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ROCKINGHAM POST-DISFATGfl. RICHMOND COUNTY, N. 0.
PAGE BWHT
THOUSANDS PROCLAIM
THE MERITS OF
PE-RU-NA
lead Their Letters
Mrs. Martha C. Dale, It. F. D. 1,
Cannon, Del., writes: "I am en
tirely cured of chronic catarrh of
the stomach and bowels by PE-RU-NA."
Mr. J. Bayer, Glendale, Oregon:
"There is no medicine like PE-RU-NA
for catarrhal deafness."
airs. Kate Marquis, Middleburg,
Ohio: "PE-RU-NA cured me of
catarrh of the head and throat."
Mr. J. II. Collins, Wesson, Mis
sissippi: "PE-RU-NA makes me
feel vigorous and able to work
without that tired, weak feeling I
usually have otherwise."
Mrs. P. Ludvigsen, Austin, Min
nesota: 'I got rid of my liver
trouble and can eat anything since
taking PE-RU-NA." '
Mrs. L. Hearing, 283 East 169th
St., New York City: "For catarrh
of the head and stomach, I have
found PE-RU-NA better than any
other medicine."
Mr. W. H. Edgar, 49 Cooper St.,
Atlanta, Georgia:' "PE-RU-NA
cured me after I had suffered
fifteen years with rheumatism.
Mrs. Leona Dodd, R. No. 3,
Medon, Tennessee: "PE-RU-NA
is a grand medicine for coughs and
colds."
So manv diseases arc due to ca
tarrh and catarrhal conditions,
makes PE-RU-NA the best medi
cine in the world ti have on hand
for emergencies and general health
protection. Thousands of families
are never without a bottle of PE-RU-NA
or a box of PE-RU;NA
Tablets in the medicine cabinet
Th?t is the safe way.
You can buy PE-RU-NA any
where in tablet or liquid form.
i The New Relationship.
"Do you have any trouble with your
ook?"
"No," replied Mrs. Crosslots. "We
have studied her ways carefully and
now understand what she expects
without her having to speak to us
about It."
Signs of Executive Ability. "
"Smart baby."
"You bet. He'll make a fine execu
tive some day."
"What makes you think so?"
"He has everybody in the house
working for him already."
Oh, Piffle I
Bob I understand she Is the most
proper person you ever met.
Sam You bet; won't even accom
pany you on a piano unless there Is a
chaperon near.
APPEARANCES.
T.t-
"I must look like an easy thing."
"What makes you think so!"
"Everybody tried to do me. Even
when I went to uiy gardener's to buy
a vine, he tried to sell me a sucker."
V
A Ragtime Melody.
Pickaninny's In de crib.
Cry In' like de dickens;
Mammy's bakln' hoe cakes,
Daddy's huntin' chickens.
The Easiest Way.
"How do you and your wife man
age to adjust your little differences
so pleasantly?"
"Easily enough. ' I just admit I am
wrong."
EMPLOYEES' SHARE OF RAILWAY REVENUES.
Year Number of Men
1909 1,502,823
i 1910 1,699,420
1911 1,669,809
1912 1,716,380
1913 1,815,239
1914 1,695,483
1915 . 1,524,978
1916 1,700,814
1917 1,732,576
1918 1,820,660
Payroll
$ 998,323,694
1,143,725,306
1,208,466,470
1,252,347,697
1,373,880,589
1,378,422,472
1,260,186,340
1,506,960,995
1,739,482,142
2,581,884,559
Average earn
ings per man.
2 657.64
673.01
723.72
729.64
756.83
810.05
826.36
886.02
1,003.99
1,418.10
RETURN OF ROADS
PLEASES FARMERS
Urge Policy to Insure Best Serv
ice at Lowest Cost Consist
ent With Fair Returns.
OPPOSE NATIONALIZATION.
Representative Agricultural Organiza
tions and Rural Press State Farm.,,,
ers' Attitude Toward Railroads.
Want Private Operation.
FREIGHT LEAST
H. C. L. EXPENSE
Director General Hines Says Rail
road Transportation Costs
Are Lowest in History.
fiOT CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES.
Freight Advances Compared With Rise
In Value of Goods Transportation
Cheapest Thing Public Buy
Charges on Some Articles.
Data compiled from authoritative
Private ownership of the railroads sources shows that railroad freight
under a policy of government regula- rates are the least factor in the cost
lion which will insure the best possible ' of living. Although the proportion of
ervlce at the lowest cost consistent the total cost of goods that can be
with fair returns on money Invested In f charged to transportation is not known
:hera is favored by representative j with statistical accuracy, It is estimat
farmer organizations throughout the ; ed that the average transportation cost
country. This policy also Is supported I of things produced In this country is
generally by agricultural newspapers, a very small percentage of their total
.vhlch state emphatically that the cost to the consumer,
farmers are opposed not only to gov- Freight Cost 2.4 Per Cent of Total,
ernment ownership of railroads, but i In a letter to Representative John J.
ilso to all nationalization plans. I Esch, chairman of the House Commit-
In a letter to the members of the tee on Interstate and Foreign Com
Jnited States Senate T. C. Atkeson, ' merce, Julius Kruttschnltt, chairman
: jLr i
THEIR CLASS. r
Washington representative of the Na
tional Grange, which Is said to be the
largest organization of Its kind in the
world, representing more than 1,000,
000 farm owners In the United States,
states that the agricultural interests of
the country approve of private owner
ship of the railroads and further de
clares that persons purporting to sseuk
for the farmers in support of govern
ment ownership are neither farmers
nor representatives of any considera
ble number of farmers.
Favor Private Operation.
"The Grange," says Mr. Atkeson,
Quoting the officii! I action of his or
ganization, "approves of the general
principles of railroad legislation now
"pending In Congress to return the rail
roads to their owners, to bring about
the reorganization of the railroad com
panies into strong systems with capi
talization based on actual value, nnd
to create a control commission which
may enforce the superior Interest of
the public to that of any other interest
In the operation of railroads as com
mon carriers and effectively protect
the public against exploitation or In
justice."
Many state and sectional agricul
tural organizations take a similar
stand. Immediately after the National
Grange expressed Its uttltude towc-d
the railroad question the American
Parm Bureau, meeting In Chicago, vot
ed for private operation, and the Na
tional Farmers' Congress, in session at
Hagerstown, Md., voiced like senti
ments. The New York State Federa
tion of County Farm Bureau Organi
zations and the Indiana Federation of
Farmers went beyond that and joined
the Grange In repudiating the alleged
farmer representatives in Washington,
who said they spoke for an "over
whelming majority of the farmers." I
Urge Reasonable Returns.
The railroad policy, favored by the
New York State Federation of County
Farm Bureau Organizations was stat
ed In the following resolution:
"Whereas, There have been conflict
ing statements published regarding the
attitude of farmers upon the question
of the future ownership of railways;
therefore be It
"Resolved, That the New York State
Federation of County Farm Bureau As-,
I sociatlnns, representing 70,000 mem
bers, in annual session at Syracuse, N.
Y., December 10, 1919, hereby Indorses
the action of the American FarVn Bu-'
reau Federation in urging Congress to
promptly return the railways to their
owners under such conditions as will
Insure reasonable returns on the value
of the Southern Pacific Company,
points out that In the last five years
the value of goods Increased on an av
erage of $63 a ton, while freight
charges advanced only 60 cents a ton.
In five years, he explains, the aver
age value of freight carried by the
railroads increased from (56 to $119 a
ton. The cost of carrying this increas
ed from $2 to $2.80, paid to the rail
roads. In 1914, be adds, 3.6 per cent
of the total cost of the goods was
spent for transportation. In 1919 only
2.4 per cent was spent.
"In other words," Mr. Kruttschnltt
writes, "only 80 cents out of $63, or 1.3
cents out of every dollar of increase In
value of commodities In 1910 was caus-
. d hv Inrrpnspfl frelfrtit phiirires Thfl
rosponsinimy lor tr.e remaining vesczu,
or 98.7 cents out of every dollar, must
he sought elsewhere. It was not caus
ed by freight rates."
Rates Lowect In History.
Comparison with transportation
charges In other countries shows that
In no other country of the world is
transportation furnished at so low a
cost as in the United States. Compar
ed, too, with the cost of other goods
and services today, railroad transporta
tion Is the cheapest thing the public
buys. It Is sold for less than the cost
of production, considering all the ele
ments of cost.
In a statement on thH subject to the
New England Bankers' Association
Walker D. Hines, Director General of
Railroads, said :
"I think It Is a fair statement
that at the present time, despite
the increases which have taken
place in freight rates, n ton of
steel or a ton of coal, a bushel of
wheat or the unit of any other
commodity has to pay for trans
portation a less percentage of the
price of that commodity than ever
before in tho history of the coun
try." Charges on Some Articles.
Before the war a suit of clothing
from one of the Chicago factories, sell
ing for $30 In a retail shop, was car
ried from Chicago fo Los Angeles for
16 cents. The suit of clothes now
retails at $50 or $00, hut the freight
rate on that 2,265 mile haul has In
creased only 5 cents, while the price
of the goods has gone up $20 or $30.
The 22 cents does not cover nil the
transportation cost in a suit of clothes,
the transportation charge for carrying
the wool from the ranges and the
cloth to the clothing manufacturer and
other minor carrying costs enter Into
the consideration, but the final trans
portation charge. Is the principal ene,
.... nnd the other cnsrffM fwlri nnlv n toot
df the property ar.a reasonable rates or . ' " - i
transportation throughout the ctfun- ce"t8 m0Le- ... 'J
t I New England shoes are shipped
Views of Fsrmer Paper.. ?ton t0 F,orld ? f lew
The American Agriculturist states , " " " T - " "" --
I war rate. The railroads also carry-
beef from Chicago to New York for -a
charge of about two-thirds of a cent
"Some theorists say everything ML
life is attuned to one key. What' keys
an the slippery places In life tuned
tor
"Why, naturally to see sharp M
Hot"
Tee Much to Fellow.
This world is but a fleetlnf
A circus with at least three
Ton stare and twist and yet jn
You're miasms lota of bully
things, 1)
i editorially that the farmers are "dead
set against" the "scheme to enmesh the
farmers in the web of radicalism."
The Pennsylvania Farmer, discussing
the general demand for private opera
tion of the railroads, says : "It 's espe
cially true of farmers, in spice of the
declaration of a few would be leaders
to the contrary." The Stockman:
Farmer adds:
"Fanners almost unanimously ap
prove the return of the railroads and
the express companies to their owners.
The reason Is that farmers, as well as
other business men, want service of
these institutions, and they cannot get
such service under public operation as
a pound. Typewriters are carried from
New York to St. Louis for 66 cents. A
$150 phonograph Is carried by freight
from New York to Atlanta for $2.85.
A grand piano Is carried Wear, across
the continent for $39 add in carload
lots for $28,
These are typical freight rates, and
they make it plain that American rail
roads give the lowest cost service in
the world.
Even with a very considerable in
crease la rates to make the roads seif-
they cam get under the operation of , supporting, transportation will still be
corporations, which have a direct flnan- the cheapest thing the public boys,
rial Interest in performing it"
Easter Here
ARE YOU READY?
Terry's Store
is chock full of seasonable goods for men, women and
children. And the price is not "out of sight". We
pride ourselves on keeping faith with our customers.
LADIES.
We have anything a lady or girl may wish.
Coats," Coat Suits, Dresses, Skirts Waists, Oxfords,
Pumps in fact your every wish can be satisfied.
MEN.
The men and boys can be "suited" perfectly here.
A large stock of all size suits, shirts, ties, socks, shoes
etc. Ask and we have it.
A Mile of Style
AND
every mile a milestone in the realm of
Classical MILLINERY Creation
Stop in and look over an assortment of the best
styles,best material and the finest display of taste that
you have ever seen in women's headgear.
Our own originally is the key-note of every form
and trimming in our stock.
You will not see another like it every place you
happen to go and you will enjoy the distinction of
looking welljin a good looking hat
E. B. Terry
DEPARTMENT STORE
i Miss Hurley, Milliner
Rockingham, N. C.
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