Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-20

move the crops, and everywhere is
a demand for more cars. The trans
portation corporations have come to
the conclusion that they are not equal
to the business demand; even James
]. Hill now favors the restoration and
improvement of our waterways. Since
opposition has ceased, there is no
doubt that our navigable rivers will
receive due attention from Congress,
and Mississippi will be one of the
first states to derive immediate bene-
fit. The News forecasts with con-
fidence an extraordinary growth for
Hattiesburg within the next few
years.
The Washington Correspondents of
the New Orleans papers keeps busy
discussing the various Republican
presidential possibilities. There is IA
end to the subject, it is an enviable
job. The News will gladly furnish
two columns or more daily for an in
definite length of time at reasonable
rates. Unfortunately it's own space is
taken up with more important and
timely matter, hence it cannot afford
to dilate upon a subject which may
be condensed in three letters: rot
The Republican candidate interests us
much less than possible standard
bearer of the Democracy, the more so
since the HOPELESS muddle of the Dem
ocratic party in the Northern States
renders the necessity of a Southern
candidate more and more obvious. 1t
is a bitter pill to swallow for the
owners of papers who have personal
interest in the election of W. ].
Bryan.
In the Harriman-Fish fight for the
control of the Illinois Central R. R.,
it looks very much as if the stock
holders are between the ID and the
deep sea. Popular sympathy, however,
seems to be with Stuyvesant Fish, first
because he is the under-dog, and next
because Mr. Hartman is heartily mis-
trusted by the public. The methods
of that meteoric railroad magnate
savors too much of "get-rich-quick"
schemes to enlist sympathy. Here
in Mississippi we have railroad King
who is liked and trusted by every
body; but theer is a vast difference
between ]. T. Jones and E. H. Harri-
man. The former has never intro
duced Wall Street methods in his
management of the G. & S. l.
Wall Street is in distress and pre-
diets financial disaster. The South
and West are busy exchanging crops
for coin of the realm and decline to
invest in watered stock. But when
the North calls for money for legi-
innate enterprise and produces secur-
ity, it is forthcoming from very un-
expected quarters.
Europe is waiting for the death of
the aged Austrian monarch, not long
ingly but with dread. Francis Joseph's
for how long? Wars in Europe have
been PERIODICAL; with the exception
of the Balkan trouble, there has been
no heavy blood-letting since the
student may notice the unrest prevail
Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. The
ing in some parts of western Europe.
The disintegration of the AustroHun.
garian monarchy will offer the desired
outlet.
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in European wars, except as they af.
t feet the markets. Wars are calami.
ties compared to which the possession
of rotten post office appears as a
+ mere mosquito bits. But we feel the
Y sting of the insect and scratch Sc
n ~
y post office into something like eff
f fectiveness. The present postmaster
e is a constant reminder of the burden
] imposed upon the country by Republic
Y can office holders! The South has
: not the least objection to Republican
: citizens; but as office holders they
are a bad misfit.