Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
ON A TRIP EAST.
EDITOR WHITE STOPS A DAY AT
NIAGARA TO SEE IF THE
FALLS STILL FALL,
If he Don't Fall Into the Rapids OF
Into the Clutches of the Fakirs
He Will Continue His Journey
to Southampton New York,
His Old Home.

His Old Home.
Editorial Correspondence of the Ledger.
On TRAIN NEAR NIAGARA FALLS,
June "A, 1s9s.-We are riding, OF, I
should say, flying, on the famous Wa
bash Continental Limited, which will
account not only for my being quick
but disconnected. The Wabash is q
great road, with a perfect service and
it's Continental Limited ia the fastest
train on earth. Just think, you leave
St. Louis at 8 a. m. and reach New
York at 3p. m. next day and still have
time to take in Niagara Falls 81 route.
Taking Mexico as the center of the
earth You q 60 most anywhere in
the United States in SO hours. The
railroad service in this country is
really wonderful. A trip to New York
involves q little more time and a little
more money but no more trouble than
a trip to Benton City; no change of
cars, no loss of sleep and you need not
miss q meal.
In spite of the rains you would be
surprised how well the crops look gen.
orally. Corn Ia knee to waist high in
most places. Crops Of all kinds are
looking especially well in Michigan
and Ontario, Canada, although 1 saw
some splendid wheat and corn two
feet high In st. Charles county. 1t is
hard to beat grand old Missouri when
1t comes to good crops, taking one
year with another.
mote that Niagara Falls continues
to be one of the wonders of the world,
especially to newly welded people;
just why I don't know, although /
took my wife there just as soon as we
| were married. 1t ia wonderful how
they do get your money away from
you while there. A newly married
man generally wants to show his wife
how he a spend money. Maybe
that's the reason he goes up against
Niagara. After he gets through with
a weeks visit there he devotes the
rest of his life showing her how not
to spend money. Now, mind you,
that's what "they say" 1 am not CIV
ing my personal experience for my
wife Is a "constant reader" of the
LEDGER.
Inote with pleasure that n result
of the war will likely be the finishing
of the Nicaragua Canal. The demand
for the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal promises to become unanimous.
The platforms adopted by the Demo-
Gratis of Indiana and Arkansas, and by
the Ohio Republicans, echo the senti-
ment of the whole country in declar-
ing for the speedy construction of this
waterway. They also insist that the
work shall be done directly by the
Government, without the Intervention
of a corporation.
There will be no party division on the
canal question. Its necessity has been
made manifest by this war. The
American people want it; they want il
without needless delay, ana they are
willing to pay for it, but they want to
own it when they have paid for 1t.
I had intended to say something
about paved streets in this letter, but
my friend Leb Crigler, who is going
to write you some interesting letters
from the mountains of Colorado, is
going to say something about this; but
one thing is sure, we have not passed
through atown half as good as Mexico
that has not paved streets in the bust
ness part of the city. This leads me-
to ask, what's the matter with Mexicoi
1 never knew there were so many
flags in this world. Everywhere we
see "old glory" in all its glory, and ir
many places we note the Cuban flag
and the Union Jack side by side. II
three different cities 1 saw the Cubar
flag with old glory on one side and
the British flag on the other, and thes'
cities are not in the East, either. L
would be q grand thing if the flags o.
all the nations could be displayed
closer together without any fiutter o.
sputter from even those who are al
excitable as Missouri's now famoul
Populist curator of the State Univer'
sity, who came near having the rabieI
because a small Union Jack found it
way with a Cuban flag among the dec
orations Of the University of Missouri
at Columbia during commencement
week. Good feeling among nations /
Just as desirable as good feelings be
tween neighbors, communities ant
States. We can't have too much gooi
feeling in this world for the good o
che people. r. M. WHITE.