The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-28

prehend so plain business PROPOSE
ton the state and Interstate railway
commissions would see that the large
interior section of Florida, stretch
ing from the Perdido to Cape Sable
distance of seven hundred miles
would be given a square DEAL" and
would permit no unjust discrimina-
tons. That they would give out the
fair and just dictum that every tub
must be made to stand on it's own
bottom" thus guaranteeing to all
towns and cities in the struggle for
commercial supremacy an equal
chance, and after laying down the
proposition of "all rights for ALL" in
the forceful if not very elegant die
ton of Mr.. Greeley, would say, "Now,
root hog or diei"
The child was born. The state and
interstate railway commissions were
established, and yet the harsh and in
furious determinations that were fas-
tened upon the helpless interior were
kept up-the yoke is even more Sc
curely fixed Even competition, since
the beginning of commerce, said to
be ''the life of trade" has been sti-
fed, and the interior, bound hand and
foot. is lying prone and helpless at
the feet of the commissions of it's
own creation.
The interior is comp1acently told
that lower rates must be given to the
seaport cities to meet water competi-
ton for the reason, it is to be presum-
ed, For him that hath, to him shall
be given; and he that hath not, from
him shall be taken away, even that
which he hath
Realizing that it is impossible to
keep alive wholesale establishment
or manufacturing plant of any de-
scription in the interior in competi-
ton with similar industry at any
seaport city, | share the feelings of
the creator of Frankenstein.
Just before his death the poet, Shell
ly, Mrs. Shelly and Lord Byron were
passing few pleasant months on the
classic shores of Lake Geneva in
beautiful Switzerland. Meeting at the
home of Lord Byron one dark and
tempestuous night, German ghost sto-
ries became the subject of discussion.
They each entered into a compact to
write ghost-story, which should be
read the next time they met on a tenn
pestuous night. The occasion soon
presented itself, and with modesty
that is the charm of womanhood, Mrs.
Shelly insisted that Lord Byron's and
Shelly's should be first read, but
when hers was read the others were
torn into fragments, her story being
so much the superior Lord Byron
and Shelly paid Mrs. Shelly the defer
ence and honor that is said to have
been shown to Mr. Jefferson by his
associates when the text of his de
claration of independence" was read.
Mrs. Shelly's story was based on
the secret of the generation of life.
The hero of her romance was a plas-
tic mould fashioned in the image of
man which was finally infused with
the elixir of life and the mischievous
monster became a threatening men
ace to it's creator.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
AS l stand before you tonight, / say
to you in all candor, sincerity and
truth that I firmly believe the newspa-
pers of the United States are as free,
independent and unshackled as ever at
any time in the life of our nation;
that they still stand for the palladium
of our liberties and occupy the proud
place that caused Jefferson to ex-
claim that he had rather rely on
free and independent press than an
army with banners"