The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-06-27
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.
Savannah Democrat: Sharp men know
that cutting remarks do not pay.
Nashville American: Some statesmen
talk more than others, but they say great
deal less.
Columbia State: Flowing cotton may
be tough, but it is SO much easier than
listening to political speeches.
La Belle Star: Life is hard for many
people and we have no right to withhold
any word or touch or act of love which will
tighten the load or cheer the heart of any
fellow struggler.
CORN (Mo.) Argus: Country life has
its drawbacks, but it has its great advan-
tages, which overcome them. True, those
who live in the country are "Reubs" and
ssfarmers' and "hayseeds' to the ciga-
rette loafer of the town, but the boast of
the business men in the world to-day is
that they were born on a farm.
Bethany Democrat: In these days we
hear good deal about success and sue
cessful men. The man who In one form
or another makes fortune is called a sue
cessful man. True success is conditioned
upon character and not by the size of ones
banking account. Whether rich man is
successful man depends, among other
things, on how he made his money, or how
he uses it, and possibly on both.
Chicago Journal: Just now in this
country there is public disposition to
force corporations under state or govern
ment control, because corporations have
shown themselves so dangerously preda-
tory But we fear it will be found that the
remedy is as bad as the disease, if not
worse. Corporations will not be stopped
from exploiting the public any more than
they are now, and a new source of graft
will be opened up to politicians.
North Branch Review: The country
press might possibly be considered char
table institution from the fact that no
business gives more of it's wares free of
charge than the country newspaper. And
it is always true that you never hear of a
country newspaper man acquiring any
considerable amount of this worlds goods.
| never heard of but one that ever became
rich. This man was an exemplary citizen,
didn't drink, smoke, chew or lick his wife;
worked early and late for twenty years,
and at the end Of that time was worth
100000. An aunt of his died and left him
S199, 998.75. The other 81 .25 he managed
by diligence and scrupulous saving to
amass himself.
was held in the Plaquemine, Iberville Par
ish, school district the other day, the result
of which was the defeat of the tax. The
object of the tax was to raise funds with
which to build a brick school house in
Plaquemine. The Iberville South says
that the opponents of the tax wished to
protest "against foreign management of
local affairs, against this thing of a one
man, autocratic plan," and voted accord
ingly. Here is one of the results of the
Aswellian policy. The people of Plaque
mine want a new school house and they
will build one, the South says, "just as
soon as conditions adjust themselves, but
not BEFORE" This means change of policy
at Baton Rouge.
Baltimore Sun: The present age is
money mad. We have seen in the ex-
posures of recent times to what doubtful
expedients and to what reckless chances
men will resort in order that they may
make money. For gold men will give all
they have-pleasure, leisure, home, family,
their own souls. The poor have the same
passion, too, only they express it in their
hopeless and envious wish for gold. Thus
everything has come to have mere money
valuation. The value of beauty and truth
and love and the knowledge of God are
rated in terms of dollars and cents. The
search for gold has become an all-absorb-
ing passion. No toll is too great, no hard
ship too cruel, if only the prize may be
gained. Mammon has become our god,
and he will not hear the prayer of an in
different or careless worshipper.
An Absurd Idea.