The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-07
HARAAAh WANTS
dep WATERWAY
ALTHOUGH |. 6. RUNS PARALLEL
TO PROPOSED ROUTE II
WILL BENEFIT.
HAS BEEN HANDICAPPED
ny Tremendous Frei9htaoe IN Past
Ycars--NeWs From chicspo-
VI Bootblack King Bishop Fai-
lows Scores Hopkins.

Chicago. Oct G.-One fact looms i'm
lpurtant when looking back at tha
fsgcat convention at Memphis of the
Lakes TO the-Gulf Deep waterway as,
Isociation, at which President Rcose-
lvclt among others helped to stir en-
lthusiastic determination that the wat;
Eerways Of the country should be put ~
Ipropcr use. The Illinois Central Rail
Iway was found to be friend and
mot an enemy OF the waterway i'm
provcmcnt although Its line will be
paralleled by the deep channel from
Chicago to New Orleans. President
Harahan expressed himself In no un.
certain way and gave his reasons
The railroads have been utterly i'm
able 70 handle the tremendous traffic
which has been offered them during
the past few years he said I'm
my judgment, they win be unable to
handle all the traffic for many years
to come, 50 that no matter how many
waterways there may be, the railroads
will not be hurt by reason Of tonnage
taken from them On the other hand.
deep waterway would furnish an
outlet for great mass Of low grade
tonnage and slow freight and therehy
give the railroads chance 10 better
take care Of the highgrade freight
/ also think 1t In easy Of demonstra
tion that the proposed highway would
give great impetus to the develop
mcnt of the south, especially IN
nlaggf..fats fats,ts Vi ldt 'sr ''ss'' 'sss
snN sslts Iw~....,isi l.@~HpSe u
they would get the vastly increasea
tonnage IL the finished proauct whicr
has To 20 everywhere away from tae
|line of the waterways
BootbIack King.
New behold the Bootblack King cf
chicago. one who fs In the magnate
Eclass. who rides to his office 10 an
automobile, dictates letters an hour Or
1.-TWO and rides away worrying over Y
fortune Of 100000 or more Flfteea
wears ago Angelo Geocaris was bsacN
ling shoes in dusty Athens, Greece NJ
ltbre shines for a penny Fonr'se
lvear ago he landed in Chicago Wild
lthrce cents and no education. New a
lhas twenty odd shoe-shining raF'or'
Iparlors in Chicago. Milwaukee, De-
Itro,t 1t. Louis. Omaha and Kansas
lefty and he employs over zoV men
and boys. That is where his mag
lnate-ship was discovered. for the led
eral inquiry into the "padronc system
| has put spotlight on the Greek
| lboys employed" by Geocaris- Ihcy
are said to he paid but pittance AZ
lthough the net income of Geocaris ts
$4,000 a year. Chicago is said "
spend s3O0.0 900 year for shines and
lGeocaris has set the unit, the stand
ard price, at cents instead Of 10.
Bishop FslIows Indignant.
Indignantly Bishop Failows has met
the recent shocking and sensation
al" pulpit utterauees OF Rev. r. Il
HOPKINS about Chicago women. Rev
Mr. HOPKINS declared that drinking
was so prevalent among the women o.
Chicago that a race of degeneraies
might be expected. Then TO prove Ms
assertion, against the ridicuie ans
emphatic protest OF the women. he WIS
lited n number of cafes where wins
Hist is printed on the menu card'
and drinking is a matter OF course
l..o,.t of the 100000 or more women
in Chicago not less than 26s we're act
uaIIv seen 10 drink intoxicants." was
gishop Fallows' comment NOW
candldly. does that mean anythine
Does Il matter whether he saw tns
2G9 take soup. blue points. TURKEY
coffee or champagneT What signin
cance Is there in the fact7 Does tns'
prove anything about the sss'1si oth
tcr women" According to the mrs
assertions about the sobriety OF ths
ladies. bless 'em. II would be neces
sarv TO prove half a million OF then
regularly drenched themselves WI
alcohol Women's clubs have denie'
the allegation and described the ale
gator as "a scream.