Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-20
CLEVELAND'S COURAGE.

CLEVELAND'S COURAGE.
The Nebraska State Journal (Republican),
pointedly observes: 1T has never been truth
fully said of Grover Cleveland that he was a
trimmer. He has always been man of rugged
convictions and rot afraid to give them utter
ance. Ordinarily the plain spoken man Is not
successful politician, but Mr.. Cleveland has been
winner in spite of his frankness. All this
may be attributed to his having studiously kept
within the bounds of reason in formulating his
opinions and giving them publicity. When emf
mes once gave it out that in the exuberance Of
his youthful ardor he had stumbled over gate
post and broken one of the commandments, he
wired the management if they had anything to
say about it TO tell the truth. He was rewarded
for his bravery by an election to the presidency
when verybody but Croker thought he would
be defeated"
The editor quoted thinks, however, that it
is we'll that Mr.. Cleveland has no further polit-
ica ambition in view of what he recently said a
bout woman's clubs, causing an excitement
among the advanced woman" throughout the
country similar in results to an unwary attack
hornets nest.
1t NAV be observed that herein is the advsn-
tage njoyed by an expresdent over president.
The former is entirely free and does not need
to consider beforehand the effect of his utter
ances. Mr.. Cleveland, however, is only living
up to the standard he established while active
ly in politics. 1t was characteristic of him then
as now to speak his mind freely without regard
to the consequences to himself, and this was one
of the chief sources of his popularity. He has
faced more serious outcries than the present,
and it is not at all likely that he will quail before
the wrath of the advanced women" or modify
his utterance Indifferent to their wishes.-Ma-
con Telegraph.
The newspapers have a great deal to
say about trusts and most of them-those not
dominated by a trust or trust agents, are APP
parently. very much opposed TO those organi-
cations that first slaughter competition and then
fatten on the life blood of helpless public, but
there is no more complete, greedy, dlabolical
trust than the concerns on which the printer is
dependent for supplies. Type made from metal
worth SC or &C per pound is sold to the printer at
a cost of from 4Oc to $1.OO per pound Ma
chimes that, in almost any other line of business
would be worth 500 cost the printer $500 or
$500. We have just received quotations on
couple of small mum bering machines that are
not bigger than mans fist that will not weigh
10 pounds, at the extraordinary close figures of
$3.50 with 2@6 discount Gold watches are much
cheaper, and they not set with diamonds
either Within the monthwe have received fifty
dash rules with the little acorns at the
top of this par agraph) from one of these
trust concerns for $3.50. Knowing that the
price was out of all reason we sent to Macon to
an individual who happened to have machine
on which these simple little dash rules could be
made, and without discussing the price he made
us fifty of the rules, much better than the trust
rules and infinitely superior in every respect
with the little leaf ornaments the reader will see
in the next column, and charged us only S1.OO.
The presumption is he would not have charged
us more than S1.00 for one hundred of them had
we ordered so many, but certainly $1.00 was
little enough price to be bothered with/a single
Job. This is no Joke, we write this for business
reasons. 1t is time the press looked to its own
interests and rights; to its own protection
against the trusts.