The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

| nl3I OEltr joined Win pla tAN O.
knowledge viii always be il demand.
When a man has this equipment &c
| is likely 10 MAKE his way IL the
| world, when the ti.eorist and the
man with technical equipment fail in
| the struggle for existence.
The Angl0-Japanese treaty of alll-
ance will give Lord Kitchener ample
time TO perfect his plans OF defence
| for the Indian frontier. lie can now
| safely take ten years for the WORK.
and probably more if necessary nat
| he will go on with the work Is GER
| tain. He is too active man TO rust
ont, even IN India.
Although the packers have assum-
cd an air of Indifference since their
beautiful hanl-caryed indictments
were presented to them with tne
compliments of the Grand Jury. their
lawyers have improved each SHINING
hour and have collected several BUSH
e,5 of the neatest line Of technicall-
ties ever presented to the American
people, the Chicago News Observes
In his speech at Fredericks burg.
Va, President Roosevelt made the In
tere sting statement that when he is
through his present trip he will have
been in every State in the Union dur
ing his term as President. That VIII
be a record. so far as we are aware
reflects the New York Tribune. not
equalled by any recent President. and
perhaDs not by any President during
his term Of office.
In paper on The Cost Of Carry
ing a Passenger" read before the
Street Railway Accountants Assocla-
ton, at Philadelphia. Pa, c. l.. S.
Tingley Vice President OF the AM
erican Railway Company, of Philadel-
phia, stated that the average cost OF
a passenger is "A cents. He
supported the statement of w. e. Ely.
President of the American Street
Railway Association. that it has not
Yet been demonstrated that a general
fare of 5 cents can be charged with
profit.
While there is some difficulty in
getting ordinary work done, it IS al
most impossible to get the best work
done quickly in New York city in any
branch of skilled labor, declares the
New York Sun. You can get bad
work done with only little delay.
You cannot SGT really good work
lone no matter what You are will
NJ to pay, without waiting weeks
md perhaps months. There is
10 conspiracy on the part OF
ahor men to bring about this
ituation. The unusual demand has
.reated it. Americans are nc
onger going into heavy dangerous or
,irtv manual labor for living. Inn
Migration of skilled artisans is con-
family growing less. The country IS
apparently able to stand the nlgh
ills for labor. New York especially
as to wait to have its work done.
Skilled labor here doesn't have to
eek work. The labor is seeking it.
We have often declared our belief
hat the old-fashioned, sensitive bust
ess honor and integrity exist today
n our community, as they have
,avs existed. asserts the New Yor
,yening Post If we did net thin
his, we should be driven to adm
Ne financial community's moral re
anness and decay. The most
ouraging sign of the times, In {
=, N, is the scOrn and indignant
..lch the insurance disclosures HI
Weakened in the public. 1t seems
s high time, however, that tn
Use standards of business mora
nd common honesty, set up in ,
,most circles of finance, shoulf
lere repudiated What has bee
{ that high sense of public req
bility which, in matters OF ofi
rong-doing, has called ortfo
ANY times the ringing denuncPn
our Chambers Of Commenced
lr bankers conventions?
The Southern Cotton Assoeon
as undertaken a novel expernt'
hose results may establishe"
'inciples in economies. In Jon
,ntion at Asheville. North Ctha'
resolved to fix minimu1lce
eleven cents a pound for tlew
'op. which it estimates at q lo''
lies, or nearly five millioaleS
SIS than last years outputiere'
fore the price of cotton, lthal
other farm products, has nx-
by the free play of therket.
tie Southern Cotton Asatlon
+, have its Way. the ratfll De