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Show manifest that the recent reduction of wges authorized by the labor at from 10 to 12 per meets or labor costs and iu no wav mav. possible for the railroads to afford reduction In their revenues. PUIII TO IHLilD elated Ail Mri tie Savin? W3g fcy PULt THE PROPOSAL tho Following a meeting in Chicago, Oc 14. 1921. of. the presidents of nearly ail the leading rauroaas in me country. Mr. 1 nonius uewut cuyier, iher Kail- Chairman of the Association of the made following w.r r xecutives, 'ih aH!unJHJSi'Si S n Sil ' .mieiiicnf of At a meeting of the deter- railway executives .today, it was mined by the railroads or tne united reduc- Stales, to seek to bring about a ' val An ' application will be made inimedi-- J la- - 1912 1953 jft4 j9J!5 . li7 1918 of all other classes of railroad labor to the going rate for such labor car- lu several territories wlierfr the I runs operate. adduce Botes As Wasea Go Down Xlie foregoing action is upon the unwith concurrently that derstauding mk'Ii reduction in wages the benefit of the reduction thus obtained shall, withthe concurrence of the interstate commure oMuiiiission, be passed on to therailpublic in the reduction of existing re- ruail rates, except in so far as this ducjou shall have been made in the wages 4.Mci 5 iri,r;( '''''r nai B-- de " 4 ' ' ,- -r, ZJ ear) (calendar year) ...... 5..K C.H. 5.20 0.32 will thus be noted that during the years when other industries were nuik- ing very large protils, when the prices It t ,,,.,. .. i,, rwio there' .i i cum., mm,-..,,- w , ip 3.51 2AV 1919 1920 Mcciure N.w.p.pe s.ud.c.i.. j D,r,g lmulatIn!, gnriou. i t.., .1,.. .rL kni.h.ui i. ..I- - hinn-inv.,th i ",r where her fragile little auut sat alone In the sweet evening breezes, her awed in a sunny window, her fingers busy eyes lifted to Frank Delayne's face, with some dainty needlework. An- - I "Here she Is at last 1" cried Doris, geht Allen lifted her quiet gray eyes "and the governor whirled around to and saw the dark sparkling beauty of stare for a moment at the slim figure the girl, the rich coloring of youth and coming slowly across the grass. The tea kettle bubbled furiously just then, perfect health and radiant Joy. "Auntie, I've had a darling time!" and Bolt and Doris flew to subdue It; cried Doris breathlessly whirling into the governor went to meet Angela, his a chair and pulling off her long silk blue eyes keen like a boy's. gloves. "Guess who was there and "Angela," he said simply as he took I met him!" she ended her hand In his, "you told me once ecstatically. Angela Allen turned Jier fair face upon a time to go away you never and looked out Into the flower garden wanted to see me again' which seemed to waver uncertainly be"Yes," gasped Angela faintly, her fore her hurt eyes' all the blossoms eyes seeking her refuge, the garden. seemed to nod their hea Is and say, "Hut one says so many foolish "I told you so 1 told you so some things" "Yes and they hurt all through the ; day" "You are not listening!" reproached years. What a young fool I was In the girl, for this aunt was mother and those days not to come back to you." "Yes," agreed Angela softly. father to her and bad been for many "There is such a lot to explai- nyears since a fatal accident had de1'saw the child yesterday I was when "You child both the of prived parents. haven't heard a word I met such fascinated; I told myself it was either an Important person at the garden your danghter or a near relative so I came." party we made heaps of money for "I am glad you have been so sucthe destitute children of Europe and said Angela, regaining her cessful." me un'il he he looked and looked at somewhat, seemed to realize that he was being P"' rude ; then Bob introduced him to me ! ! "Yes In a ineaseure," he said tniup 1 hnv mm! n rnl con. tleiitly. "but I came to find out today She made a mock bow of whether I shall be the only bachelor ottest!" the state has ever known J governor great condescension. or her but smiled lips "Goose," Angela, i "They have gone into the rose gartrembled. den," said Doris Indignantly, as she future "Behold the governor's moistened a burned finger. lady" "Why not? They were engaged to "Doris!" Miss Allen had risen and married and quarreled twenty years be was staring at her niece with wide, ago great scott, he's kissing your Aunt Angela!" Boh turned his head away from the rose garden and encountered Doris' brimming eyes. "Where's tny ring?" she wanted to VtolMtNl ,toiy to the United States railroad bor board for a reduction In wages of t;in service employees sufficient to remove the remainder of the increases by the labor boards decision of 1920 (which would involve a 20, july further reduction of approximately ten per cent) and for a reduction in the mi. b, Puris ROADS OF THE UNITED STATES ON THEIR PROPERTY IN- - o? tlJe present . soft gray silk, with her graying half pinned in a knot at her neck, looked like some pompadour figure as she wandered restlessly about the garden. It was not until she heard voices at the house that she arose from her weeding and slowly went back to face the past. There was Bob Richards, stubbornly ffltthfnl in fitfa tit hia hmktn pnfMire- - ! . ations, but merely provided against the further accumulation of a deficit. The point is often made that culture and other industries are agrl. also suffering the same immediate difficulties as the railroads. Why, therefore, do not the railroads take' their medicine like anybody else? The answer lies in several facts: 1. The railroads were not permit- ted, as were other industries, to ma';e charges during the years of prosperity, making possible the accumulation of a surplus to tide them over the present extreme adversity. According to the rep"rts of the interstate conimer-commission, the rate of return on prop- errv investment on the railroads of the Lnited Stales for the past several years has been as follows: RATE 0F TURN EARNED BY RAIL Situation e . in wages allowed no net return on oper- Statement by Thomas Dewitt Cuyler Crairman of the Association of Railway Executives on By CLARISSA MACK1E. inunumai reductions in freight rates On some railroads the reductions In rates have amounted to more than the reductions In wages so far made, and on many other railroads the reduction Redacts in Charges TEXT-O- ,7. nTUXJS Retor. were an3 The Governor's Lady J GET RATES DOWN to ?rs?5S! cS sen! out broadcast to Investigate. The leak was traced south. Then into ie were offices. Dentists dentists' checked up, and It was foucd they were using more than four times as much gold as they normally did. What were they doing with ltt It was found that there was an unprecedented demand by negroes for For weeka they would gold teeth. save the high wages they made In war times, and when they had saved In gold enough, they would Invest , .,. ,hu;r ...c crowns, vwiai uimirrru " own white ivories were strong and sound I Gold teeth were the style. and many a perfect tooth suffered as the result of U, "While we had a gold reserve of about $2,000,000,000. the government evprv hit of It to nay war debts," said Mr. Steele. "The object of the administration was to gradually uli in .iff the use of cold, so that It vould not be felt, and so that the gov ernment could build tip a reserve take care of any possible ample-tneedVNw Orleans Times ncayune Red Cross Gives $310,000 to Aid 'Clean-U- p Drive An appropriation of $310,000 for Red Cross work In connection with the "clean-up- " campaign instituted by the Government to bring the claims of all disabled service men who are entitled to Federal aid before the proper government bureau for action, hns been made by the American lied Cross. The Executive Committee of the American Ited Cross In making the appropriation authorized the appropriation of $:i0ti0 of this sum to the American Legion to defray the expense of the Legion representatives assigned to the various districts of the Veterans Bureau. The remainder of the appropriation for apportionment was authorized among the several Divisions of the lied Cross for carrying on thai part work that falls diof the "clean-up- " rectly upon the Bed Cross organization. Gardening on Ocean Liners. Atlantic liners carry several Modern liners carry an gardeners. enormous number of palms. Hundreds of these are used to decorate the sa loons and corridors. Then there Is pleasant place like a wranda which Is called the tea garden, whore one sits amongst buy trees and other shrubs Many snips planted In little tubs. have .trellls work, with Ivy and other creepers trained over It. Cut flowers for table decoration have to be provided by the ship's gar deners. On both sides or tne Atianne a great quantity of cut flowers are taken on board at the beginning of the voyage. ,They are placed In cold storage, whence a supply for the ta bles Is taken as It is wanted. Several tons of fresh vegetables are stored away In a chilled room, and these also are taken out as they are required. Most of farm products and the wages of U- bor were soaring to unheard of heights, the earnings upon railroad investment in the United Slates were held within Kromarograph. very nanow limits and that they have A typewriter with which a musician during the past four years progresmay record his music as he composes sively declined. It hns been Invented In Europe, and Road All that Handicapped More Thaa Other Is called the kromarograph. know. I Bimlaesa meantime. the musician needs do Is to place him. Tiie managements nave uecioeu ujmiu jne ranroaus are responsible w self at the piano and give free play GOLD TEETH WERE "STYLE this course iu view of their realization the public for providing adequate Every stroke to his creative fancies. d transportation. Their charges are of the fact that the wheels of industriIn regular Is the registered upon keys Caused a Some by public authority, and they aro al aciivuy" have been closed down to a Negroes Vogue Among scroll a paper musical upon character in very large respects (notably for laand what Alarming Shortage of Metal p.liit wl.K-- brings depression and this way he n drum. In wound on a upon that to money spend bor) compelled to the entire public, During the War. The obtains a typewritten sheet of music, something must be done to start. theiu basis fixed by public authority. and Is saved the trouble of setting The situation margin within which they are permit-in operation. reThe peculiar effect of sunlight inve.s-ttheir earn a return note down by hand. to ted each rauroaas is upon which confronts the 19-- u flecting on a glistening row of gold ment or to offer inducements 10 anrain treinely critical. The railroads in teeth, and their appeal to the vanity realized a net' railway operating Income new capital for extensions and better, ments is extremely limited. However of the South's negroes, caused a lot of about $G2,000,oeiO, upon a property offithere-eve-n and desire, much the railroads of , $19,000,000,000 might worry to government treasury over of investment In times from million came to reduce This their war. two charges of fore, cials during the sixty this amount included back mail pay for prior years- 0f depression, it will be perceived that Robert B. Steele, New York diamond action their apof the limitations surrounding received from the government merchant, who lu war times was tin tlo not permit them to give effect to ur.ivu.une'y ?04,000.000, 4hus showing, tpd States silver and gold admin when the operations of tfiat year alone broad and elastic policies which might DUNU istrator. of are considered, an actual deficit before- very properly govern other lines ad and silver office of gold "The internot restricted. thus business inakin.' finv allowance for either mlnistrator was unknown to most peoest or dividends. It has been urged upon the railronds to be had kept nle and Its activities The year ended in serious depression that a reduction in rates will stiinu. quiet," said Mr. Steele, "as misunder;,te traffic and that increased, traffic in all branches of industry, and in de- - will nrotect the carriers from the loss standing persons learning of them Q.i,..i,.n cum i'"" nfs thP market lll'U ivru n. i fnr of basic coin- - incident to a reduction in rates, lne n. might have started a money panic." She Made a Mock Bow. nudities resulting in a very serious railroad managements cannot disguise When gold was needed most by the from themselves that this suggestion in her white face. "What fMiiin., nff in the volume of traffic' tartled eyes government, according to Mr. Steel, Is merely conjectural and that an ad - Mamtena-- e. do you mean?" i av the administration discovered there iiuuun would verse result of the experiment dear," z'x.-tbut foolishness, iii 11. w aitiiiition a nolicy of the most my "Nothing was a kali and he disastrous not only to the railroads, Doris contritely. "I really need explained rigid economy' and of postponing whose supreme to the but public, of the did meet the governor himself and he tutting to the bone the upkeep is adequate transportation. railthe by was adopted to me. He is coining properties Conseouently the railroad manage. was charming roads. This was at the price of uegin placing to call tomorrow afternoon and we feel' cannot ments justified iu,..;...rB oml fur the time, uwcimus J .7.1, in the these instrumentalities, so essential to must have tea In the garden." wurkJ "Of course" faltered Angela. for.This the public welfare, at the hazard of ... "He asked after you, auntie, said he fact that, as or such an experiment based solely upon i.i..i,oti hv the over 16 per cent such a conjecture. knew you years ago, when you were 1921, 15, September Rate tower firri fre.gnt the of Farmrra Kpeclally my number, in age; he said there was a resemor 374,431 It is evident, however, that existing blance. Bob was frightfully jealous cars of the carriers were in bad order nor. and needing repairs, as against a transportation charges bear in many of him. Isn't he distinguished lookcases a disproportionate reiauonMiip ing, and so calm and reserved with mal of bad order cars 01 1101 iuuc naiooo. as Is further illustrated by the t tn nrk.es t which commodities can the twinkly look In his blue eyes? I deterred and inadequate maintenance be gol(1 tn the larjet and that existing adore him!" Doris suddenly subsidof other equipment and cf roadway - j.lbor ar)(1 otner costs 0f transportation- ed in her !'-.'fix couchangeable way, and looked tnus lluposPd upon industry and agriand structures. Even under those twilight. the Into gathering are a burden greater ' dreamily cuIture ditions and with this large bill charged must Jnan th generally "You mustn't hurt Bob's feelings, i)t.ar. This is especl- y sU(m up against the future which . m...-"advised Angela in a troubled Doris." xoe auu pmu soon be provided lor auy true ot agriculture, to voice "you know how devoted he is." rriers are to ' perforin successfully, managements are feeling sensative "He seems so young and Immature their transportation duties, the result and sympathetic with the distressing! of operations for the first eight months sltuatlon and desire to do everything Governor Delayne. I told him beside of this year, the latest available figures, f0 assist ln reiieving it that is compat-- ; so," siie ended frankly. has been at a rate 01 uei jble with their nury 10 mu" ,'Told Bob?" for in transportation which the public must before providing income, ating "Yes," carelessly, "on the way home. to only terest or dividends, amounting Me-o-m- y, valua-- ; was quite like a bear about 2.U per cent per annum on the ; At Uuj raoraent railroads ln many He 1 so we are no longer engaged!"tion of the carrier properties made oy lng 40 cents an i,our for and !" commission in is cried the older woman sharp-- . Oh labor similar rnmnierce ti,u 1.i,,., ,hn intot,,to 111' ' U H lUULil till1 " ' .'v..... " tl .'C " not scattered amount the recent rate case, an kj alongside the railroads and y then, as if collecting her am at "I M them added she 0Dtained sorry,! by sufficient to pay the Interest ou me quietly, can easjlv be forces, I cents an" hour. The railroads of the dear Bob Is yomig, but that is a fault outstanding bonds. , Onsld- le t ovep Bome day a ( Road Earnlna; Far Below country paid in 1920 a total of ' . TO uiismi. f aunt .3X,UOU,WW Ket.rna over J her kissed ond eran)y Dorlg ,a ncd i , It is manifest, from this showing ,abor aone However desirable it may l)Ut the slim flnBer where P. A.'s flavor and t0 .r5T'"S Before you're a day Bob's 'diamond had proudly gleamed at. . 11 , IS it ui inut uie ouviou! i"iu iur x..." and coolness Young America Sends Vast Relief To Needy Abroad Various relief projects of the Junior American Bed Cross In European countries resulted In helping .237,000 destitute children) during the last fiscal year, according to the annual report of the American Bed Cross for that period. The growth of the activities of the Juniors abroad Is manifested by a comparison which shows this figure Is 200,000 lurger than that of the previous tls I year. The National Children's Fund raised by school children, members of the Junior American Bed Cross, was drawn upon for $ I20.W7 for these projects. Receipts for the National Children's Fund during the Inst fiscal year totalled $155,817. America Succors Russians clothing and medical relief costing $700,000 has been provided by the American Bed Cross for the thousands of Busstan refugees stranded last year la Constantinople and V Fond, liai-ite- IIP Had Qualifications. MaxSmith's speech on prohibition was fine, wasn't It? Pax Y'eg. he can always make subject Interesting. Judge. and Our Good PRINTING BROKE Will SaveXbu m . Justwed You are very economical, Jack, where did you loam Mrs. economy? Money Mr. Justwed Playing poker with your father. 'I'r.lLnnld , : - nmj It, ih, how; you'll take to a pipe and P. A.! i Rea-oaab- V1!& WL iv ui'p nnr f mii ,r,8,, Trt rnl'i4nr i nain a nannm ...v.--.r- fI .i.,.,Kti fe"lv any siaiu'.yij no C 8.r- U,r, P Hff or ary. Dr""! rf:rtu .': cusui est contribu tine cause s tne lauor . . ..1 . a or Today the railroads pay out to on me uu... i ai'proximate ly GO o fnr tmnsnortation ser-I in 1916, 40 cents ou the whereas vices, dollar went to labor. ; On the first day of January, 1017, when the government took charge of wages throughrthe "Adamsoa act, the labor cost of the railroads had not exceeded the sum of about $1,408,000,000 niinually. In 10-- 0, when governmental authority "made the last wage Increase, the labor cost of the railroads was about $:t,t?,S.O,K,000 annually, or if continued throughout the year instead of ma Miirht months during 'Which the wage increases were in effect the labor cost, on un annual basis, would have been largelv in excess of $3,'jm,000,000. An increase, siiKje the government took charge of railroad wages in the Adamson act. of approximately $2,- L 450,000 000 anuually. Itt the light of these figures, it ' V. M rl - St J M nam nriru, : 7Jmi Si r - Linn , irt?nH ... il - fa in n ... siinrr e rnsn u wn,i. older you vant to let the idea slip under your hat that this is the open season to start something with n labor board. These' was sad, and the gray eyes, once cljtlons are expensive, uimuiimMnr : nW7, hnnfis nhont a cortreous American u.r p and unnecessary and closed her eves umm ew of railroad operation the petals the scent broughtm,n the nubile which; against . . lotnltrthe highest altlso nil hack it oi wages schedule navs the bill. This and afterward sudlife her of the tnde and of working conditions prevents face and flung the Hfted'her railroads from dealing equitably with denly she from her. It swayed on Its rose away witn their labor costs In accordance the stalk, a bruised and dying flower. rapidly changing conditions and I "Ah, I was hurt like that once considerations great variety of local and house to the back ran she which ought to con t ml wages in dif- was In her own room. ferent parts of the country. The rail- hid herself The next afternoon Doris made preproads are seeking to have these rules for serving tea ln the arations, conditions abrogated. and working Miss Allen had siveranda. The railroads will seek a reduction a loaf of n relently helped her making la wages now proposed, by first her moththat cake railroad very special pound questing the sanction of the will dainty and making bake to used er prorailroads labor board. The the She gave slices. and butter bread ceed with all possible dispatch, and as the china blanche-whercarte shall board girl labor railroad soon as the was concerned, and the consehave given its assent to the reduction closet of old quence was that many bits of wages the general reduction In ra the first time for the saw light thlna will be put into effect. . -- a joy'us jimmy and some Prince pipe and get your share of the greatest Albert smoke-sport-on-eart- ' ; h! Because, a p'pe packed with Prince Albert satisfies a man as he was never satisfied before and keeps him satisfied! vff fra- and grance its freedom from bite and parch (cut out by our exclusive patented process) are a revelation to the man who never could get acquainted with a pipe! P. A. h?.s made a pipe a tlrjig of joy to four men where one was smoked be- fore! And, you'll say so as soon as you start to cash-ion this n Why rose-bowere- d mm-Prlnc mold in ; Albert U toppy fcact, tidy rmi rf lint, horilsrmt pound mrd half pound tin ISa hnmidari gf .tt pound tryttal wift humidor moitttitmr tponf top. C'1 B mi Crpyrl?Hl2 old R br - the national joy smoks Ref Tobicco To. N. e " 1 us dry r 1 , a C |