The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-24

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idle as painted ship on painted
ocean. But that they may he kept i'm
operation the bill eliminates the former
provision that they shall carry cargoes
equal TO 30 per cent of their registered
tonnage. To make up for want of full
cargoes they will. it is assured, return
at least S3.OO0.OO0 of the subsidy in
postage, The abSurdity of this is seen
by the fact that with the exception of
the new line to England. which could
not absorb considerable share of
ocean mail service. and the line carry
Ing letters TO and from the army i'm the
Philippines the new lines would bring
small postal revenue to the Treasury.
If, as asserted. there be an enormous
deficit in the British postal revenues
for carrying ocean mails. what would
be the probable result to the United
States Treasury from this subsidy
scheme!-Philadelph Record.
Farms Not Making Millionaires.
The agriculturist of an agricultural
country cannot be benefited by tariff
on agricultural products But they can
he greatly injured by tariff on the
more than their foreign competitors for
the tools they use, the clothes they
wear. the food they purchase. the ma
terial needed for fences and buildings.
they are manifesuy handicapped in the
contest, and that is what the American
farmer is experiencing The farm is not
making any Schwabs or Carnegies or
Rockefellers or Morgans-at least not
These suddenly acquired for
tunes are not the result Of tilling the
soil. but the tillers of the soil are con-
tributing to every one OF them.-In-
dianapolis Sentinel
Leave No Trace of Occupancy.
The United States should now keep
their hands off Cuba. There should be
no cOaling stations. no naval or military
bases on the island. The government
We promised the Cubans has been form
with too much Interference
and will he finally established on
May 20, the day set for the evacuation
of Cuba by the United States troops.
After that date there should remain
no trace of United States occupancy
other than those monuments we have
erected there in the form of civil and
government. improved sani-
tation and educational methods. To
retain Cuban territory is to retain
Cuba. The evacuation must be COM
plete.-Utica, \. Y, Observer.
Senator Frye Right for Once.
Senator Frye is quite right in his
claim that the ship subsidy bill is "a
logical response to the demands and
the principles of the Republican party"
The Republican party has always held
that the many should be taxed for the
benefit Of the few. and the ship subsidy
does that. The Republican party has
always taken care of the wealthy men
that furnish campaign funds, and the
ship subsidy does that. The Republican
party has always brought forward its
under false pretense Of pub
lie benefit, and that is the guise In
which the subsidy appears. 1t is thor
oughly Republican.-Indianap Sen.
tinel
Suppressed Proof of Barbarity.
The report of the civil governor of
rayabas provinces in the Philippines,
which has finally been wrung from the
War Department, completely justifies
General Miles statement that the war
has been conducted with marked Sc.
verify" Its publication. coming sim
with the accounts of the
Waller court-martial at Manila, renders
The proof overwhelming Yet Mr.. Root
had this report in his possession when
ne wrote to the President ON March 3
hat the warfare in the Philippines had
been conducted with marked human
ty and magnanimity. Springfield Re
publican
The Pubic Will Have No Benefit.
The payment of subsidies to vessels,
they carry cargOeS or not, is
l gratuity Of no use to the public The
payment Of subsidies will not have the
Effect Of reducing freight rates parti-
lie. The Frye bill allows subsidies to
Tessels regardless Of their ages. An
obsolete type steamer may get sub
'idy. If the Senator thinks this kind
# business is popular it Is likely tc
discover that it is possible for its judg-
nent to make Observation-Disclosures.
,eapOlis Journal.
Have Themselves to Blame.
1t mag be said with truth that If the
blacks or whites of the South who
have been disfrancliised by the opera
ion Of the educational sections of the
ate constitutions were ambitious to
'Ote they would be able to learn enough |
o fulfill the conditions A man who
will spend his life without the knowl |
,dge to read when good papers may be |
lad at 81 per year and good books at ~ |
'ents per volume is not an object of |
Rapids Gazette.
Western Vo ers Are Disgusted.
That the voters of the West are al. |
eady making manifest their disgust Of |
he Republican party and its policies
$ evidenced by the fact that in last
weeks election in Western States. and
in Illinois. the Democrats
lave made very significant and unex
'ected gains, carrying some localities
which had never been carried by them
'efOre. No wonder the man in the
White House is worried over the situa
Telegram.