Show 40 t j our letter t j t i mis ae 4 i 1 jlii jy i mcadoo or Orn KATION OF COST NATIONS TAXPAYERS washington jan 29 government control of railroads under dom cratic administration and the llie immediate supervision of mr mcadoo sast alt the elie taxpayers of 0 th ohp united tt this la Is the final in thet made by jac C davis head ol of the united states aji kaaa ad infill which is biow now closing director davis dails announces up lip Us its business that less than I 1 per cent of 0 claims arising out of federal control to be adjusted of 0 the railroads remain and a 11 told th they ey will not exceed the railroad administration has more than enough in its cash balance to pay these claims it if they are all decided against the government ern ment the railroad administration has been in existence exis exist erLee since the government turned the roads back to private owners tor for the purpose ot of setting claims contracted under the democratic administration 4 40 41 POSTAL IOS TAIj BUSINESS MADE HIGH RECORD IN DECEMBER DECEt BER never in the history ot of the united states postal service have december revenues equalled equal led those ot of 11 last ast december data issued by postmaster general new covering BO 50 selected cities show december 1923 postal business to be per cent over 1922 and 16 per cent over 1921 the greatest percentage of increase was made by los angeles which reported 2243 per cent mora more business than lii in DI december cember 1922 indianapolis ind was second with a gain ot of 17 per cent and louisville and GAL NO TWO nashville tied for third place other cities with a gain of ot over 10 per cent were toledo des moines detroit brooklyn st paul new nev orleans abia and omaha AVERAGE WAGE OP OF WORKERS IN RUSSIA A MONTH some idea ot of whit what a rule ot of the people as exemplified by sylte sia means to the wage earner Is fur n fi tEe 8 e by dyb akpu toft t oft h 0 department ii 0 f ce ou on wages in russia the leyel lefel of trages in industries fol soviet russia in september amounted to per month in the industries requiring elpe expert rt belp help tho the Average en cannings bingo were per month theses wages are not expressed in but aret are iral wages expressed in terms of 0 the cost ot of living in russia 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 1 throughout TOE the prosperous condition of in du austry ary throughout ghost tse the united states 1 Is indicated by the postal receipts in dece ciber ber in 50 leading industrial cities which ilitch showed an aa increase 0 ot 84 per scent cent over december 1922 the largest gain wa made at I 1 tady N Y with wit an increase of business af pe pera ant scranton pa was i second with an increase oi 0 per centano cen tand south bend ind third with acif an increase of per cen cent t fa 0 e 0 housie REDUCES INTERIOR BUDGET the house committee committee on appropriations which passes upon all budget requests has reported to the house for or action th the appropriations I 1 for or the department of the interior this is the first ot of the requests to be presented to the house tor for action the the budget estimates w which it 1 sustained will make the total appropriations forthe department of the interior less than the current cura fiscal year the items carried 1 in the I 1 bill as aa reported by the committee provided lor for he pension bureau patent office and irrigation bureau of indian affairs bureau of mines pureau bureau of education geological survey 1 national park the house committee bill closes 21 teas in the public lands bur ii in various sections of the united states and consolidates the offices ll 11 flees ot of registrar and receiver in public alic lan lanas awni in 14 different localities the committee declared that the amount of business done doneal at the land offices daizi not justify their their maintenance e I 1 the Dro brownle wille dand operetta will be gi I 1 ediin the High School auditorium aebi eb esth 1924 t come on lets go J L dos pill s J w 7 a yb e a abe train to th the e cr crossing baerla an accident |