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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

localities where it is very doubtful if
farming will prove profitable, when
there is so much cheap land to be had at
low prices, and within the bounds of
the conveniences and comforts of civil
lied life!
Would not more benefit accrue to the
individual, the states and the nation by
encouraging the people to seek homes IN
western states, where farming is not an
experiment, and where there is so much
land unimproved and not titled, or only
half titled: Would it not be wise to wait
while before wasting the peoples
money in these experiments, and let set
Element and civilization move forward
by natural progress, the Legitimate needs
of the times and the necessities OF the
people: Has not this uncalled for haste
to have the public lands settled reduced
other land below its true value, and
caused much land to fall into the hands
of spectators and investors, who hold
the land, uncultivated, for speculation or
as a safe investment:
This is a subject meriting thought. dis
cussion and wise action. \. CLARK.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
t...-,.0, nni-ro.

The railroad capital Of the world is esti-
mated at $50, 900, 100000.
1t is reported in Germany that the en-
percr is going 10 Introduce American cars
for the passenger service.
The shipments of Texas cattle to Chicago
for the season, May TO Nov. 80, amounted
to %, 654 cars-692, S54 head of cattle.
Anumber of roads are putting a smoking
compartment in nearly every car they are
building, some even fitting up the second
class day coaches in this manner.
A locomotive on the Mississippi Valley
road hauled $50 loaded cars, with ,S44, S54
pounds Of freight, the total estimated
weight of the haul being 5, ~, S3l pounds.
There are now &c. goo miles OF steel rail-
way ties in use in various parts OF the
world. In tim berless countries they or
some other kind must in time super5ede
all other.
The railway mail clerks on the Cincin-
natl Southern, 1t is said, will ask that the
mail car be placed at the rear end of the
train, 10 lessen The danger Of loss of life by
accidents.
The Monterey and Gulf will be about 500
miles long when finished. IL has been con-
structed 26O miles from Venaditia on the
way TO Tampico, and Will be the best pay
ing road in that country.
In the large new Baldwin locomotive
works now being equipped at Philadelphia
the huge cranes which swing the ponder
Gus parts Of the locomotives from place to
place are to be operated by electric motor.
The longest trip, probably, ever made on
q hand car was completed by j. Z. Thomas,
roadmaster of the international and Great
Northern railroad, who Travelled the entire
length of the road, "a distance of nearly 500
miles, the journey occupying seven consec-
utive days.
Two young men were murdered and
robbed Of S33 90 in a compartment car on
mail train near Vienna, Austria, Nov. -.
The bodies were thrown from the train,
and the murderers, who are supposed to
have been two men occupying tine same
compartment, escaped.
The old clock which used 10 stand in the
New York Central depot at Utica, y. Y,
has been bought by an Albany clockmaker,
and will be sent to the Worlds fair at Chi
cago. It is eight feet high, with mahoE
any case aud "a silver face. IL is supposed
70 be the first standard clock used in the
Washington National conservatory, and IS
over 100 years old.
Sidney Dillon is an old railroad man. He
is about 20 years Of age, but he is still very
active and regarded a. one Of the most con
servative officials In the country. Mr.. Dil-
Ion has watched the movements Of the
management OK the Union Pacific ever
since he gave up the presidency in 1854. and
two years ago be said: This practice Of
putting young, inexperienced men IN re
sponsible positions on railroad VIII never
pay, and it viii E-ve 70 stop sooner or
later
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
WICHITA THE POINT
For a Grain Center in Southern Kan
Sas.

From the Kiowa Journal.
The EAGLE has its tow line on the
grain elevator question, and Is making a
strong pull for Wichita. The question
of elevator and storage facilities at a CEN
trail and accessible point is not only of
interest, but also of vast importance to
this great grain growing region OF Kan
sas. the profit to the producer depends
largely upon his distance from a great
market While the building of elevators
and mills at a given point may not es-
tablsh a great market at that point, yet
a great market can not be established
without them, and the facilities for the
rapid and cheap distribution of the grain
and its products to the markets of the
world and to the consumer The dis
lance from market involves the cost of
transportation. 1t Is well understood
fact that waterway transportation rates
are less than those by railways, and
we believe that ocean rates are the
cheapest of them all. 1t is but bust
ness sense then for Kansas to get her
products TO the seaboard with the short
eSl possible railroad haul, and secure the
benefits of the cheaper transportation
route as quickly as possible. The natur-
al outlet for Kansas and the southwest
is the Gulf. If Kansas wheat can be put
into Liverpool by the way of the Gulf
for fifteen cents per bushel less than by
way of New York then the Kansas farm
er will get his share of the saving in an
increased price for his grain. But these
facts are not new. we have only been
slow 10 try to avail ourselves of the adj
vantages presented. At the present time
Wichita. with her railroads reaching out
to nearly every Kansas wheat field, and
her direct line TO Galveston, seems to be
the natural and proper place for the inc
vItable great Kansas grain market of the
near future. While discussing this mat
ter will the EAGLE give us a comparison
of freight rates from Wichita TO Liver
pool by way of the Gulf and by way Of
New York: Also of rates to New York
by rail and to Galveston:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
on a New Tors II" Train.

Three men boarded downtown eis-
waited train A. one Hundred and -irteenth
street the other day From thoJ coaverSA
tiou it could BE- gathered that one was a
resident 81 New York city. one visitor
from a small middle state town. and The
other Colorado raBcblnau. ~ FtftY
ninth street DOZEN % mon boys and girif
entered tho car with school books under
their arms Two of me girls Eud four II
the boys wore spectacle.
1T seems % me. laid the man from the
small town. "that there b. hardly a sound
pair a. eyes in the city Nearly everybody
wear. spectacIes Young and old In my
town only She Erapdfathers and grand
mothers nave poor eFssi glt."
You never see "a pair - Epectarlss on
the plains. aid the rAnchnAn Men %
b. ald 20 out th~re bsvc a. good sight a.
the boys. s5motirn~s bstt4r. ! think the
reason mus; - that tbsy have use for their
eTes ont there Her unIess you look
straight up uto toe sSy. Jon are always
staring 40 e. brick wall - Eurts my sye.-
/ should e. aHle here
"Yo1 age -ertH aid ne Ssv York
man. wbo naprsnel. 20 - = physician.
~City eyes hasa no chance They iced ~.
-rci-e-- Iust Faet evsrr..H zs those %
s-ssusus.a U.s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
SENSIBLE CHANGERS.

The Michigan Grange is in open Ie-
volt against the National Grange and
the Farmers Alliance. At its late meet
ing the following report was adopted:
We regret that the National Grange
the Farmers Alliance and other organl-
cations of farmers have endorsed the
proposition in one form or another to
make loans by the government 10 the
people. That the issuing Of 81 GOO. 000.-
600 of treasury notes and loaning 10 the
people either directly or indirectly at a
low rate of interest. would lead 10 a wild
clamor for credit, every intelligent per-
som must admit. That no system could
be devised OF its operation SO guarded as
10 prevent Partially or favoritism in it,
distribution, first 10 personal friends
of the loaning agent, and next
to hiz political associates, ev-
erv thoughtful man must fore
see. That It would create 2 feeling Of
helpless dependency upon government
aid by those 10 whom 1t IS designed 10
benefit. thereby relaxing their individual
effort, destroying their energy and self
reliance, and rendering them helpless
mendiCants Of government charity, every
observer Of human nature must know.
That it would lead to thriftless improyi-
dence, relying upon government aid or
government forbearauce by those whom
IL seeks TO benefit and prove curse in
stead OF blessing. Is So plainly evident
that we are surprised that the National
Grange should allow itself % be carried
away by the cIamor of those who hope
for themselves public prefermeut By hold
ing out a scheme 80 sntlc ug 10 the iEnor-
ant or improvident debtor, and schening
zr,a4e7slat,r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
ABANDONED FARMS IN MAINE.

The labor commissioner of Maine has
completed his computation of aban-
doned-farm statistics in the state. Out
of the 500 cities, towns, and populations
i'm the state returns were received from
497. and the number of abandoned farms
reported aggregate 1910, or about an
average of about six and two-thirds per
town. There are 313 returns that report
one or more abandoned farms, while 1S4
report none. The total acreage of these
farms is 254 80, or 1911 acres per farm,
and they are valued for taxation at ST.
24S, 100, an average of $3.50 per acre.
The assessors do not as a rule give any
reasons why these farms were aban-
done6
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
A MEMPHIS SOCIETY FAD.

The Memphis Appeal-Avalanche runs
one very odd column, which Is headed
sin Society,"" and in which not only APP
pear the accounts of entertainments
given, but advance notices of those
which will be given. For instance, the
publication is made that Miss - will
give a reception at such and such date,
and that she will be assisted by the Misses
, while at another date Miss ---
will also give an entertainment and be
assisted by certain ladies whose names
are also mentioned.
What can possib Y be the object OF
these announcements? How can it pos
sibly concern the public to hear who are
expected at a private entertainment, for
it cannot be that invitations are thus eX-
tended. In truth, and in fact, it can
only be attributed to a morbid curiosity
and desire for notoriety, and Is an I'M
mistakable evidence OF the excessive Gull
tivation OF an unhealthy fashionable SEN
timent. The entertainments so given
ought to be for the pleasure Of the guests;
the unlimited who desire to hear of them
experience a curiosity which, if repress-
ed, would be to their credit, while the
ostentation which prompts such publ
cation by the giver of the entertainment
is to be deprecated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

T. has been decided by -ae United States
war department, thst She term o. proha-
ton for recruits csaGot be- extended b.
yond siI days.
Among rneuv naval officers & g. the opin-
ton that tbe Maine is already 90 o5solsts IN
design thai sbe viii never 10 completed
for cruising purpose
The United S,ates navy department il
considering The ss!vt-s tv ~ Increasing
the weight 81 arnausat aboard several q,
the cruisers under coast ract.on.
Capt. Meade. Un.sed states navy, saTs
that 10 peace t.rues We 90 not Gtt The best
natives in the navy. snd mat no wage.
however /. "a VII bring u. tEe bsst
At a recent r.as match ~ Nerfs.k b.
tween 4 team u sailors and &c q Marie
Eve uen e-~h. tt- former averaged - =
AID the latter 81 = out 81 = poi-sibl- -
Native DIVER sueeeete3 il clssriHE the
uDderwntsr b1dy q tHs Char'est - vel
darirg her reoeut say - t&ouo4uiu t1Et
her sp@ed va incrrs.sG by alEssr thrss
EEots a. hJur
Chlsf ErKnesg iura hzs rscsutlr made a
valuable dszco~erT lu --e shape 20 r5T-
isiflI4 taA4 VA lrr b -a4~ -. 80 err -
c5raIs. barsEries Or ofasr destructive fs1-a
~ Go-a 70 Aezg04nE sss-s-s
Although 81, Drcp9@ea fsts =. .hnl-zi q
a corps 81. syF.reatsaes 20 - iE-!zee for
frtr-c servc- a. rsKai4r Iu4teri -sstsa
der receives f5s heErrT ADORE Esat -
a-u.r oss1z-s li = tsszxh; 20 - e po@sl bic
o. ariuz r. spout - flr,-szt
The GsEs r-r-H-iT a1va1crsi ~ f4ea-
B-aa.ey B. 7~se o. re .ect q orz.u-
2 ~ .n the ait~d s.ztes - elsstr.cal
aorg@ a. Civilians Ser ssly - a raval re-
srrvs have ars1 Ia - sg ~ Tas E-scfrlra.
f.er@~ Bri4asl arc hdps>a,s1 ~ that
.oz-E4i ~ aselky - Sc CSC la-rEslsa e
- A13Asrz1tz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

We see It stated that the eighteen har-
vester companies that have formed gi-
Eantic combine, by reason of the consol-
idation viii throw 10. 600 men ont Of en-
ployment, and that the corporation ex-
poets TO save $40. 1000 thereby. Ii Is
also stated that the combine will advance
the prices of their machinery from 80 10
IS per cent. OF course the farming COM
munity VIII have this increased burden
TO bear. bat if the ten thousand discharc-
ed employees shall but take it into their
heads TO take as many reaper'S cradles
in their hands and so out into the har-
vest when il comes on five or six months
hence they VIII undoubtedly find ready
employment at living wages, and thus
not only serve themselves good turn
and accommodate the farmers 10 that ex-
tent, but also cut considerable swarth
IN the profits Of the soulless trust.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
NV NoRK. Dec. % 1san

NV YORK. Dec. 25. 1890.
To Re Editor o. the Eagle.
4 government. as well Is individuals.
should be- just before At j. generous. +
there any jest demand or proper coca
sion for The expenditure Of public money
in attempting, by irrigation. to reclaim
and make productive that part Of the
public domain known aud designated g.,
arid lands.
Would there not be wisdom and true
economy in having the cheap land. suit
able and available for cultivation. occu-
pied. improved. mors denselv settled
and more thoroughly titled before pro
ceeding 70 experiment with irriEarns
these arid lands
Is 1t right 10 tempt and encourage ueo-
pie % subject them~eIve~ to the prlvs-
lions and uncertainties Of frontier life IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

The Indian has sold Us about %, 124. 600
acres, equivalent, generally speaking, to
the area of New Hampshire. Vermont,
Massachusetts and Connecticut. Never
thelesS, he has realms yet TO live on, for
the area of reservations still left him
amounts 70 about 1OO.00O,OO0 and there are
but $4,000 OF his people To use this little
empire.-Ft. Scott Monitor.
Grant that this is true, does it prove
that the smallness Of his number and the
largeness of his domain justifies the gov
eminent in robbiug him of it or any part
Of it: Upon that principle any and every
impecuuious cusS in the land would be
warranted in. severally and collectively,
going to Jay Gould and demanding that
he give up the bulk of his money and
other forms of wealth. Ave, there would
be more reason in this than the other.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

The New Year number of the Kansas
q Y Gazette was the very best. as II was
the largest, ever issued of that splendid
paper George Martin just throwed
himself, SO to speak, in getting mp that
issue Of twonty-four pages, and he sue
ceeded in filling It to ruuning-over with
local data and general news OF a most
interesting and valuable character The
field in which the Gazette operates Is a
most fruitful one for such an enterprise.
and that papers wide awake and ener-
Eetic publisher seems TO have worked it
for all il was worth for the occasion.
No better special issue Of newspaper
was ever published in Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

4 letter or Father Craft, the Catholic
priest at Pine Ridge Indian agency 10
the Freeman's Journal. printed in YES
terday's dispatches, and written only a
day or two before his tragic death, gives
in detail the situation as 1t existed al
that time and the conditions and cir
cumstances that led up TO it, which are
substantially As We have stated them in
these columns, and are uudoub,ed cor
rect. There Is a fearful resi- possibility
resting upon individual shoulders some
where. for the terrible occurrences that
have recently taken place, and that
somebody should be visited with the
severest punishment known t. the law
against such criminality.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
SOME PERTINENT WHY'S.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Our wooden industry. Why is S1S,-
All ,54071 worth of wool imported into
the United States per year, when we
can produce all the wool needed in the
country?
Why is S4S, 343, 967.37 paid for tariff
protection for the wooden mills and only
s., SIC, 351.7t paid to the American pro-
ducer for wool?
Why was an increase of 81, 972, $40. 30
given 10 the manufacturer and only
81 .52S, 139 9S given to the producer!
Why this unequal discrimination
against the many producers and in favor
of few manufactures? Such unjust
legislation makes the rich richer and Yle
poor poorer.
Why no. increase the tariff on i'm
ported manufactured goods to exclude
them and increase the tariff on foreign
wool to exclude it and give the Ameri-
can farmer the S1S,471 ,54071 now paid
to the foreigners? Right and duty de-
mands it. This is American indepen-
dence in fact and not in theory.
The growing of the wool in the United
States would not cost us one cent except
for shearing and marketing the wool.
The natural increase and sale of the car
cass and pelt is Just as profitable as with
cattle. If there is any preference for
usefulness in farming it is i'll
favor of sheep. In no better way
can you keep down obnoxious
weeds and preserve the fertility of the
land. Protect the American producer
and all America will prosper. The safety
of our nation requires it. a direct tax
for the support of the government is no
more than the indirect tariff tax now
made on the people, except that it will
be more equal. Remove the unequal
burden now placed on the producer and
peace and prosperity will be restored.
II F. RIDWEII.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
Must HAVE MORE MONEY.

The scare caused by the failure Of the
Earrings j. 80 nearly over that couEre-s
has lost interest IN it, finance measures.
and the probability ! that they viii H.
quietly dropped and that u VIII ie
thought bit 10 let the silver bll Of las.
session have o chance 70 show results BE-
fore any serious attempt j. made g.
amend or improve il with absolute free
coinage NEBRASKA State Journal
CoIEre,, ID better not Get Too much
over q, scare. II J. liable 30 ts scared
again az the next election The people
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

The mania for jumping out of the
fourth story windows, of which there
have been several instances during the
last few weeks, suggests the ACCESSIBILITY
of placing in all hotel windows above
the third floor some guard that shall pre-
vent the would-be suicide from accom-
plishing his desire. There have also been
cases of severe illness, accompanied by
delirium, where the patient, having been
left alone for a few minutes, has sprung
from the window. 1t seems that two or
three iron bars or fancy iron grating
might be placed at the windows, either
inside or out, without disiiguring the
building or the room. 1t would, too, be
a guard against accidents in cases where
there are children. There Is one OBJ
lection to this plan of preventives, and
that is that it would serve to prevent or
interfere with escaping from such build
ings in case of fire. IL this could be
overcome by making the Tenders easily
removed in an emergency, and at the
same time make them immovable bv q
demented person, it would be a good
thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

II is extremely fortunate that the bus
mess and financial affairs of the country
seem 10 be recuperating without con-
gressional assistance. The money mar
kets are reported easier: credit is return
ing to n normal basis, and the failures in
mercantile circles that occur are the af-
ter results and not the direct product Of
of the panic. But, if the country was
really dependent upon the action Of con-
gress, the disagreement of the factions
in congress in regard to the finances and
the currency might produce very disas-
trous results.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

The Springfield Republican wearies
not in telling the story of Flanagan and
its moral, thus: Flanagan of Texas
The official count discloses the fact that
he was beaten for governor of the Lone
Star state by 100000 plurality. But
Flanagan has solid delegation to he
next Republican national convention in
his inside pocket-and that, by the way,
is what Flanagan is here for" The
Galveston News quotes this, and, al
though not of Flanagan's politics, it calls
for a tiny bell. What's the matter with
a corn pepper:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

The st. James Budget recalls three
dates-Nov. Il, Nov. % and Dec. 3. On
The first was the O'Shea verdict; on the
second Parnel's manifesto; on the third
Parnell was repudiated by the Roman
Catholic bishops in Ireland. "More than
a fortnight was allowed to pass in
silence" before ga scandalous pre-emi-
nence" was treated as an urgent cause
Verify, Parnel is not the only son of
Erin whose acts have brought scandal
upon the Green Isle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
SCIENCE VS.. THE HOG.

The scientists are threatening to drive
useful and deserving animal out of
business. They say that soap can be
made out of corn without the introduce
ton of the hog, and that eventually pro
cesses will be discovered for making
other hog products directly from the
grain. A company has already com
menced the manufacture of soap in
Iowa, but the process is not fully de-
mOnstrated to be n complete success.
But suppose it should, and that achieve
ment should re!egate the pOrcine, what
would we do for jowl to go with our
spring salad? The cheeks of the discov-
erers of the new scheme could not be
substituted. even if they were plentiful
enough, because they are too gristly TO
be masticated. And then what would
we do for ham to go with the eggs in the
spring, and bacon to season our vegita-
bles. elcetera, eject? Oh, no; science is
pretty smooth, but it isn't slick enough
to root us away from our good living,
and if it makes a serious attempt we
Americans will bristling all over with in
dignant opposition. Besides all this there
is no need for this substitution; haven't
we the lathery Yucca root in limitless
abundance? And 1t is no I've to say this
is better than all substitutes for the hog.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

Sylvester Fowler, editor of the Potta-
watomie County Times, Louisville, Kan
sas, is the author of n little volume of
poetry which is entitled "Sex and Other
Poems" We have been able to take in
a verse here and there without losing
our breath, but dare not as yet venture a
consecutive reading, which should only
be attempted after a simultaneous per-
usal of the Quick and the Dead"
"Kreutzer's Sonata" and Ella Wheeler
Nilcox's most passionate passages.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
Helping Jerry to Fame.

From the Wellington standard.
Victor Murdoch, in his "Sunfower
Simmer" rings in many left handed
compliments to prominent individuals,
not the least witty of which are his daily
pleasantries directed at Jerry Simpson,
now our congressman-elect. but Jerry
can stand all the fun that Is poked at
him by the EAGLE. He has won national
distinction in few months and seems. to
be fully able to retain 1t.