New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1919, Page 6

“HANK LONG” Writes For the Kids, Intreducing Mr. Noddem. Dick-I-will and Bill-I-can't rother Dick-I-wil father im his name because was a Who was always ready to do any pf work that his father ked him 0. So his father laughingly called im Dick-I-will. Bill-1-can’t was alled so because when he sked o do anything in the way of he Iway can't do it, it's too ard One evenin nd Bill-I-can't *hool. They ome long 1y In the te,indeed. 1f was a beautiful, warm e jhe frogs were “cher-chunk-ing fhey'd grumble their tongu Pick-T-will nd Bill-I-can’t to a crooked lane they saw a mall red house with a cute little reen door, and ever so many little indows that blinked in the S\II\!VF‘{!H.I [he sun had not set. There was no barking dog around 'e house, no green-eyed cat and no | hildren playing near the door. Ev- Ything was very quiet and still, and It first the boys thought that no one | ved there. Put Dick-I-will saw a oor-plate fastened on the door and were s gave hoy kind to he was wor said: *1 late, Dick-I-will returning from should have been at ago, but they stopped to woods until it was very quite were it very ANK LONG elled out the word “I Noddem." Oh!"” whispered Dick-T-will, “This nere Mr. Noddem of Nodville I wonder if is at home to he on the grass,” | sc: -1-will looked over on the grass saw a nice, pleasant looking old an fast asleep under a big tree. “Lock at the sweet smile on his ce. Isn't he just the dearest old llow in the world?" whispered | o iok-T-will. I suppose he is, d Bill-T-can’t. But somehow, I feel afraid of him. bme, let’s home before he sees tu g0 I should sayv not! FHe said Dick-T-will. “Be are far too short to run | I'm golng to wake him “Go home! n't hurt us, es his le; ry fast. o Dick-I-will broke off a big daley that ORDER | 1 A/ . /) is ho vov ONE_OF CHICAGO'S MAIN SHIPPING CENTERS-THE COUNTRY'S RAILWAY TERMINAL_ FACILITIES ARE had a long stem and went very softly ve; was trying to get Ha! coming dem, way shamefully dem, win names in all my born “How would you two hoy one of my stories?"” the boys, tells better stories than does Mr. Nod- dem of have to can't. “That's true,” said Mr. Noddem, “it way. have to hurry home, I shall take you into my wonderful So Mr. Mr. Noddem’s side and r with it. Mr. Noddem quickly. He jumped ratched his ear. “I thought it tickled woke up his up and into| Two little boys from school,” sald Mr. but he said it in such a that both Dick-I-will and n't laughed. “What is your name?"” rning to Bill-I-cant. “Bill-I-can't,”” whispered he, my rather ear. too la Nod- funny Bill-1- he asked rather “Ho! Ho- Ho-" laughed Mr. “and your name?” he at Dick-I-will “Dick-I-will,” said ther proudly. Mr. Noddem laughed again. never heard of two such funny d "’ he id. like to hear Nod- asked, Dick-I-will “Well, “O! that will for be great,” they knew that said both no one Vodville. it is very late, “But. E get home soon, nd said we shall Bill-I- very late. But I shall walk home h you and tell you a story on the Sometime, when you do not and show things T have there.” Noddem of Nodville walked me with Dick-1-will and Bill-I-can't, house vou all the and on the way home he told them the story dem. ner in the kitchen cupboard, very the trouble was. Noddem. lonely nowaday talk to, except when Mr. Electric Iron gets generally too tired to tric Iron works very But I this dark corner.’ be busy life he had had, dem. wish I could get out into bu was a time, though, when I was the happiest How came, and I heard the sweet my mistress in song, out into the beautiful light of day than to smoothe out the wrinkles from the old hickory shirts and unbleached sheets, clothing of all mistress was poor in those da; did all her washing and ironing her- self. and bright and new, a lady the store where I was much they would sell me for. She was a seem seen many long life. store talked about me some time. last she gave the man some money and My¥aTED IRON is Usep By Over 3000000 E(EOPLE ANNUALLY To Hewe Bunp Up © THewr He&urH STRE\R’F@ ~ ENDuRANCE Look around at the men and v meet in a single day. 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Mr. Elec- hard these but 1 here by mistake have nothing to do stay I told the Flatiron that he should very glad to rest, after the long, aid Mr. Nod- no," said the Flatiron, ‘I the great <on, v world again.’ Then the Flatiron sighed. ‘There all was household when of I utensi ironing voice of as she took me glad ““‘“There was nothing I liked better and from faded colors. and You darned see, my and v _V(Jllng‘ ame into and asked how “‘One day when I was ve kind looking Jady, but she did to have much money. I such ladies in my not have lon The lady and the man in the day | At door and asked my ey G Americans Washing uable as orgenic dispensed by all good druggists ever The lady me, and took very any one of the a-worming warm face, as they what they grew was going to be a did grow up though, one went bank store forget. little log She had just finished ironing and w setting me aside to cool before putting me of the Co others. t of Claims ol o Nuxated 1 around She pped some paper me took me home. happy ‘The next day she to a friend of hers and gav friend wedding present. The bride said 1 was one of the most beau- tiful presents she had My! wasn't T proud that night. “‘I soon became very new mistress. She was seemed very G me took over as a received. fond very of kind e of me. to good cs I would do anything for her ““In fact, besides ironing did many other useful things. When family had a stiff neck the old wdmother always knew what to do. She took a piece of red flannel, wrung it out in vinegar, and wrapped it around the neck that iff. Then she ironed the pain out, with my help. Imagine Mr. Electric Iron having sense enough to do thing like that! *‘One cold night my fully wrapped me in clothes, T any- mistress care- an old nel skirt and tucked me at the cold feet of little Bohbie and Archie. My! did love to feel their twenty and a-squirming over my 1) there planning were going to he when they into big men. One said he to be ldier, the other or. When they into a a dry goods how I up was going a s and the other kept But there is ane day 1 shall never My mistress was living in a house out on the prairie. W big, bad Indian came mistr drink to the for mon- He and my had been N mistress told him she would give him no money. 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Se vou tomorrow evening,” and Mr. Nod dem waved to the hoys as they wen up the little path to their house in vy m | g as w se s0 at INADEQUATE FOR PRESENT BUSINESS NEEDS. “One thing remains for the leaders in Congress to accept before any of the ratlroad measures now under consider- ation will actually restore railroad de- velopment. That is to require that when the proposed new Federal Trans- portation Board determines the 4mount of railroad revenue necessary to in- sure the development demanded by the public interest, the Interstate Com- merce Commission shall accept that estimate as a basis for fixing rates.” This is the opinion of Alba B. John- son of Philadelphia, who recently re- tired as President of the Baldwin Lo- comotive Wor! and speaks as Presi- dent of the Railway Business Associa- tion, composed of manufacturers of railway accessories, who employ about a million and three-quarters of men. “A Federal Transportation Board,” Mr. Johnson said, “is evidently going to be created. It is necessary to bring about the articulation of highways and waterways with rail routes; it is nec- essary to supervise such railroad coa- solidation as may be permitted; it is necessary to regulate security f{ssues; it is necessary to umpire lzbor dis- pute: Since such a board is to be es- tablished and intrusted with the resto- ration of railway credic and railway growth it cannot perform tnat function unless its estimates of revenue reprisal are made effective by actual production of the revenues so estimated. the question of adequafe rove saw between two regulating bodies and get results. The whole schieme will fall to the ground if that notion is persisted in, and then we shall have government ownership in ten years if not in five. “The fatal defect in regulation here- tofore has bees that the statute did not place upon any officer or agency of the government responsibility for mak- ing possible the maintenance of rail- road development. It would be a ca- lamity of the first magnitude if now, with correction of that defect in every- one’'s thought, we should either leave the responsibility uncertain or place it upon the Iuterstate Commerce Comm sion, which has neither competence for the task nor willingness to perform i Mr. Johnson believes that the Inter- state Commerce Commission should be preserved as a purely judicial body. “It is our apprehension that that system is in grave danger,” he went on. “Powerful groups are urging Congress to superimpose upon the present statu- tory duties of the commission certain ue see-| | duties. The common purpose is to in- troduce into the governmental policy an element of encouragement to rail- road development. In this proposed new governmental duty what are the | novelties? it the object that {tional growth shall be both promoted Is nn- “Many members of the Senate nndlnna anticipated by provision of trans- House still seem to think they can let|portation facilities? Is it the expecta- entiraly new and wholly incompatible | JALBA 8.JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE| RAILWAY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION WHO ASKS FOR A FEDERAL Rail Deve FOUR DI JRACTION IMP! CONGRESS FOR LEG! ECADES OF RAILWAYAD ROVEMENT- 1S5 ASKED I5LATION THAT WILL PERMIT AN ELECTRIF 1ED ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROUTE~ EXTEN ELECTRIC TRACTION SUMS OF CAPITAL TRANS PORTATION BOARD TO, 450 TON ONSTER , BUILT AND HEAVY FOR TRANSPORTATION OVER OTHER TRACKAGE THAN WITHOUT TAKING APART tion that representatives of the gov- ernment will counsel with railroad men and waterway men and hard-sur- face road men and with users of all thes instrumentalities everywhere, planning for the future? Is it in mind that the reasonable public weed for en- larged terminals or multiple tracking or extension into new territory shall be quickly and practically judged and promptly sanctioned and that carriers! such a transformation. undertaking such projects shall be pro- vided with the means of carrying hem vigorously to completion? “If this is the purpose and the rep- resentative of the government in that to transform the commissioners from Judges into men of action. “It may be that we could not effect It we tried, CALLS FOR VAST NEW GALVESTON - FURTHER EXPANSION O GREAT AMERICAN INDUSTRIES DE?ENsssgfifl PROPER COQRD TRANSPORTATION IN NEW YORK FOR USE IN VIRGINIA, TOO BlG ITS OWN |but it proved that we could nof, this would be a gigantic calamity in itself. But if we could and did transformn these judges into men of action what would become of the machinery of jus- | field is to be the Iterstate Commerce| tice, which it has taken us thirty-two | Commission, then what is proposed is | ars to construct and develop? “By the word action is meant get- ting things done—appraising projects, determining methods and bringing r sults. Getting things done is a fun COTTON WAITING FOR SHIPS AT INATION OF RAIL AND WATER tion eoncerning which as business men we are qualified to speak. We choose | our executives according to our lights and place upon them the responsibility of ways and means and results. “We expect them to make mistakes. We look for a certain degree of false { motion and waste of money, insepara- ble from pioneer and creative® work. We do not regard the performance as setting up precedent for future guid- ance, but largely as containing warn- ings. We cannot require that in his| relations with other people the execu- tive as he hurries along will necessa- rily conduct himself with the primary B A W o P model or rorbearance or a professor ot ethical philosophy. He uses the self- restraint which all responsible citizens use in & civilized community where there is law and order and a decent re- spect for the rights of others, but his specialty is getting things done. “Congress, which is the board of di- rectors of the nation, is about to un- dertake a project—the restoration 2 raflroad development. Congress is | about to assign supervision of that task to an agent. Those who have elected Congress as their board of di- rectors will not be satisfied with a re- port that postponement of the resuit desired has been accomplished politely or learnedly or according to tradition. “What the nation requires is that each vear’s end will record additions to mile- age at least larger than were made by a nation of 82,000,000 before the Civil War. They require some progress and some completion of terminal and dou- ble-track projects, construction of mo- tive power and cars somewhere near that bofore 1906, a year in which in- dustry was shackled and foodstuffs rotted because there was not enough rolling stock to carry material to or product from the factory or to convey grain and live stock to market or sea- board. The country wants results. “We advocate, therefore, the crea- tion of a Federal Transportation Board, which, having jurisdiction over security issues and hence over railway development, thall have the power that goes with the responsibility for results—the power of certifying to the commission the amount of revenue nec- essary to the public interest. “This would designate men of action for a task of getting things done. It would preserve thig excellent nnd high« ly esteemed tribunal, the terstate Commerce Commission, as a court to insure that in getting things done the men of action shall not ride rough shod over the citizens and communities who use the facilities. “With regret we have noticed that some of those who accept our idea of a certificate of publie necessity for reve- nue would still leave with the commis- sion some discretion as to whether it likes or not the estimate of the Federal Transportation board. As well pro- vide that the aunditor of a commercial company be empowered to refuse to sign checks if he believes that the pur- chasing authority has bought goods not needed by the company. “To say that Congress cannot frame an authorization and the American people cannot through their chief ex- ecutive establish a competent agency to make effectual the national will is to assert fundamental pessimism com- cerning our Afmerican experiment im self-government. Your present depo- nent believes we are justified rather in a glowing optimism, and if there were no other warrant for that sentiment we believe it is to be found im the quest and discovery six years ago of |aim of beiug a paragon of manners, a the soundest banking and curremcy system in the world.™ :