The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-04-19
MONOPOLY

Inc fiOI springs Oh Arkansas at
one time belonged to all the people
of the good old-fashioned United
States of America. Their warm,
health-giving waters from old mother
earth were enjoyed by the people un-
til the schemes and trickery of gov
ernment ownership and rules and
regulations of the national park SER
vice were spread over these gushing
and gurgling life-giving and life
saving fountains. 81
The government of the United
States half century ago established
rate of $50 year for each bath
tub in all public bath houses at Hot
Springs. Mr.. Mather, the Pharaoh of
the national park dynasty, raised the
price to $50 year. Hundreds Of
thousands of sick and lame American
citizens were benefited and their
health restored in the good old days.
In the delightful climate of the win
ter and spring, where the mocking
birds and magnolia blossoms filled
the air with songs and perfume, one
could buy twenty-one God-given baths
for SIS. Mr.. Mather of the national
park monopoly rode in here and took
Hot Springs from the dear people
like Grant took Richmond. Now it
costs the poor, the sick, the halt and
the lame under Mr.. Mather's dynasty,
from SIT to 500 for twenty-one baths.
That is good example of bureau
cratic government. All we have left
in America, it seems, is our liberty.
Iowa early in its history adopted
in its organic act this short phrase:
"OUR LIBERTY WE PRIZE AND
OUR RIGHTS WE WILL MAIN
TAIN"
Mr.. Mather has given us our lib
erty, but retained our rights, among
the pine trees and along the banks
of the Ouachita river down here in
Arkansas, but has appropriated our
water and maintains the right to
charge us from SIT to 500 for twen-
ty-one baths. Before the national
park dynasty was established five
dollar bill paid for twenty-one baths.
Bathing comes high under federal su-
pervision.
Let us begin to look into this great
big individual the monopolists in
Washington have been press agenting
all over the country--this Mr. Math-
er. He has been written up as a
wizard, genius, a very great find.
When you visit the national parks in
the Rocky mountain states you will
also find what nasty piece of ma
,chinery our national park service
really is-a reinforced Glass A mo-
nopoly over transportation. Roads
built by the people have been appro-
priated as the exclusive property of
the concessionaires. This is a big
word. but it means the big hotel
owners. You must ride in their auto
mobiles, pay their own arbitrary
prices, stop at their hotels. If YOU
should own your own hotel in one of
these national parks and be taxed
for building and maintaining the
roads therein, do you suppose you can
carry your own guests to your own
property or your own hotel? Ask il
lustration and full information on
this interesting subject from Mr..
Stanley, proprietor of the Stanley
hotel in Estes park. in the Rocky
mountain national park Is our gov
ernment turning out to be the worlds
greatest peddler?
Our money and the regulation of
its value have been turned bodily
over to the banks, our forests to the
forest bureau, our railroads to the
interstate commerce commission. our
oil and coal and gas to the oil trust.
our national parks and roads to the
big hotels, our schools to the bonding
companies, and our farmers to the
federal banks.
We want information from anv
spot on earth where public roads are
not free to any man or beast, except
the public roads thru our national
forests.
yyOT NrIrv III rrN11 .r-,.