NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
self to the plan of buying out the 
eity of Salem’s two thirds interest 
in Wenham Lake. This lake will be 
sufficient to supply the needs of the 
growing city for upwards of twenty, 
perhaps thirty years to come. In the 
event of the city of Beverly obtain- 
ing Wenham Lake it will be possible 
to shut out the water of the Long- 
ham meadow and in a very short 
period of time Beverly will be able 
to obtain pure Wenham water again, 
for which it enjoyed for years an 
enviable reputation. The outcome 
of the question is problematic. Bev- 
erly will be fortunate if it can ob- 
tain an independent source of sup- 
ply in Wenham Lake. In the event 
of the city of Beverly being able to 
obtain an independent supply of 
water by purchasing the interests of 
the city of Salem in Wenham Lake, 
the city of Salem can purchase its 
way into the metropolitan system or 
use the sources of supply in the Ip- 
swich river. 
The question is complicated for 
other communities such as Danvers 
and Peabody have interests in the 
river. The mill owners on the river 
are contesting every inch of the way 
and against the Ipswich river plan. 
The line of least resistance although 
the most expensive to the city ‘of 
Salem, would seem to be for that 
city to enter the Metropolitan SYS- 
tem. Naturaly Beverly and its citi- 
zens are not specifically interested in 
the future choice of Salem, between 
the Ipswich river or the Metropoli- 
tan system, for its interest lays in 
obtaining an independent source of 
water supply and that supply from 
Wenham Lake. 
“An Aristocratic Privilege and a 
Charter of Democracy.’’ 
Class privilege and the abuse of 
the institutions which belong to the 
people are not tolerable by a demo- 
cratic people. There is a man in 
public life by the name of Theodore 
Roosevelt, who won by hard work, 
patient service and fearless activity, 
the highest seat in the gift of the 
people, namely the presidency. He 
has now ‘‘put his hat in the ring’ 
for the second time and has begun 
an active campaign for the presi- 
dential nomination reversing his in- 
tention of being merely a receptive 
candidate. This same gentleman has 
been an ardent and faithful cham- 
pion of the doctrine of the square 
deal, but somehow many feel that 
the ideal has been broken in his want 
of square dealings with the Presi- 
dent of the United States. On Feb- 
ruary 21, Mr. Roosevelt delivered an 
address on the Charter of Democracy, 
before the Ohio Constitutional con- 
vention. This address was presented 
to the senate by Mr. Clapp on Febru- 
ary 26, and accepted and became 
Document 348 of the Senate. The 
address was printed by the Govern- 
ment Printing Office and mailed far 
and wide all over the country under 
the franking permit of Mr. Clapp. 
This address is practically a cam- 
paign document. Here stands the 
anomaly. Mr. Roosevelt, private 
citizen, contestant for the presidency 
delivers an address in the Ohio Con- 
stitutional Convention. It is ac- 
cepted by the Senate. It is printed 
by the American People’s printing 
office. It is carried by the United 
States mails which belong to the 
people, under the franking privilege 
granted to Mr. Clapp. Or in other 
words he is using a disagreeably 
aristocratic privilege to air his demo- 
cratic views. 
And, moreover, the unvarnished 
truth glares out from the last page 
.whereon is printed Mr. Roosevelt’s 
already famous Boston letter of 
February 24, to the governors of six 
states of the union. If Roosevelt 
wishes to be president again he ought 
not to make the american people pay 
his campaign publishing and mailing 
expenses. 
Sugar and the Free List. 
For years there has been an active 
campaign of education conducted by 
certain manufacturers, particularly 
the Arbuckle company. For some 
while the barrels of sugar purchased 
from them have a very prominent 
printed label pasted thereon, inform- 
ing the purchaser and every persons 
who sees it in transportation, or sees 
it later as an empty, may know that 
the duty is so much and but for that 
duty the price of the sugar per 
pound would be so much less. Any 
reduction in the household expenses 
of the people is desirable. At first 
thought most men would say, “‘let 
the sugar come in free. Let the price 
of living be reduced.’’ Unfortunately 
the affairs of a nation follow the in- 
evitable laws of economy and ex- 
pense as in household. The real ques- 
tion is not shall sugar be free, but 
where can the Government obtain 
the millions of dollars of revenue 
which must be obtained, and which 
is obtained from the duty on sugar. 
Can the fifty million be obtained 
more easily from sugar? The fifty 
millions taken off on sugar must go 
on somewhere else and even though 
the consumer does not know it he is 
really paying the price. Of course 
the manufacturer and the house- 
holder want free sugar, but will it 
33 24 
3 ASK ABOUT 3 
3 5: 
33 3 
33 33 
33 33 
33 3% 
33 33 
3g 3% 
33 33 
33 33 
3 3 
33 3 
33 33 
; 33 
7 per ct. FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS 
LEE W. MARSHALL, nue Mass. E 
DO O4OO C4 OE OA OHO DIO IO HORI OWLHE OEE 
0,0 0,96,9¢,06,96,06, 
Per er er er er ee ee 
32 
> 
¢ 
2 
° 
> 
° 
> 
? 
> 
° 
> 
¢ 
> 
° 
A 
° 
> 
? 
> 
° 
in the end result in an actual econ- 
omy either in the household or in 
the nation? 
The haste manifested to let the 
Canadian Grand Trunk Railroad 
enter Massachusetts is somewhat 
surprising considering that the field 
is adequately covered by the Boston 
& Maine Railroad. This competi- 
tion will not help the State, it will 
only mean that the business will be 
split up, and necessarily a lessened 
service and higher freight rates. 
Massachusetts stockholders will suf- 
fer beeause of the Canadian owned 
Grand Trunk coming here. The 
publie will also suffer from granting 
a charter to the Eastern Railroad 
which is to parallel the Boston & 
Maine on the North Shore. In rail- 
road building in this State, past ex- 
periences are of no account.—Win- 
chester Star. 
The successes attending the lec- 
tures given from time to time, ought 
to teach Manchester that her people 
hunger for some of these desirable 
and innocent amusements and diver- 
sions. Here is an opportunity for a 
person or a group of persons to ren- 
der a good serviee to the community. 
A committee of citizens representing 
all the different elements in the com- 
munity, could arrange and present 
each winter a Lyceum Course of 
from eight to ten members each win- 
ter; 
The choice of Thomas D. Con- 
nolly of Beverly Farms, as the third 
party in the arbitration council, or- 
organized to arbitrate the labor diffi- 
culties in the Woodbury Brothers 
Company of Beverly was wise. It 
was a just recognition of the merits 
of Mr. Connolly and gave evidence 
of the good judgment of the arbiters. 
Mr. Taft will not have to steal 
dear Teddy’s hat in the ring. Teddy 
is losing what goes into the hat that 
goes into the ring. The American 
people know what Mr. Taft has un- 
der his hat. 
