Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 26, Hammond, Lake County, 18 July 1917 — Page 4
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THE TIMES Wednesday, Julv 18, 1917.
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JUSTICE FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITY. The electric light companies of Indiana are about to so before the Tublic Service Commission of Indiana to ask relief. It is useless to deny that public utility companies are being forced to operate under conditions they cannot control and which are not of their own making. Just why the people should pay ten cent for a loaf of bread that three, years ago they got for Ave, ten cents a quart for milk where they got it for five, ten cents a pound for sugar where they got it for five, and then expect electric light and gas companies to give them the same rate for service as they paid twenty years ago. we are unable to state- The state of Indiana has fixed the prices for electric light t-ervice and the public utility company is compelled to sell at that price. They do not know how long this era of high prices will last and are asking relief during the period of high prices only. When the prices of things .necessary to produce, electricity are reduced the state can reduce the rates, and vice versa. The utilities want a sliding scale that will adjust itself to ei'her condition. We hold no brief for the electric light or public utility companies, but we believe they are entitled to temporary relief, even though it Is unfortunate that their appeal comes at a time when the cost of living is incrasing in all its phases. The utility companies are not seeking increased profits, but simply compensation for the losses they have sustained since the upward trend of prices reduced their income. In the case of the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company that income is nil. It has invested heavily in the Calumet region and for ten years has been pouring money into new buildings, machinery, equipment, service- In other wWds, here is a public utility that has paid more into its operating territory 'than it is paid. It Las received no return on its capital invested- Yet while it has been improving its operating service the cost of producing electricity and delivering It to the consumer has increased at least 45 per cent since the selling price was established. It pays 194 per cent more for coal, 32 7 jer cent more for Ibor. 4S.41 per cent more for taxes, 144. SG per cent more for copper, 51.14 per cent more for iron, 65.91 per cent more for general supplies. Some one has had to pay these soaring prices. It is pointed' out that the lighting companies of Indiana have met these increases out of the narrow margin between their operating expenses and their gross revenue as they were estimated before prices took an upward trend, and in many instances the lighting utility has not only sacrificd the return on the capital to which it was entitled by law, but it has actually gone into debt to keep up its service to the community. We believe the public utility companies, trying to keep business going as usual, are entitled to justice just as much as the butcher, the baker or the candle-stick maker, and a great deal more justice than the unscrupulous cusses who are taking advantage of the upward trend to pracJicp extortion.
MILITARY SURPRISES. The new commander-in-chief of the Canadian forces on the French front is Major-General Arthur W. Currie. It is significant that General Currie went to France two years ago as a mere battalion commander. In time he became in turn general of brigade, general of division, and now commands all the CanadiansWhat's more significant is that just before be war broke out General Currie was one of the hustling real estate agents at Victoria, in British Columbia. Before that he had taken a -hand at teaching and selling life insurance. You never can tell what a war is going to bring out in a man. It is Just as uncertain as it is certain that those who command when a war' begins usually are not on top after it gets going- When our civil war broke out Grant was a clerk and managed to get a minor commission because of his previous military experience. In a little while he was the commanding general This has been illustrated elsewhere in this war. In the English armies French gave way to Haig. in Russia Grand Duke Nicholas yielded to a stranger, Brusilof, and in Germany the retired Hindenburg, playing pinochle in a country towi tavern and considered as "gone to seed," was called to service. He developed wonderfully. Perhaps the rreatest rise has been made by the French commander, Petain, who was a colonel" when the war broke out, and of colonels Joffre had several thousand. Now that we have entered the war it will be surrisinj; to note who will rise to high laces. It may be that some home town man to whom we paid little attention here will come back wearing a general's stars- ' You never can tell.
YOU CAN GET THE BOOK. If any additional prof is required clearly and decisively to establish the f.-.et that the kaiser has planned for more than nineteen years to invade America and destroy our republican form of government, it may be found in
OI,P Martin rays he's kimln Klad !) won't lie In-!'.- much loii-ur ami how o;:i you 1,1a lie him when HI-; hears a little painted up striplini? of a Kill .M'lPfinsS her ee!i:pnnion as "kid" W K f;ottem h'.re l.io Ah, ! IT'S all riKht to do jimr hit for the war. at heme, with gardening:, conserving food. etc. HL'T we notice just the same that there are no pretty jrirls running AROi'Xl) to kiss urf WIIKX we .r; out in the hot nun snarftrsnif POTA TO lugs I.TIvi: they do th' lioys when they sail away to l-'ranre AND look at the d-nipT of sun stroke we have. XOAIJ can thank hi: lueky stars that there was no trouble 11KTWKKX the stec-1 and the wooden ship Ranss .WIIKX he built uie ark or else the elephant would never hae V ALKEtthnvn that nnp plank after checking his stuff. SrPEAKlXG of the hiuh cost of livinK wouldn't it he something awful if a
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HAD to hve cream and sutsar with hi:l P.KEA K FAST 'oats. ONE reason a bachelor is so loneFeme is 4 l'.KOAESK he can go down town EVEKY night afler supper without having- to say a darn word to anybody. THE weather, too. is very unpleasant for discussing a hone-dry proposition. WINSTON C'llt'RCHILL has had a new attack tt "diKgintr 'em out like rats" HOMEP.ODY please hand him a shovel. Tllni'llLES will never fnd ' HERE we've just had a hard day at the office and the wiff with her I'SUAE passionate search for knowledge ASKS us to explain clearly what it means to , . l'.UY food stuffs by the calory INSTEAD -of the pound FIX A ELY only one thing, just one little thing stands in the way of peace WHAT is it? WHY the Mohenzollerr.s of course SXl'FF, isn't it?
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several books written by the members f the German general tafT. addressed to the kaiser at his request, describing how America can best be invaded and subjugated. These books are available to anyone who wishes to obtain them from the publishers. In IS'.iS, before Man. la, the German rear admiral, 'Von Goetzen. a clove friend of the kaiser, said to the American Admiral Dewey: "In about fifteen years my country will begin a great war, during which Germany will . , "Absorb Holland. "Annex Belgium, "Destroy France. h ' "Cripple Russia, "Humble Ensland and 'Subjugate die 'United States"Some mon'hs after we have done our business in EuT-pe, we shall take New York, and probably Washington, and we shall keep them for a while. We da not intend to take any territory from you, but only to put your country in its proper place with reference to Germany. vYe shall extract one or two billions of dollars from New York and other towns." "About fifteen years" proved to be a rlose prophecy, because the kaiser started his long-planned war on civilization and democracy within fifteen years and fifteen months after the Gorman rear admiral tittered his prediction to' one of America's greatest naval heroes. In the light of these positive- proofs furnished by German officers of the kaiser no American citizen who has ordinary intelligence 'can fail to see that for more than nineteen years the kaiser has been planning to "subjugate the United States" in his determination to destroy democracy and substitute it with the cruel and tyrannical rule of Prussian imperialism.
LITTLE TRAGEDIES IX THE NEWS. Here is the story of a Chicago Lithuanian child and her mother- The child crawls into a peddler's wagon and falls asleep. When she awakens the peddler is miles in the country. Thinking some one rut the youngster there he turns her over to an orphan asylum. In the meantime, the mother, who is widow e;u-ning her living at the washuh, is bereaved of her two other children, leaving her wPh a babe at home. The other day circumstances locate mother and child, but the former speaks no English and the latter has fcrgotten how to speak Lithuanian. Yet they will manage tc speak. An Illinois boy's father dis. The lad is taken fty a foster parent, who dies when the orphaned lad is eight years old. Then he is brought up in the belief he is a negro, is made to associate with negroes. In time he marries a respectable colored young woman and babies are born to them One day there comes word and proof he is white, and this news is sent to the negro mother and hc-r babies- A heart-broken answer comes back. And as for the white man's relatives they will have nothing to do with himAll of the plots aren't to be found in the movies.
WHAT KIND OP REGULATION' IS THIS ? There will be no drop in the price of coal, despite government regulation, our coal man says. We had been yodeling with joy under the impression that coal was to go down $2 a ton, and the Chicago Tribune got inlrirmntion that it was cut that much at the mine. Now what kind of ph oney regulation is this? It was with great custo that the Creel information bureau at Washington told all the newspapers of the n'ce thing done. In the meantime to he fleered fo- coal, iron, steel and other necessities are the part of every day Americans. How long is the high price grafting, this robbery at the expense of war differing, going to keep up?
BILL BREAKS OUT AGAIN. Beverages that contain but a small percentage of alcohol will unsteady the nerves and impair the productive value of the drinker, no matter what his occupation may be. W. J. Bryan. As, for example, the effect of wine in unsteadying the nerves of French troops in the trenches. New York World.
CERTAINLY no one can accuse the big steel concerns of taking advantage of the war and universal suffering to raise prices very much. Since this time last year iron has only gone up from fis to $51, billets from $42 to $100, and only one hundred per cent increase has been made in the price cf tinplate.
SUGGESTION that Zepps be called baby killers should be passed by the house with a rising vote.
IN re Tark Board: Gary Tribune still keeping up its woman fighting.
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AUTO RACE
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IXOrANAPOLIS. IXD., July 18. The automohil match race between Ralph Ie I'alma and Barney Oldfteld. which was to have been held yesterday afternoon, was called off again because of the heavy track. It is proposed to stage tfie race next month.
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President Wilson says it is the patriotic duty of the nation to maintain business as usual during this war for world's democracy. Unprecedented demands are being made on the industrial interests of S the state to increase their production. Electricjty furnishes both power and light for manufacturers. Without power and light there can be no increased production. The electric light plants of Indiana, because of their ability to furnish power and light, represent a manufacturing resource to the state that should be caref ulry conserved in this crisis. Already unusual demands have been made on these plants for extensions to promote industry and to guard against disasters. Increasing production requires maximum electric service. CAPITAL CANNOT BE INTERESTED IN LOSING VENTURES. When you say by law that electric light companies must sell current at a price so low they cannot supply it at a reasonable profit you eliminate light companies from tne lists of desirable investments for capital. When it becomes difficult or impossible for utilities to get capital with which to extend their plants industrial progress ceases, business is "slowed up." When the costs of production of a utility are so great there is no margin between its operating expenses and its income there is no money to maintain its plants or pay interest on capital for extensions. The business becomes t stagnant, the plant deteriorates and the value of the utility to the community is lost.
The electric light companies of Indiana are too ralnable to the state to be permitted to stagnate and deteriorate. They are needed to assist in increasing production. WTLL TOC HELP THEM, HELP ECDIA5.4, HELP THE 2TATI0X jLND YOURSELF BY PAYTJfG YOUR BIT TO COSSEBYE THIS VALUABLE KE30UECE!
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