Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1911 — Where Is Ballinger? [ARTICLE]

Where Is Ballinger?

“I believe,” said Secretary Fisher to the American Mining congress, “that the time has passed when the government should convey an unrestricted title to its coal fields. . . . I believe the leasing system avoids the controversies and the difficulties of both extremes of public and of private ownership. . . . The adoption of a leasing policy will take away from the promoters of such a road (as one to the Alaskan coal fields) the lure of great gain from the exploitation of the coal fields. The government must recognize that if it withdraws from private capital this incentive for railroad construction the government itself must assume the obligation of making possible the kind of development upon which it insists for’ the general good.” No Sale of Alaskan coal lands! Government ownership of a railroad to the coal fields’ Where is Mr. pallinger?

Of course Big Business .has not given up hope of blocking the trust busting game. And it is prepared to give up liberally long before it gives up hope.