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FREE PORTS OF E CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM PREFERENCE IN APPRO PRIATIONS. By Peter Radford. This nation la now entering upon an era of marlno dovolopment. The wrockago of European commorco baa drifted to our uhorca and tho world war la making unprecedented de mand for tho products of farm and factory. In transportation facilities on land wo load tho world but our port facilities ore inadequate and our Dor la ocldom soon In foreign ports. If our government would only divert tho energy wo havo displayed in conquer lng tho railroads to mastering the commorco of the sea, a forolgn bot tom would bo unknown on tho ocean's highways. This artlclo will bo confined to a discussion of our porta for tho pro ducts of tho farm must pass ovor our wliarfa boforo reaching tho wator. Wo havo In this nntlon CI ports, of which 41 aro on tho Atlantlo and 10 are on tho Pacific Coast. Tho Sixty-second Congrosa appropriated ovor $61,000,- 000 for improving our Illvera and Harbors and privato enterprise levies a toll of approximately 100.000.000 annually in wbarfago and charges for which no tangtblo Borneo Is rendered. jTho lattor Horn should bo lifted off . tlto backa of tho fanner of this nu- tlon and this can bo donn by Congress .dlroctlng Ita appropriations to ports !thnl aro free whoro vossols can tlo up ;to a wharf and dlschargo lior cargo free of any foo or charge A froo port Is progress. It takas out tho unnecessary link In tho chain of transactions in commorco which bus for conturlos laid a heavy hand upon commorco. No movement la ho hoavlly ladon with results or will mom widely and equally distribute lis benefits as that of n free xrt and nono can ho mora easily and of' fccllvoly secured. THE VITAL PROBLEM OF Dy Peter Radford. Thero Is no escaping tho market problem and tho highest development of agrlciilturo will not bo attained until It Is solved, for u market Is as uocossary for tho produce! aa land on which to grow hla crop. Governmental and oducatlonal insti tutions havo spout 1180,000,000 In the united fltntes during tho past ton years for improving soil production and Improving seeds and plants, but very llttlo attention and loss money has been given to tho marketlug side of agriculture Tho problem Is a monumental one and ono which will never be solved until It gets within tho grasp of a glgantlo organization whoro master minds cau concentruto thu combined uxperlenco nnd wisdom of tho age upon It. It la a problem which the farmers, merchants, bankers, editors and statesmen must unlto in solving. Tho Farmers' Union stands for all thero is In funning from tho most scientific methods of sood selection to .tho most systematic and profitable plana of marketing, but does not bo llovo In promoting ouu to tho neglect of tho other. Wo consider tho work of farm demonstrators valuable and wo ask that governmental and com mercial agencies aoeklng to help us, contluuo to give us tholr nsslstauca and ndvlco, but wo boltevo that tholr inlluenco should bo oxtended to tho marketing ldo of our farm problems also. Wo cannot hopo to devolop manu facturing by overproduction of the factory; wo cannot build up mercan- ttlo ontorprlsos by tho morchantB load ing tholr sholves with surplus goods aud no more cau wo dovelon agricul ture by glutting the market with a eurplua of products. DARIUS Tho notch of a horso made Darius King of l'erslu, tho six contending powers for tho throno agrcolug among thomselvos that tho ouo whoso horso should neigh first should possess tho kingdom. This nuclont method of nettling disputes among politicians could bo revived with profit today. If our purtlsau factions and potty pol- ' Itlclaus could only settlo their dis putes by tho nolgli of a horse, the bark of a dog or tho bray of a donkoy, it would bo n great blessing uud would glvo our cltlious a better opportunity to pursuo tho vocations of industry free from political strife. Let thoso who pick political plums by raising rows and who flash swords dripping in the blood of Industry un derstand that tbey canuot turn the public forum into a political arena and by a clash of personal aspirations still tho hammer and atop the plow aud that their quarrels must bo settled In tho back alleys of civilization. Every Dtttfl" Sat a cm today from your hardware or in csry daater. BUILDERS GOMMERC OUR PUBLIC FORUM I Introductory I Through tho Press Sorrlco of Agri Icnlturo and Commerce, the master Imlnda of this nation will bo Invited to tho publlo forum and asked to de llvor a mossago to civilization. Men who achieve seldom talk, and men who talk seldom achieve. There Is ao auch thing as a noisy thinker, and Ibrovlty 1b always a close companion to truth. It will bo a great prlvllego to stand by tho sldo of men who can roll in iplaco tho cornerstono of industry; to lOsaoclato with mon who can look .at the world and see to the bottom iof it; to commune with men who can hoar tho roar of civilization a few conturioa away. Too often we listen to the rabblo elemont of our day that cries out against every man who achieves, "Crucify him." Mankind never has and probably novor will produco a generation that appreciates tho genlua of ita day. There never will bo a crown without a cross, progress with out sacrifice or an achievement with out a challenge. This Is an ago of servlco, and that man Is greatest who aorvca tho larg est numbor. Tho prosent generation has dono more to improve tho con dition of mankind than any civiliza tion fllnco human motives bogan their upward flight. Tho Creeks gave human II fo Inspiration, but while her oratora woro spoaklng with tho tongues of angola, hor farmora woro plowing with forked sticks; while hor phil osophers woro omanctpatlng human thought from bondage hor traffic OUR PUBLIC FORUM II -L. E. Johnson On Two-Cent Passenger Rates Tho farmora of this nation aro vitally Interested In railroad ratos nnd equity bo twoon passengor and freight rates Is especially im portant to tho man who follows tho plow for tho farmor travels very little but ho Is a hoavy con tributor to tho frolght revonuoa. Homo of tho states havo a two cent passenger rate and whatovor loss is Incurred Is recov ered through freight revonuo. Tho Jus tice of such a proceduro was rocontly pusscd upon by tho Supremo Court of Wost Virginia and tho doclslon is so far-reaching that wo havo asked I., B. Johnson, president of tho Nor folk nnd Wostern Hallway whoso road contested thu caso to briefly review tho suit. Mr, Johnson said In part: "Soma ton years ago, passenger fares worn flxod by the legislatures of a largo number of states at two conts a mlio. As a basis for such economic legislation, no examination was mado of tho cost of doing tho buslnosa so regulated, nor was any attention glvon to tho fact whothor such a rato would yield to tho rail wny companies an nduquato or any net return upon tho capital Invested In conducting this clans of business. "Such a law was passed In West Virginia in 1007. Tho Norfolk and Westorn Hallway Company put the rato Into offect and maintained it for two years. Its accounting during thoso two years showed that two cents a mllo por passengor barely paid tho out-of-pocket cost and noth ing was left to puy any return on capital investod. It sought relief from tho courts. Export accountants for OUR PUBLIC FORUM IllJulius Kruttschnitt On Financing fUllroadi The farmer ot this nation need to becomo better acquainted with the railroad mon aud their prob lems. It Is only those who know that cau give us Information and the farmers ot Amorlca should listen attentively to what tho men who manage rail road proporty havo to say Mr. Kruttschnitt, exec utlvo bead of the Southern Pacific, bus wrltton an article dealing with tho financing of railroads. lis aald in part; "The financing of a railroad la a function which the people, through tholr servants, tho Railroad Commis sioners and the Legislators, nave never attempted, but It Is a most Im portant problem, especially to sec tions of a State wbero new railroads aro needed. Tho placing of securities haa been left entirely with tho pro moter and owner of railroads. "Tho immediate determination ot what earnings the railroad ehall bo permitted to rocolvo and what bur dona it shall have put on It is In the bands of other B-vnU nf th nubile , Deafness Cannot De Cured by tortt applications, Ihsy cannot roach tbo iilic.il portion of tho oar. Tturo is only on way to euro dtatncu, and that la bv tfonatltutlonal r.m.Slrs. DfAfnvss lo mus.i1 by an Inftainotl condition ot tho mil couo lining vf tho eustachian Tub. Winn thli tubs It InOamod you havo a rumbllnc oound or liurfct hearing, and whtn It It tnllroly clottd, Utafntii la tho rotult, and unltto tho Inflammation can bo taken out and thlt tubo raitorcd to Ita normal condi tion, hearing will bo dtilroyod rorovtri nino int., out or tan in caus.i1 by Catarrh. which It nothing but an Inaamtd condition ot tho mucous surfaces. Wo will glvo Ono Hundred Dollar (or any of Ueafncaa (caused by catarrh) that cannot bo cured by Hall' Catarrh Curs. Bond for circulars, frss. r. J. Cllk.NET CO.. Toledo, Uhio. Bold by Druggists, tlo. Hi Kali's YaiuUy Mil (or MoiUpaUoa. ses'BBB "SsbbbbbI moved on two-wheeled carts driven, and otttlmoa drawn, by slaves; while her artists were painting divine dreams on canvas, the streets of proud Athens woro lighted by fire brands dipped In tallow. Tho genlua of past ages sought to arouse tho intellect and Btlr tho soul but tho master minds of today are. aceking to servo. Civilization haa as signed to America tho greatest task of tho greatest age, and tho greatest men that ovor trod tho greatest planet aro Bolvlng It. Their achievements hare astounded the whole world and we challenge every ago and nation to name men or products that can approach in croatlvo gonlus or mas terful skill in organization, tho mar veloua achievements of the tremend ous mon of tho present day. Edison can press a button and turn a light on multiplied millions of homes; Vail can tako down tho recolver and talk with fifty millions of people; Mc cormick's reaper can harvest tho world's crop, and Fulton's steam en gine moves tho commorco of land and sea. Tho groatost thing a human being can do Is to aorvo hla follow mon; Christ did It; Kings flecreo it, and wlso mon teach It It Is tho glory of this practical ago that Edison could find no higher calling than to bfomo tho Janitor to civilization; Vail tho messenger to mankind; McCormlck tho hlrod hand to agriculture, nnd Fulton tho tcamitor to Industry, and blessed Is tho ago that haa such masters for Its servants. both the Btnto and tho Hallway Com pany testified that tho clutms of tho railroad woro sustained by tho facts Two cents did not pay tho cost of carrying a passengor a mllo. Tho Btatu, however, contuudod that thu railroad was earning cnouuh surplus on Its stato freight business to glvo a fair return upon thu cupltul used In Ita passenger as well as Its frolght buslncBs. For tho purposes of tho caso, tho railroad did not deny tills, but hold to Its contention that the Htata could not scgrcgato Its pas aengcr business for rato fixing with out allowing a rata that would bo sufficient to. pay tho cost of doing business nnd enough to glvo somo return upon tho capital investod in doing tho buslnrss regulated, This was tho Issue presented' to tho Bu promo Court Its decision responds to tho Judgment of the fair-minded aentlmont of the country Tho Su premo Court says (hat, even though a railroad earns a Murplus on a par tlcular commodity by charging rcn souablu rates, that affords no renson for compelling It to haul another's person or proporty for less than cost Tho surplus from a roasonnblo rato properly belongs to tho railway com pany. If tho surplus is earned from an unroasonablo rate then that rato should bo reduced. Thu Statu may not oven up by requiring tho railroad to carry other trufllc for nothing or for less than cost. Tho decision Is a wholesome one and demonstrates that tho ordinary rulos or fair dealing apply to railway companies, Tho fuel that onu makes a surplus on his wheat crop would never be urged as a reuson for com pelling him to sell his cotton nt less than cost It would not satisfy thu man who wanted bread to no tout that Its high prlco enabled tho cotton manufacturer to get his raw product for less than cost In this case tho court roafllrmed the homely maxim that each tub must stand .upon Ita own oottom. the Legislators and tho Commis sioners. "Managing a railroad la quite differ ent from managing a government where tho money is raised by taxa tion. When the expenditures, for good reasons or othorwlso, increase, taxes can be equally Increased. The railroads, whllo servants ot tho pub lic, cannot raise money with such ease and facility The railroads must keep tholr expenditures within their Incomes because while they have Borne control over their expenditures they have almost no control over tholr incomes, their rates being tlxed by publlo authorities. "There Is not a railway managor In the country today who Is not fearful that under the proBS of Increasing do- mands the transportation systems ot the country will, In a few years, break down, unless tho railroads are allowed to earn larger funds wherewith to build It up. There aro vast sections ot the country, especially In the West, where more railroads are needed and they cannot be built unless tho rail ways raise new capital. "People Invest monoy In order to make money, aud tlioy nro skeptical as to whether they can make money by investing In concerns that aro doalt with stringently and unfairly. Hall- road securities must be made mora attractive to Invite Investments, and In order that they may be made more attractive, the roads must be allowed earnluga that will enaMo them to moat the Increased capital charges. "MONEY" The uiiut makes it and muier the terms of the CONTINENTAL MORTGAGK COMPANY you can secure it at 6 per cent for any legal purpose on approved real estate, leans easy, tell us your wauts and we will co operate with you. Patty &. Company SIS tcahM mi. Icata, CU. Business was Rushing last When the holidays come and people prepare for a vis it, that is the time our Men's Toggery is busiest. Last Saturday we felt as tho about- everyone who had ever been in the Toggery was in there making a purchase. Why shouldn't they? Our stock of Boys' wearing ap parel is complete and for Men there is everything for the well dressed man. The brands and quality of goods are equal to those of the city stores they have to be. L. E. ROSE, Manager 1" r 2 MbbVJ YMSmEmm 2 2 L I n ST. 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