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is 24B The value of the prodpucts manuâ€" factured in one year in thig time grew from $16,584,000 to $5,041,520,000. This is a gain of 18,000 per cent in money invested in maufamrin: and In 1850 Tllinois had a population of 851,000; today, 7,200,000! Then the aggregate wealth‘ of Illinois was put at $156,265.00; today it is $22,233,â€" 000,000 or an increase of more than 14,000 per cent. Then only 5,036,000 acres of farmland was lny cultivaâ€" tion; today, 28,597,000 acr: In these years the value of farm property has increased from $126,748,000, to $4,â€" 628,344,000 which makes Tiknois, the twentyâ€"third state in areg, kecond in value of its farm property! Manufacturing Let us now look through another window at Illinois. Take (manufacâ€" turing. We find about $6,500,000 inâ€" vested in manufacturing in Illincis in 1850 as compared with $1,200,000,000 in 1923 which is the latest estimate from official sources available. l Indian trails found when the white man came. On that first 705 miles of the Illinois Central system, exâ€" cept for Chicago and (hku, there were only two towns of more than 1,000 population. These were Bloomâ€" ington and Freeport. From Chicage to Centralia, 250 miles, there wasn‘t a village. $ PAGE FOUR More acres of land are under plow ‘inminoillhlninallth’q)nfinent@ Australia. ‘ More hogs are fattening in Dlincis than in all the pens of England. ‘More cattle are being fed on Hlinois farms than on:;the farms of the entire nation of Hungary. Illinois‘ first great railway. project was the building of the Illinojs Cenâ€" tral. _ It was incorporated in 1851 and the original charter called for the construction of 705 miles of trackage. This was from Cairo to East Dubuque with another line from the then main line at Centralia to Chicago. is Without Highways At that time Illincis ‘practicalâ€" ly without: highways. *‘!‘n most of the roads merely followed meandering What is the picture today* / Illinois now has 12,033 miles of stapdard gage steam railroad, a gain of 12,000 per cent, andâ€" 2,700 miles of electric line. Illinois has more miles of railroad than any state in the union except Texas, which is five times as large, and more miles of railroad to the square mile of area than any other state. foom ; More money isondcscit.infin banks of Illinois than in all the banks of France. < More telephones are: in use in Illincis than in all the nations Size by Comparison ,~ Illinois is larger than Holla#h, Belâ€" gium and Denmark combined and has more population than Sweden; it has more miles of railroad than Japan and mines more coal than all Asia with its billion people. â€" Illincis‘ annual proâ€" What has wrought (this mighty change? 1 $ ic on the South American continent. More â€"wealth is owned in Illinois than iÂ¥ uB Baty.: ;s >/~>£.:1~% "â€"â€" greater than that of Canada. Yet even so recently~as 1850 Tiliâ€" nois was an unsettled frontier. In that in ce onb eee were Chicago, with 29,000 I $ Quiney, 7,000; Galena, 6,000; Peoria, 5,000, and Springfield, 4,500.â€" ‘There were only thirteen other towns in the state with a population of more than 2,000! ; FATHER TIME whitzed by this week and ushered in anothâ€" er year. If you want to fuzxnish your home during the conting 12 months, come here mand let us helg you. We offer (Em our E. Z. Plan of Credit. me in and %fi acquainted with this friendly furniture store,." n Gea s n t a gain of 30,000 per cent in And so there is to be no tax reducâ€" tion by congress, after all! A number of metropolitan newspaper® owners have been directing their editors to find out, "where will the surplus go*" In consequence.the ~press clipping bureaus. have been busy sorting ediâ€" torial on this subject. +4 It is now claimed that Wrangel Isâ€" land really bélongs to the United States. If so, that ought to be a good place to hold Senate investigations. ‘Returning ‘to the subject of IIll nois. ~Back in that year from awhic we mark the beginning of . Illinoi real industrial evolution we find tha then, when the railroads starte« there was practically no mineral d velopment in Illinois except aroun Galena where there were lead and zin mines. : And awe find that fiftyâ€"five of eve 100 freight cars loaded in the Unite States, every year, either originate Illinois or pass through it on way to destination. Which gives IlMinois full claim to the title of being the ‘busiest business corner in the United States." f S Compared with that we find miner output in Illinois in 1923 reachin $287,698,000. Today Illinois is pr ducing more than $1,000,000 worth â€" resources exceed m,ooo,o.?"ri were then 107 newspapers o periodicals in Illinois in 1850; to there are 1,826 and Illinois is the ond state in the union in‘ publis] and printing. > / \t mineral wealth for every working da; in the year. Turning back the pages of thufi:l $ Rirale giaess ce "' ky‘ find that in 1850 there was not One| League of Women Ym; Coâ€"opâ€" On that memorable year when : Tilinois | Central, the first gréat r: road system in Illinois was project ‘there was more than 11,000,000 ac of unogcupied government land ‘ws ing:for the home hunter to claim Purchasers could have it at from 64 cents to $1.25 an acre. . And alm. as soon as those first ties:â€"were 1: a flood of immigrants poured in a grabbed it all. > ; We will now turn for a moment some figures on Illinois railro: available through the Illinois Co merce commission. We find that 1 railroads in Illinois in 1924 paid ¢ moneys as follows: ys Operating expenses ......$328,176,4 THKGS: |:,..:.:..co..:i..i.5./i2.... / 2b,000f Additions and betterâ€" Or we can reach out beyond I1l nois and learn that"the railroadsâ€" the nation employ 1,770,000 peop! consume 28 per.cent. of the natior production of codl, 25 per cent of t output of lumber, 83 pé'r’ccnt of i iron and steel, 20 per cent of its co per and about 50 per cent of its fu oil. In other words one family every six gets its sustenance ‘in© sor manner out of the railroads. . ' Heavily Taxed t3 If ‘we will follow the story. of t nation‘s railroads a little farther 1 will find that they paid, in 1924, fe eral taxes of $125,000,000; state tax of $119,000,000‘ and local taxes $147,000,000. . +p w ey B If that does not appease your } ger‘ for facts about the remark: development and. growth in Illinoi will be a simple matter to point to evolution in insurance. Life: in ance was practically unknown in nois in 1850, (Starting from sgcra life insurance has grown until to more than $4,500,000,000 worth 0 is in force. Total ments WE OVERHAULED THE\ PLUMBING OF HIS _ HOME /. __ o=: SHOULD YOU WORRY Remarkable Growth banks and their akd x4 4...$897,0835 42,986, Resolve today Heating Plant ‘"low cost of | plus their re them doubly . @linnot be wit] Ake. wonderful hlessings and benefits, and he is desirous that all the young peoâ€" ple of the community attend, ; _ It is a service which has not hereâ€" tofore been held in this church, but is one in which Dr. Davies foresees gunced by 1 Winnetka Cc It will be morning, an New : Year ‘v gether of the people. of the of worship; < The chu candles and Davies is participate i the New Yea tion to mak just ahead. Tickets for the legislative forum will be sold‘;y the three leaguesâ€"conâ€" ducting this school. This committee urges every league member, or anyâ€" one interested, to save this date, Janâ€" A New Year morning service of worship, :a ér\n« ~planned for: the be held in Community: House. The Kenilworth, K'f Forest, lnfl Winnetâ€" ka Leagues omen Voters are coâ€" operating to make this a most sucâ€" cessful forum. There is to be a mornâ€" The gen committee in charge of the program |includes, Mrs. Walter L. Benson of Winnetka, chairman; Mrs, Markl W.h esap, imidefit of Ri?l:e Kenilwort e; Mra. George = ardson, pm;.;ent of the Lake Forest league; Mrs. M. H. Lieber, legislative chairman ‘for the Winnetka league, who will"attend ‘the sessions of the legislature at Springfield and bring January 1 the date for be held in Kenilworth, ] cessful forum. There is to be a mornâ€" ing And Aftepncon Yegivlative seasion with a lmflezrlunchoon served during the noon hour. se s & uary 10. PL%WLY SERVICE 1 7 YEAR‘S . MORNING rwnnmc#nn HEATING â€" Tel. H. P. 561 8 SMILE in the face of coming vinter storms." â€" Have yqur lumbing and heating systems verhauled and put in Mu or the cold weather. â€" WQ'll ladly tell yopu how much. / } . Peterson Plumbers , ; Plumb Gpod Plumbing | 385 Roger Williams Ave. ew Year Greetings Nes THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS 144 No EVERY woman will groha ly start the New ear (e‘vÂ¥th a resolution to look her very best every| day. Those w‘o cort:me here will carry it out. | §*.. "Look Your Best" the Winnetka league, d ‘the sessions of the t ‘Springfield and bring : ‘Mrs. William . B. e "of )r. J. W..F..Davies of the ngregational church. / Make Sueq-‘ of t:e Project . . at 7 o‘clock New Year‘s opportunity to start the h will be lighted with the ritual, which Dr. paring, will enable all to the service. It will afâ€" »rtuni;y at the dawn: of r for thought and reflecâ€" : the most of the year rth First Street ) has been set aside as the legislative forum: to to see our Warm Air and equipment, The nstalling these‘ plants nable‘ price: makes Eesinble. Your home out one for economy‘s ith a great.coming to~ children and the young community, in the house Peterson W uc AT id MA Ee < E&F !i‘:fifi t ever given in the church, The Christmas \carols,; familiar to everyone, were sung . a Cappella (without accompaniment), and were especially worthy of praise for there was no. deviation from true pitch. During the singing of these carols the choir gave undivided attention to the director, and with him interpreted the moods of the carols sympathetically. In addition to the choir of adults, the quartet of soloists and the Junior choir, made up of children, appeared on this program of Christmas music. The. program of Christmas , music given Sunday, Dec. 19, by the, choral choir of the Winnetka Congregational church, 1 congidered â€"by many one of . the mfi-pjm of choral work The Hallelujah chorus was well sung and reflected the understanding ®pirit of the group, for a choir must appreciate ‘and interpret its music in order to make it enjoyable and real to the ‘listeners. DELIGHTFUL PROGRAM OF YULETIDE MUSIC l Horupaind â€" | ie Brith e > Bpereiy atien on i twibd] infatties is Boss El 7 id co 10e es e Wagaiaty. ol 24 North First Street Highland Park 1677 Orders Left Thursday, Dec. 30, will be delivered on the first delivery Fri., Dé V ermuth Arrac Punch Slo Gin Creme de Menthe | k each ‘ $1.25 _ NEW YEAR‘S SPECIALS Veal Breast with t of : Winnetka Congr tional Church Presents Fine Feature RAPP BROTHER .Tel. Deerfield 172 Let us DOUBLE the Heating Capacity ; of your Furnace ho Weemet s Snfidelbi x ul 7 o 16 WE are not wizards but we guararitee to double the present heating capacity of your warm air furnace. No guess, no risk, no uncertainty. * Av Pork Shoulder Thursday and Friday, December 30 and 31 Leg Lamb Chickens ~â€"the lb. 42c Fancy Roasting 29%c This Sale Only 23i%c JOHN McMAHON 15%c the lb. the 1b. the lb. _ Sheet Metal Work and by forcing it through the pipesâ€"pushing it up into every room. â€" And we will cut your fuel bill 30 to 40 %.~ How? â€" By installing a Miles Automatic Furnace Fanâ€"a simple, automatic device that is revolutionizing warm air heating. We guarantee Princeton settle their troubles by perâ€" mitting their cheer leaders to get toâ€" Candidate: The oppodq:n accuses me of buying votes. That‘s a lieâ€"I neverâ€"bought a vote in my life! Unsympathetic Crowd: Tightwad! Piker! Cheapskate! o MISS FRANCES BIEDERSTADT Private and Class Lessons 16 Central Ave., Deerfleld Tel. D. 176â€"4 Phone or. call and let us give you the whole story. We We do it by doubling the volume of heated. air ‘Telephone Highland Park 1205 American Employment Buâ€"‘ MRS. W. 8. SORSEN FIRST CLASS8 HELP SWI!ITB) FORâ€"PRIVATE HOMES > , Cheap Campaigning 547 Gray Ave. Tw â€"â€" Shoulder Veal the 1b. 23ijc _ Yellow /‘ Pork Loin Roast 59c¢ 4 Dry Picked Vegetables Turkeys Tender, 6 pounds for . the lb. the lb. THURSDAY, > GEO. S. SCHWALBAC Carpenter and| â€" s00 CERNTRAL AVE â€" Wighhod Pub §111 Wavreland Ave. Agont and installer of AM Metal Wenther 8 muvmm. MANTHLA and GAS PROGRESS TLE 60. Yellow Oni ; (Met Ine.) it § i e im d aniecs