The daily commonwealth., May 29, 1917, Image 3

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renewed itching, and makes worse the aggravation of
Poison Oak, Tetter, Itching and Sore Toes, and
If yonr preparation does nothing but
The
Eczema,
ail skin eruptions.
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the itching " wrote a prominent Kentucky man, "I
stop
satisfied." When the first skin blotches are seen,
in to itch, apply as directed some Q. 3- ECZEMA
will be
and begin
TREATMENT— it stops the itching. A liquid prepara
^toiring quick effect... At first soothing to the painful
and feverish sensations, and then healing. Old skin sores
have been treated but not relieved, are being healed
little
that
^ith Q. B. TREATMENT . "I have spent quite a
» wro te a manufacturer, "trying to get relief, and
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money»
this is the best I'have been able to find".. Over 200 bot
goid within four months by one retail druggist, and
single dissatisfied customer... Relief guaranteed or
paid back. Price j>0c. Buy a bottle from
lies
not a
your money
your Druggist.
J. W. Quinn Drug Co, Greenwood, Miss.
Manufacturers.
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G. E. WRIGHT ICE & COAL CO.
'PHONE 45|
greenwood,
Dealers in
All Grades of Coal
•MANUFACTURERS OF 1
ICE
Icc Cream and Carbonated Drinks;
also Bottlers of Coca-Cola.
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SHELBY S. STEELE, Viee-Pres. & Mgr.
T. f. STEELE, Prea.
The Delta Insurance & Realty Agency
218 W. Market St
Fire, Tornado, Accident, Health, Life, Plate Glass, Employ
Liability, Steam Boiler, Burglary and
Automobile Insurance.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO WHITING OP
COTTON COVERS.
We represent twenty-four of the Leadng Fire Companies of
the worid. Would be glad to quote you rates on any and ail
ciasaes of Insurance.
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JOHN ASHCRAFT WARNER WELLS
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ASHCRAFT & WELLS
ANY FEATURE OF INSURANCE
1 st Floor Wilaon Bank Building. ;
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Every Housewife or
Mother is ever under
that Nervous Strain^
which so often results [
in Headaches, Dizzy ,
Sensations, Faintness, [ ^
Depression iuid other f
Nervous Disorders. -*• ' i
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noon tage* to reel tetter.
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T^kb the . P tlTV COMMONWEALTH
NERVINE
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In«.
in Such Cmm.
IF FIRST aOTTLC FAIL« TO
BtNtFIT, YOUR MONEY WILL
■I REFUNDED.
CONSTIPATION
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hi Sour Stomach Cum* Tfch
Lady Much Srffermf. Black
Draught ReBered.
I Meadorsville, Ky.—Mrs, Pearl Pat*.
I rick, of this place, writs*: "I was
g very constipated. I had sour stomach
5 and was so uncomfortable. I went to
I the doctor. He gave me some pills.
V They weakened me and seemed to
I tear up my digestion. They would
I gripe me and afterwards It seemed
I was more constipated than before.
I heard of Black-Draught and do
elded to try it. I found It just what I
needed. It was an easy laxaUve, and
not f*d to swallow. My digestion soon
Improved. I got well of the sow stem
ach, my bowels soon seemed normal,
no more griping, and I would take a
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«V too much tev Bteek
I cannot aay too muen toy s iici*
U the ,,nMt ^
Thedford's Black-Draught taa for
many years been found of great value
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bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle
and reliable in Its action, leaving m
tad aftereffects, It has won the pralat
of thouiand* of people who have used
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"1 always sex - right out what 1,
"Dat'a no lie, bnt youse needn't oveis
t'Ink yourself on my account I'm Bred
bearin' yer already."
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AYK wTHUAf H trouble Y
bTOMALjl trouble J
ONE DOSE WILL CONVINCE
Gail Stones, Cancer and Ulcers of the
Stomach and Intestines, Auto-Intoxi
cation Vallow J^ndice
. ' Ä^ThoÄTf
Stomach Sutierers owe their com -
plete recovery to Mayr's Wonderful
Kemedy. Umike any other for Stem
ach Auments For sale by l. T. Mc:
Intyre Drug Co., and drugisto y
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thinks."
« HI* Experltnc*.
Fockem who had loved and woa,
Once let this sentence fall:
« >Tls better to have loved and lost
Than never to have lost at alL"
Won't Bum.
"Do you ever lnsq your temper!"
"Not often," answered the ultimate
consumer, "but I would like to lay .my
hands on the dealer who sold mo fiva
tons of Indestructible coal 1 "
M
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AN EYE TO BU8INE6B.
"I got a pain ln myÄeck from look*
Ing up so long yesterday while yon j mu8
were flying about," said the county fair j ra
rtsltor. I to
"You did, eh?" replied the profea- \ to
slonal aviator. "I carry as a side lin#
Doctor Jigger's Eureka liniment, the
greatest preparation of its kind. TM ^
price is »1 a bottle. Rub a few d p ,
the back of your neck and the pain
The Absent-Minded Motorist
"There's an automobtlist in distress. j
Suppose we stop and ask him If there to
la anything we can do?" I
"Are you referring to the man who
is sitting still, with a far-away look ,
In his eyes?"
M YeB."
"I know that fellow. He's probably
wondering where he's going to get tha
money to pay g the next installment on
Ms car." '
on
will disappear in a Jiffy."
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SETTING IN TRIM.
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"Holmes U taking boxing
"Getting ready to fire the cook, I
guess."
This countiT ha. nearly three jlljW ^
.1 many telephones as Eiwq* 1 W ]
W *„ n f I Tnnt^er in this Miimw
tffik to one another In this country,
When 'a woman has on a pair M
nlfty boot* and an extra high aklrt It
ivwlir doesn't matter what sort of tat.
ahe '9 Weering. Nobody notices that j
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Ono problem which no ono has at
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Delivered to the Mississippi Press As
t^.Unn at Laurel on May
16, 1917. I
Mr. President. lidies and Gentlemen:
a
ADDRESS BY G. H. BOWER.
I
1 appreciate very much the kind in
I vitation extended me to be with you
here today, also your kindness in giv
j ng me an opportunity of addressing
you on a matter of vital importance
^ the Railroads, and, we feel, of the
Mme importance to the public.
courati the leading subject of
thoug ht and conversation in these 1 ed
dayg j g the war . jjext to this subject |
bably the one of most importance !
^ the American peop ie is the high (of
, wi whüe the one topic in
circles is how to pay the in _,
s under the Adamson
coal> gteel and other of
' tbat have increased so much !
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J" cost w .' m e J ' j
The increase in wages and cost of sup-1
^ ^ ^ quegtion .„
circles today, and the public has as
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^"^eBo^C^Vrout^t
that time a Commissioner of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, in his
address in Pittsburg in March 1912,
»«id: , , '
"Suppose organized Railway labor
makeg a lurt her demand for increased
wages, and that the Railroads accede
to this demand. The increased wage
adds to the expense of operation and
reduced revenue. The Railroad applies
to the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion for leave to advance its rates on
this account. What now is to be the
I answer of the Commission?"
! This is just what happened, except
Congress passed the Adamson Law,
the Supreme Court held that it was
valid, and the Railroads now ask the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
increase in freight rates to pay the
increase allowed the trainmen comr
mencing January 1, 1917. This in
creaÄ the pay rolls of the Illinois
Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Val
ley Railroads 61,267,000.00 a year, and
increases the pay rolls of all other
rols in the United States approxi
mately sixty million per annum.
There can be no argument but that
a satisfactorily operated Railroad must
1, bave sufficient revenue to pay expei)
and a fair return on the capital in
vegted and ag the pub i ic ig abso lutely
d endent upon g00 d transportation
facilities, just as much as the Rail
roads are dependent upon the good
will of the people, then the public is,
should be, very much interested in
all the perplexing problems confront
ing the Railroads today.
The people of the United States are
trying an experiment which has never
been attempted before successfully,
viz., to buiid and operate Railroads
with private capital under rules, reg
ulations and rates fixed by the public
through the Interstate Commerce
Commission and State Railroad Com
Y missions ,so it is, therefore, quite evi
dent tbat al j quèg ti 0 ns like unjust
c i a j mg> trumped up pergonal injury
the guit j ncreage j n wages and paying
hours' salary for eight hours' work
importance to-the public
as*wel^as Âilroads. .
- j n j an uary, 1907, the late J. J. Hill
gent bjg famous letter to the Govern
of Minnegota , in which he stated,
Mc: ^ jf ^ Rajlroadg in thig country
y ^ adequate)y handle the freight
traffic in the then near future, they
would have to spend annually a billion
for the following five years
an
ses
or
would have to spend annually a billion
dollars for the following five years of
from 1907, and that to do this, they
in
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mu8 t be given an increase in freight
ra tea to secure the necessary revenues
to enlarge their terminal facilities and
to purcbage needed supplies and more
equipment . The Railroads were not
any advances j n freinght rates
^ ^ , agt two yearg very p i ain i y
, ng trated the truth of Mr. Hill's
in thoge two
years the Railroads generally made
sufficient money, there were too many
j ean yearg when they were only able
to pay operating expenses and left
with no revenues for additional facili
^ and tbe pU rchase of the necessary
, add j t j ona i equipment to handle freight
I business in 1916-1917.
The question of Railway revenues
cannot be said to meag simply the
interest of shipper and stockholder.
The public, the great mass of our peo
ple who seem to think that it is a
question to be settled by the Inter
state Commerce Commission and State
Railroad Commissions must wake up
j to the fact that poor railroads mean
1 poor villages, poor towns and poor cit
ies and if this country of ours is to
expand and grow, keeping pace with
present day development, the Railroad
revenues must be sufficient to give a
fair return on the capital invested and
the capital to be secured for future
improvements. Also bear in mind that
Ivery dollar borrowed to improve Rail
road property puts a mortgage on
the future, increasing the fixed char
ges which must be met, that no other
business is carried on in this way and
the day must come when the borrowed
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capital must be paid up.
As just stated, there are ! number,
„ roads during 1916 and 1917 with)
surplus revenues, it is due to abnormal
conditions that have only existed
since 1915. Then there are other Rail
road* which have had reasonable re
the money invested prior to
of
^ be year xoig. The number hae been
] however , by thoae that failed
laiid Were placed in the hands of Re
ana^ jp ^ 4
Florida, Alabama, Tennesaee A North
ern , Tennessee Central, Missouri A
N or th Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
j 4 Q U jf ( Missouri, Kansas A Texas,
I international A Great Northern, Tex
& pacfft Kangag Nort hwes
era, Ft. Smith A Weetem, Toledo, St.
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'Illinois, Chicago, Bock bland * P»-'
cific, Missouri Pacific and other*.
Can it be surprising that with the
increase in wages to be paid under
the Adamson Act of sixty million doi
lars, the increased cost of coal, steel
and other supplies, the Railroads face
a crisis and are asking for relief in
the form of rate increases.
Surely no reasonable man, face to
face with the cris:.-, existing today,
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will contend that the Kni roads should
not be given the necessary increase in
rates to pay the increased wages forc
1 ed upon them, and give a reasonable
| return on the capital invested, and a
! surplus for the further development
(of our facilities, for, should the in
.crease be not allowed, it means tank
rU ptcy for some of li.ic, no additional
facilities, congestion in ton movement
of freight in the yearn to come and no
! increase in railway r.u'.cnve in this
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j j. j et ug u , v subject of
Wow let us taxe w ... " J
freight charges and «ta now small
an item it amounts to ni connection
. « y. A u:#»!* onnt of living and now
little each individual would be affect
ed by an increase of o per
freight rates.
Each individual and especially those
bo are fortunate enough to possess
' vno , R , ivp t h a
large families are keenly alive to
high cost of living .have sought to
analyze the matter and discover why
we have been compelled to pay more
and more for the most common neces
sities until we begin to wonder where
the prices are going to stop, and where
the money is coming from to pay for
what we need.
There is a popular supposition ex
isting in the minds of a large part
of the public that the transportation |
costs have a great deal to do with the
high cost of living. Probably the av
erage man thinks with more or less
ill temper or reaignation according to
his temperament that if the 15 per
cent, increase is granted the Railroads,
it will mean a material additional bur
den on his pocket book, but as a mat
ter of fact the transportation cost is
about the smallest element that en
ters into the cost to the consumer. |
Transportation is about the only
thing these days that has not been
costing the consumer more and more,
and as I have indicated, and want to
illustrate to you the cost of transpor
tation is the least of the consumers
troubles. Take for example, the im - 1
portent item of soft coal and Jack- j
son, Miss, as a point for my illustra- ;
tion. The price of coal at Jackson
about one year ago was »3.76, six
months ago $5.75 and at the present
time about »6.50 per ton. The freight
rate from the Alabama mines has act
ually been reduced, as prior to Sep
tember 6 th, 1916, the rate was »1.90 ,
per ton and since September 6 th has
been $1.70, in other words the freight
rate has been reduced 20 c per ton,
while the price of the coal has been
increased »2.75 per ton.
from Kentucky mines,, it is true, has
been increased 15c per ton. How does
this compare with the increase in
price?
Sugar is a staple article which en
ters very largely into our daily diet.
£et us assume that the average con
sumption of sugar is about 100 pounds
per capita per year. The price of su
gar in the last six months has advanc
^ from 6 i-4c to 10.53c. per pound,
g0 that the agerage consumer's sugar
cost is »10.53 per year, an increase in
The rate
cost is »10.53 per year,
cost as compared with six months ago
of »4.28. Figuring the freight rate
from New Orleans, the item of trans
portation, out of the total cost of
»10.63 (a year's supply for each indiv- jn
idual) amounts to less than 18c. This
in other words is the tremendous i
amount the consumer has to pay for j
the transportation of his sugar per,
and if the rate advanced 15 per
2
it
year
cent, it would add 2.7 cents per annum
to his burden.
The average person uses about 20
pounds per year of coffee . The price
during the last six months seems to
have been stationary at 36 cents per
pound. At this price, the average
coffee costs him »7.00 per
The freight included in this
consumers
year.
cost, figuring on the rate from New
Orleans, amounts to 37 cents per year
and if the freight rate were advanced
15 per cent, the poor consumer would
have to pay 3 1-2 cent« more per an
num for his coffee.
The prices of meat undoubtedly have
caused most of us a bit of anguish.
An exceedingly liberal allowance of
meat will be two pounds per day per
capita. This is probably too liberal
an estimate but uaing it for an iliua
tration it would mean the men whose
meat ia an important item of his diet
would consume 730 pounds of meat
pe r annum.
Within the last six months, I am
informed ,the price of beef has risen
from 20 cents to 25 cents per pound;
Fresh pork from 22 cents to 30 cents
pe r pound; Bacon from 30 to 60 cents
per pound. The present average price
0 f these articles is, therefore, 35 cents
pe r pound, making the cost to the con
1 of 730 pounds of meat »235.50
sumer
per year.
The cost of transportation from
Kansaa City, Missouri which is in
eluded in this item is »4.74. If the
Railroads are allowed an increase of
-115 P er cent, in their rate, the cost of
transportation will amount to »6.47
P er year, a# increase of 73 cents per
annum.
We are all more or less familiar with
'^ prjce of clothing , tt i. hard to
believe that any of us would be com
pelled to wear less clothes should the
Railroads succeed In securing an ad
vance of 15 per cent, in their freight
rate a, for the ferlght on a suit of
clothes from St Louis to Jackson,
Mi»*., at the preaent t^ figures out
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THE BATH IS BEST
for young and old when . the
Bœk tait plumbing makes for itni
Tr-l tary precaution!. Elegante,
convenience and comfort a»
Ä e °i°i' ed when our open work
plumbing i «installed. We guar
antee that our workmanship ia
• of the highest order. Our
'5 prices are really reasonable.
s
J. D. LANHAM
Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Work
PHONE 55
GREENWOOD, MISS.
$20.45
Greenwood, Miss.
to
WASHINGTON D.. C. AND RETURN
via
Southern Railway in Mississippi
account
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS
REUNION
DATES OF SALE: JUNE lat to 6 th, INCLUSIVE.
Final Limit: June 21st, with privilege of extension until July 6 th by
depositing ticket and paying fee of 50 cents.
STOPOVERS ALLOWED
J. L. COX, A. G. F. & P. A,
Columbus, Misa.
C. RUDOLPH, G. P. A.,
St. Louis, Mo.
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LEFLORE GROßER
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WHOLESALE
GREENWOOD. MISS. '
beach suit will understand that all the Railroads
than 2 1-2 cents on a palm beach suit
and you can figure yourself what an
aw f U | biirden the 15 per cent, increase
jn freight rateg wi „ mean t0 the pur .
chager of a guit of c i ot hes.
0n # pajl . o{ gboegi aay f rom Louis
vjlle> Ky . to j ac i( gonj Miss, the j
would amount to less than
2 1-2 cents and it would be pretty
M tb. tad. of . etnt
attempting to figure the increase in j
cost it' the Railroads were allowed to j
The gentlemen who are opulent j
enough to own automobiles have •
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doubtless been much interested, to put (
it miklly, in the prices of gasoline.]
The price of gasoline has advanced
from 20 cents to 24 1-2 cents per gai - 1
ion during the last six months. Thé
freight from the most convenient,
source of supply on one gollon of gas-,
oline amounting to a trifle over one
cent, per gallon-, so that while an in
crease of 15 per cent, in the trans-1
portation charges might mean a good,
deal to the Railroads it would not '
advance their rates.
mean much to the consumer. |
Com is selling at Jackson, Miss,
from last accounts, at about »1.90 per j
bushel. The freight rate from Cham-1
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paign, 111 , a central point in the corn
belt of that state, to Jackson is 16
l- 2 c per bushel. The price of a bush
el of corn has advanced from » 1.10 to
»1.90 per bushel, an increase of 80
cents per bushel during the last six
months. If the freight rate were ad
vanced 15 per cents it would mean an
increase of less than 2 cents per bush
el.
I could go on multiplying and elab
orating these illustrations indefinitely
out am sure the foregoing is sufficient
to secure your concurrence in the idea
that freight rates are the least of the
troubles of the consumer who is wor
rying about the high-cost of living.
Equality in freight ratea, in other
words tair adjustment so as to avoid
unjust discrimination, is nevessary and
vital to the auecesà of tjie manufaot
urer and wholesaler» but the exact
measure of a rate is oY little impoli
te the general public.
My friends, are we not all equally
interested in the»« Railway problem*
and are you not, to a cërtain degree
in duty hound, to so present these
matters to the public that the time
will be near at hand when every ope
ance
will understand that all the Railroads
of this wonderful country of ours ask
for is fair play, and chat between
tne ra iiro a ds and the public there is a
reciprocal dependence and that the one
cannot exist without the other,
I thank you for your kind attention,
ÜAU.WA 1 -BCHhiDLLad.
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