The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-22

in the way of economical and Juolclous
of all that concerns theni
in a public way. Too many olnoe'
and too much salary. There has 10
be a big boss, little boss, DosS
minor and a minor boss, Tor every
little job. If small piece OF roau 10
to be laid out, surveyor or MS do
sistant, or both, are called to mars
line already marked, or trace me
alreadv traced. It is then thought
necessary to have highly sKllieu,
THOROUGHLY EDUCATED cNil
engineer engaged for a day or t"o'
After considerable LABOR he sue
ceeds in making it clear to his IN
feriors, that water. will run down NIL
When this very important discovery
has been established in the minus ol
the JJNEDUCATED bosses, it is then
that big-boss and little-boss, and the
Superintendent and the manager anu
three of four negroes get pussy
mean the negroes get to work Inc
bosses will be on hand when payday
comes, and most Of the money tha'
comes out of the pockets of the TAX
payers will find its way into the poch-
ties of those who get salaries that they
don't earn. Salaries that are entirely
out of all proportion to what the TAX
payer receives for his own hard "orA'
With the great majority of some oil
the people, there are hard times
There has not been time in the lives
of some of us when dollar was haru'
err to get nor has there been time
when, it would buy less. The pros
peritv we write about does not cor
respond with their experience MOI
does it correspond with their obserVa
o ton. The fact is, there is muct
. around them that seems to harmonic
I very we'll with the bad roads. On tn
> way to town they notice that bank
g rupt sale is NOW ON. A little nearer
q and they are told, in large letters II
4 DRINK COCA-COLA. Just a littl
: farther and they learn that there ha
; been a recent "cut In the price o
collins" Somehow the people haV
= got 1t into their old modes" that
prosperity with a coca-cola or chea
,r coffin foundation, is not likely to b
very enduring. 1t is not the kind
prosperity that warrants an indebted
ness of hundreds Of thousands of do
lars. even though it should be for tn
4. wise purpose of building goo
roads. They think it is about TIN
e to call a halt in the extravaganza
which isspiling up bonds on bonds
% the thousands and millions. They Sc
before them a gulf of debt, the botto
IN of which God alone can know, and II
10 opposite shore of which no one no
or living will ever see. They belieN
n that water will run down hill witho
no any education, and without any hel
With the boil weevil behind them al
49, taxation in front, and on every sit
of them, they feel they are in Il
hands of the Philistines any way, al
49, if they could turn Samson awhile, al
: get hold OF handy jawbone, tn
would straighten things out. But tn
n can't do this; consequently about
il they can do is to call halt to tho
whose extravaganza in public expen
lures seems to have no limit
u Convince them that their mon
will be paid for honest labor, W
are placed in the improvement and ma
tenance of their public highways, a
ley will guarantee that the money
III be given, and given cheerfully. Mel
De- er will they object to the employmt
no. of a surveyor when his services
,ua- needed. They want every honest l
ney paid for, but they want those who
liar ceive their money to earn 1t. In she
ads they want a general Strengthening
'me along the above lines, and II am
mistaken they are going to have
evil They want less debt, less taxes {
age more work.
orit- In conclusion have only to say I
} be am one of them. Respectfully,