The news & observer., 1897-11-26


crate. Why make it ruler over great
things before it learns to control small
ones?"
These epigrams and paraphrases, de.
livered in a most pleasing style by the
speaker, brought forth thunders of ap-
plause.
The speaker argued that compartive
figures did not show that these enter
priSes were operated at smaller cost.
Philadelphia lost on gas last year $780,
600; and a few years ago Philadelphia
, lensRd her gas plant to n private COM
pany for operation.
! Man is as much entitled to indus.
trial freedom as to puIltic Ii freedom, and
amy measure that deprives him of this
is an a't Ct robbery.
! Mr. Stewart asked his opponents to re-
/ member that the streets belong to the
people and therefore should be so man.
/ aged as to promote the comfort and
welfare of the people, The city. he
thought, could operate cars, light and
water works better than greedy cor
porations.
! The Goldfish aristocrat who parade.
/ the streets behind blooded hOurses and sit
/ beside poodle dogs should have no more
rights and privileges than the humblest
citizen"
He argued that public ownership not
only reduced expenses and gave a bet
ter service, but that it also prevented
strikes. AS to the cost of the system he
said that with public ownership of car
Lines the large cities can give 2-cent
fare and with a 2-cent fare the people
of Boston would save $4,O0O,OOO a year:
the people Of Brooklyn, $4,5OOOOO: OF
Philadelphia, $5,000.0O0, and of New
York, S12,000,000 Of the $2O,00O,OOO an
hna!iy paid out for transportation.
Il want the cities Of the South to own
their water works for several reasons.
but most Of all because dividend hunters
| 4aVe come down here, found a frog
ond near by, and have flooded our
towns with tadpoles, mud and malaria.
But, say my opponents, this puts the
whole thing into politics. | ask, can they
ayer be any deeper in politics than they
| are to-day? New York is one of the
most corrupt cites in the world, and
vt her water supply is one Of the best
the world. and Gnring he last half
injury she. has. made a profit on If Of
3122, ,43S, ,OG0
1T will moi get the public works inte
ne hands Of politicians, but it will get
hem ont of the hands ,Uf self,5eel,ing cor
pOTdtions." ..--.-
Mr. Stewards splendid speech won
great applause as he closed the case
for his side.
As the Good Book has so wisely coun-
selled the Foresters asse kept their best.
yntage for the last. 1t came i'm the
speech Of Mr. Il. n johnson. Tall.
why. sharp-eyed and quick of. speech.
The looked and acted not a little like
Nilfred Clarke, the come han. His.
speech, extempOraneous and in reply tSp
his three opponents, was bright and epi'g
grammatic. 1t glistened with bright
ness and teemed with good things. The
gaudience roared with laughter and ap-A
plauded almost every sentence. 81" 81
The News and Observer regrets th1t
on account Of a mistake made by the
artist it is this morning unable to PFC
sent picture Of this promising yotfhe
man along with his colleagues =
The major part of the argument ON
the other side, he said was built uuoA
the experience of European cities He
cOntended that it was not fair to COM
pare two cites or to contrast prices OF
service in the same city before and after
taking he said, the conditions
are neither known nor taken into consid-
! Grafton.
Talk about experience and obserYa-
ton, why do they go to Germany? Be
| cause socialism is rampant there and
their scheme is socialistic.
What is socialism? 1t is the gsy-
ernment putting in its paddle and doing
| for a fellow that which he ought to Dc
for himself
"Oh, but they say the people want
I A.
do. I'd like to know something the rSe-
/ pie don't want.
''Their argument won't hold wafer,
but l must admit it holds a good deal
of gas.
asked who is the father Of the doe
trine they are preaching, they say Mr..
! Bemis, Mr.. Conklin, and Mr.. Parsons.
| Now, who is Mr.. Bemis? He was p1s-
fessor at the University of Tennessee;
| but his teachings were too socialistis,
so they got rid OF him. He went 10
Chicago University. They soon got
rid of him too. Now he's in Kansas
and | think it's good place for him.
"Then Mr.. Parsons; he belongs To q
society for promoting government ewA-
ership of public works. I wrote to hfm
about this question. He's the head Of
his society's literary department.. He
wrote back and said his supply Of liter
ature was exhausted. l suppose the gsn-
tlemen on the other side got it.
''They lay everything on us. All the
people that have died left this world BE-
cause the city didn't own its water
works. They say the water is either 40
green as leaf or as yellow as fancy
lemonade and little government own
ership will purify it.
"Now if this were true, which I d0n't
admit, the people have the remedy in
their hands. If these greedy corpora
: tions-these fearful fellows-don't come
W to contract in their water, why they
simply forfeit their charter. That's
the size of it. And all this talk about
bad water is not business or sense"
Seven minutes was now given eaek
speaker for reply to argument brougkt
. out by his opponent. These Ian
!. speeches were bright and some of then