The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1931, Page 3

| OUT OUR WAY. By Williams | YEH-We'o BE ‘BovT AS WELL OFF RIGHT HEY ~ Sannin’ AT TREE! Hl MIGHTS BE RIGHT « S= ZS = SSB Quit OUT INIT ALL CO Ww be HAFF OUR CLOES WELL GOOD NIGHT , TH HE FOREIGN EMISSARY LARKIN EXPLAINS WHY STATE FIGHTS FREIGHT RATE BOOST Says Proposed Increase Would Add to Already Heavy Bur- den of Farmer EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third of an Associated Press series of articles by state officials on topics of timely interest. By BEN LARKIN One of the most important freight rate cases in the history of American railroading is now before the Inter- state Commerce Commission and the State Railroad Commissions. On June 16, the railroads filed with the, Interstate Commerce Commission an application for authority to increase’ all freight rates and charges 15 per| cent. They asked the I. C, C. to grant the application promptly on the alleged grounds that the railroads are in se i vere financial distress, threatening their ability to continue to operate. The railroads further assert that as @ matter of law they are entitled to the increase sought because their {earnings over a long period of years have been less than 5% per cent on @ fair value of their property. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion assigned numerous public hear- ings throughout the United States, }commencing July 15, 1931, at Wash- lington, D. C., and ending with a hear- jing which will start in Chicago, Aug. 31. Filed Protest Immediately Immediately upon receiving advice of the railoads’ application, the North |Dekota Railroad Commission filed a protest with the I. C. C. and the car- riers, denying the necessity for any gen- eral percentage increases and object- jing to summary action. An Associ- ation of State Railroad Commissions was formed for the purpose of offer- ing evidence in opposition to the in- THE OLD ORDER CHANGES Associated Prese Photo When Adolph Erdmann (below), wealthy New York yachtsman, married June Ramsey (right) 18 years ago, the best man was his life- long friend, Sabino de Berreneschea Maraschio (above), millionaire sugar olanter of Cuba. Maraschio will marry Miss Ramsey, Aug. 30 and Erdmann will be best man In a ceremony on Erdmann’s yacht as it rides at anchor off the Connecticut coast. The first marriage ended eno divorce years ago. ‘Dox be “Tell me... Why don’t you i do something about it?” adache. And ; je around sufferi TS sity fois up with pate spliteing he those Bearing dow: M pains. iti You feel so much more: this A swial Pykeed don’t you do something about take Lydia E, Pi Chatrs hea Lydia E. Pin 's. Ye etable Gompouad during this ¢ Ierelieves and regulates, Strengthens your whole system. modern girls in tories this Vegetable Com; every month. The new tablets ready... 80 com so easy to take. Stop the Drug Store on yout home today aad buy abox Tablets. ‘ofices, stores and fac> to carry... way OUT IN IT, ANY ways = The whole youre ‘Not Well” THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,-1981 Nil rey a ‘Ss RAIN PRNILLIAMY meh teed creases and will submit its testimony, at the Chicago hearing. ‘Witnesses for North Dakota will in- clude Rex E, Willard, farm manage- ment economist, North Dakota Agri- cultural college, E. M. Hendricks, traffic expert, and Charles F. Mar- {tin, statistician for the North Dakota | Railroad commission. It is estimated by the railroads that a 15 per cent increase in freight rates will amount to about $400,000,000 an- nually and that even this huge sum will be insufficient to enable the car- riers to earn 5 3-4 per cent unless traffic greatly increases. Forces Business to Trucks Hundreds of shippers and others have testified in opposition to the in- crease on the grounds that rates al- ready are so high that they have driven business to the trucks, and further increases would force more jbusiness to the trucks. Never in the history of the country have railroad freight rates been relatively so high and such a large part of the destina- tion value of heavy moving commodi- jties, especially products of agricul- |ture. With grain prices the lowest ‘they have been in years, and with rail- road freight rates from 30 to 50 per jeent higher than in 1914, the rail- roads propose to still furthe® increase {the rates. This is a most unusual sit- uation and it is quite apparent that the eastern financial interests who j practically own the railroads have forced all of the carriers to join in the demand for higher rates. Many of the railroads are in good financial condition, but testimony with respect to individual roads or groups of roads was ruled out by the I. C. C. on the grounds that this case involves the railroads as a whole. To a state like North Dakota this case is of particular importance because about 75 per cent of the rail tonnage produced by North Dakota is products of agriculture on which the freight rate to market is clready a burden, and we feel that our people are unable to stand further rate increases, Watford City Bank Might Reopen Soon The First State Bank of Watford City, which temporarily suspended business recently, may reopen soon, Gilbert Semingson, state bank exam- iner, said Friday. Plans for reopening the bank are under way now, Semingson said, and if they materialize the bank will re- sume business within about 10 days. ‘The bank suspended business tem- porarily, and is not formally closed, State Bank of Watford City, and re- sulted from a “run” on the bank. Of- ficers of the First State bank asked for permission to suspend temporarily to avoid permanent closing of the bank, which was considered in good condition previous to the closing of the Security State bank. ice knows. VEGETABLE (ye COMPOUND Rain Falls in Most Sections of State Rain was recorded in most parts of | North Dakota during the 24-hour pe-| | riod ending at 7 a. m. Friday, while At the perature was 28 dégreesand the maxi- mum 78. Crosby maximum in the state, 55 degrees. Otherwise temperatures at most of the points ranged between 60 and 70 degrees for the maximum, and from 40 to 50 degrees for the minimum. Somewhat warmer weather was in prospect for Saturday. HIGHWAYS ARE GOOD Highways throughout the state were in good condition ac- cording to the weekly ro2“ condition: Loretta Sayers cast in the feminine report issued Friday by the state’ lead. highway department. during the preceding week have re-;from a glowing adventure story to the lowes' erations. cea asd aa ala At the Movies | CAPITOL THEATRE People have been gazing skyward recently—exploits of the air have been glorified in fiction and drama. Some of the film industry's best products have been aviation films, But there is adventure below the earth's sur- t {face as well as above it. Three hun- dred feet below some of the most taken place. Deep sea divers, salvage crews—men who conquer the vast underseas—tell thrilling stories, A story of two deep sea adventurers |forms the plot basis for “Fifty Fath- joms Deep,” the Columbia picture |showing soon at the Capitol theatre. Leading roles are enacted by Jack Holt and Richard Cromwell with But experiences that read like pages duced dust conditions and aided! outsiders are just every day occur- maintenance forces i: smoothing op-jrences to the divers—it’s all part of their business. When Richard Crom- well goes fifty fathoms below to ex- tricate, with an underwater torch, Jack Holt, who has been wedged in @|some wreckage while engaged in some salvage work, he is repeating a proc- ‘ess that hardened divers take casually. All modern diving outfits are equipped with the newly perfected under-water reutting torch. {perature flame ever known, will cut la waterway, the film, “Fifty Fathoms Deep.” PARAMOUNT THEATRE | Motion picture stars have hobbies To @ great extent the torch takes the place of dynamite, which used to be known as the salvage man’s hacksaw. The torch, which delivers hazardous and heroic adventures have |!" the icy depths the hottest oat though any metal. Dynamite is still used to blow up a ship that. blocks To cut through a ship with a torch would be too long drawn out a process. But for the average cutting job, there is nothing more | Calumet Farm, famous for its trotting effective and many a life it has saved {in just the manner that is shown in —some of them very strange—but Joe E. Brown has one that almost all of us have—baseball. The First National star who is com- ing to the Paramount theatre tonight in “Broad Minded” has a semi-pro baseball team called the Joe E. Brown Wildcats, They challenge all comers and are a speedy aggregation. Joe himself, who plays second base, has & record which is all his own. His team is a member of the San Fernando Valley Leaue and Joe has the record of drawing the most “walks,” averag- ing two base-on-balls each game. The secret of this was that Joe batted so |strangely and evidently opened his mouth so wide the pitcher couldn't see the plate. 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