The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-03-20
OUTR.4GEOTS

For several weeks circular letters have been coming to this Of
hce-and We presume that similar letters have been sent to other
newspapers Throughout. the cOuntry-trom the international lnfor-
nation Bureau, District National Bank Building, Washington, ID
c." said letters bearing the signature of one F. X. Weinscheok.
Many OF these letters have found their way to the waste basket
without ever being read by us, but " e did read one, Bulletin
No az" and II contains such outrageous charges against the admin
istration at Washington that we at once conclude that the said
"Weinschenk' is writing at 50 much per.
The makers and owners of coastw1se vessels, who are OF course
men and Corporations without money ~ are evidently the motive
power behind the aforesaid international Information Bureau.
is information. These letters would have the public believe that
because President Wilson is seeking to have the provision giving
American coastwise vessels free use of the Panama Canal, repealed
that the administration is recognizing the British Crown and Sow
ereignty over this country" Bulletin No. 25 states, How ridicu
lous it would seem then to levy tolls on American naval vessels
This would closely resemble d business institution taxing its own
delivery wagon" This is an entirely erroneous hypothesis. The
owners Of these vessels built them for profit and their purses paid
no more for the construction of the Panama Canal than the purses
of the balance of the country. To give these vessels or those of
any other kind free use of the canal, would be an injustice to the
balance of the country and is absolutely wrong in principle because
it is in the nature of a bounty and the payment OF any bounty is a
vicious thing. That business or enterprise that can not thrive with
out levying a tribute upon its neighbors. is rot entitled to IN exist
ence. But aside from all this, when our government negotiated a
treaty with Great Britain looking to the construction OF the canal,
that treaty contained a clause which stated that no favors or benefits
should be shown the vessels of one country over another. and we
should stand by our bargain. Every dictation of honesty and OF
square dealing admonishes us to live up to our agreement.
Quoting still further from Bulletin No. q, we hnd these lumi-
nous statements: political disgrace has been heaped upon this
country" by this administration. because, forsooth, the owners of
certain vessels are asked to pay their way. There would be no more
justice in giving certain business concerns free use OF the Y , mails
than in giving certain vessels free use OF the Panama Canal
Letters sent out from the National Capital like those here re-
fered to r. very seductive and the gst of much of what they con-
tain often finds its way into print through the innocence Of an un'
We will wager a dime against a pint of Philippine tadpoles that
those interested in the construction of and the running of American
coastwise vessels are putting up the shekels to maintain the Inter
national Information Bureau"
The lower house cf the state legislature seems to delight in g,
ing Knockout drops to measures originating in the senate.