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Not since the World War has the country realized that Washington was something more t'han;a., political playground and that New York has been displaced as "the-'.money mart. Drastic sweeping changes affecting every citizen ar© enacted here with breath-taking spaced.. Under ordinary Dr. Leo Gerlach DENTIST Johnsburg, Illinois Hours: 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. • - - ' * " v Sunday by appointment N. J. NYE, M. D. W. A. NYE, M. D.- X-Ray, Laboratory axtd Physio Therapy OFFICE HOURS V Daily--9-10; >3-5; 7-9 ' v Phone 62-R CONNEL M. McDERMOTT ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Boars; to 11 a, m.; 1:30 to 6 p. at. Evenings, 7 to 8 Phone 258 Fries Building McHenry, 111. Phone Richmond 16 Dr. JOHN DUCEY VETERINARIAN TB and Blood Testing UCHMOND, 'ILLINOIS ESNT & COMPANY All Kinds of I N S U R A N C E Placed with the most reliable Companies . Coae in and talk It over . Hone McHenry 8 Telephone No. iOlB-tt Stoffel & Reihansperger iMnrance agents for all classes property in the best companies. of WEST McHENRY ILLINOISconditions any one of the project" launched to save the country from a panic would have provoked nine-days wond«r and indefinite debate. Exigencies demand strong medicines to restare credit and reduce apprehensiveness. The situation has forced a political armistice which will continue until the, nation's affairs are" on firm footing. A new era is ushered in by united effort and woe to the blind and and petty partisan who attempts to impede the mighty forces of the Federal government in an emergency. Standing out in bold relief is the flashing courage of President Roosevelt. He lias displayed a fighting spirit that has inspired the Congress now content to play second-fiddle in reconstruction efforts. Chains of custom and all precedents have been severed in huilding a new keystone to the arch of economic stability. There is no doubt that Congress has been shaken out of its normal lethargy. The people back home have indicated that they expect the legislative body to cooperate fully with the Chief Executive. It is a bitter pill for the complacent legislators to swallow as Mr. Roosevelt has laid major problems in their laps within a week. Congress must accept the program of the new leader with a minimum of delay Or answer to an aroused public opinion- Not even the most ardent Rooseveltinn booster is swept beyond his enthusiasms to claim that all proposals emanating from the White House bear the stamp of perfection. Lawmakers and Federal officials .are conscious of the fact that ultimately the errors or rough edges of emergency measures mnst be polished off. The dominating idea is that melancholy reflections and petty intrigues have no place in the present scheme of things. The current theory is to placate rather than alienate the public in hours of stress and uncertainty. - The urgency of relief is everywhere apparent. The small army of jobseekers expecting to pick political plums after the inauguration have been chastened. Only the highest executive positions will be filled at present. Officials of the previous administration are standing by to aid their successors. Reports show that the shortage of cash has been a great class leveller as rich folks could appreciate the problems of the poor when reduced to a comparable basis. The popular clamor for beer legislation has been hushed. The legislation will be handled by the special session at a later date? Special messages from the President demanding .. heavy slashes in veterans compensation and reduction in the cost of operating the government have disturbed Congress. The President believes that government credit must be maintained at all coats and economies such as he proposes offer the only effective means. The legislators under pressure from lobbies of organized veterans and Federal employes do not respond to the White House suggestions so readily as in the instance of permitting controlled expansion of the currency and bestowal of dictatorial powers over all finance. The public works proposals offer as a method of relieving unemployment and restoring purchasing power struck similar snags at the Capitol. * It seems likely that trading will be necessary for Mr. Roosevelt to reach his main objectives. For example, organized labor is desirous that banking control of industry should be restricted by law. To this end they may tacitly agree to support certain wage adjustments among Federal employes in the belief that labor would gain in the end. Organized workers have hinted they will support modification of the anti-tru*t laws affecting industry in exchange for a thirty hour working week and other concessions. Labor groups are obviously willing to barter certain principles to sustain wage scales an*1 ™'t men back to WfirV-- • , 7 , --and labor, is roucb stronger in this Congress than in other years. . The best opinion in Washington this week is to the effect that when the emergency is over, there will be fewer but stronger banks and banking domination of industry will be greatly curtailed. Meantime, efforts are directed at conserving the people's bank accounts while weeding out bad banking practices. A. P. Freund Excavating Contractor Stacking, Hydraulic and Crane Service Road Building , IfeL 204 M McHenry, 111 Ed Vogel GENERAL AUCTIONEER gAWM SALES A SPECIALTY P. O. Solon Mills, IlL Reference Past Sales SATISFACTION GUARANTEED S. H. Freund & Son ^ ^CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS phone 127-R McHenry Our experience J* at Your . Service in building * Your Wants Vindictive Soutb African Nasty temper was shown by an old police pensioner of Johannesburg, South Africa, in his will, by which he disposed of an estate of $10,790. One passage read, "To my wife I leave one sfiHjling, or the choice of two things--a rope to hang Herself or a dose of arsenic, to make herself an angel." Leaving the who'.e of his es late to his married daughter, he add •h1, "To my son, who Is slothful and azy, and whom I have tried to dp my «St for, 1 leave nothing." PUBLIC 352. ISSU OS WARNING |lut Produce the Price . ^ - If you want griiitlle cakes for. fast yoii <-an getthem at a New York reststtiraid -by simply prpsslfij!-a hutton at ymir table. .atM>»riit.us 'In the window cooks th»»m for you at once. Chicago, Feb- 28--"In the times through which we are passing it seems to me to be the part of wisdom to preserve those of our institutions that are still solvent, and no good purpose will be served by destroying the solvency of those which are yet still sound." This was the warning sounded by James Simpson, Chairman of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois at the annual meeting oi stockholders held here Monday of last week. As to the situation of the Public Service Company Mr. Simpson said: "Its physical properties are in excellent condition and it is in a strong financial condition. Even during the depression period, and in spite of operating economies that have been effected, the plants, the stations, the substations, transmission system, distribution system and all of the facilities serving the public have been well maintained. A11 of this means that the service to our customers is kept at the same high standards as in the past. With the plant and system thus in splendid operating condition, the company is in a positiqn to obtain the immediate benefit of any upturn in business which may come. I am confident that the record of the company for a high degree of operating efficiency is vJell justified."" v Commenting on his; selection as chairman of the company, he said : "Some of you may be interested in knowing how I happened to become chairman. I assure you that it was unsought by me and quite unexpected. In response to a cablegram I made a flying trip from India and reached Chicago on the second of last June. The following day it became known that Mr. Insull would resign. It was imperative that the chairmanship of the company be filled at once and at the urgent insistence of the board of directors I became chairman of the company on June 6." With regard to Mr. Insull's pension, Mr. Simpson stated that many years ago the company established what is known as the service annuity fund and since its adoption, the company's policy has been faithfully to carry out the pension plan thereby established with respect to every officer and employe who, upon retirement, had reached the required age»and who had performed the requisite years of service with the company. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Insull had reached 72 years of age and had performed 32 years of service. His pension was fixed at $6,000 a year. "A recent careful reconsideration ">f the matter has confirmed the board in its former opinion that notwithstanding the criticism of Mr. Insull it is for the best interests of the company as a whole, and for the morale of the service, that the payment should be continued. Furthermore, our counsel have advised the .company that it is legally liable for the payment ,of Mr. Insull's pension." Regarding the rates of the company Mr- Simpson said: $ """The reduced consumption of electricity by large users during the depression, rate reductions and increased charges such as those for taxes, "are largely responsible for the decrease in earnings. The management of the Company has been and is making every effort to reduce the decline in earnings by putting into effect operating economies, including substantial reductions in compensation to officers and employes. "From time to time recently you may have heard or read of being made on the Company. For the most part they are not warranted, are not helpful, and may, if persisted in, result in injury to t"ne cretm. standing of the Company, the maintenance Vhich is as vital to the consumer and the public as to the Company itself. The management will oppose vigorously those actions which are unjustified; it will welcome constructive criticism and will be ever ready to listen to any which are submitted in this spirit. Some publicity has lately been given to the proposal that the <fost of electrical energy to the customer should be reduced, on the assumption that it is not following the trend of general reduction in cost of living. A careful investigation has been made of this entire situation with exceedingly interesting results. "This Company's rates for electric service are as low as or lower than those of any other middle-western companies supplying service toia wide area. In our case the majority of the three hundred and twenty commun-" ities served have populations of less than five thousand. The rates necessary in territory of, this character cannot fairly be compared with the rates possible in populous cities where the consumption is concentrated and the volume is vastly larger. "The people who are urging a reduction of rates may not know that the cost of living diving the year 19- 32, according to the United pssss is !£2S «as 45% tewsr tuu 1913. They majr aot know that the Company has made nine redactions in the price of electricity to the consumer and has only once in its entire history made an increase in electric rates, which occurred in the after-war period. This Company's average monthly bill for electricity to residential users, including the largest as well as the smallest, for 1932 was $3.- 34. The average person probably thinks of electric service as light, and only light, wheras the fact is that of the total current used by our residential consumers approximately 49% is for appliances, such as refrigerators, radios, flatirons, vacuum cleaners, ironers, washers, clocks, percolators, space heaters, fans and toasters and 51% for lighting. The amount of the average monthly bill which is for lighting is hardly more than the average family spends for daily newspapers. "I wonder if you realize that the average residential customer's consumption of electricity per year has increased froifc approximately 216 kilowatt-hours in 1913 to 629 kilowatthours in 1932--an increase of 191.2% in the use of electricity. This constant increase in the usQ of electric j current is largely due to the use of the i appliances which I have just spoken \ of, and means that the average fam-: ily gets more comfort, pleasure and convenience for each dollar spent with the Public Service Company of. Northern Illinois than for the penditure of any other dollar. "As to gas rates, with the advent of natural gas somewhat over a year, ago, the Company placed in effect a! reduction 4>f 5% in rates for resi- j dential service and 30% in rates for house-heating service. These rates, | by order of the Illinois Commerce Commission, were made temporary, pending the determination of permanent rates by the Commission. The Company has presented to the Com-* mission complete evidence and data bearing upon this question, and the case is now awaiting the Commission's decision. " It is difficult for the layman to realize how extremely technical this business is, requiring skill of the very , highest order. It is easy to forget j that the wholesale customers, who use i large volumes of electricity, and, therefore pay lower rates, enable the | Company to sell cheaper to smaller | users. The chances are that no one j of you,realizes how much all rates are 1 directly affected hy the total volume j of electricity consumed. This advantage to the residential consumer, is of course lessened in times of de- i pression when so many industrial plants are shut down or running only on part time. "In order to keep ^breast of the constant advances in the art of producing and distributing electricity and gas new capital is a prime requisite, and it may not be realized that to obtain capital at reasonable .rates the credit of the Company must be maintained at the very highest standards. Any readjustment of rates that does not permit of a fair return to capital invested will injure tne credit of the Company and make it impossible for it to keep abreast of. the times." Four new directors were elected by stockholders at the annual meeting. They were John T. Pirie, president, Carson, Pirie Scott and Company; John H. . King, president, National Regulator Company; John J. Mitchell, banker and Mr. Simpson, who previously had not been a director. The board is now composed of those named and Frank G. Logan, B. E. Sunny, Stanley Field, Solomon A. Smith and Britton I. Budd, president of the company* * Overweight m«I CtMW Overweight persons past middle age die of cancer more rapidly than pen <rf normal weight. ^ 1 Bow and Arrow Fishing Banned Kentucky laws prohibit taking ftsb hv how and nrmw Fiek Co-- Croe* Cqpatry There are reports that the small armored Brazilian catfish, Corydoras paleatus, occasionally migrates on land by wiggling from a drled-up pool of water. On land the fish breathes through a supplementary "lung'* in ita intestines. y*~: -. Snrrojr Long Drawn Oat - 'Sf •ttrvey of the United States started some 147 years ago and l»- ": ' still far from complete. There ara,-*.^.. about 220,(MX) sections, • 140.800,000^ acres of land, that have not been plot-*;,- ^ ted and definitely located on the mapV * of the country. ' • CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES "Substance" was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. March 12. The Golden Text was. "Turn thou to thy God : keep mercy and Judgment, and wait on thy God continually" (Hosea 12:6). Among the citations which comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: "B\)r the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead" (Romans 1:20). The Lesson-Sermon also included the following passages, from the Christian Science Textbook, "Science and Health with Iley to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy: "That which material sense calls intangible, is found to be substance. VVhatHo material sense seems substance, becomes nothingness, as the sense-dream vanishes and reality appeurs" (p. 312). IF YOU SMOKE TOO MUffl WATCH YOUR STOMACH For quick relief from indigestion and upset stomach due to excessive gtates | smoking try Dr. Emil's Adla Tablets. Bureau of Labor Statistics," was 38% !Don,t stoP smoking, just use Adla higher than in 1913, wheteas the rate j Tablets. per kilowatt-hour for residential pur- THOMAS P. BOLGER, DRUGGIST If you are thrlfty you will taki ^advantage oi lush a buying opportunity. It's time to fill up your pantry i;|-do it during A<& P'« great Doltaf Salel •'A:.»" : PURE GRANULATED - SUGAR SANTA CLARA 22"»$1*00 PRUNES 20 »>«. *1.00 CRYSTAL WHITE OR P&C s Naphtha Soap 30H sl.OO 6-16-oz. CANS SULTANA RED KIDNEY BEANS, 6-16-oz, CANS IONA LIMA BEANS 5 No. 2 CANS GOLDEN BANTAM COBN 1 MED. SIZE FK&. AMERICAN FAMILY FLAKES 10 BARS BEST AMERICAN FAMILY SOAP - 8 MED. SIZE CAKES IVORY SOAP .All for All for $1.00 $1.00 i>on't Overlook These Items HEINZ KETCHUP-- 8-oz. bottle 10^ HEINZ OVEN BAKED BEANS--... HEINZ SPAGHETTI--2 13-oz; cans 17^ HEINZ CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP-- 14-oz. bottle 15<£ 3 16-oz. cans 23c 2 25-oz. cans 23^ 2 21-oz. cans 23^ -.. ..3 10-oz- cans 23^ 2 16-oz. cajis 25^ 2 16-oz. cans 25^ * 2 pkg. 21C HEINZ CREAM OF CELERY SOOT--. .. HEINZ RICE FLAKES--. -. UNEEDA BAKERS GRAHAM CRACKERS-- 2-lb. 27^ DEL MONTE YELLOW CLING PEACHES, sliced or halved-- 2 No. 2Vi Cans .27$ SWIFT'S BROOKFIELD SPREAD--American, Brick or Pimento--..... 14-lb. pkg. 5<£ PET, BORDEN'S OR CARNATION EVAPORATED MILK-- 3 Tail Cans 17^ WHITEHOUSE EVAPORATED MILK„ 2 tall cans 9C JELKE GOOD LUCK ~8 $1.00 VIRGINIA SWEET PAJfCAKE FLOUR, T 10 20-oz. pkgs. $1.00 10 pkgs. ENCORE MACARONI and 10 pkgs. ENCORE SPAGHETTI $1.00 12 cans HEMET BRAND PEACHES $1.00 10 cans HEMET BRAND APRICOTS $1.00 "16 cans SAUERKRAUT, No. 2 cans $1.00 20 cans VAN CAMP'S TOMATO SOUP $1.00 12 cans QUAKER MAID APPLE SAUCE; No. 2 cans .$1.00 10 cans POLK'S GRAPE FRUIT, No. 2 cans $1.00 IRISH STYLE BACON 10 lbs. $1.00 PRODUCE SPECIALS CALIFORNIA NAVEL ORANGES, Size 176. EXTRA FANCY WINESAP APPLES SOUTHERN GREEN CABBAGE SPINACH, per lb. BANANAS, per lb. 4 doz. $1.00 Jbs. 23^ -^3 lbs. 10^ 5^ 5# P Food Stores m i d d l e w e s t e r n d i v i s i o n --^ Tin- (irrat Vtlantir aixl Pacific Tra Company AIN'T IT THE T&UTH! BY ARNOT \ LOST MY POVRSH LftST fthlD HftD TO BOtfflONN CAf? FARE FROK P\Y HowTB^BiV ' T i_f 3o YfeftRS ftCiO HEY <SlftQVS, PAY -me Cft8Q»E *MD 61MME A BvKK FOR BREAKFAST- (( II