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IfHE DAY BOOK! N D. COCHRAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. BOO 8. PEORIA ST. CUICAGO, I1A. Telenhnncs Editorial, juonr 353 a tsiepnones Cln.ulltlgn, M.Je 3528 Subscription By Carrier in Chicago, 50 tents a month. By fail, United States and Can ada, 50 cents a Month. Entered as second-class matter April 21. 1914. at the postofflce at Chicago III, under the Act of March S. 187'' A POOR POLITICIAN, BUT A GREAT STATESMAN. The resig nation of Edward N. Hurleyi chair v man of the federal trade commission, leaves vacant one of the most im portant positions in national service. The trade commission, was creat ed to work out a solution oiLthe prob- lems of trusts and "cut-throat" com " petition, after It became apparent to the American people that the Sher man act was Impotent No more -important task was entrusted to any governmental agency. To accomplish 'the' purposes for which it was created, tle commis sioners must be not-nly able men and progressive men, but they must be constructive men. There is one man who combines 1 these qualifications, and has proved his capacity by noteworthy ervice& to the American people. That man is David J. Le,wis -"father of the parcel post." Single handed, as an obscure rep resentative in congress, he put through -the parcel post against" the combined influence of the Big Five express companies" and by the lower schedule of rates which was thus en forced she saved the public FIFTY MILLIONJDOLLARS a year. He won his victory with two things- facts amwogh?. As chairma& 6 tke house com-, T'mittee on labor he has been ,respon- DJLUC 1U1 1UUOL VI UiC piUICOOllD. labor legislation to which the present administration so largely owes its' return to power. Two years ago he started to col lect the facts for his fight against the telephone and telegraph monopolies J to secure for the American people J the cheap service that other countries- enjoy. He had fired his first; guns and was seeking a more advan--tageous battle field by running" for the senate, when he was defeated by.; a combination of Republicans and reactionary Democrats, engineered and paid for by the express com-3 panies, whose exorbitant profits heJ had reduced, and by the telephone T and telegraph companies who feared his future activities. He is a poor politician, but a great' statesman. ( " 6-0 ' r FABLE Once upon- a time a city had af press club and it really had a mem ber who. was a newspaper man. 0 0 ' -The reason for the custom of a fella always giving a girl a diamond ring, is the girl. KING WINTER-GUESS WHO?, 'WOW IT? WviB L SPRING! JPVT iV k2Pl Mil 4wH 'J&ji'j2&&.. MMttMMMiittiiMttliii