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Show THE MORNINO EXAMINER, 4 THE EXAMINER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. Om of ths litmilDi of the Harrlman hearing brfure the Interstate commerce commission the dUcusslon between counsel for Harrlman and counsel for the gover-meto the advisability of passing law providing federal super-viiiuover the lasnnace of railroad securities. The matter wa debated by two distinguished lawyers, Judge R. 8. Lovett, representing Harrlman, and Prank B. Kellogg of 8t Paul, special counsel for the commission In the proceeding directed sgaioM the Harrltoan consolidation. Mr. Kellogg had this to say on the subject: 1 do not haliers that an unreasonable restriction should be placed on the issuance of railway stocks and bonds. 1 do not think, however, that It Is in the Interests of the railways and of the public that railways should be prohibited from becoming great financial investment Institutions dealing In stocks and bonds. Tbetr credit, which stood high, should be used in the expansion of their Hass and In the transportation of trafllc. They should be aliened reasonable, generous profits. I should deplu-f- i the enactment of any legislation that would hamper the railroads in their operations. It is my opinion, however, that the time hss come when congress sheuld reasonably limit the inflation of railroad securities, sueh as was done In Harrlman'a recapitalisation of th Chicago and Alton Railroad company." Jadgs Lovett said that In the percent stats of public opinion it might be popular for congress to pass a law regulating the issuance of railroad securities. Ha doubted the advisability of such a step, and questioned Its conI do not believe that stitutionality. congress has any such power," he satd. Tt would Involve a change In the structure of the government. It would be an Interference with the fundamental right "to purchase property." Paul D. Cravath, one of the best known corporation lawyers in the United States, oounsel for Harrimsn and serving In a like capacity for Kuhn, Loch and company, did not discuss the subject, but expressed him-ae- lf somewhat as did Mr. Kello. . That the Interstate commerce commission has under consideration the advisability of discussing la its nest annual repent the matter of the capitalisation, or overcapitalisation, is well known In Washington. Members of the body showed very plainly during the prograes of the Harrlman hearing that this thought was running In their minds. It Is known that during the concioelng days of the Flfty-plalgress Mr. Roosevelt had a number of conferee see with senators and representatives oa the aubjeet of Mated or . watered railroad ntoek, and that be will touch upon It In his first massage to the next congress Is generally be-development nt u copB b Herat A Washington correspondent uys: It la desirable to take a sort of Inventory of the railroads, made, not by themselves, but by the government Whether this will be done now largely depends upon the attitude which those in authority over the roads assume. If they are agreeable the government Intends to shortly Inaugurate aa examination of the most thorough naJ searching character bite the condition and affairs of the Interstate railroads. It la contemplated that this shall be done, not by the usual agenta of the government or the Interstate commerce commission, but by a corps of experts, carefully srlerted for this special purpose, whose obvious disinterestedness, and whose high 'reputation will vouch for the thoroughness and Impartiality of their work.' A number of the lending auditing firms have been communicated with, a your correspondent Is informed, sad It Is contemplated that several hnndmd expert auditors will be engaged tor a period of a year or more on this task. What will the railroads think of this? As a matter of feet, wbat oan they do bat accept the situation with M. good fries ns possible? Mr. Roone-- , velt holds all the cards. Let s railroad throw open its books to the government experts nj the people will at once say: "That road IS all right; it has nothing to conceal." But let It howl end squirm and refuse, end then what will the public say except "this road is rotten or It would not fear examination." The effect upon the securities will Immediately be perceptible, and It needs no wiseacre to joint out what that effect will be. Therefore, it is difficult to see how the railroads can afford not to throw open their books. This proposition can not fail to comd mend itself to ell persons, and If the railroad magnates are half as scared ns they ray they are, the quicker the examination Is mnde right-minde- No Change Necessary Dr. Price's Delicious Flavoring Extracts have always been honestly labeled; no change was necessary since the enactment of the National Pure Food Law, either as to label or their manufacture. They have had for nearly half a century the patronage of the intelligent housewives of this country. flavoring Extracts vann IS; iks bettor lor them sad their roe da. "I doubt it very much," said n distin- PUBLIC MUST AID, NARRIMAN SAYS guished senator. "If, on examination, it will be found that the railroads in general are overcapitalised to any considerable extent, when all the points relating te their value are considered. I doubt If th dividend. If averaged up, have been excessive in more than n few instances." If the examination proceeds to the end the result will be the moat important and event since the civil war. It will be a government audit of the railroads, and the declaration by the government that n road has not been will give Its securities n standing never before possessed. It would stamp them with government approval and be Almost sa unwritten guarantee of their value. No railroad could, afford to be without such n certificate of character. (Continued from Page Throe) d ROOSEVELTS SUCCESSOR. There are seme nideligats to the campaign now ou against Theoitore Roosevelt that hare not lieun made public. Wm. W. Smith, in his political Utter from Washington says that after the Harritr-w- t Roosevelt letters had been made publie, the President railed n number of the newspaper men to the While House and discussed with tlie greatest freedom the combination which was organized to defeat him for the presidential nomination in 19u4. At that time the "Interests" would have rallied aroflnd the late Senator Hanna. His death left them without an available candidate and the renegades returned to the rescrvatiHa and promised te "be good." This wade people git up and take notice sud the next day the President went at It again. This time be gave out the information that n cabal was now being formed to tfot out favorite sons, the delegations te be owung in line at the proper time for an autl Roosevelt candidate. The President has thus squarely outlined tbs issue between himself and his policies on one .aide, and trusts and corporate Interests on the other. "I think 1 will have the pnople with me," he raid, and certainly be hae grounds for ths belief. No man In the history of the country ever had ths pqopls go solidly at his back ns has been proven by the widespread and almost universal endorsement of his policies. The danger lies in hla announced determination Jo retire from the field end leave his mantle to hie suoceamr, whom be frankly desires to select. No one but Secretary Taft appears to fill the bill gad not VI the specification fit the genial secretary of war, Mr, Taft is n groat man; of bis capacity for work, of his ability, his fairness, astuteness. Incorruptibility and hla general fitness for the highest office, no one can speak too highly. But Mr Taft lacks one quality predominant in Mr. Roosevelt, namely, Hie bent of mind is aggressiveness. not la that direction and yet It In that quality in Roosevelt which appeals most strongly to the American people. They realise that with the handicaps be has bad It hae been n tremendous task to accomplish what ho has gnd that the results have been due utmost entirely to bis restless, relentless activities. He has Infused the officials of his administration from top to bottom with a resist leas desire to prosecute offenders against the existing lswe and to design other laws and write them In tbo statute books to further restrain the encroachments of and predatory wealth. ggrognted Now, with his task only fairly wall begun, bo sincerely wishes to rer and linquish the reins to n AH Inrest. n to retire dications point, however, to such an Insistent demand on the part of the people that Mr. Roosevrlt shall continue at the head- of affairs, tfiat the shrewdest observers believe he 'will be forced to take the nomination. No man can resist the call which they believe will be mnde on him In 19i8. A nomination tendered ns n sort of compliment, or one In which there was a contest, might be declined. Hut not, they say, one spontaneously offered by n devoted constituency. This sentiment Is becoming more and more pronounced. Senator Rurketr of Nebraska. ssys the sentiment in h! state is pronouncedly Rnns.vt lii.;n Senator Gamble, of Sontl: Dukots. says his state will boar of no one eh. Marlon C. Butler, of North Carolina, once the great leader of the Populist movement, now a Roosevelt man, declares that in his state bo one hut Roosevelt will do. Hundreds of others are talking the same way and with great popular feeling to back them. In these declarations there Is no effort to discredit Mr. Roosevelt's statement that he does not wish the nomination and will not qccept it. This is the first time the people have differed, from him on any subject hut here 'they stand apart He Is determined not to be n candidate. They are slowly making np their minds that he "must" and ths will of the people, as Mr. Roosevelt knows, will ultimately prevail. So much remains to be done in the way of regulating corporations. As thr President has said, the good corporations have nothing to fear, but the "had" ones are as strongly opposed to his policies today a ever. To curb them: to secure a continuance of legislation In this direction of defending thr rommon people against their operations; indeed, to guarantee the vigorous enforcement of rxisliug laws, ned a strong hand at the helm of affair, and that hand appears to lie Kmirtrelt's. new-come- well-earne- d be obtained through uconomie of physical operation must coins through the outlay of enormous amounts of money such as wraild be Involved in a general ltct riftcaiioa or n chans ta gauge. "The railroads are now ttoveloping their facilities just ns fast ns conditions allow. The necessity f double-trockiu- g the uansooetisanuU Ubm Is e are all spur lrngtbning our sidings and our when tracks ta anticipation of the day we can joint up the sections and have nuad arros the country. Rut. do the best they will, the allroads are face to face with physical conditions, such ns I have described in n small part, which make it impossible to handle n larger traffic without n oun.rsntiy increasing rata) of expense. It is up to them to devise some means of more economical operation If re' fur. are to be continued to tln-ishareholders, or rates even maintained ou their present basis. "But before we go oa to that, there is olio other factor of Increased cost from, tbs: the railroads cannot escape and- - that is w batevi r their economies, d the nn-- of labor, cut only directly by them, but euteriug iuto evi of their new construction, ery their equipment, or their improved terminal facilities. It is n collision saying that a railroad tie costs nothing; It Is only the labor that the tie represents that costs money. The same thing might be said for th, still rail without slretohlng the truth, and relatively it la true of every article that goes into railroad construction nr equipment. These increases are continuing ones and enter evm into the very undertakings by which the railroad seeks to obtain greater wseae-aiie- e U operation. They kave to be considered in the financing of railroad extension as well as in dally operation, and our economies, whatever they are, have got to be sufficient te offset them toforp w can flgur eu any actual reduction in the ooet of handling the traffic. And Railroad Want a Pair Deal. So K. la no more than a fair conclusion that tn tendency of rates, for the present at least, mast be to remain level, if, indeed. Increases are not dm usnded in sme quarters. Yet what is the sltuatlohall ever the oountry? The agitation against the railroads taken up by the legislatures in a dosea states In pursuaaea of what has been believed ta b the attitude of the national administration, hue produced a flood of billa for rata reductions, fur restrictions of operation, and for a thousand and one other things that would make it impossible for ths railroads ta render service. "In nil the laws propounded by the state there ie th question of e I do not propose to that here, because It Is for th lawyers to determine to what extent a lets, by means of some spedfle measure, can interfere with Inter-stat- e commerce which te placed under the control of the federal government. But one thing is obvious, and that is Hut the railroads hare got ta fight thee measures as they noma along and at the same time undertake to educate the pubtiu on the primary questions involved. "What that means may be Judged from the attitude of the railroads toward the twoccnt rata bill in Nebraska. Perhaps th people there will remits whether the roads have been rendering them sendee when they are rut off from some of the benefits that the roods hav afforded gratuitously, nven before the law It tested In the courts. Or take a recent case la South Carolina, where a Uw was raised pen allsing a railroad for Its fellnrn to furnish to n shipper the number of earn demanded under certain conditions. If yon are going to take that position, then In nil fairness te the railroads, n law should be passed penalising a shipper when he Awe not us the cars that n railroad furnishes, for his failure to avail himself of equipment that la supplied means a loss to the railroad through having so msny cars Idle which might otherwise be earning something. t hlppsro Lack of Consideration. "It la proper to eonslder here the general question of the distribution of traffic during the year. Ke have been going on the basin of moving the great crops of the country In three or four monthn out of the twelve, with the expectation that be railroad will have ample equipment available far handling the cotton sad the corn and th wheqt from October, sty, until ths Middle of January, and then will be able to employ nil this equipment dm lug the other eight or nine months of the ymr. sa as to make tt continuously productive. I don't suppose that bleu will ever get entirely out of people' mind, but it is st least one Important thing upm whirh there should belween the railroads s and the shippers. If the roads are to renrior the best scrvtrs ponlhl at tin- lowest rates, and have any cars ns we for the Interests of their stockrecognized universally, and two-trac- k r cm-rloyt- r lt.-u- cousti-tutkinsllt- y. die-rus- pro-in- - holders. find example in the coal trniibhu out on our lines, which have recently been In the newnpepore. Those troubles would have been entirely eliminated If the user of coal had only allowed us to carry it for them In the summer season when we have an opportunity to hanBut no. although dle it expedlnunly. we make nuhetanltal Inducements to them to move their coni In the tarn-methey don't want their eoal in a "Yu can r, A REPUTATION. Hsw It Wan Mads and Retained in Ogden. reputation is nt easllyarn-eend it was only by hard, consistent work amraig our cltisens that Doan's Kidney Pills won tbelr way to the proud distinction attained in this locality. The public endorsement of scores of Ogden residents hss rendered invaluable strviee to the community. Read whs I this citizen ssys; Geotge Hartley of i!S0C Adams are., Mrs. Ogden, risk, says; Hartley he used Doans Kidney Pill- - with in success the treatment of kidgreat ney complaint and backache. Upon the tilvice of a friend we procured thin remedy at v. 8. Radeons drug store and in short time we found that Doan's Kidney Pills lived up to the representation made far them in evWe ran recommend ery particular. them as the best kidney remedy we ever knew of and believe that Ihrv ill do niore for that trouble than anything else procurable." For sale by all denier. Price BO cents. Foster-MUbnrCo.. Buffalo. New York, ao.e agents for the United Stales. Remember the nine- Doan's and take no other. A good d n - OGDEN, UTAH. MONDAY, hurry. You see there r twj sides to that proposition. "This brings u to onoitor consideration that we may well take note of before e consider what remedies can be applied If the railroads hod ths public will get together. It mut he obvious that the fellows who have to bear most directly the won let of these complication are the traffic men. They are placed between the demands of their customers on the one hand and thq limitations of railroad operation on the other, and it Is my opinion that most of the special concession evils that the country has seen In ou form or another hate arisen primarily from the desire of the traffic men to serve the people alio furnish them their business. "Improper favor of various kind rams lq the same class, such ns allowing cars to stand an unduly long An time on sidings, sud the Uke. thee the railroads ore doing their best to eliminate, and it is a sincere that economy in operation Is the thing effort, for the railroads appreciate most to be striven for, and ccououy is sot gained by giving special favors to a tew at the expeiue of the many." Hew the Government Can Help. through fcls recital f these conditions Mr. Harrlman referred from time to time to the cooperation of the national government is bringing about a solution of the problem. But tt had been reasonably apparent that the national government could not compel the eosl user along tt.-- line of the Union Farifie te send his orders in during th m.mtb of June, rather than October; uor could It, by the largest extension of ite powers, fores the dealer unloading hla cost at the Groton station to make use of the sheds alongside the track Instead of becking his s two carts up to the aiding te receive the contents of the cars. So it wsa s natural question Just what enactment tpeelflo governmental would help the railroads cut of the lough of dlapoai nod bring them np on to the higher ground whence some vision should be obtained of the far-o- ff promised land of mutual cooperation. Ur. Harrlman' answer came All oae-hor- quickly. Recognise by federal statute the making of enforceable agreements between railroads for a distribution of traffic, and have such agreements binding for a given period of veare." Traffic Distribution Whate Wanted. "Would you have the enactment go far enough tn permit pooling under Mr. Hnrrimns proper supervision? wee naked. No," fas replied. "I dont believe In pooling. The railroads never accomplished anything by tt when it was legal. If yon will go buck over the history of nil the railroad pool that APRIL 15, 1007. an cars of. Then ttoie's the Clark line The Clark Line Deal Exp'sined. Mr. Harrlman puued hare n "And, by the wav," he continued, "there's been n mistaken Idea about the Clark line. You see. we were building a line down there from Ogden to Los Angeles, and Senator Clark came along and wanted to build, so we took him lq ns a partner. Now, that line in virtually n cut-of- f for us from Ogden down into Southern California u ths tins of ti. Southern Pacific, and ws are able to give better service by having put our money in there, and built np the road, than If the road had been put through separately, and had undertaken to make Its way sa best tt could. Mr. Harriinan was remind'd of the testimony taken by the Interstate Commerce commlsalon that when th Clark road undertuok not bug ago to put oa a fast trull train wfcUb i'.ads two days better time into Chicago from Iam AngeL-- s titan the fiouhern Pacific or tbe dnnta F made, there was a kick that resulted in the train being taken off. "Well," queried he, "which do yon think would be totter. If you were the collective fruit grower of Southeru r California, to have a train go out on ths Southern Pacific ibst was sure to get inio Chicago In train sight days, or to have s go out over the Cl&rk line to conpeci with the Missouri Pacific, which might get Into Chicago In six days and might take ten? Why Not Extra Pay for Fast Freight. On thing that i think ought to be dene 1 to U!ow the railroads to vary tbelr freight schedules, so that the man who wants extra quick service which can oniy be rendered st an increased operating cost, could to allowed to pay for It and get It, just as a man who wants to go to Chicago lq eighteen hour 1 allowed to pay for the extra nice he receives, and does not have to take a train Just bqpause there is only on rate. "Of course, In 11 this there must to supervision by tbe government. Tbs railroads must recognize the ne-- , ccsnlty for that If they are going get from the government the relief they need. B it It Is only fair that they should ask that the states leave such supervision to the federal government and not enmesh them lq a mas of conflicting legislation which tend to destroy nil continuity of j management and defeat every attempt at economy. Of course, ws are not going ta roach ths mlllsnnlum, whatever legtalstlvs condition we get, and whatever degree of cooperation between the railroads and the public, but we may perhaps bring about a j condition where the railroads can i properly minister to the countrys de-velopmente of the next twenty or fifty year, which they will be shut out . from doing if mattera go on a they rWHgyffaBBK Eicstrio Flatiron T&o ids-n-ent- . one of ibe greater eonvenienee i tte hum n:ake possible. of the fedvauLagti of lu which the u- if matt tv bring 10 oui We use. - n " THE OLD IVA Y Ironing, according to the o Id fahSr.u d method. ue of a psvee of Iron heated oa a wal or ga kidi,- r the Irja a grout ueel nal source of heat. Besides goes to waste lu heating ths air In the ruoui. , - ' ' r" g 1' C4 THE NEW WAY rent beat crated queutly no waste of energy. TEECAVM5 flatiron te The ad vantage of the eval than fr m t kct-apparently Reaper to produce heat fully ninety per cent of the heat puriuced goes la . ju , mer case uud is all utilteed in the latter cast1, so that il0n-nte really cheaper than by any other method. Watch for our tSUUCIAte OFFER n electric flmir.uis. cii-dcut- . cl.-ctri- c , i V,, Utah Light ami Hmivny sr. tweuty-tlvs-cu- trzaz-r- - wl rroww- - vnq ' . Co. teu-cs- r gg.rrdYgaKTMr; Best Drug' Store Ogdens o 0 ft u 0 fi th I twenty-four-ho- a t PA 0 2 ft to j there ware ever attempted you will find that there was always somebody who broke the agreement and mnde things worse then they were before, are" Chance to Stop Railroad Margers. or else that whan the railroads had The effect of agreements for th arranged to pool the business at a certain point some outsider came distribution of traffic on the matter of with a proposition to build a railroad consolidation wsa the next sbg line lg there, and wonted either a part question put to Mr. Ilorrimsn. "tt would stop them right sway," of the business or a quid pro quo. "The agreements that I have In he replied quickly. "I dont mind savmind would apply to the distribution ing that if we could have mnde an adof traffic so that tt eonld be handled vantageous agreement with ths Ceneconomically. As I have said In ths tra? Pacific In 1101, whereby we eould last few days, lha president Started have developed that property and at the movement fer it on the part of the tbe same time eould have obtained government in his message last De- (he outlet that tt afforded to the coast, rail- the Union Pacific would saver have cember, when he declared that roads should be allowed to- - make acquired the Southern. Now that we agreements under certain condition. have ths Southern, end believe that I believe that h realises th neces- our owaerofaip of 46 per cent of tbe ta entirely lawful, w will, of sity for something of this kind, if the stock defend ourselves against any railroads are going ta practice any- course, take it away thing Uke the economies that the pre- attempt that ta mnde to not alter the sent situation demands, and It Is right from us, but that does here that the railroads need the co- feet that tt weuld never have been acquired if ws eould have mod a per operation of the government "Bup pose we had such a law in op- manent agreement of one for a long eration and eould arrange for the dis- term of yean whereby we could have tribution of the tranoeontlneoul traf- developed the property sod used it fic between the vnrieue lines accord- fur an outlet. "The same may be nId of tbe ing to the poenlblllUes of each, then We the road with a lew grade and email Northern Pacific acquisition. went Into that bsrauas it appeared curvature could relieve the winding road of the excess of traffic that the Burlington acquisition iu (the that tt eould not carry profitably. interest of the Northern Pacific and us Similarly, n distribution of classes of Great Northern wae going to shut we freight could bo accomplished which out of important territory where Is absolutely Impossible under pres- needed to be. We thought we hod ent operating conditions with result- worked ut a solution to the situation ant economies that are apparent when In the Northern Securities company parit tea you consider wbat I have a Id about whereby the right! of ell coul-lnwould be conserved, but that tbe existing state of things. be. So then came the redistribution Combination vs. Competition. of the storks, which loft the Union Mr. Harrlman was arited whit he Pacific with a lot of Northern Pacific thought would be the effect of uch an stock which the supreme court had arrangement upon earn petition, and aid it couldn't keep. particularly the competition of service "tt was necessary for the Union Pato whloh, ns affecting the lines in the cific to divest Itaslf of this stock and Inthe own hla under control, system In reinvestment of th proceeds terstate Comma roe commission paid a of thq Its Northern Pacific and Great hearIts at attention great deni of Northern tt looked to two things, first ings. to secure n greater iurqme return, You can't make competition by and, second, to acquire that The would be beneficial to t1' holdings lsw," replied Mr. Harrlman. road. So It conditions which make certain points turned to connecting linns and lines competitive or njn competitive are not where its Influence would operate tn to be Used by statute. The thing that bring It business. 1 mention this beboth the railroad and ths shipper are cause it shows the way lu which the anxious to nee is the beet possible Union Pacific's position hss developed, service on the must economical basis, by virtue primarily, of the fact that end tt frequently happens that tbe It was unable In 1901 to make nuch very competition existing between agreement with other railroads si verlnne railroad in a given territory would bare enabled tt and them to Is wasteful and expensive. Take, for rrop a mutual advantage hy tn econoinstance, the situation wo bad In mical division of the traffic. Northern California, where both the Railroad Problems, Everybody. Atchison and the Union Pacific were Study in "This the sort of thing that I want feeder to an build important plr.nnlng to have the people understand, so that line. By combining we are able to thev may deal Intelligently with the that to work bsrmonlourly develop railroad problems sa they arfae. It territory, whereas, tf both lines had has always bean my lda to have tbe beep built, each would have wanted number of people Infacilities that might have been offered largest possible railroads which I manIn the terested elsewhere to advantage. of them has been "That question of competition of age. The financing Ides of Increasing the service U a very broad question and done wfh the rather than diminstorkholding body the wlthls be discussed hardly It. I am onposed to tbe ides limit of any one newspaper article, ishing railroad consolidation which seeks there are so rannr elements entering of to tbe stockholder by makeliminate about into It. But there is this thing of the road. The him a creditor ing it, and that is that the railroad that needs his Interest just as It needs doesn't seek to build up the territory road the interest of Its patrons, and In rethrough which it passes by offering turn the stockholder ta entitled to a good service pursues a policy that can fair remuneration for the Investment only bring tt to grief In tbe long run. or risk of his money. It dries up Its territory; the territ"But a general timidity Utah s hss ory doesnt produce anything, end been engendered by the agitation then there comes n day when there ie railroads that has been the against to tt carry, nothing for the railroad tbe country operates to hurt Is like knocking the plero out from sweeping the stockholder and the public. both no ran under a bridge, and a railroad It makes the railroad. In the first more afford to disregard such natural more for the money needrd place, pay conditions than a bridge builder." for Its than It would have The question was rained ne to the to pay development under ordinary conditions, puteffect of such agreement as Mr. Her additional charge upon the rimnn advocated ou the general trans- ting thateg parity of the property, nnd continental traffic which Is compel! earning in the second place It cripples tbe railMr. of construction the tiro, and road In endeavoring to equip Itself to Could' Western Pacific road was menserrlce. render tioned as an example. hnve 1s the reason why I "That to make allowed "If we had been A Rio agreements with thu Denver Grande and the Missouri Pacific. said Mr. Harrlman, the1 occasion for the (ECZEMN AND PILE CUR! construction of the Western Pacific IFPFF Knowing what It was to su wouldn't have arisen, and the traffic l far. I. will give FRSX o; would have been better handle! Wc (CHARGE, to any afflicted a positive could hare distributed It so that the tear for Eesemn, Salt Rbeam. Erynlpw Missouri Fa ir.c and Its allied l'nes laatanf jits. Piles and Skht Disc would have got all they could handle jreUef. Dont naffer longer. Write F. would remainder mid the !w. WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Ave profitably, hav gon where It could he best tak - 1 Kew York, T stamgs 0 1 ft . high-grad- rn e Ogdens i Best Drug Store pointed recently to the fact that the Union Pacific system hus spent of In Improvements nnd exten-Bluu- s nine 1900, has laid 7.5u0 miles nsw track, end replaced altogether 14100 or 15,000 miles of track. "Those things are Indications of the service rendered In building up the country, nnd I want to do what I can to develop such s feeling of cooperation between the peopl and the railroads that the Union Pacific and the other systems msy not be shut off from, further contributing to the country's development" THE PORT OF ANTWERP. Antwerp is the "gate of Dflglym to from the oceans," sad Is In touch with the countries of the world. The Belgians, however, have practically no nmrine of their own, their trade being almost wholly rarrlod on In foreign vessels. There 1s s Belgian line of Btcamers plying to end from the Congo. Tbs Bely, is n government has Inaugurated a scheme for extending the port facilities of Antwerp, the cof-- t of which nlll be about 40,OOrt,OAO. This extension has been found neceftsary owing to tbe constant increase In the shipping of this port, which ta carried on prlnci-pally- by Great Britain and Germany. For many- - veers the British shipping far In tbe lead sad over 60 per cent of the carrying trade of Antwerp lq still done under the British flag, but German shipping ta rapidly growing. These two countries together handle T7 per cent of the total shipping of Antwerp. The American shipping Is represented by the steamers of the Red Star line, flying the American Mag. Steamers of this line plying between Antwerp, New York, Philadelphia and Boston are under three flags, British, tutted Bute and Belgian. The total amount of shipping entering ths port of Antwerp for the year 19J6 wap 6,034 vessels with a tutal tonnage of 9.860,-19- 2 tena, showing tbs increase of 182 vessels and 460,267 tons over the year. ml 1904. I.lege Is the 1 argent manufacturing Included among center In Belgium. Its Industries are the following: One firm employing over 12,009 persons In the manufacture of all articles of steel ' and Iron, heavy field guns, ocean-goinsteamers, etc.; the largest small-im- s manufactory in Europe; a and tableware works, which ta the largest of tbe kind in the world and whose products aie shipped to the United States In large quantities; a sine works, which la tbe largest In ths world; while the banks of the Meuse are dotted with Iron and steel works, blast furnaces, machine sltopee, automobile work and numerous other establishments. Montocyclttes nd bicycles are also extensively manufactured In Liege. lean pegs, the most favorable com mente are made. In the first pises, tte American raw material, birch, is te teemed ns bring Intrinsically nwk better and more economics thu tte European article; so that. In qiltcff the high freight charges and th mu ly four times greater wortwii wages, the American pegs are sot scnUsUy mure oostiy thin the Ass trlsn home product. Tbe sulphate tlon of the pegs la necerrary, beam the birch ta very rich In sap eostite lug sugar, which soon appears os tte surface nnd In from on ts (wo lun ferments, thus rotting the wood Tte treatment with sulphur prevent! this piocens. It Is, therefore, readily sen why the Austrian consumers sn ergetlcslly striving to have the dr on sulphurized pegs fixed st the nil for the raw material, namely, Ml kronen. Consular Report. Get acquainted with the Ogbi Steam laundry today. Delay J1 dangerous. Msny opportunities weuld prove virtually "gold ufl1' " to people hare slipped by delay or hesitation. Don't 1st chance to entrust your laundering n laundry possessing unaqualsd tM1' ties for turning out your work prowr any ly nnd satisfactorily slip hy x fsrorlng today ger. Begin your bundles. J Ogden Steam Lanadry 417 'Phones 17L titt te cut-gla- ss AMERICAN SHOE PEGS TRIA. IN D. AUS- HOI American wooden she pen enjoy an extraordinarv good reputation nnd are designated iu "the very tost." It la said that it ta of the utmost Impatience and very necessary that these excellent articles be admitted at the hitherto low custom rate. Iforthsr-mortt ts claimed that the Austrian shoe industry would be very hard hit hy any raise in the duty on American however, hoe pegs. The Austrian complain that the duty on thee peg le not adjusted seconding to the evident Intent of the treaty. The day on raw pegs is 3.69 kronen (78 cents), while for stained or colored pegs tt amountn to 12 kronen (92.41). Now tt hss been ordered that pegs, stained clored or sulphurised, ir.UFt be taxed st th higher rat. By th Introduction of the word ''sulphurised" the importers of pegs suffer n heavy burden, since nil wooden shoe pegs reach the trade only In this condition, and thus :he proper duty cf 2.(9 eronen, sn on the raw article, IsVeniered null. Concerning the exeellenee of the Amer- e. SWIFTM SersBth It. Ogden Tfld 22$ Ttrestj-itf- ft & California and races. Direct wire W sporting events. |