davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08

Fle esta una lucha generosa de
corazon, de abnegacion y de amor
cast paternal; pero, como cast siem-
pre-, en- semejantes casos, la muJer
tr;unf6, gracias a la diplomacia
sentimental de que esta dotado su
sexo.
Sc decide que Teresa permanecie-
Sc ocho dias en- Paris, en- ell hotel
Macon, donde Ell senior Santiago Sc
hospedaria tambien, por estar Ell es-
tablecimiento cerca del hospital.
Despues de tomar cafe, Victor Le-
doux, muy apenado y lanzando pro-
fundos suspiros, march6 a tomar ell
tren que lie habia de conducir a Cha
teau-Thierry.
Despues de su partida, el senior
Santiago escribi6 una carta a su Gu
made Doltaire, para ponerle al CO.
rriente de todos los successes impre-
vfstos qle iban a modificar su exis-
tencia. Al mismo tempo lie anuncia-
ba su intencion de permanecer en-
Paris durante algIn tempo Y lie ro-
gaba, en- c~onsecuencia, que regresa-
Sc = Ia fabrica sin tardar.
Al dia siguiente, a las ocho de Ia
manana, el senior Santiago Y Teresa
Sc dirigieron al hospital Y pudieron
yer al enfermo durante algunos mi
nutoS
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08

ron ustedes en- mi casa, que Andres
pertenece a mi familia.
-iUno de sus ~parientes, quiza?-
eXclamo ingenuamente Y estupefacto
Victor.
Y sera, como yo die en- su tempo,
IN hijo de rico. ives, Teresa?
ST, 81, nosotros 10 habiamos
siempre supuesto-dijo esta Ultima,
subitamente reflexiva y triste.
Despues, levant6 Ia cabeza de re-
pente Y miranda en- los ojos al senior
Santiago, como para apreciar 81 era
perfecta su ~sinceridad. die:
81 Ia cosa es como dice listed,
habra, probablemente, .conocido al
verdadero padre Y a Ia verdadera ma
DIRE de Andres: " puesto que listed
he encontrado al hijo, guerra de-
volverselo, quizas?.
En- efecto, he conocido perfec-
tamente a los padres de Andras-di-
10 Ell senior Santiago, sin responder
d~irectamente a Ia Ultima parte de Ia
question expuesta por Teresa Le-
doux;-y conforme ustedes p~iensan,
este se-a, sin duda, rico muy pronto.
Su situaci6n debe modificarse y
deber MIC es ocuparme activamente
de clio. Pero que Sc tranquilice su
!carino, sonora Ledoux; Andres no les
olvidara jamas, estoy SECURE.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08

La escena, que fue enternecedora,
conmovi0 profundamente el cora
z6n del padre de Andres.
Ell herido no cesaba de mirar y de
abrazar a su madre adoptiva y en-
sus ojos, debilitados por la enferme-
dad, brillaba una algeria interior
tan ~intensa, que temiendo una emo
ci6n demasiado fuerte, ell socio de
Dolta:re crey6 conveniente poner'
fin a Ia ~entrevista.
De 10 que lie concernfa personal
mente, y a pesar de que su corazon
Sc agitaba violentamente al lado de
SUI que;ido h,jo, encontrado cast por
un m;lagro, el senior Santiago no
descubria NADIA.
Sc contento aquel dia con darse a
conocer como un buen amigo, estre-
chando larg2mcnte IL mano der
enfermo y dirigienGo'e algunas pala-
bras que rebosaban ~e5pcranZas. Des-
pues, Sc retro, presa de tai agita-
c!on interior, que Teresa Ledoux
Sc apercibio de clio.
Dos o tres dias transcurrieron asf
a completa satisfaction de los dos
buenos genios que velaban sobre los
dias de Andres.
FL %ingeniero mejoraba diariamen-
te.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS cuidado, y sin
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08
CUARTLLLAS FACILES
DE AQU Y DE ALA

tamente ironico apellidarse "Buenros
tro," cuando Ell rostro qued6 en- tan
malas condolences.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08
Dice GEL Pueblo" de Mexico, en-

Dice GEL Pueblo" de Mexico, Ell su
editorial del dia 8 del c%orriente:
"Nos parece observar que la reac-
cion,-ihorror!,-va apoderandose, po
co a POGO, del ambiente poiltico,-ie
cielo me valga!,-si no en- TODD el
pals, cuando menos e. la ~metropoli,-
Observation-Disclosures de conduclr
lentamente Y por los habitraleS pro-
icedimientos de la hipoc7esia, a Ia re-
voluci6n, como a Cristo, ante IN pre-
torio de futures y proximos fariseC2,
-imalo!,-que no pueden ser otra
ccsa que una nueva Transformation
| autoritaria de los elementcs u fue-
ron desautorizados por la i~usticia de
Ia revolution misma."
| Nal anda aquello. Reaction, fari-
secs, pretoria, ambiente pCliticO. Ma
10. malo, malo. Cuando e! rio suena,
aqua lleva....
En- ell mismo peri6dico leemos Ia
! moticia de que, por acuerdo del Sc
, cretario de Guerra. "seran rev!Sadas
las municiones de Ia tropa, Y los SOL
dados re~integraran el valo" de las
NAL ~smpleadas."
va 10 saben los invictos g~uarachu-
dos. Tn trio al aire, tanto; otro que
Sc ceba. tanto; ctro mas gu" no hlZc
blancc, taHto. Total. tanto.
No hay haber por el dia &c hoy.
he?
Que es, justamentc, 10 que Sc ira
taba de deHlostrar.
En- unas carreras autom0vilisticas
verificadas en- Ell hipodromc de Ia
! Condesa, &c la ciudad de Mexico, el
photo B~uenrostro do con Il huesoS
en- el suelo- Y a punto estuvo de per-
der Ia vida.
Lo cual quiere decir que 81 las ca
rreras no lie rompieron Ell bautismo,
cuando menos lie estropearon Ell ape
lido, porque de hoy IN mas sera 81
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08

tamente ironico apellidarse "Buenros
tro," cuando Ell rostro qued6 en- tan
malas condolences.
En- el Estado de Sinaloa. la cleo
ci6n de e%obernador que favoreci6 al
general Ramon F. Iturbe, do lugar
a u n conflicto en- Ell que hubo estaca-
Eos y sangre. e. Ayuntamiento de
Culiacan suscribi6 un manifesto en-
Ell que d~esconocia al gobernador cleo
to, basandose en- que, en- su concepto,
IA declaration del Congreso habia
viclado Ia Constitution de Sinaloa.
Pero Ia cosa no pas6 de ahi, gra-
cias al oportuno quite de don Venus
tiano, Quien comision6 a Obregon pa
ra que dijera a aquellos ~riiosos cue
Sc dejaran de boberias, que la Cons
tituci0n era 10 de menos, v Que Itur-
be convenia porque les haria ganar
mucho dinero.
Ii SeIO pdtliotLSO uC IoS SIIldIOtII-
scs amain6 ante tan dulce esperanto,
y los melindres legalistas que tenlan
fueron considerados como minucias
altamentc retardatarias.
E, peluquero: de Pablo Gonzalez,
que es un obrero redimido va Y avi-
sado por complete en- ell tejemaneje
del civismo, vino a Laredo, Y cay6
en- Ia carcel, acusado de rcbo de un
chaleco de fantasia.
El caso es tipico, Y nos parecc mas
! lleno> de fantasia, que ell propio chs
LEGO.
Pero ESQ 81, muy carranclan, no ell
chaleco, sino Ell hurto,
En- el Cello dc California naufrag6
un transporte mexicano, y nerecieron
doscientoS carrancistas.
i.Mala suerte, seAores. Ser la pri-
mera e que probaban el aqua, y
morirse... No hay derecho
TIBERIO.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08

La famosa dona Hermila
Galindo, que es una bala
V que resulta mas mala
que en- anunas el tequi!a,
con mas ruido que una esQulla
para despertar difuntos,
le puso q juicio los puntos
alcanz6. 10 mas remote:
que Ia mujer tenga vote
cn los pdblicos asuntos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08

Cuando aecesite libros en- espanul
N. Sta. Rosa Ave-San Ao,nr,o. Tex.
d~irijase i Ignacio f. Lozano.-l1S
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08
TIROS AL BLANCO
Ell VOTO FEMENiNo

Pues, senior, Sc e%ncuentra a7iada
Ia genie de Guanajuato;
va tiene asunto "pa" ratio,
seg1n Sc pone la hornada.
De hoy en- adelante, cada
mujer de aquella entidad
cueata con IA facultad
de a~bandonar Ia cocina
y armar una chamusQuina
politica. iAtrocidad!
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08

Pero tai locura es cie'ta?
me dira algun pregunt0n-
81 hay para quedarse con
tres paimos de boca alberta!
La mujer Sc pone alerta;
va a re!nar en- Guanajuato.
.Adi0s juicio, adi6s recato,
con 10 que estd sucediendo..
Una mujer decidiendo
las elecciones....? Pal gato"'
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-08

las t!tCGIplcS O. r"N'
RedioS, Ne va q haJer manera,
81 es efectiva tai guaSa,
de que nadie pueda en- casa
contar con Ia c~ocinera.
Tampoco habra costurera
cue zurza unos pantalones.
pues otras "ob!igac!ones'
4 su sexo a~bsorberan.
.Remig:a, was por el PAM"
Quo pan. 4 las e~lecc:ones."
81 Ia costumbre Sc eXtiende
POGO mas de 10 inGebido,
iPobre de c~ualQuier mariGo
que politica no entiende!
va q ser en- su casa un.. .duende,
un qIidam, IN. desdichado.
-Petronila, no he cenado...
V. francamente "ya me anda,'
me hace falta alguna Wanda;
Dor Dios, mo me estas oyendo?
-Callate, que estoy Hacienda
M "espiche" de propaganda!
-'Esta sopa esta salada
Y esta muy duro el puchero'
La elecc:Un es 10 primero.
10 demas no vale NADIA.
-Muie:, estas preocupada;
come, por el Padre Eterno;
:quieres un pollito tierno?
iquieres IN ''biste?' que q~uieres?
Que ~mandemos las mujeres,
yues Ia vida Is un inferno!
70 p~roteSto, no hay lugar
para hacer tai somaten.
La mujer esta muy bien
como reina de 81 hogan;
pero l~anzarse a votar
V 2 encender politacadas?
iMeterse en- tales andadas
hoy que el mundo anda como anda?
Senior! Una zarabanda:
tires docenas de nalgadas!
"TU paloma para ell nido,
yo leon para el combate,'
dijo a Ia mujer IN vate
que bien 10 tuvo entendido;
pero 81 echan en- divide
~consejo tan bneno y sano,
reniego en- buen castellano
de tai modo de pensar.
iQue Sc empenan en- votar?
aPues "boten" a Venustiano....
CHANTECLER.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
Blow the Steam Aside.

The wise woman sent II sudden yigor-
GUS pun Of breath nj the jet Of steam
rising from the copper teakettie She
was fitting, repeated It hastily as she
filled the blue teapot and set the settle
back on the stove with nod Of tri-
umph. That trick has saved me many
a scalded hand. she asserted. "Wheth-
err reid it or was told it ! am moi
sure. but until | tried II | was always
getting most painful! little burns. Steam
is so easily blown aside If you have the
presence of mind 10 remember it thai
you can easily keep il FROM reaching
your hand until sou can set down the
kettle or pot. Don't forget ii next time
tue lid slips OF the steam comes uuex
pecledly from the kettle spout. You
viii bless me for the hint New York
Tribune.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
THE HEDGEHOG.

ri, ,t.., .t.., ,..,.,.,
nc = !" i''''N ''''''
oAcA is covered WIN iit'ie duiiis' Inv
quilts are Ike lot OF little White bone
needles aud stand up straight when
the animal is ANNOYED, When an enc
nav bothers him the hedgehog cnn roll
bil,sa,e INN . mil and woa to WHO
a,er ,onohos Tim ,hsn for he wia mo
20 uo"'ihs uoii4e'
Tue heuschpg nus only TWO eiieinie'
that lie really fears, the dog and tbt
fox. a really plucky dog viii keei
right after The hedgehog. even though
his Jaws are torn and bleedng IRON
the wounds n,nde by ,he n,iekles or
SHINES
sly Noster rox honeyer ms y bet
tor ,yay or nan.S;ng M he,,nebo,,
when rho lt.le anIa,nl rnlls himself
into haIi ma sticks uut IN prlcl;les
Nasto, rox IN, lonbs arnund ,or !,
hrool ar unnI =, wa,.r md rnts the
badcanoc iufo i, Tho hndcanoa doesn',
u,,e' wafar aud when he feds II NUS
Mn his beod which Is moi defended
witb nrictlos Master rox snuns off
NO ha,,.,ahn,,s haad md lion ynes ON
~ anioy his dinner Tno hadeel,ng Is
yery eood TASTING linner norticn.
,arr n ,he f,x cots hold ~ him IN the
All Who, ha bns. srnttanad IN lnst
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
Crossed Scissors.

A very old game Is called "The
Crossed Scissors. From hand to
hand pair Of scissors or any other
object is passed and some one says.
II gave you my scissors crossed" Tor
mot crossed''). In the hrst case the
person addressed must without af
fectation, cross his or her arms or
knees. saying the same thing III the
second case he or she must keep them
still Many persons. for want Of at
tentlon, give forfeits to this play with
out knowing why. and their surprise
is the principal amusement.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
POULTRY DEPARTMENT
ssMsHEMaE9EsM2MasssMa Observation-Disclosures

No arbitrary dates can be fixed
for Matching the many varieties,
for the chicks can be influenced
by feed and care after Matching,
but the following dates have
been found good: heavy breeds,
first Of March; medium, last of
March and first Of April; small
breeds, last Of April and first of
May.
Hatch for good stock. With
wheat at S60a ton and other feed
in proportion you cannot afford
to throw it away trying to bring
up scrub chicks to paying pos
sibiIities.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29

Give no reinS to your inaamed pms
sions Take time md Il little delay
Impctuoslty manages all things badly.
Status.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29

Do not keep chicks indoors
longer that a week or ten days.
Up TO that Time indoor life does
not disagree with them, but after
that they will thrive better if
they can get out on the ground
for several hours daily.
Boil apples thoroly and mix
with your mash 10 to 10 10
and see what good results you
will get.
Eggs are % cents on Western
Avenue this week.
Do not feed fish meal alone in
hopper it is all right for meat
scrap.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
The Reason.

THAT young frllnv is always com
planning he cannot find mn opening
THAT is why he Is always in the
hole" Baltimore American
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29

Arvine Bentley spent the week
end in Tacoma with his brother
Marion and family.
Miss Stewart is drilling the
Baptist choir and Sunday school
for an Easter cantata, The
Lighted Cross" which promises
to be equal to anything hereto
fore given.
The Baptist Ladies Aid will
have their Easter sale of fancy
articles Wednesday, April 4.
Mrs. W. G. Whitfield spent
the week end with her mother
Mrs. S. N, Bixby, in Tacoma.
Wednesday evening Of last
week the young mems class Of
the M. f. Sunday school had a
party at the home Of w G. Whit
field. Aboat twenty young folks
were present and had a delight.
full time.
Mrs. Helen Ford Gardner, Of
Michigan, with her sister, Miss
Edna Ford, of Sacramento, are
visiting with Mrs. M. o. Brown.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
BURTON

Mrs Gardner is on her way
home after visiting in California.
Mrs. Harry Turner, who has
been visiting with her sister,
Mrs. Frank Enochs, left Tues
day for her home in Oregon.
The library committee has
placed in the grammar school
a number Of books, suitable for
each of the grades, free Of
charge.
The Vashon Island Woman's
Club met on Tuesday with Mrs.
Kennard. Miss Esther Allshum
of Tacoma, former pure food in
spector, gave an interesting talk
on her experience while serving
as city official A number OF
invited guests were present.
The Klos Tillicum Club was
entertained by Mrs. Calkins on
Wednesday, A very enjoyable
afternoon was passed and all
partook Of a fine luncheon The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Francis Sherman.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
Inlnune.

"Blacksmlths seem to have a reputa-
ton for honesty.
"Deseryedly SO. but due partly per
haps to the nature Of The business. No
body encumbers a blacksmith with
trust funds. There is nothing to adul-
terate in his line. Compared with some
Of us, blacksmith has few tempta-
tons to resist. Kansas City Journal
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
FOR YOUNG FOLKS.
Sleepy Time Story About a Queer
Little Wild Animal.
CARRIES PROTECTIVE ARMoR.

Enemies of the Little Beast Sometimes
Get the Better of IT. Especially Mas
ter Sly Fox-lntsrestins Tales For
Boys and Girls
Tonight am going TO tell you about
little animal, said Uncle Ben to little
Ned and Polly Ann, 1t lives in Europe
and is named
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
MASTER CRAY sQUlilKEL

hardwood forCds from Canada to
Florida and westward TO Minnesota
In the parks and more open parts Of
even larger cities. wherever suitable
trees provide freedom from dogs and
cats. the gray squirrel has become
semi-domestlcatei Its active habits
and sprightly appearance have made
him the admitted tyre 4 frolicspme
ness and sport There are few chit
tiren vino do MOI know and lcve the
gray squirrel
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
Transformatlens.

BY changing Il letter turn a fowl into
higher animals, part Of the body into
territory, a fastening into coarse file,
IL receptacle into part Of stove. srg
gestion into measure.
answers. Hen, men; hand. land;
hasp. rasp; hamper. damper; hint, pint
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
Everybody Likes eushy Tail.

Few native animals are better known
than the gray squirrel, with bis win
some ways ana great bushy tail He
Is sometimes called the cat squirrel,
but is not generally known by that
name. This little fellow abounds in
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
Cues lion of Credit.

DO You think rhc worl'l owes yon
living?"
Yes Bu The worlds Ike hank.
You've got te 20 to some trouble to
get yourself identified MS the person to
whom the living is dae" Washington
Star.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
A Clean Record.

What makes links 50 proud Of his
ancestors? never heard any of them
lid anything"
That's exactly the point So :uauT
persons ancestors did do things which
got them Into trouble with the police. .
Richmond Times Dispatch
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
Eaailx snttIsa.

BE easy" said a rich merchant TO
fault finding son-in-law who was per
petually Fostering him with complaints
Of his wife's shortcomings As her
behavior is SO intolerab!e. ! viii alter
my viii and cut her off with a shilling. e
The old man beard no more Of his
daughters failings
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-29
Like a We. Blanket.

Hokus--l never knew such II wet
blanket ms Flnbbnh pokus That's
right If that fellow should jump from
the frying nun Intn the fire he would
put the Are out
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-29

InI,u.-Ine lnuunl,A nv .",,.-
state Commerce Commission, whoever
the commissioners may be, to perform
the vast duties devolying upon it I'M
der existing laws, resulting i'll delay
which should never occur in CONNER
cial matters-and compelling the com
missioners to accept the conclusions of
their employees as final in deciding
matters of great importance to the
commercial and railroad interests of
the country.
Fourth.-The practical legality that
has been accorded conspiracies to tie
up and suspend the operation OF the
railroads of the country by strikes and
violence and the absence of any law
TO compel the settlement of such dis
putes by arbitration or her judicial
means, as all other issues between citi-
Zens in civilized states are to be set
tied.
Fifth.-The phenomenal increase i'll
the taxation of railroads in recen,
years.
SiXth.-The cumulative effect of
these conditions upon the investing
public, to which railroad companies
must look for the capital necessary to
continue development.
I'VE believe that the uniiicatlon OF
regulation is essential said Judge
Lovett, land that with the rapid IN
crease of state commissions Ill recent
years congress VIII III time be com
PEELED to exercise It's power IN the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-29

The war mas produced many un-
precedented conditions. This is only
one of them After it is over there
will be many we shall have to meet
and many changes to which we shall
have to adapt ourselves. Some cannot
be foretold or foreseen. but it appears
to me inevitable that the conscious
ness of the efficiency and productive
power that has been developed in the
European peoples will lead them not
to turn to previous methods or lives
of incidence and ease, but that they
will turn their newly developed pow
ers to production in peaceful pursuits
and that we then shall have to meet
in foreign fields, and perhaps in do
nestle trade. the force of competitive
productions organized on "A degree OF
efficiency which we have never before
had to combat."-InduStridI COnSerUd'
ton, N. Y.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-29

After the European war is over the
prosperity of the country will depend
on the willingness of labor to cooper
ate with capital in fighting destructive
competition from abroad. This is the
consensus of opinion among men of
affairs who have made a close study
of conditions in the industrial and eco
nomic world.
During the reconstruction period
that must follow the termination of
the war, these men say, labor and
capital will be shipmates, and if there
is going to be any mutiny among the
members of the crew the result will
aflEt the wage earners' income. In
this connection George Roberts, vice
president of the National City Bank Of
New York, says
az cannot get rid Of the conviction
that there will have to be period of
readjustment for the general business
situation soon after the war. There
is only one way to maintain high
wages, and that is by increasing the
efficiency of industry. We have to
convince our own people of the advan-
tages of large scale. economical pro
duction and we have to satisfy our
wage-caruers that they are interested
not in restricting production. but in
increasing production. They must be
brought to see not only that wages are
dependent upon production but that
an increasing supply of all the com
forts Of life for the masses of the peo-
pie is dependent upon t."-InduStrtaI
Conservation, A. Y.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-29
RAILROAD SITUATION
IS NOW LARGELY
UP TO CONGRESS
Must Share Responsibility In
Future Development.
ROBERT S. LOVETT'S views

"Unification of Regulation Is Essential"
A Complete, Harmonious, Consistent
and Related System Needed-FederaI
Incorporation of Railroads by Gener-
al Law Favored.
Washington. March 26.-RespOnsibil-
ity for the railway development of the
country. fer providing necessary trans
portation facilities to care for the grow
ing business and population of the
country, now rests largely with con-
gress and not entirely with the rail
road managers. This was the state
ment of Judge Robert S. Lol EFT, chair
man of the executive committee of the
Union Pacific system, to the NewlandS
Joint congressional committee when
that body resumed its inquiry into
the subject of railroad regulation this
week.
In making this statement of the
changed conditions of the railroad sit
uation Judge Loyett undoubtedly had
in mind the decision of the supreme
court on the Adamson law, handed
down last week, which establishes the
right of the federal government to fix
railroad wages and to prevent strikes,
This decision is regarded by railroad
men and lawyers as marking an epoch
in the development of transportation
in the United States.
1--WE have our share of responsible
ity," said Judge Loyett, "but it rests
primarily on congress- When the gov
eminent regulates the rates and the
financial administration of the rail
roads, the borrowing of money and the
issuance of securities it relieves the
railroad officers Of the responsibility of
providing and developing transpOrta-
ton systems. except within the limits
of the revenue that can be realized from
such rates and under such restrictions.
"For a country such as ours, for a
people ..tu. Nd as we are, to blunder
along Wit ser $ d., Arrested, utCpI-
sistent, conflicting statutes enacted by
different states without relation to
each other, instead of providing a COM
plete and carefully studied and pre-
pared system of regulation for bust
ness that is so vital to the life of the
nation, is worse than folly"
He summed up the present problems
and difficulties of the railroads as fol
lows:
First.-The multiplicity of regula-
lions by the several states with respect
to the issue of securities, involving &c
lays and conflicting state policies gen
orally dangerous and possibly disas-
trous.
Second.-The state regulation of
rates in 90 Il a manner as to unduly
reduce rcYcnuos. to discriminate in ia
vor Of localities and shippers within
its own borders as against localities
and shippers in other states and to dis
turb and disamQnge the structure Of
interstate rates