Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-17

ever NAV be its natural advantages, GER
tain II is that It never can be practically
useful to any great extent without being
greatly improved by art.
What the cost of this work would be /
am unable to say. 1t is probable. how
ever, that 1t would not be greater than Is
common to streams of the same length.
Finally. I believe the improvement of the
Sangamon river TO be vastly important
and highly desirable to the people of the
county. and. II elected. any measure In
the legislature having this for its object,
which may appear judicious. will meet my
appreciation and shall receive my support.
Opposed to Usny.
It appears that the practice OF drawing
money at exorbtant rates OF interest has
already been opened as field for dis
cussion, SO / suppose ] may enter upon 1t
without claiming the honor or risking the
danger which may await its first ex-
plorer. 1t seems as though we are never
TO have an end to this baneful and corrod-
ing system, acting almost as prejudcial
to the general interests of the community
as direct tax of several thousand dollars
annually laid on each county for the bene-
fit of few individuals only. unless there
be a law made fixing the limits of usury. A
law for this purpose, l am of opinion,
may be made without materially inJuring
any class of people. In cases OF extreme
necessity there could always be means
found to cheat the law, while in all other
cases 1t would have its intended effect I
would favor the passage of a law on
this subject which might not be very
easily evaded. Let it be such that the
labor and difficulty of evading It could
only be justified in cases of greatest ne
cesslty.
Upon the subject of education. not pre-
Stunning TO dictate any plan or system
respecting il. | can only say that / view
It as the most important subject which
we as people can be engaged in. That
every man may receive at least a mod
crate education and thereby be enabled to
read the histories Of his own and other
countries, by which he may duly appre,
ciAte the value OF our free institutions.
appears 10 be an object of vital impor-
lance. even on this account alone to say
nothing of the advantages and satisfac-
tion TO be derived from all being able to
read the Scriptures and other works. both
OF a religious and moral nature, for them
telves.
For my part, l desire TO see the time
when education-and by Its means mo-
rahty sobrety. enterprise and industry
shal. become much more general than
at present ard should be gratihed to have
n In my power to contribute something
10 *fle advancement of any measure which
might have a tendency to accelerate the
happy period.
But. fellow citizens, I shall conclude.
Considering the great degree of modesty
which should always attend youth. it Is
probable | have already been more pre-
susatng than becomes me. However, upon
the subjects of which 1 have treated l
have spoken az l have thought. 1 may
be wrong In regard TO any or all of them: !:
but holding It sound maxim that 1t Is
better only sometimes tc be right than at
all times wrong. sc soon as l discover my
upSnions TO be erroneous l shall be ready
to renounce them
Every man is said to have his peculiar
ambition. Whether it be true or not
can say. for one. that l have no other SC