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PRIVATE CAPITAL MUST GIVE UP CONTROL OF RAILROADS SAYS LABOR Washington, August 4.?Organized labor came out today with the unequivocal formal demand that private oanita! hz retired from the railroads.! A tri-partite control composed of j the public, the operating management| and the employees is demanded instead. Addressed to the American public and signed by the engineers, the firemen, the conductors and the Ameri-j can Federation of Labor, a formal] statement was issued announcing this proposal which will be carried before' Congress Wednesday. j "It marks", says the statement,1 'the step by which organized labor, passes from demands for wage in-} crease to the demand that the system; 1 *- 1 " I of profits in industry ue uyhmbu^. Serious Proposition. This sentence sums up in a few words the proposal of which there; have been hints and indications, but^ which is now laid before the country| for the first time. Everywhere in; official Washington it is recognized; as the most serious and far reaching proposition the country will be called;^ on to face. j ' Characterizing the proposal as "labor's bill", it is put forth as a! remedy for the high cost of living I 4 for the railroads are the key to in 1 dustry of the nation. It demands the "genuine cooperation and partner-' ?hin based on a real community in-! I terest and participation in control" S of which President Wilson spoke to ? .! Congress, and which the statement ? says has been ignored by labor and ^ the private owners ofc the roads. e / "We ask'^ it says, ''that the railC' roads of the United States be vesw! _ in the public; that those actually en- a gaged in conducting that industry, j h not from Wall Street but from the " railroad offices and yards and out on ^ the railroad lines, shall take charge t] of this service for the public." ti What Labor Demands. Briefly labor's plan demands. ^ That private capital be eliminated -;r from the railroads. That the private owners receive ^ for them government bonds "with a I ^ fixed interest return for every honest S1 dollar they have invested". o: The ,tri-partite control heretofore f< referred to to be established in cor- ^ I P porations which shall lease the roads ^ and in which the public, the operat- p tng managements and labor shall be w represented equally. That the public, the operators and the wage earners share equally in all a revenue in excess of the guarantee to T private capital, by granting to the n * J ? Vol# +v.? n operators ana empiuyew vuc-uau buv I ft, savings which are expected .to he tl made by such a perfected organ iza- si tion, and the public the other half as 0 .consumers, either by increasing service without adding cost of by re ^ ducing costs. "This role originates with labor"* K says the statement, "because labo ^ happens to have firm organizations e through which it may become articu a late." v * t k ? . K . t \VVV\\\\V\VVV\\\|S v V t V BUY YOUR CREAM V v V from V ' .1 s MRS. D. A. ROGERS. V V 1 Phone No. I. V J J?ILLS RATS' and mice?that's RAT-SNAP, the old reliable rodent destroyer. Comes in : cakes?no mixing with other food, 1 Your money back if it fails. , 25c. size (1 cake) enough for pan- < try, kitchen or cellar. 1 50c. size (2 cakes), for chicken house, coops or small buildings. $1.00 size (5 cakes) enough for all j farm and out-buildings, storage building or factory building. Sold and guaranteed by Rosenberg Mercantile Co., P. B. Speed and S. J. Link. adv. 1 i hmifi ^0 TINS ONLY AT YOUR GROCERS ^MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE , \ LET W. S. S. BE" lANKS TO SAFEGUARD I BONDS AND STAMPS ire Re^dy to Protect Securities of Small Investors Free or For Nominal Charge. In buying Liberty Bonds, Victory 5onds, Thrift and War Savings Itamps the people of the United Itates have done more than perform patriotic duty?they have invested i the soundest securities in the rorld, gold obligations of the Unit; d States of America. But the safeguarding of these seurities has become a problem for rnny folk. Only a few persons, reltively, have either a safe in the ouse or office, or a safe-deposit box 1 the vaults of the bank. Fa*- o lany patriotic citizens are keeping onds and stamps about the house, in le bureau drawer, under the matress, or on the shelf. And even if le treasure is thus hidden from lieves, there is the ever present daner of fire, and the loss of the money ivested. There may be no further call for le people at large to subscribe to uge bond issues, but the governlent needs the daily and weakly jms which come in from the sale f Thrift and War Savings Stamps jr taxes must be kept down. The anger of loss has deterred some p? o!o from getting as many ?taxpps as iey might otherwise Buy. Hence the roblem will be a future question as ell as a present one. Steps have been taken, however, te leet this situation. First, every bond or stamp eertifiite may be registered with the reasury Department. Registration leans that the wner's name and the umber of his security have been registered" by the government, and lat nebody but himself can poaibly get the money which the bond r stamp certificate calls for. Cerificates may be registered' through tie nearest postoffice; bonds through He nearest bank. And the second method for safeu&rding has been provided by the 1 anks themselves. Every bank?naional bank or saving* bank?and evry trust company has, of course, mple and secure vaults. For the man , rho dees not feel that he ean afford . o rent a safe deposit box to keep iiberty Bonds and War Savings Itamps in, many of the banks and rust companies have announced their * nuingrioBB m uwn or him In thsir own yaults. iUCCESSFUL DOLLARS ARE THOSE WORKING nvested In War Savings Stamps Thfy Never Fall to Yield You HrtnJ- ! some Profit. It is the dollar that jro^s tn j .hat is the successful dolUr. Y..e die dollar is a failure. The success- I !ul dollar brings back another dollar J " I A'lttl It. 11 mUKCB ibHcu a uvtiMj. ? something?two dollars and something?a whole family of dollars. But the careless dollar goes off somewhere and is never seen igain. A Texas man the other day lost a life-time's savings?$766. His dollars had gone off in the pockets of ?;vo fake stock promoters. He had ;:ot taught his dollars to keep good company. Hun-lreds of years ago a man to whom a handful of money had been j trusted buried it all in a napkin. He got no increase?he did not even keep what he had. The dollar that succeeds is energetic?and careful. War Savings Stamps do more than save your dollars. They put them to work at compound interest. And they never fail. Your government guarantees every one of them. A man once bought Manhattan Islnrul for $24. He had the $24. Buy War Savings Stamps and be ready. Provid'.* silver lining for the com' s cloud. War SiiVngi, Stamps will J* 1U YvUt CHAMPION* ||| WAR SAVINGS STAMPS MADE HOME POSSIBLE J 11/1 Ulx.l< I man tf no ouuucm; ruuiiu niiivwu Without Roof Over Head Wat Able | to Buy Property. I This true story tells how War Set-' ings Stamps built a sure protection around one Washington war worker and his family. Early in the war savings campaignhe began a small systematic investment in Thrift Stamps, which ultimately grew until he had an investment of $100. . He says he acquired his stamps without depriving himself or family. The investment "just grew" out of incidental savings. 1 Presently this incidental money became scarce. The war worker and his family felt the burden of the wartime high cost of living, and the anx- ! iety and expense of extraordinary ill- | ness of the two children. Then an- _ other blow fell. He awoke one morning to find that he had no place to live. His residence had been sold and he and his family were asked to vacate. He eould find no houses for rent within his means, and was eonfronted with the necessity of leaving the city or Buying a home for his family. He cbuld not buy witAout making a substantial initial payment, and ready fond* were seemingly beyond reach. Then he thought of hit War,Savings Stamps. He remembered they were redeemable en ten days' notice, with accrued interest With the proceed* ef these stamps and nch small svma as he ceuld father he made first payment ea a new heme in the suburbs. Recently he refused te sell it for $1,200 mere than the purchase price. This man is a War Serines Stamp enthusiast?and he is eu the straight read te financial independents. Start your mind going aieug saving Ifn? ami then watok it travel. Buy W. 0. 6. regularly. FuK together to groduoe mor% to eliminate urusto, to save and to In* rest in W. S. S. Keep your money at wwfc far you. R?-invest your Liberty Bead iatorest In W. S. S. - * | REMEMBER THE ANT t Save and have! < % llemember the story of the < f&nt and the grasshopper? The ant worked and saved. The end < ? oi c\:ch day found him with a < l'*1!? more added to what he < < had the day before. The grass- \ > < > hopper danced and sang and < < > fiddled his time away. Winter oj \ > came; the ant had plenty. The * * j < grasshopper had nothing f he o < > had not saved. He went to the 4 * * * ant and asked for help. Said < i the ant: "While I worked, you \ J i - >-J .-or.TF Von Z I louieu jrvui umv . ?j. ? can dance now for all I caw." \ > < I Arc you an ant-person or a < J < grasshopper - person ? Some < > J | < > time are you going to have to < | < * a,sk for help and will aomeone < > j < tell you to dance; or will you * J be independent? o ' o If you save now, you'll have * [ } * later on. Let the end of every < > n week And more Thrift Stamp? \ > on your card. At the ond of ev- < > i < ery month be able to show more < \ i j \ I War Savings Stamps pastei on < < you:* certificate. Lond your < < > mon?y to the government at 4 ^ per cent interest, compounded o j X quarterly, and see it grow. * | | ? Take stock of yoursolf! < > I * What are you worth ? Will * > i $ next New Year's Day find you | i & worth more or less? Which will xj i x you be; an ant or a grnsshop- : j f Per ? { 1 N1 IOurtv Markets! winter, a thing nev A VIS ' / We sh / clothes ( goods an that hav< of partie genuine that we ( bringing PHILS i V Triumj Toughr And yet, the H03 sesses amazing buoy That's the secret c tire's success. Hardihood that extra miles, combii luxury of easier ridii Let us put 'Royal C car. 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