Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 28, 1920, Page 3

'WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1920 e ] HECTRICS ASK LINES IN CITIES .Eleven Cities Have Not In- creased Rates But Intend Doing "So ' HIGH MATERIAL COST BLAMED FOR INCREASE Chicago Jumps Fares; St. Paul Holds Off; Many Others Are “Going Up” (United Press) New York, Jan. 28—Nineteen and twenty destined to witness renewed efforts on the part of officials of elec- 4ric ‘railway systems thruout the United States to obtain authority to «harge still higher fares than were granted the puplic service corpora- tions in 1919 and 1918. In a poll of 53 cities taken by the DUnited Press, reports showed that in .only twelve cities fares have not been . raised, while in the other 41 in- creases of from a fraction of a cent 10 4 and 5 cents have been granted. In eleven of the twelve cities where the cost of a car ride remains the same, however, either definite steps have already been taken looking to- ward a revision of the fare in favor of the operating companies, or ad- vertising campaigns are being put on to prepare the public mind for -a later demand. In only one city has there been an actual downward revision of the fare. N Increased cost of labor, steel, cop- per, wire.and the hundred anl one other kinds of materials necessary sto the operation of an electric line has been the one outstanding reason advanced by the corporations in ask- ing for more money. The old nickel that used to be enough to pay all ex- penses and then produce a respectable profit now pays only about 2% to 3 cents toward the upkeep and opera- tion of the roads, officials argue. New York Uses Bus In several cities, notably New York, municipal bus lines have been put in operation, substituting for various car routes. ' New York’s rid- ing public has for several months been bombarded with propaganda for an‘advance in fare on surface, elevat- ed and subway lines. The fare has remained at 5 cents, however, altho two or three companies suspended transfer privileges and ceased to op- erate cars on a few lines. In Chicago the state public utilities commission granted the surface and elevated lines authority to raise their fares from five cents to seven and eigth cents, respectively. Recently, Thowever, when examination showed the companies prospered too greatly on the advanced fares, the increases were withdrawn and now the cars may be ridden in the lake metropolis for six cents. Fares Still Stick Fares in cities which have not seen higher transportation are: Dallas, Tex., 32 rides for a dollar; Des Moines, Iowa, 5 cents; St. Paul, Minn., 5 cents; San Francisco, Cal., § ¢ents; Los Angeles, Cal., 5 cents; Col- umbus, O., 8 rides for 25 cents; Cleve- land, 0., six tickets for 25 cents with one cent extra for transfers; Buftalo, *N. Y., 5 cents; New York city, 6 _ cents; Philadelphia, Pa., 5 cents with ' 3-cent exchange tickets and free transfers; Nashville, Tenn., 5 cents, ané Rochester, N. Y., 5 cents. Rates Increased Present fares in cities whose elec- eric lines have been given higher fares are: 5 Chicago, Ill,, 6 cents. Kansas City, Kan., 8 cents. Madison, Wis., 6 cents. ‘Wausau, Wis., 7 cents. Indianapolis, Ind., 5 cents tickets for 25 cents). Lincoln, Neb., 7 cents Denver, Colo., 6 cents. Stockton, Cal., 6 cents. Portland, Ore., 6 cents. Cincinnati, 0., « cents. springfield, Ill., 6 cents. © Kansas City, Mo., 8 cents. LaCrosse, Wis., 6 cents. Janesville, Wis., 6 cents. Milwaukee, Wis., 7 cents. San Jose, Cal., 6 cents. Fresno, Cal, 6 cents. St. Louis, Mo., 8 cents. Toledo, 0., 6 cents. Syracuse, N. Y., 6 cents. ‘Washington, D. C., 7 cents. Boston, Mass., 10 -cents. Pittsburgh, Pa., 10 cents. "Albany, N. Y:, 6 cents. Richmond, Va., 5 cents( was 6 tick- ets for 25 cents). Birmingham, Ala., 6 cents. Harrisburg, Pa., 6 cents. Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, New Britain, Bridgeport, Conn., 6 cents initial fare under zone system. Jersey ‘City, Newark, Hoboken, Camden, Trenton, and Bayonne, N. J., pay 7 cents. (was 6 Lived With Needles in Heart. A woman physician under treat- ment in a lunatic asylum in England told her nurse a year ago that she had stuck a needle into her heart. The nurse found what seemed to be two simple pin pricks over the heart. The woman * died in August, and an au- topsy revealed two needles sticking inte the heart. N MANY RAIL | ® e e e e e —————————ee —-—— WHITHER ARE By P. JOHANSON, Prominent Farmer Member of Traverse Oounty Farm Bureau. Whither are we in this great land heard of. Day.” sary to live upon. per cent for every Tt looks as though Advances in wages will never end the hand will complicate it. The slogan seems to be: This, of course, is equivalent to reduced produc- tion and as a direct consequence higher prices. Socialists are preaching that four hours a day for man or woman is sufficient labor to produce all that is neces- ot A “ WE DRIFTING? drifting? During forty years residence of ours no such unrest has ever been Strikes, strikes in every branch of industry. “Higher Wages And A Shorter Would that this were true. But how about the moral effect of twenty hours of idleness? When wages advance living costs take alarm. They rise twenty ten per cent tacked on to production. If fifteen cents per quart is paid for picking blueberries they cannot be sold for ten cents, and 8o on without end. the strikers are striking because iheir brothers in other branches of trade are getting too much for their services. present controversy, but on the other Products cannat be cheapened or brought within easy reach by charging more for production and doing less of it. The only good excuse for quitting a job is to take a larger one. Loafing promises no relief. High wages lead to waste on farm and factory. Five dollars per day and board prevents getting a full fork. This craze of strikes, unrest and anarchistic teaching is a disease, a fad which' will wear itself out in thie near future, just as did the roller-skate, the bicycle 4nd the bustle. Higher wages tend only to increase the violence and the volumn of this unrest. When the striking pressmen of New York, receiving $6.00 per day for eight hours labor, went on a strike for a living wage, con- fidence is shaken and we are given evidence that a full dinner pail is a failure. the bitter cup of experience. People do not learn lessons of this character from mouth or books but from Human beings are the most intelligent in the world. The first lessons how to build a warm and comfortable house for the winter did not come from the sun rays of a tropical clime, but from snow drifts and cold winds. supplies would not be laid up if we could pick our living from the trees the Winter year around, lay in the shade and bask in the sunshine. Ingersoll was right when he said “That this planet was better adapted for raising fish than sensible men and women,” and when a man.with wife and children starving (according to his own statement) can be induced by labor agitators to refuse $6.00 for eight hours labor and stand on the curbstone idlely striking for. a living wage, it is the limit. Truly when a fellow is in deep water it is good advice to keep the mouth shut. SIDEWALK IS THEIR MARKET Where All Sorts of Goods Are Dis posed of by New York's “Down and Outs.” At the Bowery approach to the Wil- llamsburg bridge may be witnessed an interesting sight at any hour of the day, says the New York Times. This is the gathering of near down-and-outs disposing of what is left of their wardrobes and who, being poor sales- men, usually take what is offered and not what they expected to get. The other morning there were four on hand. One had three frayed silk shirts, two pairs of more or less worn trousers and three sets of silk under- wear. He asked 50 cents each for the shirts and took $1 for the three.. The trousers brought 75 cents the pair, while he had much trouble in dispos- ing of ‘the silk underclothing at 25 cents a garment. Another had a fur-lined coat which wasn't so very awful looking. He tried his best to get for it and held on for nearly an hour. Finally a mo- torman came along and, after digging in every crevice of his pockets, pro- duced $4.78. This won the coat. A ragged fellow had three razors, for which he asked $1 each. A big fel- fow with wiry whiskers wanted a razor but wasn't willing to pay the price. He offered 45 cents, then 50. He bought for 60. This “market” is held in the open, on the sidewalk, and the police do not appear to care, for there is never any interference. GEORGE HAD ANOTHER GUESS Old Gentleman Had Also Been Doing Some Thinking About the High (Cost of Living. A congressman who is investigating the high cost of living said to a Wash- ington correspondent: “The h. c. 1. is responsible for many vagaries and queer complications. “A young chap who had got en- gaged to a girl was talking over the future with her. ““With prices what they are, said the girl, ‘we’must be content, George, dear, with a small flat and one or, at the most, two servants.’ “George coughed. “‘It's my idea,’ he said, ‘to live with your old ‘man the . first couple of years. . “ ‘But, George—' “@That's my idea’ he interrupted. “Think of the money we can save. No rent. no light, no grub bills, no coal.’ “ ‘But—’ “*I insist on this thing,’ George in- terrupted again. ‘I tell you, I—’ “Then the door opened softly and the girl’s father entered the room. “‘Children,’ he said tenderly, ‘I have decided that when you get married TNl come and live with you for the rest of my life.’” Ancient Papermaking. The art of making paper from mul- berry bast is said to have been in- vented in China in tne second century B. C. Afterward pamboo shoots, straw, grass and other materials were also used. The manuracture spread to the adjacent countries. Girl Studies to Be Blacksmith. A girl junior at the University of Washington is learning the black- smith’s trade. Jazz is no lure to her, for the anvil chorus fills her ear and she looks forward to owning and oper- ating a forge and a farm of her own. The desire to master blacksmithing arose from her resolve to be a farmer, and as such to know something of ma- chinery. So she studies the fashion- 1ng -of bolts and bars and the pointing of plowshares. : Pretty Good Cinch. As a rule, when a man manages to sell himself at his own valuation there is a pretty good cinch that there is a swindled purchaser in the community. Houston Post. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL VETERINARIANS Dr. W. K. Denison—Dr. D. R. 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