The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-08
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Resolutions are cheap and one or the
cheapest OF this inexpensive class of com
modities Is the resolution introduced In
congress to direct the Department. OF com
morce to find out why, the price of cattle
being so low. the price or dressed beef
should be so high. The methods or the
beef trust are too we'll known TO require
moreover, the resolution In
question is still further cheapened by the
failure OF congress TO provide the funos
that would enable the department or
commerce to perform the inouisitorial
functions with which Il is invested by
law. II would be more to the purpose TO
confer on the federal courts jurisdiction
over common law crimes; for instance, the
crime Of forestalling the market. The
state courts could direct grand turies 10
find indictments when an offence which Is
indictable at common law has been COM
mitted. but they cannot take jurisdiction
Of crimes committed IN another state. The
federal courts can take cognizance only OF
offences made criminal by federal
statute. An act OF forestalling which does
not come within the precise terms or the
Antitrust law is, therefore, not cogniza-
bic either by the state or the federal tri-
bunals s"-Philadeiphia Record.
Poverty, discipline and hard work are
not bad for boy. They are good for him.
n he is to receive that better kind OF ed
ucation which makes one self-reliant and
able to succeed In some calling in which
he does not have 20 pass around the hat. y
Galveston News.
1.-The Colorado strikes were the result or
a deliberate plan to make trouble out OF
which the social labor party could gain
advantage. In that state the labor organ
izations were strong. the membership or
the unions numbering 10000 or more Col
orado was one OF the most prosperous In
dustral states in the Union at the be
ginning OF 1909 Labor was literally paid
and no complaints were made by the
workingmen themselves about the condi-
tions under which they worked. large
percentage OF the unions were under con-
tract 10 the employers. II was possible.
however, for the leaders TO order out on
one pretext or another the men who be.
longed 10 the unions. The result was that
| 3S.0 600 workingmen were out on strike In
| that state on an average OF five months
| each The strikers lost 1000 600 days work
| and. az a low estimate $40, 0O0 600 in wages
| The total loss In damage TO plants and by
nonproduction Is placed at sSo.0oooo0. II
| cost the state $3.50. 900 TO maintain the
peace by ordering out the militia And al
| this was because OF few politicians who
| had become labor leaders--men who work
ed the workingmen-beiieved they could
| secure control OF the state government by
| fomenting discord and lighting the fires
| OF class prejudice and hatred. "-Milwau-
| kee Sentinel.
1.-The protest and warning OF the COM
missioners OF the state reservation al
| Niagara are timely. They say that one
third OF the volume OF the river has al
ready been given away to power com
| panies on the American or Canadian side
and Il is time TO call halt. The preserva-
! ton OF the Falls In their beauty and
| grandeur Is vastly more important thar
| the enrichment OF water power specula-
| tors. Power can be found elsewhere bu,
| Niagara In unique. It's destruction would
| be a national disgrace. The Moslem con
andria, or the barbarians who gave the
generic name OF vandalism to such per
| formances. were less blameworthy thar
we should be II we ruined this priceless
gift OF nature intrusted to our keeping
They were ignorant and acted on theii
natural impulses as conquerors In de-
stroying what they did not prize. We pre-
tend TO appreciate Niagara and have state
laws TO guard II, yet show disposition tC
to let II be sacrificed 10 money making
Even then the legislature which Is sup
posed 10 guard the peoples interest In this
river and scenery. threatens 10 sacrifice IT,
not to the avarice OF the people them
selves, but to the avarice OF some private