The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-06

sorb the Western Pacific. yet there is
room for doubt as to an entire aD-
sence Of desire on the part OF tae
great railroad man to hold a complete
mastery over the great central route
to California
Speaking Of his traffic agreement
with James ]. Hill, whereby the two
railroad interests are TO Jointly use
double track into Seattle, Mr.. Har-
riman remarked that IL were better
for all concerned to have one double
track road instead Of two or three
single track roads. The double track
road IS more efficient and can serve
the public better than four single
track roads.
"WiIl 1t tend to lessen the cost to
the shipper"
Il do not know that II will in actual
rates, but IL will give the public bet
is the same thing"
Are you going to build any more
lines in the west?"
II do not know. The agreement does
not mean that we shall stop construc-
ton. We shall build whenever 1t Is
necessary to do So"
II the Hartman and Hill agree
ment is a broad one, 1t may operate
to exclude the Burlington from this
territory.
The financial power OF Mr.. Harri.
man was impressIvely stated in this
question and answer:
1T has been said that you are going
to sell $15O,O0o,0O0 OF bonds in Eu-
rope"
II wouldn't have TO so out Of this
room 10 do that in half an hour" re-
piled Mr. Hartman.
What do YOU think Of the magic
wand which waved can cause $780,
100000 to drop from a plum tree?
In this same interview MI Harri-
man declared that neither stock mar
ket nor legislation made prosperity,
thai the thing necessary to country's
greatness are bumper crops. To this
statement a New York paper makes
answer, saying;
"Yet in the long run the bounties of
nature are not the essential foundation
OF a state Greece built her time-defy-
ing monuments upon a bit Of arid,
sun-baked. rock-sown soil. most .
whose famous rivers run dry q. cry
Holland made tn finest
state In Europe, and still r.nntains a
fine one. on a small are filched with
infinite labor from The sea Venice
planted a magnificent state on few
acres OF mud}oank awash at high tide
The Scotch became great people
upon sell with few advantages Of eli
mate. The Germans are making a
splendid nation upon a not very fertile
plain sloping toward tae North sea,
What have Brazils or SibeIia's
natural resources done for them?
What did Japan's, until the new
national spirit brought a mental
For a hundred years
the true contrast between Canada
and the United States has not
been between natural advantages
so much as between a land ruled stu
pidly under kings and one Of freedom.
And Canada Is doing better Of late.
not because her resources are better
known, but because stupidity and alb
solutism have been replaced by popu-
lar rule and true national feeling.
The important things, the things
that make a nation great, are the
courage. the intelligence, the virtue of
its people and the justice OF It's gov
eminent If monopoly be permitted
to crush individual effort, II there is
one law for the rica and another for
the poor, II legal subleties and re-
sources OF delay entangle the Square
deal II legislatures continually enact
privileges for tho few at the cost of
the many. not all the bounues OF ma
ture, were they ten times multiplied,
would save the public from dis
aster