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New ENcLaAnp Wovu1tp LosE 
“When we lose the business of 
Massachusetts as the result of tariff 
revision we may never get it back 
again,” said Senator Weeks recently, 
and the warning is indeed a timely 
one. Should incompetent legislation 
put the bars down on our cottons, 
woolens and shoes, practically the en- 
tire industry of this section would be 
reduced to a minimum. 
These three industries are the big- 
gcsi asset of New England. We can 
lose them very easily, for competition 
in other parts of the country in the 
manufacture of these products is 
reaching a white heat. St. Louis is a 
shoe center of no little prestige and 
even in the far West New England 
finds a strong competitor in the boot 
and shoe trade. The South, with its 
fuel and raw materials close at hand, 
is building cotton factories. 
industry to herself, but radical 
New England has kept the woolen 
changes in the tariff may work dis- 
aster in this business. 
Our competitors have everything in 
their favor. They are nearer the base 
of supplies and they need not worry 
about finding competent labor, for if 
New England’s industries should 
dwindle labor would emigrate from 
this section in the same ratio as we 
lost our industries. The cotton opera- 
tives would not stay here; they would 
go to the mills elsewhere. It would 
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be the same with the shoe workers. 
A good indication of such an emigra- 
tion was instanced 25 years ago when 
the New England farmers moved 
into the West to till the lands there. 
We have lost.our merchant marine, 
and if there is radical tariff revision 
we will lose about everything that is 
worth while. 
Ture Mipnicut Trains 
With a report on the first month’s 
business of the three new midnight 
trains from Boston it is doubtful if 
they will be continued beyond the test 
period of three months ordered by the 
Railroad Commissioners. During the 
remainder of this month and April it 
is up to the public to demonstrate by 
their patronage of these trains whether 
they are necessary or not. ‘There is 
no doubt but what they are a great 
convenience for many, but if the busi- 
ness does not improve they may have 
to be dropped. 
The experiment of. the midnight 
trains is not a little interesting, how- 
ever. On a report covering 22 morn- 
ings a total of 7,482 passengers were 
carried from the North and South 
terminals. The heaviest patronage of 
the three was on the New Haven train 
leaving for Quincy, Brockton and way 
stations. This train carried 2,974 pas- 
sengers on the 22 mornings, an aver- 
age of 134 each trip. 
The B. & M. Portland division train 
for Haverhill and way stations car- 
ried an average of 102 per trip. The 
average revenue was $22.04 per trip. 
The Southern division train for 
Lowell carried an average of 104. 
Saturday nights and February 22, a 
holiday, showed the biggest patronage, 
and it is possible, that although the 
trains may not be continued regularly 
after April 30, they may be run on 
Saturdays and holidays. 
To HELP THE “JAILBIRD” 
The idea that the “jailbird” has no 
place in society is costing the govern- 
ment many thousands yearly, and 
Governor Foss’ plea for a better par- 
ole sytem should encourage such a re- 
form. The present system is not a 
success, as paroles are generally 
granted on the say-so of one man; 
also, too many parole men are obliged 
to go back to prison because they have 
been made worse possibilities for so- 
ciety than when they were first com- 
mitted. 
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The problem of starting the parole 
prisoner in life after he leaves jail is 
a great one. It is for the best inter- 
ests of society, however, that this be 
attempted in some methodical man- 
ner, for it costs money to keep pris- 
loners in confinement and more to 
send them back. 
Many of the prisioners would never 
return to jail were it not for the prison 
stigma hanging over their heads. 
Others are innoculated with that de- 
pravity which bids them spend their 
lives behind four walls. But those 
who would support themselves hon- 
estly should have some chance of 
helping themselves before they come 
from jail. 
As the Governor states, every man 
should have work found for him be- 
fore he leaves prison. This will cost 
money, but if we are going to spend 
thousands of dollars for — police, 
courts and prisons; we might spend 
something for the restoration of those 
who have been imprisoned. 
When a‘ million people evince a 
serious interest in the “farming spec- 
ials” that have been sent out for the 
last few years all over the country 
by the state universities and agricul- 
tural colleges it is evident that this 
means of diffusing knowledge has its 
merits and must go a long way to- 
ward aiding the tiller of the soil. It 
is bringing the university to the people, 
and this year it is hoped that two mil- 
lion persons will have an opportunity 
of witnessing the exhibits of these 
trains, hearing the lecturers and mak- 
ing use of the varied printed matter 
that is distributed. Last year the 
trains toured over 31 states from 
Maine to Texas and proved to be one 
of the most promising agencies of ru- 
ral betterment. 
The “public opinion bill” that has 
just gone through the House would 
seem to give the voters the best and 
most sensible method of indicating to 
their representatives their wishes in 
regard to special matters of legisla- 
tion, The measure provides that up- 
on petition of 1200 voters in any sen- 
atorial district or 200 in any repre- 
sentative district, asking for the sub- 
mission to the voters of that district 
any question of instructions the Secre- 
tary of the Commonwealth shall deter- 
mine if such question is one of public 
policy, and if so, shall draft it in such 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
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