The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-31

have showed tlal Lhey have 80 sery1.
~ stimulate eavins thet eaz3nss a.
pssits in couercinl baniss have great
y increased result xperted III III
United states
Justice ~ lITpeE bert tes II
ling cars hitch lias been
the subject ~ inquiry here BY tie n I
teF.state Commerce ccn1li non. has
caused many stories to be mo iciaIis,
tstated quite as enter,a Sang as I'M
xpeFt7 testimony given BY two tIav.
4 ling saleswomen who were called az
witnesses In their teiitng the more
serious aspects of the Pullman case
the fact that the rates throughout inc
Tinted States have at least served III
add IN ten years s62,0o0.o0o to me
outstanding stock besides maintain
ing an s per cent. dividend and thai
another melon has grown TO e $1,000.
n0e size, were lost sight OF. The best
story Is related by opIe Read in new
series Of his famous "Arkansaw Traw
e1ler" stories which Read now is writ.
ing for the Crrier Publishing Com.
l,ary OF Chicago. A fat man had
clawled into the berth above him an!
vas heard talking to himself. .
don't mind getting up there" he SAID.
"hut am always afraid for the fei-
low beneath me. Night before last
tEesupper berth fell with me and broke
the hip and shoulder of the man below
TIT it's not my fault; do the best L
cIn to get a lower. Poor chap,
guess he's asleep and will never know
wrat hit him
Hold on" l cried. "I'h be hanged
II want to lie under dead fall"
Il beg your pardon, did you saj
Something
You are right, / said something.
: m not going to run the risk of stay.
ing here. You take this berth and
let me get up there"
tOh, don't let me dispossess You,
Stay right where you are; it may not
sometimes doesn't"
Sometimes doesn't! Here, let me
get up there
Well, II you insist -
Insist! should think l do"
| 81 climbed the ladder and tossed
pl city much all night. It was the Dor.
Ter who broke the news to me the
nlxt day Of how i had been the victim
OF that fat mans guile"
Important changes in the public
land laws that may be effected in this
Congress or the next one, have arous
ed interest in this part of the cour.
try' in the devising OF further measures
to protect the interest of the peop,e
as whole against the rapacity of in.
di, iduals. There are today 3SG,s?a.
:97 acres of unappropriated and un.
reserved lansls in the United States
exclusive of Alaska and the island
possessions, Most OF the laws reglI-
lining the disposal Of this enormous
tract Of land, which is larger than
England, France and Germany, were
framed years ago and do not meet
present conditions. when the Nation.
al Conservation Commission fnvestl.
GATED the resources Of the country
Tnd made their report early this
month they laid great stress on this
point. "The public land laws, as they
exist to-day" said the commission,
do not furnish the necessary protet;
tfcn TO the peoples interests in the
Public lands. Changes are necessary
not only because the present laws are
NIT suited to existing conditions. bul
also partly because these laws. MS
originally drawn, contemplated condi.
N lions and needs which have been
greatly modified, both by changed con.
dttions OF the country and by various
decisions OF the land department anil
If the courts. The nation should hold
its own possession, and maintain Ia
efficient condition, those areas which:
are less valuable for agricultural use
or homemalsing than for conserving
unique natural beauty and wonders,
the water supply, and the timber. The
resources still belonging directly To
the nation. which must necessarily he
diminished and finally destroyed by
use. should be exploited and used fiji
u way to return the greatest benefit
IN the long run { othe greatest mum.
be-. the essential caution being to pre-.
Rnt waste and. without prohibiting
or hindering economical development,
prevent SUCH monopoly as might arti.
ticialy Increase the cost OF the re.
sources to the people beyond what
would bring TO the explofter a full rea.
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