Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-29

u 13aNV@ NJ, just declined an offer to Join trust,
i AZE%EKV which has Tor its purpose the controlling
11AE Of the !, entire r, timber il supply Of this coun;
at from $400O0000 to $1000O0000 and it is said that by
joining forces with the trust promoters he could easily
have doubled his wealth. great many persons will
doubtless fail to see first glance how this is going to do
the public very service They will argue that
man who is so wealthy can we'll afford to decline the op
portunty Of doubling his fortune Nevertheless Mr..
Walker has done incaculable good if his refusal to
join the octopus serves prevent timber monopoly. 1t
is not human nature for wealthy man to refuse chance
to increase their list Of worldly possessions any more than
it is tor poor to do In fact, is
saying that the richer becomes the richer he wants
to be- and there is great deal Of truth in that rte say
ing, too Estimating that Mr.. Walkers fortune is nearly
S100O00OO0 he has, by rejecting the trusts offer,
aside the opportunity to put himself equal footing
with the wealthest in the world. That may be an
empty honor but there very few people earth today
who would reject similar opportunity. That Mr. Walker
really has the interests Of the general public at heart
evidenced by his statement given out Immediately alter
he had turned down the overtures OF the trust.
! have respect for whose sole object is gain
and control others, he declared Such purpose in
life is false and contempt its just DUE SHALL if pos
sibe, make such arrangement will forever prevent
the lands which from passing into the control
Of those who might abuse them the people who require
their product
If the United States had few more wealthy men Of
MIR. Walkers caber the trust problem would be
solved His method is one way Of doing charity work
that is 100 cent better than giving away millions for
colleges and Libraries. Gifts such Andrew Carnegie
and John D. Rockefeller have been making OF late by
to be dspsed and they doubtless prompted
to such generosity through desire to better humanity
Yet when stops to consider it readily be seen
that such donations are in reality giving back to the peo
pie only small part Of what they had previously been
forced pay the donors for the necessities Of lie. just
the opposite is true Of Mr. Walkers action. Instead Of
FIRST taking away the peoples money the shape Of
ban prices tor wood and lumber he is making possible
for them to keep it. He is letting the citizens Of this
country be charitable themselves, which OF far more
value to them than having some individual distribute their
money With all due respect to colleges and Libraries, III
cannot be denied that they do not benefit all classes OF
people True they would if everybody took advantage Of
them but the aborng has time for higher
education. He helps pay for all such institutions how
ever, sometimes when he i'll afford to do MIR.
Walkers system Of charity bess at home and affects
every man, woman and child in N country. All have to
use wood and lumber, and il they c buy these at
able prices they will be enabled Nave just that much
more money for other necessities Of ife
j When it was announced recently that Mr.. Rockefeller
had decided to donate $32000000 for educational pur-
poses the newspapers bazoned the fact in startling head
lines Mr. Walkers refusal to join the timber trust
practically buried under small headlines inside pages
After carefully considering both acts Of charity which do
you consider the most worthy
i ks
An official statement given out BY Secretary Taft shows
that the total Of the charitable aid Uncle Sam extend
ed to Jamaica during the FIRST two months Of this year
amounted to $1,000 To this extent the United States
made gift to the British Empire Jamaica being colo
nia dependency Of Great Brtan the duty Of taking
Of its sufferers in time Of distress upon the broad
strong shoulders Of j. Bull What The Jefersonian would
thank Secretary Taft for is reference to his legal author
ity tor doing things Of that kind says Tom Watson in his
JeHersonian. The Jehersonian has deaan old fash
Toned one ybethat the money paid into the national
treasury BY the tax payers is trust fund 1t to
that have heard somebody say that public funds
be lawfully spent for any other purpose than those spec
hed in statutes which conform to the constitution Will
anybody pretend that the constitution Of the United States
authorizes appropriations for earthquake sufferers 81 the
British Empire volcano victims Of the French Repub
lic? Surely not Yet that is what our government is
doing right along Whenever hear the cry Of distress
from places like Jamaica and Martinique our bumptous
word-misson government butts in with such precipitation
that neither England France gets the chance furnish
single slice Of bread Uncle Sam relieved Martinique,
France did not Uncle Sam relieved jamaica England
did not Yet when Savannah was DESTROYED by fire. Con
gress decided, rightly that national relief could moi be
legally granted When Aoodswept Texas begged for free
planting seed to enable her to make crop which all the
world needed, Mr.. Cleveland vetoed the bil-righty.
What recent change has been mada in the constitution
i which iusthes the government in extending to foreign
countries that charitable relief which cannot be legally
given to our homefolksp
From an authentic source Il IS learned that b en
titled IAN Act to Strengthen the State Credit BY prcvid-
ing for the payment Of the repudaed Union and Planters
bank bonds will Be introduced the next legislative as-
semby The measure il introduced will attract national
attention. and furthermore will bc productive oE one Of the
warmes fights ia Tie history of legislation III this state
for in some quarters there is very decided sentiment III
favor 81 cancelng this ancient obligation incurred long
prior q the Civil Wm and which II the opinion ol many