The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03

"If we come 10 anarchy nothing will
forward il more than the taxing OF
our energetic population into urban
communities. which is done by rail
road discrimination against territory.
He who controls the highways Is
the sovereign. He who controls the
railroads Of the country must be that
countrys sovereign. In this country
today more than one-half the railroads
are sovereign
These in part were some Of the views
expressed by Brooke Adams, "A noted
authority on railroad transportation,
before the members Of the Economic
club recently.
The question under discussion was
Under what conditions will the rail
roads Of The United States best serve
the public?'
Several other men prominent In rail-
road affairs joined in the discussion.
Mr. Suyvesant Fish argued that the
state supervision Of railroads should
continue as AT present, under state and
federal authority, the state exercising
such measure Of regulation as shall
provide for service adequate to the
growing needs Of the public and retain
ing all its police powers.
He held that the larger matters
which really affect commerce among
the several states should be relegaled
TO federal control, if need be, through
an amendment TO the constitution.
At the Harvard Medical school i'm the
Back Bay the other evening DR.. Lang
don rockingham delivered a lecture
on "Rabbics' to an audience composed
largely Of members of the Massachu-
sctts veterinary association. He said
there were many who still claimed
there was no such disease as rabies,
but the evidence was all against such
people
Rabies, he said, is an acute infectious
disease, characterized with mental dis.
tWrbance and violence i'm the person or
animal afflicted, and 1t is induced by
innocuation It is supposed by some
10 be a disease which has it's origin I'm
the little animal popularity known as
the skunk. The disease Is usually
transmitted from animal to animal by
means of the saliva. II is sometimes
conveyed through the milk from af-
fcCted animals and also by eating the
meat Of animals affected with the dis
ease. But the chief way OF transmit
ting the disease is through wound
made with the teeth by means of the
saliva at the same time.
In spite of the theory that the dis
ease has its origin in the skunk said
the doctor, It is fairly we'll estab-
ished fact that if there were no dogs
there would be no rabies. The eXper-
fence OF England in wholly suppressing
the disease through the muzzling of all
dogs seems to be proof of this, he said
As far separated as the east is from
the west are the undergraduates at
Harvard University as regards their
respective stations in life, as reckoned
I'm the wealth possessed by them. Men
tion TO a Harvard man college
House and he instinctively has Wis
ion OF INDECENT students busily en-
ployed over the midnight OIL in rooms
only half heated and but sparsely furn-
ished.
Then 10 the same man speak the
words THE Gold Coast" and you will
see his face tighten. for he has visions
of sumptuous apartments, rich in plush
g
leather bound books round the walls.
Those are the two extremes at Har-
vard-the Gold Coast and College
House with the rank and file of the
college between.
Many OF the men of slender means al
Harvard are from the West, and they
are i'm sense picked men-men who
are deadly in earnest. and who are
oound TO obtain a college education at
any cost The authorities do all in
their power 10 discourage the coming
to Harvard OF any man who has not
sufficient resources TO carry him safe
ly through his first year without hav-
ing recourse TO outside work or ex-
pectation OF help from the college in
the way OF scholarships or employ
ment.
Yet, In spite Of this, scores OF brave
spirited fellows come every fall. per-
feet strangers, and practically without
a cent in the world. expecting, at the
same time. To keep up in their studies
and earn the wherewithal not only to
buy clothes and food, but also To pay
their tuition.
The tenth week OF the great comedy
drama The Man of the Hour" at the
fremont Theatre, has come and passed
with no let mp in the size of the audi
ences or of the widespread and general
enthusiasm with which this vital play
has been received since its opening
night i'm Boston The marked univer-
sal approval the play has received is.
i'm itself. sufficient praise Of its merits
and a powerful inducement To those