The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-31

surplus Of the Equitable Life. He
has since had them deeper in the
surplus Of Union Pacific.
The wealth and power Of Harri-
man have been accomplished by
which were dishonest in
fact, if not in law. All over this
United States there should by on
the part of the people, the press,
and the public men determine
tion to stop such methods of roll.
ing up the coutrol of the railroad
in the hands O. one man.
1t is notorious that Mr.. Harri-
man has been great power in
politics. In a recent investiga-
tion of insurance matters in New
York, he admitted that he was
back of former Governor Odell,
and hostile to former Governor
Higgins. Today, it is said, that
he is trying to put Odell once more
in power
For what? Not for love and af-
fectlon, but because he wants pow
er in politics.
The greatest figure today In
railroad management in the United
States is Herman, and no man is
more closely associated with the
politics of the United States than
he. He wants his railroads left
alone, and in order that they may
be left alone he will throw the
strength of his millions, and of
his political influence toward 9TH
er institution which also want to
be left alone. The Hartman
forces at the capital are the Stand
ard Oil frees and the sugar
forces the stand patters. The
whole crowd of representatives and
senators who are there to protect
special interests, and not to pro-
teet the people of the United
States in their right to live, and
to live without taxes fixed by mon
opoly.
And the enthusiasm of Harri-
man and men of his sort about
politics is raising here in Washing
ton this question If they are
trying so hard to control congress,
and il they have made so much
success in that direction, why
should not congress control themY
And if it can't control them, then
the nation should own and operate
the roads.
More and more outside of the
distinctively Southern men in con-
gress the feeling is growing that
if the attempt to regulate the rail
roads shall NOT have more success
in the future than it has in the
past, the wide demand for their
absolute ownership must be listen
ed to.
1t is probable that the contract
for the digging of the Panama
canal may be let in the course of
the present week. The lowert bid
was 8 75 per ceat on the total cost
If the canal. Many people do not
exactly what this
means. What it really means is
that the contractors will be paid
S6 rs for every hundred dollars
worth of work done; or on the
estimated cost of the cana, nearly
g27 900, 900.
Now mark, this is not for dig
ng the canal. Practically it is
'or supervising the digging. The
United States government pays all
Jhe labor employed and supplies
I'll the machinery, and of course,
he expense of the dredges ard
,ther mechanical devices will be
yery heavy. The United States
government furnishes the men to
10 the digging and pays their
wages. Theoretically the cor
ractors supply these men with
,icks and shovels, but every body |
Knows that the cost of these hand !
ools will be taken out OF the mems
Jay envelope at the end of the
week. In brief, this enormous
rice is to be paid for general
uperyision of the work, for what
s called in erecting building the
uperintendence.
The so-called contractors, who |
re not contractors, In fact, are
ikely to have some difficulty in
he next congress, probably not in