Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-05

| tire United States from Canada to
the Mexican border. Washington,
Oregon, California, Idaho and Louis
ianna are in the hands of the timber
barons. Mr.. Davies finds many po-
tential evils in this large concentra-
ton of ownership, among which are
high prices for land sold to settlers,
increase of the tenantry system, or
direct farming by large corporations. y
An Ancient Evil and a New Con-
science"
Jane Adams of Chicago, has writ
ten new book, the title of which
is AN Ancient Evil and a New
Conscience. Senator John Sharp
Williams has declared on the floor of
the Senate: Il will wager my head
that that book alone will do more
good in accelerating the spiritual
growth-it will bring the men who
possess things and the men who do
not possess things more nearly to-
gether upon common plane of
thought and feeling than all that
Congress could have done if it had
been doing nothing else for the past
ten years" Now let the observers
mote whether this testimony from
the Federal Senate is as effective in
making Miss Adams new book one
of the best Sellers" as was that
other voice of the government which
spoke in the past, when sanctimoni-
Gus John Wanamaker used the pow
er of his office as Postmaster Gener-
al to exclude popular novel from
the mails, resulting in million CO.
pies being sold
The Senatorial Chuckle.
No doubt the United States Senate
| is having a good chuckle behind
closed doors-you know they have
closed doors at the Senate, with star
chamber sessions, executive sessions,
caucuses and secret committee meet
ings. But this time one Warburg
with business offices in the suspicious
financial district of New York has
replied to a request of the Senate
that he appear before it in order that
he might be questioned in reference
to his appointment on the reserve
board, telling the Senators in sub
stance to go chase themselves. These
real nice Senators do not like to be
treated that way, and they have put
Mr. Warburg's appointment into a
dark pigeon-hole. The President
wants them to take it out and act
upon it. In every other instance
since Woodrow Wilson has been in
the White House, the Senate has
obeyed his mandate, but this time
they only return a blank stare, muir
muring meanwhile: why, Mr.. Pres
] ident, Warburg has been SO rude
that we could not think of it,"
s., Growth of Government Control.
1.-The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is hitting bad railroad manage
ment right between the eyes, and il
has not minced matters in Analysing
the manner by which reckless and
profligate" financial operations are
estimated to have cost the stock
holders of the New Haven railroad
from $65,00O,000 to 100000.
Former President Mellen told a
straightforward story when he was
before the commission in Washing
ton recently, and although he and
his confederates established basis
for the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion's findings, yet he now declares
that politics lie at the bottom of the
report. However, it is noticeable
that while the government is tight
I enl11S the TelUS OH cOTpOTdIlOH COl-
troll, that the managers of big bust
ness are trying to keep within the
law and guage their transactions
in such a manner that the big Off
Gals will be able to escape judges
and courts. The process Of an
awakened business conscience has
gone so far that it may even be pos
sible for some of the heads of trusts
to enter heaven.
When Will Congress Adjourn?
When the flowers bloOmed in the
spring, ira la, President Wilson ask
ed Congress to finish it's work and go
home by July /. Leader Underwood
cogitated and stretched the date to
July 10, and Senator Kern pulled the
suggestion along to the middle
of the month. But the prospects are
no better than they were weeks ago,
and now Kern, who is quoted most
because he is the nominal Senate
leader, is advocating some sort of a