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SECY. WILSON URGES FARMING OF PUBLIC LANDS BY SOLDIERS
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 Legisla
t:on providing for the colonization
#nd farming of the public lands of
America by the millions of soldiers
released from the army, Is strongly
urged by Secretary of Labor William
B. Wilson, in his annual report to
President Wilson, made public today
Secretary Wilson recommended the
crganization of a board consisting of
the Secretaries of the Departments of
Agricalture, Interior and Labor to su
pervise the general plan of eoloniza
tion and to effect its operation should
the neeessary legislation be fortheom
ing.
The report emphasized that legisla-~
tion authorizing such a plan should
amcelude the following provisions
1. The possibility of commercialized
speculation should be eliminated. 2.
Colonists must be given access not
only to land but to farmes, not only
the bare soil, but fully equipped agri
cultural plants ready to operate 3
The farms themselves must he welded
together into genuine communities by
provisions for roads, schools and mar
kets, under the general supervision of
the Federal Government
Secretary Wilson points out in the
eport that the necessity of augment
ng the world's food supply for many
years 1o come necessitates 4 wore ex
tensive and more intensive cultivation
of American lands, The soil must be
ithe chief working opportunity for
great numbers of the nation's wage
carners, he said
Former Land Grants. <
The grants of land in former years
to soldiers were of almost no \ulill‘{
to them, Becretary Wilson said, be |
cause of the extensive evils of land
speculation. The land granted to the |
soldiers was speedily transferred t u“
nersons, who esold it at higher
prices For this reason the Secre-!
ar’y recommended that u~gl:<ln|ln|ll
that may be enacted on this subject
will layv less stress on titles and lllnrp‘
ipon the actual use of the lund by lln-‘
soldiers and other colonists
Previous grants of land to soldiers
were found unsuccessful for .nmllwr'
teason, the Secretary said. Frequent-
Iy the efforts of the former settlers,
many of them not used to frontier
hardships or familiar with agriculture
and disliking the monotony, resulted
in failure, and an exodus back to the |
cities Becretary Wilson, lho-rpluu‘.{
lecommends that the Federal Govern ]
ment make provision for farming
eommunities and agricultural equip
ment \
‘1 recommend the early enactment
of suech legislation as may be neces
#ary to permit the preparastion of the
public demain for this purpose, Such
legislation should provide for the pur
chase of such privately owned areas
#% it may he found desirable to add to
the nublic areas,’” he sald
The report also recommends the
working of forest areas along similar
Hnes of the farming proposals
SBecretury Wilson, in the report, sgid
that the entire machinery of the
U nited BStates FEmployment Service,
which, at the writing of the report,
haud more than 400 employment offices
throughout the country, would be de
voted to the task of minimizing any
vpemployment that might occur with
the return of America's millions of
fighters, |
“The department is nol unmindful
as the fact that the overwhelming
mass of our armies is drawn from
the ranks of wage earners and that
when their military task is done these
men will return to the ranks of wage
sarners. It would be an ungrateful |
nation, indeed, which did not deem it
its first duty to assure to its returned
#oldiers honorable and profitable em- ‘
ployment,” says the report. |
Of the policieg of the Department
of Labor, the report says <
“The fixed policy of the tivp.arluwn!‘
has always been to acknowledge the
right of both employers and wage
earners to organize and to use its in ‘
fluence against abuse of organization
by either side. Upon this theory l!nv‘
conciliation service of the depart
ment has always operated
“It is felt, however, that the rights
of organization and of collective bar
gaining are no longer In «Huymu\‘
since they have been formally adapt I
ed both by emplovers and wage eurn
ers through the war labor .-nnrpr.-mn!
board. This agreement hetween two
hitherto conflicting elements is pre :
sumably temporary in nature, but
there is no good reason why it should |
not be regarded as permanent. If t! .
principles upon whieh that u).’n‘r"\vu!!
was founded can endure the stress of
war, it is fair to suppose that even
greater syccess will attend their ap
plication during the calmer periods
of peace, ‘
“The war has demonstrated that
American patriotism ls not rvstrivlrd‘
to any section of the country nor to
any class or group of individuals nor
1o any stratum of society. The groat
need for pacrifice for the common
good engendered by the war has im
pelled both employers and wage earn
ers to lay aside old prejudices, old
suspicions and old hatreds, Roth la-|
borer and employer have done this
in supreme measure during the past
year. In continuance of that spirit
of sacrifice lles the hope for the fur-'
ther attainment and development
during the days of peace of that de
moeracy for which we have taken up
arms."”
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Gob at Naval Station
Seeks Mat Boul Here
Sailor Johnson, a gob st Pensacola, |
and a well-known grappler, ai unces
his desire, through Gob John L. Rya
who recently returned from the naval air
station, tg appear on the mad in Atlanta
w‘iflltl real good foe. The sailor, who
‘Ffil only 162 pounds when ready for
action, has wrestied Young doteh,
“Bull’" Montana. Strangler Shumake
Bert Hudson, Joe Nasser, Jack Ross and 1
other good men.
$e is very anxious (o show in Atlants |
AL an early date, and burs no man neatr
his weight. 1f there are uny “‘””H‘l
or promoters who would like to get luto
munication with Sailor Johnso
:%lhou‘d call Gob John L. Ryan, Ma
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K. P. Grand Lodge to
Meet Here Next May’
EAVANNAH, De 13.-The Grand
Lodge of Knights of Pythiax will con
sone in Atlanta the third Wednesday in
May, W. H. Leopold, granfl keeper of
the recordes and seal. anpnounced wiay
;h will hold a two-day session
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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Top, left, Lieut. W. B. Duggan; right, Lieut, J. R. Duggan;
center, Ivy W, Duggan; below, M. R. Duggan; [ull figure, Lieut.
L. N. Duggan
Here we have the five Duggan boys,
01l of Atlanta, and ali in the military
service of Unele Bam, They are not
of the same immediate family; that
is, three of them are brothers in one
family, sons of Paul ¥, Duggan, No.
466 North Jackson street, and two of
them are brothers in the family of
Professor M. L. Duggan, State Su
pervigsor of Ruril Sehools, and those
who are not Dbrothers are first
cousing of each other, 50 you may see
that the relationship is close enough.
Of the trio, 1. N. and W, B. Dug
£an are lisutenants, and went to
France last May, winning their com
missions in the service over there.
The other, Private M. R. Duggan, is
in the navy hospital corps. All three
formerly were students at Georgia
Tech, and at the time of their enlist
ment were connected with the Re
tail Credit Association. They are
grandsons of the late Dr, J B, Dug
gan, of Dublin, Ga.
Of the pair of brothers, Lieutenant
Jim Duggan. is a pilot in the air serv .
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(By International News Serviee.) |
NEW YORK Dee | Seven
trans-Atlantic steamships, most of
them with United States army and
navy offieers and men and civilian
employees aboard, were overdue her
today In shipping circles it was be
Heved the vessels were being delayed
by the storms which returning vessels
report are raging along the Atlantic
sea lanes
The latest arrival to report that na
ture on the rampage on the high
seas was the Oregonian, seven days
overdus which came through the
narrows this morning and was towed
to her North River herth. "Twenty
three civilian employees of the Gov
ernment on board reported stormy
wanthe during the entir voyvage
The steamer brought 2500 sacks of
mail from the Ameriean expedition:
ary foroe
The steamship DeKalb, with 1,084
cMeers and men aboard, made Quar.
antine shorthy before noon She
pianned to dock during the afternoon,
Vessels reported overdus include
the Zacapa., six dayvs El Sol, five
dnys SBlamese Prince three duys
Susqguehanna three a Santa
Anna, three days L'Oceldente, two
days, and the Bochra, throe .
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Chamberlain Expected
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To Replace Bonar Law
(By International News Service))
LONDON, e 13 Austen Chamber
lain, & Unionist, & likely to replace A
Bonar Law as hancelior of the Ex
hequer in the new Cabiet t wa re
ported this afternoon Mr. Law will re
main as Unlonist leader in the House
of Commons but it was sald the strain
of holding the office of Chancellor was
provin oo much
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300 Russian Officers
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Executed by Bolsheviki
~ (By International News Service.) |
‘ WASHINGTON, Dee. 13 Three hun.
dred former Russian army offioers wers
rece executed by the Bolshevik! at
Viologda « the wrge that they v
plotied t the Soviet Government,
woeording to advices reaching the Miate|
e ot € '
Jim Duggan, is apilot in the air serv
fce and was just about sailing when
the armistice wids signed. He was a
member of the junior class at Tech
when the President called out troops
for the Mexican border, where he
served with Troop 1, the Governor's
Horse Guards. After being trans
ferred to the air service he was sent
to Prineeton and later to the flying
fields at Dallas, San Antonio) {‘orl
Rill, and other posts.
Lieutenant Ivy W. Duggan had
completed his junior vear at Clemson
College and was major of the cadet
corps when he enlisted last June at
Plattsburg Barracks. He was com
missioned as lieutenant and assigned
as instructor at Carnegie Tech, Pitts
burg, where he still is on duty.
Leaving out the entirely ephemeral
question of rank, the Duggan families
would seem to be batting an even
1.000 in this business, and if you want
to lug in the official score they would
be hitting 800, The average Is un
usually high in any event.
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i Henry I 3 Fullbright, of Waynes
L boro, B e (‘ounty ha bheen aj
pointed by Governor Dorsey 1o be
Tax Commissioner, to fill the unex
pired term of Judge John ¢ Hart
who was killed accldentally lust week
The term expire August 13, 1919
Mr. Fullbright ix perhaps the mos
prominent attorney in his section, and
for ten vear T been one of the
leading factors 1 Georgia pollties
His qualification for the position and
the high esteem he has won through
his ability, is attested to perhaps by
the fact that he wuasg not a supporter
of Governor Dorseyv, but voted and
worked for Nat 5. Harris
Until 1817 he was one of the moslt
active members of the State House
of Renresentative He did not otcr
for re-election in 1417, ana since that
time had retired from State politics,
to a 4 certain extent
Three vears ago members ol the
House and Benate started a move
| ment to put Mr, Fullbright in the race
ll«u Governor, but he declined to let
'f‘w'u o farther with it At the same
session a petition was presented to
!h.m signed by three-fourths of the
| membership of the House and Senate
asking him to offe for il ge the
Court of Appeals, which he declined
e
’ Mr, Fullbright was one of t origi
o and strongest supporters of
L the tax equilization bill, which creat
el the oflice of Tax Commiission
oy two years he served as chabrman
inl the wavs and means cominittee ol
[ the House, and for four s A
chairman of the genera Propriae
tions committee, which position en
abled him to become thoro hiy fa
miliar with the finances of the Stats
and quality him peculiarly, for the of
fice of Tax Commissioner
MES. 7. B C. WILLIAMS
MACON, Dy Pollowing a short
| noss (ront pHeumer b J B LW
Haing, wife of & w known Macon jewele:
died last ght Funeral services wer
hield today M W leaves her |
bund, five o ghters Mis 5 3 . M
ired nr M t W : W Maco)
Mrs o W ¥ ol ' i Mirs } = 1t
and two sons, Sers t Ja H W .t
f the N ow divisien. sew n Fral
‘\lv‘ Harry W n Y ' Maran ‘
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes
Continued From Page 1.
:r'rnre!.mly else, and kick in with a bit
f change for the prettiest charity in
!hi‘ world-~the fund that fills stoeck
ings that otherwise would dangle
limp and pathetic nhefore many und
many an Atlenta fireplace in the cold
Bray dawn of a Santa Clauseless
Christmas
_'H;" hour is o'clock and the place |
Kril?i mezzanine 'u,,,,,- of the Hotel
Isley, and Mr. Frescott is the en
tertainer
JAnd it's for the Empty Stocking
Fund,
Quartet on Job,
Other activities of Friday included
the tuneful efforts of the famous Lib
erty Quartet, which again toured the
city on a large Reo truck, accompa
nied (literally) by = Cable piano and
numbering in its forces Dave Frank,
impressario, and Corporal Sldney |
Eannenbaum, whose excellent voeal
equipment and pleasing personality
have heen added to the assets of the
arganization,
And it is now permitted to an
nounce that the Auditorium-Armory
hus been obtained for the big Shrine
Band concert December 20, free of
"‘hurxu' for the Empty Stociking Fund,
I'his was arranged through the kind
ly offices of Alderman Steve . John
son, chairman of the Auditorium
committee, who 18 firmly convinced
that the big hall never can be put so
a better usge than housing an assem
bly gathered in the interest of Santa
Claus. 5
The Shrine Band--the Million-Dol- |
lar Band —of eourse, does not ”'"“i“‘i
any word.painting or gilding. And |
on this occasion it will be supported
by a unigue film feature very close to
every Atlanta heart-—the first show
ing of “The Mile of Smiles,” the fa
mous motion picture mide Ivml
months ago at Pledmont Park, when
thousands of Atlanta smiles conveyed
the love and good wishes of Atlanta
hearts to the boys over there to he
seen by them at Christmas time, so
far from home,
Put It Down—Friday.
FPriday night, December 20, at the
Auditorium--—the Shrine Dand and
Atlantu’'s Mile of Smiles. Don't for
get the date.
Added to the comestible portion of
the merry Yuletide's program, we can
announce today the promise of 260
special Christmos cakes, the gift of
the 17, O, Stone Baking Company, of.
sered through Manager Wagner,
And then we have a letter with a
check for $26 from one of the Empty
Stocking Fund's irmest friends—Paul
. Wilkes, formerly with The Geor
gian, and one of the instigators nf‘
the annual Christmas activities ]
against the blight of the empty stock- |
ing
Mr. Wilkes writes ‘
“1t has just occurred to me that |
Phe Georgian and American’'s Empty |
Stocking Fund has not received my
1918 contribution,
“1 would just as soon think of not
buying Liberty honds as to pass up
the privilege of helping to make a few
kids happy on Christmas —kids whose
only Santa Claus ig The Georgian and
American and its friends
“So here is my check for $25
“Knowing as 1 do from personal
!vxpw‘lenvo what happiness a two-del
lar Georgian and American Christ
mas basket will bring and of the hun
dreds of childigh letters yeou receive
asking that you use your influence
with Santa Claus that he may not
forget certain obscure homes, | could
not sleep well o’ nights if T didn’t help
gut the good cause.”
Here is the fund to date:
Previougly acknowledged .. . $503.33
Gieorge 8. Obear, Jr. ... ...... 6.00
In Memory of a Little Boy .. 10.00
L. L. ROIROP . osrresisrsvnnnid 1,00
Little Dorothy Veateh s A 8
' Atlanta Wooden Ware Co.. .. 10.00
(". V. Hohenstein .....cov000: 1.00
Total GeLtel s B
Soldiers Aid Capture
‘ Of Liquor Runners
| MAVANNAH, Dec. 13.-—Seldiers from
Camp Joseph E, Johnston, near Jackson
!ville. are assisting in the capture of
ltquor runners along the Florida-Georgia
border, according to reports from spe
cial oMcers to brother officers in Savan
nah. Ligquor runners now are taking the
role of tourists, who drive leisurely and
affluently through the country in thelr
automobiles as “somebody.” On the
front seat they are alleged to carry spu
rious wives and other signs of family,
while in the vear part of the car they
carry the ;....:'::lr foutfit.”’
One such bunch of cross-country tour
jsts, caught during the week near Folk
stone, comprised ten men two women,
i.*n automobiles and about 1,000 quarts
Los liguor. They are fi\lli‘nmwl to he load
'ln' up in Tampa now that JTucksonville,
| the former buse of supply, is dry
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l(}irb Bereans' Guests
| At Annual Dinner Party
Girls held sway at the annual before
li‘hrlnlmuu dinner of the Bereau Class
L of the West lEnd Baptist Church Thurs
'day night. But once a year i the
| feminine permitted entrance to the ses
sions of the Bereans, who comprize a
| hundred of the young and middle-aged
| men of West End. Many unique fea
tures in the way of entertainment were
provided at the banquet and younw
women of the Fidelis (lass were the
| special guests of the evening
| "The regular Sunday class of the Be
| reans Is fwhl at 10 o'clock each Sunday
morning in the classroom adjoining the
l\\'»nl Bnd Raptist Church at Gordon
i and Lee streets, and its members are
| most cordial in extending invitations
| to any interested to attend the meet-
BUCHANAN & SHELTON
62 N. Forsyth 8t
My T Fine, the new Dessert (all
flavors), per package .. 10c
THOOO TOF . ivvvvivn eér s 0
Evaporated Cranberries—
per package ..... / 15¢
Fancy Drained Citron, per Ib, 50¢
Fancy Lemon Peel, per Ib. 50¢
Seeded or Seedless Raisins—
per package ......... 15¢
Royal Scarlet Currants, per
package . ' 35¢
Armour's Picnic Hams, Ib. 20c
Fancy Mackerel, ea. 20¢ and 40¢
Churngold Butterine, Ib. . 42¢
Troco Nut Butter, Ib. .40¢
Kream Krigp, large size . $1.25
Mazo, the egg substitute, per
package ‘ 10c
Savo, the egg substitute, per
package . 2b¢
Dromedary Dates, per pkg. 30¢
Traveling Texan Loses Car
And May Lose Liberty by
Letter and a Georgian Ad
“Just Break the News to Mother,”
although an eminently worthy and
touching ballad, nevertheless prom
ises to be the undoing of Fred Foster,
who is alleged to have stolen a Twin
Six Packard car from A. L. Belle Isle’'s
garage some time around midnight
Thursday, December 4. A letter to
his mother in Texas, telling of his
sudden coming into wealth and his in
tention to return home, dropped care
lessly in the garage frem which the
car was taken, added to the speedy
efficiency of a Georgian want ad, af
fords reason why trouble hovers over
the head of Mr. Foster.
The car itself is now safe in Mr.
Belle Isle’s paint shop, but the thief,
persistent to say the least, is in the
meanwhile on his way to the Lone
Star State in another borrowed car,
Whether he was as particular in
choosing the make of car this time is
not available, But to hearken back
te the efficiency of the advertisement
in Friday's Georgian.
The chief of police of Chattanooga,
Teun., perusing his copy of the pa
per last Friday, happened on the fol
lowing:
“AUTOMOBILE-—One 1918 Twin
Six, T-pass, Packard automohile, mo
tor 150527. Initials “A. L. B.” on side
door. Standard Packard color. Good
year cord tires on rear, Goodrich cord
on front: one extra Goodrich cord
cn rack. Bumpers on front and rear.
Front bumper sprung in center,
Speedometer cable broken, reading
12,000 plus. Liberal reward. A, L.
Belle Isle.”
Saturday morning between 3 o'clock
and day at the corner of Thirteenth
and Market streets, in Chattanooga,
one of the chief's trusties happened
on the car. Belle Isle was immedi
ately notified and at once started for
Chattanooga. But ne was not alone
in starting. Police believe the unin
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consider the letter addressed to it by
the National War Labor Board several
days ago, in which the wages of the
sireet railway employvees were substan
yiull,\ increased and in which an advance
in streel car fares was recommended,
Atkinson's Letter.
Chalrman Atkinson's letter to the
Council, requesting a eharing. follows:
“Honorable Mayor and General Council, |
Clity of Atlanta
“Gentlemen—Referring to the special
meeting of the City Council called for 3
o'clock this afternoon to consider the
tetter fram the national war labor board
recommending and urging an increase of
street car farves in the city of Atlanta,
which letter was signed by the Hon.
Willlam H, Taft, former President of
the United States, and Basil M. Manly,
joint chairman, it is my earnest desire
to present from a financial standpoint
the facts to the entire City Council un
der sueh rules as it may formulate. In
my judgment a grave crisis confronts
not only this company, but the city of
Atlanta and every citizen in it equally.
“The award of the war labor board
will in our opinion amount to an annual
increase in our pay rolls o fapproxi
mately 3500000 If the company had
been obliged to pay this increase in
wages during the year 1918 in addition
to all the increases in its wages and
other expenses already incurred in the
past it would have failed to meet its
operating expenses, taxes, depreciation
ang charges by $708,000. The situation
is equally grave for the future, and ac
cording to the present outlook probably
more so Our first pay roll under the
new rate of wages awarded by the war
labor board will be due to be paid De
cember 23 next. This makes an imme
diate, definite crisis. The company has
not the funds with which to mee this
increaged award of wages and cannot
continue to pay these increased wages
and maintain its service as in the past,
These facts we can demonstrate beyond
possible question, and we merely ask an
opportunity to do so.
“The suggestion has been made that
the city do not act until the suit now
pending is decided by the Supreme
Court. This may take months. In the
meantime the company may die. Even
when the suit is decided, whatever the
decision of the Supreme Court is, 1t will
create no maore money for us. After that
the company must go back for relief
either to | Rallroad Commission or to
the City wil
“The hv blest eltizen, even if not &
taxpays i# provided with a forum be
fore h he can appear to obtain jus
tice, his company, the largest tax
payer in the city of Atlanta, is entitled
to be treated with the same degree of
fairness. That is all we ask.”
War Board's Letter,
In the recent award by the war labor
hoard, in which an increase in wages
was ordered, the following words were
used in recommending that the company
be granted an increaged income, and will
be repeated at the special meeting of
Council as the company's strongest ar-
Bument:
“This increase in wages will add sub
stantially to the operating cost of the
company and will require o reconsidera
tion by |§n- proper regulating authority
of the fares which the company is al
towed by law 'to colleet from its pas
:wn%els.
“We make part of this award the
words we have used in the award in the
Cleveland and other cases
““We recommend to the President
that special congressional legisiation bha
enicted to enable some executive agen
cy of the Federal Government to cone
stder the very perilous financial condi
tion of this and other eleotric street
rallways of the dountry, and raise fares
in each cage in which the clreumstances
require it, We h.-’un'n- it to be a war
necessgity justifying Federal interfer
ence. Should this be deemed unwise
however, we urge upon the local au
thorities and the people of the lecality
the pressing need for such an increase
BOB'S MEAT
236 MARIETTA ST.
Fresh Dressed .
Fat Hens e JOC
Fresh Dressed
Fat Fryers , 4OC
Fresh Country
Butter: 1b SOC
Fresh Country
Fggs, dozen 75c
Full Line Fresh Fruits and
Vegetables
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918,
vited custodian of his ear immediately
made way with another car and left
Chattanooga about 7 o'clock.
While these events had been trans
piring Mrs. Belle Isle had discovered
something in the garage at No. 52
Penn street, from which the car was
stolen, in the way of a most interest
ing letter. It ran:
“Dear Mother—l have made lots of
money. | worked for 85 cents an hourl
at Newport News and have been to
Glasgow, Scotland. Made $385 there’
and then eame back to Jacksonville,
Fla. I sure have made lots of muney.l
1 have bought me a new car, a dia
mond ring, good clothes—and it sure
is a fine auto. I am on my way home
and am sure the Governor will let me
off, as | have papers to show I have,
been over there. See you soon. Love, |
“FRED FOSTER.” :
Further investigations make it prac- ¢
tieally certain that Foster is a fugi-'
tive from the Texas courts and that’
the trip “over there” referred to in hin!
letter was merely a voyage on a cattle
boat. Authorities believe he is respon- |
sible for the second theft, in ('h:Lttu-’
nooga. This is also a certainty in Mr. |
Belle Isle's mind.
The ariginal theft of the Packard
was not without its unusual features.
The lock of the garage was unmarred
and Mr. Belle Isle is positive that the
thief must have secreted himself in
the garage early in the day. A young,
shabbily elad man of about 23 years|
put in appearance at the Georgian |
Terrace garage the same day and se- |
cured a route book to C‘hattanooga, it|
has sinee been verified. Which in a
way is adding insult. to injury, as!
Belle Isle owns that garage also. But
the Packard is baek in Atlanta after
an all-night drive Saturday by the
owner, the letter is in the hands of
the authorities, and the little adver
tisement has done its work.
adequate to meet the added cost of op
eration.
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the history of the relations between the
local street railways and the raunici
palities in which they operate. The just
claim for an increase in fares does not
rest urun any right to a dividend upon
ecapital long invested in the enterprise
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The Farmer Receives More Than Five
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Thousand Dollars a Minute From
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Swift & Company
This amount is paid to the farmer for live stock, by
Swift & Company alone, during the trading hours of every
business day.
All this money is paid to the farmer through the open
market in competition with large and small packers, ship
pers, speculators and dealers.
The farmer, feeder, or shipper receives every cent of this money
($300,000 an hour, nearly $2,000,000 a day, $11,500,000 a week) in
cash, on the spot, as soon as the stock he has just sold is weighed up.
Some of the money paid to the farmer during a single day comes
back to the company in a month from sale of products; much does
not come back for sixty or ninety days or more. But the next day
Swift & Company, to meet the demands made by its customers,
must pay out another $2,000,000 or so, and at the present high
price levels keeps over $250,000,000 continuously tied up in goods on |
the way to market and in bills owed to the company,
This gives an idea of the volume of the Swift & Company busi
ness, and the requirements of financing it. Only by doing a large |
business can this company turn live stock into meat and by-products |
at the lowest possible cost, prevent waste, operate refrigerator cars, |
distribute to retailers in all parts of the country—and be recompensed
with a profit of only a fraction of a cent a pound—a profit too small
to have any noticeable effect on the price of meat or live stock.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
Atlanta Local Branch, 70-72 E. Alabama Street
J. L. Thweatt, Manager
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Continued From Page 1.
alry lifeguards regiments under Gen
eral Lequist, stationed at Potsdam,
had caused anxiety in Berlin until
these troops entered the city and took
oath to support the present govern
ment until the national assembly con
vened, General Lequist also swearing
allegiance to-the republic. The situ
ation is thereby much improved.
Negotiations have led to an agree
ment between the Government and
the executive committee of the So
viet, leaving the executive power In
the hands of the Government, the
latter recognizing the consultive
rights of the Soviet, but the head of
the Government reserving to himself
the exclusive right to appoint mem
bers of the Cabinet.
A majority of the Socialist mem
bers of the Cabinet have expressed a
determination to prevent the noisy
Spartacus group from upsetting the
Government, which, they say, has 90
per cent of the German people be
hind it.
(Copyright, 1918, by Public Ledger Co.)
MRS, EDNA (COOK BURTON.
Funeral services of Mrs, Edna Cook Bur
ton, 32, of No. 205 Oglethorpe street, who
died Thursday morning at a local hoespital
were to be held Friday at 2:30 o'cloek at
the residence, with Dr. John F. Purser of
fidating, and intermeént was in Westview
with Awtry & Lowndes in charge
cause of the immediate pressure for
money receipts now to keep the street
railways running so that they may meet
the local and national demand for their
service, Overcapitalization, corruzt
methods, exorbitant dividerds in the
past are not revelant to the question
of policy in the present exigency. In
justice the publie should pay an ade
quate war compensation for a service
which can not. be rendered except for
war prices The credit of these com
panies in floating bonds is gone. Their
ability to borrow on short notes is most
limited In the face of added expenses
which this and other awards of needed
and fair compensation to their employ
ees will involve, such credit will com®
pletely disappear. Bankruptey, receiv
erships and demoralization, with failure
of service, must be the result. Hence
our urgent recommendation on this
head.
“It is true, however, that the financial
situation with regard to this company is
less critical than that of some others in
which this recommendation has been
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Rule Montreal While
.
Cops Are on Strike
MONTREAL, Dec. 13.—City au
thorities were prepared to take
drostic measures today to prevent
the recurrence of rioting and mob
rule which grvipped the eity last
night as a result of the strike of
firemen and policemen,
Without police and fire.protection
Montreal was in the hands of mobs.
Fire stations were wrecked, ama
teur firemen and constables were
assaulted, citizens were held up by
thugs, stores pillaged and fires al
lowed to burn while the law-abid
ing citizens lookes on helplessly.
One large store was looted, the
robhers securing $35,000 worth of
goods. Pickpockets were active and
mobs swarmed the streets, doing as
they pleased. One gang of “hood-
Jums” took possession of a moving
picture show and ran it to swit
themselves,
Troops were held in reserve here
today to quell any further upris
ings.
JOHNG. =%
CATO et
32 WALTON | b 8008
ST.
M. 1937, Wgw i
Home of YRERSSERN
Cato’s .
Famous Py oé’&v\;’
Pork S
Sausage. ¢ e
We have some eggs—just com
mon old chicken eggs—for sale,
on terms; will take Liberty
Bonds or close-in renting prop
erty as first payment.
Cato's Famous Pork Sausage.3sc
Best Veal or Beef Roast....2s¢c
Brooks County Picnic Hams.3oc
Brooks County Hams .......40¢c
Brooks County Pork Hams.32!2¢c
Cato’s Famous Pork Sausage 35c¢
| have nhouse on 100-foot lot
for sale or rent, cheap—easy
terms. Don’t need any money.
Come to see me.
THANK YOU.
Hurry Back.