Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-10

been several years since NhHhhs'"h
has become 80 pertufOed over q pup
ne question. Tsrin bills, currency re-
vision. and the goings and comlnss 81
new political parties have aieAn3
canse,s snch disturbances as the prop
szlflnn 10 treat ogerYhodg'e vessels
alike al Panama. The President says
the treaty stands for just what y says.
Read n yourself and sou VIII agree
that II III plain enough, no matter
what your political creed may De- The
ouposltian says that American vessels
eneneea Ia the constwisc trade can
be exempted because they are not en-
RACED in foreign commerce which
Is the meaning 81 the Hay-Pnunce-
fote treaty. There arc supreme court
decisions and accepiancea AFTER
sort Of this claim from the British /
SIN another argument ~ that the
treaty was made before the Canal
was commenced. and al the time II
was not known whether Hriinin'
Franco America. or some other
country would dig thc ditch How
ever. tke time came when the Canal
zone ceased 70 be territory Of Col
ombla. but vas acquired by the Unit
"a states, after which the canal was
built la domestic territory. EXPIRES
idenfs Ronaevelt and Taft have taken
poeifions exactly opposite 10 that Of
President wilson And 10 this the d.
vision ~ opinion In the Senate and
party. and you have proof Of the clam
that this IA not 40 simple matter, !
after all Undoubtedly Il IL many
sided question.
Is This Conversation.
There are TWO thousand acres OF
coal lands IN Montana lying idle. and
one 81 the western railroads offered TO
purchase this acreage from the gov
eminent Senator Myers Of Montana
introduced bin 10 dispose of the land Z
and get the coal to the consumers
ana incidentally stir thing up IN an y
lnduatriai way. by a vote Of rs 10 ~ Il
the Senate defeated the proposition, q
or course the thousand Of acres OF n
Alaska coal lands are 10 he leased q
but original proposals 20 do this very n
thing we're invariably defeated In
Congress The law ~makcrs have been r
30 scared over the conservation issues v
for several years that they have stood v
go straight on the question that they a
have bent over backwards most OF the h
time.
A good many people have wondered 81
how Il happened that regular Re- d
publican. like Congressman Burke n
happened 60 become the choice OF q
progressive" South Dakota, and the
answer seems 70 be in the persistent h
fight Mr. Burke has carried on against j.
what he terms professional conserva- j.
tionisss" He has been a bitter foe OF e
the government policies that tied up OF
hsmesteadcrs and settlers in reeiama-
tlon projects ~
Results IN the Burke case demon e
sttate that the de-stepping OF the he
conservation issue as was the case 70
in the Montana instance, Is becoming bi
unpopular with te people. IL
Financial Conditions OF Railroads. N
Inasmuch az the stockholders OF the OF
railroads have been missing their div- ~
idenda. they have naturally been rath- or
or persistent ia asking the federal h,
government whether Il Is a fact that al
the numerous shake-ups administered | Il
by Uncle sam are the reason. The
Interstate Commerce Commission has u
been spending weeks IN the attempt 10 n
determine whether the Ave per cent &c
advance IN rates asked by the rail- n
roads should be granted. Most OF the n
sprogresslvcs' OF the different poltt- n
Zeal parties IN Congress hold TO the %
notion that the troubles Of the rail- h
roads are an OF their own making, and A
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the railroads are not paying Is be- %
cause OF the frenzied manner OF their te
capitalization and financing. Senator &C
Cumfnins has made n big speech go 81
ing Into the intrlcacies Of the gues- to
tion. while Senator T.aFollcttc has IN
been interesting himself IN getting tho
result o. the hearings OF the Commits In
sion before the public. Many public ca
mon take tho position that the big 10
rcst questions Of government are IN SO
volved iu the final determination or IA
the railroad rate problem. and they or
are closely following It's progress be- pc
fore Che Commission. Sc
Aavcrtislne-By Governments. IS
on one or two occasions there has OF
been something OF a shakeup In the pc
War Department because Of the aliur- sp
ing copy that has been hung up in m
posters. and featured in magazine adj %
vcrtising. Ia the securing Of fecuits ~
Tor the army and navy. WASHINGTON ,e
officials have been warned that this IN
copy should "tcll the truth rather sp
than picture IN poetical terms the
care free visions o. life In the army IA
and navy. Now England has intro WI
ducca a similar advertising campaign da
ana the old fashioned nritishcrs feel WI
that patriotism must have indeed al
sunk 20 a low ebb whom It's War office W.
resorts to such methods IN order 10 on
secure recruits. There Is an explaua- l.'
ton forthcoming IN defence OF the M
British depression. 70 the effect that Sc
the immigration agencies have been
securing the best young men. and IN pc
order 20 keep them AT home and set op
them into the service. Il has been IN
necessary Tor the War Office TO adopt gr
measures. Therefore. the In
British In looking about fer pointers, pr
have taken no The scheme OF the Unit la
"a states IN advertising for soldiers
and sailors We
Dead Mems Salaries. 20
II has been the custom for Congress "a
a. vote years salary 10 the widow al