8
SAY RAILROADS
STEAL PROFITS
CALIFORNIA GROWERS PLEAD
FOR INTERVENTION
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I, C. C. GIVEN FACTS IN FREIGHT
RATE FIGHT
Lemon Industry Is Shown to Be De
stroyed—Shippers Are Forced
to Pay Exorbitant Rrefrig.
eratlng Charges
(Continued from rage One)
fornia to nearly all of the eastern
markets. It developed during 1902-04
that the lemon Industry of California
was being destroyed by this high rate
and by the fact that foreign competi
tion became much keener, and therein
the Sicilian and other competitive
growers secured an unfair advantage.
During this memorable period, when
hundreds of men in California los, *.....
fortunes, lemon trees were dug up and
supplanted by walnuts and other trees,
or were rebuild..l. The acreage de
creased to an alarming extent, and the
railroads deemed it best to lower the
rate said Mr. Call, first to what was
known as a "winter relief" or emer
gency rate, while lemon prices In the
cast were at the lowest; and, second,
to what was called a "year around
rate" of $1. , 1..
Following the establishment of this
lower rate, the lemon Industry revived.
Supporting this contention, Mr. Wood
ford and Mr. Hampton testified that
they knew of~many Instances in which,
as a result Of the lower rate, the trees
had been budded hack again and thou
sands of acres replanted to lemon trees.
•pips redevelopment of the lemon Indus
tyr had continued until the railroads
announced their present new rat of
$1.15, when conditions again changed
'and growers became, discouraged.
There was every reason to believe that
up to the recent advance the "year
around" rate would prevail and the
acreage would continue to increase.
"The evidence will prove," said Mr.
Call, "that there has been no change
in conditions, save increased protection
given to the industry by congress, tO
justify the present unjust and arbitrary
rate."
Mr. Call intimated that the railroads
had Imposed the arbitrary rate to reap
larger profits from the market condi
tions which it was believed would re
sult from the 50 per cent Increase in
the duty on Sicilian lemons Imposed by
congress last fall.
Rates Offset Tariff
The railroad Increase in freight rates,
following closely on the Increase ln the
duty on Sicilian lemons, prevented the
California producers from deriving any
benefit from the higher tariff on Sicilian
lemons.
When he had fully reviewed the his
,tory of the tariff increase, Mr. Call
'asked the pertinent question; "Did con
gress intend that Increase to benefit
the railroads or the Industry?"
The second subject involved in the
hearing—that of the arbitrary refrig
eration charge of 130 a ear for fruit
pre-cooled and pre-iced by the shipper
—was then discussed. Mr. Call con
tended thai while the carriers trans
port the extra weight of ice "free,"
the high freight rate has always been
justified by the railroad compaim on
the ground that it "include* the cost
of hauling the ice."
Mr. Call stated that half the oranges
and all the lemons are shipped under
ice. I
"if we ran get reasonable rates,"
he said, "we can revolutionize this
business with our modern facilities
and climatic advantages, and furnish
the consumer with a cheaper and better
product."
Mr. Call then discussed the third
proposition— the rate on oranges
is too high— reviewed the attempt
made several years ago to obtain a
lower rate. At thai time the Interstate
commerce commisison declared $1.10
was a reasonable rate, but it lacked the
power to enforce it. The railroads,
however, compromised later by lower
ing the rate 10 cents a hundred pounds
to $1.1".
Commlsioncr Prouty here interposed
n question relative to the satisfaction
of the service.
Service Better
"We find the service more satisfac
tory now than In the past," replied Mr.
Call. "We now have an eight-day ser
vice to Chicago, hut it wasn't satis-
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active bowels, or impure
blood. Clear thinking fol
lows the use of
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With our unsurpassed manufac
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factory the first year after the rates
were lowered."
Mr. Norton, representing the Santa
Fe, objected to this statement, saying
the service to Chicago is- considerably
less than eight days.
Reviewing the charge that the rates
on refrigeration are too high, which
ls the fourth proposition contained In
the complaint, Mr, Call said that the
carriers are paying from $4 to $4.50
a ton for ice at their Icing stations
when it can be obtained tor $2 and
$2.25 per ton without difficulty. Wheth
er this is done through Ignorance of
the value of Ice or to make a show
ing of great cost, Mr. Call said he
did not presume to say.
Asked as to who owned the pro-oool
lng plants, Mr. Call stated that there
are hut two and they belong to the
growers at Redlands and Pomona,
The growers have contracts with a
Los Angeles company to furnish the
dee and thi railroads charge the
growers $2.") a ear more for ice than
the growl would have to par if they
furnished their own Ice—which they
have demonstrated, he said, because
they furnish much of their own Ice and
have already Iced more than 100 cars,
because many of them preferred to do
their own icing, because they get better
results.
The question of the ownership of
the Pacific Fruit Express here came tip,
.-md Attorney c. W. Durbrow of the
Southern Pacific denied that his cor
poration owned the company, although
lie admitted "some of the stock may
be held by the same interests."
Woodford on Stand
R. A. Woodford, general manager of
the California Fruit Growers' ex
change, was here called to the stand.
lb 1 explained that the exchange Is
composed of about ".lino citrus grow
ers, organized into 100 local associa
tions, which in turn are composed of
district associations organized in four
teen districts. The exchange handles
the marketing of the product and at
tends to all business transactions for
the growers, but acts entlrly on or
ders from the growers. It handles 60
per cent of the state's citrus fruit
output and of this amount auctions
about SO per cent.
Mr. Woodford said that the country
was divided Into three districts, the
western, lying this side of the Missis
sippi; the eastern, lying between the
Mississippi river and the Allegheny
mountains, and the Atlantic, which em
braces the Atlantic seaboard and In
cludes tin- Gulf coast of Texas and
Louisiana.
At present, said Mr. Woodford, Call-,
fornln growers market the most of
their products, except in the fall of the
(rear, in tie* western division; but Cali
fornia, produces twice as much citrus
fruit as can he consumed in this terri
tory. The best prices are obtained in
the west, however, although in many
recent instances the Sicilian product
lias entered, into severe competition
with the California product as far
nest as Oklahoma.
The Florida product prevents much
business (except in certain off years)
n the Atlantic division, and also fre
quently shuts the California product
mt of Denver. California citrus prod
ucts re sold the cheapest, he said, on
Hie Atlantic seaboard, Including the
Gfulf coast cities. About half of the
California product Is sold in th west;
two-thirds of the remaining half is sold
In the eastern district, and one-third in
the Atlantic. inly at tain periods
_f the year, when the Sicilian and Flor
ida products are declining, and the
market In New York is far from at Its
best, is the California product able to
enter successfully Into the Gotham
markets.
Lemons Unsurpassed
He i -.id .a., is about 25 or 30 cents
difference in the selling piles in Chi
cago and New York, the best prices
being obtained in Chicago. lie de
clared, as did other experts, that Call
fornia produces son:.- of th. best lem
ons in the world, and that one grade
of its lemons has no superior, although
In the Atlantic states, where push-cart
and other peddlers and most fruit mar
kets are operated by Italians, the Sicil
ian produit is boost..!, and a prejudice
has been formed by consumers for the
Sicilian lemon. Wherever the Califor
nia product is known, however, it Is
recognized as the equal of any. There
are, however, several grades, and tie
grades vary in different seasons. One
tree will bear the best of lemons this
season and a poorer quality next.
California sells a third of the lemons
consumed in Cleveland, hi said, and
about half the lemons consumed In
Chicago. The further east the product
goes the more difficult it becomes to
compete with the Sicilian product, and
this difficulty threatens to be seriously
Increased by the advantage given to the
Sicilian product, In spite of tho In
creased duty, because of the freight
rales from Vest to east on California
products,
Recently California has sent its sur
plus product to the Atlantic markets at
a loss, but the growers now ask that
they be permitted by the railroads to
dispose of this surplus at a profit.
This would he possible if the old rate
was restored, conditions this year,
said Mr. Woodford, are not normal.
There has been a shortage of SCO ears
shipped from California, and the equiv
alent of about 100 ears shipped from
Sicily.
I', inning the witness stand at the
afternoon -■ lon Mr. Woodford said
the law of supply and demand regu
lates the orange market. The con
sumption of ' oranges ln the United
States, he said, equals about 20.000,000
boxes a year, of which California pro
duces about 12,500,000 boxes and Florida
about 5.000,000 boxes. The competition
from Florida Is severe, he said, only
from November to February, The Flor-
Ida product now remains on the market
in lesser quantities until April 1, longer
than formerly, but California's ship
ments are a! their prime \j-hen 'he
Florida shipment, are far on the de
•line.
Would Increase Market
Mr. Woodford estimated that a re
in, t ion of 20 cents a box would in
crease the consumption one-third. tie
Based this theory on the fact that the
reduction of 20 cents a box In 1908, tin
ier the price of 1007, increased the con
sumption 25 per cent.
The price of oranges to retailers
low Is about $1 per box- less than it
,vas ten or twelve years ago, said Mr.
iVoofiford. This Is due to the fact that
letter methods of handling ; has re-
Utced the decay. < (ranges are now far
ess perishable than they were ten
•ears ago. They are shipped practi
cally throughout the year, where form
erly they were hipped only at certain
teasons. He did not consider oranges
ir lemons under the present methods
if treatment, as perishable as other
mit-. Chicago Jobbers, lie said, are
contented with a profit of from 10 to
.7, per cent, hut jobbers In the smaller
tenters demand a profit of 60 per cent.
These demands must be met with in
the marketing of the product, and the
grower and shipper must get freight
rates permit tie to put their
product into the market so that the
retailer's demands can be considered.
In other words, the railroads must
not be allowed to gobble alt the profit.
Conditions have .banged so that the
railroads can make faster time and
carry more oranges in a car than In
years past when the rates were lower.
Pre-coollng permits a car to be more
leaviiy loaded than formerly.
S. i;. Hampton of Corona, then tak
ng the stand, said that he had gath
■■' ii considerable data the last few
weeks with the view of enlightening
he commission as to conditions In
Jalfomia. He told of the coat of plant-
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21. 1910.
ing lemon trees, irrigating, smudging,
spraying, fertilizing, etc., and eluci
dated the various methods of treat
ment ard gave averages of the ex
pense Involved.
Explains Methods
The cost of picking, packing, sorting,
washing, pre-coollng, Icing, etc., and
the methods employed were then ex
plained, following which he confirmed
statements already quoted as to the
expense of maintenance, the prices re
ceived, the profits shared, etc., his tab
ulation of figures reducing the net re
sults In many instances to an astound
ing loss. ' ■
He was asked by Commissioner
Prouty t.i explain why it Is that many
growers are budding over to lemons
and that the lemon acreage is Increas
ing. Mr. Hampton, led In his explana
tion by the questions of Attorney Call,
replied that this was because citrus
growers had not believed the new rate
would be established and that some
still believed the old rate would bo re
stored, and explained that while ... per
cent of the growers might be said to
operate their citrus industries at a loss,
or with a meager profit, the other 25
per cent, Which represented the larg
est owners, made considerable money,
even under present conditions. This
was explained by Mr. call at the out
set, when he stated that the question
.7 labor entered largely into the citrus
problem. The leading citrus growers
avoid heavy losses in the wholesale
handling and shipment of their fruits,
in the employment of cheap foreign
labor and in the operation Of their own
pre-coollng, icing and packing plants,
he said, from all of which they save
enough to permit them to pay the . *.
cessive railroad rates and still make
money. The smaller dealers, however,
who do not own these facilities or
possess the advantages accruing from
such wholesale methods, must operate
at a lo3s.
It was at this juncture that Com
missioner Prouty, amused .ft the situa
tion as explained to him by the com
plainants, remarked that th.- citrus
growers seen*..*,! to be operating at a
loss and supporting themselves.
The witness was turned over to the
defense for cross-examination, when
tie commission adjourned until 10
o'clock this morning.
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MINNESOTANS WELCOMED
BY CHAMBER PRESIDENT
Meeting of State Society in Rooms of
Local Commercial Organization
, " Is Well Attended
Addresses by the president of the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce and sev
eral prominent men who formerly lived
in Minnesota ushered in a series of
meetings of members of the Federation
of State Societies last night at the
meeting held by the Minnesota State
society under the auspices of the cham
ber of commerce In the exhibit rooms
of that organization. The meeting
marked the hist of many that will be
held under tie- auspices of the chant
ber. Five hundred persons were pres
ent.
President Joseph Scott of the cham
ber welcomed the "gophers" as citizens
of 1....- Angeles and said that Los An
geles recognized their Influence on the
prosperity and settlement of Southern
California. "When in San Francisco,"
he said, "I noticed that they looked on
an Angeleno as coming from the cast.
In fact, they asked me if it was not
true. 1 answered that I was proud to
say it was, and that 1 would like to
know- where their forefathers came
from. The Orient? We of Los Ange
les welcome you Into our midst. You
are coming every day, and we want
still more of you. The chamber of com
merce well ■'- your co-operation."
Norman Dentson, president of the
Minnesota Gopher club, followed Mr.
Scott with a eulogy of I."- Angeles and
Southern California, and assured him
of tlie hearty co-operation of the Go
phers. Dr. "James Strong, president
emeritus of Carlton college, followed
Mr. Denison With a talk on the old
home state and the new one.
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CALIFORNIA WINES SEIZED
FORT SMITH, Ark., March 23.—Tne
United States marshal today seized a
carload of wine on a sidetrack here.
The action was authorized by a federal
court libel charging violation of the
pure food law. The libel alleges the
wine as made in California and mis
branded with foreign names, It was
shipped here by a San Francisco firm.
gl f| o For one week longer our big sale will continue. Many took advantage of Extra Special
fli! H H H H H H fl "ll the rare bar Sains last week, and we advise you to get your share this week.
\\\ Tremendous discounts in every department—bona fide reductions, the 9x12 Axminster
|||j o kind that always characterize sale will continue. Many took of the many Extra Special
ihnnf H H H .1 H the rare har Sains last week, and we advise you to get your share this week.
I fit Tremendous discounts in every department—bona fide reductions, the 9x12 Axminster
|| kind that always characterize our sales. Here are only a few of the many Rugs
11 wonderful money saving opportunities.
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It .-■ a- Brass Bed LIBRARY TABLE DlT^^_. lK _U__m_
' MW\ $12.50 $2150 $275 mPPf'
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SI mW * &_- ll h t-Ml Grace, strength and comfort CX- . -7.', proportions, Splendid stock and jjy jl ti 111
11 ■jW^^SLZL^UuI pressed in every line. I.ig posts, This design gives the desired effect of . painstaking labor have been ex- Mil II
lj j fe^-O-^ii^JSa^^-j-i-a big width, a big value. A master- strength, grace and repose Its construe- pe nded upon it. Fumed oak— M |/| ,
I piece of bed design. Bright or tion is obviously substantial, its material quarter-sawed with a full box || |
8 dull finish. fumed oak of the best. seat. a real bargain. _ \
I „ t^. %c a «- n. 11 -Tl "■ _f\ Our Store Is Away from Where '
A Credit System Dignified || A*~ Wl^l^ri-A Rents Tower High, So We Put
Is Mackie-Foley's f iJ^a 11*1 lilt V \IK in Bi« Values in Goods '
1 fecial Pride IfittvJ_.Ll.lV Mm V^V* That You Buy ,
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BARS GAMBLING
IN YUMA LANDS
BALLINGER ISSUES ORDERS
AGAINST SPECULATION
APPLICANTS REFUSED RIGHT TO
TRANSFER DRAWINGS
Twenty.Five Farms Are Disposed of
in Two Days, and Register
Expects to Complete
Work Today
Acting on suggestions from the Unit
ed States land office ln Los Angeles
to the effect that numerous applicants
who had filed on farm units in the gov
ernment's Yuma land project had pos
sibly entered the list for speculative
purposes. Secretary of the Interior Bal
llnged telegraphed from Washington to
Register Buren and Receiver Robinson
of Los Angeles yesterday that appli
cants who filed would not be allowed
to transfer their privileges In the draw
ings to others, The order from Wash
ington practically kills the chances of
any Yuma applicant selling his position
to another.
The telegram from Mr. Ballinger
reads:
Yuma applicants holding the ten
days' preferred right will not be
permitted to waive entry in favor
of other persons, if they waive
right within ten days you will no
tify all others who presented cards
and applied for unit involved to
appear on date named by you and
determine in manner prescribed by
letter of February 24 which of them
may make entry immediately, and
you will allow no entry for the unit
until after the date named by you.
It tracts applied for by persons who
presented cards are not entered, the
units involved will then be subject
to entry by the first legal applicant.
Give this widest publicity. Regu
lations of February 24 modified ac
cordingly.
Women Among Fortunate
Twenty-five farms were disposed of |
in the drawings Tuesday and Wednes
day. The officials expect to complete
the drawings today. Several women
have been successful competitors. Con
trary to expectations, the drawings
have been conducted With the best of
feeling among the contestants. Men
who came lies at considerable ex
pense to attend the drawings, some of
whom stood days and night.-- in the |
streets as members of the old Yuma
land line, which Ballinger refused to
recognize, took their defeat stoically,
and in some cases even congratulated
the winners. Each drawing practically
consumed ten or fifteen minutes.
The applicants and the farms which
they won In the drawings are:
u;i4. John Llebold, Hollywood; P34,
William H. Alford, Los Angeles; D 3,
John N. Upright, Los Angeles; G3,
Robert Plrtle, Long Beach; N3, Thom
as KlUlan, Los Angeles; 84, Loran [_,
l.atitz. Los Angel' Co, Ralph L.
Klock, Los Angeles; N6, Albert L. I
Nighswonger, Los Angeles; 06, Allan
M. Eaton, Los Angeles; C 7. Walter L.
Peck, Pasadena; FT, Margaret Stock
ton, Edendale; MT. Samuel D. Glass.
Los Angeles; CB, Charles E. Jarman,
Los Angeles; K9, Jennie Berryman,
Long Beach; F9, Marion W. Aubury, ,
Sierra Madre; J9, William H. Day, Los
Angeles; M 9, Herman H. Grtems, Los
Angeles; 810, Walter J. Bradley, Los
Angeles; ClO, Adolph C, Grimm, Los
Vngeles; Ai". Silas W. Lyman, Los
Angeles; 818, Harry W. Newcomb,
Los Angeles; Dl 5, Lndislaw Vomlcll,
Los Angeles; BIS, Robert W. J. Reed.
Long Beach; Dl 9, Nelson Root, Bur
hank; J6, Henry J. Woods, Santa Mon
lea.
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OUT FOR COUNCIL PLACES
Seven applicants have already taken
out petitions as candidates for the city
council to fill the vacancies caused by
the resignations of President J. D.
Works and Richmond Plant. They are:
A. D. Houghton, 1*:. J. van K< uren, R.
L. lesebro, George ■ oulaon, S. D. ,
Weil, F. W. P. Hill and Bperry Ba
ker. ' George H. Stewart and Henry
Lyon, who have announced themselves
as candidates, have not taken out their
petitions,
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fpl.tjD BDWr4944^ BROADWAY COR. LOS ANGELES. 2nd °°r 1
Misses' Department Offers .^g^g
Jaunty New $1 0.50 Cgfev Easter Wear
Easter Suits =-*.*-*= <JP||§p , 1
We've just received this shipment, which will *!£. Je_J*» : fiP g : |
I soon be exhausted, for these are suits which « Wf" %T$ JL " : ~/
fl have been designed for Easter wear and are (fw-ww?*V\
| indeed marked attractively at $13.50. They l{\\'///P ] one's Easter hose cannot be
I come in new shades of light blue, tan, gray /|\/7{ I *$£%*££*&
I and navy. Coats are trimmed in the neatest / d • A I tentlon. it includes beautiful
1 fashion with bone buttons and lined with satin ( ' o II I silk stockings, mad,; with lisle
I lining. No styles-more clever than those found V . ft "g^^fc li%*S ot^S
ain this collection. Materials include serges, \ / J ors as to please every woman.
1 homespuns and panamas in the newest effects. gf j- / / Also black. Find these in Aisle
1 Sizes 14 to 18. Broadway price $13.50. Sec- / p^\ 8- lalr "•
I ond Floor. , UJ-r^\ women's - — msi.k 50c
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I \_sOrSet UemGnStratiGn // I I'llT\\ ™ost Pleasing colors. Made .m. ex- ■
•t^_n on, -l/^inv/iwki mhwii. iii I \\\ \\ tTm high splicod heels, double sole 0
tT^^mm.. 4-mas.a.smLm 111 1111 l and garter top. Pair 60c. Alule 8. JJ
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/ / / 1 l VV\ WOMEN'S I.TSI.K <i «-. I
Mrs. Craig is still with us, demonstrating the ///,/ I V \sjL) TllltK.Vl) HOSB •'*'*» n
superior quallUes of Nemo corsets. This being L/ ,/ ll U y*r- Thcso are the 1 ,,„, ar flal .e top ho „ 8 H
held Just previous to Easter, it is of double value v~f ini _ __\-^ sad c omn In blnck only. Extra high g
to Los Anseles women, for the corset Is most __#fTr spliced heel and double role. The g
9 Important at Easter time. Nemo corsets are par- lif minute you see these you will np- H
D tlcularly suitable to stout figures. Second Floor. —- _ p ______ predate their, value at. pair ... H
One Pound Easter Sale Lingerie and
La Premier Butter Tailored Wash Dresses
I Qf\s% Priced $2.75 and $3.85 I
1 "%* These two important prices mark a sale event which vitally
1 with masks of tka on'coFFEn concerns every woman planning to purchase a pretty lin
i gerie or tailored wash dress for Easter.
a V,,it may secure this celebrated La Pre- ' g Q t j a ; nt y are the styles and so varied IS the assortment
1 n.ier Butter Thursday In cne-pound 'roils . ]n( ' th express the individual taste of almost any woman.
I for 3D,*, with one pound of any of our bulk < J cleverest of lingerie styles, as well as tailored 1
I teas and coffees. This extraordinary price * c "1... , .,...,.. ;..,.,,,.<< -
\is quoted to further introduce our teas models of unusual atrtactiveness. .
1 and coffees, i, win be to your advan- Here's the details of each group
I tag.* to know the quality Of these lines. Styles at $2.75 Styles at $3.85
i.a Premier Butter, under the conditions OtyieS at $2.70 OtyieS <2C
| mentioned above, one-pound roll, 30c. Among these are dresses of lin- Prettiest of wash dresses and
U cue and striped ginghams and two-piece suits that will pleasa
I Fancy lowa Corn, can *»c lingerie cloth—models trimmed the eye, and at a price that will
■ Dozen cans for $l.oj. wjt|) ,]| designs with braid please the purse, Made of splen-
Quaker Puffed nice. 9 package! IBc _ l|l(] gelf-colored buttons. Yokes did quality linens, lawns and
16 lbs. Potatoes, fancy Burbanks 3.1 c an( j coarl are made- of net. plaid ginghams. The linene j
... lbs. Onions, fancy Nevada -!">c Cuffs trimmed with one-half- dresses are In one-piece styles.
We also carry a full line of poultry foods. j ntl f o ] ( trimmed with buttons, open on I
Whole wheat, for chickens. I 1b5.... He '■•• . , shoulder* Skirts are piped In
Graham Pastry or Entire Wheat Flour. No. 10 Gingham dresses j nre made In contrasting color.
!.sck - 3 light ;"'';','"• trimmed with Gingham dresses are made In
■alder's Catsup, i small bottles Ma fancy braids. effective plaids, trimmed with
Darke ' or Yacht Club Salad Dressing, hot. »8c Lingerie frocks are to be had neat bands of self material and H
Black popper, pure ground, lb Me | n blue, pink, hello, cream and piped-In white. Choice of these R
Upton's Coffee. tt-lb. cans $1.0.3 white. Nt *3.80. , f|
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I Dress Your Tahle with New Set for Easter
B Don't forget the need of a new dinner set when planning for Easter. Why not a pretty, now, plain white Austrian china set,
| selected from these open stock patterns? 100 pieces at >ii«..S; DO pieces at ss.:.-,. TTfT-fB-ff _^Q
1 Also .Neat Pink Ito»e Border Deign, with Gold Edge*— loo Meres $22 ; 50- piece Set 11.-10. Iftljtfaji ___<_m^_^__
B iit <il.\ss Sugar und Creamer, Sinull Hardware lc In l..<— Many . V_(H__T _ff^.^^^^*^""SflOT
3 V.-,-, useful articles nt r,.,luce,t prlcee. wMfg / \w//^/^mt
§ Vases, "Sunburst" lie-itto. S-ln. ilxe, t*hoo*v from this assortment at l^e = -~^__^ ==^_/rrr_X Wfii'l ff \^^*'yJt '%
1 11-Inch Comports $2.11... Aluminum Tea Built 2Se—Hang I"- fiSkl^i_?~^_iliy_'.-ir_Bl Fit -U___-»^LTIi. 8
U Salt and Pepper Shakers ..0c pair— „ , ,. of any teapot ; the Int. si Idea l^Jfc¥-4_l®¥B 'Tfl 111 I KT*\ s ' fill
P With pearl tops. _ for infusing tea; light and sanitary. I_ ■rTi'^W ' Cfi S» 'ill ifjl ___.'_»
i the^argeTnee* for lilies'. Like Granite Cooking Kettles Holds ~^-3§~2jJ£_\v U i|_-,|li '^
m Illustration 6 Quarts. These are seconds, but the '-««=*»' IU
§ Thin' Tumiiler, GOc dozen— Different Imperfections are very slight. I.lko ■HL
S engravings. Like Illustration. Illustration. „ *^____!_______>
FOREMEN TO BE "CALLED"
The streets and boulevards commit
tee will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock
and some of the foremen employed In
the street department will be "called
on the carpet" and Investigated. Coun
cilman Miles Gregory, chairman of
the committee, has been making a
quiet investigation in his own behalf
and has learned that some of these
foremen have been acting as agents
for loan sharks. Mr. Gregory has
extended a general invitation for any
one who has any complaint to make
against the street department to go
before the committee tonight and state
his grievance.
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A MISUNDERSTANDING
"The management of one of the big '
opera houses in New York lias to pay
$2000 a week for conductors."
"Does It pay the same rate for mo- ,
of men?" —Judge. I
WASHINGTON LAWYER ARRIVES
John W. Echols, a prominent attor
ney of Washington, D. '.. is a guest
at th.* Alexandria He Is a well known
figure in the national capital, being
well versed in International law and
appears often '<• fore the supreme court
of the United States.
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You can buy It. perhaps at many place., but
there's one. BEST place to buy II -and that
place advertises.