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The Commoner. 16 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 5j 1 1' t- ! fc I I . "l H .!. -Mm . :i .im '! :' r- u." .!' , iiii l i&. ::.m mm im h 'i$h !2M n i.'iit1,u : i TH 4 i . 'A.-&'..; I V$ I ... .1 , 5 i ' i i.-v i .. ' r '..; M:. . ; : 1' W:t!1 ' i . Yf'.W'ftJ t v li ' t i rrj t l-v ft; v S 1 " l.i.i'ii li.1 IV '! Vt.; - P Jihi HP i ; r , m . tivo resistance by silting horo in my oillco smoking good cigars at the ex pense of my policyholders until I am tied hand and foot? No I will make n proper use of tho "means" which the god of graft has placed In my pos session. Eighty millions of people armed in the holy cause of honesty, and In such a country as they possess (but which I liope to own) are in- vincible to aiiy explanation I can sorid against them. But by thunder I am riot alone; tliero is tho presi dents of the Mutual, Prudential, New York Livable and of the Equitable .who. preside over the destiny of widows and laborers and .who will help buy off the lawyers for me. . But it is in vain to extenuate tho matter! Tho examination has actually began! The next gale that sweeps 'from Albany will bring to my ears the edicts of courts and the accursed ; interrogatories of lawyers. Some of my , pals are already in the "pen." 'Why sit There idle? Is life not dear and peace not sweet and liberty not necessary to graft? That I should live in chains and stripes? Forbid it Al mighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me, give me booty or give me death. STONEWALL BROWN, North Waco, Texas. TO REOPEN IN MISSOURI The proposition to reopen tho Mis souri river for navigation, which will be advocated by Senator Warner and Congressman Ellis in congress this winter, should receive the earnest sup port of Kansas City's commercial or ganizations, and active steps should be taken .to enlist the co-operation of the other Missouri representatives in congress as well as of the cities and towns along the river. Kansas mid Nebraska are almost as much inter ested as Missouri in the success of tho movement, and doubtless 'heir representatives and the commercial interests in those states can be rolled on for active aid. Missouri alone could well afford to undertake tho work if tho obstacle which is presented by tho control of the river by the federal government could be overcome. The experience of tho oastern states wJHi canals shows that waterways can not only compete with the railroads, but ihat thoy are Immensely profitable as in vestments. New York spent more than $50,000,000 on the Erie canal from Albany to Buffalo, and is pre paring to spend $100,000,000 more for improvements and extensions of hor canal system. The Chicago drainage canal, which was built originally for sanitary purposes, is to oe enlarged and deepened In order to give Chicago an outlet to the sea by way of the Mississippi river. Tho records show taat canals are profitable in every instance, and this being so there ought to be a much greater profit in utilizing a great na tural waterway such as the Missouri river. There is no cause for dis couragement in the failure of Mis souri river steamboats in the past to compote with the railroads. The failures have been due in every in stance more to u. ise manr cement or to other controlling causes than to the natural laws or trade and com merce. If the river is made safe for navigation, and the" boats are adapted to the trade, there need be no fears as to the outcome. And, as Senator Warner says, the develop ment of these great waterways, the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, is the key to the highest ai d mc t fruitful prosperity of the tier of states along their banks-as well as of thoq.- as far west as the Rocky mountains. Kan sas City Jouiual. 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