The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER.

ishOrt STAY announced that he now
lhad enough proxies to control the
looming elections in the New \ Ork
land Mutual Life insurance COM
IDanieS Ii this Is so we are sorry
jfor you. poor policy holders, as
lTom by his own confession has
been guilty OF every oifen~e
lcharged by him to his former ac-
lcomplices, and all he now wants
is to get control Of that little $500
100000 of your assets 80 that he
lean fight his enemies With your
money. Take care that in escap-
ling from Wall street wolves you
don't find yourself eaten by the
State street tiger. 1t hurts just
fas much, and you will be just as
dead when he is through. Take
lmy tip and get your proxy back
lquick, and give it to some one you
know to be honest.
"Pule food" Wy-lie, the chem
ist Of the Agricultural department
kspent most Of his time last week
talking to the Appropriation bill
Ecommittee in the House to see if
he could'n get big appropriation
10 spend. OF course, if he don't
get it he won't take nearly so
much interest in the pure food
question, for without it he won't
be able to run around and waste
his wind in delivering "if you eat
you die" addresses before the old
maids protective associations and
other female organizations, while
his infant class in chemistry waste
their time and the government
money in their turtle efforts to
prove that everything fit to eat
lis poison. Ana you, Mr.. TaXpay-
er, are paying for all this tommy
rot.
The enemies Of the ship subsidy
|industriously circulate the report
that this bin is being advocated
by the trusts. Nothing is more
false. The biggest shipping trust
On earth is the International Mer-
camille Marine owning over 1870
steamships, all in commission and
service. and out of the lot. If the
ship subsidy bill passes, only ten
will be entitled to subsidies. The
remainder are foreign built and
registered and could not collect
one dollar under the terms of the
bill. And so it is with all of the
rest of the so-called shipping
trusts. The subsidy bill i IA good
thing. and will build up American
shipbuilding and shipping, and
will result in cheaper rates of
freight and a saving Of millions to
the farmer, which the foreign ship
oers now collect from him every
year.
The Panama canal continues
lust as near completion as it has
been at any time in the past.
The testimony taken here before
the Senate committee shows that
it must be built by alien labor, as
the climatic conditions are such
that American labor cannot work
there. Engineer Stevens says
this his alien labor must be Chi
nese, as no other foreign labor is
suitable. If the work is continued
by the Jamaica negroes, it will take
much longer and be much more
iexpensive, as the Jamaica negro
won't do more than 25 per cent.
as much work as an ordinary
laborer. 1t is estimated that il
done by Chinese it can be finished
$50, 900, 900 cheaper than by Ja-
maicans. The Chinese govern
ment won't allow us to take Chi
nese unless it is done by respon-
sible people, and under the strong
est guarantee that they will be
taken back to China when through.
That is Just what we want. By all
means get the Chinese and save
our taxpayers that eighty mill
lions.
In order to build the canal by
| alien labor it is necessary that the
provisions of the eight-hour law
and the contract labor law be
made inapplicable to alien labor
employed in the canal zone during
1.-The construction of the canal.
Some steps to bring this about
have already been taken, and it is
reported that the Senate commit
tee are now framing general
bill which will govern the con-
struction Of the canal, and do
away with the red tape and vex-
| a+;ouc ,rohlenS which have tied