The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-24

attention to the Hudson tunnels, sub
ways under city streets, and under
ground telephone and telegraph wires,
Mr.. Ware proposes to fight to the end
against the return to more primitive
means of handling the mail.
Place for Economy Never Found
The following startling statement
recently fell from the lips of the
leader of the democratic majority
in the senate. at is all well enough
to talk about economy; ! am very
much in favor of economy myself, but
prefer to indulge in methods of
economy in matters in which millions
and scores of millions are involved"
Awesome language that, and calcu-
lated to fill the people back home with
a healthy respect for the tremendous
responsibilities weighing down their
representatives in Washington. But
the enunciation Of that high-sounding
principle is strangely out of keeping
with the easy way in which 20 millions
were given for a nitrate plant, i mil
lions for an armor plant, and so mill
lions for government-owned shipping
40 millions for improving the creeks
and sloughs in democratic states, 35
millions for public buildings and so
on, all within one year Of democratic
rule.
Democrats Oppose Deliberation
Following out the democratic pol
icy, so successfully developed in .he
House, of jamming through important
Legislation without adequate debate or
a full understanding of is provisions,
the democrats in the Senate made
strenuous objection TO even the read
ing of the committee report on the
water power bill, claiming that the
republicans who requested it were fill
clustering. Senator William Alden
Smith of Michigan very appropriate
ly observed, at seems to me there
could be no better place for the care
full, deliberate, painstaking conclus-
ions of the committee having the mat
ter in charge to have their views
read than before the Senate. | have
listened to these reports" continued
Senator Smith with a great deal of
interest and have often been convinc-
ed by them" Mr.. Smith laid emphas
is on the fact that the report stated
the bill was one of the most import
ant to be considered by the Senate,
and he finally succeeded in having it
read at length by the secretary.
Oppose Owen Bill
Great indignation is expressed
among the republican lawyers Of the
Senate at the resolution introduced by
Owen Of Oklahoma forbidding Feder-
al judges from declaring unconstitu-
tional am Act Of congress. Senator
John D. Works of California. himself
a retired justice Of the supreme court
of his state, characterizes the resolu-
ton as Outrageous" 1t is probable
that it will not receive serious consid-
Grafton in the Senate, as the more
conservative democrats will unite with
the republicans in suppressing it.
British Tribute to American Tariff
When, in 1911, the British Board of
Trade made a comprehensive study Of
wages and cost Of living in American
cities, it was impressed with one fact
which it set forth in its report. The
Board said:
"In some of the towns very con-
siderable proportion of the dwellings
inhabited by the working classes are
owned by their occupiers."
At that time the industries Of the
United States were operating under a
protective tariff system. The re-
markable number of persons of the
working classes who owned their
homes is a testimonial to the efficiency
of a protective tariff in maintaining
prosperity among the working peo-
pie.
A Different Jerseyite
Gov. Fielder of New Jersey, demo-
crat, in his valedictory, asserts that
his administration saved 81 100000 in
year for the taxpayers of his state.
If this is true, it is evident that the
transplanting of New Jersey Cover
nor to Washington was tried with the
wrong man. Former Governor Wilson