The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-07
CONTROL OF MINES.
JUDGES OF c. n. 8. DEBATE
DECIDE AGAINST GOVERN
MENT OWNERSHIP.
Would Be Costly and lmpracticable-
Music and observation-disclosures
tainment Tomorrow Night
General Notes.

Cairo high :cnool and KS friends
and patrons had a very pleasant
evening last night in the local high,
school assembly hall The occasion
was an inter-meeting between tie
two literary societies OF the school
and an excellent program was given.
The object Of the meeting was TO
give outsiders some idea OF the in,
ner workings of the two popular or
CARNATIONS of the school, the Athea-
ian and the c. H. S. Debating Socie
ty..
This is the first year Cairo high
school has had literary societies and
both Of them have proven 70 be Of
much pleasure ana benefit to their
members. Last nights gath ring was
a pleasing climax to most uccess-
ful yeai.
Miss Alice Hastings. president or
the Ataenian, held the chair and tie
first on the program was piano
dret b. Misses Dorothy Candee and
Nellie lee, then a short talk by Teny
Goldsmith, president OF the boys O.
ciaty. A student diary was read by
Miss Georgia Perrault and the G. H.
s. quartetta followed this with sew
eral ongs.
The most interesting part OF the
program was the debate which fol-
lowed. The subject was RI soved.
That the United State should own
and control the coal mines" The
first affirmative speaker was Frank
Schoembs. He said it is a question
in which the purchasing public are
financially and otherwise concerned;
that it is one that needs serious con
sideration,. becauset the W Is rob
the purchasing public, prevent con-
petition. promote child labor and in
short ruin our country He sail it is
wastaful, forces exhorbitaBt prices
upon the people and is run like
black hand" society
The first negative speaker, Clinton
Tanner, said it is generally conced-
ed that whatever the government
shall 10 it shall 10 for the good and
the benefit of the people and he
would try to show that our govern
ment could not keep its pledges to
| its citizens and own and control coal
mines Ha said The government
could not own and control the mines
because it would be exceedingly i'm
practicable; it would be too eXpel-
siye. The government could not do
the work as cheaply as the present
owners AMI that graft and robbery
would become more evident
Niles Schuh, the second affrma.
tive speaker, said strikes, which
cause so much trouble under the
present system would not occur IL
the government owned and controlled
| the coal mines He said the cost OF
| necessities Of life would be reduced
| and this would relieve the industries
from heavy taxation and they won Il
| in turn lower the prices on manufac-
tured goods He said also that gov
| eminent Ownership would fncrease
the value Of labor because so much
| child labor would be put down and
| the idle men Of the country could go
to work He d!d not favor the CO.
calistic plan nor any Of its prinCi.
| pies, but he thou ght the govern
ment could take charge of and con-
troll the coal mines just like 1t does
its postal system.
The second negative speaker. Les
| tar Bumpus said that government
ownership of the coal mines would
be impractcable because the govern
| ment would also have to control the
4 means Of transportation--tha rail
roads. He said the plan would be
TOO expensive and therefore not
plausible. He said all the troubles
nat are caused now could be easily
settled by an arbitration board in
stead of UGH an uncertain thing as
government ownership which he said
would not bring about q desirabe
itate of affairs.
The Judges, VIM. n. Butler, w S.
>ewey and Hunter Bird decided 2 to
in the negative.
The remainder of the program
was given over to solo by Miss
larry Butler, an original story by
iiss Faye McCabe, reading ty
| Mis- Phyllis Smith ara an instru-
| mental duct by Raymond Franklin
nd John Hofheinz, accompanied b.
| Miss Laura Clendenen.