The state chronicle., 1892-05-01
A DIRECT REMINDER.

a line of discussion as is indicated IN
its leading editorial. We are unwill-
ing to believe that our contemporary
has wilfully been inaccurate in pre-
senting the position of the CHR NIcLE
in connection with gubernatorial can
didates, and yet it is SO greatly in er-
ror. We only have our preference,
which we have expressed without the
slightest disparagement to any candi-
date, and have published letters highly
commendatory of some, and named
all in our editorials columns in
friendly terms. This it would seem
should have protected us from an in
situation that we cannot answer with
out doing violence to our conception of
the office Of manly journalism. If
the Herald is desirous of knowing who
are specially interested in the CHRoN-
ICLE there will be no difficulty of OBJ
tanning the information, and doubtless
our contemporary will then understand
that it has been as falsely informed as
to this matter, as it is inaccurate as
to others. Suffice it to say that the
| CHRONICLE is not owned by a
Republican, and since our con-
temporary has referred to the question
of ownership, we submit that those
who desire to attack the candidacy of
Governor Holt, will hardly appear
we'll before the people of this State
when they make the attack through
newspaper owned by gentleman who
was not even born in North Carolina,
and who has always voted the Repub-
lican ticket. And such is the organ
which has been selected to attack
Democratic governor of North Caro-
lima.
THE great expansion Of railroad
mileage in the United States, where it
has attaine an extent of 10000 miles
of trackway, seems to bring transpor-
tation by its means not only in compe-
tition with. but in antagonism to that
by waterways. AS consequence, we
hear much talk Of opposition by rail
way interests to the improvement by
, the government of rivers, and of alleged
efforts to obstruct navigable water
courses by means Of bridges built over
f them. Although there would seem te
! be reason for such antagonism, that
: there is no such clashing Of interests is
r held by many high authorities. The
6 only railway traffic which pays prof
e is that furnished by the local business
: of a thickly populated and highly pro
}. ductive region. Railways, in order t.
: reach productive territory or to gair
n an outlet for their commerce, are Otter
/. forced to traverse long distances of des
e ert or thinly Inhabited country, bu
b that is merely one of the necessar,
evils attending the business. A thickl
populated country, furnishing larg
quantities of agricultural products O
extensively engaged in manufacturin
y industries. is what is necessary to fu1
nish a profitable traffic to a railroad
70 But it is not likely that single raj
y way corporation, holding monopol
of the transportation of such regio1
" would ever put the rates of transport,
81 tion low enough to encourage th
~ greatest development. Nothing but
free waterway competing with the raj
Il way can guarantee the highest degre
q of industrial or agricultural develo
20 ment, since even competing railway
Il can combine to keep up prices. Thes
-, conclusions are reached in a paper G
l. the subject IN the April number of tt
70 Engineering Magazine by Lewis
10 Haupt, of the American society of civ
1o engineers.
ed WITH Quay sulking in his tent
IT. Pennsylvania, Foraker brandishing q
at anti Harrison knife in Ohio, Dudle
to smarting because he received no su
Is. stantial benefits for debauching
in diana in 1888 and Alger watchir
'r- for an opportunity to get even for Il
les exposure of his war record, it may
TO- safely asserted that Harrison's drear
bo are anything but pleasant at preser
In the Colorado Republican conve
Vi tion, out of over 600 delegates on
IN, two could be found who favored a rt
Ter olution endorsing Harrison.
of >,
REV. Thomas DIXON, of New Y OF