The Week's Review (Apache, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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THE WEEK’S REVIEW
We Thank You
The people of Apache and vicinity
for the pleasant agreeable and
most prosperous year we have had
in pur Eight business years which
is just drawing to a close. •
Wishing you a Happy New Year,
we are yours for still better
service.
Sincerely yours,
SAFETY DEMANDS
FEDERAL CONTROL
OF THE RAILROADS
Only Way to Moot Emergencies
of Notion, Says JL P. Thom.
PUN TO RESUME
RAILWAY INQUIRY
AFTER MARCH 4TH
0
Postponement Forced hy Press
ot Congressional Business.
STATES’ RIGHTS PRESERVED COUNTRY DEMANDS ACTION
| Principle* Which Railways Hold Should
Govarn Regulatory System In Inter-
••te of Publio and the Roads—Com-
puleory System of Federal Incorpo-
ration Favorod.
R. W. FRICK
Apache
Oklahoma
Always Best—Lowest
•Cost
The best Dentistry in the
country to be had here at
the lowest possible cost
that good dental work
ean be put for. Try it
once and lie convinced.
Teeth extracted without
pain.
In Apache Every Tuesday and Wednesday
B. L NEVILLE
Sanitary Painless Dentist
Mrs. Nell Green went to Hin-
ton to spend Christmas with
home folks.
W. A. Schley orders his paper
hanged from Cracemont to
Apache.
Hrabe will oil your harness for
?1.00 a set. adv IQ-Ot
At a bargain—1500 lbs. genuine
head rice at $5.75 per hundred lbs
adv 14-0t (1. F. Warner
Mrs. Joe Knadle came Satur-
day to visit at the Dolf and
Hral>e home.
I'red Kuntze, who is working
m Oklahoma City, came home
Saturday to speud Christmas.
(lood motor oil at 35c to 60c
*>er gallon.
adv 14-0t g. f. Warner
This is the time of the year to
have your Harness repaired and
oiled, at Hrabe’s. adv 10-0t
Miss Briggs left Saturday for
iearv to spend Christmas with
ler sister.
The Reveiw $1.00 per year.
Miss Mable Me Ren olds of
Mangum is spending the week
here visiting Miss Kate Hogan.
See Hrabe for Harness, Collars,
Winter Robes, Horse Blankets
and repairs. adv 10-0t
Misses Sims went to Ft Cobb
Saturday to spend a week at the
Mason home.
FOR
GOOD
LUMBER
T. H. Rogers Lbr. Co.
W* BENJAMIN, (Manager
Phone 20 Apache, Okie.
Washington, Dec. 4.-That the Inter-
ests of national defense require that
control of railway llnps should rest
with the federal government and not
with the states was the claim ad-
vanced hy Alfred P. Thom, counsel
to the Railway Executives’ Advisory
Committee, In concluding his prelim-
inary statement- of the case for the
railways before the Newlands Joint
Committee on Interstate Commerce.
“We must be efficient as a nation If
we are to deal successfully with our
national emergencies," said Mr. Thom,
"and we must appreciate that efficient
transportation Is an essential condition
of national efficiency. If we are to
halt and weaken our transportation
systems by stHte lines, hy the perma-
nent Imposition of burdens hy unwise
regulation, we will make national effi-
ciency Impossible."
States’ Rights Would Not Suffer.
Mr. Thom cited many Instances In
which shippers In one stnte were In-
juriously Hffected by selfish regula-
tions Imposed on the railroads by
neighboring states. lie pointed out
that federal regulation would be no in
vaslon of the rlghta of the states but
would he the men ns of preserving the
rights which they acquired when they
entered the TTulon, one of which was
the right to the free movement of their
I products across state boundaries.
What tha Railroada Advocata.
The principles which the railroads
believe should be Incorporated In any
Just system of regulation were aum-
marlzed hy Mr. Thom aa follows;
1. The entire power and duty of reg
illation should he In the hands of the
national government, except as to mat
ters so essentially local and incidental
that they cannot be used to Interfere
with the efficiency of the service or the
Just rights of the carriers.
2. As one of the means of accom
pllshlng this, a system of compulsory
federal Incorporation should be adopt
ed. Into which should be brought all
railroad corporations engaged In Inter
•fate or foreign commerce.
3. The Interstate Commerce Commls
sion under existing laws has too much
to do and is chsrged with conflicting
functions. Including the Investigation,
prosecution and decision of cases The
latter duties should be plsced In the
hands of a new body which might lie
called the Federal Railroad Commls
slon. Regional Commissions should
be established In different parts of
the country to assist the Interstate
Commerce Commission by handling lo
cal cases
4. The power of the Commission
should he extended to enable It to pre
scribe minimum rates snd not merely
ninxlmum rates as nt present. This
would Increase their power to prevent
unjust discriminations.
Juttict te Public and Road*.
5. 'It should he made the duty of the
[ Interstate Commerce Commission, In
the exercise of Its |*>wers to tlx ren
sonahle rntes, to so adjust these rates
that they shall l*e Just at once to the
public and to the carriers. To this end
the Commission, In determining rates,
should consider the necessity of main-
taining efficient transportation and ex
tensions of facilities, the relation of
expenses to rates and the rights of
shippers, stockholders snd creditors of
the ronds
tl The Interstate Commerce Commla
slon should he Invested with the pow
er to tlx the rates for carrying malls.
7 The federal government should
have exclusive power to supervise the
Issue iff stocks and bonds by railroad
carriers engaged In Interstate and for
elgn commerce
R. The law should recognize the es-
sential <IIITerer.ce between things which
restrain trade In the esse of ordinary
mercantile concern* snd those which
restrain trade In the ease of common
carriers. The question of comiwtRlon
la not the only fitlr criterion
W The law should expressly provide
for the meeting and agreement of frnf
Me or other officers of railroads In re-
sisvt of rates or practices. This
should, however, he safeguarded by
requiring the agreements to he Mled
with the Interstate Commerce Commls
slon and to he subject to be dlsapprov
ed hy If.
"My legal proposition," Mr. Thom
-aid, *’N that the Constitution as It
tiow Is gives full authority toCougresa
to regulate the Instrumentalities of In
teratate com mere In all their i|irts
If the power of regulation Is to nmeh
the public requirement a, R must he cu
extensive with the Instrumentalities of
commerce."
Mr Thom explained that the roads
are not naklng either of the Oommlttee
or of Congress any Increase In revc
hu**. hut that they are merely asking
the perfection of a ayatem which will
t>e responslbla to toy need that may
xrlM.
Shipper*, Investor* and Representa-
tive* of All Branch** of Busin*** De-
mand Unification of System of Rail-
way Regulation—Roads Ask Fewer
Masters.
Washington, Dec. 18,-The Congres-
sional Joint Committee on Interstate
Commerce, which has been conducting
the Inquiry Into government regulation
and control of transportation, last
week decided to suspend Its hearings
on the subject and adjourned, subject
to the call of the chairman, because of
the pressure of other work liefore Con
gross. Accor/llng to the resolution cre-
ating the committee, It Is required to
submit n ngiort hy January Nth next
It In understood that before that time
the committee will ask for an exten
slon of time and flint the hearings will
be resumed at a later date, when some
of those who already have appeared
before the committee will he question-
ed further and a grent many others
will he heard. It Is probable, howev-
er, that the hearings will not be resum-
ed until after adjournment of Congress
on March -4th In addition to regular
routine business the commerce com-
mittees of the two houses are charged
with the important duty of preparing
and presenting tlie legislation asked
for by President Wilson to make Ini
possible a railroad strike without pre-
vious Investigation. This will leave
little or no time for the consideration
of the general questions of railway
regulation
New Year
GREETINGS
We attribute our success to the fact
that we sell for CASH ONLY, and
can make better prices and never
have any bad accounts outstanding.
G. W. TEMPLE
’ “The Cash Grocery”
APach<- Oklahoma
Broxton Items
Country Want* Something Dona.
Members of Congress and others
who are Interested in the Inquiry un-
dertaken hy the Newlands Committee
Insist that there Is no Intention of
abandoning It.
It seems doubtful. Indeed, If the
country would permit the matter to
he dropped if there were evidence of a
desire on the part of Congress to do
so. The nationwide evidences of In
terest evoked by the initiation of the
Newlands Inquiry show that the peo
pie of the country shlpjiers, eonstim
ers and Investors, ns well as railway
men themselves are alive to the fact
that the railway situation Is highly un
satisfactory and that steps must be
taken without unnecessary delay to
make It possible for the railroads to
meet the growing needs of the nation.
From reports received here It seems
ns though almost every commercial or-
ganization and business interest In the
country were engaged In studying the
rnilrond question. The Chamber of
Commerce of the United States has
been conducting an elaborate inquiry
Into various phases of the subject for
many months past. Many locnl and
I state commercial bodies In every part
of the country have eommitteea en-
gaged In study of the problem and
have indicated a desire to come here
and present their views. National or-
ganizations of manufacturers, lumber-
men, coal operators, wholesale aud re
tall dealers, have expressed through
resolutions their desire for the uniflra-
tion of the system of railway regnla
tlon. The National Industrial TradF
League, shaking from the viewpoint
of shippers using the railways, has
Indorsed exclusive federal regulation
providing It is accomplished In such n
way ns to give full protection and
prompt adjustment In matters relating
to transportation within the stntes.
Many Interests Studying Problem.
All these organizations represent pri-
marily the shippers of the country, hut
they are not the only ones who are
taking a hand in the discussion. The
Investors of the nation, through their
own association* and through commit-
tees representing the savings hanks and
ether financial organizations, are pre
paring to show the necessity of Improv-
ing railroad credit and protecting the
lights of those whose money Is Invest
ed In railway securities Finally the
railroads themselves, helng vitally con
oemed In the Improvement of existing
conditions, are planning to auhinlf theli
views through their executives, oper
attng officials and trnfllc experts and
to assert tlielr willingness tonreept far
reaching federal regulation along lines
that will enable them to attract capital
and to provide the facilities needisl for
the prompt and efficient handling of
the country’s transportation business
Main Troubl* I* Too Many Maitsra.
Not nil of these Interests are In ac
cord ns to the remedies Hint should be
adopted There seems to l*> a general
agreement, however, that many of the
difficulties which confront the railroad*
and which make It tmpossti.ie for them
to meet the requirements of Hie n«
(Ion’s commerce promptly and ant|sfac-
lorlly arise from the haphazard and
often i'inflicting measures of regulation
tint have been adopted from tlin.* to
time hy the federal government and the
forty eight states and that what Is
needed Is a well ordered, systematic
•I’lieme of federal regulation that shall
cover rim whole country and mnkr »t
possible for the railroad* to provide Hie
«xtcn*|on* ,nnd Improved facilities *„
•mdl.i milled, while at Hie same tine
orotectitig fully the public Interests
The annual meeting of the
Farmer’s Mutual Telephone Co.
will be held at the school house
Tuesday night, Jan. 2nd. All
members are requested to be
present.
The Christmas Tree at the
Auditorium Sunday evening was
largely attended. A nice program
of music, recitations, and read-
ings was given.
Mrs. H. G. Dougherty returnee
home from the El Reno hospita
last Saturday.
F. S. Vandeveer and family of
Ft. Cobb, and Mrs. C. H. Vande-
veer of Illinois; visited Sunday
I with Mrs. Hoisington and the
Dickey family.
Louis Talbot and family of
Lawton spent Christmas at John
Talbot’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Rice have been
enjoying a visit from their
daughter and family from north
of Ft. Cobb..
D. J. Massey went to Lexing-
ton Saturday to spend Christmas
with his brother.
Mrs. J W. Amspacher and
daughter went to Guthrie Satur-
day for a week’s visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Klink.
Hides and Furs are high. Sell
them at home, know what you
will get.
Advl3-0t Apache Produce Co.
NOTICE
1 have several pair ot shoes at
my shop which are held lor re-
pair bill. Some have been here
60 and 90/days. If not paid ou ;
by January 3, 1917, same will be
sold.
adv 18-lt W. M. Mitchel
Pansy Johnston, Mesdames
Searles and Newton and Messrs.
Smith and My^rs motored to
Lawton Monday.
We are offering 156 cases of
Crystal White, Bob White, Elec-
tric Spark and Swiss White laun-
dry soaps at $3.65 per case,
adv 14-0t G. F. Warner
Alva Hiberly and family are
visitipg this week at Verden.
They formerly resided at Verden
as that was their home for four
years before coming to Apache.
TURKEYS WANTED.-We
want all of the heavy turkeys.
Keep light ones at home and le
them grow before selling. Call
)hone 59, Apache Produce Co.
Adv. 13-0t
A family reunion is being held
I at the Mr. and Mrs. R. Newton
home, all the children are at home
but one. The children that are
home are Mr. and Mrs. Vic
Newton of Des Moines, Vin New-
ton of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs.
Ad Newton and baby of Wichita,
and Chas. Newton of Troy, Kan.
NOTICE
If you wish to buy some good
stock be sure to attend the J. S.
Dalton sale, 2 miles east of
Apache on Saturday. January 6‘
adv. 18-2t.
Ike Connor came up from Tem-
ple Sunday to spend Xmas with
home folks. Ike is manager of
the Temple B. B. boys and
left with them Monday afternoon
after their game with the A.H.S,
NOTICE
All persons due me on account
are requested to call and settle
at once.
16-0t C. L. Ballew
Miss Wicham of the Boone
school left Saturday for Crescent
Oklahoma, to spend Xmas with
home folks.
I have a few Pure bred Duroc
The programs which were
rendered at the various churches
Sunday night were reported as a
success, and the little folks are
to be complimented on the way
they performed.
J. S. Dalton will hold a Public
Sale at his place 2 miles east of
Apache, Saturday, Jan. 6th. He
will selli
23 Head Good Cattle
6 Head Horses
1 Good team Draft mares
4 Fat Hogs, wt. 250 lbs. each.
adv. l8-»2t.
We received a letter last week
at a small premium over market her subscription another vear
pnee, com, j mile east of She also asked us le change her
Adv UMt T. J. ilards,ey. (:Cr<,,,ira010 R°“* 4
CITY DRAY LINE
aii ir* j CROY, Proprietor
Al Kind* of Draying and Hauling at Reason-
able Prices. Contractors for Team Work
Sam Sing Laundry
Work neatly done by hand al home. Brine me
onr collar., cnlfi, shirts and anything the iieam
l.undry handle, i. w.ihed here/ Pric^lT
FamilyW aghing* A Specialty
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