davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

Wls pegA9m Asdhsr Die 4sFaioes.
ten Bon YehenNpsgs d1eTlnaSaelen,
ys,ngsen. gsomten uEu.. Oie ihnen on
Oxrtrsuten TouoS onqreiFen. am et'
Yer pclihIdlem Eorsei ehlen MHhlbei
traa AZ Ieilsem. ooS IN cine Sraae.
bic nia,t blob Ote sstticRdre nno De-
poneuica nicier 1innHSinItituie be-
id,dItiaca FoIlis, Ionoeru 0ndl ben
gsroFridrer. MnoercriettS mnB ertldrs
ipcrben, oos aud, bic polititer, ole
oieIen EinnnSinliitnten init Dem Ar.
Iinnen fcmmel,, eincn Hcttrog IN ole
GompoenetaTe AN Iefften, @erbre'
dlcr IinD. sic piIien, bob oG SeIoer
nuoeariIicn meroen, bic ben 5uIdill'
ocn @ebern nidbt seboren uno oab
6ieye ooram aad fein 9iedt BADEN,
tie on3uqreifen. Der Wlonn, Der IN
bieier SinIibt ON m,eiiten 9cIiinoiot
hat. lit Der BET 9ebseiten 10 piel be-
tpunDerte Mnrt 6anno.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

y NAtsgAN te NM
.csM @eAsm'ma A4W Sa@hA
MA .gal &m - hxV m
Mia. Nas. nukaaZ x@s -T
eNsaxaExm RsvFW Tvn~ Asess
,ufsA. Aaa hteg mme III psr @cs@stsxn
agpssa SmAsgrls tgseAl Nsan Rsai
mm apauauwA htSs oct ts 4ssstSurN
caeEass. FrSg. psS @eep. ShgElea
eneaeaen. gaS hlsfae NaHNsenaus
Slapaport es0t eslm S~ssSfnlsr csslet
bem. NvErm steeafteag mr. IlnEtin,
GxtranummeEn hgFssat.
Sa coelic Gano aW 20 ssuaaIt eta
avcg,cr GroSMndl ltatt. Der pen Ees
Itacrn Don AomnievIriIdie einen
sd,aeea pouE50o.u GOO SIubei perur'
Iad1te.
ein ~irauriacr Morfal etcianets ftdl
i'm Qird,borf 9sooeu. GoeHaey arete.
GaosSiublouo. Der anHecser SS.
@rettnnoel tam nit cinem. met Aei'
sem bclnoenen Dasen nadl Sauic
osTobren. Shm eutasscn elite lssne
oreiidbriae Tod ter ShereIia. 81 Dem
guoenblid ruIte ober ein Stooiabrer
eiaber. bic pFeroe idsnicn nno ri
len onS ; ooS arme gldoden serietb
inter ben Wagen, luuroe ilberIobrer'
uno AL Epoe erorii,ft.
Sn SeI3 hat man IN Der yted)t bon
wlontoe ouT ben II. September bic
@emeinoetohe inmmt benz Seloe.
5000 gubel uno % Rop.. SeStoblen,
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25
IieIer glimmer Iieat cine siuei
Ieiti9e 9eiIoee bel.

- 1ieler Summer Iieet cine sluei
9eiloae bel.
pbiIipp Gdon,ber hat bic aesu'
tur bon Der NluIitoIiens Sanoluns
Sobn Wlc2lrthnr & Cons IN aber'
been iiberncmmen.
s6- Sine sroBe guStuobI IN
Srouenr6den (GtirtS). Seoe @rbBe
lit su boben fir Granddaughter preiS.
Gurefa Bazaar.
am DienStos, ben 81. OCTOBER,
peranTioItet onS neusebiloete 8odIs
Ide Symphonic SrdeTter IN Der
Stoothale an Gurefo einen .6oIos
neen Bali. EidetS so SeutS.
auBer Weisen unb ionitisem
Seireioe fault 6err GmiI Sdlombcr
audi aubbdute. SdoISpeIse nno olle
Sorten Sele, nof;ir er ben bOditen
Marttpreis be3oblt.
pa~ Stenart StabIoTen fam nid)i
aeboten neroen.
s6r 2ebte Dode NOR id i'm Gu'
retd 8o5oor uno hobe MIDI iibers
3euat, ooP es tein Wunoer lit lpenn
bic gente iosen, bob bort oleS bill
liaer lit. 2lber nidDt ouein lit oaes
bilieer, Ipnbern audi lit oues III
ercBer Nusnnbl porbonoen mlo otc
beIien Daaren neroen Eur bort &c.
bdlten. AudD lit Die 8eoiemn9 i'm
Gurefa 9asoor Die bette. 6. z
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

Zen 3m0ngSfnnotttern unf Sen'
peren3lcrn, Die aegenwdrtia IN SIN
biono cine IebbaIte 2nmpo9ne fnb.
ren, entsesnet bic bort erIfeinenoe
9eiiune ,Sur Gtonbaro1: snniere
SdaIedht infcrmirten unb irre9eleitetcl,
Ereunbe IclIten niGt uergeFen, bob
Die eimSieen Gambler. in oenen Der
Der @enlB seiIti9er 6etrdnte ltren9
perboten lit, 3u9Ieif Iplde limb, pel'
dbe Itd) 3u %pFfenen Ge9nern oeS
GhriItenibumS uno ieiner Iiitlid1en
MmTd1Guuneeu b~efennen mir meusen
erEienS poS 2ono DeS ~tlnousipreh-
Iid,en@ Etrtcn nno ieineS 6arems
1rnb stpeiienS DItinbien, b0S 1ono
Der 6iuous. 9BeDer mlter oerEabne
bes 5uItanS, nod III OItinbien eibt
es @oIoonS. NodahmenSDertb
unb empIeblencperth ober oiirften
bic brrtieen 3uitdnbe IelbIt unleren
8uanesFnnniitern nidt erIdleinen.1
Gtimmt.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25
Glad, a,st Den Ra6eH.- Der

8. IS. Outings, Elm noblbetannter
EGrmer IN Sorton, Some, iost, oaB
CT Sahre lang seIitten bat, bis er fi6
i'm 5ebrunr hinieoen muBte, ba er
umTdbie tpor, irSeuo etpos Sn tban.
Sin barter ed,lag fir eiiten 6ormer
am anIong bes Sriibiohrs. Sruet
EIoIdoen aIpenfrinter BlutbeIebcr
brod,ten ihn pieoer %iofpeit ami Die
9eine, oaB er DUR ueberraidhnn9 lei'
ner GamiIie oiF ben 6of aeben nno
6oIs baden fonnte. Gr Iaat aud1,
bah eS idiabe Iei. oaB es nct Seute
aiebi, Die oieIes SeiImittel nod nid]t
fenneu. Sober, Der Germ 6oItin9s
beaeanet, pirb lid1erlid iiber Scr'
mis- Mlpentrduter DlutbeIeber 3u b9'
rem befommen. glur ourh Spe3ioL
glaenten pertouIt, Sdreibt on Or.
Deter Tobrnep e Cons So. 112-
118 90. 5upne ape.. Chicago. Su.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

VNKs NNW A. Nae2wess
msaee wB Sm asx g@Mwx
&Aaaiakamk. NSNMNs tem
ReM ama a1 vasnemsgmAsagIa0y m Awn
atana Aa wshmew $50 An ealsssTsAh
Mna agass MAsmmslyMm msFesm mSi
@sRaasnmnna smlaeaxm a~spsVusmsp
Tn zee ccMaanA ssehs plfhs we.
tannss WRo Nvuaans aW psm Ga0s ~
Neemev ala shens gstdsmes
aaltWnaSceR
g., 4. M0e.
NesauNaehgT.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

Wit Der beuti9en Nummer be'
oinnen mir nit Der Id6nen Gradbs
luna ,Seimtebr~, auf melhe mir
hermit uniere 2eier onimertiam
maiden ipollen.
poItor Or. Sdr5oer uon Gbt
caeo traI am SamStas in Gureta
elm, bon NO aus er iid in 8eeIet
tuue bon poItor 8rumtid nad Der
ct. 9ufas 2ird)e bel Solowater be.
oab, 100 er am Sonnto9 selegentIih
oes WliHionsieItes Die 5eitpreoist
bielt.
ansenebme 9eIuder IN unIerem
Souftum maren am Dlontae Serr
uuo Srau 6ottbelf StideI bon 2eoIa
uno Sotob 66briue nsbIt Sobn bon
Gong Cafe.
6err uno SSrou SottbiIi Sttdel
BON 9eoIa meiIten mebrere Gage
.oieIer Bode bel 9erpanhten in Gu.
refa ouI 9eIuh.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25
Mn M peier

msasn aQsno'eler arbsit wao oltdl
meaen glaunHmamasl fcnntem III ben
leBten giummevn pic NLrfeeuNaen
Der artifelIserien: TIE osuiidlen
0olonien IN 2hp gtubluno~. .Gm
Spasiergona curd Gurgto" uuo
Mus meinen A,emoircn- nidt sr
idieinen. 9Dir perccn nadhiienS. ica
bnlo Die sluSeigen etipa0 uodIohen
lperoen, n,it oCniclben Tortiohrcn uno
in ieoer glummer gieuiateiten ous
VI N B lano brinsen.
ar. Martin Reooficur.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

Die Der. Gtdoten Heeieruns bat
lid, IN Dem zireiie Srontreits ae9en
NenesueIa alf 9eiten Der erIteren
Wlod1t aeltent uno ibren @eionoten
NuiIea in Caracas inItruirt, bem
prdFoeuten Satire oies mit3utbeiIen.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25
enreta NM nmseeeas. ~

MmL kss4Nw NSa~rR awAva @Af
S-4aasmaew NJ &3Exg& aA am zee
saisnaA ~ ess av eaAasxw @AA
Mssass bwxmAaS wsn cptsw Amssa@s
EWnmbaaDst asn ssst whfahesh sNmsa
Ysnhaa Msfnhat es wa@kga &C.
1sm lmn,sa assamWMat has @tM ~
hssasgtrhem tm Eapse 1kaaf hxFa1
8xhAwes awlesk AlawsR, Am asgue
kann Aie gruslts IsauanM IA ess We
lormlsssn Qstste aasi. aAmlth Gsu
ychn @unceti ma Nvt NhrAs.Ha
Nlse, wsIdSs palses SeaF pcynahni
nnn ner 0ueil Gem AEautpaas 'ssilsh
Eeld,en RhaesrIseen als Nsl1shl 0eFs
hielt. Isa beihsn EEauipaaEslt utp'
lers berslid,Iigu Dlndmauldle
Ter .cuEsta gosoaF" bot IN
Turtle gate. ~, q, unier nentielbsH
stomsn Gin Srpsiaseidldt erriaist.
csm .Sotob 9ueler jung aiS ~e'
IyhaitcIlhrer uotitShi.
si6dafeu 2onrtop. oen 30. Of
toher, s,crmitineS 10 uhr Conn
~toaSIduls i'm III ubr. 0reoisi
GotteSoienh um AS uht abenoS /;
Dreoist pom llnterSeidlnetcn. ale
Iino Ircunolid,f ein9eIoocn.
Z. Ntorad,, Toitor.
@e'eaIdoSieoomen in DirainiCn
boben cine nidI.fiiiieuoc StIellid'att
aeoranoet uno wolen fid einen
StootsprieI perinoTieu. Die Warren
aeit IdDeint oo unteu Idon beoenteno
Dor benz 2orntoal an bssinnen.
Wittpe Satob SeseI bat nieie
Rode ibr SouS IN Guseta be6oSen.
gper elm gionp, Sroel ODER
IonIt elm SnItrument ga tauleu
piinidlt, Iprcde bel Gmil Sdlamber
Dor.
Sobn @utbmiIer hat Selo se'
Tunoen /; mcr oasSeIbe uerloren uno
eeuou aneeben fam, tann ooIielbe
bel linn obbolen.
Sefentli6e 8eriteigeruns.
am Donnerstos ben 2. Hcoember,
nm / llbr RahmittaSs, pe-oen IN
Gureta 40 pIeroe uno ponieS
5fentlid perlteisert meroen. aouf'
beoingunsen 5 Pro3ent ytabatt
bel 9oarSobImpg ODER 9e9en quite
I Siderbeit ouf / Sobr 3eit.
Inop WeinItein Bros.
8efamntm
on Die Sdrmer. oaB ih pom i. 9lo'
uember alb 0eIaarbeitcn nah ruilt
Iben uno nmerifaniIden Wtuitern
MAIDEN meroe. Mein ArbeitepIot
in GerreiO, Q. .. 8ini9e pretie.
% biItpp StIberman n,
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25
mnren eie 2anD soaien

oocr perfauien, reuicn Doer pe-ren'
ten. 6eIo auI 2ane bergen ODER Oer'
bcresn. IN ireeno einem Souttp IN
oieIer r~msesenb. 10 ipreden Die be'
mir Dor.
Sbeo. I. q. 6ieot.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

sow It's AtEEtlptxh pWnt It4pftgA8
geusas. SlseFslR, e.. e., habsu
ggel allste 4 R6ula uen Ghizag0
Aum Cirtttor hea osnilalsu llutsF.
sldie surAhll. 90 III olse MIN arc.
her @sWlru IuT beGoaIec Goigge. ea
proi RBnig etn betsuisneer pdhas
ecgc III, Gr wnToe la Y Iurt, 1hh
rin9sn, aeboreu un0 nnalnem er Die
elsmeniaridulcu ietneE 0~alerItaot
ahiptpiri hGtic, bchidlie er ba6 Steal,
onmnniium IN Dresden nnb oanu in
eerIin. boroui hehuic GrIemune
oeS FvnnB0Iidien cine g,ripof6uIe
in 8tni SdlpeiS, unit oroouirie ain
MsaIapmnniium in T5behh, 2ad,ieu.
alsponn lpinmete er iid benz 2hts
blum Der 1beologie nui Der unioers
Iitdt IN yeipSia, Weldc Stuoien er
iei. 2 Sabren i'm 2utheriIden Semis
nor in Sbicngo beenoiete.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

am EienStaa ben Z. November
FinSet in Der hieIiaeC Reiormirten
Rirbe Die Srouuna bon Satob 9un'
bert nit SRI. GbriTtina auapp I.att.
Sine srcBortise 6od5eit piro Der
Ielben inn Sauie Der Glteru oeS 9rdu'
tiaamS. 6errn uno Sran 6einridl
Gunoert, ~Ioloen.u =
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

Sin IIeiBiseS 7isnima Dhen
lpiro oni Ioiori 9eiudlt. Sute Sieis
lung uno CUTE @ebonoluns.
Srou Or. 60. b. ~ aloou.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25
SaIbiabrliher 8eri6t.

HaIbiabrlihsr perdt bsS StaetsAaeitors Der gtabt
surs'o. 9. o., fur ben init Dem l. sspt. 1906 en-
beHben Tetmtn.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25
Gefentlide 8eriteiseruns.
@efammtmahmna

on Die Sarmer. baB ih pom /. No'
uembero b 0eIaarbeitcn noh ruiii
Iben uno amerifaniihen WtuItern
madoen peroe. Wein Arbeiteplos
in GerreiO, @. .. 8iai9e Preiie.
phiItpp Silbermann n.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

MARk%AvsaTtNNwAvkNps&MN kvsk AyR*wttsxsfw
MA Mn8AA NJ N tANsbv
2A sas~a sV 49, N8wt
~ eaiaS Ns~M Pas xssssN
maa msa MsN s~1M sHas
49, psgNAa gsaawxw AuA k~@ NnsF
&m8SSsm 80 e @nsss a~ssa
s.gsEt Aet S4Asa tn e@ @sAEAhA
rasas asER@wA. maaamt mhM s~a
Rissaessm naah amssta " tae c@~e
hsMsa Gafssn 9ah@ atlgsN efaasst
me ~ kabsg e@A k'sa aaiss 50
sss Ness nmpxssu pettsa mnh, y
auv aaaes nsSh aaswidBs ssa
saw- Dtevti @ua 20 sssss Den
Ssn aEShisn aMe esiser Reaewn
Int ~ Ecu gAadelea nF go 60
lgin ylamy tl sleRtsas gle. 81
sM~ . ..-. GuFsta HaAaaE
Sehanu Ssissrih Miihelm. Der
u Sahu ollie Gehn pon nsEs nno
Itau Sohn Gtousg. III iett ashn Ia.
asn an appeubicitla ertT0ntt unc
bsiin0st ildl unier ssshauphana eon
d.. 1eroeS. ~ Der glahi pom
9tuutca oui TieuSiaa itiea Doe
Richer hsoeuteue. 0erbunnsu NIT
bejtiaen Gdmcrsep, 10 Bah Die be
Io,oteu eliern Hndltwadle halen
mubten. Scnic III cine leid,te SCie'
runa IN benz 9eiinocn oeS Rrnnten
AZ u~erAeidlnen. sssaa Uaus
SIN IleiRiseS 7ienituna Dheti
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

hNbF@ mhe gSgF
shahs Assugbi aslps isei lam @a.
tesa xAassaE. pa pespsn aigsibeH
.laI las astiia Ipeaasasbsm.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-10-25

ausfsbenOs sSarrauts aui General
GpnO Sits
New-York tribune., 1905-01-02
THE EAST BOSTON TUNNEL.

The new link in Boston's local transportation
system which was opened to public service iast
week is practically without a parallel III tniS
country COnduits dive under the main stream
OF the Chicago River and the South Branch LOT
the accommodation of streetcars, Dut theSe
hardly deserve consideration, because the Pol- ao
tions which are under water hardly eAceeo "o0
or 400 feet in length. a tunnel uhder tue ''-
Clair. between Port Huron and Sarnla' was
completed in 1890, but this is used by trunk
railway and was not designed for SUBURBAN
traffic The submarine section of the East boS-
ton subway is 2,700 feet long. Having been
begun long before any work was done on the
tunnel from the Battery, in this city, to Brook
lyn il was natural that it should be finished
sooner. Besides, the East River tunnel win be
half as long again, measuring 1000 feet from
shore to shore. Nevertheless, Boston has shown
commendable enterprise. In point of popuia-
ton she ranks fifth among the cities of the
United States, but she has put larger places to
the blush by her spirit of progress.
In one respect there is a close similarity In
the business part OF Boston to the older city
of New-York. 1t is situated on a peninsula, the
South Bay hemming 1t in on one side and the
Charles River on another. Charleston, its north
ern suburb lies between the Charles and the
Mystic, and off to the eastward, in a position
somewhat corresponding TO Brooklyn, is East
Boston. Charleston has been readily accessible
by bridges, but East Boston has until now been
reached only by ferry. By avoiding the neces-
sity for changing from one vehicle to another
the residents of that suburb will now be better
served than ever before. to say nothing Of the
saving Of time which is made possible. They
already enjoy the same facilities which the tun-
mel under the Hudson from Jersey City to Nor
ton-st, Manhattan, will eventually afford, and
which will be extended to Brooklyn when her
subway is completed to the foot of Joralemon-
ST. The submarine connection with the Bat
terry, it is asserted, will be ready first, but il
will be useless until trains can be run at least
as far tlatbush-ave.
Philadelphia, over whose conservatism 1t has
been customary to make no end Of Jokes, Is
about to initiate New-York and Boston Ac-
cordng to Engineering News" the trolleys
there will soon be supplemented by real rapid
transit system. The latter will be a comhna-
ton of an elevated road in some parts of the
city, subway in others and tunnel under the
Schuylkin Philadelphia has been so completely
gridironed with surface car lines that she has
apparently suffered compare lively little from in
sufhclent transit facilities thus far, but by pro-
Tidlng additional facilities at another level
either higher or lower, she will be greatly
benefited.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-02
mopERY Political EcoNoMY.

II anvbodv sllpposes that a talk about politi-
cal economy must necessarily prove dry, he
should get the last number Of Science and
glance at the chief address delivered at the
recent meeting Of the American Association of
science II he has any regard for the business
prosperity of his country. and any sympathy
with his fellow man, he viii be richly rewarded
for the trouble The discourse in question is
fhat of the retiring president Of the organiza-
lion lust mentioned, Carroll d. Wright, who
was long Commissioner OF Labor for Massa-
chusetts, who now occupies a similar post at
Washington and who was superintendent Of the
Eleventh United States Census.
Much Of the address was devoted TO showing
how extensively it has been necessary to mod
sly old theories. Nautilus thought that the fut-
IRE increase in population would outrun that OF
The food supply. Owing 70 the invention Of
machinery. the adoption OF Intensive meth
DDS IN agriculture and other forces, no trouble
has yet been experienced, and Commissioner
Wright says that IL need not be anticipated for
a century. The ancient doctrine about wages
was that they must be paid out Of past accumu-
lations Of capital. and that the latter placed a
limit on them. The new doctrine, held by the
late Francis A. Walker and others, is that
wages are paid out of the product of the pres
ent industry. Again, the world used TO hear
much about diminishing returns" The utiliza-
tries and the changes that have occurred in
agriculture now largely lnvalidate the law thus
designated.
The most radical alteration which political
economy has undergone Ia the last few years is
IN ifs scope. BY John Stuart Mill and his school
Il was confined TO study OF the acquisition. dis
irbution and exchange OF wealth Now II is
aEnexing the territory OF sociology. Econ
onlists are beginning 10 recognize the impor-
tance Of investigating the condition Of the peo-
pie st large. The kind OF food which combines
ButTition with cheapness and enables the work
Insn 10 do his best, public sanitation and a host
Of kindred matters have a greater practical In
ferest than learned disGuisitions on rent ana
interest and they not only deserve careful
study. but are gradually receiving it. Accord
ingly. Commissioner Wright thinks that the best
name for the branch Of science with which he
is himself identified Is social economics"
passing reference 10 the tariff by the retir.
ing president Of the American association de-
serves notice. He assumes that this form of
taxation Is dictated by considerations of ex.
pediency and not by any principle; and he be-
New-York tribune., 1905-01-02
LESSONS At PANANA.

The article on the causes of French failures
at Panama which we print elsewhere In this
mornings Tribune presents in a striking light
some fundamentally important lessons. The
disastrous magnitude of the French failures is
in general terms, an old story. The explicit
causes Of those failures and the apt application
of their examples TO our own rules of pro-
cedure have not always hitherto been sufi-
ciently considered. Our staff contributor. who
has been studying the whole matter the
spot presents these features of the case in a
light that is at once warning and FeasSUring
For his warnings there is obviously ample
cause 1t is to be hoped that for his reassur
ance there is equal ground.
There were many reasons why 1t was essen
tai that our government should have entire
and perpetual control of the canal and the re-
glon along its banks. The one which our writer
exploits was perhaps not made the most con-
spicuous of them at the time. In view Of the
experience of the past however. it seems pretty
clear that that one reason alone would have
been sufficient to make this country insist upon
such an arrangement. For us TO get along un-
der such an administration as the old Colom-
bian government imposed upon the French
would be simply impossible. And, no matter
how just and friendly the Panaman government
may be. there would inevitably be friction be-
tween it and us if were conducting our
great enterprise on ground unuer llS ulreCl
control. The temperaments Of the two peoples
are too unlike and their administrative meth
DDS are too different. The only safe and ra-
tionai course was the one which was so wisely
adopted in the making of our canal treaty with
Panama. 1t is best for the Panamans, and it
is best for us.
The question of graft" need not here be
discussed. But a word should be said as to
the need of guarding against not only actual
corruption but also even the narrowest pre-
ventable margin of error. The Canal Commits
sion as at present constituted. is as responsible
for the whole business the directors of
bank are-or should be-for all its doings. Well,
we all know too painfully well what unpleas-
ant results have now and then come from
banks having directors who for one reason or
another, did not direct The Canal Commission
owes it to lUself and to the high and 1awless
repute of its members, to see to it that it does
actually as well as nominally, direct the work
of the canal. Opinions may differ as to the
need of reorganization, as to the advisabilty of
reduction of numbers and to the necessity
of practically continuous residence upon the
isthmus-though respecting this last point the
weight OF argument seems to be decidedly upon
the side taken by our writer There can be no
difference Of opinion as to the responsibility to
which the commission, however constituted and
conducted, will be held.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-02
TAINTED FRANCHISES.

Governor-elect Folk of Missouri, In his zeal
for reform, has hit upon the idea OF forfeiting
public franchises obtained by bribery. The plan
is which naturally suggests itself to an
honest man. The people as a whole seem
titled to the same protection against being de-
prived Of their property by fraud which is
given to individual A deed obtained by
fraud may be set aside. Why not franchise?
The obvious objection, of course. is that fran
chise is generally asset Of a corporation in
which innocent persons have invested, and that
II would be unjust to forfeit the values which
they obtained in good faith from the thieves.
On the other hand it may be said that the city
or State is n corporation Of innocent investors,
and they are not voluntary investors, either.
They have to pay taxes, and the waste Of their
property is quite as much hardship and an In
justice the forfeiture of the property of inno-
cent investors in a fraudulently obtained fran
chise. The doctrine of c1redt emptor may be
thought to apply here and warn investors, who
have a free choice against buying stolen goods.
II they did have TO buy at their own risk in
such cases, stockholders might be more care
full about the conduct Of corporations and more
insistent on strict regulations and full reports.
So far as this State is concerned. the Ques-
ton is purely academic The Court of Ap-
peals in the old Broadway Railroad cases sus-
tanned the validity of a franchise based on
c0rrupllon- 1uS aldermen cOI1nlILeQ a CrlLue
when they voted for it. They stole the city's
property and gave it to their fellow thieves,
yet the city was held bound forever to treat
the stolen goods as the lawful property of 'in-
nocent investors" The railroad corporation
was, we believe, dissolved for its unlawful
actions. but the property which it had crimi-
nally obtained was handed over to be admins
tered for the benefit Of the individuals compos-
ing it, and passed on to q new company. 1t
may well be doubted if Mr.. Folk would have
much better fortune than the New-York t4x-
payers in overcoming the theory that a vested
wrong can by few sales on the Stock Ex-
change be converted into vested right
The lesson Of the situation confronting u.s. at
least IN New-York, is the desirability of strict
general laws limiting the terms and duration
Of franchises, so that no tremendous or irrep-
arabic wrong may be done by unfaithful SER
wants, and the wisdom Of taxing franchises to
their full value as property. thereby assuring
to the people the benefit Of their franchises even
If they are granted dishonesty and without due
compensation. New-York has taken some i'm
portant steps both in limiting and In taxing
franchises. Perhaps Mr.. Folk may find help In
the study Of our statute books