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Jackson Progress - Argus Published Every Friday. J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub. Subscription $1 a Year, Entered aa second-class matter at the post office at Jackson, Ga. Telephone No. 166. Official Organ Butts County And the City of Jackson. NOTICE Cards of thanks will lx* charged at the rale of fifty cents, minimum for 50 words and less; above 60 words will be charged at the rate of 1 cent a word. Obituaries will Ire charged for at the rate of 1 cent a word, (’ash must ac company copy in all instances. Are you a tin-plated patriot? If you can’t push or pull, then root. Hearst is supporting Hughes. It’s well. Macon is putting on some real steam these days. We’re strong for the flag and the boys at the front. The ladies, too, shine when the military command, “dress up,” is given. The Republicans and Progres sives have run together like tal low. But watch Woodrow win. Let the people vote on matters affecting their local interests. This is good democracy and it’s good common sense. Why not send “Atlanta’sown” down to Mexico and let the other troops come home? All in favor of this, stand up and be counted. Macon last week voted bonds for an auditorium and a hospital, SIOO,OOO being included in each issue. Macon is doing big things these days. We’re in favor of conscripting an army of those who sneer at the national guard, and let these stay-at-home “patriots” have their inning with the greasers. Really, the Civic League ought to see that some trees are planted on the court house lawn. The grounds are so hot and bare now that the defect should not be al lowed to exist. This country was certainly in a woeful state of preparedness. After the men got to camp they had no guns and equipment. It' is nothing short of criminal the ■ way the national guard has been neglected. There was more interest in the celebration of the Glorious Fourth this year than has been seen in a longtime. The flag means some thing to the country now that we are about to have to lick the greasers. Put the loafers to work. There is plenty of work at good wages and there is no excuse for white or colored to hang round town in idleness. ‘ ‘Get busy or get out, ’ ’ would be a good slogan for the officials to adopt. It would be nothing short of a calamity for a strike to tie up all the great railways of the United States. The differences between the railroads and their employees should be left to the Interstate Commerce Commission or some other competent tribunal. In a strike it is the public that suffers most of all. When we see a fellow that spends several times as much for soft drinks, tobacco and other luxuries as he does for the sup port of the government, kick about taxes we feel like he ought to have a dose of calomel. It is really remarkable how quick the military wave swept over the country. But it is well that the country take stock of its fighting forces occasionally, for heaven knows there was but lit tle “preparedness” when the call came. It is nothing short of nauseat ing the way Atlanta papers take on over the Fifth regiment, “At lanta’s own,” or the “Fighting Fifth.” Man for man, the Second regiment is the best and most efficient unit of the Georgia nat ional guard. Not before in many years has the gubernatorial campaign been such a luke-warm, insipid, life less affair. The people absolutely refuse to enthuse. Here it is July and not a single straw ballot has been taken or a single well known shirt torn. We frequently receive business notices from individuals and sun dry enterprises, accompanied by a request for publication, adding that the favor will be “appreci ated. ” The Observer will appre ciate it if these persons will ac company the requests with about five cents a line. —Commerce Ob server. So, we are to have anew judi cial circuit to be called the Indian Springs circuit. The name is all right, but it is not yet apparent whether the people want this cir cuit or whether the lawyers want more courts, more frequent courts and more jobs. But we shall see what we shall see. If Governor Harris, splendid old patriot that he is, would rear up on his hind legs and tell some of his advisers to go to h-—l, he would win the esteem of his friends, and the people generally. He seems to have been consider ably henpecked over the parades in Atlanta and Macon. People who are low-down en ough to write anonymous letters probably couldn’t be expected to know that the act is, in itself, a confession of contemptible cowar dice. They may thus conceal their indendity, but in doing so they reveal their lack of charac ter.—Augusta Chronicle. The report of the state auditor shows that some of the methods now in use are very much out of date. Georgia ought to run its business in jam up style, cut out all the leaks possible and save the taxpayers every cent practicable. The auditing of public records is a good thing and ought to be more generally practiced. The 1916 session of the Georgia legislature will receive less at tention than any similar session of that body in years and years. The war is holding the center of interest now and the leather lunged legislative patriots will spout in vain. This is equally true of thegubernatorial campaign KHEUMATISM ARRESTED Many people suffer the tortures of mie muscles and stiffened joints because f impurities iu the blood, and each suc eeding attack seems more acute until heumatisuibas invaded the whole system. To arrest rheumatism it is quite as im >rtant to improve your general health as ■ purify your blood, and the cod liver oil - Scott’s Emulsion is nature’s great blood utker, while its medicinal nourishment rengthens the organs to expel the •mrities and upbuild your strength, colt's Emulsion is helping thousands . .ery day who could not find other relief. Refuse the alcoholic substitutes. He who builds up health lays up treasury in the Bank of Na ture. Have Manufacturing r , Costs Advanced **Bf**?- Since 1880? ' Every business man, whether manufacturer or merchant, knows that the cost of every manufactured article has advanced hemendously since 1880. The manufacturer has, therefore, been forced to advance his price to the merchant, and the merchant to advance his price to the consumer—in proportion to the increased cost of manufactur ing—or else go into bankruptcy and close up shop. The Railroads of Georgia are engaged exclusively in the manufacture and sale of freight and passenger transportation. The transportation is manufactured out of steel, and iron, and coal, and lumber, and crossties, and brick, and stone, and con crete, and human brawn and brain. The selling price of this manufactured article transportation was arbitrarily fixed and promulgated in the year 1880 by the then newly organized Railroad Com mission of the State of Georgia. The Railroads of Georgia are today operating under rates ACTUALLY MUCH LOWER than the rates fixed by the Commission in 1880. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A REVISION OF RATES UPWARD SINCE 1880. Has there been an advance in the cost of raw materials which enter into the manufacture of transportation—steel, iron, lumber, crossties, brick, stone, concrete, LABOR ? There has! Below we present a table of 25 necessary articles in daily use by every railroad in Georgia, showing prices actually paid during the months of August, 1914, January, 1916, and March, 1916, and a fourth column showing the percentage of increase in prices actually paid by the Railroads of Georgia. The average increased cost of the 25 articles of daily use is 77.71 per cent, and much of it is paid to Georgia producers of the articles. HERE ARE THE ARTICLES AND FIGURES IN DETAILi 26 ARTICLES IN DAILY USE— . Pet. Increase Mch. 16 August January March Over 1914. 1916. 1916. Aug. 14. ANGLE BARS, per 100 lbs., f. o. b. mi 11..... . $ 1.50 $ 1.83% $ 2.16% 44.45 PC. FROGS, spring rail, 85-lb. No. 10 42.30 46.62 48.42 14.66 Pc. BOLTS, track, per 100 lbs 2.00 2.47 3.25 63.53 Pc. SPIKES, track, per 100 lbs 1.48 2.29 2.37 61.88 PC. BAR IRON, per 100 lbs 1.22 1.95 2.25 85.84 PC. BOILER TUBES, per ft., 11 gauge 2-in. O. D.. .07% .10% .10% 39.88 Pc. PLATES, boiler and tank, 12 ga., per 100 lbs.. 1.33 2.98 3.25 146.73 PC. COPPER, electrolytic (bearings, etc.) per lb. . .12% .26 .28 128.57 Pc. SHEETS, galvanized, per 100 lbs 2.80 4.88 , 4.96 77.68 Pc. PIPE, black iron, 1%-in., per ft .046 .055 .06 29.87 Pc. IRON, pig No. 2, per ton 10.92 14.83 15.00 35.88 Pc. SHEETS, black, No. 2 Ga., per 100 lbs 1.85 3.26 3.56 92.21 Pc. TIN —PIG, straights, per 100 lbs 35.03 44.50 48.42 37.80 Pc. SPELTER, per 100 lbs - *8.76 23.00 25.33 246.86 Pc. WASTE COTTON, per lb .052 .069 .07% 38.68 Pc. COKE, foundry, per ton 2.33 3.50 3.59 53.70 Pc. STEEL- BILLETS, per 100 lbs 2.07 2.65 2.68 33.17 PC. LUMBER, car sills 20.40 25.00 26.66 36.14 PC. ANTIMONY, per lb .08% .45% .45% 424.17 Pc. TIRES, mill, 100 lbs 3.90 4.33% 4.33% 11.00 Pc. SPRINGS, locomotive, per 100 lbs 3.03 3.84% 3.84% 24.87 Pc. SPRINGS, freight cars, per 100 lbs 1.70 2.16 2.16 26.81 Pc. NAILS, wire, per 100 lbs 1.67 2.38 2.57 54.00 Pc. CROSSTIES, pine, each .35 .40.40 14.29 Pc. BILLETS, forgings 25.00 55.00 55.00 120.00 Pc. AVERAGE PERCENT OF INCREASE IN PRICE OF 35 ARTICLES, 77.71 Pc. IMPORTANT NOTE:—In compiling the above figures, the percent increase in March 1916, over August, 1914, the percent of increase to each railroad was totaled and the amount divided by the number of railroads affected. The figures in the last column above are, there fore, not based on the figures shown in the first and third columns above, owing to outstand ing contracts by many of the railroads. There has not been any decrease in the price of any article, consequently the above increases has not been offset, but are NET. Previous to the establishment of the 1880 freight tariff the Railroads of Georgia paid state taxes ONLY, the Constitutional Tax of five mills. The Railroads of Georgia now pay city, county AND state taxes, which is a tremendous increase in taxes. But we shall have more to say concerning taxes at a later date. The above table does not take into consideration the greatest advance in the cost ’ of manufacturing transportation—and the most important one—LABOR. We shall pre sent indisputable facts and figures concerning this important matter at a later date. The people of Georgia expect and are entitled, to transportation. It is a FUN DAMENTAL BUSINESS NECESSITY. The service MUST be supplied. FAIR com pensation should be paid for that service. Such payment is good business morals and will enable the railroads to render GOOD service, to which the people are entitled. Intrastate rates should and must be made to conform to interstate rates. The re vision of Georgia freight rates now proposed simply conforms to the principles fol lowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in its long and short haul order, issued In compliance with Federal Law. No unjust discrimination of any character whatso ever is contemplated, nor would such disc rimination be tolerated. The Railroads of Georgia The Railroads of Georgia FOR SALE Will be sold in front of the court house, for cash, between the legal hours of sale the first Tuesday in September, 56 acres of land, * mile east of Jenkins burg, known as the J. G. Kim bell place. T. P. Kimbeil, J. W. Kimbell, Executors. 7-7-9 t Children Cry rno ci nruco’c • W • % • MB*, * V C ASTO RIA A DECLARATION 9F POLICY. It ia not and will not be the policy of the Railroads of Geor gia to propose any system of rates which would unjustly discrim inate against the Georgia producer in favor of producers located without the state. Should this principle appear to be violated by any technical construction of our petition we give assurance that we will not propose, nor will we attempt to adopt, in actual practice, any rates at variance with the same. We repair the Most Delicate * the heavier portions of the car. Our