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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1923 BRUNDAGE LAUDS LOCAL LEADERS Helped Investigation of the Street Light Fraud Several north shore men have given valuable assistance in recent investiga- tions which exposed the fradulent prac- tices of the recent Chicago City Admin- istration. Appreciation of the aid given by these men and their associates in the Citizens' Association of Chicago in pushing an investigation which secured the indict- ment of the Commissioner of the City Department of Gas and Electricity and five other persons on charges of crim- inal conspiracy to defraud the city, is expressed in the accompanying letter directed to the association by Attorney General Brundage. The letter reads as follows: "I want to thank you, and through you the Citizens' Association, for the assistance you rendered us in the in- vestigation of the Department of Gas and Electricity of Chicago, which re- sulted in the indictment of the Com- missioner and five others. "It was your Association that first delved into the matter and gave to us the leads which were followed up and resulted in the indictments. "Already the City has received more than $30,000 worth of material which it would not have received but for this investigation, and in addition thereto it should receive between $100,000 and $200,000 from the contractor or on the borids given by the contractor. "I think your Association is to be much commended for its efforts which prevented this letting of any contracts under the Two Million Dollar Bond Issue, approved over a year ago. Had it not been for your action, the City would likely have sustained a loss of probably half of the money raised by the Bond Issue. + North shore leaders who are promi- nent in the Citizens' Association of Chicago include Shelby M. Singleton, of Wilmette, secretary and attorney, Frederick W. Burlingham, Winnetka ; George E. Cole, Wilmette; Joseph Don- nersberger, Wilmette; Leslie F. Cates, Wilmette; Roy C. Osgood, Kenilworth; Wilford C. Shurtleff, Wilmette; Lewis C. Walker, Evanston, all members of the Board of Directors. MAGIC INDIAN RINGS Rings of stone arranged by Arapa- hoes to hold down their tepees in the Cache la Poudre Canyon out of Fort Collins are viewed with interest by Colorado tourist who visit Rocky Mountain National Park. SAYS UTILITIES SHOULD USE MORE ADVERTISING Reasons why public utility com- panies should do consistent newspaper advertising are cited in a statement made by W. P. Strandborg, President of the Public Utilities Advertising Association, which held its first annual convention with the Association Ad- vertising Clubs of the World, with which it is affiliated, at Atlantic City early in June. Mr. Strandborg told utility company executives that their companies should advertise because: They have a $17,000,000,000 invest- ment to protect. They do a $3,000,000000 worth of business a year, and because intel- ligent advertising will stimulate it to greater growth. The business comes into more inti- mate daily contact with more people than any other line of business in the world. The business, which is so essential to the comfort and well-being of the people, is highly technical and the public does not understand it. The problems are the problems of the people and their sympathetic un- derstanding and support is needed. The people will be fair when they do understand all the facts, and system- atic advertising is the most effective way to tell the story and give the people the facts. The place of advertising in the present economic system is thor- oughly well established. Public utility commissions in many states have recognized advertising as. a legitimate operating expense, both in the creation of good will and busi- ness building, thereby nullifying the somewhat widespread popular criti- cism that advertising by public utilities is a needless extravagance. IMPURE MILK TOLL The U. S. Public Health Service furnishes the information that im- pure milk (contaminated with bac- teria or disease germs) causes an- nually in the United States the death of 65,000 children under two years of age. Are You a Member? CHICAGO MOTOR CLUB Established 1906 J. G. STANTON Winnetka Branch Mgr. North Shore Hotel, Evanston 6400 1-4 Million Cash Returned by auto insurance de- partment in 1922 sort of salesmanship will So we ask as a favor that with it is reliable. rapidly. Our officers are: of the north shore. 3201 Emerson St., EVANSTON, ILL. PHONE EVANSTON 7026 An Appeal We have been told by a customer who is well known on the north shore that when securing esti- mates to recover his roof with asphalt shingles a competitor called and made several false state- ments about our company and some of our officers. Several ways have been suggested by which this thing can be stopped but we know that this but repulsive to our neighbors on the north shore. the manner above stated give us an opportunity to prove that our Company and every one connected We can refer you to hundreds of satisfied customers on: banks and we can show that our present volume is approximately $50,000 per year and increasing We are the north shore distributors of Flint- kote roofing, one of the largest roofing manufac- turers in the United States who guarantee their shingles not to curl for ten years. Vincent Dudick, Harold Behlke, E. J Keil and S. J. Dudick, all residents No ROOF CRAFTERS Incorporated prove not only tiresome if you are approached in the north shore, to local SHOR 342 Park Ave. GLENCOE, ILL. PHONE GLENCOE 166 University BLIND STUDENT HAS GOOD MARKS N. U. Man Is Awarded a Part-Scholarship Carl Bestrom, blind Northwestern student on the Evanston campus, who makes his way unaided about the university grounds by. sensing the pressure of the air upon his checks and thus determining which building he is in or near, made good marks his first year in college. The first pemester Carl scored 90 or better in all his stud- ies and his marks for the last semester, just made public by Registrar Fred L. Kerr, are as follows: A in English and French, which means 90 or better; B in geology and C in Public Speaking. Carl had some difficulty in public speak- ing, due, it is surmised, to self-con- sciousness, but his instructors in the School of Speech say that next year this will diminish and that Carl will make much higher marks. Carl has done well enough his first year in Liberal Arts at Northwestern, however, to be given a part- scholarship. The university has awarded him an allowance of $90 on a ing year. Besides trying to become an| MOUNTAIN FOR SALE expert at public speaking, young Bos-{ The owner of Two Buttes mountain trom has learned to swim the last few [in Colorado, a woman residing in months under the direct tutelage of Tom | Rocky Ford, has offered the Baca Robinson, Purple swimming coach. The! County stately buttes, elevation 4,716 coach says Carl was an apt pupil and |feet, for sale. The mountain was ac- should make fairly a good natator if he | quired through homesteading and in continues his lessons at the gym next the early days was used by 'Indians year. to signal with beacon fires. BLACK DIRT and FILLING Whether your needs are one load or a hundred, we are now in a position to make prompt deliveries. Lime for the lawn total tuition cost of $225 for the com- AUTO TLL: High Grade Work Reasonable Prices BELL AUTO PAINTING CO. 1923-25 Wabash Avenue TELEPHONE CALUMET 2227 Established 1907 Estimates Furnished PROMPT SERVICE EVANSTON WILMETTE GLENCOE (od 3 {oF Ye lo) A --------------=--=--=---- EDINGER & SONS Dealers in All Kinds of Building Materials KENILWORTH WINNETKA Chicago & Northwestern System C. &N. W. Ry. C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. Facts Relating to Railroads RAILWAYS--A NATIONAL ASSET: The United States is the wealthi- est nation in the world today. It contains 5 4-10% of the land area of the world; 6 1-107 of the population of the world and 36% of the railways of the world, or 259,555 miles. The railways are one of the nation's greatest assets. They provide transportation which is the basis of commerce and the means whereby exchange of products is accomplished. For each person in the Unit- ed States in 1900 there was transported 8 tons of freight. For each person in 1920, 12 tons. The increasing cost of living is really the cost of better living. VALUE OF TRANSPORTATION: 'Transportation is the measure of civiliation. History confirms this statement. Production without transpor- tation must be very limited, and if so limited would have greatly retarded the progress of civilization. Transportation increases the worth of all prop- erty it serves. Property values are largely determined by the ability of the property to produce and the owner's opportunity to dispose of the products at a profit. The value of all farm property in the United States increased from twenty and one-half billion dollars in the year 1900 to seventy-eight billion dollars in the year 1920, and the value of all farm products, at the same time, increased from five billion dollars to twenty billion dollars. This is due in part to adequate transportation. INCREASE OF MANUFACTURES: Production is the measure of hu- man efficiency and human progress. There is no limit to the amount of wealth that may be created except the limitation of production. The pur- chasing power of an individual community or nation lies in its power of pro- duction. Manufactured products in the United States increased from a value of eleven and one-half billion dollars in the year 1899 to sixty-two and one-half billion dollars in the year 1919. Transportation contributed sub- stantially to this development by affording an easy method of exchange. PROGRESS OF UNITED STATES: The total wealth of the United States has increased in the twenty-year period, from 1900 to 1920, two hundred ninety-five per cent. During the same period farm values in the United States have increased two hundred eighty-one per cent. Investments in manufacturing industries have increased three hundred ninety-eight per cent. Investments in railroads in the United States have increased ninety-three per cent. The expanding commerce of the country requires an expansion of railroad facilities and equipment. It is clear that railroad development has not kept pace with the growing commerce. A new era of expansion is nec- essary. ADEQUATE RETURNS: The railroads in the United States increased their investment in locomotives, cars, yards, terminals and other railway property, in the ten years ended December 31, 1922, by more than five billion four hundred million dollars. The income they received in the year 1922 was eleven million dollars less than in the year 1913, being a smaller income from a substantially increased investment. Investors cannot prudently place their money in an industry which does not yield a reasonable rate of interest. An expanding commerce requires continued investment. It is clear that invest- ments in railroads in the United States must be made more attractive and secure. REASONABLE RATES: Railroad rates to be just and reasonable must, among other things, be sufficient to meet the cost of wages, materials and fuel, taxes and the interest on capital. No one expects a person to sell his wares at less than cost and all agree to a fair margin for the use of capital. The railroads should receive the same consideration, in order to render ef- ficient service which is always our purpose. President