Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-07-12

II I did no: ADMIT rnar 1t
would do nothing of the kind, but 1t is not
necessary to tell that to the farmers
They know too much now.
But tho subsidy would encourage me in
establishing my Aero Commercial ,Naviga-
ton company. a 800. 900 stock issue OF
which shall have ready to unload upon
the public as soon as the subsidy bill
passes.
Under those circumstances you will per-
ceive that 1t will be impossible to make
the subsidy too large to suit me. i'll get
my share of 1t. Otherwise shall feel 1t
my duty to show 1t up as an obnoxious
graft upon tho public treasury.
Airship lines arc OF vital Importance.
The commercial possibilities of the Pacific
are unlimited. and for reasons of Japa-
Nose impertinencc at present 1t Is imper-
alive that we should have direct airship
communication with the Philippines and
with Hawaii.
Unless the airship builder and airship
owner gets sufficient aid to give him an
enormous and fair profit upon the BUSH
ness he cannot afford to furnish such lines
and will not do 30.
Even in France. where the tandem CYL
inder petroleum motion airship has reach
ed the highest state of perfection. there
Is no profit In merely making 1T.
Congress can't expect a genuine infant
industry to make money unless the gov
eminent Is willing to furnish the funds
It has been said that the government
cannot AFFORD to substitute American air.
ships. think this is dead wrong, but IL
It isn't / suggest that we take enough
from the tariff taxes upon other ancient,
honorable and baldheaded industries for a
sum sufficient to subsidize my airship
building plant and my cloud ship packet
line to South America and to the orient
This country must have airshtps 1t
can't get along without them. and / can't
build them without the subsidy.
That makes our interests mutual
The freight asrship is necessary to for
eign trade and Is the backbone Of the
profitable commerce OF the future. and I
betray no secret in saying that unless the
government comes to thesfront with this
subsidy 1t may be years before the alp
ship carrying trade with foreign countries
can reach a profitable basis.
With tho wireless telegraph lines work.
Ing. 1t won't do to cry down the airship
industry.
The atrship is necessity not only to
commerce. but to the navy Of the future.
II the subsidy is large enough, may
take contracts for warships, but, OF
course, would give preference to the de-
mands of trade.
AS long as the tariff lasts the subsidy
should last for the American airships and
the Williams Aero Navigation company.
If the Importance OF this subsidy an
peals to congress, how can any one doubt
that appeals to me7
With the public treasury overlooking.
what is TO be done with the money v It
II not distributed among deserving insti-
tutions7 Among whom I am one Of
which.
With the assurance of my most distin-
g,iished eonsideration and thanks In pro-
portion to my share OF the subvention. I
beg to subscribe myself
CHARLES ALT WILLIAMS.
President and General Manager and All
Round Pooh Bah OF the williams Aero
Commercial Navigation Company Of
Not For Winfield.
While sundry statesmen are strain
Ing every nerve t6 bag a presidential
nomination Admiral Schley has once
more let It be known that he wants
no nomination ana Is candidate for
NO Office. The presidential bee is not
bothering him. In one respect that is
positive loss to literature. Only
think what a nominating speech Sen.
ntor Isidor Rayner would make for
his hero! It would rank with Bob In
gersolps 'plumed knight speech nom
mating Blaine, with the speeches
OF General James A. Garfield and Colo
mel William Jennings Bryan nominal
ing themselves and with Roscoe
Conklings speech nominating General
Grant So the hero OF Santiago is de-
priving the world OF an oratorical treat
worth journey across the continent
to hear, but no doubt he viii live
longer and be happier to eschew poll
tics.
It's peculiar fact that, while Amer
leans make national heroes of their
successful naval commanders. not one
Of them has ever been nominated for
the presidency, while they are fond
Of nominating successful generals not
withstanding the fact that the navy Is
more popular than the regular army.
Why it Is thus respectfully submit to
In connection with Admiral Schley
thera is another fact of interest. Usu-
ally to be named for great man is a
sort Of handicap, but General Winfield
Scott had-two namesakes who rose to
equal distinction with himself General
Hancock and Admiral Schlep, both In
the fighting line. The laundering for
the presidency pestered Hancock about
as much as 1t did Scott, but Schley
Is immune.
Not Many.
II do not want to be a SIC, GOO, COO
kid" exclaimed a very rich boy lately
when Informed that his possessions
to that much. One thing
dead sure pop. not many kids are both
cred With that much Of this worlds
goods. but many are loaded down with
too much wealth. Poor boys some I,
times have a hard task to determine,
what useful thing to do in the world,
and the necessity OF earning his bread
and butter finally enables the average
poor boy to hit something useful either
In Q public or private way, but unfor-
tunately tho rich boys are under no
iuch compulsion. Practically In this
country they are shut out of public
place, particularly from elective public
place. OF course occasionally a plato.
GRAFT of mature years purchases 4 gov
ernorship or seat i'll the senate Of the
United States, but that only serves tc
render all the greater the prejudice
against rich men in politics. Very
rarely one gets into the more numerous
branch Of congress. There some OF