The Washington herald., 1906-12-30

ground between the two policies prefer
able We have government ownership and
operation Of railroads in all the Aus
tralian states, and so far as New South
Wales alone is concerned the roads are
conducted splendidly, giving the people a
satisfactory service at low cost and vet
leaving a reasonable margin OF profit
above the cost Of operation. In fact. our
New South Wales railways would pay
heavily but for the fact that some u the
earnings Of the strong lines go TO keep
up the on-prOftable ones. the branch
roads or feeders. The greatest cost OF
sending q Geographic message to any part
Of the country is > cents. / do not argue.
however. that because we have made a
success Of state ownership of public utll-
tiles that the same beneficial results could
be obtained in America with its totally
different conditions and its population Of
81, 90, 90"
At the Raleigh is Hon. N. J. wallrich. a
former member Of the Wisconsin Iegis-
lature. and a successful lawyer.
7 can tell you a story Of the little
town Of Shawano, in which I live" said
Mr. Wallrich, that might be interesting.
My fellow-townsmen made me mayor
some while ago. and ] came 10 the con-
clusion that, although it was a small
place. the people would be much ben
Gifted by owning and operating their
own electric light plant and waterwOrks.
Everybody got enthusiastic over the
proposition, and to-day We have the best
and cheapest lighting facilities and the
best water supply CT any small city in
the United States.
a great feature Of our municipal own
orchip scheme is the low cost 70 the citi-
zens Of their illumination The public
arc lights only cost Us S32 a year, al
though in other Wisconsin towns charges
range from 50 70 $50 per AMMAN. The
same low price is paid by the consumers
Of water. Of which we have an abundant
supply and Of the best quality"
can you guess what American citizen
smokes the finest and costliest cigars?'
asked Mr.. S 5. Richard. "a connoisseur Of
tobacco. to a party Of friends at the AT
lington.
Now. there are men who may occa-
si0naliy indulge in an expensive weed.
but the gentleman who habitually buys
and smokes the most expensive cigars
used in the United States is J. Pierp0nt
Morgan. Every time he finishes one there
has gone up In smoke $50 No. he does
not get them any cheaper by purchasing
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care from the most costly material 10 be
had in the island Of cuba, and when K
comes from the hand of the skilled work
man il is well nigh perfect. One New
York house has supplied these TO him for
years, and IL IS under orders 10 see THAI
the supply never falls below certain
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the only man I'm the United States who
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quence has been discovered here OUTSIDE
the North Carolina deposits, and though
a plant was built in New Jersey for
smelling foreign importati0ns it was
never used. shall have to ship all my
output to Hamburg for reduction.
a good tin mine nowadays would be
one of the most valuable properties. A
single car load of ore would be worth
from $3.50 10 Sle,003 ] expect 20 have
car load ready to export in a short while.
and 10 ship regularly thereafter. The