign. But
they do not.
The Democratic leader Of the Senate,
Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, one
of the most able leaders that either
party has had in many years, a day or
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

nets nest when he addressed the
annual meeting of the Minnesota State
Bar Association at st. Paul. The At
torney General chose for his subject
The Appointment of Federal Judges.
Evidently he did so with malice afore-
thought because of his recent run-in
with Senator Thomas D. Schall, Repub-
lican Progressive, of Minnesota, who was
badly worsted in his effort to land q va
cant United States judgeship in the
Gopher State for political crony. Be-
fore the fracas was ended, Schall ban
died some bitter words with Mitchell
The Attorney General disclosed at St
Paul that of the So ma jor Federal jul
dicial appointments made by President
Hoover, 40 have gone to Republicans
and 10 to Democrats.
r. x
Politicians, especially of Democratic
hue, will have their ears to the GROUND
at the end of the month for speech
bv Gov. George White at Cleveland or
Jllv 81 The occasion is the anniver-
sarv of the battle of Lake Erie. White
is expected to seize it for the purpose
of making some keynote utterance
which may attract national attention tC
himself as a contender for his party's
presidential nomination. Cox, Baker
and Bulkley to the contrary, notwith-
standing. Gov. White is said to have g
stranglehold on the Ohio delegation
which is slated to go to the convention
instructed for him. He is said to COM
mand strength in adjoining States like
West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana
too. The Governor is reported to be
fighting shy of any second-place temp
tations. If the Democrats stage anoth-
err Madison Square Garden next june
Whites friends believe that far stranger
things might happen than his emer-
gence from a deadlock as the conven-
tons choice.
Here's a bit of truth stranger than
fiction. A group of New York f1nan-
ciers is on the still hunt in washington
for a man of eminent Government
background who is worth a salary OF
500 600 a wear. They are promoting q
monumental new banking organization
and seek a parsonage of established
national reputation big enough to COM
mand a six-f1gure pay check as pres1-
dent of the institution.
X X X
Anronos the recent Tooth anniversary
of the death of President James Mon
roe. the Department of State has issued
an attractive map, showing 1.-The New
World and the European Colonial Sys-
tenn in 1928" (when the Monroe Doc
trine was proclaimed) and 1.-The New
World and the European Colonial Sys-
tenn in 1881" The map indicates ir
graphic colors that the vast areas ir
North. Central and South America helC
by european powers .1o8 years ago are
now American republics. It also reveals
that Arctic and Antarctic territory ''un.
explored" in Monroe's day can no longer
be so described.
(Copyright, 1870.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Farm Fantasy.
Long past the hour of the departing day
The cowbell tinkles In melodious glee
The cattle seem to moo" along the way
The boot owl seems to MARBLE from
the tree.
The squeaks and whistles seem to rep
resent
All of the sounds that nature car
produce.
1t brings a melancholy mood whose dis
content
Persists while sleep Is going to the
deuce.
1t is no harmony of rural charm,
Though with the tones Of rustic life
replete,
AS once again it fills me with alarm
That radio playing jazz across the
street.
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The Railroads EEGoat."
From de Portland OREGON journal.

From the Portland Oregon Journal.
If the Government barge line doing
business on the Mississippi and War
rlor Rivers were private enterprise.
owned and operated by private capital
and compelled to pay taxes and capital
costs out of its revenues as the rail-
road is required to do, its losses last
year would have been $1,27e,317"
G. D. Morris of Chicago, speaking
for the Committee on Public Relations
Of the Western Railroads, made this
statement.
Yet the Government corporation
operating the barge line reports that
the service is earning 100000 a year.
When one goes into the costs and
taxes the railroads would charge to the
barge line he finds that the rail carriers
would assess the whole river against
the water carriers. Their demand Is
that the stream be considered as much
an element of cost as the privately
owned railroads with its terminals. A
river by national law is, if navigable,
a public highway as much as is q
motor highway. The river is open to
the Use of all on even terms. The
railroads want the burden of the whole
Mississippi Rivers maintenance and
improvement to fall upon the public's
barge line. No such proposal was ever
any highway.
Moreover, the railroads allow no
credit for river improvement because
of flood control. They do not recog-
nize the value of improvement for
power development. Remorselessly they
pursue the barge line with the demand
that it pay all. and If it does not so
do. then they say it must be judged o
failure and be destroyed.
-
a national inland waterway policy is
an anomaly. At the most, rivers can
carry only a fractional part Of the
Nations freight. The competition of
highways and even of the air is much
more substantial. But you hear no
battle waging between the railroads
and their real competitors. They thirst
alone for the defeat of the waterways.
What, exactly, lies back of their
strained argument is hard to under
stand.
Right now, the whole Mississippi
barge operation is being conducted by
the Government for the sake of prov
! ing the ultimate profits of private own
erShip of the service. Under the terms
of the Denison act the barge line must
| be sold to the most responsible bidder,
other than a railroad, that will give
| satisfactory guaranty Of sustained Serv-
ice. The Government isn't in compe-
tition with private business; it IS con-
Quoting research for private business.
1t is giving great Chicago demon
strated outlet to the sea through the
Gulf of Mexico. 1t is providing the
additional units of complete trans
portation system for the service and
the economy of shippers. 1t is even
| furnishing a means by which railroads
from the Midwest may ultimately hope
to meet legally the water rates in ef-
feet between Che Atlantic and the Pa
| cif1c Coasts.