The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

NAutQ0r OF tle N4uonai AID GOOD Road
Billy
Their with good instincts practices to
wards his children. In the domesti,
sphere 1t is always commended, because
1t il humane and decent and produces
only happiness and good. It is really tn,
measure Of efficiency and perfection il
free government. .tOf the people, By
the people, for the people," History
contains no record OF any savage tribe
with . geological survey, census blu.
reau, weather bureau, department Of
commerce and labor, or q division dis
tributing seeds, potatoes and turnips
free through its post ofiice. or even with
post ONCE to distribute them through
Government Of the people. by = tyrant
with = club. always lacks the alarming
attributes Of paternalism.
The trainers Of our national constitu-
ton. realizing that they were preparing
IN instrument by which the people Of
that and coming time were to evolve
the most perfect and effective govern
meof on hearth. Incorporated into that
instrument al the paternalism feasible
ct that period Of human knowledge, aud
provided for advance In knowledge by
Incorporating = provision empowering
congress to legislate for the general
welfare" It IL . fact that nearly al
the progress We have made in that gov
eminent has been In improving and add
Ing paternalistic features. In this year
Of grace, 1904. We shall expend in the
United States and our insular posses
sions practically $50. 00o. 900 for our
postal service alone, and that Ii typical
paternalism.
The most benencent way In which
kind father can assist his children d
BY helping them to help themselves.
That Is the principle Of the Brownlow
bill in % far - It involves any paternal-
Ism. A very interesting precedent for
government assistance and stimulus to
Z state. in . matter which the state
could not have carried out alone, has
been Afforded In California. The Fifty
sixth congress appropriated $l0O, 600, to
be used In conjunction with IN equal
amount appropriated by the legislature
Of California, to construct i dam across
the narrows Of the Yu6a river. one Of
the tributaries Of the Sacramento.
Hydraulic mining, one Of the industries
which had made California known q
the golden state, had been paralyxed
By Z decree Of the United States court.
al hydraulic mining on the
head waters Of the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers The debris washed
Town from the banks Of gravel, which
had been dissolved to get their hidden
gold, had been carried down BY the va
Lers and deposited upon the lowlands.
Farms had been destroyed, cities had
watched the rivers flowing BY gradually
aised until their bottoms were Tar
hove the streets and inundation pre-
ented only BY high leveess The only
method BY which such DAMAGE could
- prevented and the Industry resumed
~ to build dam and. BY thus holding
'ack the water. making . ssttling pond.
. do this on Z sulnciently extensive
Gale to AFFORD satisfactory inadequate
elief required : greater expendlture
han ChlifoEni6 felt that Il could AFFORD. |
She appealed to congress to help her |
nth the burden and congress respond
4. The dan = being built. Great |
ene0ts are anticipated. It b expected |
hit the object lesson thus AFFORDED willl
nduce The expenditure q much state |
"A nPfYnfn n0neY - = namN1lnr yss,v Il