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CAFJt MAY COUNTY TIMES kmt a Ri.iwHr.n 1U& fiv«ry i>Wday CAFE MAY COUNTY TIMES

' COMPANY

104 West JerM/ A»eniu\ Sm ltd* CUJ. N. J. WM. A. HAHTEBT,

FrMlOeaL

rHAH. 0‘CONNUK, C. F. 3CHUCK. Trwuarer. Swa^uxy. Sutwcripuoa price per yenr. Bell Flume, S«m UU '-w 4u. j

FREIGHT LEAST RETURN OF READS H. C. L, EXPENSE ELEASES FARMERS Director General Hines Says Rail- | Urge Policy to Insure Sest Serv-

.mleicl at Uie E’oal UlUce at Sea i

ADVERUSING RATES

Uisjilaj ad’crUaUit, 15c per Inch,

r m <d paper.

i iiejiB} AUveriUuap, Aral pape. 60c

:*r inch.

Eieciroiipea u> be Xumlahed bp the • Uanuer. U aaveruaemecu are U aei Horn copy, aoa loc per ample (ouucai Auvertlainp. obc per a auvcruuetiiciiu, copy not to lie Uian£''U mole lliau l*•

1 inch. 1 yrai .

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1 loch, ^ y»e* - — haiaei apace pro raU. kMiUng .\oucea—Eve. p^r line Oh * rai pa^c. he. oh inaiue pa^ea. Ch*«aiheC Aavertiseiuenu — 1c. pet wwu; J’xm inaeruuha lor uie price oi two. lAtfal Au/erualns ai rate* lueu by L*»* oi the buoe oX New Jersey. Next to Boadinx Matter, o per cem.

HOW LONG WILL WE ENDURE Sea Isle City is a characteristic Ai

encau town inasmuch as it . inibu* a : ton - ‘ 1 ' h ' «>« ot <-arryln* thii mereas-

r*1 fn.m *2 to $2^0. paid to the rail-

U In I8H h. msTuiscm

nuisance that u> truly marveloua. I of '',| l , , nU | „ f ; , ie |V0 ^ S But like Americans will, when th«-j *pent for transportatlou. In if*:o

town is aroused it acts—in unison.

1 road Transportation Costs

Are Lowest in History.

NOT CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES. Freight Advance* Compared With Ri** In Value of Good*—Transportation

Cheapest Thing Public Buys. Charge* on Some Articles.

Xlata coiiipllrd from auihori'atlve •curves show* that railroad freight rates are the lea^t factor lu the ; of Bring. Although the proportion •

the tot a

charged to transjiortatlon i K not knnwu sritb statistical amiRiey. It la estimat ed thui the average tran-i>nrtatlon cost of things produi .-d In this country a • very small perremagr of their total

cost to the consumer.

Freight Coat 2.4 Per Cent of Total. In a letter to Representative John J. Each, rhslnaao of the House Cotnnilt- | tee on Interstate and Foreign ~

merer. Julius Knutsehnltt. chi of the Southern Paclflc

points out that In the last five year* IxtTest organisation of It* kind in the the value of goods Inrreased on an av- w orld. representing more than 1.000.erage of $63 a ton. mlille freight ^ f ’ inn owners In the United States, charge* advanced only 60 i-ent* a ton. • tr, ea that the agricultural interest* of In Bve years, he explains, the aver- ,he vountry approve <jf private owner rte value of freight r..rrlrd hy tlie shl P of ^ railroad, and further derallroads Inrreased from ».VJ to $119 a rl * re * ‘k* 1 persooa purporting to speak

ice at Lowest Cost Consist-

ent With Fair Returns.

OPPOSE NATIONALIZATION. Rcprecrntailve Agricultural Organizations and Rural P.xaa State Farm- , era' Attitude Toward Railroads.

Want Private Operation.

Private ownership of the railroads under a policy of government regula- ; tlou which will insure the be*t pradble | service at the lowest coat consistent ■

cost of goods that can be j with fair returns on money invested in '

them la favored hy representative i famer organization* throughout the counlrv This policy also Is supported generally by agricultural nen-*pa|ier». which state emphatically that the farmers are opposed not only to goverumen; ownership of railroads, hut also to all nationalization plana. In a letter to the member* of the United State* Senate T. C Atkcson. Washington rep resent ml v f the Ne■.nnpauy, t1o“*> Grange, which Is said

Increased Values

Are you carrying sufficient inauraree to cover the present value of your property? IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THE VALUE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY HAS NEARLY DOUBLED Have you increaced your Inaurance by an amount that will correapond with the advance In replacement value of your property? Have you considered how much money you might be obliged to contribute in case of lost, because your insurance may not fully protect you under present value conditions? It is a good business foresight to discuss these points with your Broker or AgenL

for the fanners In support of govern-

M. M. SOFRONEY Real Estate and Insurance SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.

RESORTS GHIZE

with a delimit- a mintaa that is usual ly a surprise to those »ho have been j accusumied to look upon our ciazemy j as easy-going and happy -go-iucky. How much longer are we go-ng lu| tolerate the dell be nr,- .nd unneves nary nuiaauce oX late c-eeiric lights' How much longer are we going to lai aside our work, or our reading iu 'he early evening, aud sit aiound and "wait until the light* come on"? How much longer is the convenience and pleasure oi the Klee trie Light Company going to inconvenience and displease the residents oi the resort, ninety-nine per cent oi whom d< pend on electric lights lor illuininaiiui . How much longer are the City Comnuasloners, in whom the welfare anu progress of the resort is entrusted, going to sit Eliil while a 1'ubllc Utility Commission at Trenton await* on. 1 } their oflicial woid to have the condition remedied? We ARK tolerant, tinly. But every Opportunity has been given t>* she electric company to remedy the condi lion. Karlier electric service would cost the company nothing; «m she confrary It would hem .It itWhy then, the continued aud »ei sistent violation oi the rights of th< persons served by and de; .-mien; upon

this utility .

How much longer are we going to endure? , Colby W.'i Renew -Watchful Wa'ting”—Of one thing the country may lie assured a* a result of the appointment of ILiiubridge Colby d s Secretary of State. Out Mexican policy wiU undergo no alteration. Mr. luinxlng showed signs of taking a di-u-rruir stand for American rights, when was summarily removid. but uereaL —vatchful waiting" will rule. March 10, 1516, the notorious raid Columbus, New Mexico, occurred, p ceded and lullow cd hy mm del a and outrages too numerous to ntentii October of the same year Mr. went out of his way to aitac Roosevell for the latter's crUicii

2.J per cent was spent.

“In other word*. Mr Kmttaetinltt

writes, only 80 cmjU out of $03. or 1A _« n i r ,,i„„ . , ,■ cent* out of .very dollar of in. n-.se | B * r, I ‘ l * ni1 value of commodities In 1109 wj* ,*□*. Vrinelple* of railroad legislation now od by Increased freight charges The P tn ‘ iln K ‘n Congress to return the railresponsibility for the remaining $62.20. heads to their owners, to biing about .-nts onl exrrr dotlnr. must T^e reorgenTzatlon of Uie railroad com-

panies Into strong systems with capitalization based on actual value, and

(Coutinued front page 1)

iteresi and prow-ctinn of Coast resort*. Th»*e present sir ; Mavora-Xachar-

ownerrhtp are neither fanners ! ach, oi Atlantic City, Champion, of nor representatives of any consider*-' Ocean Citv, Harcrmrt, of I^ugport, fcle nun-lier of fanners. - < iodfrey, of Yentuor Cily, Melvin, of Favor Private Operation. i Cape May, Krouse, of Stone Harbor, The Grange.'' says Mr. Atkrson, "cl-'nden, of Nortl. Wildwood, qnotiug the official action of his or- : Springer, of Cape May Point, anu

t oiuuiissianer Townsend, of Kongport; George 15. Wentrell, of Cape May, Won. Ueller, of 8tone Harbor, Win. Porter,

SHERIFF’B SALE

^ by virtue of ■ wrtl of Fieri Facial, for sale of 1 '* c ?. rtemiw. to me directed, tax ' out of ;beCourt of Chaucery ofKrw jersey. 1 the first day of March. A. t>. tuo, tu a tvrtaio c.atc wbe.cin John C. Dauenhower and Ji ‘••'s* conplaiuanu. and Avalon Dwefo mcnl Company, et ala., are defeedanU. I abi

ezpoM- to sale at publu vendue, on MONDAY. At aiL ytb i«ao

-rstwven the hours of tnelie and five o'dot

out o'clock in the afternoon ,.

»«ld day, at the sheriff* office in Cape Mat

“Ouse. Cape Ma> Couuly. New Jerwy

the Wilson policy

tr-n times, and 1 •

7 Little Lafnbs Pit'* 110,000,000 Peo pie.—Seven lamb* have been born tc ibe flock that browse* in the sacred precincts of the White House lawn Utile do they know the she. rings in 'tore tor them. And little did the pta,1* realize the sheering* th. lu-ure

be sough' elnewhi ed by freight rate* "

Rate* Lowest ie History. Comparison with lrauK|M>rtatioo charges in other ccuntriis shows th In no other country of the world I* tr*n*|<orta!ion furnished at so low « cost vs In the United Xtates. Compered too. with the cost of < ther goods and aerviees .oday, railroad -ansporta tion I* the cheapest thing ie pnl.llbuys. It Is sold for less than the of proflurtion. consl-Jerlng all the ele-

ments of cost

In e statement on this subject New Ungland Bankers' A**nHaf1nn Walker D. Hines, Dlrecioi- Cmeral of

Railroads, said:

"I think It is a fair stetement that at the present time, despite the Increases which have taken place In freight rate*, a ton of steel or a ton of onnl. a hnsliel of wheat or the unit of any oilier ct,-nmodlty has to pay for trana porratlnn a lea* percentage of the price of that cnmmod'ty than ev.-r before in the history of ihe rounCbargea on Some Articles. IP-fore the war a suit of cinlhing from one of the Chicago factories, celling for $30 In a retail shop, was carried from Chicago to Ixm Angel.-* for I6S: cf-tita. The stilt of clothes now retails -t $.10 or *60. hot the freight rate on -hat 2.20.1 mile haul has Increaseil only ftt* cents, while the prh-e of the goods has gone Up $20 or $30 The 22 cents does not cover all the

transportation

the transportation etiarte for carrying the wool from the ranges and the cloth «o the clothing manufacturer and other minor carrying ■'twts enter Into the consideration, but the Una! Iran* portatlon charge Is the principal one. and the other eliarg- « add only * f,.»

Na

v Kngland shoes at Boston to Florida at a 2-3 cent* a pair. Th

roads

r the

er«-»M- of only war rate. The

beef from fM'-ago New York for a charge of about two-thirds of a cent a pound Typewriters are earned from New York to St. lamts for Bf. cent* A $1?i0 pin -tograph 1* carried bv freight from N'-w York to Atlanta for J2.8.V A grand piano is carried clear across the continent for $39 and In carload

lot* for $28.

Thcve are typical freight tries, and they make It plain that American railroads give the lowest cost service In

the world.

Even with a very considerable In-rr-wM- In r*-i-» to makv the road* *eif cupp. r: lug, transportation will still be the cheapest thing the public buy*.

E. i»o».

mpany. made by R. L. Guff. C.!

ami H. \V. Bell, of C; ;>e May,

ator Lewi* T. Stevens, Judge V'eatcott and Ernest Lloyd. Kepieseniing Uie Sea Isle Commi .-lontrs were Chaa.

K. Landis, and J,ewi» IT. Mathias. Ject toSTtaacafor the year ivifiTi*!;, -

A.ninblymu Bm-.II npra»nU.

boUi Ocean City and Avalon, a* Solicit- i , D » lf d M«rch ioi9 tyaa

or . | lsntrvB.MzoB.Sofr. j-l^tpip,.

The ~

the SherifTe

.Cape Mz, County. N. '-u mortgaged premia*, with in the bill oi complziat iu ....

jpzrt icotarty act forth and deacribed, e cenaia Iracu or parcel* of land and •.male id the Borough of Avalon, in M^coont; of Cape May and *tate of New Being tola 14. 16 and jo to yb iudnaive, in S'" ,6; lo< / “• 7- J*- » •»d in acctioa rj ad lota a.4 fiandt.in aectioai t6-li.oa map of

;N. J., owned by the Avalon

to create a centre: f-ommlsslnn which may enforce the superior Interest of the public to that of any other interest In the operation of railroads ns com-

mon .-arriers and effectively protect | The new organization is Uie out-1 the public against exploration or tu ] growlL, of the Mayors' Committee or-

gan ted last week, with Jinyor Fitch ai:

.Secretary'

I nlciv»l and Sho rff-V fra t^be'addcY ii ’ WlU ‘

"- 11 “““

SHERIFF'S SALE.

Justice."

Many state and sectional agrtml turvl orgfiiilzatlons take a slmllzr stnnd. Immediately after the National Grange expresif4*d It* attitude toward the railroad t]ue«flon the American Farm Bureau, meeting In Chicago, voted for private operation, and the Na-

STONE HARBOR.

The *

•iuVi rase of one of the pn-

tlona! Farmer*’ CViugie**, In scvsioii at l P 1 * 8 n - t l"' school, had a public hearing Hagerstown. MtL. voiced like souti- "U February 24tb, following the election ntcni- ') * New York State Fed era- of the School Hoard. The case wae tion of County Farm Bureau Organ! left in the bamli of Uie lawyers lor legs

1 adjustment, there haang no argomente 1

irtne of a writ of Ezcoition to me uirecl"S 1 * h"* 0: r ^\ C,Vt U ‘ r “'“It Court. 10th nay of February. A. u. taxi I ah»l, to aalc at public vendue on MONDAY. MAPCH e.lh lojo ■" •*— *-—— “• *—'— and tit

etde, other I

1 the «*!«-

zatlotia and 1 the Indi«nn Federation of Farmer* went beyond that and Joined

the Grange In repudiati: r the allege! . . . farmer representative* Ir trashlngto,, mM,t ,,f U, * : hearing,

who *ald they spoke for an ' over J>r. Howard CapUl, of Germantown, Whelming m. ’T "f tb» fanrer* " ^j,}, B party of friend*, spent Sunday

Urge Reasonable Returns. here. The railroad policy favored by the „

New Yorl: State Federation of County ' r ‘ 0 Kane, owner of the Farm Bureau Orranizi.'.iniih waa stat Writer Haven, with some of hi* family, ed In th'-following remilutinu: wiae here at the week-end. lie ha* “Whereas, There have been conflict under consideration the running of his Irg statement* publlsh-d regarding the own hotel this summer, having endr-l attitude of farmer* u,u>n the no- lot. h is contract with A. L. Klme.

cf the future ownerahtp of railways.

therefore be It Mrs. Herbert Wiudt, daughter of '•Resolved, That the New Y ork Stat* Connriltunn Chaa. A. Jackson, who are Ked<- wtlon of County Farm Bureau A* with u* in the an miner on First Avenue aoclatlon*. representing TO.OO" mem wll! p, rtIc ..,.«e in a benefit enUTtaim bers. In annual sesvion at Syracuae. N n«„„ „ 1 , « T.. IW.raher 19. 1919, hereby Indorse, “,‘, U ^ . Hellevue the action Of the American Farm Bu 8,r * l,ord ,' ,n ' reun Fc-teratlon Hr ar/lng Coi.greas to ' ,l "' x “ti "' 8l Htomach HoepunT, of promptly reiurn the railway* to their which the noted surgeon Dr. M. P, Warowr -r* under am h condition!: a* will : moth it the In-ad. Mrs. Warmnth end Insure tv-itKonahle rettirnj on ihe value her eon Henry were aiming ti, e eniy of the property and reanonabie rate* of e,,,,,*,, here a, investi.r*. Mr, U„.j t - ll.ro,,,1.0.1 ,h. oooo. „ u w „ Soo^-t CoMm, in ,i„ .lew, of Farmer p,p,r, "Highland I'linc". 'Ill, Coinmirniif i, Tli, Amr-riron A,r.™i,o,i« 10 ^ «>"e-"",.>rd herloi Mr,, editorially that the farmer* are ••<i.-.i.! ' Vi,,du «>»«viit to npiN-ar in their enler»e: again*!" .he “*ch >me to ennitVh the ‘•"itainmaiit of Uie April SOtii, and in | farmers In the wd, of ratlicallsm " ' having Mr*, (-'ha*. Jackson The I’emivylvanla Farmer. 'ilx-uKslm: eupporiing tlie uioveim-il.

the general demand forfirivate opera

r» Setter, bein)

-t Ai five of Sleor Ue-tror. filed iu „. t Clerk • Office of Cape May Count) . New lerie, •ulb tcrvcT Realty Company. Octobc- i loocph F. Colli na. Kr«ineei. deocribed .>

the aouthwcatcrly aide of io«h

loribweaterly from tlie weatcriv corner of Second avenue ana 107th atreet Con

All Over the Country at the present time there Is t Ing a wave of reckii gance. This riot of spending should n the far-sighted person atop ■ and reflect; then * staunchly against it, and : the temptation to follow his I Iowa. Each dollar saved and banked n wlii not only yield interest. 1 enjoy an increased purchastn power later. Step out of the ranks—-open a add to a Savings Account here. Ocean City Title and Trust Co. OCEAN CITY, N. J.

master , Pipsless Furnace Saves 30% Fuel — BP At Vow nvwlcr’a or fTubular Heating & Ventilating Co. 232 Quarry St, Phaa.

folio-

Bcztonics

tzJ-

oy indenture bcariug date > ireord tn tbc County Clerk'• r Jn twd Book No. jit. f..^ ^ conveyed onto the said Jacob un’er ezecution u JSj.fio, with erifl • fee* to be added, property of Jacob M. Crow, to It execution at Ibc anil of iitlog Co., plaintiff, aud to b,MKAD TOMLIN, Sheriff. LIVJC ly S-5-4tpl*i6»<.

H. A. DEERY Contractor, Carpenter a«^ Bulkier Jobbing in AH Its Branches SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.

British Trade Growing By Leaps and Bound*.- From the one manufacturing dlrtrict of Bradford, England, exnort* to the United Slate* during 1519 amounted to $24,382,000 as compared with $7,767,000 for mg. This i* one item of evidence thst Great Britain Is rapidly getting hack into I dr former position in world trade.

interestedly

tion of the rallroail*. dally true «.f farmer*, in vr-lte of the declaration of a Jew would be leader* tlie contrary." The Stockman

rmer add*;

"Farmers nlmo«r unanimously approve the return of the railronit* anil the expre** .-ompanle* to their owner* The remain I* that fanner*, as well n» oilier liueines* men. want service „• the»» Inatltutinn*. and they cannot get ■h Ken Ice under public ojierntion a*

ctiou stalled at the Budget Feb-

f* P

they

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EMPLOYEES’ SHARE OE RAILWAY REVENUES.

Year i;ioo 1H10 ii»ii 1912 1913 1914 1915

Number of Men 1.502,823 1,699,420 1.669,809 1.716.380 1.815,239 1,695,483 1.524.978 1.700,814 ] ,732,576 1.820.660

Payroll $ 998,823,694 1,143,725,306 1.208,466.470 1.262.347,697 1.373,830,589 1.378,422.4-.2 1.260.186,240 i .506,980,995 2l58L884i559

Average eari*ings per man. 5 657.64 678.01 723.72 729.64 756.83 810.05 826.36 886.02 3.003.99 31418 10

A* a result of the publtl hearii ' ruary 1’drd three

ed to the Boaid of Taxati< Iw, asking for aradacUuu 111 tti menu of all properties here. Mayor Krouse, Dr. Watkins a Shuck were tu town over the 1 attending to Borough mailer*. Mr. Ham Little believe* 1 ! action on Kundar lie was ecco , bv « gentie oau with a kti of to mad* the worcb of bit cottage

again.

Mr. John Dalian, of tnhh Sir. a friend were mnch inn twed tog tile island over, lot y ben 7 the twenty b-juu- visitors, who from the excursion uain at !*i station, while aevenii uUicrv train at «7tii btreet. Mis* Mary Leede and her *1*1 down to inspect the Tea House. Leeds 1* eoutempiating rbangin The tire *.ngitte wa, taken <111 day;fosgi tiial run am* it aeemt

giatei O. E.

Mrs. Frank Kdaou haa Lt«n visitirg for a week in Fbiladelpl ia and re pc a* enjoying many good play* whi.- away

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MATTHEW J. RYAN CtmimuMium Merchant Planter, Wholesale Dealer and Shipper of Maurict River Cove Oyatexa | Salt Oyslent, ( buna, anappert. Crabs Both Phuuen Dock SL iUrket, PhDw

Vincent Assaiante PRACTICAL SHOEMAKER Did Shoes Made New Repair Work My Specialty ITALIA ST. SEA LSLE CITY, N. J. oemoacs hobdell

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New Series oi Shares Now Open Sea Islt C:ty B. & L, Associatioc WAYNE M. STRuTHERS, tewMaiy.

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