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...delinquent in doing its share in the reform the I. R. T. has undertaken to abolish the insignificant loss of less than $3,000 which it sustains every month by installing slug detectors on its slot turnstiles. These hold each coin under a magnifying glass until the next is inserted; and thus one inspector can guard all the stiles at one station...
...object to what they contend is a guaranty of earnings. Many of the states are chafing under the curb which the Transportation Act has placed on their powers of regulation. The labor organizations, in common with many business organizations and some railroad managements, are anxious for different reasons to abolish the Labor Board. Others advocate the strengthening of the Labor Board by the compulsory enforcement of its decisions and the prohibition of strikes. Senator Cummins, who was jointly responsible for the Transportation Act, has indicated his intention of attempting to make consolidations compulsory as was originally provided in the Senate...
...Abolish Silence Signs. The raucous voiced wits who disgorge their night's adventures across the broad tables should not be subjected even to a moral injunction to whisper. To accommodate them further, we might even make the tables narrower, so that such conversationalists and controversialists may not be inconvenienced by bending over in each other's direction...
...whole, the outlook is most encouraging, for the victor is the most liberal of the Chinese generals, far more educated and intelligent than Chang, and with definite plans for progressive reforms. His proposed constitutional assembly is to make the central government really representative and abolish the system of Tuchaus, or provincial governors, which, by arousing rivalry, is held largely responsible for the present struggle. Realizing apparently the ill-favor into which the mercenary private armies have fallen among the Chinese people, Wu is seeking the establishment of a truly peaceful and effective government. If his reforms succeed, China...
...have only 65,000 men, it is possible, of course, to man 18 battleships and 103 destroyers with reduced crews and also to skeletonize the crews of other necessary vessels. But even with these reductions we would have to abolish our Adriatic and Central American squadrons and this is unthinkable. With 65,000 men we could have only about 20 percent of the men for shore stations, aviation instruction, radio school, etc. Heretofore it has been our custom to have 50 percent of the enlisted personnel on shore, while in England they have 60 percent. With a navy...