Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1923, Page 28

NILLIONS PUT OUT ON BETTER ROADS) Improved Highways Pay Ow p Costs in 15 Years, U. S. | Experts Discover. {/ BY J. C. ROYLE. " a1 Dispei» o The Star. ! NEW YORK, November 8— fThe highways of the United States a fe a paying investment, Millions of jdol- lars are being expended this fa fl on road work and highway improve: hent. This work not only is affording} em- ployment at good wages to thou fands of men in different sections but Jt will more than pay for itself with#n the next fifteen vears. Good roatfs are in exactly the same position ijs fm- proved labor-saving machineryf, ac- cording to Henry C. Wallace, secre- tary of agriculture, i Investigation by the Departiheut of shows that the diffference ing traffic over'a good and over a good) gravel pay for the cost of the road from the sufving: in Eusoline on motor vehiclef alone. For example, the rofid irom w Haven, a.; distunce miles, 5 vet act spe a mile, that t ) & this roa principal and intere tion in fourteen years. 14,000,000 Motor Velicles. d of this y here will ately 0§ motor ve- hicles in use in this coupitry. This. will mean a tremendously Jaugmented *use of the highw Thhs increase, it is estimated, already hus amounted to 1000 pe the ten _or twelve year states now h settled upon their definite pad building. he: be- d e fully t Agriculture with tha u of connecting the hiy various stages so that In there will be pmeng throughou $50,000 proved by ay on tipat valua- - en v ¥ fo epend. ap- 3,000,080 more in ald- . This means that sum prob:Ably will be ex- s the government is allowed o the oktent of 50 per The average has be flg all the w. 0B for an earth 3 than 20- a drainage fof a gravel road. reteand $45 000 for ing w'sether roads pay and gummenting on the opposition ex- Ly some pogsons to bond I groun | that the road is t2e bonds are paid 1. 4 Where Real Cost Lien. “It is important to remember that the surface of a roid is a rather small part of its cost ‘The real cost and Ihe permanent feafures are the grade und the drainagey structures. expected at the surface will nd more rapidly as ses. But the ve- wearing out the contributing more than st f the roads, and it is ble to say the general public | unduly taxed to support them. The vehlicles can well afford to pay, for the lussened cost of vehicle maintenance and fuel far more than equals the cost of the roads. Taxes Offket Expenditures. Authorizations for. federal appro- tions to date amount ing $100,000,000, or a_little than $4 per capita and about $34 per motor B, If you amnalyze the sources which into the fed- . tires and accessories amount twice as much as . the authorized expenditures by the fed- are belng conducted in various parts of the na- tion to determine what kind of road best adapted for the needs ction s0 as to avold expen- ~ of money on roads which do ck more than is spent. In vs maintenance of vehlicles X lihe, tires and all other| sts of moving trafiic are considered. Improved Highway Spreadin Of the 1,449 cities of 5000 popula- tion or over 1,385 are situated on the improved of highways as out- Jined by stematic plans of the various AL the present time, the states are taking up sections here and there, not all connected, but Secretary Wal- hat in @ year or two, gaps are filled, it will be €0 by automobile from ft 000 population to any other over an improved highway. The federal bureau of public roads timated today that $1.000.000,000 1l be n roads exclusive of | ¢ streets during this calendar year | and predicted that from $900,000,000 | 1o $1,000,000,000 will be expended for | similar purposes in 1924. "About 38 | cent of this sum will probably | e from bond ates automotive taxes and registration of automobiles during the first six_months of this 3 aggregated $152,000,000. Bond the proceeds ich were to be devoted to road ng, aggregated $700,000,000, in 21 and part of tl xpended. (Copyright, 1923.) FURTHER CHARGES IN PIGGLY CASE By the Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 8.— Testifying at the Piggly Wiggly re- vership hearing, J. P. Norfleet, a director of the corporation, declared that Clarence Saunders told him that if the corporation “let him out” as president he would wreck it. The witness state@ further that ogher directors of the corporation asked him if he thought Saunders would carry out the threat. Much of yesterday’'s session was taken up with the argument of coun- sel over the admissibility of testi- mony relating to an alleged order of Saunders directing the closing of all Piggly Wiggly stores in the United States, following his resignation as head of the concern. Withesses for the corporation testified that such an order was issued, but later revoked. Counsel for Saunders moved to strike this testimony from the record on the ground that the alleged order did not affect the issues in the re- ivership proceedings. Cross-exami- nation of the witnesses who testified on_this point also was waived. C. L. Marsilliott, federal master in chancery, before whom Saunders' re- ceivership petition is being heard, re- served decision as to the-competency of the testimony and instructed the stenographers not to transcribe that portion of the records until further orders from the court. es taxes, gasoline NEW TRAFFIC RECORD. ROANOKE, Va., November 8.—Reve- nue cars loaded on the Norfolk and ‘Western rallway in October exceeded all previous months this year, and were an increase of 27,967, or 42 per cent, over October.a year.ago.: Coall loadings ‘were up 18,764, or 48 per cent, against_last year. Total. loads moved were the highest this year and increased 34,151, or 37 per cent, oyer a year ago. It s to_about ! hat sum still is | SOUTH IS ENJOYING BOOM IN BUSINESS Cold Weather and Higher Prices for Cotton, Sugar and Rice Boost Retail Trade. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, November 8.—Un- usually cold weather has proved a stimulus to retail trade, especially for men's clothing, women’s ready-to- wear goods, cloaks, furs, underwear and shoes, Sales of principal retafl- ers are running about 15 per cent above last year. Wholesale sales in groceries, hardware and drugs are active and the volume of -all lines moved is greater than in the fall of 1922, The high prices being paid.for cotton, sugar and Fce are maktin, collections in the country districts unusually good. Building permits issued here in the last month were the second largest for the year, bringing the total to date nearly to $14,000,000, as com- pared with a previous record for an entire year of $12,600,000. HARDWARE DEALERS BUY FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS NEW YORK, November 8.—Hard- in its weekly market sum- In the opinion of many hardware manufacturers, jobbers and market observers the declaration by the Steel Corporation of an additional dividend of 1 per cent on its common stock will have & stimulating effect on bus- iness comditions for the balance of ihis year and for the first part ot 4. Few important price changes are being made in the hardware markets, although a number of minor read- justments are reported. Retallers jcontinue to buy freely for immediate requiréments, but a market caution {Is becoming more noticeable in future trading. Collections are better.” PLAN VEGETABLE POOL. November 8.—Geor- t ‘co-operative is the Oak I Vegetable Growers' Associa- tion, which has been tentatively or- ganized at Ozelle. The association is E | General | der present law to enforce it. being formed for the purpose of warketing truck crops, the principal poduct of the section. Plans of the nization are to obtain expert| packers and graders from Florida' next season and to operate on a large scale. ‘THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, RAILROAD MERGER INQUIRY NEAR END I. C. C. Also Refuses to Start General Probe Into Rate Situation. | Final arrangements were made to- day for the closing of the Interstate Commerce Commission’s investigation into the possibllity of railroad con- solidation in the United States, Janu- ary 7 being set for hearing oral ar- guments of counsel for railroads.| nogice was. given that be- tween now and that time all the states, municipalities and shippers’ organizations interested may file briefs. At hearings which have been con- ducted almost -continuously over & period of eighteen months the com- mission has elicited views of practi- | y all railroad executives and of others interested on the proposals made in the transportation act to al- low the consolidation of all the major rallronds into eighteen or twenty great merger corporations. The com. mission has, prepared its own tienta. tive plan for the conduct of the con. solldations, but has no authority un- Opening of an investigation into the general level of rallroad rates has been refused by the Interstate Com- merce Commission. The American Mining Congress, the National League of Commission Mer- chants and the Western Fruit Job- bers’ Association were all informed by Chairman Meyer that the commis- sion had given careful consideration | to requests for general inv | of the rate situation, but * see its way clear” to compl The three organizations named had all filed with the commission a re- quest for such an Inquiry. pointing out that the commission had recently, on its own motion. entered into an inquiry Into rates on grain products and hay with & view to determining Whether reductions could be effected —_— Brickmaking was carliest pursuits. acquainted with recorded that the Israelites baked bricks from clay mixed with chopped straw, much in the same manner that has come down to the present day. one of man's I . H =l o | T | FALLING OFF NOTED * {IN GINNED COTTON Cenlnp~fimw kapom Half-Mil- licn-Bale Drop Over Same Date Last Year. Cotfon of thls year's crop ginned prior tc November 1 aggregated 7.- 554,587 running bales, compared with 8.139,215° bales ginned to that date last yeay, and 6,646,354 bales to the same date in 1921, the census bureay announced today. Ginnings included round bales, counted as half bales; 11,521 bales of American-Egyptian and '437 bales of Sea Island, compared with 142,269 round bales to November 1 last year; 13,335 bales of American- Egyptian -and 3,136 bales of Sea Is- land 194.6 nd. £ Revised:statistics for cotton gmned to October 18, this year, placed the number of bales at 6,415,145, instead of 6,400,579 bales as announced Oc- tober 25. - Ginnings by states to November 1 were announced as: Alabama, 494,702; Arizona, 33,249; Arkansas, 392,188 Californla, 19.491; Florida, 11,422 Georgla, 430,142; Loulsiana, Mississippi, 455,856: Mmsouri, 53, North Ci 729,611; Oklahoma, SOUTHERN PACIFIC ORDERS 75 ENGINES Boad's Latest Plans Mean Total » Equipment Outlay of $8,000,000. By the Assiclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 8.— The Southern Pacific Company has placed an order for seventy-five new locomotives to be delivered in 1924, the company announced today. De- liveries bf fifty new freight and pas- enger focomotives, which were or- dered several months ago, are under way. - The two orders represent an ex- penditure of $8,000.000. The locomo- tives are designed particularly for mountain hauls and other heavy work. | Special Purchase and Sale cash. 119 50 Federal Radio Sets! A certain jobber of radio apparatus came tous with -a special offer of these fifty sets—he. needed ready 50 radio fans of Washington who are alert to values will profit through our opportune purchase. Hear Woodrow Wilson Armistice Day! The former President will present his views to the country for the first time since he left the White hear him! once. wide range. greater volume. Radio frequenmcy giving Audio frequency gwing What You Get for $119 Three A and three B bat- teries. 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Radio Store, - PR )3 624 F Street AT AL, THURSD IARGENTINALIFTS - CATTLE PRIGE LAW Industry Paralyzed for Over Three Weeks—Victory for American Packers. 9, November 8.—The Argentine goverument has suspended for six months the decree promul- gated October 15 applying the min- imum price law to the purchase of cattle for export The action of the government rep- resents a victory, temporary at least, for the British and American packers, who refused to purchase cattle under the law on the ground that the law was impracticable and unconstitutional. Industry Was Paralysed. ; Their action resuited in paralyz- ng th e week | to producers and with n NOVEMBER 8, 1923. already had begun to discharge their workmen and had the law remained in-force another week it is said they atemplated closin, down their lants. The suspension of the buy- ng of export cattle at first raised a storm of protest among,various cat- tle breeders’ associations, which ap- pealed to the government not to re- voke its decree. But within the past week, With hundreds of thousands of head of cattle unmarketable, the gov- ernment has been flooded with pe- titlons to suspend the decree. making its announcement that the decree, had been _suspend- ed, the government explained that the experiment of fixing a minimum price for export cattle had developed dif- ficulty in its application and “pro- duced uncertainty in the cattle busi- ness, with evident immediate damage flattering prospects for exportation.” Law Called Impossible. CHICAGO, November 8.—A repre- sentative of one of the South Amer- fcan packing companies in Chicago sald of the suspension of the mini- mum_price law for six months in | Argentina: “The provisions of the law were impracticable and impossible to com- ply with. Its suspension should re- sult in the resumption of operation on a normal basis. —_— The National Society of Colonial Dames of America has undertaken to raise a $100,000 endowment fund for the preservation of Sulgrave Manor, the cattle industry for more than | the ancestral home of George Wash- Some ‘of the packers |ington in England Marine Coats ... Gray Cashmere ..... All-wool Cashmere . Chauffeurs’ Black C Gabardines Women’s $8.00 to $12.00 .$1250 Moved to 1212 “G” St. N.W. In order to fittingly celebrate our removal to this new location and to introduce our new store, we are offering some remarkable reductions in rain coats for a short time only. Men’s Light-weight Black Rubber Coats ashmere .. .$10.00 ..$1250 .$15.00 .$20.00 .$20.00 Misses’ Coats Poplin . .....$6.00 Mohair .........$8.00 Children’s Capes Silk Poplin, maroon and $2.50 and more tire at what looks to be a low price, compare the cost with these low prices on Goodyear Wingfoot Tires: 30 x 3% CL Rabric . 30x3%CLCord . 32x4 S.S. Cord. 33x4 S.S.Cord. 34x4%S.S. Cord. 33x5 ‘S.S.Cord. ... * ‘% L] :’:IMW'T“"‘M hqrfihwww Akron Auto Supply, 522 7tk Lehman’s Tire Shop, 923 H St.SW. p St W, Bailey’s Auto Supply Co, erry S. Martin, 3315 Took 14th St Nw. lchole Ave, SE. S -Washingfon Service By e o Fold Co. Inc., 1602 14th St. N.W. bl Model Tire and Battery Shop, Bfflflkl‘lnfl Garage, M“fi" Nf:hoh A sE Michigan Ave. N.E. e neo apely Co, 07 Collegeman’s Service Station, Mt. Vernon Auto Supply, 3730 Ga. Ave. N.W. 1232 Pennsylvania Ave. Emerson - & Orme, 24-Hour N.W. Tire Service, 1620 M 5t J. A. Norris, 6th St. and N.W. Maryland Ave. S.W. Eureka Auto Supply Co., 1022 Pennsylvania Ave. Garage, 14th St. N.W. 24-Hour Tire Service, 656 Evr:n\sv Bros., 1105 21st St Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. W, Seaton Garage and Supply Federal Auto Supply Co., Inc., 477 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. $10.00 11.08 19.96 20.64 27.12 3224 1000 House, 45-49 Seaton St. N.E,, 306 Rhode Island Ave. Security Auto Supply Co., Inc., 11th St. and New York Ave. N.W. Uptown Auto Supply Co., 18th and California Sts. Vermont Ave. Service Sta- tion, Vermont Ave. and L St. Gish Garage, Inc, 17th and U Sts. N.W. Henderson & Zirkle, 3422 Georgia Ave. Hendricks Motor Co:, Inc., Takoma Park, Md. H.N B. Hundley, 3436 14th St. LW. H. & M. Tire Shop, 20th and K Sts. N.W. Keller's Service Station, Park Wardman Park Inn Garage, 27th and Calvert Sts. Road and Sherman Ave. 100.000 . miles S——— - White Truck Owners’ Records ance standards. times a day, or 144 White Trucks have gone 300,000 miles and more each. 344 White Trucks have-gone between 200,000 and 300,000 miles each. 423 White Trucks have gone between 150,000 and 200,000 miles each. 1,451 White Trucks have gone between 100,000 and 150,000 miles each. 2,362 White Trucks, in all, have gone 100,000 miles and more each. White Trucks, as far back as 1917, had made 100,000 miles a standard of measure | for motor truck performance. Hundreds of those veterans have since run on to 200,000 miles, then 300,000 miles—some even more than 500,000 miles. And other hundreds of later White Trucks each 100,000-mile mark. Isolated Accomplis}\zmmts are not perform- 200,000 miles on fine, level roads with ordinary load. Another truck, laboring with heaping load out of a gravel pit many year pass the delivery truck may do its way over cobble- stone streets, hauling massive steel girders, may deliver ual truck value long before its actyal mileage reaches even 25,000 miles. ’ But White Trucks—all. models— have built up mileages in multiples of 100,000, in all lines of work, under. sty all conditiens of road, load and climate. White Trucks go everywhere—over moun- tains, through uncut:timberlands, through deep snow, over rut-torn or trackless oil fields, through deep sand or clinging mud, in the heat of the tropics or the sub-zero of the frozen North. There are 2,362 White Trucks of all models recorded in the list of owners whose Whites have run 100,000 miles, 200,000 miles, 300,000 miles and more. This list, published annually, appeared in The Saturday Evening Post November 3rd. There are many addi- tional Whites, not listed, withequal mileages, of which we have no accurate record. The list of owners contains names you know. Write either of the addresses below and we will send you the list. No other truck manufacturer has ever approached such convincing proof of e s === gustained, continuous transportation. THE! WHITE COMPANY. CLEVELAND Wassincron Brancu: 2101 NEw York Ave., N. W.