The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-06


solutely necessary for existence are tick
ling their ears with my lady this and
my lady that and the rest OF US sneer.
1t Is unfortunate that the males OF the
species do not serve under another flag
that OF England. for example, where
ladies' are cheap. p."-SanFrancisco Call
From Paris comes a copy OF report
Of Quartermaster General Pavot, who IS
protector Of the scheme whereby we shall
in time be able TO go from Philadelphia
to Paris in the same car. The doou-
ment referred TO lacks much that the
cold, calculating investigator desires be-
fore making up his mind on a project OF
this sort, and especially before investing
his surplus. funds. II seems that Nd. Pavos
Is more of an enthusiast than an ex
plorer and that he has not made the
journey just completed a few weeks ago
by others OF which mention was made In
these columns. That man can go over
land from Paris TO New York has been
abundantly proved. Can he ever do 1t
by rail? This question Is not so complex
as II seems."-Phiiadelphia Inquirer.
"The government is an extravagant
manager and an Improbable investor
AS 1t costs the government more to
deepen channels. build war vessels, trans
likewise II would cost the government
more to mine coal than IL would cost any
private concern. IL would cost IL so
much more that we have no doubt OF
this:
Under government ownership OF the
mines coal never again would be as cheap
TO the consumer as II has been and Will
be when the strike Is settled.
There Is the pudding, the proof OF
which would have to be the public's eat
ing Now. President Roosevelt and the
Republican party do not propose federal
ownership and monopoly of the mines.
They propose federal control OF the mo-
nopoly owners OF the mines. New York
Press
"will some anti-revisionist kindly ex-
| plain why the American manufactures
| does not reverse the scheme and make a
| profit aboard in order that he may sell
at cost TO his home T'-Phila-
| delphia North American.
mo one in Argentina need fear a policy
| OF aggression on the part of the United
States in reference to any South Amer
lean state. The people OF this country
| do not want 10 take upon themselves the
solution OF the problems of Latin Amer
| Tea OF the government Of people as much
disposed 10 revolution and civil war as
the Inhabitants OF Colombia and som'
| other South American republics. s."-Den'
| yer Republican.
|
THE deprivation OF freedom for sea
| son is not regarded as terrible punish.
| ment to a great many of the class which
| fills our penal institutions. and the sub
| stantial benefit OF good board and bee
furnished free OF charge too often results
| In actually attracting the shiftless anC
depraved 10 the prison. n."-Philadelphi'
| Ledger.
| "The formation OF British custom
union would of course. hurt American
trade The tariff policy OF the Unite
states has not only tended 20 preven
the absorption OF Canada. II has also beef
| calculated 20 provoke retaliatory meas
ures agninst the nations commerce wit
tho British empire. ."--Ransas City Star.
'The trouble about n great strike iilt
that prevailing IN the anthracite region
is not alone In the scarcity ana hg
/ price of fuel the suffering of the striker
and the violence that sometimes crop
out One OF the evils n the soiemnit
with which heretical and ridiculous pro
positions I'm government and court iuris
diction are discussed by intelligent pco
plc one Of the things that II ought I
be safe To assume Is that the courts nr
not going into the coal digging business
either as principals OF trustees. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.