Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 64, 24 January 1921 — Page 2
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, JAN, 24, 1921.
ROADS EARNINGS GUT BY PAYROLL! DECLINE TO GOME SOON, DUNN
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT BOOSTS SPARTANBURG; ATHLETICS BOOM; RESIDENTS ENTHUSIASTIC
"This little town has more fine buildings In It .for its Blze than any town
KEW ! Jan. , 24. Railway i unburn, recently. "Wa have four bas-
wages should and must be substantial-1 ketball teams, the Independent, the
ly reduced sooner or later, ana steps
toward their reduction should bo taken In the very near future, Samuel O. Dunn, editor of the Railway Age, told theew; Tork, Jllroad,Club In an address .ber&
first and second high school teams and.
the girls' team. We have a lodge here with a drill team known all over the state. Yes, sir; it's one of the finest little towns you ever set foot In." The enthusiastic resident and boost
er of Spartanburg, forgot to mention just one thing in his description of the
'Experience since the recent advan- town's many advantages. That is its
ces in rates were made have demon- j
trtrated, Mr. Dunn contended, that even -with a maximum traffic the railways cannot earn ftj-per eenton the valuaWon fixed by the Interstate Commerce " Commission with the vfeeeivt passenger and freight rates and the? present wages. They are not "now; handling a
maximum business. Their: freight traf
community spirit. Spartanburg is where the word " community spirit"
has never come into common use, because there; was no need for it. It was already, there. j People Get Together. It was .this spirit that caused ' the people . to get together and raise
enough money by popular subscription
tt has , declined 30 per cent since ; t0 purchase the old Methodist church
October and on January 8 they bad a
net surplus of 257.000 ;cars, : ' Earnings Below. Normal. "The demonstrated, inability of the railways to earn the return, expected even when handling a maximum' traffic,' Mr. Dunn said, "and thelremendcus decline of tra flic ;Jare creating a serious situation to which '-. not only railway managers, butlthe TRailroad Labor Board, the Interstate Commerce Commission and Cong-fess ' must give early attention. 5 i-Viv , ."In September the railways earned only 67 per cent of Un expected net return; in October only: 7.7 ;.per cent, in November only 55 ."percent The total net operating inc-oine they should have earned far those three "months to have contributed their share toward a 6 per cent annual return was $324,417,000, while the amount actually earned was only $219,500,000. At this rate they would earn only 4 per cent, and these were months of large business. The Interstate Commerce Commission lias recognized the principle that the railways must earn ? per cent jto enable them to expand their facilities sufficiently to give the public adequate service. , . - , . Opposes Advance.
- "The public would stronglv oppose a further advance in rates under present conditions when prices of most commodities, and especially of farm products, are declining. The only alternative is to reduce operating expenses. The present very high operating expenses are chiefly due to the enormous pay. roll. This enormous pay roll is due to the granting of the eight hour day under government control, which has caused a large increase in the number of employes, and to the large advances in wages made by the railroad labor board last July. : "All the present railway costs should te reduced, but the pay roll is so large a part of the total expenses that no substantial relief to the railways, which are not earning an adequate net return, or to the public, which has to pay present freight and passenger rate?, can be obtained without a substantial reduction in wages. - "Farmers and business men recently
llave lost many hundreds of millions of dollars because of declines in prices. 1 Wages already have been reduced in j many industries. The Railroad Labor: Board, in granting the advance inj wages last July, based it largely upon 1 the high cost of living. ; In view of; developments since then a , rehearing j of the wage case should be held and , wages fixed which are more- in liar-j
niony with existing conditions
when they found the pupils of the cen
tralized l high - school on the edge of town needed A gymnasium. It was the same spirit that caused the school and churches to work together In practically every movement of a public nature that has. come up in 'the past two or three years.;.,! .r.'.t v.Not lone ago the people of the com
munity decided they wanted a lecture
course. Tickets were sold through the school. Everybody helped the thing along. v-When' the first- evening's receipts were counted up' it was found that enough '.money had been secured
those who are residents. Pupils from a distance of seven or eight miles' attend the school -which has an enrollment of 340. The town Itself has a
population of about 200 persons. , - No Incorporated. Spartanburg is not incorporated. It
has no city council, no -village board.
no public officials beyond the principal of the local school, W. W. Moore, who is a former Richmond man, familiarly known as "Chick" Moore, the ball player. Incidentally the town boasts two of the finest appearing country churches in this part of the state. They are just as well equipped on the inside as they are on the outside and their presence means a decided addition to the normal value of property in the neighborhood. There is no justice of the
peace or constable to keep order in the town, for there is no need for such a
thing. It is a peaceful town, and the
people are all working-together for the good of Spartanburg and surrounding territory. . " -,' Fine , Co-operation. Evidence of one phase of the community life which has been directly touched by the. influence of the schools and churches working together may be found on any street on a school day. There are no young boys smoking cigarettes in evidence. A few years ago, according to one citizen, this was a common sight. Today there is a noticeable change
in the attitude towards cigarettes be-
teams. Training rules do not permit smoking. Members of the team who go into training publicly pledge themselves at the start of the season to abstain from this vice. Results: the juvenile cigarette' smoker is " rapidly disappearing from the vicinity. Neighbors Help. Last fall, a farmer living near the town injured his hand. Continued treatment failed to improve the injured member. He was unable to gather his corn. Twenty acres standing the fields, was busked by bis neighbors in an impromptu "husking bee" early in January. This is only one of many incidents that go to show that the old fashioned virtues . still hang on among modern surroundings and that .? residents of Spartanburg know the value of an application of the Golden Rule.
By electricity the master clock at Greenwich observatory fires time guns and drops time balls in many parts of England every day, and sends the hour of 10 a. m. to all post offices and railway terminals.
Famous California Bar" Passes' Into Memories (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24. The Palace hotel bar, -whose lustrous mahogany bar has been the resing place of many a famous elbow, where many big mining and business deals of the early days of San Francisco were consummated, Is gone. Its passing was celebrated quietly yesterday. The farewell toast to the place, eloquent with memories of ancftnt convivialities was drunk in ginger ale. . The original bar was built in 1890. It was rebuilt after the fire and "earthquake in 1906. Behind the bar hangs a famous Maxfield Parrish painting the "Pied Piper." The bar, a soft drink dispensary since the advent of prohibition, ,wil be converted into an annex to the ho tel grill.
CHILEAN RECEPTION FOR FLEET, PREPARED VALPARAISO. Chila, Jan, 24.Plans for the visit of the United States Pacific fleet to this port have been virtually completed by Chilean naval authorities. When the fleet arrives on Jan. 31, official visits will be exchanged " by Admiral Hugh Rodman, commanding the fleet, and Chilean naval officials. The next day. Admiral Rodman and staff will visit Santiago, where they will call on President Alessandri and attend a luncheon by the North American Society of Chile. A recention at the United States embassry will follow and in the evening l banquet will be given by the presiient in honor of the visitors.
University of ' Pennsylvania museum that it has decided to begin excavations in Palestine at Beth-Shan, in the valley of Megiddo next June. Permission has been granted by the civil authorities, the announcement said. The site has been excavated and it is expected that many relics will be found which will throw light on 'the early history of Palestine.
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SEEK OLD RELICS ' By Associated :Pross PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 24. Announcement was made today by tho
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is the way things of a public spirited nature go over in Spartanburg. ' Boys Build Walk. One of the local churches wanted a sidewalk. The boys in the manual training class of the school wanted a practical demonstration of the value of their work. So the two got, together. Result: the church has a new sidewalk, and some of the boys have had experience in this sort of work that will be of immense value to them later on. Another practical ' application of
Ptheir school work came when thev
moved the old church down across a creek bed and up into the school yard. It was an engineering feat in itself as the building had to be moved as a whole and the descent into the depression was gradual, while the opposite bank sloped sharply up. Special Trestle. A special trestle work had to be built and with this aid the structure was soon in place. Since that time, the school has gone ahead on its own resources and put on a $400 addition which gives the gym a seating capacity of 300 persons. Later they expect to install a modern equipment in the proposed addition to the school building which will go up within a year or two. The people living around the town are just as favorable to its welfare as
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library other than the books in the bchool building and they are unavailable to any but pupils in attendance. The club, of which Mrs. Gaar Eliason is the president, is circulating a petition for signature by the taxpayers which, it is hoped, will insure a library in the near future. There is an impression, however that every signer obligates himself for the sum of $5.73. This is erroneous and the club wishes it contradicted. $5.7' is the sum that would be paid if only 150 subscribed, and would be proportionately reduced with more subscribers. No signers are compelled to subscribe any fixed sum however.
JAPAN PROTESTS CONTRACT PEKIN, China, Jan. 24. Japan has lodged a protest against a contract entered into between the ministery of communications and the American Federal com-pany for the construction of a wireless plant at Shanghai. The protest is made on the ground that the contracts infringes rights acquir ed two years ago by a Japanese company, on which the sum of 5,000,000 yen was advanced.
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BED DAVENPORTS 50 Styles Down as (fcpTO f( low as .thiuUU
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Odd Davenports in Tapestry as low as 129.75
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