The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-04
Ohot Others
fire Saying.

"unquestionably the reign Of the
trusts helps TO keep the money OF men
OF moderate circumstances I'm the
banks, because IL so narrows the field
for profitable business by destroying
competition in so many lines. "-Buffa-
10 Courier.
Whatever may be thought OF the
proposition to make the election OF
the president dependent upon the pop
uiar vote, there IL now, more than
ever. good reason for weighing the adj
vantages To be gained BY lengthen-
ing OF the presidential tenure. A pres
ident holding office for six or seven
years, say, ana ineligible for re-elec-
tion would have time to formulate
and carry out definite policy. The
nation would be spared the recurrence
every four years of the disturbances
created by a national campaign" -
Chicago Record.
Gas IL now used so extensively for
cooking and heating. as well as foc
lighting. that the corporations which
send ii through the mains are heap
ing up glittering profits The gas war
is over. AT 81 "A thousand under pres
ent conditions the owners of the tanks
can Well afford To supply the finest
quality Of gas and still pay handsome
dividends, Can they be prevailed upon
To keep up "A high standard Of candle
power? They are not mslevolent at
heart. They are not planning deliber-
ately 10 ruin the eyesight of the house,
holds that pay the bills.
New Workers ask for gas of good
quality at 81 a thousand and an equit-
able pressure i'm the average burners.
Are they likely To get what the COM
panies are fairly bound 10 give them?"
New York Tribune.
-
Controller Coler's advice to work
ingmen, that they can accomplish
anything they undertake, If they will
make their tool the ballot instead
OF the boycott. is not new. but II is
extremely wise. Its acceptance. how
ever, must await the time when the
workingmen have learned to place
more reliance on intellectual force and
less on physical. and when they have
learned to think for themselves. in
stead OF following foolish leaders,
Philadelphia Ledger.
There are other devices besicesc toy
railroads 10 oinstil knowledge into youth
ful minds under the guise OF play Bat
tleship and torpedo boats supplied
with wet cell battery for motive
power will cut through the waves Of
an ordinary pond with decks awash.
Then there are automobiles operated
by electricity and manifold games OF
similar sort. The possession of
such toy is a stimulus 10 the boys
inventive capacity" kansas City
Star.
Possibilities of grave differences
are OF course self-evident, but it
should be remembered that, China be-
ing a party to The Hague Conference,
In case the issues become too involved
for the ordinary procedure OF diplo-
macy a great international court is at
hand 10 adjust the difficulties Ard
nothing could be more auspicious for
the peace of the world than the sue
cessful solution of Chinese problem
according 10 the principles OF justice
and international w."-Philadelphia
Press.
THE Cudahy case should remind
state legislatures, of which many are
10 meet lnls year, tnat statute
should be framed to punish abduction
and demand for ransom. We believe
the penalty should be death, since the
crime can be made productive to the
criminal only by the threat to murder
or main the prisoner held for ransom"
San Francisco Call.
"All this excitement about young
Mr.. Booz can at least teach one thing,
that there are some boys who are not
intended by Providence and early
training for an army career. Some Will
say that no young man IL intended by
Providence for the course OF sprouts
which the West Point cadets put one
another through, but certainly every