The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-26

terror Ballinger will take long trips
this year, the former to the canal
zone to get closely in touch with
canal affairs and the progress of the
work on the isthmus and the latter
to Alaska to investigate government
al affairs in that territory. Evidently
the days of quiet and ease for cab
met officers are at an end. There is
work for them to do and they are
expected to do it or get out.
According to Washington dis
patch in the Tribune there is move
men on foot in Washington to restore
the use of the term executive man
sion instead Of White House which
has been the custom during the
Roosevelt administration, and many
members of congress are said to pre-
fer the longer and more pretentious
name. "White House" it is in the
mind and mouth Of every American;
SO known across the water too The
WI III tio 4CSSuI lCoCdlClISS NY COl :
respondents of the Sun have shown,
is of respectable antiquity. 1t seems
to have been traced as far back as
Adams second administration. 1t will
soon be entitled to it's centenary.
1t is a family figure of homely and
cordial look. 1t is not to be put out
by a long trained intruding trollop
like Executive mansion" That may
accommodate itself wei to the legal
formal and clerky style, but the
popular and fittest name is and will
be white House." Mr.. Taft is no
friend Of pomp and swollen words.
we have no doubt that he prefers to
live in house. AS for those men,
bers of congress who from fondness
for eloquence or want of taste love
high sounding names, Mr.. Taft may
tell them a little jest by which Dr.
VIM. Everett used to teach simpli-
city: cat Yale the presidents lady
retires;' at Harvard the presidents
wife goes to bed"
The demands of the anthracite
| mine workers are sound in so far
that it never hurts to ask for things
you have not the least hope Of OBJ
tanning. A ten per cent increase in
wages, the establishment of an eight
| hour day, and recognition Of the
| miners union, are concessions which
the operators would stoutly resist
at the best of times. They are i'm
possible demands in a year of bust
ness depression following upon a
year of severe panic, with wages set,
(, ting steadily towards decline, and
unemployment widespread. In 1900
in the very heart Of flush times, the
coal workers, backed by the benev,
client interest Of the president him
self got fewer concessions than they
now ask for. In 1906 everybody wa:
we'll off-apparently-and the min
ers succeeded in making out 81
strong case that the increased cos
of production involved in their de
mands became quite secondary. To
day everybody is not quite so vel
off. There is growing tendency tt
weigh the rights of that almost for
gotten animal, the consumer, agains
the rights of the producer, and ;
possible increase in the price of Goa
comes home more sharply than i
did in 1906. Under the circumstan
ces it is hard to see why the miner
should be disappointed when the op
orators offer three years renewal O
the existing agreement. Possibly tn
miners are not so disappointed a
they profess to be. Possibly the ad
vantage Of having things stay as the
are was in their minds when the
asked for higher wages and short
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