The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
The Follies of La Toilette


ElbertHu in December Fra
Senator Ia Toilette demands railroad rates based ON
physical valuation In speech he cited the Great
Northern railroad example Of railroad whose stock he
claims contains than 50 per Of water La Toilette
wants based what the road build and
what it is worth today.
The fact s no great railroad would have been built
the basi. o. Mr. La Foletes figures.
The basis Of increase in productive value Of the land
through which the railroad paesand that the Market
before the moad built for fraction Of dollar per
and could be sold for that and which settlers would
not accept gts WORTH say twenty-five City
hundred doles acre, and Of townstes vastly
The increase the value Of the land has aom
thing and only thing. and that the railroad The value of
the railroad property has increased with all other real estate
values.
Here is railroad two thousand miles long, with towns
villages and cities every few miles along the entire route The
prosperity Of the people the fact that they are
travelling both ways They make money andhen they go east
the old folks and Of spend their money all along
the way. Had there been railroad there would have
been towns and villages, and no people.
How absurd is to berae the men whose enterprise pro-
phec vision, ambition and undng persency made the railroad
possble Are they entitled good for all they
have done for the Of people who are benefited by and
through this enerprep
The value Of this of land through which the rail-
road goes slump recede will be worth more as
the days go by,
1t very eaay for the vlager his crackerbox and
warm himself before another mans stove and damn society
tor not doing this that and the other Then equally loud and
persistent his criticisms Of the who goes ahead and does
the thing which he has said should be DONE He complains
either way. He will kick you don't and he will protest if
you do.
The tragedy is when such individual is placed in posi-
ton where his protests educating the people the
fallacy that they are being oppressed
THE ALASKAN ANOMALY
Just now the very curious condition Of thrty-6ve
thousand people Alaska where fuel in great demand buying
coal from Canada when right beneath their very feet are lying
mexhauibe supplies of COAL
To mine this coal requires enterpres and CAPITAL a Fol
te has neither and he blocks the way Of big combinations of
capital going and giving this coal the people fair charge
for the service rendered he United States is to own the
mines. then let her supply the capital work them and bear
the risk Of opening them up.
But tno conservation will do this Conservation will
neither open up the nor allow anyone else to This is
called protecting the people"
1t Alaska coal mines operated directly by what is
big Business the people Of Alaska could have coal at one
halt the price they pay and then they would be able to 90
on and develop great many other industies.
Coal necessary for power and withhold this coal from
the Of the people through fear he BOSS Shepard and Boss
Tweed going get than their DUE the attitude of
the vilager.
Coal can only be mined where the mining enterprise and
transportation facilities accord Coal without hanspor-
ta'on at the doo vaueless Transportation with nothing to
haul u.s. after all, but right Of way and streak Of rust
Alaska needs Big Business and chase big business out
OF noyv the Il H.