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Show GH1LDREI1 GRI FOrtlOiT Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Age Molhar! flatrhar'a Caatorui hag barn In uao for ovr to yaara ta rallara bablaa and childrm of Con-tlpatlon. Con-tlpatlon. Platulancy. Wind Call i aad Diamhaa; allaying favarlah-haaa favarlah-haaa arlalng tharafrora.' and. bjr ragulatlng tha atomaeb and Bowala, aida tha maalmllatloa of Food; giving giv-ing natural ,alap without oplataa. Tha gannlna baara alfnaiuro of Railroad Earnings ' Are Jct Guaranteed A comnwn impression exists -that railroad earainrj are in somi way guaranteed by the Government This Is not a fact. The railroads were paid for the Federal Control ' : period a fixed cental and were jiven an option for 'J continuance of this basis for six months thereafter. '. This arrangement expired August ' 31, 1920, tunc. ' which tutM BOdiun rren reamWiny a -r-uwrantea hat . . baj-sn in enf oct. v Under the ConstituHori a railroad has always" been i entitled to earn a fair return upon its property de- - voted-to the public -use, the percentage which con-'i stituted such fair return being a question for deter- minatiori by the courts. s . - The transportation act says: ' " . -In tha exercise of ita power to preecribe Juat and raa- 1 aonabla ratea, tha Commlaalon ahall . . . edjuet aaeh ' ratra ad that rarrlera . . . will, under honest, efficient and economical management , . earn aa aggregate " annual not railway operating Income equal, aa nearly aa may ba. to a fair return upon tha aggregate value- of tha eommoa carrier property, giving "doe conal deration . , . to tha transportation needs of tho country and the aeeeeelt-y ? Blm1"n ""h facllitlea.in aroar to arovlao tha ' paopla of tba United Statee' with adaguato tranaaortatian.a 1 ' For two. years ending March 1, 1922, such fair return was fixed, at 6 per cent. Since then it has t been reduced by the Commission to 5.75 per cent ; In no year, however, have the railroads secured ' the fair return contemplated by the Act, as the fol- .. lowing wilh Show: ' - i . t Tear P err en tag e Actually Earned ; v '' , ss 'l21 g.,4 . - It is antirely clear, tlaerafora, that tha law in no ' caM fwanteoa tha eaminjrg of tha railroada.- If ft . did, the Government would owe the railroads more ttiari a billion dollars for deficits in 1920, 1921 and 1922. ..-', " Since January 1, 1923, the earnings of the railroads rail-roads as a whole have been better than for the same period in any fjf the three preceding years, but the rate of return is still lower than the Interstate Com- ' merce Commission has prescribed as reasonable. " The Transportation Act has not been the cause of i . Increases in railroad rates. One of the authors of the ; Act has said: , "Ratea have advanced almply because tha coat of mtlnta- ' naaca and oparatloa haa mora than doubled etneo pre-war -days, whila railroad ratea, taken aa a whole, are now about as per cent higher 'than they wara bafora tha government took over tha railroada at aba beginning of tha year mi. , Tlje price) of transportation can only be reduced as ; the coat of transportation is reduced and the rail- ,' road's cost of living has increased In like proportion to that of the individual. Every effort, however, Is being made to reduce it. , Constructive suggestions are always welcome. . . C K CRAY. , Omaha. Nebraaka. PraaldasL - August l. it:. ............. .. t -- Co.r tl S Just HVv 'izZ, ,Say 'Br Blue-jay e I TTie limplcat way tornd acora I ia Blue-jav. Stopi tha pain in-I in-I atanlly. Thea th eora looaena I and cornea oat. Wade in clear liquid and ia thin plasters. Tha gcuon it tbc aame. . k At four dresgU - - |