The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
LESS POLITICS MORE BUSINESS Railroad Man Gives Timely
 Advice. SERIAL OUTLOOK GOOD ,outherners Are firing of Poliical
 Asitatinn. Future Legislators From Dixie Must Be More Interestea ia Welfare sf CoAstituency and Pay Less Att tentson te .Doings sf
 Politicians.
SERIAL OUTLOOK GOOD

Wdshin6tohp 0oFs f.-<oPcSt~A.l-" Expresisng the belief that politics end politicians have retarded progress and development in the South and S,uth- west, B. E. Yoakum, chairman ot the Executive Committees of the Rock
 Island and Frisco lines. who has Just returned from a trip to that section is of the opinion that there will be Iess toleration there in the future of selfish political interests.
 MT Yoakum exchanged views with leading merchants. farmers and man. ufacturers during his trip. and fr"m them he gained the impression-that iep- resentatiye people Of the South are tired of eievating to public life men who devote their time exclusively to politics. and that they are very much in the mood now of sending to Con- gress and placing in other positions of trust public men whose interests are more centered in the development. advancement and improvement of the South.
 MT. Yoskum has great faith fin she South and his advice Is that the people Of that section should profit from the example of the people of the North west in the development of their sec tion. More business and less politics is the slogan advanced by Mir. Foak;im for the South and southwest. and in this connection he makes observations of more than ordinary interest with reference to Southern and Southwest ern Congressman.
 There Is only one thing that may de- yeiop a movement of rapid agricultural development in the South and south west" said Mir. Yoakum. That one thing is politics."
 II have just returned from a trip through various Southwestern and ] southern States. With the exception
 mention. I am pleased with the eut- look. = Good Husinean Ahead. .The signs of the times are for good business and the spirit of the people I met favors substantiai growth. My exchange Of yieMH with man encanr- age ne Ee believe that lbusiness In tire future wlfI be less handicapped by self
 ish politicians than 1t has been Ia the past.
 T am quits sure that public men who make unnecessary and damaging assaults on business will not receive | the support they have in the past. strong Federal support always has been given to the development of the Northwestern States. Administra sions l have not in the past looked to the South
 and Southwest for political support. "The second danger is that too many of the public men of the South give 50
 much of their time to politics that they
 have no time for helping the develop
 ment of their districts. With too many
 1t Is all politics.
 .'If the Republicans in Congress have 6 row among themselves. they can ai-
 ways depend upon the support of cer- tain Southern and Southwestern Con- gressmen to aid them in their efforts
 to disturb the business conditions of
 the country. But what good does 1t
 do the districts and states that these
 men come from?
 "After the light among the Repubn- cans is over the Southern allies are forgotten. The South and Southwest are given credit for agitation, but they have lost on development. These sec- tions should light for aid in the de- velopment of their resources. The Federal political conditions have briefly referred to are against them. but the great undeveloped riches of the South and Southwest are in their favor. Political Aafsation Hurts. ''No section of the country has expe-
 rienced such a growth as will be deveI-
 oped in the rich South and Southwest
 within the next few years. If fheir
 strength Is pushed forward and allow cd to follow the rules of sound business judgment. It comes easy for me 70 DO db cutuuctAottC db bHC energetic men meet We can see what's coming .,
 But we also see the danger which lies in continuing political agitation.
 "Too much politics has done a great
 deal of harm to many sections of the country. and politics is the only thing
 which can hold back this Southern and Southwestern development. The peli- ticians are the only ones who can keep back the men and money willing to t,,o na h ho arb
 big enterprises.
 T have high respect for men who
 enter public life and give up their time
 to perform services for the people. But for the politician who plays for his own ends. that result in benefit for
 no one but himself. have no use. He Is usually ready to. sacrifice any in- terest or principle for popularity md selfish consideration.
 .Recently have talked with many
 merchants. bankers and farmers. Tn
 my judgment the public man who stands for the prosperity, advancement and improvement of the country need
 not lose any sleep over getting their
 support.
 Public Has Been AEiaIed.
 "The public has been misled by un-
 sound theories In the past 1t has been
 deceived by men who resorted to uo-
 litical trIckery to get it's support. ard
 afterwards rendered no services that
 amounted to anything; but on the con-
 trary. have retarded growth.
 "The railroads do not need schem-
 ing politicians in order to talk to the
 farmers. merchants and manufactur-
 CTS who ship with them or ride on
 their lines.
 "The public man who forgets most
 of his politics and goes out to get more
 and better highways. better markets
 for the products of the country,
 broader trade for the manufacturers'
 goods, and works for good times for
 all. will get along all right with the
 people of his State and can depend up-
 on their support.
 "The time Ia opportune for all the
 States of the South and Southwest to
 take up the fight for the same kind of
 work that is under way by the North.
 west. The competition is strong, but
 the fight can be successfully made end
 turn a full share of the investors' money to the South and Southwest. :"