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Blue-grass blade., 1908-03-01
They Are But Correctly Understood.
Criticism Of Blade Editorial.
by George l.. Case.)

Can Freethinker advocate Prohibition?
The first diinculty in discussing this propo-
stion is the lack of intelligent and definite
understanding as to the meaning of the words,
Freethinker and ProhibItionist. ! shall make
the following dennitions and conduct the dis
Gus ion along these lines. Freethinker is
a man woman who has such freedom and
independence of mind that he can inteli
gently study and discuss public questions
without fear, or weak sentiment in relation
to ancient error modern cant or frippery;
either in relation to religion, politics or
sociology. A Prohibitionist is one who votes
the prohibition ticket and believes that
government should protect the live. the
property the health and the morals of the
people" and that Government shall not
draw revenue from vice. The first propo-
sition in Mr.. Hughes article, is "The basic
principle of ire, thought is that the individual
shall not be .ound by fixed or prescribed
rules of conduct upon questions of sociology
religion or politics." Here we are again
troubled by the lack OF proper definition.
If we mean merely thinking along these
lines. then perhaps we will be free. but if
the laws of the land sociologcally-as for
instance becoming Mormon and practicing
polygamy. we will find not free. If
an attempt to carry religious exercises
or frpethought meetings in "A way to make
ourselves a nuisance we will find are not
free. If we plot crimnallY TO overthrow
government we will find we are not free,
and the plea that we are following the die
tate. of our conscience would be answered
by our being told we had better reform our
conscience In fact such freedom would
equal the widest fights of the anarchist.
There is a radical difference between
Temperance" and Prohibition. Temperance
is purely a personal habit while Prohibition
is political question and it is not necessary
to be temperance man to be prohibition
list. The prohibition party is political
party and there is no more occasion for them
to open their meetings with prayer or close
with the benedicton than for any other
party to do so. / am satisfied that the party
has suffered greatly from many of its mem
bers being so religious that they smother the
real principles of the party in pile of rub.
bish Of prayers and so-caled religious be-
Blue-grass blade., 1908-03-01
BLUE GRASS BLADE.
Freethought and Prohibition


liefs in myths and ancient fables. Just
the so-cal;d freethinkers have injured their
cause by railing at the bible and the church
without reason or sense and allowing the
impression to get out that they scof at
morality, virtue and temperance Neither of
these propositions are right and when the
advocates of these two opposite force, brush
away the rubbish lney will find they are not
so far apart as they believe themselves to be.
ANY freethinker who will allow himself to
think. outside of ancient political bias, will
admit that government should be conducted
for the purposes set forth above and when
conducted it would at once take the one
great step now demanded, protect the lives,
the property, the health and the morals of
the people from the awful burden and crime
of the liquor traffic.
Government is almost entirely prohibtive
From the law of Moses to the present day
Thou shalt not" has been the declaration
that has rung through the earth and / do
not believe the Blade would oppose the de-
struction of any evil that Expresses man
kind
Prohibition is more sumptuary law
than the law, against impure food etc. and
the statute books are full of other prohi-
bition enactments which touch the individual
at every point closely when applied to
the matter of the liquor traffic.
As for any personal rights of liberty be-
ING nfringed by the prohibition of the man
ufacture and sale of liquors, there none.
Every man born into this world is born
into a great solidarity of rights and duties
and one of the duties i, to make the most
of himself. He has no right either by drink
ing ardent spirits otherwise to make a
nuisance of himself, to unfit himself from
being able to take his place in the ranks in
defence of his country in war or going to the
free and independent ballot. He has no
right to drink up his earnings and leave hi,
children to suffer and perhaps become a
burden to Others or to grow up to be
of the balance of the people is to say that
no one shall carry on Il business that cannot
flourish without just such equences fol
lowing its train. | have read two lives of
Lincoln-one by John Hay and one by
Charles Martyr and | have no recollection
of reading any such declaration as is quoted,
and L spent all last evening in searching
Martyrs work for anything of that kind. ]
found nothing but that he was strict alb
stainer and even used water in pledging the
Blue-grass blade., 1908-03-01

health of the committee informing him of his
nomination. have heard it stated that he
said a few days before his death that, after
emancipation and reconstruction, the next
great struggle would be in the settlement of
the liquor question:" but | cannot find any
reliable authority for such n declaration. |
believe if Lincoln were now alive with his
"freethought" he would through the
foolish objections of personal liberty" that
is personal liberty to do wrong and make
ones acred body mass of corruption. and
would stand with us for government free
from the moral and political corruption
caused by the liquor traffic.
| deny that il is fundamental principle
that it is impossible to make men moral by
law. Just and righteous laws IRE the great
est morazers on earth. If all our laws were
good and just there could be no rebellion
against them. 1t is the fact that bad, UNI
iut laws have been placed our statute
books that lead to all the rebellions against
law.
The comparison that you cannot make men
moral by law, any more than you make
at all Morals are personal conduct. Re
ligion is arbitrary belief and it is true that
you cannot make men religious by law
though some have been mado to proclaim
themselves believers when they were not.
A. to prohibition being force and creating
friction is just true it is in relation to
the prohbtory character of nearly all law.
If we take the force out of law we have no
law and no government.
1t no doubt is true that there is more
candestine whiskey drinking in prohibition
states than in states where whiskey is al
lowed to be sold freely, because in those
states it is not necessary to drink liquor
clandestiney. But if it is meant to convey
the idea that more liquor is drank in pro.
hibiton states than in licensed states then
the declaration is not true, else the pro-
ducer' would be in favor of prohibitory laws.
As long as man is mortal the prohibitory
mandates of law will be violated and this is
no argument against laws in relation to the
liquor business unless it il an argument
against all prohibitory law. The last propo-
stion that ''all men must be left free to fol-
low that course which to him appears to be
right" is undoubtedly true in a way, but we
owe it to ourselves and to the community
around as to think independently, intelli
gently and wisely. and having so studied and
thought should be sufficiently honest TO
ourselves and Others to put fallacy and
ancient humbug behind us and build an
honest political character.
| will end, as ! began that the govern
ment should be conducted to protect the
lives, the property, the health and the morals
of the people" and if the liquor traffic stands
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Seit iiber 60 ssahren

i6on nuroe D1rs. @inslop's Sootb-
ing-Sprup BON Weiaionen bon gtiit-
tern beim 3abnen Der 4inoer ange-
mettoet. @irit Oh I'M S6lafe ourh
oos S6reien zines &inoes geltort,
oas inn 3abnen lit uno Dor S6mer5en
ipeint2 @enn 10, laiie iofort eine
Slai6e bon nMrs. @inslotp's Sootb-
ing-Sprup" boIen. Sein @ert TT
unbesobIbar. gs miro Dem fleinen
2eioenoen iofort 2inoerung beri6af-
fen. 8erlaBt eud) barauf Wtiitter,
es iit fein 3meifel oariiber. gs beilt
9iarrboe, reguliert ben @tagen uno
oie geieren beieitigt 8inb-aolif, er-
tpeift Sen @aumen berbinoert ent-
5iinoung un6 Itdrft oaS gan5e Sp-
item. vMrs: @insGotp's Sootbing
Gprup" fir 5ibnenoe Sinoer III on-
genebm i'm @eidmad; oas &e5ept
itantnlt bon etnem Der 6eiten tpeibli-
den 9ler5te in Sen Ser. Staoten @s
1T BEL alien 9ruggiIten in Der gan8en
@eIt 81 boben. Breis 25 Gents per
Slaide. aouft 1tidts anberes oIs
,Wers. @inslop's Soothing Sprup.
@arantiert rnter Der Sooo ono
Drugs 4fte, 80. sSunt 1906, SeriaI
Summer 1898.
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a 3.

- Som Dienltag bis gum 5reitag
bat In 9allas cine 4onbention Der
Mnti=Salopn-2iga getagt an Der
Delegaten aus geras, 2oniiiana, Dir
fanfas, Sflaborna nno 9sell-Wferifo
teilgenommen baben. Die meilten
oieier 0elegaten iparen natiirli6
,,Meberenos", Metbooilten- uno 8ap=
tilten=preoiger. Sic maren audi Die
9auptreoner uno mas iie ii6 an
gLooiinn, tollen 8eBntptingen Gnt=
fteaungen uno oireften llnipabrbeiten
leiitetet1 iibertraf irgeno ettDas, oas
man bisber gebort bat. go 5eigte
elm geipiiier n@epereno" 9aDlor aus
Bolton eine Quantitdt 9llfobol bor,.
BON Ser er bebal1ptete, er babe iie
aus elmer Hintflalde 8ier beraus-
ge5ogen. Damn fodte er nit benz
9llfobol eill 81 nno erfldrte, Die Seer
ben uno oos @ebirn oes Wfenihen
beltdnoen aus berielben Subftan5 lpie
oas @eiBe oes gis uno ebenio, pie
er bas 81 nit bern IlfoboI gefo6t
babe, 10 lpiiroen @ebirn lrnb Nernen
zines WenIhen gefoht tpenn er alfo-
boIbaltige @etrdnfe genieBe. S6lieB-
lih Iieb er ben gfeit oes Mlfobols
BREMEN uno er brannte nod
aht Minuten. ltnb iolb' ei-
nen baaritrdubenoen ltnlinn, iolde
bonbgreifliden llnipobrbeiten laiien
iieazoie 2ente er5ableI boren iie ril-
FIG an uno glaliben iie iogar. sSSn
Der &onpention ipuroen iibrigens Die
HlGne fir Die ibitionsfanpagne
in 9eros genau feitgelegt
Die 8egner 8ailep's babeil auf
oen 28. Wfdr3 eile Staatsfonben-
tion nad Sort @ortb einberufen
gefanntlih miro oas oenofratiide
Staatsfomite am 21. Weor5 cine
Sibung abbalterl, Inn 5ii beititnmen,
in melber @eiie Die 9elegoten at
large 5ur oerlofrotiihen National=
fonpelttion ausgeipablt peroen lol-
lem Dor alleln Oh Die aanoioaten in
ben 8rirn1rtpablen. nonainiert iper-
ben ioaen ODER nidt. Die gnti-9oi-
lep-aonpention an %. @tar5 ioa
nun oestpegen 5uiamnentreten Inn
aeeiqnete MaBregeln be5iiglid) oei-
len, mas oas Staatsfomite IN ieiner
Sieune getan baben miro, 81 tref-
fen. geur iolhe, Die ii6 perpfli6ten,
Die gsominierten Der oentofratiihen
9artei 3u unterltiiben, fonnen on Der
aonpention teilnebmen. Die Werfai-
Ter ser einlaolng 5ur 9onpention
betonen ousoriidlid, OaB es niht
Die @biidt it, gaileD als Senator 3ll
befampfen; man molle nnr perbil-
bern, oaB er als 9elegat at large
eur gtational= =apnbentipn 9elanot
meroe
esn elmer entbuiiaitiiden gai-
len-8eriannlIung IN Soriton lpnr-
Sen ssoe 9. 9fice, gfobert S. alebera
lno 9fidter 9roofs als Die geeigne-
ten 9erioulidfeiteu genonnt Die nit
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0os norlpeqilde Weinilteril

9as noripeeiide Miniiterilnl
fat beibloi1en 81 reiignieren % es
ser Goalittonspartei, auf Die es iid
i'm 8arlament ltiiben inltB, nibt mebr
iiber iits
Dnrd eine 2alpine. iinb I'M
9nfbarn1ir1sf= =9i5trift bon Sibirien
odt5ebn 9erionen eetotet moroen.
Die S6neernalie riB 5lpei Sauier
fort, in oenen iib Die 2eute befanoen
1tnb fein ei1l3iger fan nit oem 2eben
0abon.
Ole Stoot 9obia in 8raiilien
lit BON einem idmeren Sbaoenfeler
beirngeiu6t tporoen. 33 8ebaube
puroen 5eritort. Der Sbaoen be-
Iduft iid] ouf ST, 100000.
= 9lus Ser SanptItabt Wferifo
miro gemeloet, bob 6reoerico @am=
boa, Ser iebiee gertreter Wterifo's in
Central 9lmerifa oen1nablt als gtab=
folger oes peritorbenen Sole slgora
gum ltnteritoatsiefretar I'M Iusmar=
tigen 9ln1t ernannt meroen miro
9ur6 eine @aiolin=grploiion
inn Sauie BON Mrtbur S. slcres IN
gorreon lpuroen slcres' S6magerin
eill 6rdulein Spes, nnb Elm merifani=
i1er 9lrbeiter i6iper Derlest.s
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9l,,s gDn5hinoton miro aen1el

9lns @aibington miro genlel-
6et: @enn oas gieprdientantenbolts
unb Ser Senat I'M Si1ne bes Saus%
fon1ites fir ginipanoerung nno gea=
turaIiiation banbelr, mel6es beidlni=
fen bat, Die 8urnett-gia giinltig ein=
auberidter, 10 tperoen, bonn /. Suli
1908 an, gluslanoer fir ibre geatnra-
liiotion $40 anltatt tpie iebt S., 81
entribten babe. Das Natnralilations-
aeihaft bat in Staoten ipie Seem Oorf,
Bolton, Ybilabelpbia uno Gbicago Ell
men 10 eetpaltigerl umfang ansenom=
men, ooB Die iebigen geieblihen Sc
biibren ni1t altsreiden, I'M Die faf-
ttiden Soften Der oarnit perbunoenen
Glerforbeit gu beden. Girlige @e=
ri9te babe1 infolgeoeiien abgeIebnt,
fernerbin irgeno ettpas NIT oen1 gea=
Neutrality-suspicious. 5u tltn 5ll baben.
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sampnsit famm miat aebeiIt iuerbe,

SIWAUBStt +utttt RtsN1+ S>V~t** +~~~~>*e
bnr6 Iofole Mpplifationen, neil iie ben
franfen Sell bes Sbres ribt errei9en
fDnnen. gs giebt MIR eiten gSeg, Die
Smlbbeit 5u fl1rieren, uro Der tit o1ir6
fonititutionelle Seilmittel. Sallbbeit tpiro
bnr1 einen ent5iinbeten 3nitan6 Der
i6leimigen glugfleibl1ng Der guitadiiden
Robre berurladbt. Benn bie1e H0bre
fi9 ert5iirbet, babt SIR einen rnmpeln@
ben Son pber nnbollfomnenes @ebG; !;
ltno tpenn iie gan5 gei6loiien 1T, erfolgt
Sanbbeit, unb fpenr Die gnt3iinbung
niht geboben unb bieie ND6re tpieber IN
i6ren geb6rigen 3u5tanb beriebt iperben
fann, tpirb bas @eb6r fir ir1nter 5erHort
iperben; neun Sdlle inter 5ebn iinD o1lrb
@atarr6 berltriadt, tpel9er ni6ts aIs
Elm ent8iinbeter 3nftanb Der f6leimigen
OberfId6e lit.
8ir tpoIIen einbul,oert 9oIIars filr ies
ben, bur6 &atarrb berurfn6ten Sal bon
Sallbbeit gebe1, ben mir tlidt bnr6 Sirls
nebmen bon v9aIl's &atarrbs <r" Beilen
f0nnen. 2aBt gt6 ltmionlt 3irfnlare
fonnet1.
s. s. g1eneD & gp., Spfebu, ..
9erfaltft BON alien Npotbeferr, 75c.
San's GamiIiensgilleH iinb Die belten.
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9(us San Wearcos miro

9lus San Marcos miro ge-
meloet, es ieien fiinfbunoert BON ben
MlIellments bei Dem Goitrtbaas-
grono per1t1tet iporoen rnb Der
gliieiior lniiiie ebenIo biele neuf
glufnabnlen MAIDEN. 8as ben Wie=
oeraufbou oes Gourtbauies betreffe,
10 neroe man pabri6einli6 Die ite=
ben gebliebenen Mauern nieoerreiben
uno bon @runo auf neu banen.
Sn einem Saloon 5u Sort
@ortb purbe @oparo sllbertion, Der
Sefretar Der oortigen 8ridlaperS'
Union geidoiien uno i6per periplut-
set. Ser Saloonbeiiter Setter 8rondl
tpuroe nnter Ser Inflage perbaftet,
i'm ge1hoiien 5n baben.
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Eine MIiifsmiinse

ift Ser 8ierteIoollar, BEN Sbr fir cine
ShadteI Neme 2ebenspillen ausgebt.
sic bringen gmh Die @eiunobeit, bie
tpertponer lit oIs sSltpelen. geriu6t
fie fir &opftpeb, l1nberoauli6feit 1tro
WaIaria. @orantiert 5n belfen, ODER
oas @elo alriif bel Mo. DreiB uno
st. gobn & Co. Mpotbefer.
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auto sidets. Carr gsuOb & epal ep,

Die 2ane Mc@innis Baum
poaipinnerei in 9telp Orleans bat
ibren 8etrieb tertlpordr eingeitelt
lleber 1900 9lrbeiter iino oaourd)
brpolpS qetppr0e1.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-05-07
Unfair to Cake.

The Oregon Daily journal, which
boasts of being fair and high class
journal, is beginning cIusad Of
Misrepresentation against II M. Cake,
Republican candidate for the United
States senate,
The journal prints something every
day about the alleged disruption oil
Mr.. Cakes forces, the revolt of the
Fulton people from the Cake camp,
the alleged weakening OF Mr.. Cake on
Statement No. l and other absolutely
unfounded matters In Mr.. Cakes
campaign.
In view of the fact that Mr.. Cake
has made a clean, fair and honest
campaign, standing upon principle
entirely and leaving mud singing and
partisan prejudice and bitterness out
of the game. the action of the journal
Is surprising Mr. Cake deserves fair
treatment at the hands of the Jour
nal, although he may be a Republi-
can. He has won creditable light
before the people of Oregon and The
journal is not making any votes Tor
Governor Chamberlain by printing
false statements concerning Mr.. Cake
There Is no sign anywhere in Ore
gon that the Fulton people are going
to assist In the election of Governor
Chamberlain who went out of his
way to engage with Heney ia the fight
on Senator Fulton. Nj. Cake has
not wavered In his advocacy of State
ment No. l, and he will not waver.
He made the fight on that principle
and won one Of the most noteworthy
victories iu the political history of
the state, defeating one of the very
strongest men in his party in the sen
atorial race.
Mr.. Cake is strong, forcible, hon
est, clean candidate, a first .class citi-
zen, pubIic-spirited, active, alelt and
high. minded, and will be an honor to
Oregon In the United States senate.
And being Republican will be In
position to take an active part IN he
affairs of government, instead Of be.
ing an obstructionist and an objsctor
to every move made for the execution
OF the Roosevelt policies. East Orc
unniau
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-05-07
JARRETT.

On Monday morning about O'Clock
a. m., the house of W. G. Adams on
the Rockford avenue was discovered
to te on fire and in a very short time
was completely destroyed. with the
assistance of few of the neighbors
most of the furniture was saved. A
small insurance was on the house and
furniture. This is the second house
that W. q. Adams has had destroyed
by fire during the last twelve months,
A pocket book containing money
was left on the counter at the Rock
ford store. Any one fully describing
it can have 1t.
Teams are now busy every day haul
Ing the wood pipe for the Hood River
irrigation district.
A new barn is now being erected on
the 20 acres north Of q. h. Mark
hams.
VIII Nichols was laboriny with the
paint brush decorating his new barn.
II will was little English he might
paint "red, white and blue. :"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-05-07

Many worthy and some notable per-
sons have possessed the onion habit
now and again. William Makepeace
Yhackeray. writing of himself in "I4ov-
ell the Widower," says, ut is notori-
GUS to all my friends there Is GER
tain dish | cannot resist" lie referred
to stewed tripe and onions, as a proof
Of which 1t is narrated of him that on
one occasion while on his way to dine
with the Marquis Of Westminster his
eye caught sight of a placard in the
window Of London restaurant bear
ing the legend, "Trlpe and onions to-
night" Going in, he called for the
dish and writing materials and wrote
off as an excuse to his would be host
that he had Unexpectedly met an old
friend that insisted upon OBTAINING
him. ThasA~ay's favorise edffbiss were
raw oysters and Onions, and it may be
recalled that he told Mr.. Field. the
Boston author, who acted as agent In
his lecture tour In this country, that
his chief purpose In coming to Amer
.ca was to obtain some OF the famous
large oysters Of this land-whlch he
had heard grew to fabulous size--in.
stead of the little coppery things of
England. At this first dinner of Bos-
ton, therefore, a plate of large 'Provi-
dence rivers" was set before him as
an appetizer, He partook of one with
a surprised look. Being asked how he
felt, he replied: Profoundly grateful
l feel as IL I had swallowed a baby"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-05-07

present to bay their last respects to
their friend who had been loved by
all who knew him.
Rev. W. Z. Gilmore, pastor Of the
Riverside Congregational church, con-
Quoted the services and made a few
comforting remarks to the mourners.
InteTment was made in Idlewilde
cemetery under the direction CT j. r.
Nichols. The pail bearers we're: S. +.
Blythe, Geo. Coe. j. w. Henrick, ID.
A. Turner, j. ii. Dukes and Geo. p.
Crowell.
VIM. Luckey was born in 1895 and
crossed the plains in 1850 with his
father and uncle. They came to The
Dalles with loaded wagons and cross
ed the rapids at Cascades in Indian
boats, swimming the horses and cattle
over. Later they went to Vancouver,
where the family spent the winter on
farm and where Mr.. Luckey was in
a mine in Lane county. in 1877 the
family came TO Hood River, and be
and his brother, James, built a mill.
They we're in Southern Oregon three
years and six years ago came to Port
land and year ago to Hood River,
where he has lived with his son.
He leaves to mourn his loss, j. q.
Luckey, of Portland, VIM. and j. j.
Luckey, of this city, and Lester and
Bessie Luckey, of Portland, besides
three daughters and one son In Seat
tie. The only ones who could attend
the funeral we're Will and Lester, of
portla
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-05-07
MOSIER.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. l.. Howe left
Monday for their home in Portland,
where they go to get medical aid fol
MIR. Howe, who is very Ill.
Viii Hunter sold his place south OF
town, l60 acres, for S5, 800.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Evans and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Macy went to The
Dalles Wednesday, where Mrs. Macy
proved up on her timber claim.
DIR. Robinson came back Tuesday
from Lexington to stay with US. tie
thinks Mosier 10 all right after all.
He has his old office.
Grace Coyle and Adaline SellingeI
were Hood River visitors Wednesday.
Grace Forbs returned from a visit
Ia Hood River Thursday.
Lewis Hodge came up Thursday to
spend tew days visiting relatives.
Lweiine and Irene Fisher came up
from Hood River Thursday to VISIT
friends.
Wilt Hu.lson and Russ Huskey sold
their farm to Mr.. johnson, of Hood
River.
Mrs. Harlin returned Saturday from
a six months visit In the east with
relatives and old friends.
Mrs. Harry Kemp, of Odell, spent a
few hours with her mother Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeBussy, OF Hood
River, visited their farm here Sun
day. -
Among Hood River passengers from
Mosiei Sunday we're Mary Middle
swsrt aud Grace Coyle, Messrs. Cor
die Graham and Ora Hodge.
4 Chas. johnson came down from Id
aho. He stopped over and got his
wife, who has been visiting her sister
here, and both left on the local Sun
day tor Seattle.
Amos Root was q Dalles passenger
Monday.
Clarence Dunsmore went to The
Dalles Monday and filed on his place.
Miss Alice Mosier went to Collins
Saturday to visit her mother and re-
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-05-07
ANY Old Rate VIII DO.

All over the country the cry is for
a reduction in railroad rates from a
three to a two cent mile basis. The
railroad companies say that they
can't do 1t and stay in the business,
aud they may be right. In vetoing
the two cent bill in New York Cover
nor Hughes held that he would be an
injustice to the roads to pass such a
bill without first making careful and
competent Investigation of the rate
question. If Mr.. Hartman will but
shove a line out to Fossil we'll gladly
pay four cents mile, as they DO on
the Condor branch, and then think
that we are being pretty well treated.
II we can't get lower Iates aud new
railroads too give us the latter every
time. 1t isn't the price We care so
much about out here In the interior (;
it's the roads. Fossil journal.