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The advocate., 1895-01-23
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAIL
ROADS FROM A NEW STANDPOINT.

Carroll d. Wright,in his late speech
in New York city, said:
With 25 per cent. Of all the railroad in
terests Of the country now under the con-
troll of the governments through its courts,
it is very short step to that 6nsl blow
which will send the wedge its full length,
and bring entire government control. This
blow will SsruOk in the most seductive way.
To will come through a demand that the
government shall take charge Of the roads
and, out Of the proceeds Of the transporta-
tlon business, guarantee 20 existing stock
holders Of the roads a small but reasOna-
BILE rate Of dividend. Under suoh seduo-
tive movement, the stockholders, them
selves conservative men, will vote for the
striking blow.
Here is a new danger. The Pop
ulist demand for government owner
ship Of railroads which contemplstes
the elimination of all wstered stocks,
and the fixing of freight and psssen-
ger rates upon basis of actual cost
of construction and operation, is de.
nounced as Wis ionsry, psternslistic
and mischievous in every way. The
time-serving, monopoly inspired
press Of the entire country has di-
rected it's sarcasm and its ridicule
against this Populist demand ever
since it was promulgated. But here
are new conditions arising. There is
no doubt that Carroll D. Wright
speaks from knowledge of the stock.
holders program. If they can be
released from the responsibilities
and risks involved in the operation
OF the railroads, and be guaranteed
by the government q certain .divi-
dend upon their stocks, including
the water, what better thing do they
wsntl The suggestion that, upon
such plan they will vote for govern
ment ownership, is a plausible one.
Suppose they should openly propose
such a thing; how long would it be
before every republican and demo-
The advocate., 1895-01-23
A Cheap Trip South.

Tickets will be sold at one fare round
trip to points in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida,
on the line Of the Louisville q Nashville,
and Nashville, Chattanooga q 81. Louis
railroads, on January 8, February s, March
8, April 2 and 30, 1895. Ask your ticket
agent about ID, and If he can not sell you
excursion tickets, write TO O. p. Atmore,
general passenger agent, Louisville, Ky, or
George B. HOTneE, D. p. A., 50. Louis, NO.
The advocate., 1895-01-23
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The advocate., 1895-01-23

speCt of the people, we need 90
patriotic days" set apart by the leg.
islsture to teach our children ''re-
spent for authority and obedience to
law" and when they cease to be thus
worthy, it is a crime to teach children
to respect them. Burke once said
that ''bsd laws are the worst sort Of
tyranny" and our own Wendell Phil
lips has said that "the best use of
good laws is to teach men to trsmple
bad laws under their feet"
It is not strange that those who fat
ten upon legslized public plunder
should wish to teach the rising gen.
GRAFTON to respect authority and obey
the law" Obedience to law is a good
thing for them SO long as they make
the law that other people must obey;
but it is not so clear why our Kansas
teachers should be asking to have
days specially set apart for the in
struction Of our children that indis-
criminste respect for authority and
indiscriminate obedience to law is a
patriotic duty. Suppose the revolu-
tionsrY fathers had been 80 taught,
and had conformsd to such teach
ingq, would there have been any rev.
olution? Would there now be So
called American republic?
Children should be taught, not on
special days set apart by law for such
purpose, but every dog in the year,
to respect justice and obey the higher
law because 1t is right that they
should do so, and not because some
arbitrary human authority set over
them has so declared it. If so taught,
aud If the laws OF the land and the
established authorities are in con-
formity with justice and right, there
will be no need of special instruction
in the patriotic duty of respect" for
such authority or obedience" to
such laws; and if the laws and the
authorities are not of this character,
children should be taught to despise
them. Rebellion to tyrants is obedl-
ence to God"
The advocate., 1895-01-23


has been Q good deal criticised for Ger
tain uttsrRnces hs made before the
American Economic association on the
question OF government ownership ol
railroads. Indeed Me. Wright has been
scolded considerably by certain journals
which have the interests OF capital VeEy
much at heart ever SINCE che commits
sion Of which hA was chairman made I'D
report on the Chicago strike and ven-
tursd TO score the Pullman company
pretty severely. And now because
Commissioners Wright shows some lean
ings toward state socialism, these news.
papers are terribly shocked. II is of
significance that a man who is 40 care.
Rul student Of the labor movement as
Carol d. Wright thinks that govern
ment ownership Of railroads 10 coming,
and in o comparatively short time. He
thinks that the change from private to
public control Of railroads will come sat
the instance Of business and not OF la
Dor, entire government control Of all the
railroads OF the country, instead OF q
partial control under the laws now ex-
isting or proposed. With Is per cent.
of all the railroad interests OF the coun-
try now under control Of the govern.
ment through it's courts, it is but q very
short step to that final blow which will
send the wedge It's full length and bring
entire government control. This blow
will be struck In the most seductive way.
1t will come through q demand that the
government shall take charge Of the
roads, not purchase them - shall take
charge OF the roBds, and ont Of the pro.
ceeds Of the transportation business
guarantee to the existing stockholders
OF the roads small but reasonable rate
OF dividend. Under such o seductive
movement the stockholders themselves
will vote for the striking Of the blow"
Mr.. Wright also declares that "the
Chicago strike points the way. because it
emphaslzes the claim that there must be
some legislation which shall place rail.
road employees on a par with railroad
in conducting the business Of
transportation, 80 far as the terms and
conditions Of employment are con-
cerned."
All this strikes some newspapers, the
Rochester Herald among the number, as
very funny, indeed. But perhaps Mr..
Wright's ideas are not quite 90 absurd
as some may suppose. We do not be-
lieVe that the country is ready for any
such sweeping change as would be the
transfer Of all the railroads into the
hands OF the government. But there are
great many signs that the tendency is
IN the direction which Commissioners
Wright indicates. The interstate COM
merce law was long step 10 that direc-
lion. The increased power over rail-
roads assumed By the courts ia another.
But the attitude Of matters at present is
very unsatisfactory. It is becoming
more and more question OF government
ownership Of railroads or railroad own
srShip Of the government. IT it comes
10 q choice between the alternatives
here is, Of course, no doubt az to what
he choice will bo when the people un- 4
isrgtand the Issue. The Rochester, HeI-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

The esteemed True Democrat of
Bayou Sara, concurs in the opinion
recently expressed by the Advocate
that the boycott instituted against
Col. Breckenridge by the ladies in
several of the cities he has visited is
unjustifable. Our Bayou Sara
contemporary takes no stock how
ever in the gay Colonel's professions
of penitence and suggests that the
ladies might quietly stay away from
his lectures and allow those to attend
who may desire to do so.-Baton
Rouge Advocate.
The True Democrat is right; all
this hubbub raised by the ladies
serves as splendid advertisement
tor Col. Breckenridge. If those
good ladies do not wish to listen tc
the gray-halred sinner let tn EN- keep
away and no one will say nay, but
to persist in keeping alive this Pol
lard-Breckinridge scandal will dc
no good. If the society women
will 'slet up" for a while Billy
Breck will son sink out of view.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

Society cannot be TIED together
bv dollar bills. Vet corporate life
and the concentration Of capital in
large enterprises are bound to con-
t;nuc ard to expand. \ new CON
t.;:ion must be introduced which,
in some degree, can take the piece
10 the -to-man loyalty OF tie
solution: Make the employee loya!
to the corporation; make lin a
stock !,o!*:sr and giv>: him rel: re@cH-
tatinu on the board 81 di-cc: IS
Louis H. E:.irch, in TIE Forum,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
TIE CRUSADER ON
REA TIE.

The Daily Crusader, the leading
and ablest Republican paper in
Louisiana, does not seem to take
much stock IN the tears Judge
Beattie is shedding for the outraged
rights of the colored brother. The
fact is the Lafourche gentleman en-
Joys the reputation of being some
what of a bull-dozer himself, and
though now he poses as the negro's
friend, the Crusader will not accept
his professions of friendship for the
black voter as sincere. We give be-
low what the Crusader says of Judge
Beattie's sudden change of heart.
Before condemning the Judge, how
ever, we should consider the circum-
stances attending his nomination
and those that surround his case to-
day. Then, he was the nominee of
an aristocratic body of planters as
sembled at a high-toned New Or
leans hotel. Nov, he is preparing
to go before the American Cogress
as the defender ivilliberty(D and
the champion of the rights of the
poor negro in Louisiana. Says the
Crusader:
Beattie, besides, has learned much
since the election. He has become
quite good Republican. His
| utterances towards the close of the
campaign, am: after the election,
have been vastly different from his
utterances when freshly nominated
by his self-constituted convention
and in the initial stage of the cam
| paign.
He has come to see, and to say
it that, a man is man after all, and
that wether clothed in a black or
white skin, he is entitled to the
equal protection of the lawn the
enjoyment of life, rights, property
and in the pursuit of happiness
and, with this end in view, he has
put himself in print as in favor of a
Federal election law in order tc
secure honest election and fair
| counts.
He may have come to this opin'
ion by force, he may have beer
driven to it by the unfair treatment
he has received from whilom demo
cratic friends, but it is not our bust
ness to inquire into or question hi:
motive. The point, the interesting
and important point is, he has ego
there" That's all we want.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

One hundred thousand negroes
will be removed from the States of
Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana to
to Northern Mexico within the next
six months. This is statement
made by the manager of the Mex
lean Colonization Company, who
has just returned from Atlanta, Ga.
Mr.. Ellis, the manager, states that
the missionary work among the ne
groes, is meeting with great success,
and the first 100 families will leave
this month for the promised land.
The Mexican citizens living in the
section to be colonized by the ne
groes have protested to the Mexican
government against the scheme.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

Senator Blanchard has been de-
voting much of his time lately in
looking after land holdings of set
tiers upon the New Orleans Pacific
Railway. AS result of well-di-
rected efforts the railroad officials a
few days ago relinquished their
claims in thirty-two Cases the prac-
teal effect of which will be to glad
den the hearts of thirty-two settlers,
now withheld, to their honesteads.
Mansfield Democrat.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
THE coTToN MILLS.

The removal of the cotton mills
to the Southern States is at
tracing a great deal of attention
through out the country. The large
dalies are giving more space to the
discussion of this subject tha. to
any other. Even the New England
papers painfully admit that the
South offers superior advantages
for the manufacture of cotton goods.
Speaking of this move the treasurer
of the famous Amoskeag Company
of New Hampshire says: ''Ihis
Southern movement is perfectly
natural. Labor at the South is a
great deal lower than in the North,
the mills are nearer the cotton fields,
and there is a great saving in freight
rates. Again, Southern roads take
cotton as fifth class, while Northern
roads take it as second, and third
class, making big difference; then
there is a great difference in fuel.
Coal in New England costs 81 so
ton, while in the South it does not
cost more than $3.50 per ton. La
Dor, however,, is the great saving,
because operatives work more hours
for less wages, and it is claimed a saw
ing of two cents per pound can be
made. I think that Southern mills
will increase. We are hamPered
here by trades unions, strikes and
legislation, making it more difficult
for us to manufacture at a prott.
There certainly is no prospects OF
any..new mills being built in New
England, and old mills will have
great difficulty in living. Mills here
have got to reduce wages or shut up.
Fine goods can be made cheaper in
the South as well as coarse goods.
1t is claimed that Southern opera
tive are not as skilled as Northern
operatives and that it takes too long
to educate them, but this Is
false; Southern operatives are just
as good in every respect, and 1T is
ONLY question Of time when fine
goods will be made in the South.
Labor is a much more important
element in making fine goods than
coarse goods, and consequently the
Southern mill has greater advan-
tage over us in making fine goods.
Perhaps the Massachusetts legisia
ture will appreciate this when 1t l:
too late"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
LET'S HI re ONE.


New Iberia, Lake Charles, st.
Martinville and number of other
Louisiana towns have well-organ-
lied boards of trade, but we are
sorry to say that Lafayette is be-
hind her sisters in this respect. And
why haven't we one? Certainly
not because our town is not large
enough to support it., but simply
because our business men seem to
lack that spirit of unity SO necessary
to the prosperity of all communi-
ties. Towns less ptetentious than
ours have boards of trade, and we
regret to say that fere not even
an effort has been made to orgsn
ize one. All those acquainted
with the rapid and substantial!
growth of towns know how much
good is to be derived from an Or
ganization of this, kind. 1t would
lie the means of bringing to our
section men of wealth who would
help to develop our manifold re-
sources. 1t would discriminate
throughout the-.' Northern States
valuable information concerning
our soil, climate, crops, and people,
and it would also. fall within its
province to reply to the numerous
inquiries from prospective settlers
which now remain unanswered.
At the present time there are IN
the New England States a number
of cotton mills which will be moved
to the Southern States in the near
future. Perhaps with reasonable
inducements the proprietors of one
of these plants could be persuaded
to select site in our parish. Our
natural advantages for the manu-
facture of cotton goods are un-
equaled anywhere, and with a lit
tie exertion by our people, they
would doubtless receive the proper
RECOGNITION at the hands of manu-
facturers.
Our good neighbors in BreauS
Bridge are clamoring for railroad
to this town, and SO far they have
received but little encouragement
from the people here. This seem
ing Indifference is due to lack OF
unity and organization which woulc
not exist with board of trade.
The urgent need of an organiza
ton of this sort to represent the
town in all matters wherein the
welfare of the whole community i:
involved, is apparent to all thought
full men, and it is indeed unfortu
tunate that our more public-spirites
citizens do not take the matter II
hand at once. Other socleele
flourish in Lafayette and there is ne
reason why a board of trade shouls
not meet with the same success.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
THE Louisiana RICE
[NDUZR y.

New Orlcrns Picayune.
Although the exact size Of the
last rice crop is not yet determined,
it is apparent that it was very
short one. Nevertheless, owing to
the satisfactory prices which have
prevailed, the producers have made
some money, and, as a result, the
rice industry is in far more pros
porous condition than ANY of thS:
other agricultural interests.
AS result of this prosperity,
there will be strong temptation to
greatly increase the acreage during
the coming season, and, as the
other industries are now less profit
able, the increase in the rice
ac1ragc will probaly be wise
move. The depression in sugar
will no doubt induce many sugar
growers to turn their attention to
rice, with the result that much of
the river country which has recently
neglected rice for sugar will return
to the cultivation of the former
article, as requiring less outlay and
promising in the present condition
Of things a more certain return than
sugar.
If the acreage is to be increased,
some attention must be given to the
Improvement Of the seed. There
has been much complaint during
the past season as to deteriora ton
in the quality of the rice marketed
which deterioration could not be
attributed to weather, or any known
cause, but inferior seed. During
the coming season, therefore, stric
attention ought to be given to tn
select on Of better seed, even if i
should be necessary to import SOM
large Honduras rice.
The upland, or Calcasieu, sectio1
> has been particularly remiss in thu
matter of quality, and as this is con.
paratively a new section as far a
rice culture is concerned, this faul
may be largely attributable to mex
. perience. The river rice is les
. open to the objection of poor quality
t a fact which is no doubt due in
Y very large measure to a more caret,
t selection Of seed.
If the next crop is to be yer
! large one, let it by all means be {
: good quality, as high-grade rice a
y ways sells to better advantage tina
S poor rice, and, moreover, becaus
: of its uniform milling qualities,
e is always sought after, when poo
rice is neglected.
f Mr.. Edison has no use for owe
i coats, and never wears one. no ma
.,.,,a1 .l,e un, er may be.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

The citizens Of ST. Martinville
are making elaborate preparations
to celebrate Mardi Gras. The Ga
zette compliments the people of
that town upon their public spirit
and enterprise. Their town is
forging ahead in the road of pro-
gress and will soon be in the front
rank among the progressive towns
of louisiana.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
Says the New York Sun: 'sW

Says the New York Sun: ssNNe
ought not to hear any more COM
plants of want from Nebraska.
Train loads of free provisions from
the Southern States and from West
ern States have begun to arrive
there and the distribution of them
has been undertaken by helpful
people r. This is the third or fourth
time within past few years that
charity has been needed in Nebras-
ka or Kansas on account of the
failure of crops. We should sup
pose that those OF the farmers of
theseEStates who are so often re-
eiuced to straits would think of look
ing for homes in some more favor
able region. All the Southern
States are DESTROYS of obtaining in
lustrious immigrants, and they can
furnish good land for millions OF
Them. Texas alone would like to
draw to its lands all the farmers
who cannot get along in the bad
parts of the Northwest. After the
South gets pretty well filed up, 3
hundred or a couple of hundred
wears hence, it will be time enough
to see what can be done for those
extensive tracts of our trans Missis
sippi country in which crops are Sc
offcn:s failure on account of long
slrounhfs, destructive billiards., ant
pestifc rcus Insects. =
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

New iberia will not have a daily
as announced in previous number
of The Gazette, but the people OF
that town have no reason to COM
plain of their local press. The
Enterprise and the 1berian arc all a
community could wish in the way
of newspapers.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
fS.:IS.s:s'S +-r:iiS:. S.::E:o.

THE !;Esr SAl.vE in he wn:ll for Cuts.
Bruises. Sores, UTce-s, Salt fhcnin, Fever
::orcs, letter. Chopped Hands. Chi:3i,inS,
tnrn=, and all Skin Eru;,,>"ss, and oosi:'c!:
cures Files, or pay required. 1t Is
gu: rantccd to give !'=rfcc, s''sfact or
money refunded. Prise IS cents per uoS.
For sale by VIM. C!egI.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
Sft2iiff'S Sale.
VARENA SIII.ENKER, WIFE, EFT AL.
VS.. JOHN A. HUBBARD EFT AL.
18th Judicial District Court, Parish
of Lafayette, La.
Shsfiff'S Sale.

BY virtue of an order of seizure
and sale from the 18th Judicial District
Court of louisiana, in aud for the parish of
Lafayette, State of Louisiana. have seized
and will sell t. the last and highest bidder,
at the courthouse door in the town of La
fayette, on
Saturday,, February 2, 1895,
between legal hours, the property described
as follows: One undivided half of certain
tract of land situated in the parish of Lafa-
yette, together with the undivided half OF
all buildings and improvements thereon, con-
tairing -Four Hundred arpents, bounded
North by Bayou Carencro. South by land Of
Onezime Breaux and heirs of I1yPolite
Breaux, East by land of Ernest Potter or as
signs, and West Ivy land of II. Guilbeau.
Terms and conditions cash.
l. A. BROUSSARD,
Sheriff of Lafayette Parish.
Lafayette, La, Dec. 20, 1894.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

81 understand that the angels
have left a baby brother at your
house" said Uncle Charley.
81 dunno" replied little Ben
Sloubtfully. Giles red enough to
have come from the other place. -
Brooklyn Life.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

The post-office at Appomatox,
Va, which was recently changed to
Surrender by "smart clerk in
the department., has been changed
back to Appomatox by order of tic
pOstmaster-general
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
For Rent

For Z eft.
Forty acres of 90 ID ,llab.e land two any
2 half miles fro1a Lafayette, and onc mile
from .Iouto1's Switch on the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad, we'll drained AMI fenced.
For terms apply to this Office. Mrs. G. L.
Alpha near Masonic Hall. Lafayette. La.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that will not pay
any debts contracted by my husband, Do
miniuue Laret. CARMELLETl: BRoUssARD.
Lafayette parish, La, Jan. I2, 1891.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-26

Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of
jefferson Davis, has her first novel
ready for publication.