The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-21

HuuSS more land IN DAY Inan the
government REPRESENTATION department
can reclaim in year. This huge bonus
on forest destruction is paid in the
sulse OF protective tariff on lumber
and wood pulp. Turn it whichever
way you will, the tariff on lumber and
wood pulp is nothing more nor less
than premium paid to favored few
for their work of destroying American
forests.
Congressman Burleson of Texas put
to the republican side the question
Are you with the president or with
the railroads in this fight for the reg
ulatiOn of freight Tates?" Owing TO
the fact that most of the republican
members are trying to be with both,
the answer was not audible.
The Grand Rapids Post puncturos
hypocritical pretence when it re-
marks that there are a great many
widows and orphans with stacks of
railroad stock who never receive any
pity save when it is proposed to enact
some railroad legislation that does
not meet with the approval of the
railroad managers.
The New York Sun is about to
read Hon. John Sharp Williams out
of the democratic party because he de
clares that the regulation of railroad
rates Is a democratic pinciple. But
Mr.. Williams is right, and the demo
Gratis will not run away from the prin-
clple merely because the president
chooses to endorse it.
Mr.. Dennis Donahue has now perpe-
trated four installments of his Law
son Expose" but has utterly failed to
show that what Lawson has said about
the system" is untrue. Mr.. Dona-
hue is shining example of the truth
OF the old saying that Language was
invented for the purpose of conceal
ing thoughts
The New York Sun seems to resent
Governor Folks determination to drive
the lobbyists out of Jefferson City and
says: Would it not be better to
give the crooked lobbyist plenty of
rope and let him hang himself?" The
Sun always keeps a supply of this kind
or rope on hand and stands ready to
cut any lobbyist down who tries to
hang himself.
The state that has one senator rep-
resenting the express companies and
another senator representing the vail
roads, certainly has a right to demand
representation for public interests. But
the state will not secure such rep
resentation until the people of that
state quit voting at the dictates of cor
poration bosses.
The administration organs that all
along have insisted that there was no
grating in the P. o. D. are now point
ing to Machen ct al as evidence that
the grating so rampant in the P. o. D.
will be sternly put down by the adj
ministration. The route around Robin
Hoods barn is a straight.away track
compared to the logic of the admistra.
ton organs.
The monthly magazine "How 20
Make Money" has failed. The Wall
street crowd already know how. and
the rest of us are so busy making a liE-
ing that we didn't have time to learn.
Some Of the financiers are complain
ing that there has been a fall in
the purchasing power of gold. This
is certainly astonishing information
from such a source, considering that
1t is not long since these same fnan-
ciers were asserting that gold was alb
solutely Interchangeable in value. Can
1t be possible that the f1nanciers are
learning that more money means
cheaper dollars?
In refreshing contrast to Governor
Pennypacker's assaults on the press
are the words of commentator for the
newspaper reporters spoken by retir-
ing Governor AycOck of South Caro-
lima. Governor AycOck paid the news
paper correspondents a high compli-
ment, saying that they had always
been his friends, and had helped to
make the administration a success.
Il have always trusted them fully"
sail Governor Aycock, and they never
betrayed the trust" This is also a
refreshing contrast to the eminent pub
lie gentlemen who find that their quot
ed utterances do not meet with popu-
lar approval, and then attempt to
hedge by the old and stereOtyped
claim that the reporters misquoted
me-"
Demurrage charges are familiar to
all shippers of goods. 1t is simply a
charge made for holding a car out of
service after a specified time from the
date of its delivery to the cOnsignee.
The railroads claim that the demur-
rage charges are necessary in order
to prevent cars from being unneces-
sally held out of service. A Nebraska
legislator of logical turn of mind mas
approached this plan from a new direc-
ton and introduced q bill requiring
railways to pay fine for every day a
shipper is kept waiting for a car after
he has ordered it. Railroads have
found that one of the easiest ways to
discourage competition is TO put up the
plea that they can not furnish cars
In this way favored shippers are giyea
an advantage and the elevator and cat
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