The Advocate and news., 1898-04-06

city would then receive an income or per-
haps 100000 a year, and the people of
this town would save 100000 that now
goes into the treasury Of the capitalists"
Ed. c. Little: Before there were street
railways, mems families lived over their
shops. Since the appearance Of the street
car the congestion In the center OF the
great cities has been relieved. This Is
because men who do business In the
city's center live at its circumference.
The diminutiOn in the death rate Is not
the least advantage secured. The street
car, which gives the families pure air.
play room, pleasant homes and the op-
portunities to live like human beings in
stead Of in pens like animals, Is the
greatest missionary Of modern times.
How important, then, becomes the ques-
tion Of cheap fares on street railroads
where 80 immense proportion OF
the people work for small incomes. This
could be secured by municipal owner
ship. Reasonable fares would enable
working men to move their families
away from the neighborhOod Of black
and dirty factories, out into pure air.
Better opportunities for its citizens to
make the most of themselves would i'm
prove the city and prove as effective an
economy as good schools.
Kansas City Star: The volume Of mail
business has grown to be so large and
such immense sums are paid to the rail-
roads for hauling 1t that the sensible
thing for the government to do Is to own
it's own mail cars and pay mileage to the
railroads for hauling them, just as the
express companies do. Experts who have
figured on the problem claim that this
plan would Immediately put the postal
department on paying basis. The postal
authorities declare that second-class mat
ter is carried at a loss; that a cent a
pound does not pay the actual cost Of
carrying newspapers and periodicals, and
several efforts have been made In Con-
gress to adopt stricter regulations re-
specting second-class matter, so as to
shut out literature that is published as
periodicals solely for the purpose Of taxi
ing advantage Of the second-class matter
rates. But the express companies, own
ing their cars, and paying mileage to the
railroads or hauling them, carry second
class matter for half the rates charged by
the government. They would not do this
il there were no profit in 1t.
American Banker: But before we take
the ultimate step, 1t Is our duty to ex-
haust all the resources which enlight-
ened and humanitarian craftsmanship
can suggest. Spain appears to have Of
fered the Cuban rebels a local system Of
government, which seems to be based
upon a liberal foundation. Why do the
Cuban insurgents reject It? Ought 1t not
to be q part of our business to impress
upon them the necessity for submission
in the interest of the hapless wretChes
that are now starving in the towns?
Have we sufficiently considered our duty
and privilege in that direction? Up to
the present we have followed a course
which gives moral support to the dis
affected elements, and thereby prolongs
the strife. We are mObilizing our fleets
and concentrating our army, and making
it appear that the end Of Cuban Oppres-
sion is possible only by way Of the
sword. OF course, we have been i'm
PEELED to take this course as the result
Of recent developments, but 1t ls not
too late to make the Cuban rebels feel
that they are not without considerable
measure Of responsibility for the suffer-
ing Of their hapless fellow creatures.
Thomas z. Watson: Let no man believe
that l despair of your (Populist) princi
pies, for do not. You stand for the yearn-
ing, upward tendency Of the middle and
lower classes. You stand where the re-
ormer has always stood-for improve
ment, for beneficial changes, for recogni-
ton of human brotherhood in its highest
sense, for equality before the law, and for
an industrial system which is not based
upon the right Of the strong to pillage the
weak. You stand as sworn foes Of monOp-
oly-nOt monopoly in the narrow sense
Of the wOrd-~but monopoly Of power, 0f
place, Of privilege, Of wealth, Of progress.
You stand knocking at the closed door