The Portland daily press., 1900-12-29
POWERS Is IN IT OPENLY.
(Hoult,n Pior eer.

(Hoult1n Pior eer.
Brother Hall, the editor ADd owner of
the Aroost )ok Repuhli an, comes out In
a lengthy al tlcie or editorial claiming
that Congressman Bou sIle, thrnneh h's
daughter, hls expressed a with that
Joserh E. Hall, brother OF the edit lr
should be his successor. We regret nat be
has desmed It necessary to use Miss Bou-
{ lies name In tais connection, or tn
she should be induced in the least I'd mix
mp In this matter.
We have NO unkind words ID ssy of Mr..
Joseph h. Hall. Some two or three
years ago he became seorettry to Con-
grsssman' Boutaiie's Commits. se. Up 20
taat time he was. as We are reliably in-
formed, resident OF the stlte OF Mime
sofa, and was charged in Washington 6
that state as part of its quota OF patroil-
age. He had lived In the West many
years and grown up in that country. He
mas never in any way, to our knowledge,
been identified with Aroostook Countv
or with her interests, or to any consider
able extent with the fourth district or
the people OF Maine We are informed he
owns home, recently purchased, ana
has law Office in Bangor, where we sup
pose he voted last election, and We have
no doubt he is one CT Bangor gooc
citizens, but + enobscot County has flied
this office TWENTY-FIVE years. AEsoEtooE
tion Of the Republican party, in 1856. l.
has become large and strong Republi-
can county. 1t seems but fair that When
q successor Is TO be selected to Congress
man Bontelle, II she presents man emil
nentIy lifted for the place, her local claim
should be recognized. She will not pre-
sent MIR. Hall She will present, and the
Pioneer believes Unanimously, Governor
Llewellyn Powers. He is we'll known IN
the district Certainly tbs people @!
Aroostook believe in him ana believe also
that he will pe lit successor TO Congress
man Boutells. And we predict that any
attempt induced by family reasons 10
SUI ender the Just rights of Aroostoos
will not swerve one dslegate from the
support of Mr. Powers.
HARD WORK 70 GET RICH,
(Boston Herald.)
This is q very wealthy country, and nli
OF us feel that, IL not exactly millionaire :
ourselves, we are, at any fare, the eoun-
trymen OF scores of multimiilioEalree,
VINO can match purses with the richest
men of effets Europe and have a decide }
advantage in the comparison Yet. every
now and then one comes across chilling
fact, which shows that. even iii thi:
wealthy land, the average worker has a
gool dsai OF difficulty In keeping the
wolf a. safe distance from the door. We
lind such fact In the forty second az
nual report of the Maine railroad com
missionsrs, as telegraphnd from Augusta
In this document is is stated that, In ths
twelve months covered by the return,
teere were 7240 persone employed upob
the steam and strest railroads OF Maine,
aud that they received in wages 81 ll6.
654 90. Note the cents, IL you please, as
evidence of the exactaess or the colnputa-
tion.
When you divide this amount among
7240 persoHs, it gives each smpl0ye an
average OF s503 10 for the years earnings
TIE report ands tha5 the number of ger.
sons dependent upon these employes is
ssnot far from S5, ,000." We find some
difficulty in giving full credencs to this
last assertion. 1t would imply that eacn
employe had more than four persons
q 27 to be precise about ir) dependent
upon him or her for support. That is SO
much above ths proportion OF dependants
on earners shown by ths national census
of 1890 that we ara disposed TO question
ths figures. III thu statementd bs accur-
ate, 1t would show only $l00. 65 a year rer
capita for thu support of the railroad en-
ploye and his family. This looks unreas-
onably low; but, even II you increase it
by one-fourth. fhs per capita allowance
would be but Sl25 on this average, or, to
sreAk roundly, $40 month
1t must also be Kept in mind that for
tnTSS WdSoSy dNcAA9AhS p-0 EC0o-A 10 q Jcai
to each employe, the earners had to do q
great aeal CT hard ana responsible WORK,
in the performances OF which thsy were
subject to trying exposure In all KINDS
of weather, and were literally Obliged
all shs time to carry their slivss In thsir
hands, as is shown by tbs number OF
railroad employees killed OF seriously In
jured in this performance Of thsir hazard
GUS labors. 1hs United States, as we
have said, is a very wealthy country, bat
only a small share of this wealth comes
within ihs reach of the vast majority of
Americans.