Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-03-31

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end. For this reason they will send
Hon. Edward Muclhoefcr back to the
City Council in April, as they claim Mr..
MuelhOefer was the best Alderman
who ever represented the Twenty.sec.
ond Ward In the Council chamber.
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When Ed Muelhoefer was In the
Council before he worked for the tax.
payer, and not for the tax-eater. Vote
for him next month and you won't re-.
gret having done 30.
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The people want lower fares more
than they want lower tunnels. They
want seats for their fares and better
ears.
The prospects are good for Washing
ton Park Club indictments this year.
The gang who have sold out the peo-
pie to the Union Traction Company are
throwing dust In the eyes of the citl-
Sens by shouting Lower the tunnels" I"
Their game Is to give the Traction
Company u new franchise next year.
b consideration of the lowering of the
tunnels.
This IL too thin.
The people see through the game
Cow.
II won't work.
The Government will force the low.
ering Of the tunnels, anyway.
What the people want Is a lowering
of car fares, more cars, better accom-
tIodatiOns and better service.
Only 1900 people are Interested In
bwering the tunnels, to wit: vessel
end dock owners.
Over 2.OOO,OOO people nre Interested
hi lowering street-car fares and In So.
curing the worth Of their money from
the corporations which have stolen
their streets.
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Chicago has the poorest street car
service In the world. especially since
the rcformcrs have been satisfied" by
the Union Traction Company.
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Republicans Of the Twenty first Ward
have nominated good, clean business
man, Mr.. q. j. Geltlerman, the we'll
known grocer, for Alderman.
A comparative untouched phase of
brought out In book called "North
American Forests and Forestry" by
Ernest Bruncken, a prominent West.
ern forester. Tho author incidentally
discusses the part which our forests
have had In shaping American charac.
ter ana our national history. This
phase Of the matter Is interesting both
as q historical study ana as u sugges.
ton OF the moral Us well rs economic
loss which must come with the denu-
dalton OF our forest areas. AL think.
Ing Americans know that tho forests
are an important factor In our CONNER.
cial life, and Mr.. Bruncken makes an
impressive statement OF tho way IN
which the lumber industry permeates
all the nations activities. But the part
played by the vast prlmeval forests In
creating American character Is not 30
generally realized. From the earliest
colonial times the forests have had a
moral and political effect In shaping
our history. In the seventeenth century
England was dependent upon Norway
AMI the Baltic provinces for Its timber
for ships. This was In various ways
disadvantageOus for England, so the
| American cOlOnlsts were encouraged
with bOunties to cut ship timbers.
masts, and other lumber for European
export. This trade, however, was
found to he Improbable on account Of
tho long ocean voyage, SO the Amerl-
can lumbermen began to develop a prof
table market In the West indies. This
was straightway interdicted by the
short-sighted British government, and
the bitter ana violent opposition Of the
/ colOnists against this tyrannlcal policy
ceased only with the end Of British
dominion. From that time to the pres.
ent the forests Of America have exer.
cised most important influence upOn
the nation, especially in creating the
self-reliance which Is the chief trait Of
the American character. The trappers,
hunters, explorers ana backwoods set.
tiers who went forth alone into the
dense forests received a schooling such
as nothing else could give. As the
forest closed behind the settler he knew
his future and that of his family must
henceforth depend upon himself, his
AK, his rifle. and the few simple uten-
sils no had brought with him. 1t was
a school that did not teach the graces,
but it made men past masters In c0ur-
age, pertinacity aud res0urcefulness. It
bred a new. simple and forceful type
Of man. Out of the midst Of that back
woods life came Abraham Lincoln, the
greatest example Of American states
manship the nation has produced. In
him was embodied all the inherent
greatness Of his early wilderness sur.
roundings. with scarcely trace of its
cOarser characteristics. As Mr.. Brunck.
en- says. mere remembrance OF what
the forests have given us In the past