And a nun has invited the scourge
of flood he can do much to prevent tit
intensity of such visitations. II
shoud keep qur mountain slopes clothed
with timber. Ana ne couia maae tn
clothing or the mountain slopes
source of profit as well as safety. He
ciiuld gather an ever-recurring croi
of timber. All that man is required
to do is to pltnt a sapling when be
cuts a tree. Nature will do the rest
and keen our mountain sides clothtO
with timber.
Rallrond TrasU ! Troabl.
Biblicil Recorder.l
F.r many years the railroads of
thi country htve been largely organ
ized into pools, trusts, or "assooia
tin," as they call them. The object
of this system of organization
was to keep up rates, mak
iog competition imposil'e. Some
tweny road j were orgsnizd ii
tliis section. They were bound
not to cut rates on each other, and
thu hound to Keep rates, i asengxr
and freigtr, above the natural leve
t hat opn and free competition woulo
fix. Thny went further than this. Ii
any railroad would not agree to ent-r
into trusts or sfs c;ations, those tbat
had entered would unite in an effort
to crush this road. Take a practical
instance. Ihe Seaboard Air Lin
withdrew from the Southeastern Tariff
Association. It became immediate!)
the object of the opposition of more
Li. !i a. st rw.
iwemy raiiroauscomoineo. Jinej
tried to prevent, it from having an
nut.wt frm AUanta South and fron,
Portsmouth North; they tried to get
control or ic oy quietly buying it-
htock. In other instances railroad-
a part of the trust. How far this evi
wouiu nave gone, now great this mo
nopoly of the most important ele
ment in commerce would bave grown.
