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Show THE PAYSONIAN, PAYSON, UTAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1920 MILLIONS Orill In the eastern parts of the Netherlands, near the borders of Germany, all kinds of quaint customs still prevail that do not exist In the big cities of the West, or In the carnival-loving South. Against the time of Palin Sunday the windows of the little bakers shops are suddenly decorated by a collection of odd looking swans, made of a kind of bread dough and ornamented by big, black currant eyes. Of course the shapes are somewhat primitive and make you think of the swan you can form out of the figure 2, but sometimes they are quite glorious and give us the picture of a big mother swan, with two or three little ones on her back, an attitude which gives no end of pleasure to the little possessors of such a They ring again, the bells of earth, Beneath the stars that hailed the birth Of Judahs King, where softly lies Fair Bethleem mirrored in the skies; From out the land of rose and palm, From Galilees immortal calm, Their wondrous music mounts and swells, For seraphs ring the Easter Bells. marvel. Besides the swans you may remark wheels of the same breadlike material, about as big as a good-size- d plate, serv- ing as a solid basis for the Easter palm that is going to be made. On Easter eve, when the little ones have gone to bed, father and mother have a busy time constructing that work of art. First the wheel must be attached to a stick, by which the structure is to be carried. Then, on the wheel that lies horizontally, some six swans are placed upright, each with a twig of fir or palm green on head and tail. Then d chains of raisins, prunes and sugar plums are hung between the swans and draped around the wheel. A big orange is fastened In the middle and the Easter palm is ready. The parents go on tiptoe to place It before the bed where the little sleeper is dreaming of tomorrows joys. The Joyous Morning. Oh, the happy awakening in the bright and early morning, when the palm betrays its presence by mingled perfumes of bread, oranges and fir many-colore- green, even before you open your eyes. Then follow the merry processions In white nightgowns with the gay Easter palms, gladdened by the dear old song that does not cease till time: bed- Palm, palm of Easter Ei koerei. After one more Sunday we shall have an egg. One egg Is no egg. Two eggs is half an egg. Three eggs is a fine Easter egg! Fair Kedrons brook that seeks the sea, Reflects the smiles of Galilee; The lily in her beauty blooms Beside the saintliest of tombs; And He Is Risen! far and near The angels chant for earth to hear, As louder still the cadence swells Of Heavens holy Easter Bells. Oer earth the hymns of many-colore- hear the notes that grandly rise To meet the anthems of the skies, And higher yet the paean swells Till all earth hears the Easter Bells. Union.) 1 (Copyright, 1920, WeBtern,Newpaper Palm Sunday Palm Sunday has been commemorated from an early period on the Sunday preceding Easter, in memory of Jesus last triumphal entry into the Holy City, when the people took branches of palm trees and went forth On to meet him, crying, Hosanna this day palms are blessed by priests and are later burned and laid aside to be sprinkled on the heads of worshipers on the coming Ash Wednesday, after they have been blessed. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy week. makes havoc of many a bosom? And the Eastern gladness makes the pulse! run faster and the heart thump louder. But others love Easter because It gives the best evidence of faith. Who can explain the Resurrection? History has well attested the fact, but the mystery is just as hard for the thinking mind as ever. So the worshiper Is thrown hack upon the record which even Its enemies had to admit and learns to trust the great giver of life for the solution. And somehow we are led to Some feel the joy of such a faith. Isnt It the Truth? call it blind credulity. Call It what woman asks you to be cana When you will, there is something in the did she expects you to be complimensoul that takes comfort in the' fact. tary, just the same. Boston TranExchange. script NOTICE Dean of the Wharton School of Finance on the Need of Good Solvency. Railroad Credit delinquent in the payment of their Light pay them without Languages of Belgium. Belgium has two chief languages: Flemish In East Flanders and West Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg and Brant provinces, or the north and east ; French In the province of Liege, Namur and Halnaut and in Luxenbourg. Belgians claim The French-speakinto descend from the Belgie, being called Walloons. In 1910, of the people of Belgium, 3,220,002 spoke spoke only Flemish, 2,833,334 Flemboth 871,278 spoke French, only ish and French, 31,415 spoke German, 74,983 spoke French and German, spoke Flemish and German? spoke all three languages. between the hours of 2 and fur- Bonds. Bankrupt. Millions of thrifty Americans who have laid aside something for a rainy day are directly or indirectly owners of railroad securities. This ownership represents not only Individual Investment in the railroads, but holdings of railroad securities by life Insurance companies, savings banks, fire and marine Insurance companies, benevolent associations, educational Institutions, trust companies and State and National banks. A large part of the assets of these Institutions depend on the solvency of the railroads. The ownership of railroad securities among these people is divided approximately as follows : over Individuals, numbering 1.000.- 000, own outright about In railroad securities. Over 000,000 are stockholders with an average holding of $13,958. Life insurance companies, with 53.000.- 000 policies In force, own nearly $2,000,000,000 of railway securities. Savings banks, with 10,000,000 depositors, own $847,000,000. Fire and marine Insurance companies, casualty and surety companies own a total of $649,000,000. Benevolent associations, colleges, schools, charitable institu- In an address on "Hie Railroad Puz-le,- " delivered in Philadelphia, January 8, Dr. Emory R. Johnson, dean of the Wharton School of Finance, and one of the nations leading authorities on railroad transportation, declared that after the first of March the, comor bepanies must be come bankrupt Continuing, he said : Can the railroads be successfully financed and operated when they are returned to their owners? For two years the government has drawn npon the public treasury to sustain the credit of carriers. If the carriers avoid failure their Income must cover operating expenses, maintenance and capital charges; if the companies succeed to the extent that Is demanded in public interest, they must not only be able to meet unavoidable expenses, they must have aome surplus revenue. If there Is no income to be used in part for betterments and in part for building up a surplus or reserve fund, the public will not invest in the railroads, their credit cannot be and maintained and corporate ownership and operation of the railways will fail. The income of the carriers Is determined by public regulation, and properly so; but from this it follows that the country must decide between a policy of adequate revenues to the railroad corporations of the future and a policy of government ownership. The government is entitled to credit for having given greater unity to railroad operation, both line and terminal. It has done nauch that thte carriers were prohibited from doing. The public now realize that of the carriers In the joint use of equipment and terminals should be encouraged, instead of prevented. The railroad legislation now pending In Congress must solve many difficult questions, but the most critical one Is that of providing for the future of railroads In accordance with a policy that will cause the carriers to secure revenue sufficient to enable them to perform their services adequately and with progressive efficiency. The railroad business must be mnde attractive to private investments or the. country will have to adopt government ownership and operation of the railroads. There Is no oth&r alternative. Trust companies, State and National banks own $885,000,000. According to statistics compiled for the Association of Life Insurance Presidents In 1918, 27.65 per cent of life Insurance companies assets were Invested in railroad bonds, and during the first half of 1919 the percentage of railroad bonds held by the life insurance companies was 26.25 of the total assets of these companies. Interest of Wage Earners. In addition to this widespread ownership of equities of American railroads by the people of the United States every wage earner who puts money into the savings bank has a direct interest in the soundness of railroad Investment on account of the large part of the savings of men and women wage earners secured by the railroad bonds which are bought by the savings banks. A great many of these institutions are mutual savings banks which have no capital stock, pay no dividends, earn no profits for stockholders, and their entire property belongs to the depositors. Every dollar that the bank earns beyond the actual cost of doing business also belongs to them. The report of the United States Comptroller of the Currency for 1918 shows that 625 of these savings banks operated on the mutual plan had at the 5 end of 1918 total deposits of credited to 9,011,484 depositors, an average deposit of $490.72. These figures covered mutual savings banks in 18 states of the Union. The Comptrollers report gives the amount of railroad bonds held by mutual savings banks In the six New England states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island )ind Connecticut as $406,272,166. The report of the State Superintendent of Banks of New York shows that the railroad bonds held by the mutual savings banks at .the end of 1918 In New York amounted to $361,711,334. reg-ulati- INCREA8ED WAGES TOOK . 97 OF INCREASED RATES. $4,422,-09G.393.1- Ton-Mll- HERE Per Capita. 191 S. 5 p. m. 3IOI Increases In freight and passenger rates made during federal control amounted to $1,835,000,000 when applied to the traffic moved up to July 31, 1919, while the increases In wages applied to the number of employees and the hours or days worked in July, 1919, amounted to $1,774,800,000, or 97 per cent of the revenue from the increased rates, according to a statement compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission at the request of Senator E. D. Smith of South Carolina and presented by him In the senate on December 29. FAR OUTSTRIPS EUROPE capita carried by the railroads wore and in France 447. Since 1013 the increase In ton miles per capita carried by the railroads of the United States was more than the total carried by either.of the two other countries In that year. In comparison with the total of 631 carried by the railroads in Germany and the total of 447 carried by the railroads in France the Increase carried by the railroads in the United States since 1913 was 759 ton miles per capita. The chart below shows the transportation supplied in the United States, Germany and France in 1913 and the increase In railroad service in the United States since 1913. 631 Increase 8lnce 1911. wm tr lilted 5t Jkte 5 H- fcjf g 2 SAFE. National Authority on Railroad Tran. portatlon 8ayt Roads Must Bo or Become ther delay to the City Marshal at his offie $ INVESTMENT MAKE Mutual Savings Banks Owned Entirely by Depositors Hold Largs Amount of Railway The railways of the United States In point of actual railway service lead the world. Americans buy more railway service, and a greater amount of transportation is supplied and used in the United States than In any other country. According to statistic prepared by the Bureau of Railway Economics, the ton miles per capita carried by United States railroads in 1913 were almost five times the ton miles per capita carried by Germany, which was second to the United States In this respecL The ton miles per capita carried by the United States railroads in 1913 were 3,10L In Germany the ton miles per By order of the City Council those who are & SECURITIES. TO OF SERVICE Easter Light. Bills are directed to BE ADJUSTED AMERICANS BIGGEST USERS OF RAILROADS; Users of Electric Lights The dew of the first Easter morning still clings to the sim-- 1 pie story of the Resurrection. It refreshes .our souls today, even as it did the faithful ones wlio came to the Lords grave. The atory also tells us of the sunrise, and the Easter sun has never set, and the light , of it is today making glad the hearts of men. RAILROADS tions, etc., own $350,000,000. Bid every cankered sorrow cease, And Memorys music sweetly stirs The emerald crests of Lebanons nrs; The stars of Easter brightly shine Upon the groves of r Palestine; And where He trod the darkened ways. Soars Easters endless chant of praise. I never could find out what was meant by the joyous El koerei. It WHOLE WORLD LOVES EASTER might be a corruption of some old Greek psalm or song, but I must leave the explanation to classical scholars. Joyous Season of Springtime When All Nature Rejoices in the Impulse All I know is that we used to sing of New Life. our palm song until we went to bed quite hoarse with the singing and rathThe world loves Easter because there er the worse for the different bites of swan we had enjoyed in the course is much of gladness in it. Its lifes of the day. That glorious prediction joyous springtime. All animate nature of the good Easter egg is largely ful- is stirred with the mysterious workings of lifes impulses. Birds, bees, filled, you may be sure. The soft-eyedowny Easter hare beasts and man alike respond to that does not lay its eggs for us, as it does strange something that attracts lifes for our little German neighbors. Our opposites. In spite of himself the old eggs are laid by ordinary hens, but bachelor grows tender, and the maiden lady cant resist just one little kink they are wonderful just the same. Grandmothers, aunts and sisters In her hair or an extra little touch to her dress. Younger lives run riot. d amuse themselves by knitting little nets to hold the Easter Love, experienced but unrecognized, treasures and, on Saturday, mother hangs up a big kettle of some mysterious stuff to dye the eggs with. Some are colored green with spinach leaves, others red with beet juice. The more elegant ones are painted by some artist friend and provided with names and dates, flowers and even pictures. d nets are filled with The ,eggs and oranges and kept in store to be given out on Easter morning. Battle of Eggs Begins. You really would suppose it a pity to break these carefully prepared many-colore- love and peace R. R. RATES MUST Wage Earners Directly and In directly Affected by Roads, DIVISION The lilies in their robes of snow Within the chancels bloom and glow, The roses lift their heads to see Once more the ,spot on Calvary. And rose the Lord, deaths fetters riven, To wear again the crown of Heaven; While oer the country, far and wide, Earth hailed its first glad Eastertide. M. S. Pay Your Light Bill at Once, if Past Due, or Your Lights Will Be Cut Out. . TYT 52,-54- ? I ' FrA-n- e The hMraaaa atone aInca 1918 In ten miles par capita (freight tons carried one mile for every ene f the population) an American railways waa more than the total of any of the next leading countries for 1913, the last year for whleh comparative data la available. l L ' |