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Show AStIT lOMS THE. INSrfOR WASHINGTON, Auk 24. It was Ulysses, I believe, who discovered that there are different parts of the world I don't remember his Latin for it. it would he Instructive If I did. The point la thai In Washington and other sections of the L'nited States, there Is a social requirement that u real gent take off his hat when h" finds himself III a business-like elevator eleva-tor with a lady" Whatdoy oumeanalady ? If shr runs the elevator Is she one" If Hhe Is in a telegraph company uniform uni-form KOing between floors, is she one? If she Is colored, though well dressed. Is she one? If she Ifl :i chicken golntc from floor to floor to powder her nos. Is she one"1 If she Is old and has a basket of apples to peddle Is she one1 Or Is the honor reserved for the very pretty and very well dressed? There are some. In our midst who arc attempting to break down the custom cus-tom thinking it silly and hard on new str.iw hats. But there Is nothing more exhausting than irlng to buck a social so-cial custom. The 100.000,000 and some people of the L'nited 3tates have gone into th-Insurance th-Insurance business and hac already written one big policy, one that lays Lloyd's or an other Insurance company com-pany in the shade. In short, they have Insured the railroad owners against hard times, panics, fctorms, tornadoes and all misfortunes by guarahtei Ing them a return of 6 per cent on their capital through good Items and bad Banks may full, factories ma) go to the wall and workers may Join the bread line, but the railroad owners have a first lien upon the prosperity of the nation. I know a man who is advocating ' government Insurance for everybody against unemplov ment. Infirmities, old :ige ;ind other alamltles, and the i all him the crank But the plan In the Esch-Cumnilns law that Insures the railroads 6 per cent may not be so bad after all The premium they pay for this Insurance Is the provision that at no time shall thej make more than 6 per cent North Dakota writes hall insurance. The speclul Interests sa that Is so. Istic, that It is ns bad as fire or life insurance by the government Yet the government Insures all the property I of the railroads. If a box car Is destroyed de-stroyed by wreck or fire, the I. C. C. i allows the railroads to restore the car and charge It to maintenance. Or, if the railroads sec fit to carry Insurance on that box car, the I. C. C. permits them to charge the premium to operating op-erating expenses and the people pay It. It Is Just a matter of bookkeeping. The railroad owners would be op-I op-I posed to government Insurance for I common mortals but they are noi op- posed to It for their OWN properties. I ia jum the difference in viewpoint. oo |