The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-21

or the sun during the winter months.
| That same Creator said. The earth Is the
Lords and the fullness thereof and you
can't mistake that for meaning that you
are TO gobble up all you can OF that
fullness and turn II into millions OF dol
| lars at big prices simply because you
happen 10 hold a decd for so many
| square feet of the earth surface that
| covers IL. IL would be as sensible for
you to claim an unlimited territory out
into the ocean. II your land happened
| TO border on II, thereby giving you the
/ possible chance OF taking in any of the
islands OF the sea that might happen TO
| come inside your boundaries. But Uncle
| Sam provides against that kind of hog
gishness by cutting you off at tide water.
and there your claim ends And In tho
matter OF valuable deposits below the
surface OF the earth your claim should
end by law at n depth OF one hundred
feet. and anything further than that
should remain the property of the people.
and Uncle Sam should open the mines
and turn those valuable deposits over TO
the people TO whom they belong at the
lowest cost, which should be simply for
mining and freighting 10 leir homes.
OF course for whatever surface Of your
land that he requires for the mining
plant he would pay for and pay you
well. but beyond that your claim should
end"
sounds good enough says the Dea-
con. Sounds all right, but you can't
make II work The Goals mine because
the law says 'tis, and / can turn IL into
as many million dollars as l want to. 1
can set the price, and Uncle Sam can't
help himself"
That's Just what wanted you to
say" says federation. That's just what
the great men that you have been speak
ing about are saying today. and just
what they have been saying for a good
many years And IL they'll only keep on
talking that way few years longer,
Uncle Sam will turn TO and take back his
own again, which lie should never have
allowed to have drifted away from him,
because he never was paid for those de-
posits, and they really belong TO the peo-
pie still; but because he's of a peaceful
turn OF mind he's let II drift along, hop
ing that some OF the mine owners would
have humane feeling enough to handle the
thing right for everybody concerned. But
they don't, and so the laws have got to
be changed so that the peoples coal bin
I'm the bowels of the. earth won't be en-
croached upon by anybody, any more
than the air will be encroached upon by
putting up the high buildings that they
call sky scrapers as they have in the
past"
Now, that's all nonsense" says the
from building as high as they can afford
TO into the air. II they own the founda-
ton there amt no limit until they reach
point where II may be considered un-
safe. You can build one story or forty IL
there's no danger OF II blowing down"
Deacon" says federation, you haven't
looked far enough ahead to grasp my
meaning. Can't you see by the signs OF
the times that aerial navigation is one
OF the things that's got to conner"
We'll" says the Deacon, "I calkerlate
II does look that way. but what has that
TO do with sky scrapers?"
ITS got this To do with it, says Toler-
alton: when airships are installed and
the rcu"as laid out TO the various big
cities OF the country Uncle Sam will be
obliged 10 maintain system OF light
houses on the tops OF the high buildings
that stick up above the others 10 prevent
the balloon rigs from humping up against
them In the night and causing ethereal
shipwrecks, and loss OF life that other
wise the government would have to set
tie for. That would mean a law restrict
ing the building OF structures above the
low water. or low air mark, and Uncle
sam would see that IL was enforced as
much as If you built an obstruction In the
path OF coasters along our New England |
shores. That's where we're drifting tor
We'll, / vum," says the Deacon, "lf the
drasticlty OF your arguments don't take |
all OF the fust prizes then I'll give up |
Lighthouses! Low air marks Airships |
No use talkin', If don't go home pretty |
soon. / won't know how TO figure whether |
I'm goin' or comm"
ITO he continued