FOOD CONTROL
AIM OF PACKERS,
SENATORS TOLD
Bill For Federal Regulation Is
Urged by Trade Board
Head
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 19. —The danger
as seen by the Federal trade i oin
mission in the entrance of the pack
ing industry into lines of business
beyond the packing of meat was
described by Willian B. Colver, mem
ber of the commission late yesterday
to the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee. In its opening hearing on
the Kenyon bill to divorce owner
ship of the stockyards and refriger
ator cars from the packing concerns
of the country and to regulate by
license their operation, the commit
tee was taken over much of the
ground traveled by the commission
in its investigation of the packing
industry.
"The refrigerator car and their
use of it," said Mr. Colver referring
to the five big packer*, "was not in
itself a bad thing. But they have
turned the refrigerator car into a
traveling wholesale grocery, pedd
ling at every city in the country
every day almost everything that
people eat.
"When the packers,' he condinued.
"have found their customers buying
something else besides the meat they
have to sell, or its byproducts, they
have gradually engaged in the busi
ness of supplying the other things,
when they have themselves been
large buyers of a given commodity,
they have gotten into the production
of that article, and gone into com
petition with their former producers.
When they have found a substance
which has become to some extent
a substitute for meat products, they
have gone into the business of
making and selling that substance."
Branching Out Into Many l.ines
Extreme instances of the tendency,
the Commissioner asserted, had turn
ed meat packers to hotel operating
when they bad started only to sell
soap, to making tennis racquets be
cause gut st-incs went into such
articles, and to selling soda fountains
because beef tea was there served.
"Suppose they can reach out, put
the wholesaler out of business."
Senator Kenyan, a member of the
committee, asked at one point in the
inquiry, "sell products cheaper to
consumer in these unrelated lines,
develop efficiency to supply, is that
not a sound economic principle
which is being worked out?"
"Tn the first place I can't accent
any premise on which von put the
ouestion.' was Mr. Oolver's reply.
"This much talked of efficiency of
the packers does not exist. The over
head absorbs a exeat deal in these
great business concerns."
The packers control of meat sun
ply through to the retail establish
ments in Fmr'and. their difficulties
with Australian governmental objec
tions to large combinations, and the
ouestion of their responsibililv
through control of leather prices in
the high costs of shoes, were all
touched upon by Mr. Folver who
said some credit, however, was due
the creators and executives of the in
dustry.
Claims Dandruff Will
Cause Baldness
If you have dandruff, you must
pet rid of it quick—it's positively
dangerous and will surely ruin your
liair if you don't.
Dandruffy heads mean faded, brit
tle. gray, scraggly hair that finally
dies and falls out —new hair will
not grow—then you arc bald and
nothing can help you.
The only sure way to abolish
dandruff for good is to destroy the
germ that causes it. To do this
quickly, surely and safely, and at
little expense, there is nothing so
effective as Parisian sage, which you
can get from Kennedy's drug store
and good druggists everywhere. It
is guaranteed to banish dandruff,
stop itching scalp and falling hair,
and promote a new growth, or the
cost, small as it is, will be refunded.
Parisian sage is a scientific prep
aration that supplies all hair needs
—an antiseptic liquid neither sticky
or greasy, easy to apply, and deli
cately perfumed.
If you want beautiful, soft, thick,
lustrous hair, and lots of it, by all
means use Parisian sage. Don't de
lay—begin to-night—a little atten
tion now insures abundant hair for
years to come.
ARE YOU GOING TO
"BECKLEY'S" IN SEPTEMBER? ,
"IT'S THE BEST SCHOOL"
SEE AD PAGE TWO
Peaches Delivered at
Your Home
I will have on sale at my stalls to-morrow in the
three local markets—Broad Street, Chestnut Street
and Allison Hill—a choice lot of Alberta and Belle
of Georgia peaches. These are prime for canning.
I will send to your address this fruit in quanti
ties of one or more basket lots, delivery free.
Robert J. Walton
EAST END FRUIT AND VEGETABLE FARMS
HUMMELSTOWN, PA.
Get Ready For Section No. 2At ]
LAFAYETTE j
Harrisburg's Newest Sub-Division Located on 19th St. J
Between Sycamore and Park Terrace, South of Derry St. j
Salesmen on the Grounds evenings.
Jr-lOr 1.-Jt „ UTJI Jl J
TUESDAY "EVENING,
DOLL AR WILL
NEVER REGAIN
FORMER VALUE
Shrinkage Is Permanent, De
clares Sproul in Address
on Living Costs
Salt Lake, Utah. Aug. 19. Gov
i ernors from many States are attend
i ing the National Conference of Gov
ernors here. Governor Sproul, of
I Pennsylvania, yesterday, in discuss
-1 ing living costs, predicted that the
; dollar would never again regain its
1 former purchasing value. "The
I eight-hour day has necessarily cut
I down production considerably from
| that of the ten-hour day," he stated,
j Decreasing production twenty -
I five per cent.," said Governor Sproul,
I "we have all probably fallen into
j unthrifty ways, and it would seem,
I rationallyl that there must come
i some checking up of accounts be
! fore long. We now eat sirloins and
| porterhouse steaks where before we
I consumed the entire beef. There
have been, of course, abuses of profit
[ eering among the big folks and the
little folks, the labor question is just
a Part of the big cycle, and most
workmen realize now that with the
I advance in wages a necessary ad
\ vanco in the cost of living has taken
j place.
Pennsylvania n Great Assimilator
"We have a large foreign popu
lation in Pennsylvania, one out of
every five of the emigrants who ar
! rive in the country stay in Pennsyl
! vunia. Remember, we are a State
| of 9,000,000 people, or of a popula
tion that probably equals the com
| bined populations of Montana,
| Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Cali
! fornia, Nevada. Utah, New Mexico,
| Arizona and Colorado, but we have
| enough of the old-fashioned Amcri
j can stock to mix with these new
citizens and teach them real Ameri
canism, and that is what we aim to
do in Pennsylvania, to steer the
newcomers right and make them
part of us. Therefore, the Ameri
canization problems work out very
successfully with us. This foreign
; population is welcomed by their
countrymen who have been in our
. State for some time and who un-
J consciously lead them in the right
j direction. Therefore, we have but
j little trouble now with strikes, Bol
ishevism and such matters."
I Returning to the Government in
; vestigation in the high cost of liv
ing, Governor Sproul continued: "I
i have been a lifelong friend of United
i States Attorney General A. Mitchell
I Palmer, and, although we are of
! different political affiliations, I have
all confidence that Mr. Palmer, with
j his practical energy and his honesty
j of purpose, will materially help the
Government in attacking the soaring
i cost of living.
i "As to prohibition, I doubt if be
fore the action of Congress the peo
, pie in my State would have agreed
j to it, if the matter had been put into
I their hands. After six weeks' trial,
i I do not doubt but what they will
! now agree to it. It has brought a
noticeable improvement. Of course,
l the holdover question of 2 3-4 beer
is interesting everyone. However,
: the pure food authorities in our
| State are watching closely soft
drinks, and only a short time before
1 camo away a most careful investi
j gation of all such drinks was begun
■ by the State authorities."
For Strong* National Guard
j The Pennsylvania Governor will
'make an address before the Gov
ernors' conference on Thursday, in
which he will deal with the ex
pansion of the National Guard sys
tem as a basis of national defense.
In mentioning this subject briefly,
' Governor Sproul said:
"It is our desire to reform the
I National Guard and draw into it the
imanv men who have gained such in
-1 valuable military experience during
the great war. I have appointed at
the head of the Pennsylvania Guard
, the high officers of the 28th Division,
| who made great records for them
selves and their State in France.
| There could be no greater deterrent
of the forces of Bolshevism than the
j maintenance of a guard which they
, would know is fully equipped, fully
! trained and thoroughly American in
every sense of the word. We can
! get such a guard, such a strong arm
of defense, by calling into the Na
j tional Guard these veterans of the
! great war."
j Governor Sproul will make the
! Yellowstone trip with the other
I members of the party.
PERSHING VISITS KING
By Associated Press.
| Rome. Aug. 19.—General Persh
ing who was the guest of King Vie
' tor Emmanuel yesterday, left hei
! shortly before midnight for Venice
i on his way to Treviso, where he wilt
start on a visit to the Italian bal
' tlefields.
PROGRAM READY
FOR ROMPER DAY
AT RESERVOIR
Annual Event to Be Held in
Park Thursday; Luncheon
Will Be Provided
Interplayground athletic contests
in the morning and folk dancing
and singing games in the afternoon
have been included in the program
for the annual Kunkel Day outing
for plavground youngsters to be held
on Thursday at Reservoir Park.
Arrangements for this annual
picnic for thousands of boys and
girls of the city are being complet
ed by J. K. Staples, playground su
pervisor and V. Grant Forrer, assist
ant superintendent of parks.
Luncheon for the thousands of
boys and girls will be provided from
the fund arranged for by the late
Samuel Kunkel, who was host to
the youngsters from 1907 until his
death in 1917. Free' ice cream
bricks will be provided by the Her
shey Creamery Company through
Eli N. Hershey. president; music
for the folk dancing will be fur
nished by the Municipal Orchestra
through the courtesy of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Special Cars
Special cars will be sent to the
points nearest the various play
grounds on Thursday and in the
afternoon at 4 o'clock will be sent
to the park to take the children
home again.
The program for the outing fol
lows:
Morning
Girls' Long Ball: On Tennis
Court No. I—9,1 —9, Paxtang vs. Hamil
ton, Mr. Meek official; 9.30, Calder
vs. Twelfth, Mr. Meek official; 10,
Reily vs. Sycamore, Mr. Meek offi
cial; 10.30, Harris vs. Boas, Mr.
lynuth official; 11, Maclay vs. Reser
voir, Mr. Knuth official; 11.30,
Emerald vs. Penn, Mr. Knuth offi
cial.
Volley Ball: On Tennis Court No.
2—9, Boas vs. Twelfth, junior boys,
Mr. Lutz official; 9.30, Emerald vs.
Sycamore, junior boys, Mr. Lutz offi
cial; 10, Penn vs. Twelfth, girls, Mr.
Lutz official: 10.30, Twelfth vs. Res
ervoir. senior boys, Mr. Phillips offi
cial; 11, Emerald vs. Reily, senior
boys, Mr. Phillips official; 11.30, Ma
clay vs. Sycamore, senior boys, Mr.
Phillips official.
Quoit Tournaments: On Quoit
Court—9, doubles for 15-year-old
boys; 10, doubles for 13-year-old
boys; 10.30, doubles for 16-year-old
girls; Mr. Sherman and Mr. Mc-
Bride, officials.
Tether Ball Tournaments: On
Tether Ball Court—9, girls, 15-year
old class; 10, boys, 13-year-old class:
10.30, girls, 13-year-old class; Mr.
Bucher and Mr. Mcßride, officials.
Gninos For Children
On Playground Terrace—9. Misses
Beck and Shradley, instructors; 9.30,
Misses Johnson and Lane, instruc
tors; 10, Miss Browne and Mrs.
Roberts, instructors: 10.30, Misses
Burkholder and Hoffman, instruct
ors; 11. Misses Keeney and Klavans.
instructors: 11.30, Misses Garland
and Wingeard. instructors.
Samuel Kunkel Picnic Lunch.
12 o'clock: A free lunch for play
ground children provided for by a
trust fund left by the late Samuel
Kunkel.
Invocation by the Rev. Ellis N.
Kremer.
Two hundred and sixty-five pieces
of sewing, knitting and crocheting
are on exhibit in the large pavilion.
These were made this summer by
the children registered in the sew
ing classes.
Afternoon Program
I.lo—Assemble at play festival
grounds, north of bandstand.
Junior Roys' Tnterplayground
Contests—l.2o, potato, relav race
eight hoys to a team; 1.25, leap frog
contest, two boys to a team; 1.30,
rescue race, eight boys to a team:
1.35, Dizzy Tzzy, three heats, one
entry each heat: 1.50, flag race,
eight boys to a team.
Folk Dance Festival
2.00, "Irish Lilt," Hamilton and
Harris on platform: 2.04, "Dance of
Greeting." twenty to fifty' from each
playground: "Kinderpolka." twenty
to fifty from each playground: 2.10,
"Sailors' Hornpipe." Boas, Maclay
and Penn on platform; 2.14, "I See
You," twenty to fifty girls from
each playground: "Chimes of Dun
kirk," twenty to fifty from each
playground; 2.20, "Kamarinskara,"
Emerald and Reservoir on platform;
2.24, "Shoemaker Dance." twenty to
fifty from each playground; "Hop
Mor Annika," twenty to fifty from
each playground; 2.30, "Irish Lilt."
playground instructors on platform;
"Ace of Diamonds." playground in
structors on platform; 2.36, "Gus
tafs Skal," Calder and Twelfth on
platform; 2.40, "Nigave Polska,"
twenty to fifty from each play
ground; "Pop Goes the Weasel,"
twenty to fifty from each play
ground; 2.46, "Highland Schot
tische," Hamilton, Reily and Syca
more, on playform.
2 50—"The Farmers in the Dell,"
forty to seventy from each play
ground: "Looty Loo," forty to
seventy from each playground;
"Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley
Grow." forty to seventy from each
playground; "Did You Ever See a
Lassie," forty to seventy from each
playground: "Here We Go 'Round
the Mulberry Bush," forty to seventy
from each playground.
3.os—Maypole dance by Emerald
(pink and blue), Maclay (blue and
gold), and Reservoir (green and
lavender).
Piano compliments of Steift Piano
Company.
Victrola compliments of Steiff
Piano Company.
Municipal Orchestra, compliments
of Chamber of Commerce.
Senior Boys' International Con
test—3.ls, potato relay race, eight
boys to a team; 3.20, leap frog con
test, two boys to a team; 3.2 5, res
cue race, eight boys to a team; 3.20,
three standing broad jumps, eight
boys to a team; 3.35, Dizzy Izzy,
three heats, one entry each heat;
3.40, flag relay race, eight boys to a
team.
1 4 o'clock —The special cars leave
for respective playgrounds.
HAHRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH
RAILROAD NEWS
NEW RECORDS ON BOOKS
FOR COAL CONSERVATION
ON PENNSY MAIN LINE
Fuel: Anything that feeds fire.
Save: To avoid unnecessary ex
pense; prevent waste.
Feed your fire but prevent waste
and .void unnecessary waste.
If there is any doubt about real
activity on the Philadelphia division
of the Pennsylvania' Railroad to
"Play Safe and Save," just take a
glance at the figures below. Cir
culars were posted yesterday signed
by William Elmer, superintendent,
and A. W. McClellan, assistant su
perintendent, cnlling the attention of
enginemen and firemen to the neces
sity for keeping up their good
work. For the past two weeks some
Pounds Pounds
of per
Shovelsful of Coal Car
Engine No. Train Cars Coal Used Used Mile From To
K-4s 1983 7 11 419-No. 5' 7,642 6.5 Phila. Hbg.
K-2s 3345 13 5 197-No. 7 3,759 7.1 Phila. Hbg.
F-6s 425 15 9 340-No. 7 7,140 7.5 Phila. Hbg.
K-4s 1435 15 11 395-No. 5 7,110 6.1 Phila. Hbg.
K-4s 1526 15 10 401-No. 5 7,218 6.8 Phila. Hbg.
K-2s 1061 21 9 287-No. 7 6,027 6.3 ' Phila. Hbg.
K-4s 1980 25 14 508-No. 5 9,144 6.2 Phila. Hbg.
K-4s 1531 26 12 348-No. 5 6,264 5.0 Hbg. Phila.
E-2d 3137 26 6 336-No. 5 6,048 9.6 Hbg. Phila.
K-2s 1184 26 11 301-No. 7 6,321 5.4 Hbg. Phila.
K-2s 3251 27 10 310-No. 5 5,580 5.3 'Phila. Hbg.
K-2s 1396 27 10 291-No. 5 5,238 4.9 Phila. Hbg.
K-4s 1531 28 7 301-No. 7 6,321 8.6 Hbg. Phila.
K-2s 2125 30 8 241-No. 7 5,061 6.0 Hbg. Phila.
E-6s 325 31 8 274-No. 5 4,932 5.8 Phila. Hbg.
K-3s 1985 40 11 332-No. 5 5,976 5.1 Hbg. Phila.
K-4s 1983 580 8 310-No. 5 5,580 6.6 Hbg. Phila.
L-ls 1786 Frt. 39 450-N. 5 8,100 1.9 •"MV" Phila.
L-ls 1860 Frt. 73 1060-No. 5 19,080 3.7 Enola "PG."
•Marysville.
NEW ENGINEHOUSE
IS PLAN OF PENNSY
Will Be Known as "No. 3;" Lo
' cation East of Passen
ger Station
Enginehouse No. I—Seventh and
Verbeke streets.
Enginehouse No. 2—Ninth, between
Reilly and Calder.
Enginehouse No. 3—Watch it grow.
Staff meetings each week give Phil
adelphia Division officials opportun
ity to work out tough railroad prob
lems. For a long time the question
of Motive Power had been occasion
for lengthy discussions. Something
must be done, was said each week.
Yesterday something was done.
There will be another enginehouse.
Plans are not entirely complete,
but in the very, near future engines
will be taken care of in a building
to be provided east of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad station. This structure
may be small at the start but it is
going to grow, and there may be a
time, not far distant when a real en
ginehouse will be located not far
from Mulberry street.
There Is n Reason
The purpose of the new department
is to take care of engines needing
immediate attention. For sometime
engines have been run through from
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, occasion
ally to New York and Wilmington.
These engines sometimes have broken
down because of the long strain and
inability to get the necessary atten
tion in Harrisburg. Train delays re
sulted.
Now this trouble is to be overcome.
When an engine is run through, and
there is time to make any neiWed re
pairs, it will be sent to No. 3 en
ginehouse. Where there will be a force
of mechanics to look after it. This
will do away with the necessity of
holding a train until another engine
arrives from No. 1 enginehouse, and
engine is sent to the shops for rush
repairs. There will be other advant
ages. One or more engines may be
kept at the new enginehouse for
emergency calls. Work is to start
at once and indications point to a
further elimination of train delays
on the Philadelphia division due to
engine trouble.
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBI'RG SIDE
Philadelphia Division. The 119
crew to go first after 4 o'clock: 113.
Engineers for 119.
Firemen for 119.
Engineers up: Stefty, May.
Firemen up: Bestline, Dallmyer.
Brakemen up: Arndt, Murhpy.
Riddle Division. —The 236 crew to
go first after 1 o'clock: 223, 22, 242,
36, 28, 250.
Engineers wanted for 36.
Firemen wanted fop 36.
Flagmen wanted for 36.
Brakemen wanted for 36.
Engineers up: Kline, Smith, Leib,
E. R. Snyder, Buckwalter, Nlssley,
Rathefon.
Firemen up: Acker, Peters, Isen
burg, Gilbert.
Conductors up: Derrick.
Brakemen up: Bitner, Leithouser,
Bell, Frieslow, Leonard.
Yard Board. —Engineers for 4, 15C,
22C.
Firemen wanted for 4, 15C.
Engineers up: Miller. Biever, Essig,
Beckwith, Machamer, Gibbons, Cless,
Ewing, Yinger, Starner.
Firemen up: Mcnsch, Engle, W. C.
Kruger, Henderson. Selway, Gilbert,
Dill, Gormley, Wirt, Klineyoung,
Montz, J. E. Lauver, Bartless, Shavr,
Shopp, Swab, Hoover, Holtzman.
EN'OI.A SIDE
Philndlplila Division. The 247
crew to go first after 3.15 o'clock:
212 201.
Engineers for 201.
Brakemen for 247,_ 212.
Brakemen up: Vogelsong.
Middle Division. —The 10S crew to
go first after 2.30 o'clock: 109, 110,
115, 105.
Firemen for 115.
Conductors for 115.
Flagmen for 109.
Brakemen for 105 (2).
Yard Hoard. —Engineers up: Guibe.
Firemen up: Holmes, Hawbeeker,
Albright, Boyer.
PASSENGER SERVICE
Middle Division. —Engineers up: J.
H. Ditmer, T. B. Heftner. S. Alexand
er, H. E. Cook, J. ,W. Burd, W. C.
Black. H. F. Groninger.
Engineers wanted for 667 and 23.
Firemen up: R. E. Look, C. L.
Sheets, A. H. Kuntz. J. R. Weibley.
S. H. Zerders. G. W. Minser, J. M.
Stephens, R. Simmons.
i< nemen wanted for none.
Philadelphia Division. —Engineers
up: C. Madenford. E. C. Snow, J. c.
Davis, W. O. Buck, H. W. Uillums, C.
B. Fust, 11. Smeltzer, V. C. Gibbons.
Engineers wanted for none.
Firemen up: J. Schindler. M. G.
Shaffner, J. S. Lenig, B. W. Johnson,
F. H. Young, J. M. Piatt, A. L. Floyd.
Firemen wanted for 44,
I interesting records have been hung
up and now other divisions will have
j to go some to beat out the Phila
delphia division engine crews in sav
ing coal.
Interesting Figures
The figures below are the result
;of observations made as to the
! amount of coal, consumed by a num
| ber of passenger and freight en
! gines. These figures were obtained
through actual tests made by the
I Road Foreman and his subordinates,
' I each shovelful being counted, and
' are net figures taken from reports
{ sent in by enginemen and firemen.
: ' The ligures follow:
TALK TO MEN
ON PLUMB PLAN
Carl Thompson Tells Work
ers About Government
Ownership
New theory for valuation of rail
roads is' one of the big factors in
the Plumb plan for control of rail
roads. This fact was brought out
last night by Carl Thompson at
Tech High School Auditorium. He
talked for nearly two hours on
"Public Ownership and Democracy
in the Operation of Railroads."
Mr. Thompson is eecretary of the
National Public Ownership League
and is making a tour of the coun
try in behalf of the Plumb plan now
before Congress. The speaker was
introduced by William B. McNair,
president of the local Federation
Advisory Board. In attendance was
a large representation of the six
crafts of shipmen and many other
railroad employes and citizens.
Capital City Lodge of Boilermak
ers No. 18 4, whose regular meeting
was held last evening, cut business
short and marched in a body too
Tcch Auditorium. An interesting
feature before the speaker was in
troduced was a solo by Jacob Neic!-
hamer. In explaining the Plunib
plan Mr. Thompson said in part:
Many Are Interested
"An entirely new plan for the so
lution of the railway problem is be
ing urged by organized labor.
"The fourteen railway brother
hoods representing $2,00,000 em
ployes, practically the entire labor
force of the railroads, are'back of
the plan. The American Society of
Equity, the Grange and Gleaners—
farmers organizations representing
a million members —have substan
tially endorsed the plan and bolli
the Nonpartisan League and the
new Labor party are considering it.
The Public Ownership League
which is a strictly nonpartisan fed
eration of all forces working for
public ownership has supported tile
plan from the first.
The eight outstanding features of
the plan presented by Glenn E.
Plumb, attorney for the railway
brotherhoods, before the Interstate
Commerce Committee of the Senate,
were outlined and discussed by Mr.
Thompson its follows:
"First: A New Theory of Valua
tion. As everyone knows, the rail
roads of this country are . over
capitalized. It is the first and fun
damental feature of the Plumb
plan of railway reorganization and
ownership to determine the actual
value of the properties, the amouui
of money actually invested and at
work in the transportation system
of the nation. Just how much
fictious capital there is in the rail
way property of the country it is
hard to determine. It is variously
estimated at from one-half to one
third. In the case of the New
Hartford and New Haven Railway
it has been established that the
capitalizat.on claimed by the com
pany was $417,000,000 and the ac
tual capital really invested and used
in the transportation service was
only $93,000,000. The valuations of
some of the smaller roads recently
reported by tb? Interstate Com
merce Commission shows that in tile
cases covered nearly one-half o I
the capitalization claimed by the
companies was fictitious, 'watered
stock' —values that did not exist.
Public Ownership
"Second: Public Ownership. The
government is to take over the rail
way properties, paying the present
owners 'all that may be judicially
determined to be their due.' The
government is to issue bonds to the
owners for the values thus deter
mined which will guarantee to them
not only the principal but also the
interest or income on their invest
ment. They would thereby be
wholly divorced from any just claim
to a voice in the management.
Copartnership Operation.
The plan for the operation of the.
roads is a form of copartnership. A
corporation is to be formed for the
sole purpose of operating the roads,
having no capital and no financial
investment in the enterprise.
"Fourth: Profit-Sharing. The
profits arising from the operation
of the roads to be divided, one-half
to the government as owner, an!
one-half to the employes to be di
vided among them in proportion to
their wages or salaries. The portion
that goes to the government will
be applied naturally to paying of"
the indebtedness so that the public
will ultimately have complete and
absolute ownership.
Koduetion of Rates
"Fifth: Automatic Reduction of
Rates. Arrangement is made Yor an
automatic reduction of rates, untie
the plan, by a provision that when
ever the net profits received by the
government shall exceed five poi
cent, of the gross operating rev
enues. the Interstate Commerce
Commission shall immediately in
duce the rates so as to absorb the
excess profits.
"Sixth: Extensions to be Built by
Special Assessments. It is provided
that when extensions of the Hues
are proposed or needed the necessary
funds for such extensions are as
sured.
"Seventh: Adjustment of Wage
Disputes. A labor board similar t>
those now operating under the di
rector general of railways is to be
established to hear and decide all
questions of wage disputes and
grievances.
"Eighth: Financial Features. The
government can borrow money for
the financing of a project of this
kind at rates from two to three per
cent, less than those demanded by
private concerns. Thus public own
ership would save from $400,009,-
000 to $600,000,000 per year on the
capital account alone by reason of
lower rates on interest on the in
vestment."
Use McNeil's Tain Exterminator—Ad.
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Large Velvet Hats of Faultlessly
Artistic Contours at sl2 to $16.50
This Autumn is to he a season of glorious
millinery. The rich fabrics of which the
hats are fashioned assure it—the graceful
sweep of brims and the lavish use of ostrich
ponderance of large hats—hats
tour —styles which so many
women find adorably becom- Ik
tog. ' At&s&p. \ \
We had one of New XsmP- A \ \ C\' %
York's leading de- J '
signers make specially VjSst'X
for us a line of these \l\
large hats—a style // jj \
that he specialized in ' W, '< (\
and is noted for. W/W >A> !() 'li
These hats are fashioned of v JyVLWi* 1
the finest silk velvet in com- f s
bination with lustrous panne I Yp)
velvet and are styled as only a V y# }/
genius in millinery designing
can create modes that are truly - X^/
distinctive and far removed
from the commonplace.
Ask to see these large hats and note how reasonably they are priced,
$12.00, $14.00, $15.00 and $16.50
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor, Front.
The Importance of the Bedding
End of the August Furniture Sale
Splendid values in high-grade mattresses have gone out during the August
Sale and will continue to the end of the sale. For mattress prices are below
regular price and substantial savings have been enjoyed.
For instance Silk Floss Mattresses made of 100 per cent pure Java Kapok
are offered this month at $18.50 Snow white Cotton Felt Mattresses are also
priced at $18.50.
Flair Mattresses of unquestioned puritv and quality are specially priced at
$31.50
Other economy items in bedding include:
Down Pillows, pair $8.75
Sagproof Twin Link Springs $7.50
Box Springs $19.75 and $24.00
All Beds are marked down below regular prices.
Dtves Pomeroy & Stewart, Fourth Floor.
Moderate Pricing Characterizes These L /
Envelope Chemise
There are many pretty models developed of soft beautiful crepe de chine and
sheer nainsook in flesh color. The materials are of excellent quality and the
dainty garments are amply cut.
Round neck, V necks and square necks are featured on a number of styles;
fine lace forms very attractive yoke effects.
Crepe de Chine styles at $3.50, $3.95, $5.00 and $7.50,
Nainsook styles at $1.50, $1.95, $2.50 and $3.95,
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor.
A Shipment of Fine Fall Fifty Patterns of
Shoes for Men $lO to sl2 Fancy Georgette
Georgette will be exten-
Smart new lasts from one of the best makers of sively used this Fall in the
men's footwear in America. The newest lace styles development of fashionable
including blucher effects, *3
Russia Calf Shoes with rubber heels SIO.OO taffeta.
Russia Calf Shoes, "Zip" last, rubber heels ....$ll.OO For these modes we have
Heavy oil grain blucher shoes, double soles, "Swagger" ready 50 fancy styles in an
last, rubber heels * $ll.OO excellent quality, 40 inches
Genuine Cordovan lace shoes, rubber heels ....$12.00 wide, at $3.00
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Market Street. D ' VeS - Flo^r 81^"1 *
AUGUST 19, 1919.
House of Commons fakes
Recess After Hearing New
Policies of Great Britain
72 y Associated Press.
London, Aug. 19.—The House of
Commons, which listened yesterday
to Premier I.loyd-George's dcclaia
tion of the government's policies on
many British problems, took a recess
to-day until October 22.
The country now has before it the
three principal conclusions which
Lloyd George told the House yes
terday had been reached by the
government. These were the aban
donment on September 1 of the
present system of licensing which is
to be replaced by measures to pro
vent "dumping;" the declaration
that the government plans partial
control of the coal industry giving
the miners a share in controlling
mining policies; and the announce
ment that the government will
recommend a Joint industrial coun
cil of employers and employes an>V
provide for a forty-eight-hour week
and living wages in virtually every
industry.
FIRE DAMAGES SITIP
Havre, Monday, Aug. 18. Fire
which badly damaged the American
tank steamer, George G. Henry, and
destroyed merchandise on the docks
valued at 500,000 francs to-day was
caused by oil from the tanker catch
ing fire when an unloading pipe
broke. The burning oil flooded the
pier to which the steamer was
moored.
ASTHMA quickly relieved VP*
NEW INVENTION. Medicine ad
ministered by inhalation. MAN
HEII, INHALER. Demonstration at
Gorgas' Pharmacy, 16 North Thirc.
street. —Adv.