The Washington herald., 1910-06-12

with gold and there is neither sorrow
nor death, and. according to my read
ing. no reputation OF debts honestly con-
tracted. IN any kind Of lighting" sena-
tor Burkett went on 20 say, zone must
adjust himself 10 the tactics of the other
fellow. The Republicans elected 12i
members Of the legislature, as against
nine Fusionists. or Bryan men, and !
was chosen Senator"
Not an Extremist.
What kind OF a Republican are your
I asked
Il am progressionist. although not
an extremist. like La Toilette I work
and argue within my party and when
/ defeated join the majority. This is a
nation OF majorities I voted for the
free hide and free lumber amendments
to the tariff bill The amendments were
! rejected, TO my regret. but 1 supported
the bin when it was put upon its pas
sage, thereby conforming TO regularity
and in good faith accepting the Judgment
OF the majority. Still. I am neither alto
! gether acceptable to La Toilette on the
one side nor to AIdrich on the other
side"
What is the biggest question befor,
the country"
Transportation-the prosperity OF the
people hinges upon the means they have
Of exchanging their commodities. or their
surplus labor. II I grow more wheat
than I can eat, I desire to trade II for
clothing, farm implements. OF furniture
/ We brag of our railroads. but they are
lamentably undeveloped in q very i'm.
portant particular. So far. the genius
and energy Of our railway men have beer
confined almost entirely 70 the financial
side OF the transportation business. 10 the
/ building of new lines and extensions
which permits of stock and bond exploit
tation and financial manipulation. We
have enlarged our locomotives and cars.
and doubled the tracks of important
roads, but the economies of management
have been neglected. There have been
no improvements. for example. in the
handling of freight. much OF which Is
injured by rough usage and delay. The
immense sums Of money paid annually
for damages are charged TO the cost al
doing business and come from the pockets
Of the people
Freight Trains Too Slow.
With all our pretended hurry. our
| freight trains are almost as slow as
wagons. 1t was stated not long ago that
our freight cars, taken as a whole. trave,
about twenty-three miles a day on an
average. During the hearing on the b;I
compelling live stock trains to increase
their speed. It was shown that with the
delays at switches, on side tracks. and
at the ends Of divisions for inspection
an average OF sixteen miles an hour. dav
in and day out. would necessitate a speAs
OF forty-five miles an hour between sta.
tons. AS a matter OF fact, the grain
merchandise. machinery, coal, and othe,
products of the country are being moved
about seven miles an hour, which is bott
ridiculous and wasteful
The city Of Lincoln, where I live. Is
200 miles from Washington. 1 ghir
freight back and forth twice each year II
IS on the way, taking one shipment with
another. twenty-nine days. In Other
4 words. II is shot from one terminus ia
! the other at the rate Of Al miles in "a
hours. can send a package by ex-
press to Lincoln in five days. A letter.
however, gets there in little more than
two days thus showing the difference
between scientific and. unscientihc OPERA
ton When freight gets 0bstructed. no
railway can find it. One must wait until
1t trickles through the dam somewhere
and again gets in motion. If a letter is
] missent the government can trace it i'm