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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1007. RIVERS WILL REGULATE ROADS Continued from Pago One. pizrd tacmi oa which they live, make up what Is on the whole the most val-i unble asftet In our national life. VALLEY’8 FUTURE. “There can be Juat as real progress tiad culture In the country as In the city; especially in these days of rural free delivery, trolleys, bicycles, tele phone®, food roads and school Improve ments. The valley of the Mississippi is politically and commercially more im- p>'i tant than nay other valley on the face of the glob*. “Hero more than anywhere else will be determined the future of the United States and Indeed of the whole Western world; and the type of civilisation reached In this mighty valley, In this \w*t -4retch *f country lying between the Alleghenies and the Rockies, the great lakes and the gulf, will largely fix tlir type at civilisation for the whole ' Western hemisphere. -Already, as our history shows, the West has determined our national pod ' lltlcal development, and the funda-i mental principle of present American ; politics, political equality, wns orlgl. • nally a Western Idea, VARIETY OF RE80URCES. “The wonderful variety of resources In mffervnt portions of the valley make . the demand for transportation alto gether exceptional. Coal, lumber, corn, * wheat, cotton, cattle—on the surface^of I the soil and beneath the soil the richesj i are great. There are already evident ' strong tendencies to Increase the enr- ; rylng of freight from'the northern part of the valley to the gulf. ... i “Throughout Ihe valley the land Is so fertile a* to make th* held for the : farmer peculiarly attractive; and where i In the west the climate becomes dryer ! we enter upon the ranching country; i wnne In addition to the products of the | soil there are also the manufactures ■ supplied In Innumerable manufacturing 1 centers, great and small. Cities of as-; ( tonishtng growth ore found everywhere from the gulf to the Great Lakes, from the Alleghenies to the Rockies; most of them being .situated on the great river which flows by your doors or I upon some of Its numerous navigable f tributaries. New mineral Helds are dis covered every year; and the constant ly Increasing use of all tha devices of Intensive cultivation steadily adds to| tho nrodurtlve power of the farm. AVERAGE MAN H0NE8T. ■ -Above all, the average man Is hon est. intelligent, self-reliant, and or derly, and therefore a good citizen; and farmer aftd wageworker alike—in the last analysis the two most Important men In the community—enjoy a stand ard of living, and have developed a standard of self-respecting, self-reliant manhood, which are of good augury for the future of the entire republic. man can foresee the limit of the possll blllty of development In the Mississippi Vfl “Such being the case, and this-valley being literally the heart of the United States, all that concerns its welfare must concern likewise the whole coun try. Therefore, the Mississippi river and Its tributaries ought by all means to be utilized to their utmost possi bility. PacUttv of cheap transportation Is an essential In our modern civiliza tion, and we can not afford any longer to neglect tf\# great highways which J nature has provided for us. NATURAL HIGHWAYS. “These natural highways, the water ways. can never be monopolized by any corporation. They belong to All the peucHe. and It Is In the power of no one to take them away. Wherever a navi gable Hver funs beside railroads the problem of regulating the rates on the i".11(roads becomes far easier, because river regulation Is rate regulation. When the water rule sinks, the land rate can not be kept at nn excessive height. Therefore It la of nutlonal Im- B stance to develop these streams ns rhwa.va to the fullest extent which Is genuinely profitable. “Year by year transportation prob lems become more acute, and the time kaa come when the rivers really fit to eerva as arteries of trade should be provided with channels deep enough and wide enough to make the Invest ment of the necessary money profitable to the public. NATION BACK WORK. -The national government ahould un dertake this work. Where the imme diately abutting land Is markedly bene fited. and this benefit can be definitely localised. 1 trust that there will lx* careful Investigation to see whether some way can be devised by which the Immediate beneficiaries may pay a por tion of the expenses—as Is now the custom aa regards certain classes of improvements In our municipalities, and measures should be taken to secure from tho localities specially benefited proper terminal facilities. “The expense to the nation of enter ing upon each a scheme of river 1m provement as that which I believe It should undertake, will necessarily be great. Many cautious and conservative people will look askance upon the project, and from every standpoint It is necessary. If we wish to make It suc cessful, that we should enter upon It only under conditions which will guar antee the nation against waste of Its money, and which will Insure us against entering upon any project until after the most elaborate expert examination, and reliable calculation of the propor tion between coat and benefit. DEFINITE POLICY. In any project like thla there should be a definite policy, and a resolute pur pose to, keep In mind that the only im provements made should be those real ly national In their character. We should act on the same principle In Im proving our rivers that we should fol low’ In improving our harbors. The great harbors are of consequence not merely to the Immediate localities, but to immense stretches of country, and the same Is true of the great rivers. “It Is these' great rivers and great harbors the Improvement of which Is of primary national Interest. The main streams should be Improved to the highest practical degree of efficiency before Improvements are attempted on the branches, and work should he un dertaken only when completion J» in sight within a reasonable time, so that assured results may be gained and the communities-affected depend upon the Improvements. UNITED 8TATE8 8H0ULD AID. “Moreover, ss an Incident In caring for tha river so that It may become an efficient channel of transportation, the United Rtates government ahould do Ita full part in levee building, which. In the lower reaches of the river, will not only give a channel for commerce, but will also give protection to the adjacent bottom lands. Immense sums have already been spent upon the Mississippi by the states and tho nation, yet much of It remains practically unuoed for commerce. . The reasons for this fact arc many. One Is that the work done by tho national gov ernment at least has not been baaed upon a: definite and continuous plan. Appropriations by congress, Instead of assuring the steady progress and time ly completion of each piece of work an It was undertaken, have been Irregular and uncertain. As a direct consequence, far-reaching plans have been discour sed and continuity In execution has been made Impossible. ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT. “It Is .altogether unlikely that better results will be obtained so long as the method Is followed of making partial appropriations at irregular intervals fon works which should never be under taken until It Is certain that they can be carried to completion within a defl- nlto and reasonable time. Planned and orderly development Is essential to the best use of every natural resource, and to none more than to the best use of our Inland waterways. In tho case of the waterways It hus been conspicu ously absent. •Because such foresight was lacking, tho Interests of our rivers huvo been In fact.overlooked, In spite of tho Immense sums s|H*nt upon' them. It Is evident that their most urgent need Is a fur- sighted and comprehensive plan, deal ing not with navigation alone nor with Irrigation alone, but considering our In land waterways us a whole, and with reference to every use to which they can be put. The central motive of such a plan should be to get from the streams of the United Rtates not only the fullest, hut also the Inost perma nent service they are capable of render ing to the nutlon ns n whole. ROADS INCOMPETENT. ’The Industries developed under the stlmylUN of the railroads are for the moat part permanent industries, and therefore they form tho basis for future development. But the railroads have' shown that they alone can not meet the demands of the country for trans portation. and where this Is true the rivers should begin to supplement the railroads, to the benefit of both, by re lieving them of certain of the less prof, liable classes of freight. •The more far-seeing railroad men, I ntn glad to tell you, realise this fact. Keep Arbuckles* Ariosa Coffee in the original package, and grind it at home as you use it Warming it slightly develops the flavor, and makes the grinding easy. That delicious appetizing aroma is too good to lose in a grocery store. Coffee loses its identity as coffee after it is ground. If you know and want a good coffee buy Arbuckles’ Ariosa Coffee and grind it at home. The cheapest good coffee in the world. ARBUCICL.B BROS.. New Tort City. * THE ATLANTA DENTAL COLLEGE. The operatory of The Atlanta Dentn! College Is open for practical work from l a. m. to J p. m. each day excepting Sunday*. Filling operation* of all kinds. Including gold, and tooth extractions, with or without gas. are made by the advanced student*, entirely free of charge. Experienced demonstrators in charge. THE ATLANTA DENTAL COLLEGE. ATLANTA COLLEGE OP PHARMACY Up to data. ' We teach men to be first -das* pharmacists and first-class chemists also. We have a greater demand for our graduates than we can supply. Th* Pure Food and Drugs act Is making the demand greater than refer. Address Geerge F. Payne, Ph.G., Dean, A0*/ 2 Armstrong 8t., Atlanta, Ga. THE KEELEY CURE Do You Know What It Does? It relieves a person of all desire for strong drink or drugs, restore# his nervous ayetem to Its normal condition, and reinstates a man to his home and and many of them have become earn est advocates of the Improvement of the Mississippi; so that it tnay'become a sort of inland seaboard, extending from the gulf far Into the Interior, and I hope ultimately to the Great Lakes. An Investigation of the proposed lakes- to-the-guTf deep waterway Is now In progress under an appropriation of the last congress. DECISION IMPORTANT. “We shall await Its results with the keenest Interest. The decision Is ob viously of capital Importance to our Internal development and scarcely its® so in relation to external commerce. This Is but one oi the many projects' which it Is time to consider,, although mofct Important one- Plans for the improvement of our Inland navigation may fairly begin with our greatest riv er and Its chief tributaries, but they can not end there. - Many. other rivers of the United States demand Improvement, ao as bet ter to meet the requirements of Increas Ing production from the soil. Increasing manufacture, and a rapidly growing population. OTHER QUESTIONS. "While thus the Improvement of In land navigation Is a vital problem, there are other questions of no less consequence connected with our wa terways. One of these relates to the purity of waters used for the supply of towns and cities, to the prevention of pollution by manufacturing and other Industries, and to the protection, of drainage areas from soil wash through forest covering or Judicious cultivation. With out constantly In creasing population this question be comes more and more pressing, be cause the health and safety of great bodies of citizens are directly Involved. “Another Important group of ques tions concerns the Irrigation of arid lands, the prevention of floods, and the reclamation of swafhps. Already many thousands of homes have been estab lished on the arid regions, ami the pop ulation and wealth of seventeen states and territories have been largely In creased through Irrigation. Yet this means of national devolpmenli Is still In Its Infancy, and It will doubtless long continue to multiply homes and Increase the productiveness and power of the nation. OVERFLOW LANDS. The reclamation at overflow lands and marshes, both In the Interior and along the coasts, has ulroady been car ried on with udmlrable results, but In this field, too, scarcely more than a good beginning has yet been made. Still another fundamentally important ques tion Is that of WAter I»owsr. “Its significance In the future devel opment of our whole country, and es pecially of the West, Is but Just be ginning to be understood. The plan of the city of Lo* Angeles, for example, to bring water for Its use a distance of nearly 250 miles—perhaps the bold est project of the kind in modern limes —promises not only to achieve Ita pur pose, but In addition to produce a wa ter power sufficiently valuable to pay large Interest on the Investment of over f 2 J,#00,000. THE WATER POWER. “Hitherto such opportunities for us ing water to double purpose have not always been seized. Thus it has re cently been shown that water enough Is flowing unused over government dams, built to Improve navigation, to produce many hundreds of thousands of horse power. It Is computed that the annual value of the available but unused water power In the United Rtates exceeds the annual value of the product* of nil our mined. Further more, It Is calculated that under Judi cious handling the power of our streams qioy he made to pay for nil the works required for the complete devel opment and control of our Inland wa terways. "Forests are the most effective pre venters of flood*, especially when they grow on the higher mountain slopes. The national forest policy. Inaugurated primarily to avert or mitigate the tim ber famine which Is now beginning to be felt, has been affective also In secur ing partial control of I|<mhIs by retard ing tho run-off and checking the ero sion of tho higher hIojwh within the national forests. Httit the loss from soli wash Is enormous. LOSING SOIL MATTER. It is computed that ope-fifth of a cubic mile In volume, or one billion tons In weight of the richest soil matter •f the United Suite*, Is annually gath ered in storm rivulets, washed Into the rivers and borne Into the sea. The loss to the farmer Is in effect a tax greater than nil other land taxes com bined, and one yielding absolutely no return. The diqsirttnent of agriculture Is now devising and tenting means to check this enormous waste through Im proved methods of agriculture and for est management. “Citizen# of all portions of the coun try are coming to realize that, how ever important the improvement of navigation muy be. It is only one of many snds to be kept In view. The demand for navigation l> hardly more pressing than the demand® for reclaim ing land# by Irrigation In th® arid re gions and by drainage In the humid lowlands, or for utilUtng the water power now running to waste, or for purifying the waters so as to reduce or remove the tux of soil waste, to j mo,. n»nuSc, mW|Vs u. fi u.rd . “It Is the part of wisdom to adopt not a Jumble of unrelated plans, but a single comprehensive scheme for meet ing'all the demands so far as possible at the same time and by the same means. This Is the reason why the In. land waterways commission was cre- uted In March last, largely In response to petitions from citizens of the in terior, Including many of the members of (his congress. Broad Instructions were given to Ihe commission In ac cordance with this general poltcv that no plan should be prepared for ffie use of any stream for a single purpose without carefully considering, and so far us practicable actually providing for, the use of that stream for every other purpose. “Plans for navigation and power should provide with special care for sites and terminals not only for the Immediate present, but also for the fu ture. It Is because of my conviction In these matters that 1 am here. GREAT TASK. “The Inland waterways commission ha# a task broader than the considera tion of waterways alone. There Is an Intimate relation between our streams and the development and conservation of all the other great permanent sources of wealth. It Is not possible rightly to consider the one without the other. No study of the problem of the waterways could hope to be successful which failed to consider also the re maining factor# In the great problem of conserving Hll our resources. Ac cordingly. I have asked the waterways commission to take account of the or derly development and conservation, not alone of the waters, but also of the soil, the forests, the mines, and all the other natural resources of our coun try. . ! Msnv pf Hlffft rfNBrert which #* tiot beta m ihe habit of eililHf Inti, hsustlbl* are being rapidly exhausted. i n 7}v'[ SHIRTS Possess surpassing points of ex cellence due to care in making, correctness of patterns and quality of material—m white or exclu- ; live fancy patterns—51.50 and up. CUICTV. SCAS0DV 4 CO. MAKERS or IMOW COLLARS CRACKER SALE Special Prices for Saturday and Monday on National Biscuit Co.’s In-er-Seal Crackers. Qr (o certain reslona fiave ai iu.Ulj- die. appeared. Coni mine*, oil and gax flelda, and Iron mines In Important number* nre already worked out. UNCHECKED CONTROL. "Tho coal and oil measure, which remain are paaetng rapidly, or have actually paaaed, Into the poeseeelon of great corporation,, who acquire omi nous power through an unchecked con. trnl of there prime neceiodtle, of mod ern life; a control without supervision of any kind. We are consuming our forest, three times faster than they are being reproduced. Some of the richest timber lands of this continent hnve al. ready been destroyed, and not replaced and other vest areas Hr. on the verge of destruction. Tet forests, unlike mine,, ran be so handled a, to yield the heat results of use, without ex haustion, just like grain fields. "Our public land,, whose hlgheat use Is to Hup ply home, for our people, have been and are still being taken In great quantities by large private own er,. to whom home-making la at the very beat but % secondary motive eub- ordhinto to tho desire for profit. To allow the public lands to be worked by the tenant, of rich men for the profit of the landlords. Instead of by free holders for the livelihood of their wives and children. Is little less than a crime against our people and onr lnstifu lion,. ABUSING LAND GRANTS. The great central fact of the public land situation, a, the public lands com. mission ’well said, I, that the amount of public land patented by tho govern ment to Individuals Is Increasing out of all proportion to the number of lien- home,. It Is clenr beyond perprtvent ure that our natural resources have been and nre still being abused, that continued abuse w-lll destroy them, and that we have at last reached the forks of the road. “We are face to fnco with the great fact that the whole future of the nation Is directly at slake In the momentous decision which Is forcctl upon us. Rhnll we continue the waste and destruc tion of our natural resources, or shnll we conserve them? There Is no other question of equal gravity now before the nation. THE PLAIN DUTY. It Is the plain duty of those of us who for the moment are responsible to make Inventory of the natural re source* which have been handed down to ux. to forecast an well as we may the need, of the future, and so to han dle the great sources of our prosperity a, not to deetroy Ih advance all hope for tho prosperity of our descendants. "As I hnvo said elsewhere, tho con servation of natural rt»ource» Is the fundamental problem. tJnless we solve that problem It wllf avail us little to solve all others. To solve It. the whole nation must undertake tho tnsk through thdr nrganlxatlons and associations, through tho men whom they have made specially responsible for the welfare of the several states, anil Anally through ongress and the executive. CALL CONPERENCE. "As a preliminary step, the Injand aterwnys commission has decided, .. Ith my full approval, to call a con ference on the conservation of natural resources, including, of course, the streams, to meet In Washington during the coming winter. This conference ought to be among the most Important gathering* In our history, for none have had a more vital question to con- elder. There Is a great nnttonal project already under way which renders the Improvement of the Mississippi river and Its trtbutarlea specially needful. I mean the Panama canal. The digging of that canal will he of benefit to the hole country, but most of all to the Mates nl the Pacific alope and the gulf, end tf the Mississippi Is properly Im proved, to tho states through which It " THE PANAMA CANAL. "The digging of the Fonamu canal Is OYSTERETTES T £ e . Packages 10c Graham, package, 7c j Butter Thins,pkg, 7c We also have a full line of other In-er-Seal Crackers at regular prices. 75 Whitehall Street Tickets on Teas and ' Coffee the greatest engineering feat which has yet been attempted on this globe. The work has been going on most success- ulways lie kept sod maneuvered ss a unit, fully ami with fewer drawbacks and- 8y^L-"<KLi? ‘n)T“iww > t" U sppeor In*pur dlHlcultles than I hud dared hope, tt hen home waters la the other. And; oh my under our treaty with Panama we took posseeslon of the ctinal xona t was con fident that we ahould be able to build the canal, but I took It for granted that we should meet many unexpected dif ficulties. not only In tha actual work, but through and because uf the Ule- cascs which had mode the tatlunue a byword of unhealthfulnesa. "The work done In making the con ditions on th* lethmua healthy, how ever, has been so succesiful that at present the death rutu among the thou- eand. of Americana engaged In the canal work la lower than to moat locali ties In the United States. DIRT IS FLYING, The organisation has been perfect ed, tho machinery In,lulled and the actual work, of the dredges, the stkam shovels and the dirt trains. Is going on with constantly Increasing rapidity and eirectlvenean. In August over 1.J0O,- 000 cubic yards of material were removed, chiefly from the Culebra cut —tho record removal—and If thla rate can be kept up, ns 1 heileve It will be kept up. ihe work of digging will be through In half a doseti year*. The fin ishing of the look, of the great dntn may take a little longer; hut It begins to look es though the work will be completed even sooner than we had ealimnted. "Remember, gentlemen, that any work like title entnlle grave responsi bilities.' The one Intolerable position for a self-re,peeling nation, a, for a self-respecting mnn, Is to hlulf and then not be able to make good. IVe have accepted the Monroe doctrlno as a cardinal fenture of onr foreign policy. MUST POLICE CANAL. We have undertaken not only to build, but to police and to guard the Panama canal. This mean*, unless we are willing to accept the humiliation of being treated some time by some strong nation a, n vnln and weak brag gart. that we must build and maintain our navy at the highest point of ef ficiency. When the canal Is finished our navy can more from one ocean to the other at will; for, remember that our DISTRESS AFTER EATING Make tome new Body and Brain Tissue every day or You Drop Back; Right Food is the Only Supply Grape=Nuts food |# marie of selected parts of wheat and barley tlmt furnish the natural phosphate* required by the human sys tem for rebuilding waste tissue In the brain and nerve centers, and supplies vital energy to body and mind. The nervous system controls the di gestive machinery, and the brain di rects the' working and money-making power. x Ten day# on Grape-Nut# regularly will show you “There’s a Reason’’ .RWl. "th* holt! 18 WfllVU#" 1h £k»«. lt'a "a little heiuth itm." Do You Ever Feel As Though You Had Swallowed A Brick, In- stead of a Meal? That heavy, blunted, gtuffed-tip, lead like feeling, which you often experience after eating a meal, Is positive proof that something Is wrong with your dl festive organa. They nre becoming weak and tagged out. There It a lack of gaetrlo and other digeitlvt juices. The food la no longer properly digest' ed and It form, a heavy load on your ttomach, *o that nearly every meal cauete you misery and distress. If you ars In this condition, It means that you have dyepepela In eome form and may have had It for eome time, though you didn't realise It. Now IS the time to check It, for If you don't It will surely develop Into worse forma of dyepepsla and other stomach troubles, which may have se rious results. But that la not all. The stomach la the hub of th? body and an Injury to It Is an injury to all. A weak etom- ueb cuuse* the whole body to suffer. The action of the heart, liver and kld- neye becomes sluggish. The brain be comes Inactive. The nerve, become unetrung. The blood lose, IU vital ity. The only safe, sure, scientific meth od of restoring your stomach to Its healthy, normal atate. Is to use Htu- art's Dyspepsia Tablets, which will act aa ir substitute In digesting your food, thus giving your stomach a much need ed rest. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have stood the teste for years. Thousands have used them and been cured. Phy sician, all over the United State, rec ommend them. They are not a secret remedy. They contain fruit and vege table essence,, pure concentrated tinc ture nt hydraalle, golden seal, lactose, anti pure aseptic pepsin. These com bined Ingredients will digest the coare. est kind of food and do the work Juat aa well as any good, strong, healthy stomach will. Don't take our word for It. Ask your physician, your druggist or any of your friends, who may have used Btuart'e Dyepepsla Tablet,. But you don't even have to take their word for it. Find out for yourself. Bend for a free sam ple package and try them. That's the surest way to learn the truth. Then. If you are satisfied, you ran go to your nearest druggist and get a, flfty-ccnl >ox. AH druggists, sell them. Bldg., Marshall, Mich. 4 friends #n<l fellowAraerlcana, I ipost ear nestly hope all our i»eoplo will remember that in th* fundamental question* mo * deeply affecting the life or the nation the ean he «r> proper division on parly lines. NOT PARTY QUESTION. “Mutter# of such grave moment should] Ihe dealt with along the line# of consistent aiul well-tUouzht-otit pulley, without regard to nny ehniige of nduiiubtrntlon or of party at Wanhfnjrthn. fturli questions aa the up- of glHHMigij letluti of ■■■■■■■■■■■with the plan* Howl helm: nirried out. tturi the Improvement of the Mlrfftlf'slppl river, are not party quea- in mu'll matters a* these liecqtiie thu wel fare of the nation Imperiously demand# the notion that I am taking. It Is action In the luturest of all the people, and tr weed for It will he a# great long after have paaaed out of public life as It 1# now. MAKE IT PERMANENT. “On theao great point# that I have men tioned. a* on other# I could mcutlou. from tho #tntid|mint of tb# nation the policy It everything, while It Is of little import#nre who cnrrle# It out so long a# It actually I# carried oat. Therefore, i hope you will #ee to It, according to your best endeavor, that tho policy i# accepted n# permanent, a# something to be persevered In beenuso of the Interest of the wbela fwvple. and without regard to any possible political rbiiugea. “fiofore closing, let me any a word upon the subject of the regulation of th* rail way# by congress under Ihe Interstate com merce clause of the constitution. In njy Judgment, the old day# of happy-go-lucky ludlfTerenro on tha part of the public to the conduct of the corporations have pass ed. The American iHMipio ha# made up Ita mind flint the conditions of modern Indus trialism nre such ns Imperatively to uetnand over these great corporal Ions. EXACT JU8TIC6, ... we should ox- act Justice from them to the public. Rome of tnem have become so Imbittuifcd to disre garding everything but their, own wishes and Interest* that tho effort to establish a proper supervision over them has aroused on their part a curiously unreasonable an- . ..._ .. •— im0 „ „ ot >so|„ hat wo have been ot been Improperly radical; using the word in its right scuae, we Iiilto been conservative. “We have merely taken the first step* In a policy which must bo permanent Ir our democratic Institution# are to endure: while, aa a matter of course, ever In mind that It il rlous to true democracy to Inflict. #a tame- CLOTHING ON CREDIT FOR MEN AND WOMEN. SPARE *1.00 A WEEK. WE WILL KEEP YOU WELL-DRESSED. THE FAIR 93 WHITEHALL STREET. BULBS. First Quality, Select# Stock AT CUT PRICES Sacred Lillet Naroissus ... Hyacinths ... FLOWER DEPT. M. RICH 6. BROS. CO. %*AW CITY TAX NOTICE. CITY TAX BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED OCTOBER 10TH. PAY NOW BEFORE FI. FAS. ARE ISSUED AND COSTS CHARGED. E. T. PAYNE, City Tax Collector. „ - .... ... most also keep ever In mind that It is exsrtlv as Inju rious to true democracy to Infilat, as tame ly to suffer, wrong. We can no more tol erate Injustice to Ihe railroads than Injus tice by them; one course I# a# Immoral uml n# fundamentally mischievous and In jurious to the people aa the other. WATCH BOND I88UE8. In the matter of the supervision of the great railway corporations we are acting aa all civilized governments hnve already acted or are on the |»nltit of acting. Tho unrestricted Issun'of railway secnrltle* with out any supervision, nud under circum stance* which often result in the graveut sen mini, should not be permitted, and only by governmental action can It bo prevented, ft Is a frond v thus prevented 4 ~ (}• nanny, for Instance. via Kuglaod, the first royal commission of railways, of which that great parliamentary and popular leader, William Ewart Glad- — , set forth at fundimen- let which htr# bar® at ito law, or which, at 1 ipaedllv be enacted. Of ment Tike this In wbloh Jrmly believe, will at - _ course, In any movament we are now eugaxed. In any mq.Hntent — to the r#fuT'“~ ngaged ‘ nttlng i . jpiw. ... looking to the regulation of vaat corporate wealth engaged In Interstate business, and to the cutting out of all abuses connected therewith, there will at times be suffering Id which, unfortunately, many Innocent people will lw» Involved. INNOCENT SUFFER. “But such suffering of the ionpeeil Is un avoidable In every great movement-»f life. Able and unscrupulous men are sure to de ceive certain Innocent outsiders and |wr- suade them to Invest In ventures under con ditions which render In## certain when the force of the law la asserted. I am exceed ingly sorry for these Innocent netiplc; but ft Is not possible, because of them, to re- tuso to proceed against the men who have victimized them. “It Is Juat such a ease a# would occur If an unscrupulous man with counterfeit money visited some remote village, #IH*nt his money, am) then disappeared. The local Innkeeper and livery stable keeper, tha * f -IM | t |, # uelghl»orlug farmer. .... hnve been victimised; they would have lodged and fed the man, have supplied him with good# from tha store and the farm, have hired horses and wagons to him, an® In ratiirn would find themselves load- *, .Ilk -Ji'^iMTIVE. “If. under such circumstances, the govern ment fowul out what had happened It wonld have no alternative save to stop the circulation of the counterfeit mousy, though those possessing It were Innocent. |t would, of ronrse, try to occurs the convlc? flow of the thief, but If he lift'! escaped the jurisdiction of the law. It Would neverthe less l»c Impossible to let his Innocent vie- tltns continue to pass his by no means Inno cent counterfeit money. Well, Just tho same thing Is trua when It comes to en forcing the low against business men of grant wealth who have violated It. "People nre always beseeching me not to enforce It against them, ItecaiMc Innocent outsiders inay lw hurt, or. only to enforce It with a gentleness that would prevent onyl»ody, good or bo®, from Mng hurt. It la not possible to comply with such re- ? nests, even whan they ore made In good alth. »_ TMB LAW, rermnent •„ great and small alike. I , when It happen* that Mg men who do wrong have Involved smaller men with no bad Intentions to anrb an ex tent that they snffer when we force the mfftrlnf of thus# 55-S Innocent outsider* lies, not with us who put a stop to the wrong and punish the wrongdoers, hut with theao wrongdoers who mislead their victims. “In conclusion, friends, 1st ma Impress ;»<>u you one thing. Good laws can do much good; Indeed, they ore often Indlspen- sable. There Is urgent need that we ahould hnve honest and efficient legislation and . honest and efficient action !>,v those whose provlueo It Is to put the legislation Into ef fect. Hut there Is luilultciy more need of a high Jndlvldunl average of character. The only permanent way to help nny nuin Is to help him to help himself. To teach him iierinnueiitly to depend on anything save his own powers Is to do him harm and not good. CHARACTER. “Let no man persuade you that law-a by themselves, no mutter how* necessary and ts'iifth-lnl. will moke any community happy and prosperous, or be even the chief factors In securing such hnpplness and prngjierlty. In the Inst analysis the vital factor In each man’s effort to achieve success in life must be Ills ow’ii character, Ida own courage and uprightness uml Intelligence. “Id this nmllcnce nre many men who wore the gray in the great Civil war. In every audience I hnve spoken to oil this trip there have been men w’ho fought In either tho Union or ('onforiprate nrmy, nud ofteu representatives from both armies. LIKE THE 80LDIER. “Now, you mea know that while la time of war there Is need of good generalship, ,p' th xp;: 1 in mining factor la the regiment, the brigade, the army, la, and must ever be. the Indi vidual character of the Individual soldier; hla prowess, his hardihood, his unyielding resolution, bis stsrn fidelity to duty, his ca- MCllr to set on Ms own individual raspon* slbllity when necessary, and yat to serve over or under or with others In perfect harmony and obedleuce. runs# w hich primarily aercrmines, tm* i urt» or yueecsa of bottle and campaign, the great Civil wgr our armies. North and Routheru alike, won their high posll forever and all time In the undying regard and admiration of their fellow-cttiscns, be cause tho average man In the -rank*, tho average mnn who carried saber of rifle, had hla high standard of 4icrs®nal quality. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. . Juat ns It was In time of war, so it la now In time “f pegc#. If * man Mins not got the right staff in him then no law ran possibly get Jt out of him, because It Is not there to get out. . • . . “All that the law can do Is to punish evil, to encourage what la good, and to secure, so far ns Is i»o*#lhlc, an equality The feipooiiblilty for the young lady oiih morning. It was advertk In the column of The Georgian h» the afternoon aiid returned the next morn- f’orty.eent box of Wiley’* best candy free with each thlrty-cent , •watlt ,, a®.- In Satur day’s Georgian, Criminal Docket Large. Special to The Georgian. Perry, Ga., Oct. 4.—Houston superior court will convene Monday. The civil docket will occupy the flrat week. A large criminal docket for the second week will consume the week. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children The Kind You Have Always Bought Sears the feifiUttiar, Of I