Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-09

tuS1 VIII os found THAI Ia many OF the
caurchss In The Cnitsd 6tsstss jswsls Il
rAsv beauty AMI great cost viii serve the
pssos tor The greater asiorrIssnt of thsif
chAnssas aud thssr ssstm~nts. We shall. ]
think. equal u aos exceed the use of jewels
~ sn as~sssasy for the prics,ly office. which
ksss characterized solne os the CHURCHES of
tho Curope~A ocnttnsnt. Precious ssons..
beautiful marbles. will rnorv aud more bs
utilized Cor tiaprcssive religious oeseinony."
Senator vssshe~s TLinks We Nave kssehsd
che 0sidsa Moan.
tTrom Our wAskinSson CorrespcadeuIl
"ln my ludQnsrat." sAid Senator Veor-
hssa. of Indiana, the n~xt 100 years will
show but slisht changes In tho form of
our gvveSnmcat. A century hence
should expect to see. were ] upon earth.
the American rcpublic governed very much
~ it u ~ the prssont day. some minor
changes Ase AltoSscsher probable Among
these l should think quite likely limit of
the presidential term to six years and no
rceiectlon and change In the manner os
choosing the president and vice pnsident.
but these Ar~ subsidiary merely and viii
not affect the structure u our government.
Il take u that the American people do
cided at the recent Gle ,tion against any
further Capitalization IT power III this coun-
try. For instance, believe they have dc
cided there shall la no federal control If
elections within the states. This decision.
il ! am right in assuming the election
means that, las greater significance than
most people attach 10 IT,
The Significance il that the limits Of our
federal powers are now prefty we'll defined;
that the people 40 not wish them to lie
either circumscribed or greatly enlarged
For this reason l believe the government
will 20 through another century substan-
TALLY a. IL is at the present day. We APP
psrently have reached that golden mean
between two possible extremes, and to ME
tho lesson If the election is that the people
will jealously watch every effort made IA
shift the balance in one direction or tho
other
A hundred years hence this country will
probably have . system OF customs taxa
ton that will approximate as closely Ia
free trade s.s anything which the world
now knows. ! believe we shall always
have custom houses and that there will al
ways be tariffs for them TO collect. But a
century benoc should be very much sur
pris.d TO return to earth and find such Q
system Of taxation as we now have We
shall approach our ultimate approximation
TO free trade very slowly aud cautiously and
in such manner as to cause NO violeat in JUS
tice 10 any interest.
Within the life Of the man now grown
the changes may be considerable, but they
will not be revolutionary. Within the
present generation look to sec . c0nsid-
cradle part Of the money needed for our
governments raised by means of an income
tax. believe the day u fast approaching
in which our people will insist upon taxir .
the property aud the prosperity Of the
country-not it's necessities"
Commodore Van santvosrd On Inland
Navigation.
IRON Our New York Correspondent
Commodore Abram Vac Santvoori is the
heir Of Rober. FULTON and il probably the
best informed man on American steam
beating In the United States. He is the
owner Of the SUCCESSOR Of the original line
Of steamboats, which Robert Fulton estab-
lished. Commodore Van Scntvoord said:
Il do not believe that FNlhon's invention Of
the paddle w ~ will ever DO improved for
inland navigation. There may Be some inn
provsGpeota N minor details, but the prin-
ciple Of tho psf4!e wheel viii remain SUI
prersl
II nm inelned to think, however, that II
may be posejblc tn the next century to go
from New Y0k to Chicago or Duluth. and
possibly tyon New York to New Orleans,
By inland wsserwsys BY steamboat. II a
ship ea0al y cus ACROSS New York state,
and - - entirely within the bounds OF
probability that this will b done early In
the nezt century, and another Is cut from,
Chicago 70 the Mississippi. then It will be
possible 70 make ehis trip BY steamboat
The probsbilis - however. sre that navi-
cation of thu sort viii be made by screw
propcliess for tks most part rather than By
the side whscl boat.
Il think tho development Of sn inland
marine Is going 70 b. something prodigious
Ia the aext century. While railroad con.
stTuction w~s Qoing On a. Papkdly - has
be~u the case In TIC last thirty years. inland
mspne developosaat va~ checked. IL h now
again sstfactinS The attention Of the great
capitalissA The tonnage through the ship
canal at Sault sSe. Marie has been the great
sst Ia the wosld. and that canal has b.er,
eplsrprd only within reosnt years.
1--WE shall find the solution 70 some Of
the railway probl,fns in the dcselopmcn;
Of this inland marine. ard II the great
canals are dug. which capitalists even no y
a. cor sidcrnv. In tho fwcntieth century
thosr who then live are going to see almost
a. enormous q system Of tgisnd uerch a1;
marine IA sr> the railway syssems which
control the great trunk lines"
Mssk He'd BETTER Loek Out.
Tho most striking feature Of s.
Marks. In Venice. Il tho profusion q.
moss,cs. which ara eaid To- cover ~. COt
square fret and ore much like faded
paintings IN appsNance. High M in
the facade II tho Lion - 81 Marx
which one sees repeated in every mate
nal and manner. Tho author Il 'Col
lese Tramps" gives sn experience with 4
guide which suggests that Italians do
not appreciate American hnmorists.
We passed out. h. saws. into IN,
square. slancing. ~ we went, nj ia.
work q several artists who were busily
putting upon their cauvsscs the image al
th. fv..rtgr