The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-03-16

Kansas appear to have been sleeping
on their rights. They suddenly find
that they are far better able to cope
with monopoly than they had sup
posed. The fact is that monopolies
have fastened themselves upon the
people largely because the people
have been Indifferent or have tried to
make themselves believe that the
trusts are good thing all round and
ought to be tolerated. There have
been laws that rightly applied would
check the trust and monopoly ten
dency, but these laws have not been
enforced and there has not been an
overwhelming demand on the part OF
the people that they should be en-
forced. Now, when the views of the
radicals have come to be generally
accepted, the danger is visible and
enforcement of the laws should follow
quickly.
THEY CAN STAND IT.
st. Louis Globe Democrat Col.
Warner, the new commissioner OF
pensions, notifies clerks in his depart
ment that taking their allotted vaca.
tion of one month each year will be
compulsory, on the theory that they
will do better work during the other
eleven months. As tar as heard from
the clerks are not going to strike on
this account.
THOSE WISE DANES.
Washington Star: A cable from
Copengagen says;
"Two Danish torpedo boats are wait
ing at Gjedesby to escort the Russian
third Pacific squandren through Dan.
ish waters"
Now this is something like. A truly
admirable arrangement all around.
The Russian sailors will become famil.
lar enough with torpedo boats to be
able to know one when they meet 1t
in the road, and the Danish fishermen
will have all their fears allayed. If
the English had only been so thought
full when the Baltic fleet started, and
escorted it in friendly spirit little
distance on the way, the Dogger Bank
affair would never have happened.
But we live and learn. One mans
meat is another mans poison. Those
dead English fishermen and their
sunken trawlers serve to make secure
the lives and property of the Danish
fishermen, and at the same time to
educate the Russians in distinguish
ing the shapes of war craft. Nothing
is lost in this world.
FIRE FIGHTING.
Toledo Blade: AS far as numbers
are concerned, the year promises to
make a new record in the matter of
fires. New Orleans heads the list thus
far, its losses from yesterdays con-
flagration aggregating five millions
of dollars. Chicago has had several,
while Omaha, New York, Boston,
Milwaukee and indianapolis have ad-
ded literally. Hot Springs suffered a
serious loss last week, when property
valued at o., ,OOO,O was destroyed.
To be sure, the total of these losses
is small in comparison with that sus-
tanned by Baltimore last year, but 1t
shows how powerless we are in com
batting the fiery element. In most
cities efforts are constantly making
to improve the system of fire protec.
tion, and yet with all our modern
equipment and drilled organization
we seem incapable of checking the
onward rush of the flames.
THE EXPRESS GRIP.
Boston Herald Under the parcels
post arrangements made by our gov
ernment with foreign countries it will
shortly be possible to send abroad par
cells of merchandise at the uniform
rate of twelve cents pound, with a
maximum of four pounds and six
ounces for each parcel. This means
rapid, convenient and cheap exchange
of small packages between the United
States, Great Britain, France, Ger
many and even far-off countries Of
the Orient. Arrangements are made
Il.