The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-19

read more meaning into q sentence
and more meaning out Of d sentence
than any other man in the nation, and
declares that the wording Of the trea-
ty whereby the United States acquir-
ed the Canal Zone precludes the ex-
emption of our coast-wise trade from
toll.
What a preposterous proposition.
The United States bought the Canal
Zone and paid for it with United
States money; sanitated it and made
it possible for white man to live in
that region; every dam in the canal
and every dam thing about the canal
belongs to the United States, and the
theory that the United States can't
regulate the terms by which the ships
of its own citizens, engaged in purely
American trade, may pass through
the same is too ridiculous and absurd
to seriously consider. 1t would be
more assinnine to assert that the
Herald must submit its editorials to
the Editor of the Crosby Crucible for
his approval before printing the same.
| We are not arguing the merits Of
this proposition but we do say there
is nothing in the language of any
treaty that prevents the United States
from making any regulations it sees
| fit about any transportation carried or
within its own jurisdiction and if any
such provisions did exist it would be
null and void under the universal COM
lity of agreement among nations, by
which it has always been understood
that no nation shall interfere with
another nation in the management of
its own internal affairs.
We do not claim to be the peer of
Secretary Bryan or President Wilson
in the intricate technique Of foreign
affairs for they are the men who put
"tec" in foreign technicalities, but
when it comes to understanding plain
English word singing as it is slung by
the best authorities, our understander
is in as good working order as theirs,
if not better, because it has not been
gummed up with the fattery syrup
of Railroad interests or rusted by
contact with American-Anglos who
have fabulous fortunes invested in
English shipping enterprises.
The language of the treaty referred
to reads sThe shipping of all nations
shall pass through the canal on equal
terms" Remember that it is the
United States that is the announcer.
Uncle Sam says to the nations of the
world, 81 herewith announce and de-
clare that I will not discriminate
among you. will not make dog
goned bit of difference in the terms
of passage through my canal, between
the one merchant ship of Patagonia
and the twenty-five thousand of
Great Britain; they all look alike to
me-" By no twisting Of the English
tongue can that be construed as a
pledge as to what policy he will follow
with shipping exclusively his own.
We wonder if President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan were to go into a
barber shop to get shaved and should
see sign "All Shaves Is Cents"
would vigorously insist that every
time the proprietor of that shop
shaved himself he would be obliged to
go to his own cash register and take
out fifteen cents and put it in his own
pocket in order to comply with the
terms Of the sign.
A candidate never minimizes his
own virtues.
A sharp knife will not cut as deep
as a sharp tongue.
The only thing man can borrow
without giving security is trouble.
A young mans arm, like well in
the desert, makes glad the waste
places.
! A great many boys go wrong be-
cause they are not supplied with some
thing good to do.
Those who are broke take lot of
comfort in thinking that the other
fellows money is tainted.
It. beats the world how progressive
same men can be when they are pro-
crossing toward some lucrative office.
Some men possess so little nerve