Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-01-18
j Few-Line Interviews.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

James ]. Hill-We have as nation
gone further in mastering the problems of
land transportation than any other co,in-
try in the world We have some advan-
tages over Europe i'll matters of railway
transportation on account of the enor-
nous size of our country and the length
of our extreme hauls. but even with that
a comparison of the rates paid by the
public i'll the United States with those
paid by the people in Europe is very in
structive. The average rates paid in
Great Britain is more than 2N cents
ton mile. The average OH the continent
outside of Russia is from . to 81 cents
per ton mile. Russia is about 8 cents
In the United States about mills is the
average rate. or less than one-third of the
average rate charged throughout Europe
whether the roads are operated by pr
vate corporations or by the respective
governments. In Germany the rate is
about . cents per ton mile. The rates
east Of Chicago are. l may say, u cent
mile. West of Chicago they are from
q of a cent to mills.
Andrew Carncgic-Capital. business
ability, manual labor are the legs of
three-legged stool. While tho three legs
stand sound and firm the stool stands,
but let any one of the three weaken and
break, let it be pulled out or struck out,
down goes the stool to the ground And
the stool is of no use until the third leg
is restored. Now. the capitalist is wrong
who thinks that capital is more important
than either of the other two legs. Their
support is essential to him. Without them
N,.N ,,,1v ~, l,
Business ability is wrong when it thinks
that the leg which it represents is the
most important. Without the legs of
capital and labor it is useless. And last
let it not be forgotten that labor also is
wrong, wildly wrong, when it assumes
that it is of more Importance than eithe,
of the two other legs. That idea ha.
been in the past the source of many sad
mistakes.
Matt Dougherty of Sydney, Neb.-
There is one improvement in the cattle.
sheep situation that am glad to see, and
which 1 have long hoped would come
around, and that is the realization on
the part of the sheepmcn of the need of
permanent pastures. The time is fast
drawing to a close when free and unre-
structed range can be had in the West.
The country is becoming too thickly pop
ulated. Those parts of the country
where it can be said that it is twenty to
forty miles from one ranch to another are
now very few, and the 'cattle on IL thou.
sand hills" have become the cattle on !:
thousand acres.
Capt. Il. n. Dickens, U. s. N.-The In.
diana was put out of commission because
the navy had not enough men to officer
and man her. Our navy. so far as ships.
ordnance and men go, is admirable. Bur
there is dearth of men and officers even
now. We can't, as it is. keep all orr
ships at sea. What will be the dscrcp.
ancy when the new ships building or soon
to be built are demanding men and otii-
GERS along with those ships we now have?
The crying need of the navy is more
men and officers, very many more.
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Bishop Thompson of Mississippi-I sup
pose there is n larger percentage of old
men in Mississippi than in any other
State-at least, it seems so to me, and
have been in good many. BY old
mean from so to 80. They are not de-
crepit old men who hug the fireside, but
are quite lively old fellows. There i.
no chance to become rich in AIississipph
Everybody knows it and does not worry
himself into IN early grave trying to.
The population OF Arizona is now 1872.
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