Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
ST. JOSEPH, La, FRIDAY. APRIL I, 1911.

small his cause, has q right to come
in person to the congress of the United
States and present that cause. or send
somebody to represent him. And IT
does not make bit of difference wheth-
er he happens to be Swan Swanson
or the president Of the Northern Pa
cific railroad. the man who represents
him should not be discredited by the
name Of lobbyist"
Not Stock Spectators.
No doubt the interstate commerce
commission decided according to it's
best lights on the appeal of the rail-
roads for permission to raise rates,
but what win that influential gentle
man. "the ultimate consumer" get out
Of this decision? Such men as Daniel
Willard. Of the Baltimore and Ohio.
and James ]. Hill declare that 1t
means the cessation of railroad de-
velopInent and extension. that 1t
means retrenchment and economy In
every department. II this Is true It
| As q misfortune for multitndes OF work
ing men and their families.
Sometimes wonder whether a re-
duction Of five cents or an increase Of
i've cents on plows from Chicago to
| central Nebraska would materially af-
feet the price of the plow as finally
delivered. Would the addition of 25
cents to the freight on a wagon be
added to the price of the wagon?
believe not. A wagon sold for SIS or
thereabouts is not going to have 25-
cent tag tied on 1t for new railroad
rates.
People should understand that the
railroads are so vitality woven into the
life and the activities Of American so
ciety that what strikes the one strikes
the other even more seriously.
In my opinion the railroads did
much in the past that justifies their
unpopularity. But their present man
agement is not that of the olden days.
James ]. Hill is railroad builder. not
a wrecker. Daniel Willard Of the B.
& o. II given a chance win kill that
old joke about wanting to 60 to Wash
| ington "the worst way" He has
made It almost the best way already.
Darius Miller. of the Chicago. Bur
| Iington and Quincy. has helped to
keep up the reputation Of that road
as the Pennsylvania of the West
Louis Hill Of the Great Northern. son
of the great builder, is at all times a
worker and at no time a speculator.
The railroad man of today tries to
run his railroad and not to rig" the
stock market. He is apt to know
more about the cost Of locomotives
and of steel rails than Of securities on
the curb. or in the exchange. and
would back men Of the type above
mentioned on a straight out railroad
deal for rails or equipment much
quicker than would the average
United States senator in stock deal.
Extrsvagance In Navy.
Representative Henry T. Raiuey, of
Illinois. who, by the way, although a
Democrat is a friend Of Lorimer.
spoke the other day on the naval ap-
preparation bill and presented some
figures which. having been used in the
| Congressional Record, viii hardly be
used elsewhere But Mr.. Rsiney has
done distinct service in pointing out
the extravagance Of modern naval
methods. He pointed out tnat on ten
of the ships that made the famous
Roosevelt tour around the world there
has been already expended in repairs
$3,605,823 and bill now pending car
ries for the same purpose s1.125.000
additional He points out that the
voyage itself cost $13.460,512. Is 1t
any particular wonder that for the
cost Of past wars and preparation for
future wars 73 per cent Of the total
revenue of the United States is ex-
pended? And is 1t any wonder. either,
that with this colossal expenditure OF
the peoples money for unproductive
purposes the cost Of living in this
country Is becoming almost prohihi-
tive?
Senator-e1ect James H. MARITIME Of
New Jersey has been In Washington
several days. Pronounce his name as
though It were spelled "Marteen," be-
cause this is a tender point with him.
During his campaign for the senator
ship they tried to make It appear that
It was pronounced Martini" and he
came near passing into history with
the famous cocktail which did such
disaster to the political hopes Of for
! mer Vice-President Fairbanks. Mar
tine is a vigorous talker, man evil
IDENTIFY of the people. He does not
profess any very great knowledge of
national affairs as yet and the en-
thusiasm with which he comedies to
Gov. woodrow Wilson all the honor
and credit for his election is almost
pathetic. Perhaps that is mere mod
esty, but he has been preaching the
doctrine here that Governor Wilson'S
victory has in every way changed the
current Of New Jersey politics, which
II true is good thing. because for a
good many years past there has been
no more rotten politics practiced in
the country than in that state. OF
Governor Wilson he says: I'VE have
real leader. He is a conservative
sort of statesman and scholar, but
please do not think that because he
is a college president and thinker he
does not understand politics. He win
be practical politician without los
ing any of his lofty ideas about gov.
ernment, and win figure largely in
the national affairs of the country"