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Show LEHI FREE PRESS. LEW, UTAH T3gr beet and grain states of the j Schaf er'a Washington work has been done in their offices. Just how potent this Schaf er brew will be remains to be determined. " est ir. SEEN- -' HEARD around the National Capital SS SB; JL Checking Up Fare FIELDmSSS CARTER Up-to-Da- te Some curious results are expected to flow from the Washington. A phtse of the econanalysis of actual transomy program of Budget Director Lew-I-s portation ticket sales now being conDouglas which seems slated for the ducted jointly by the office of BailroaJ discard, since so many senators and "Czar Eastman and NRA. This is members of the house have gone back part of an investigation to determine the comparative volume of borne. Is that of forcing the retirement passenger travel by railroad busses, boats and of all government employees who have been on the pay roll for thirty years. airplanes. Returns are now coming In from a Tie protests against this plan began ' questionnaire sent to the railroads and pouring info Washington some time back. At first they only came from work will soon start on replies from people who were then over the thirty-yea- r ine air and water lines. The broad purpose of the period or rapidly approaching it. Government employees who still had a tlon Is to determine what could be aone to increase the total volume of few years to go before attaining thirty years' service assumed that the rul-lEpassenger traffic by common carriers-regard- less would be changed before it ever of which gets the business. Also to Improve service and ad a cbauce to hit them. at the same time Increase the But tliue ha passed and the profit or cut ruling vhas not been changed. Beginning the loss from passenger operations. about a month before adjournment, the Any knowledge of where passengers protest mail en . this, point began to come from and where they go is now reach such' a flood tide ' that it effectively In the gross figappeared to be organized. Employees ures on operations by the transportanot only in tion companies. Some of the records Washington, but in virtually every postvofflce, custom house, of Individual ticket sales hav re internal revenue bureau and what-no- t vealed surprising blind spots in pa in the country clamored to their sentronage oetween points where excel ators md members; of the house for lent service has been maintained. For example, a check of ticket sales mandatory action by congress to force Douglas to desist It is quite likely out or Cleveland by a nationwide bus mat u mere had not been such a system disclosed not a single passen hectic rush to adjourn, something of ger traveling to New England by bus. the kind would have materialized. Again, a railroad in Maine did not sell a single ticket last summer to the Chi But adjournment was reached without action and then the senators and cago fair, although this railroad spent representatives for the most part went cuubiuerame money advertising the attractions of the fair to people of. the home. In short, they got back where employees fearing the retirement act Pine Tree state. One of the southern railroads did not sell one ticket to could get at them. And they heard any point west of Chlcaeo. although plenty. that railroad spent a ereat deal of The employees attacked the plan of money course because they are seeking to influence people liv Inpersonally terested In changing it But they also ing aiong its lines to take trips to Yellowstone and Yosemite. make an attack on two other grounds. It is believed by IOO officials that Many of them In the customs offices and internal revenue bureaus, et tne money now being spent for advercetera, entered the service when they tising by railroads and possibly by airwere very young thousands of them planes, boats and busses might result in a great deal more cash entering the as young as eighteen or nineteen. Under the Douglas plan they would be treasuries of these companies if the retired when only forty-eigto fifty advertising were more intelligently years old. They point out that many aone. of them have fixed obligations. Some are buying houses. Some are paying May Cause Hardship high insurance premiums. Very many Failure of the senate to heed the are supporting families. The cut in pleas of Senator Robert J, Bulkley of salaries rwas not so bad. The 15 per Ohio in the closing hours for passage cent bothered them,' but did not cripof his amendments to the federal reple them. But a reduction to a pension serve act, was the biggest disappointbasis, coming on the heels of what to ment of the whole session of congress them has been a tough time due to the so far as the treasury, comptroller of cut, and coming just as the cu is bethe currency and banking fraternity ing partially restored, would leave are concerned. The administration ofthem high and dry. ficials had very ardently urged the , j of these amendments but they adopting No Real Efficiency were caught In a Jam. A peculiar phase of the situation is These old employees point out that there Isno real efficiency In the plan, that no one was really opposed to them. Some casual references were although the government saes the difference between the retiring salaries made to their being written in Wall Street, and that sort of thing, but a and the salaries of clerks Just entering the service. This is more than off- canvass of the senators afterwards disclosed that this was just idle chatter ... Ua vviiti set,, thfiv. fifiT Ktt iug iiiutu ieaier ci-tuj flclency, due to long experience, of the and that no one really meant it Senolder employees. They make their ator Bulkley is confident that they will chief drive with respect to clerks who be adopted in January, but in the meantime, according to the comptrolwould be retired around fifty to fifty-fivler's office, considerable hardship may No serious argument Is made he caused, and quite unnecessarily, by against retiring employees whose effitheir failure. ciency has been lessened by advancing For example, one of the amend; ,.,'-.!,.years. j ments, changing the banking act of The government makes the small net 1933, was to permit orderly liaulda- of the difference saving between the two classes of salaries. It does not tion of the assets and securities of have to pay the pensions. These come securities companies affiliated with banks, which are members of the fedout of the retirement fund. eral reserve system, when such comAnd right here lies one of the real are placed In formal liquidation grievances of all federal employees panies and are transacting no other business. against the measure whether they be Its purpose was to prevent such com in danger of early retirement or not. panies dumping their assets on the The point is that this plan by wholesale retirement of large numbers of market" In a rush to dissolve before the date fixed in the law. Such dumping employees would cut heavily into this retirement fund. The employees charge would not only result in sharo saeri fices on the part of the stockholders that In two or three vears It wonld of the companies because the effect of "this back-louse g entirely built up the tip dumping would force down the by deducting from each pay check of pnce oeiow what it should be, but In federal employees over long years duraddition the effect on the whole maring which they have looked forward to ket would be bad. ' ' : retirement invsti. g the Ideas for Decorating Rough Wall In the summertime persons who delight in having living quarters totally different from those occupied during the sinter, often prefer to have their cottages nnnlastered And there are other families who find the cost of the nlain board walla so much less than plastered, that for economical reasons the walls are left in this unfinished state. But in neither instance does it mean that the walls are left bare. It simply signifies that the treatment is In accord' with the scheme of the Interior finish. The spaces between beams offer excellent for wall opportunities hangings of a crude type. There are fascinating Mexican fiber and grass pieces of charming crudeness, yet with genuine artistic feeling which are well suited to some homes of the kind described. Also there are hangings of homespun linen, heavy, and coarse, on which designs are done In coarse cotton, and braid and tape are also introduced for latticed flower, pots, baskets, eta, : from which the broadly worked stalks, foliage, and flowers are growing or standing out gaily, Burlap In natural color could be! usetf for the foundation, should the home decorator decide to make such a wall hanging. Play bllis, and travel posters are often sufficiently artistic to be attractive decoration for implastered beamed walls. These travel posters may be from a collection made during trips abroad or across the country, or they may be from some tourists' agency. For seashore cottages, posters of huge ocean liners plowing their way through the waves are appropriate and, with the bright colors In which they are portrayed, they make brilliant spots of color on dull wood walls. Persons who have a fondness for the theater can sometimes get hold of theatrical posters, or play bills, as they are termed. Some of these are ; . ht , i fii. BeU your best V Dr. W. E. Fitch Explains why Natural Mineral Water Often Helpful In Chronic Ailments Mrs. H. Williams, 16 Princeton New Jersey, writes: T n i ff ef.A vrw Ktttf ttrirll rriMtma tism but after taking Crazy Water Crystals I am a different person. They are wonderful I would not be without them, they did me so mucn good. Why is it that a fine natural mineral water, made at home from Crary Water Crystals has benefited so from "rheu-M thousands suffering many . , M I mauc pains ana oincr caromc au Street Clifton, WSU Serrle.( Inventions to Forward Period vof Prosperity ; Dr. W. E. Fitch, noted medical authority on mineral water, in a recent radio talk over the National Broadcasting System stated : "For many years, it has been a mystery even to the medical world just how natural mineral waters produced the amazing results that have made them so popular. Scientific and med: ' ial 1C3 U1C anuI mCclCUlt III .lM J last few years, however, are penetrating these secrets of Nature, so that now medical men have a new understanding of the reasons for the power of natural mineral water to relieve suffering. One of these reasons is what is known as secondary mineralization, by which is meant that not only the predominating chemical constituents of a mineral water are of aid but also what are known as the secondary minerals those present in infinitesimal quantities. The very fact of their being present in this way causes them to have a much more powerful systemic effect than if they were there in larger quantities. Let me recommend wholeheartedly to sufferers from chronic diseases the use of a suitable natural mineral water as a powerful adjuvant' - ; tl ? . r J ii i f in. s .A'duJ a William Edward Fitch, M. 7 gate Crazy Water Crystals Hnmed- iAsk any of the millions who ately. i .i mvc use ai mem. Crazv Water f!rvstal are Just min erals crystallized from a great natural minora! u?at. flrtuiniy af Ifirvral Wells, Texas, and ThorndaleTexas.i a type of mineral water that has built one of the world's greatest health resort. Nntiiinp is aAAeA trt til min erals, and by dissolving them in plain water you make a tine mineral water at home at a cost of only a few cents a gallon. ) r- - ; A standard sized package, sufficient for three weeks mineral water treatment in vour " own home rnttn only $1.50. Get one today. Crazy water Mineral wells, Texas. -- .'it . ,.- . u, umter are for sale in many drug stores, la the larger cities there are exclusive Crazy Water Crystal stores. See your telephone book. If you are suffering from "rheumatic" pains, we suggest you investi- - ' n MfimAW m JMJ:-''- : e. , The original retirement plan was very carefully figured on life insurance statistics. The amount to be taken fromf each employee was calculated roughly on the idea of employees being retired when well up in the sixties. Also the probable length of life during which the pensions would be drawn. The Douglas plan knocks all this galley- -west ' Campaign "Punch" '" v Sugar and whisky are the prime Ingredients5 for' a good punch. They have been used lavishly in the punch me KepuDiican candidates Intend to force upon tnelr Democratic opponents in the Middle and Far West during the coming fall elections, f y Some pf tjhjs, campaign brew explcxf ed while Wing bottled in the closing days of the Seventy-thir- d congress. There would have been more 'sods, $n the floor had it not been for the strict limitations on debate imposed in the house during the last days. The bottllne of this nunch ha Hppti In the hands W former Republican Representative' John C. Schaff er' of Wisconsin, who was defeated for reelection in the 19?2 Democratic landslide, but who wflKrun ifor" congress this fall either for the senate against I Folletteor as representative from his Milwaukee district All summer the former cnncrosamnn has been arduously working wltti business and corporation directories tying certain, officials in the present administration 'tip with Cuban' sugar companies and domestic distilleries through Interlocking directorates and direct connections. . .. T .! ' 1 .1 .1..' r vuiueu wun me Wisconsin poiUdtn i rt incumbent representatives from BmwiwBim Would Hit Stockholders For example, such a security company affiliated with a member bank and anxious to close out on the day fixed by the 1933 law, might own a very large block of some widely held stock. This whole block being dumped on the market at once would force the price down. ,.The; stockholders of the security company; would take an unnecessary loss. But in addition, every owner of that stock would see his assets dwindle. ! If he had Jthe stock up as ; collateral at the bank, his loan might be called. And all just because of a drastic provision of law which everybody concerned, from the comptroller of the currency down, wanted to f I ) change I f Another i lot khe&h f 0 amendments cleared up a provision of the 1933 set which has been Interpreted as prebanks from dealventing ing In United States government bonds -- Hstate and municipal bonds as welL The law was aimed at preventing banks, from having ysecirity affiliates. 3?6)oi)e ihti$dd jto prevent these banks from buying or selling govern- i. i ;v meni voous. y Vera amendother Sj' (dozen jThf re,' ments, ali more or' less important to limited groups, and none of e character really controversial Yet they all went by the board in the last rush. One? 'little, one, fajlurt of which is very annoying locally fn ya number of Instances, Involved small bond Issues, as for Instance, of .dubs. i Existing law would permit only a hundred-thousanddollar limit on purchases of total Issues by one corporation. The Bulkley amendment would have raised this lb " it to a: iilllipD i dollars. ' j Ooprrlsht WNC ftwvte a. a f . -, j ' ferM ft rW'' r h Wife jg P 'M'fmuun. .... ifi' bewiidiess t'lU whom : , : The immediate snd enthusiastic AMntnnA nt tt'lw. .... v uuv JLlTT AUCBbUUO 440-2- 1 - ES'ffGl' REDUCED PmcEs tT Century Progress Tire started a tremendous wave of buying that is keeping the Firestone factories running twenty-- f our hours a day to meet this huge demand. We knew that oar owners would replace their dangerous tires if they could get what they wanted in a tire at the they wanted to pay. We found the answer through ten million visitorsprice to the Firestone Factory at the World's Fair last year. We asked them "What do you value most in a tire?" and their answer was "Give us Blowout d Protection Safety, and Long Wear, at a moderate price.' P.rive . . . t?,tlie Firestone Service Dealer or Service Store today I C'X OTiPi3W,caS"rMl iese new Firestone Century Progress Tires, with the massive flat tread, deep-cunon-skibroad husky shoulders, and cords. Tire prices probably never again will be as low as they are today. At these unusually low prices for first grade tires, we make it easy for you to buy not only one tire, but a complete set. And Remember with every tire yon are protected by the new Firestone Tripfe Guarantee " thin-wor- 1 Non-Ski- t i oii i6.65. 7f 7M $5.75 M.... V.'ll 6.70 7.20 8.00 3.80 8.75 9.05 d, tsoii MM SiS-1- 8 "1 . . .. . 6.10 6J0 1.4 '11:7 NiJO 115 mmi... IMS wo-w- n.ao 7l.tV. on 14.41 7Sfraamo,83 las 17.10 TM $m .96 3.84 L01 1.08 4M 432 U4 4.56 17 1.40 S.08 5.60 5.60 5.60 0 1.40 1,83 2.02 2.73 7J2 8.08 10.92 d for Unequaled Performance Records for Life Against All Defects for iz months Against All Road Hazards' , . ZD n, 4 Guru-Dippe- i KMhluL-- ('it ? I ' ' ' 1 ? THE OUTSTANDING VALUE IU THE FIELD LOW-PRICE- ' J Swarthout aady orer iV. It. C-- D Foir those ear owners wHo itteed new tlr eafety at a Tery low price tie Flreslone Conriestire jbas no eqo.I st tiuo exfremelr law prices. J - lpe "ii T COURIER TYPE PBICE" I 4.40-2- W iiJiiimi.iiiii.iiii inn ii Every Monday Night EAF Network hi , in it ,t i - , SIZE I "'V , Monlhi In Commercial Service) WorW, Fair ! . The stage Is set for .the noblest prosperity in , all history, says writer ;in an eastern magazine, Thousands of Inventions await us. A oueer new tube is ready, to aisnlaee tens of millions of dollars' worth of electrical equipment? and ctft In half the cost i of transmitting power. Sugar added to cement more than double Us strenzth : thus ' tomor row's buildings will rise more cheaply 'and better. Strange alloys are on hand for re ducing the weljrht of trains, autos and airplanes. Automotive engineers fay that, Jf the producers wished, they could double the' lives of their cars at a slight Increase of cost The list of precious Improvements on 'hand but still .unused Is almost endless and Infuriating.) The reason they, are not available now Is. that nobody can be sure that people stand toady to1 foot the bill, The art of making things has been perfected, chiefly through advances In physics and chemistry1. Its techniques 'are those of the engineer. But .the art of analyzing people's wishes and then Influencing them to use things is stll on the level of .... "j, SACS ADVICE Whatever you da let it represent I "RHEUMATIC" PAINS ' Syndicate Its evangelist g HRS. WILLIAMS GAINS RELIEF FROM artistic, some are merely striking, but all give a flavor of the stage to the simple shack. , Shelves fitted in between the upright beams of an unfinished wall supply places tor boots and ornaments. If these latter art well chosen to suit the cottage idea they give a cozy look, while books always are Inviting and welcoming. Old china and pottery have a peculiar charm for these interiors, which should be kent slmnla hnt which should also be livened up by the wall 6chemjs. camp-meetin- exponents employ the sawdust trail, ballyhoo and Incantations. i. ji.i.hu ,i ' u.. pi. ' 1 4.50-2- 1 4.75-1- 9 ini w.ig fjttfj 30t32 64-4- 5 i 4.90 $.xo a.sS ...... Othmr Simrt ?'ii' jTm 1 rt f I |