Evening star., 1905-11-11

de la Pompe the hotels -e Noailles. de Tou-
louise, de Livry, du Plessis and de Duras:
in the avenue de st. Cloud the hoteis oe
Gesvres de Guise, d Estrees and de SAINT
Simon These are but three streets out OF
many. The days Of castle life and cabals
in the provinces were over. The local dom-
nation OF the great iords was zone. IheIr
resources were swallowed up by the increas-
ing luxury of the court, and each year they
became more and more dependent on the
royal bounty. From the windows OF his
magnificent Galerie des Glaces the grand
monarch saw a horizon that was his own
work but within that gallery OF Versa1iles
he saw daily what was vastly more Inn
portant the French nobility at his feet. He
looked 70 right and left says Saint-Simon.
not only upon rising and upon going to
bed, but at his meals, In passing through
his apartments or his gardens of Versailles.
where alone the courtiers were allowed TO
follow him. He saw and noticed everybody;
not one escaped him. not even those who
hoped TO remain unnoticed. He marked well
all absentees from court, found out the
reason of their absence, and never lost an
opportunity of acting toward them as the
occasion might seem to justify. With some
Of the courtiers, the most distinguished IL
was a demerit not to make the court their
ordinary abode: with others 1t was fault
TO come but rarely: for those who never or
scarcely ever came II was certain disgrace.
When their names were mentioned in any
way. II do not know them" the king would
reply haughtily. Those who presented
themselves but seldom were thus charac-
terized They are people / never see
These DEGREES were irrevocable.'
versailles, therefore. was policy and
a system of government Versailles was
more than Il palace; II was world.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF RAIL-
WAY RATES; a Study of the Expert
ence of the United States. Germany,
France. Austria Hungary, Russia and
Australia. BY Hugo Richard Meyer.
assistant professor of political econ
IF,Nfxr NPf ifratr Nlrrr
York: The Macmillan Company.
There is no more important issue now
before the American people than that of
the proposition that the government in
tervene between the railroads and the ship
pers OF the country to regulate the rates
to be charged for service. Although the
question Is only few seasons old, a con-
siderable literature has already been
evolved. through the academic and profess
sonal studies of men whose interest has
been aroused either by their economic re-
searches or their direct connection with
the transportation Industry. Prof. Meyer
belongs to the former class. He was at
one time an advocate of the socialistic
doctrine of government supervision. When
he approached the study OF the subject
originally 1t was with very ardent be-
lief in the virtues OF government inter-
vention in the management of such indus
tries as transportation. That was twelve
years ago. What Professor Meyer has
learned since then OF government ownership
CT control OF railroads In Germany. Russia.
Australia and other countries has changed
him into an equally Jealous advocate of
the doctrine of "laissez faire." He now
holds and IN his book supports his con-
clusion with strong array of facts and
figures, that government regulation OF rail-
roads should be limited to the exercise OF
what may be called police powers that is,
to the prevention of the safety or the rights
of individuals and communities. The nx-
ing of rates of transportation by govern
ment authority he believes would hamper
Industry, restrict trade and impair pros
perity in the United States. as he shows
that IL has done In various foreign coun-
tries where It has been tried.
Prof. Meyer created somewhat OF SEN
sation by his testimony before the Senate
committee on interstate commerce last
May relative to the Esch-Townsend rate
regulation bill. then before that body.
LETTERS OF LABOR AND LOVE. BY
Samuel M. Jones. With an introduce
tlon by Brand Whitlock. With por-
trait. Indianapolis; The Bobbs-Mer-
rill Company.
''Golden-Rule' Jones, longtime mayor OF
Toledo. Ohio. became national figure In
the days of his political success. He had
Individuality. strongly defined. He had
abundant physical energy and high aspira-
tIons for the human race. Some people
said he was a mountebank. Those who
knew him personally Indignantly denied
this assertion, citing numerous instances
of kindly acts to prove his sincerity. Ger
tain 1t is that hs died In the full tide o9