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Show THE TIMES-NEW- S, NEPtll, U'AEL RED GROSS HEALS WOUNDSJF WAR Men 25,000 Disabled Four After ip Hospitals Years of Peace. ce CHAPTERS' FIELD OF SERVICE Every Veteran Needing Help Gets Individual Attention of Sym- pathetic Workers. Tfhen on November 11 the world to observe the fourth anniversary of Armistice Day, and the American Red Cross inaugurates Its Annual Roll Call for the enrollment of the 1923 membership, the people of the United States may well pause to think ef the unparalleled contribution to the cause of peace made by our Army and Navy la the World War. The glory of It la fe common tradition; but the wounds of war remain. They are not healed in a day, in a year, nor in four years. And on Armistice Day there will he under treatment In Government men, hospitals over 25,000 broken physically by wounds, sure, nervous strain and exhaustion Incident to their service In the war. The Government without stint is undertaking to furnish these disabled men with the compensation and medical care to which they are entitled, yet their especial care Is a duty of the Red Cross. Why? Because the Government cannot handle the cases of men Individually; It must handle these men In bulk under a standardized policy. The Government has neither the authority, the funds r the equipment for working out the problem of the Individual man. There Is where the American Red Cross Inds Its greatest field for service, ald-In- r through Its very active Chapters 1st reaching the disabled man with Immediate practical help, assisting his family while his claim is emerging from the process of adjustment, furnishing articles of comfort, funds to tide over the difficult periods, the friendly touch af personal encouragement, helpful " g amuse recreation and ment. - It Is the warm hand of sympathy and understanding which the American Red Cross extends to the majority of these disabled men, some of them friendless In the .whirl of life, thousanda of them with wives and children dependent upon them, and hundreda of them frequent ly helpless In the face of grim ne cessity. 2,979 Chapters Aiding Veterans In this work, upon whose accomplishment the American Red Cross Is enrollment in urging a the Roll Call which opens on Armistice Day and closes with Thsnksglv-In- g Dsy, 2.679 Chspters in all parts of the country are engaged. This Is 350 'mere thsa were working for "men last year 'when approximately $10,000,000 was expended by the National Organization and the Chaptera working together In harmonious unity. " For the current fiscal year National 13,030,-92.9'Headquarters appropriated an Increase of (365,560.84 over the amount spent for the work amoag men In the year ended June SO last Since It la estimated that the Chapters will expend close to $7,000,- 000 from their own funds, the grsnd total of Red Cross expenditures for this single work Is expected sgsin te Teach the 110,000,000 mark by June 90, halts . worry-dispellin- record-breakin- g 0, 1923. Heealtal and District Office Work Dating the fiscal year a total of over 100 persona, paid and volunteer, has been engaged la Red Cross duty In hospitals or district offices of the 0. S. Yeterane' Bureau. An average of 8.000 new caaes requires definite and particular attention each month. The dearticles for mand for Chapter-mad- e hospital patients Is constsnt During laat year Service Clalma and Information Service at National Headquarters handled 87,200 compensation end Insurance claims, 24,560 allotment and allowance cases, and 9.700 miscellaneous claims. ' Slace February, 1919. It has disposed of 64,174 allotment 'checks payable te veterans which the Pst Office Department reported und- elivered. ' The Chapter Is Cress organization te every disabled ily. Between Jaly "1923, the Chapters the unit of the Red which Is accessible veteran or hla fam1, 1921, and June no, had reported 1.60.V 979 tastsaces ef service te asea sad their dependents, at a cost 'estimated from reports now at hand ef 'sere thaa 93340.000. work The basis of this f the Red Crees la the Individual need ef the disabled veteran te the that he msy obtain hla rights under the law, that his especial wants may be immediately supplied, that his ewa and hla family's situation may be isaidsred happy and abaerful, sad that outlook for the future may ' their visualise Incentives for Independent g n aal fraltful effort reed Christmas Jey Abroad Mora thaa 100,000 Chrlstmss boxes ' for the ahlldren ef Central Europe were packed by the Junior Red Cross laat year. The spresd of Christmas tares th these boxes will be lsrgely ' Joy Uereesed this year because of the Um already under way. ' He Your Pesee-Tlm- "ilt" e "all yen can," but your "bit," U aaakes for strength of the Amen ' eaa Red Cress In peace-timservice sjtraagth la nuumbers multifile wn s Jala today. ' lesfroyei By Central Padfc Seiaraftwi Western Pacific Competition Retained But 1 Paso Route Domination Removed The Central Pacific will not be another Colorado Midland. The road will not be dismantled, nor will it lose anything except its Southern Pacific parent whose chief interests are admittedly pledged in favor of another line (via El Paso) that does not come within 800 miles of Salt Lake City or Ogden. The Central Pacific will pain independence, and later, if grouped with the Union Pacific, it will receive the support of a strong, aggressive line, definitely committed to the building of a bigger and better Intermountain Empire. The Union Pacific believes in competition. Were it the only line in Utah, it would have to make reasonable rates to move the products of Utah to market in competition with the products of other sections. If market competition were not sufficient, the Interstate Commerce Commission with its vast powers, would protect against unreasonable and discriminatory rates. Be it remembered that the Western Pacific, a standard railroad, parallels the Central Pacific the entire distance through Utah, Nevada and California, and this insures to the shippers and citizens along the way the benefits of active competition. No matter who gets the Central Pacific, this Western Pacific competition will continue. The Union Pacific assists the electric lines which parallel it in Utah. Long ago it voluntarily established joint rates and divisions with these'electric lines, and has furnished them practically all their freight car equipment under the usual interchange arrangement with steam lines. The Union Pacific will not close the Ogden Gateway. President C. R. Gray of the Union Pacific System officially stated that should the Union Pacific acquire the Central Pacific the present situation will be maintained. Pacific lines will The Union Pacific-Centrneed the assistance of all lines into Ogden in both directions to meet competition of the Southern Pacific's El Paso Route and the Santa Fe's line through Albuquerque. al From 1901 to 1912, the Union Pacific controlled the. Central Pacific, and practically all the substantial improvements made on the Central Pacific during the present century were made within those eleven years. Not until 909 was the Western Pacific through line established, so that most of these improvements were made without the added spur of Western Pacific competition. Should the Union Pacific again acquire the Central Pacific, it would maintain the same forward-lookin- g policy, and, unlike the Southern Pacific, would not be interested in the support of another route or the movement of traffic via another line. 1 The Union pacific supports the Utah steel industry, is building a railroad 35 miles long to bring the iron ore to the main line, thence to Springville, and will join in reasonable rates on the manufactured product out of Springville. The salvation of the Intermountain country depends on supplying manufactured and other products to the Pacific Coast. If such products are purchased in the east for Pacific Coast delivery, they will continue to move via the Panama Canal, thus depriving the Intermountain Country of this trade and the railroads of the haul. The Union Pacific System having such large interests in the State of Utah would be prompted by if nothing more, in continuing the development of Utah and the Intermountain country. Its employees in Utah, with their dependents, number about 20,000. Its annual payroll is $7,500,000. What reason could impel it to reverse its policy of protecting and developing the territory which furnishes its traffic? self-intere- st, As against the glittering promises of the road which seeks to retain what the Supreme Court of the United States has decreed it must give up, there stands the Union Pacific's noteworthy achievements for the public good. What the Union Pacific has done it will continue to do assist the communities along its lines to grow and pros-pe- r. It is a matter of record that no line has ever come under the control of the Union Pacific which has not been improved in facilities and service to the public. We shall furnish additional information from time to time Umion Pacific System SALT LAKE CITY e r - - - "- |