The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-01

siaI sup,.aEt faF the waterways commits
son az Investigation into iann con
,ii,tans. and emensraey financial lesisla'
ton. lie wants Iongfcss Ia eomplcle
the nt0sfam, 70 establish postal savings
hanks, 10 provide an ample appropriation
la enable the Interstate eoininen~ rn,a'
mission 60 sSefe,se saperlsleh esef lhV
ar,a,uniins - sirns II railway, !" "ss-s
llsh the Appalachian forrest reserve 70
take action that viii feihedy ihv sun.1
~ the paAer ai Injunction, AMI Ia maxi
such changes In the antitrust laN a. ~ill
I1fmil combinations that ate not dr'n'
mental 10 the public Interest, The ines
sase closed with ringing drnlhs iall"h
al wealth anpngly acquired and 81 drhia
sogs thai attack wealth justly af,lnitsi,
ll,a nf.sislrnt made II clear, AZ hr has
lone heretofore, that he does n0, OPP
u,.e the possession 0i riches, bnt be does
Insist 0n the Application 1T slmi.lu inlrs
oi honesty Ia the requirement "i iirhes,
Ills t.asitian l. scl forth With oohspireous
liIurincss ~ the following ,qnasatl9ni
''rhe man who breaches haifci oi wealth
honestly aoquircl, who inculr1,es 'nNs
aud jealousy aud slanhefphs hlNpN ~
warl Ms fellows who by Thrift, enemy ami
INDUSTRY have become men 81 means =
A menace 90 the community, Hui M
rounicit.aIt ia evil l. 90 be found ~ lhal
particular Kind OF millionale VINO
= almost the beast enViable, aud J. Ger
tainly one ui the least admirable 81 all
nur citizens: a man 1T whom Il has been
v,u aid that his face has grown hafd
AMI cruel. while his body has grown soft F,
Nhosr .on l. a io0l and his daughter a
| fn,,ign princrss; whose nominal pleasures
arr al best those Of taslelras anl "a
tfayagant luxury. and Whose dehsh'
whose real work, i the accumulation anu
u-e al power ia Is most soriid ahh i.As'
rleyaiing form. Ia the chaos OF sh ans3
lutte. unrestricted, commercial lhaiN'puAl
i.m under modern conditions lhs N.
tyts that becomes prominent as inevitably
a. lie marauder baron became ptoin'neh,
m The physical chaos Of the dark ages
Mon than 400 lives lost, 100 or moft
ucrsons seriously hurt and many times
| that number slightly injured and prop
erty loss running into many millions we',
| ,be rpsults of a series Of i0fnAdocs winch
| n,,ginn,ed In the west last Friday aud
s,,ent across Texas. Oklahoma, Arkansas
Ioui.nna. Mississippi Tennessee, AiA
hama and Georgia. Mississippi bore ms
buint of the tornadocs and reports ma
cate that the loss of life m that STATE
viii be far greater. 80 ternhc was th'
| destruction and 80 helpless WetV thc ~
ple after IL that martial law was de
| slar,d in a halt dozen communities.
Roth branches OF congress have tuins'
down President Roosevelts four battle
shin program but II Is understood tha'
they Will authorize the construction Q
TWO battleships each year until the Amer
can navy is regarded as sufficient to NEE
any demands that may be made upon y
The naval appropriation bill as hnaiis
nassed carries appropriations aggrgallhs
sIo3 ll5 $50 and provides for the eonstrue
ton OF two battleships.
A $4,000 steel bridge across the Iaun
Ton river between Fall River and somer
set. Mass. was blown mp by dynamic
early sunday morning. causing damas'
NJ about $1,000. The bridge was to have
been completed in about two months an,
II is supposed that the attempt TO de
stroy il was due to the fact that the con
tractors employed only non.union men oil
the work.
The Due De Chaulnes, who IN fe9iuali
married Miss Theodore Shonts, died snd
denly in a Paris hotel. Death was dn
Ia a heart affection from which the auA
had suffered for some time.