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PLAN BIG SAVING FOR THE LADY
OF THE HOUSE
New York, Jan. 31. Establish
ment throughout the United States
of consumers' co-operative societies
similar to those of Europe, through.
which it is estimated millions of dol
lars will be saved to housewives and
householders, is the object of the
American Soeiety for Thrift, in whose
interests Simon W. Straus, wealthy
Chicago banker, will study European
co-operative systems. Straus is in
New York foday to prepare for a four
months' trip abroad.
The American Society for Thrift,
Banker Straus explained, is not a co
operative society. It will accept no
subscriptions or donations. It is
backed by the governors of Okla
homa, Michigan, Idaho, West Vir
ginia, Washington, New Mexico, Del
aware, Arizona, Utah, Alaska and
Massachusetts, and by statesmen,
philanthropists and prominent educa
tors. "In Great Britain alone," said
Straus, "2,400 societies have a mem
bership of 2,615,321. They did a busi
ness far in excess of what United
States Steel Corporation did last
year, and divided profits of millions
of dollars at the close of the year.
"Five million dollars worth of busi
ness is now done in America by simi
lar societies. I believe that in ten
years they will be doing a business of
$250,000,000. Including all of Eu
rope, co-operative societies last year
had total sales of $700,000,000. If
this can be done in Europe, it can be
done in America."
Banker Straus sails Saturday
morning.
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MAYBE THIS'LL HELP SOME
At midnight tonight the unification
and universal street car transfer or
dinance will be effected and the first
car started.
The principal points of the system
are:
Through routing on all North and
South State street cars from Wells j
and Division streets to State and
Seventy-ninth.
Elimination of switchback at Clark
and Washington streets, used by
Halsted and Wenthworth cars, by
temporary loop east on Monroe,
north on Dearborn, west on Ran
dolph, south on Lasalle, and east on
Monroe o Clark. As soon as possi
ble the loop routing will be west in
Monroe from Clark, north on Lasalle,
and east on Washington to Clark.
Universal 5 cent fare and univer
sal transfers.
Through route between Randolph
street and West Pullman in Cottage
Grove avenue.
Routing cars of through route No.
2 (Wentworth-Belmont) in Wells
street instead of North Clark be
tween Illinois and Division streets.
Abolition of the extra nickel here
tofore collected south of Seventy
ninth street.
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A NICE LITTLE NEAR RIOTOUS
MEETING WAS THIS
"Ten Dollar Tom" Murray near
ly started a riot at the Sixth Ward
Non-partisan meeting last night
when, in his capacity as chairman,
he refused to allow a booster for Aid.
Willis Nance to make a campaign
speech.
The meeting had been called by the
learned professors of the Sixth Ward
to select a candidate who would not
be pledged to any party, but ere long
Morton D. Hull got up to make a
speech for Nance.
"Face-to-Face" Tom immediate
ly put the silencer on and served' no
tice that there wasn't going to be
any boosting for certain candidates
while he was in the chair.
Then Harry Franklin Porter, a
Progressive and also a candidate for
alderman, got hooked up and for a
few moments it looked,like the gath
ering was trying to resemble an old
Archey Road caucus. But order was
finally established with nothing more
serjous than the" loss of a few per
sons' dignity.