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WASHINGTON 4* Over at
lFo?t!'Mej’»r, V a.,' A ptetàon df
ean*rf* was drilUn* tfu other
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. It was À tovetz S lo t . JMrntt-
ful here». Magniflctent horse­
men. Perfect teamwork. The
maSt Intricate maneuvers execut­
ed with ate ease that rtofle them
look simplicity Itself. Risks tak­
en that would make s cirons rid­
er's hair stand on end hut never
an accident, never a hitch.
What a sad thought that cav­
alry Is rirtually obsolete
' They s iy it was wfcd-only two
or thToe tim es on the w est,front
Done, to death by the auto and
the plane!
The» it occurred to me, “If
cavalry Is obsolete, why do they
keejf this up?” Is It, In fact, ob­
solete?”
So I in * » tigs ted.
Here’s what I found ont:
Cavalry Isn’t obsolete. The au­
to and the plane hare cut In on
its u seh iln e»,' but there still are
things a man on horseback csn
da that can’t be done by a man
in an auto or the cockpit of à
plane. Whan those things have
<o be done, cavalry's needed the
worst Way.
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nomadiccitydweller F -
i,» About fotirmillion Americans cast off their moonngs
and sought new homes during the spring moving season.
For this unwillingness to stay put another year they
paid approximately $68,000,000. Eye filling is the item
of $20,000,000 charged by truckmen for the transportation
of household- goods. And of course, the change of scene
inspired the purchase of new furniture and new utensils,
these two items accounting for $40,000,000 iu the total
estimated amount of the bill-* Plumbers and fitters get
$4,000,000 for their services, and restaurantg prospered
by another $4,000,000 paid for meals while household
cooking facilities were out#of commission.
It is apparent th at a good p a rt of the population is
always quite ready to break home ties and seek the balm
of change—to know from year to ’year whether variety
is really the spice of life, as it is advertised. The spring
hegira is only a p a rt of the annual moving, for October
has its exodus no less renowned, and through the year
are other minor movings. I t seems worth while to note
here that the first day of May is now made occasion for
a tumultuous demonstration of intent to pay tribute to n
new landlord, rather than' to pay compliments to a new
queen.
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NEW LAWS INCREASE TAXES
Though the w orld’s'first great lawgiver codified all
the regulations needed for civil and religious life into
exactly ten rules, and a groatpr than Moses put His code
in two rules, the law makers of the United States in the
year 1925 had before them 40,986 laws and succeeded in
jamming through 13,018.
That total of 13,000 new laws was for one year only.
If yon figure as many law's are passed every year, for
ten years we have 130,000 new regulations for contract
and conduct from bootlegging whiskey to reading the
risque, from eats and heats and ash pans and baseball
fans to free speeches and legal leeches and radio waves
and wage slaves and strike-breakers and strike-makers.
These laws are solely state and federal,, not munici­
pal nor county regulations.
I f all the bills proposed in bne rich middle-western
state in 1925 had passed, it would have added to the in­
debtedness of tliat stato a billion, dollars. Put the rate of
interest at 4 per cent. Figure the tax for yourself.
At least 75 per cent of the surplus laws proposed
are to extract and exact the dollar from th rift’s pocket.
Ten thonennd seals in Bering
e* will set a hair eat this Sam­
is». w a y notT* Senis y ern oar
Irat flappers.
'V
;®c a lovely cover-
nights. But it
The horse isn't obsolete in the
cost haa’ nothihg to do with what
it la wqrth today— that It is worth
now its much as It would coat to
reproduce" it at present h i g h
pridtei
Disagree on Baste
BY CHARLES P . STEWART
WASHINOTON — Pending be­
fore the Interstate Commerce
Commission— it ^as argued re­
cently and the commissioners are
thinking it over how— i s ' whut
looks like a very dinky little rail­
road case. WhicK, 'heVerthlesa, in­
volves considerably mote money
than, th&'>rar debt all Ifeirope
j)W0H to.iJhe United States/^» i i
The raB road lsth e St. Ixmis A
'O’Fallon, a 9-on fie line running
out of'Kaet St. Louie.
The Interstate Commerce Com­
mission- haB tentatively'*"valued
this roaff at 3850,000. The road’s
management contends that it is
worth more than twice the
amount of the commission's' esti­
mate.
Split With Oovemmmt {
The point le: ~ : •
According to law, a railroad
which earns more than 6 per cent
net profit on its fair value must
divide the excess evenly with the
federal government.
On an 38650.000 valuatioh die
St. Louis A O’Fallon earns consid­
erably more than 6 per cent grit1
has. something to divide wlth the
government.
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On a basis of more than twOc-
3850,000 It makes nothing litool 6
per'cent and has nothing to di­
vide.
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The question, obviously, is oho
of valuations. How should they
The National Conference of
Valuation, an organisation o’f rail­
road workers, shippers and com-
munitiM served by railroads,
which appeared before the com­
mission In opposition to the Pres­
ident’s Committee, maintains that
the railroads are entitled to an
undivided « per cent only on “the
amount reasonably and honestly
artillery service, much less cav­
alry.
True, r cavalry didn’t figure
much on the <west front during
thé world war but It was used to
good effect on the east front and
in Palestine,
Filling stations are few and
far between on the Rnsao-Germen
and Austro-Ruuion borders, in
the Balkans and Mesopotamia. A
country must be industrialised to
support automobiles. A horse
can find forage almost anywhere.
Bringing gas up to a front is
slow work, in a region where*
there isn’t any. A horse can
make it In big time. Time counts
ghep. good-natured <lo; shown sbev«. Wits - « p I M * tram IS
in war.
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Home nt Colorado Springs. Colo., recently bsraune Mb ran
flower beds The primers in the home took up a fund nnd «>
to Fran k Morrow t f i w w r u i e owner, si G m a v iu c . & e
u n ia
all «tong l be route aeve Shop • helplns hnnd end now he’s a
lb«» O r o ^ n v l li t o T v i m * J I n in n
The
Pre8i<leiA3* Conference
Committee, au organteatlon of the
executives of all the Important
railroads in the country, which
really argued the St. Louis &
Fallon’s casd before* the Inter­
state Commerce Commission, con­
tends that a railroad's original.
A UNITED PEOPLE GET RESULTS
. A jinified United States made possible the develop­
ment and general use of automobiles, the telephone, elec­
tric lights and the radios A long-distance ’jplione line
from New York to 8an Francisco is the same length as
one would lie from Ixmdon to Bagdad But the Bagdad
line would cross a dozen hostile boundaries, where jeal­
ous, ignorant officialdom fights everything it cannot un-
<lerstand. The .Bagdad line Is stiff hardly a dreum, of
statesmen who despair over the selfish provincialism of
petty monarchies. But the example of the American
iong-disjance telephone mqst une day have its effect. It
will help jiowerfully tb civilize the world.
SAFETY VS. SPECULATION
W. H. Hodge, Chairman of the customer ownership
committee of the National Electric Light Association,
states thut last year more than -236,000 -customers pur­
chased -electric light and power eon» pa ay securities,
m aking a total of J ,183,4HI customer-pwners of $1,000,-
<>00,000 of these securities. He said that the'committee-
.lung ago realized that this plan would lie imitated by in­
dustries to which it was not spited and thut this had to'
ramie to jiass. “ But,” said Mr. Hodge, “ the conunittee
finds th at utility companies have universally offered to
the public only seasonal stocks with long dividend rec­ One of tlie ¡surprises of the early play in the national open
golf toumaipeiii nt Scioto was furnished by Joe Turnesa,
ords for customer ownership purchases.”
of New Vork. Turnesa /negotiated the initial 18 b«>le<
Ixical fans are going to pull for the Pear Pickers to in 71 and then came back with a 74 on the^eeom L His
the end of the leaghe season, but if the |ienuant evades total of 145 placed him tw o strokes'behind “ W ildnhill”
us we are all hoping it lights in Ashland — Jackson Coun­ Melilliom, the'leader. Bobby Joflos, fresh from his' sen­
sational trinraph in tlie British open, shot a 70-79-149 foe
ty Newfe-
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the first two day’s play. In the alwve picture Turnesa
Don’t forget to learn the 986 new laws passed by the is shown about to plough into th e'little bafl with Jonef
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house. You know, ignorance of the law is no excuse. • in tlie inset-
“ How do you spell ‘ financially’f ” asked a college student of his room­
mate.
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“ F-i-n-a-n-c-i-a-l-l-y,” said the room-mate, spelling out the word slow­
ly. As an afterthought, he added: “ And ‘em barrassed’ has two r ’s
and two s ’ b . ”
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How of tea have you said to a salesman, “ T h a t’s more than I care to
p ay ” ! If you had known the price in advance, you would have been
spared this little em barrassm ent T h at’s one of the great'services ren­
dered by newspaper advertising.
By reading the advertisements before going-, to the stores, you
know what you will have to pay for an article. You need not reveal
your financial status to a salsman. You perhaps do not like to ask the
price of goods anyhow. If the merchant has told you the price yn
bis advertisement, you do not have to ask.
Any way you figure it out, it pays you to read the advertisements.
(Regularly! The one advertisement you skip may contain just the news
you would haye welcomed. Bead all the advertisements you can.
Keep informed.
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The intelligent way to shop is to read the advertisements and then
go to the stores th at offer the beat values. Make notes beforehand of
the articles that interest you. T hat's the way' to get the Burnt for
your money. T h at’s the way to Save time.
When you know the price in advance, you can aftk
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