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ANN0UNCEMENT8
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For Repre*eaU4»ve, 99th Difit.:
B. W. Fry.
For Diatriot Jodfre 30th Judicial
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Dwtrict:
x:-yr. Akin.
Edgar Scurry.
For Dwt riot Attorney, 30th Ju-
<&M WotfWt:
Leslie Humphrey.
For Gua^cosHinainTiJtrLjiirge,
R. B. Humphrey.
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For County Judge:
W. P. Stinson.—
l J. W. Jiaickaom.
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TRIP TO THE MOON.
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For CsoHity Su»p<a'xiiitouiiletrt:
B. W. King.
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For County Attorney: - j
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A. L; Brantiey.
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For Sheriff:
0. H. Brown.
Hal M. Wallace.
J. S. Mutyjey. t
W. J. (Will)' Jennings.
For County Clerk:
C. W. (Lum) Hinson.
W. A. (Pick) Campbell.
J. Ij. Graves
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A. F. Stewart.
J. C. Caaburu.
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F. M. Burkett.
1. B. Padgett.
For Tax Ajiwessor:
J. C. Owen.
M. P. McCracken.
L. H. (Bud) Harris.
W. A. Fraser.
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C. Rutledge HuttuTford.
For Tax Collector:
J. E. Parsons.
Henry Groves.
W. E. Criin.
Henry G. Frie.
District (*lcrb :
J. L. Vaughan.
R. L-(Uncle Boh) Williams
CoiunnsNktfbnr. Pne. No. 1:
G. D. Hinson.
F. M. Berry.
John A Brown
H. Brashears.
For Comnu.-wkwier, Pre. No. 2:
W. E. McChareo.
For GoniuasaioiUi'r, Pre. No. 4:
John W. Saye.
J M. Barnett. *
K. T. Carter. i ... ,
I. F. Porter.
J. W. Davis.
J L. Duncan. u <
For Justice of Peace, Njre.
» «- C. D. Brew ton i j
For Public Weigher, Pke.
" S. W. Ratcliff. I
Joe T. Carter. !
G. W Lauier.
For Public Weigher,
A. B. Daniel.
Juloa Verne waa a scientific
«nd many retard bla fiction atortee of
submarine and aerial IU*tn-which at
the time they were pTHmahed seerosd
wild dreams—at a serious prediction of
what be believed would bo accom-
plished. Am f matter of fact b* did
Uve to see the .submarine an accepted
arm or two narleo, and tbe' Wrlfjhts
were well advanced toward auceeob-
before he died. There remains bla
•Trip to the Moon." which seems abso-
lutely impossible of accomplishment
Nevertheless, there are scientific men
who dare to reach out Into space and
chart a pathway to other worlds
One of these. M. Ernest Archdeacon,
who ranks among the foremost au-
thorities in France on aviation, pro-
diets our present aviation machines,
which at best could not encircle the
earth lu less than eight days Will be
abandoned for atr craft which will
gtnlle the globe in slaty-six minutes.
“AH the peoples of the earth wJH then
form a soie«and single nation."
Jifun. insatiable In his ambition, is
coptemplatlug Interplanetary flight,
and' M Esnault Pelterle believes the
vehicle will be a self propelled rocket
(Verne agalui with a spptsi.of seven
mlley a second, which Is estimate*.] to
be sufficient velocity to carry the pro
JeCtlle beyond the rone of terrestrial
attraction. At this rate the moon
would be reached In less than ten
hours-assuming of course the vehicle
was not melted long before by tbe
heat generated in Us terrific flight
Itadiuin Is suggested as a possible mo
tlve power. 1 ••
Thw -tdea-Tir-ThT^lanelarr TRebl
from our prest-nt viewpoint seems of
course Impossible. However, tbe sub-
marine was 400 years in developing.
M Archdescou soya. “1 nin convinced
that In a certain Dinner of oenfuTT*
the inhabitants of all the planets will
have made acquaintance with one an
other, and I foresee the day "When a
world's Interplanetary congress w|ll be
held.”—H. H Windsor tn Popular \le
chunk's Magazine.
STATIC ELECTRICITY.
No. 1
No. 1
Pre. No. 7
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It la All Around U* Always and Playy
Quasr Pranka at Time*.
Static electricity seems to be every-
where. We are quite surrounded by it
on all sides It is In tbe earth, the nlr.
In our clothes, on the books, the rug
and the walls It sticks the papers to
gether on the desk. It attracts featb
era and bits of lint to mefsl and glass
It leaps froufLaur fingers when we
touch metal objects. Nowand then w
crackling noise will be heard when the
coat is being taken off A woolen skirt
or sweater drawn quickly over the
head will produce crackling sparks. By
shuttling the dry feet over tbe carpet
a considerably spark can be obtained
from the lingers
Bear In mind that static etortrlclty
Is not the kind that Is used to fight tbe
electric lamps In the house. Very, lit-
tle work has ever !>een found foV-static
electricity It ts a worthless vagabond
delighting In mad pranks In the form
of light nine It dashes <Wiwu from the
skv, scaring honest folk nearly to
death, often doing considerable dam-
age It frequently visit* the press room
iu large [Minting establishment* and
sticks the sheets of paper together un-
til the presses have to be a top bed- It
gathers on the yarns find tIncytds in
textile mills. krsMting and tangling
.them, and Is always in mischief.
It is easy enough to prove the f-re-.-
en- e of static electricity. Hub a Ixt of
amber. glass, hard rubber or seating
wax with a silk banderchief or a
piece of woolen cloth, and It will at-
tract bits of paper and small particle*
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of metal When we stroke the cat's
back this static electricity collects very
rapidly. It sna[*4 and crackles and
ttashi-s as it dis-:li#rgcs between* our
fingers and the ahltnitTR fur. This. di»
play of atari'- electricity Is noi-hlng
more or less than a miniature th coder
shower-without tbe rain.—From Har-
per's "Beginning Electricity," by Don
Cameron Sbafec.
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Co-Operative Farm
Products Marketing
How It is Done in Europe and May Be Done
•*--..... in America to the Profit of Both ^
Fanner and Consumer
Br MATHEW S. DUDGEON
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(Copyricht. 1914* WMUrn New»pmp«r Union.)
EGGS AND CO-OPERATION.
IP!* wmmw
t Wall Clothed Children of Co-operators.
itzssrtszsi rs |
of a plan of handling egg* which | cities, moreover, the people tlv&nt
would make eggs boiled with the shell ' brown eggs: other* wi|! buy nothing
on always available for the table:
tHow would you like to feel sure that
any egg lit yotn" basket could be
dropped Into a kettle of hot water
with aome certainty that it would
come out a palatable egg and not a
nondescript animal product represent
but pure white eggs. In some mar-
kets the small egg* will sell almost aa
well as large eggs- In others none
but the large ones need apply. In
some markets, too. in, fact In aaoat
markets, the eggs must not onfy he
- I fresh and look fresh, but they must
ing the period of transition fri>m egg have a qerttfleate of character at-
to chicken? | taehefl. Thig may take the form of a
Wheu ypu buy your egga,,.at the j guaranty, ot it may be simply the
grocer how would you like lit If you
could be as sure that they were fTesb
and palatable as you would be if your
own hens had laid them yesterday
and-you yourself had taken them from
the nest and placed them ia the
kitchen ?
Now If the tales that they are* tell-
ing here in Ireland and Denmark and
brand, date or number of the associa-
tion itself. But the purchaser soon
learns not to buy eggs that are aot
tespousiblly vouched for This co-
operative association also takes ne<e
of sixe in buying eggs and In selling.
They find that gradually the publle
Is appreciating that a dozen of W<g
fresh eggs are wortE more than- a
elsewhere abroad are true, a prwper , dozen sn^sll eggs—that * pound and •
GIVES MIOfilOIH Al ARM
Farmer Slaut wa» awaken*!)
from t aound tlcrp by the ringing
of (m telephone bell. The barn
of hi* neighbor, three milea down
tbe turnpike, bad been broken
into and a driving hour aloten.
' Thehorae thieve* were headed
toward the Stout farm. Calling
hi* hand* he armed bit force*,
lined them upon Ihi turnpite, rap-
lured the thieve* and held them
until the arrival of the Sheriff.
Tltt SOUIHWtSHRN
ftLKRAPII AND IlitPHONf (0
Quality of Humor.
A famous definition of tbe quality of
humor Is this "For this humor is un
adjunct divine: ft Is s value of life: it
makes fof- greater things than ' lean
laughter from the lungs It is the root
of tolerance, the proof of pAtlencer tt
stifTto-s long and Is kind: serves to
tune each tittle life harmony with the
world harmony about It; keeps the
heart of man sweet, his soul modest.
AiuJ' at the',end. when tbe light thick
eon and the mash grows tight, humor
can sh.i tu.- the .suffering. Vigils of the
sleepless, un soften puin, can brighten,
the ashy mad to death.”
, , * . ' . tbe purpose of helping rural cottimuni-
i* those countries Is doing what i tje# tQ orgMllM(, bU8lne«s and
Ptl AND mtPrtONl (0
DALLAS. TUAS |
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Hard to Say.
“If your mol her bought four baskets
Of grapes, the dealer'* price being •
quarter a basket, how much money
would tbe purchase cost herV asked
the n^w teacher.
"You never'ban tell,” answered Tom
tn.v. who was at the head of the ' lass.
"Mas great at bargaining!*’—Ladle*'
Home Journal.
Meets on Tuesday
evuntg in M asonic
kMI.
Wit:'
P-v
Viaitlng members
*re welcome.
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Mas. MAoaiK R. Akin, W M.
F-dja it McC/iKNIjoi*. W p.
Miss Noba 8ia>an, Shu'T,
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What Ha Imagina*-
“Is he conceited!"
"I wouldn't put it that way. But 1
do know that every time lie wiites a
check he Imagine* that the grocer ly
going to Itsve It frametl and hung up
Just to show hi* signature."-1'ctrolt
Free 1’rcs*
Nuzzled.
Bit—Can you lend -ffle fiS for a
nw>ntb,-old boy? I)lx—What the d. nc*
does g month old boy want with 1M-
Boaton Tr*ns< rtpt
There Is nothing more frightful then
Ignorance In tfcliw.—Goeth®,
organization of tbe egg producing in-
dustry would give Pa eggs a definite
ant form quality. HeJb uncertainty an
•So quality has been eliminated, and
co-operath’n has brought standarlza-
rian. Inspection, and branding, which)
render-every co-operattve egg a atricV
ly fresh egg The cfadOa is, too, that
In addition ?6 giving you "atrictly
fresh" eggs, co-opera don will give
them; to you at & cost, no greater
tba* tbe present coat of ordinary
egg*
Fswwt tbe Farmers’ Standpoint.
* If you took at It froan the stand-
point of the farmer who has the fresh
eggs tn hia nest, he ought to be
anxious to know how tie can hurry
these eggs to market before they get
spoiled and are worthies* He is also
interesSed in getting a market that
supplies a steady* all it«*-> ear-around
demand for eggs for. unfortunately,
hens have a habit of laying the moat
eggs vb>n the price Is lowest. \
farmer must have a market when this
time dimes. „
And so a little party af us Ameri-
cans have come over here to see if
co-operation is anything that can be
used i» America to help the American
farmer and .the American consumer.
TYe ars also *<TTnfe to Denmark -
glum and Germany to sea If co-opera
tlon
Is claimed for it; to see- if co-opera-
tion c*n be adopted and adapted to-
American needs.
Co-Operation Market for Eggs.
Tbe Irish co-operatin* egg market-
ing association is primarily for the
purpose of securing a "good profitable
market for dggs Th# market must
be reached promptly, the eggs must
not pass through to* many hands.
They must not be shipped into a dis-
tant city, then half way back across
tbe country aa Is done with soaae
farm products in America.
By the time eggs that start aa
arrlctly tresh. have gone on a jouraey
hke this and arrive at tbelr final des-
tination-they are no longer "strictly
frfsh"—they are simply "eggs."
The co-operative egg marketing as-
sociation here Id Ireland noon found
eut that to successfully market their
members' eggs they must find a mar-
ket not too distant, they must ship
by the most speedy and direct route,
and they must so care for the eggs
during the shipment as to prevent the
deterioration that comes within even
a few days under unfavorable condi-
tions. In short, there is a double reason
for direct marketing of eggs; the first
reason U that any round-about. Indi-
rect marketing costs the consumer
money and Is art element In fixing the
high cost of living: the second reason
Is, that this long drawn-out process
of marketing renders this particular
product unmarketable when the mar-
ket Is finally reached, Thus co-opera-
tive egg associations are doubly de-
sirable. i
Quality In Eggs.
After the disect marketing route
was established co-operative **gg as-
sociations still found that eggs which
were not strictly fresh when deliv-
ered to the association could not be
•old aa strictly fresh, no matter how
rapidly and directly they were rushed
to market The managers were com-
pelled to adopt very harsh measures
In tasUug eggs 'delivered to them.
half of eggs is worth more than *
pound and a quarter. By offering
more money for big eggs, they are I in-
ducing the producers le- breed tor
size of egg* as well as tor number.
How ttis Irish Market Egg*
We find here in Foynas a good Il-
lustration ol an egg marketing asso-
ciation. It is representative of many
others ltke it The association here
has built up * simple booiness system
that has accomplished three desired'
things. First, the farsser delivers a
good quantity of good eggs: second,,
he gets good prices; third, the city
man gets good- eggs at a reasonable
price. Their system is not a complex
sne, it has no red tape about it. but
is simple, direct, common sense-—a
system that would work In any vil-
lage In America, provided only that
there were hens to lay the eggs.
Dp to within the last decade rural
Ireland failed sadly of prosperity. In
many sections the farms were too
small for extensive groin raising and
even for dairying, except upon a very
small scale ICVen the smallest farms.
f however, bad room upon them for
j, hens and he*s did wells in Ireland.
I How It Was Organized and Operated:
( Tbs Irish Agricultural Organization
P | society is an as3otlgkb>{v formed for
v "tpt-*. '.wfi • <~*mmia
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to pay about th« market price Vfor
tbay were delivered and
e waa supptemeoted by
profit* ~
It waa poaelble to atari
the organiiatlpn without any capital
stock. It was agreed, however, that a
small portion of the profits be set
aside tb make up « reserve rand, and
thus a email capital hkA heen grad-
ually accumulated.
JAGE FROM
ILKOAD&
and, Their Relation to
"the Public.
Mere Eggs Uald.
It soon came about that not only all
tha farmers In the community were
furnishing al) their eggs to tbe asso-
ciation, but they were Bering their
'puliete and accumulating a larger
number of bene to prodoce tbe eggs,
for which they were rateelring so good
a price. Tbe city folk are helped, lor
more good eggs reach them and reach
them In bftter condition
It was deemed wise to enlarge the
. territory covered by the association
and three or four substations for col-
leetlng eggs were established. At
leach of these substations, the eggs
I brought In are carefully tested, and
after having been packed are forward-
jed to Foynea to become a part of a
larger shipment to an Kngllsh market.
The egga sent In by each collecting
substation pre Vgpt sepal ate and test,
ed separately so that If any local iub-
jstation takes any bad eggs and for-
ward them to the association at
Foynee, It Is charged back with all
bad eggd found in the shipment. In
this particular association it is not
deemed beet to brand the eggs them-
selves. but every case la marked, so
that the had eggs can always ha
traced baek to ^thelr origin. There is
jalso back of every egg the guaranty
a mere glance at tbe egge themselves
shows their claas. The eggs In one
c&se are alt ef the same elm. of the
same color, and all have the fresh
surface which can pot be preserved If
eggs are long stored or muchi handled.
The Jrish Wholesale Society.
Tbe lijlsh Wholesale society Is a
central association formed chiefly for
the purpose- of assisting the ihcal or-
ganizatlon in marketing farm produce.
It is a federation of local co-operative
societies. It hau headquarters at Dub-
lin and la managed by shrewd, capable
men They understand the market-
ing game thoroughly and have many
correspondents At home and Abroad.
They are often, able to foresee and
prepare for coming demands aud are
always able to give. valuable sugges-
tions as to whew and where produce
can be best disposed of. Each- we4k
this.central society sends out to con-
cerns like that At Foynes letters of
advice giving prices and probable
polnTK'*tt> •wkrleh NhlpaMmta .ace.
made
| There are a)way* Jwo »\St9 *o
a queetion. Tlw public lon£ Jfi*
custotued to Jiatpning to argvnwntfl
against an increase in railroad ^
rates, h now given tn opportuwtlJT
by W. B. Scott, president of. «!»«•
Sunset-Central line* to hear tto •
railroad'i) Bide of iiie queetion. Hi*
recent interview to the Texas pres*
is an out-pouring of the railroad)
heart and shows that the railroad*
of Texas instead of piling up high
hills of money aa they- are gener-
ally supposed to do, are actually
ope rat i ng at a loas. , ,g^,
fn his discussion erf the sub-
feet,1 president - Scott mttl in part:
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marketing processes. Sir Horace
Plunkett, aa agricultural staleeman
If there ever waa one, Is at nhe head
icf (his sociwty. This association die-
covered that in the neighborhood o#
Foynes thzre were many hens, but
that the Wrinera were getting little
profit froxs them because the eggs
were not hurried to market speedily
enough, vrere Dot tested and were not
graded <iid. consequently, the faijmcr
received a very low price for hi* fggs
Many citties on the other baud were
suffering because they were getting
I poor eggs. So It was suggested Ihat
j a co-operative egg buying association
I be formed at Foynes. A man whoiuu-
j derstoed the Marketing of eggs as
| well as the testing of eggs aud some-
thing of the raising of chickens and
poultry was put In ehargft of the or-
ganization and a small store room was
rented. The farmer was required to
deliver eggs three times every week.
He must gather every egg from the
nest the day it was laid. His nests
must be kept dean He must keep
the eggs when gathered in a cool
place. He must bring in his egga on
a certain day when It was arranged
to have enough eggs from other farm,
ers brought in to make a fair sized
shipment.
The eggs after having been tested
were graded ap to sire and color and
the man who hHd been placed In
charge shipped them to a market
known to him. guaranteeing them to
be strictly tresh. calling attention to
the grading which had been done.
The farmer# were Aurprlsed to find
that a price several cents higher than
that which they had previously ob-
tained for eggs raised In that com
niunlty was at once paid, and that
Consequently their eggs were bringing
them more than they had ever brought
them before. When the_farmer deliv-
ered the egga he waa not\t first paid
In cash; he etmply became a partner
with the others In the marketing ven-
IaIav It harimA (Ha nrt/'tlr*
It will be readily understood' that
with a skilled marketing man In
charge, neither time nor eggs are
wasted in shipping to markets which
are- already flooded with eggs The
manager has cvrespondents and
business connections which Uieure'
him against any ouch losses.' When
tbe eggs start be knows exwrtly
a-here they are going, knows exeetly
who ia to take them, knows that t'Aere
Is not to be a flood of other eggw in
competition with tita and Knows that
he will receive the top market price
for every egg sent
What the Society Does.
Last year this Foynes association
marketed 1.560.000- dozen eggs The
total expense of handling all *AW-so
eggs and conducting the affairs of the
association amounted to less than *ne-
quarter of a cent per dozen Including
weight from nuM'Htions. dray age.
postage rent and all other disharse-
aenta.
The association has done ao well
wfth tbe eggs that'.J.he members have
asked the manager to market other
farm products, chiefly poultry, fwmey
and gutter. While the association
does not emphasute these other fea-
tures the poutry, toney and butter are
handled as adva.itageoualy and as
profitably for its members as are tbe
egge tAlHt year the members also
called upon the- association ns pur-
chase fuel for them since they fouud
that coal was uasreasonablv high and
difficult to get. Ij»st year tfu-reforo
the Association »ot only niarkried the
produce of Its members but svsisted
In procuring cheap fuel for i&wui '
Prices Received. v
„ On the average tbe farmer receives
about twenty-toar cents per dozen for
his eggs, net The consumer ip Eng-
land or elsewhere more or less dis-
tant. is. of cwurse. required to pay a
slightly advanced price, bixt the In-
creased price to the consumer never
•exceeds seven or eight cents and Is
generally much teas Thto relatively
smalt Increase of price includes
freight, marketing expenses, retailer's
profits, etc. In this way the price to
the consumer Is never an exhorbltant
one.
It has been found, too. that this co-
operative association furnishes a
steady demand for eggs so far as tbe
farmer is concerned. If the ‘manager
discovers through his correspondence
dr through tbe I A. O. S that one
market Is glutted. another la
searched for and, found Seldom haa
the manager failed to find some mar-
ket where tbpre is demand for eggs
of the grade furnished by the associa-
tion. In any ewnt. no egg fg wasted-;
every one reaches the consumer in
good condition
Notwithstanding our loyalty to
America, we are pompelled to admire
this Irish system]of co-operation, and
to admit that It surpasses our Ameri-
can methoda of lualaesa. It la more
economical of time and. money. The
farmer geta botfqr prices and (he city'
man gets better Igga, ao that we can
conclude that It benefltfe both farmer
the best feature
a system that
the needs of tho
“Tke fiscal yrar citing J"ne
-10th, 1913,- showdrl that the thirty-
three Texas railroad* earning a
gross total of n iSfflT?.454
operating expenses were $!J*<!,609li-
6T2. the net income being $?6,007f-
84*2 with other income given as
$1,907.227 or A gross corporal* in*
come of $27,915,070.
“To measure against tlife in*
corner items including taxes, ren-
tal^ leasoa, hire of equipment, in*
(crest on bonds, gjebr*. etc., aggro*
f gating a total of $3QJ)5Q,ttSfo v<
propcTlr charged, the result being
that mstead of the- tbirfy*three
roads mentioned really earning n»J
monel', they "actually sustained' a
deficit' of $t, 135,58*6. This doe* *7
not mean tfiat all of the* lines failfed
to earn net revenue foe some of ;;
(hem did, hut it doc,-« mean th*F ____
the~ burdens or opcrnTton set Seri-
Misiy upon a majority of the Texa*
lines, and that of the total num-
l»er of roads twenty of them sus-
tained deficits which in ope in*-
stance ran as high ns $1,2?7,000.
"Railroads like other commerciaT
institutions, have certain commodi-
ties for sah*; viz: transportation!
if persons, frnnsporUtions of good*.
Out of tli*v sale *d this transporta-
tion nnrsf they find thfir revenue.
If the price of the sale is too low,
then the establishment cannot maitt
a profit 4rid if cannot provide
•{the necessary funds—for operation-
must cease to be a going "oncern.
There nuxsr be a limit to the1 pres-
ent ibaiUor. the boada “frill be faced*
with either a decided decrease ot
high price service or placed at tiio*
tender merries of a receiver an#
in either instance the 'public , mpst
»nfl"r accordingly-
“The remedy, when it is acknow-
ledged that the roads are intelli-
geitUy—add—economically
lered.* is indicated in an increase-
in freighf rates sufficient to over-
Mine the- loss and to meet the in- Nw
rivasr of expense in operation*
due to causes already set forth.
“An increase of ten per cent in
<1! rates would of course apply or>
the rate for IDO pounds by class ^
And commodity. If the railroaditogpv
were permitted to increase thmr
rales they would be enabled t'»
luecssfrrllV rsw'l the- present eost
if eperation without -facing tth*
ierious dbflcita and diffieuttiea ~‘
which now confront them, and v
which aerionslv threaten a cur-
tailment of service and efficiency
and * decrease in the work ot
railroad development in all set>»«-^
lions of the State."
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and city l«*n. But th
I of h Is,'that tbdra is
I Is wall Adopted u> Qiq
Tlie- foltirw ing interview with- Mr.
Ben B. Cain, vice-president of the
lulf.j Texas and Westafn Railway,
which- appeared in the Washington
llera-ill recently also throws an fn-
teresting liglit on the situation,:
“There is no question confront*
ing the country which is quite so *
vita-1’ as granting to the railroads
an increase in freight, rates. “ This
ipplTes riot only to the eastern
lira«rs but is more essential to th*
f«rosiier«tv of those line* struggling
for f.xisifijace ui the meat Ap*s—iy
^ttfed serf ions of the conn try. ;
Data compiled by tlie American
Itailway A asm-ration which I have \
reason fo heliete are reliable, show
that ‘91 1-2 <*ents of every dollar
earned, by trie steam roads of tbe
United States has to he expended
in keeping the road going, there
being only 8 1-2 .cents -with wliidi
to pfly dividends and make im-
provements. The distribution nt a
dollar earned by the common car-
riers is as follows: t-
l.idw/r, 44.17: fuel and oil ft.93^
material, supplies and mist*ellaif»-
ons expense 11.OH; loss and dam-
aire 8.20; (axes 4.21; rents and
leases 4.4); interest on debt 13.48}
dividends and improvements 8.59.
“Within the past month rail-
roads of Texas made application
to the railroad commission for an
increase of 15 per cent, in freight
rate*, but our commissi on refuse#^
to even consider tbe application^^
ffotwithstanding it was based upon
fficts wtiich if true undot
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Bowron, Frank H. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1914, newspaper, June 18, 1914; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884414/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.