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may cool homes in summer
Hungarian Engineer Hee Designed
Evaporation Scheme to Régulât«
Temperature.
Americans may soon be living in
"ire houses.”
The houses will not be the kind in
which ice is stored, but a new type
of dwelling designed by Leopold Pol
lak, an engineer and constructor, of
Budapest» Hungary,
He is qoptem-
plating bulldingThomrè-nmnufictSi
ing plant in Philadelphia so that thè
public will have a place to escape the
sweltering heat without .rekklng
shoreward or northward.
Mr. Pollak said that the houses will
be made of infusorial earth and cov
ered with porous bricks. In appear
ance they will be similar to those
used by the natives of South America,
who use "monkey Jugs,” or water bot
tles made of pottery, to eool their
homes.
• The^ South American natives place
TWO MEMBERS OF HILL MILITARY ACADEMY
PLAY TILLAMOOK NOV. 4
In each corner of a room a water jug,
and tn a few moments the room is
cooled by evaporation.
Mr. Pollak
does not go Into detail about his new
plan, but states that be can regulate
the cooling of a bouse In summer In
a similar manner as that of heating
the same building In winter. He said
he can make a home as cool as an ice
cellar on the hottest day in the year
at a cost of approximately 10 cents
a day.—Philadelphia Puoilc Ledger.
TEAM WHO WILL
SOMETHING NEW
4 STORIES
14 STARS
Marshal Neilan’s
Bits Of Life’
W hen such a furore-making picture as “Bits of Life” is re
leased. an exhibitor has to work quicklv to get it. We did;
and we announce with pleasure that'we’ve won it for a
special two nights showing at the Gem.
Bits of Life might well be termed A show with varia
tions. Remember 4 stories and 14 stars including Wesley
Barry. Lon Chaney, Noah Beery and Rockliffe Fellowes.
ere 11 be no waits in this show—unless perhaps you’ll
ha\ e to wait for seats. \\ e say come early!
(No advance in prices)
Adults 25c
Children 15c
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RAILROAD PLAN TO
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like it was worth seventy-five cents.
Spend it where you
can get actual value in return. Vaughn & Larson have
done much to rehabilitate the dollar in Tillamook where
we operate.
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A careful study of the following prices will convince
you that you receive
A Dollar's Worth at Vaughn and Larsons
Great American Coffee, 3 lbs ....
IXL Jam, 6 Cans..............................
Butter Crackers, 7 pounds..............
Calumet Baking Powder, lb. Can
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Phone 59 W. Mutual.
income oC about $62i0<K).(R)0,~*upon a went to labor.
property investment of over $19,000,-
On the first day of January, 1917.
000,000. and even this amount of sixty- when the government took charge of
two millions included back mall pay wages through the Adamson act. ths
for prior years received from the gov labor cost of the railroads had not ex
ernment of approximately >64,000,000, ceeded the sum of about 61,468.000,000
thus showing, when the operations of annually. In 1920, when governmental
that year alone are considered, an authority made the last wage Increase,
actual deficit before making any allow the labor cost of the railroads was
for either interest or dividends.
about $3,698,000,000 annually, or, if
Propose to Reduce Wages and ance
The year ended in serious depres continued throughout the year Instead
sion in all branches of industry, and of fbr the eight months during which
Return All Saving By Re*
in marked reductions of the market the wage increases were in effect the
demand for and the prices of basic labor cost, on an annual basis, would
duction in Charges.
commodities, resulting in a very have been largely in excess of $$,-
serious falling off tn the volume of 900,000.
An increase, since the government
FULL TEXT OF PROPOSAL traffic.
Roads Forced to Defer Maintenance. took charge of railroad wages in the
In this situation, a policy of the Adamson act, of approximately $2,*
Statement by Thomas DeWitt Cuylsr, most rigid economy and of postponing <50,000,000 annually.
In the light of these figures, it ts
and cutting to the bone the upkeep of
Chairman of the Association of
the properties was adopted by the manifest that the recent reduction of
Railway Executives, on
railroads. This was at the prioe sf wages authorised by the labor board,
the Situation.
neglecting and for the time, deferring estimated at from 10 to 12 per cent,
work which must hereafter and in the in no sense meets or solves the prob
near future be done and paid for. This lem of labor costs and in no way
Following a meeting tn Chicago, Is illustrated by the fact that m of makes tt possible for the railroads to
October 14. 1921. of the presidents of September 16. 1921, over 16 per cent or afford a reduction in their revenues.
nearly all the leading railroads in the 374.431 in number, of the freight cars Thousands of Rates Already Rocuced.
country, Mr. Thomas DeWitt Cuyler. of the carriers were in bad order and
Indeed, during the past year there
needing repairs, as against a normal
chairman of the Association of Rail of bad order cars of not more than have been between four and five thou
way Executives, made the following 160,000, as is further illustrated by the sand individual reductions in freight
statement:
deferred and inadequate maintenance rates. On some railroads the reduc
At a meeting of the Association of of other equipment and of roadway tions In rates have amounted to mors
than the reductions in wages so far
Railway Executives today, it was de and structures.
made, and on many other railroads
termined by the railroads of the United
Even under those conditions, and the reductions in wages allowed no
States, to seek to bring about a reduc with this large bill charged up against
tion in rates, and as a means to that the future—which must soon be pro net return on operations, but merely
end to seek a reduction in present vided for and paid if the carriers are provided against the further accumula
railroad wages which have compelled to perform, successfully, thslr trans tion of a deficit.
The point Is often msde that agri
maintenance of the present rates.
portation duties—the result of opera
An application will be made imme tions for the first eight months of this culture and other industries are also
diately to the United States railroad year, the latest available figures, has suffering the same immediate diffi
labor board for a reduction in wages been at a rate of net railway operating culties as the railroads, why, there
of train service employees sufficient income, before providing for Interest fore. do not the railroads take their
to remove the remainder of the in or dividends, amounting to only 2 6 medicine like anybody else? The an
creases made by the labor board's de per cent per annum on the valuation of swer Iles In several facta:
1.—The railroads were not permit
cision of July 20. 1920 (which would the carrier properties made by the in
involve a further reduction of approxi- terstate commerce commission in the ted. as were other Industries, to make
mately ten per cent), and for a re- recent rate case, an amount not suf charges during the years of prosperity,
duction in the wages of all other ficient to pay the interest on their making possible the accumulation of a
surplus to tide them over the present
classes of railroad labor to the going outstanding bonds
extreme adversity. According to the
rate for such labor in several terri-
Roads
Earnings
Far
Below
Reasonable
reports
of, the interstate commerce
tories where the carriers operate.
commission, the rate of return on
Returns.
To Reduce Rates as Wages Go Down.
It is manifest from this showing, property Investment of the railroads of
The foregoing action is upon the that the rate of return of 5*4 or 6 per the United States for the past several
understanding that concurrently with
years has bees
follows:
snch reduction in wa«es the benefit cent for the first two years after
HATE
OF
HETURN
EARNED
of the reduction thus obtained shall, March 1. 1920, fixed In the transporta
with the concurrence of the interstate tion act as a minimum reasonable re BY THE RAILROADS OF THE
turn
upon
railroad
Investment,
bas
not
coBWievce commission, be passed on
even approximated, much less UNITED STATES ON THEIR
to the public in the reduction of exist been
reached; and that the present high
ing railroad rates, except in so far rates accordingly are not due to any ! PROPERTY INVESTMENT:
as this reduction stall have been made statutory guarantee of earnings for i
1912 ................................. 4 84%
in the meantime
there Is no such guarantee
1913 ............ .«..._.............. 5 15%
The managements have decided up
In analyzing the expenses which
1914 ................................. 4.17%
on this course In view of their realiza
have largely brought about this situa
1915 ........................... 4 20%
tion of the fart that the wheels of in tion, it becomes evident that by far
1916 (Fiscal Year) ...... 5 90%
dustrial activity have been closed the largest contributing cause is the I
1916 (Calendar Year) 6.16%
down to a point which brings depres
labor cost.
1917 ..................... ...........5 26%
sion and distress to the entire public,
19)8 .................... -.......... 3 51%
Today the railroads pay out to labor 1
and that something must be done to
1919 .................. _............2 46%
start them again in operation. The approximately 60 cents on the dollar !
0.32%
1920 ................
situation which confronts the railroads they receive for tranportation services,
It will thus be noted that during th«
is extremely critical The railroads In whereas jq. 1916. 40 cents on the dollar
years when other Industries were mak
1920 realised. a net railway operating
ing very large profits, when the prices
of farm products aud the WiMfe« of
labor were soaring to unheard of
z
heights, the earnings upon railroad In
vestment In the United States were
held within very narrow limits and
that they have during the past four
years progressively declined
The Roads Handicapped More Than
. .ai«.
Other Business.
2.—The railroads are responsible to
the public for providing adequate
transportation.
Th'-lr charges are
limited by public authority, and they
are In very large respects (notably for
labor) compelled So spend money on
a basis fixed by public authority The
margin within which they are per
mitted to earn a r*tura upon their in-
veafment or So offer iadscenients to I-
tract new capital for extensions nd
betterments Is extremely limited How
ever much the railrsada might ’aslre.
ta
therefore, ts reduce their eb <«« in
times of depress ion, It wMl h< perceiv
ed that tbs iiwltaeinns su routi ling
their nrtloe da not perm t iheni to
give effri t to broad J.nd >■' .tie policies
and
which wglit very pr^ - irly govern
other lines ef bnalne. not thus re
striated.
It Ims bees urge' upon the rail-
roads ihst s rrt" .«■ In rates will
offers all (ha comforts of modern travel,
stimulate traffic ud tbat inrressed
Convenient sthedulea, observation caia, and »scellent meals era other
traffic will protect fka caark-rs from
ti stura. <>f I h e Bkasta route.
the Iona Incident to a reduction in
rates The railroad managamta can
not disguise fi was themselves that this
su/gnstlon l< merely conjectural and
aa *.’■ er»« result of the experi
: that
ment wor 1 be disastrous net only to
th« rallr ids. but te the public, whose
ar*
Mia at
, aapreti need is adequate transports-
. tlo«
unat queatly the railroad man*
f ages at cannot feel justiPiwat In plac
ing ..•»<■ insfruiaestalitles. so
For tickets and information ask agents, or write
tlai to th» public weUar«, 1 t'
of such an experiment ba
upan such a eoajarttire
Farmers Especially Need Lower Ratea,
Is evident, heweyee. tbst exist-
Jeba V ■• Oi l.
1 lag It tranupertatlon
rAsrges bear in
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