The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-19
OUR. coLLAPsING LEGISLATURES.

passed and declared very uulLIu1Iy IIdC do q "ol0
the session was failure and the state no better OH
after its adjournment than before its convention
With this view most people possessing reason
sble allowance of common sense Will reauhy agree
Barring the enactment of a statewide prohloltloh
measure and perhaps one or two other laws Vhele
are few who can look with pride or point WIN saViS
faction to the 1915 session OF the Arkansas leglSa
4nre In personnel, doubtless it was at least up to
the standard of recent years, and averaged Win law
making bodies in other states This, however, is little
to its credit for, the Commercial Appear ponVeoy
asserts the theory of direct legislation practced IN
the various states is rapidly eliminating IN asasVef
for those whose interests are involved
Following the thought outlined in the CONNER
Gals editorial is almost persuaded to beeVe that
i'm reality there is approaching time when ieglsla-
tures will be costly liability to state The gradual
inclination of members to look carefully to the matter
of featherng their political nests, If they are ponu
caly inclined, using the power OF their Office TO
wreak personal and private vengeance upon mdVduals
concerns and associations against whom they holo
grudges and the practice of members in giving them
selves body soul and remnant to friends Tor use IN
pushing favored bits of legislation is rapidly forcing
to an issue the possibility of government by commls-
sion and the doing away with biennial sessions of rep
go to the seat of government with weldefined
ideas of what is needed.
The conduct of states affairs is a grown mans
Job, and tin soldier representatives are woefully
lacking in the necessary amount of information to
der them equal to the emergency of studying out Tor
themselves the intricate problems which arise. Pro-
vding for the collection and disbursement of millions
of dollars of tax money is problem which requires
Al Slofo &c
developing between the hour of accepting the portfolio
of Honorable and the occasion of his discharge from
Responsibilities"
1t is silly enough for the public to entertain even
faint suspicion that Tom, Dick and Harry from Par
Rock and in the course of fortnight grasp the thought
of real service,
Men who conduct business ventures must spend
lifetime fitting themselves for the work. Cashiers
of banks who in conjunction with their directors and
financial boards are responsible for large sums Of
money placed on deposit by trusting customers are
skilled in the art of credits They know their bust
mess as thoroughly does the engineer who pulls the
throttle of fast passenger engine, the farmer who
plants grain in soils best fitted for the peculiar seeds
The farmer spends lifetime his plantation study
ing seasons conditions under which certain plants may
be expected to develop how best to feed stock and
when to market his products If he is at all successful
he must devote work and gray matter to his task In
short he must know his business, The merchant who
succeeds in forging to the front must in addition to
knowing how to arrange credits, know great deal
about the several hundred brands of wares that
placed upon the market, and he must know something
concerning the demands of his immediate locality
These things do not come to him overnight. They are
not impressed upon him by divine dispensatOns of
providence. He studies his business and masters it.
Likewise the barber, the baker the butcher and
dlestick maker-each in his sphere of endeavor must
devote energy to the mastery of art 1t becomes
part of his very nature Otherwise he fails. Pres
dents of railroads and the preentious corpora
tions through whose hands millions of dollars pass
not selected haphazard They not elected by
within of fancy because they happened to favor
peculiar sect clique steen years ago when Heck
small pup Directors of the larger insurance
companies have exactly the opportunity to play
politics that free have and it is possible
at any time for policy to get together and
lect president individual who measures up to
the standard of those who believe that anyone in this
world to be entitled to recognition must believe with
all his heart with all his soul and with all his body
that corporation is octopus, that an octopus is
Bengal tiger and that Bengal tigers dangerous
imals to be allowed range-rights But fortunately,
holders of voting rights in financial enterprises prefer
that the management of such properties shall be vested
in men who know something of the business and as
result they vote large salaries to intelligent gentle
men who have devoted great many years and great
deal Of midnight oil to the task of mastering little de-
tails of procedure that Woud eScane an unSked mind