The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-10-28

TO asperse 1t today.
With respect to Mr.. Taft's speech on
the necessity for ship subsidies Ad-
miral Evans declares himself to be in
sympathy with every word which the
president has said upon this subject;
but he calls Congressman Lands to
account for going out of his way to
criticise the American navy, when 1t
was not in the least germane to the
subject matter under discussion.
''Mr. Lands makes the mistake Of a
lot OF gentlemen OF his profession" I"
remarked the blunt old sailor, "that Of
talking about things Of which he knows
nothing"
AS for the stunted growth of the
American merchant marine, he says
that two causes have operated to pro-
duce this unfortunate result.
First, what he calls "the absurd
asininity" of congress in refusing back
In the sixties to use the ships which
during the war had been "whitewash-
ed," or which hac floated an alien flag.
Second, the fact that steamship
stocks and bonds have not yielded the
same income as railway securities.
And for reasons like these he says
that we are content to pay millions
upon millions annually to foreigners
to carry our products to market when
we ought to be sustaining our own
steamship lines.
I But the American merchant marine
In no wise involves the American navy
and the outburst of wrath on the part
of Admiral Evans is abundantly war
ranted by the provocation. Even II
the old sea captain were not just re-
towering from an attack of the gout
he would have ample occasion fol-
speaking his mind"
ar Eggs bring only So per dozen ir
Cuba. That's safe country for bum
actors.
az Bicycles. autoss flying machines
come and go-but the horse goes OF
forever. FA4
"a Some men wish they were col
lIeges so Rockefeller would leave then
some money.
eT It's UP to some muckraker to dis.
pute that sailing trip of Noah--and tx
swear he wasn't on Mt. Ararat.
ar About the only things the Chimes,
have not claimed they had seyera
thousand years ago is--aeroplanes.
/ ET 1t isn't absolutely necessary Il
believe everything the, mayoralty can
didates intNew York say of each other
~ If England becomes Iordless an,
her lords American -heirless-lif won
be worth living on the tight little isle
ET An Alabama poet sings tina
Death is a pleasant thing" The pro
hibition people must be camping on hi
trail
eT Lieutenant Peary should realiz
J that it is better to have dashed an,
been second than not to have daahe,
at ALL
Gar Roosevelt killed a rhinoceros tina
had hide one inch thick The anima
might have run for office in Mort
Dakota
ET Senator Stone Of Missouri Is quit
a scrapper with niggers. Some enter
! prising promoter might match hir
! with Jack Johnson.
Er The Chicago News insists ths
, some men are not very enthusiast
J about going to heaven. DO you blam
emf they reside in North Dakota?
] fE Lack Of opportunity-if nothin
more prevents North Dakotans frol
1 following the example OF the German
land spending 10 per cent OF the
earnings in booze.
eE The people Of Detroit still inaii
It's q waste OF the beautiful to unfu
r that new worlds championship per
elnant in a smoke-iaden atmosphere lil
! ! that Of Pittsburg.
ar American Industries for Octobs
had cut and sketch OF the plo
Y manufactured, invented by n. 3. Mars
chke Of Barnes county and being Of
Grated in Cass county.