Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-08-24
THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY.

Mr.. M E. Ingalls,, at one time pres
iGent of the C. & O., who has recently
declared for VIM. j. Bryan, spoke last
week at a bankers convention at Pit
in Fay Ohio, in wbic' he is reported
to liavn u.ed the fn'i,,wing LANGUAGE:
Mr. Ingalls, Great ed something of a
stir nv declaring thar the greatest
menace to American business and
banking is he trade laws, particularly
the Hepburn and Sherman acts
Describing the Hepburn law. he said
it was the shippers who tempted the
railroads He thought the laws recent
~ passed by Congress and numerous
State legislatures ought to he entitled
Flaws in restraint of the commerce OF
the country" Mr. Ingalls, predicted
that u thin two years the capitol of
the country wonld he filled with ship
pers demanding change in the stat
utes.
If Mr. Ingalls, hopes for repeal OF
the Hepburn bill or the turning of
public opinion against the provisions
originally engrafted into the Sherman
bill, he must seek them in some other
way than by the election of VIM. j.
BRYAN. If Mr.. Bryan is elected, and he
| has a Congress behind him of his party
followers, not only will the Hepburn
| bill not be repealed, but is provisions
| will be enlarged and strengthened. Mr.
Ingalls, says it was the shippers who
lt.tempted'' the ralSOdds. Adam said
| it WAS 1.-The woman who gave unto me
aud | did eat The charge never
found Judgment in the minds of the
| world, and Adam s conduct in accusing
the woman of being the TEMPTER
never elevated him. 1t was AS III gen
erous and unmanIy rs 1t WAS untrue.
| Mr.. Ingalls, accusation of the shippers
is not worthy of him, and aill cause a
general smile to 60 over the public
countenance. The good, honest, high
min, ed railroads would never have
sinned, said Mr.. Ingalls,, bad it not
been for the tempter in the form of
the serpent-the shippers. A wooden
Indian, craven image. a jack of
spades, must surely have wrinkled its
face on hearing the accusation Mr..
Ingalls, should try again.
In another part of his speech Mr.
Ingalls, tells the public what it must
do to continue prosperity
Prosperity in America. he said. is
at a great height He sounded a note
of warning against the growing ten
dency of extravaganza among the
| American people. AS an illustration,
he said $400, 200, 900 had been spent in
automobiles in the last three or four
years.
Will Mr.. Ingalls, set the example, will
he, in order to be saved or to save the
country, go and do as Nicodemus was
told to do, sell all he has and give it to
the poor2 Will be live as common
people His luxurious home, his villa
at the Hot, bis sumptuOus private car,
his paraphernalia of wealth will of
| course be given away, al humble cot
tage will become his home if he prac-
tices what he breaches. In this ser
| mon to the bankers he has advanced a
| theory which must have sent all the
NicOdemnses about him away sorrow
| full, for they had great riches. Many
had automobiles we suspect. If any
one divorces himself from his ma
chine" on account of the wisdom of
MIR. Inga lls' speec we will be surpris.
ed. The country must be saved, but
the banker does not expect to save it
by any personal privation. He will
perform this feat by the opposite, he
will deprive the other fellow of luxu
ries. Thus only can prosperity con-
tinue.