0 wwch put the city in its present sit uation after promises that the car lines could be bought by the traction fund in 1927. The Fisher-Capitain-Busby crowd are already at work following out the scheme as put forward by the expen sive traction and subway commis sion. Fisher's permissive bill is a part of their frantic attempts to get the jump on the other interests. They have the advantage of possessing, heart and soul, the local transporta tion committee and having Walter Fisher with his News and Tribune connections on their side this time. The banking interests are backing Fisher because of the magnitude of the grab offered by his side, because a long-term franchise is proposed and because they will get 6 per cent interest on investment where they are now getting only 5. The "Big BUI" wing of the Repub lican party showed its hand at the last council meeting when Mike Fah erty's pet plan of subways to the loop by special assessments was offered. The real municipal ownership crowd, the bulk of which is made up of Chicago Federation of Labor, va rious unbiased city clubs, a Socialist element, and the independent forces in the city council, want service bet terments immediately by use of po lice powers, city council resolutions and public untility commission com plaints. They want to make the best of the present street car contracts without a combination of vthe elevat ed lines with the surface cars and without an expenditure of fifty or a hundred million dollars for service betterment which the city will have to pay back before it can own and operate its own street car lines for the benefit of the people and not the traction companies. This element wants a. traction system planned te spread the loop out all over the city and to avoid congestion which sim ply betters department store business and increases the value of loop land and buildings. HERE ARE FLAGS OF OUR THREE AMERICAN ALLIES CUBA. J! PANAMA. g ' V I BRAZIL, In the tabove flags up-and-down lines indicate blue, horizontal lines white. The Brazilian flag is a yellow diamond in a green field, with a pur ple globe and white stars, and the words "Ordem e Progresso" (Order and Progress) on a vmite band. o o New York. 6-cent loaf of bread, now cheapest on market, will disap pear from New York counters Mon day it was announced by largest producing wholesale bakers. mmmmmimmmm