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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24
GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.
The Advantages OF Public Own
ership as Ap piled to Germany.

Twas very much impressed du
ing my stay in Germany this sun
mer by the superior service of tn
state-controlled railways of tina
country as compared with the care
less management Of our own lines
There was scarcely an accident i
Prussia during the whole summer
while in this country nearly fv
times as many passengers are injur
ed or killed outright. The Ameri
can railways have not enough
employees to insure safety and atten
ton. England has four times az
many men, and Germany even more
We are fully thirty years behinc
in safety fer passengers. There are
no unguarded crossings allowed to
menace the public. Even at the
stations there is no crossing the
tracks to reach outgoing trains, as
is the case in our own Union sta.
ton. To get on the other side in
Germany you must descend flight
of steps and pass through a tunnel
under the track. The stations them
selves are models of beautiful archi-
lecture. The new one in Frankfort
cost eight million dollars. When
the government intends to erect a
new station it offers q prize to ar
chitects for ornamental designs.
There is a maximum of comfort in
railway travel, as the stations are
all union stations, which is possible
since the government controls all
the lines.
Since l was in Germany ten years
ago, many improvements in speed
have been made, fifty miles an hour
being the schedule time for many
trains. The express from Berlin to
Hamburg made fifty miles an hour,
all stops included. Government
ownership also opens way for the
use of the railway for social pur-
poses, The general opinion is that
the population is too much central
lied in the large cities, and by the
cheap zone or belt railroad system,
soon to be opened in Berlin. work
men may live in the suburbs and
work in the city without much ex-
pense.
Ire government management of
the railway finances has also been a
brilliant success, surprising all ex-
pectations. In Prussia alone last
year, after paying the interest and
part of the principal on the bonded
debt, there was surplus of 20
million dollars. The reductions in
fares and freights annually amount
to a general distribution. of over 25
million dollars. must also say a
a word for the high quality of the
freight service, which is fully equal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24

No halfway measure will meet the
urgency of the case nor satisfy the
wants or the wishes of the people,"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24

I company has no investment and tn
case is settled. If, on the othe
hand, the property is worth NOR,
than the company has had in pay
ment, then the government should
pay the difference. This restores
to the government it's own property
which has so long been confiscated
in the hands Of the corporations ;
as much SO as eleven states were
once confiscated into the hands of
Jeff Davis. 1t is time that the peo-
ple's public highways were recover
ed from this alien confscation.
II use the word alien advisedly.
1t is easy to show by undoubted
testimony that more than half the
stocks and bonds of the American
railroads are owned in Europe, and
that the freights and fares paid by
Americans on our own American
railroads are fixed by directory in
the city of London and that much
of the money paid for transporta-
ton in this country goes across the
ocean, reducing our volume Of
money and cutting down the prices
of our property. 1t is not a mere
loss of the money which we pay for
the use of our own railroads, but
the shipment of that money by the
hundreds Of millions per annum
causes the loss of billions in none
tary values of all we have for sale.
That the government can manage
The railroads is proven by it's sue
cess as a receiver in numerous
instances. When a company gets
into a bad tangle it has long been
the custom for the road to 60 into
the hands of a receiver until it's
troubles are untangled. Then the
government hands it back to the in
competent company.
"It may be, as alleged, that it is
serious thing for the government
to own and manage the railroads.
But my reply is like that of girl
whose mother told her it was a
serious thing to get married. The
girl replied, Il know, mother, it is
a serious thing to get married, but
it is great deal more serious not
to- AS the matter now stands, the
railroads are bankrupting the ma
ton. When they issued and sold
that five billions of watered stocks,
the money received made million
aires by the the thousands, and the
income from that water is making
by the hundred each
year. Still one more point must
not be lost sight of. When we are
millionaires by the hundreds
md thousands, the same agencies
IRE making bankrupts and paupers
among the people by the thousands
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24

insure it, and a few cents more
guarantee it's delivery at certain
hour.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24

We will print your name
and address in our MAIL
LIST, which we send ITO
PUBLISHERS oil over the
United States and Canada
In return you will receive
for a long time to come,
copies of nice Newspapers,
Story Papers, Magn zines
The critic., 1891-01-02
THE UNITED PRESS.
It's Ncw Oniccs in New York Formally
Opened.

Its Sew Onices in New York Formally
Opened.
New YoRK, Jan. 2.-Thc new offices of
the United Press in the World building
were formally opened yesterday, and were
visited by large number of people. In
concluding brief address General Man
agcr Phillips said;
"a success, however such ~ is repre-
scntod by The United Press as you see 1t
now is never achieved without a struggle
of much more serious character than
most men realize. But whatever storms
have threatened us in the past we forgot
them long ago in the serene consciousness
that above us skies were blue and in the
firm belief that prosperity had come into
our household as permanent and, need
not add, as u most welcome guest In this
cheerful frame of mind, grown now to bc
especially sunny--encouraged by the vic
tories we have already won and sanguine
of even greater triumphs in the future
we welcome you to our new offices.
"lnasmuch as The United Press was the
first to lease and operate wires in any gen
eral and comprehensive way the first to
report ia crieRso the proceedings of politi-
cal conventions and other deliberatiye
bodies in season for afternoon papers and
the first To do half hundred new things
abundantly worth the doing, so it has
now perpetuated a consistent and pro-
gressive record by being the first TO fortify
the business of a press association with
those modern aids and cOnvenicnoes and
to give it that environment of elegance
and good taste which have become famil-
lar to us in the appropriately equipped es-
tablishments of the great newspapers
from Boston to San Francisco.
''The proprietors of the towering and
substantial monuments to nineteenth
century journalism which We find scat
tered up and down the Pacific Coast, as
well as along the Atlantic seaboard and
which abound in the interior splentifully
as where the oceans voice is heard, have
certainly followed in literal sense the
heavenly message heard by DIR. Holmes,
bidding him TO
Build thee more stately mansions
and following the example of these inn
portant factors of advanced civilization
whose news requirements it is our PROV
ince, in some measure, to supply, we, too,
have learned the lesson which the story of
The Chambercd Nautilus teaches to all
mankind
The critic., 1891-01-02
THE JAP's QUAKER BRIDE.
Inazo Nitobe and Mary ElkintOn Unite
nt the Altar.

Inazo Nitobe and Mary ElkintOn United
mt the Altar.
PnuLApELrIIA, Jan. 2.--True love held
to its course despite parental opposition,
and Inazo Nitobe, the young japanese,
and beautiful Mary Elkinton. the aristo-
cratic Quakeress, were married yesterday
at the Westinghouse of the Orthodox
Friends at Fourth and Arch streets. The
ceremony was witnessed by a large gath
ering
The wedding took place at 10 o'clock IN
the morning. The hubbub and hum of
the throng in the Westinghouse gradu-
ally subsided at that hour, and there was
a craning of necks and an eager peering
from beneath broad-b -brimmed hats and
poke bonnets. Everybody was anxious
to catch u glimpse Of the strangely mated
couple and the bridal party as they en-
tered the room.
Bride and groom walking side by side
came first, and took seats facing the meet
the bridesmaids, Miss Hannah Morris OF
Omey, Miss Susanna Lippincott, Miss
Elizabeth Ecroyd Of Overbrook and Miss
Jennie Nicholson of Haddoniield. They
took seats in front, facing the bride and
groom. Mr.. Ephraim Smith and wife,
uncle and aunt of the bride, took seats at
her right hand, in the place of her absent
bridegroom's father and mother sat Pro-
fessor j. Rendel Harris of Havcrford
College and his WIFE
The regular Quaker ceremony was then
gone through with. The bride and groom
arose and Joining hands, the groom first
declared that he took Mary Patterson
| Elkinton for his wife, and would shelter
and protect till death would separate them.
The bride then made the declaration pre-
scribed for women, whereupon each
signed the marriage contract.
| The contract was then read aloud to the
meeting by DR.. Edward Maris. This was
followed by supplication by George
Scott of Deer Creek, Md, which was sup
plemcnted by short addresses, or sermons,
and prayers, delivered by Mrs. Helen
Harris, Mrs. George Ellinton, Professor
Harris and several Others. After all this
large number of those present signed
the marriage contract.
The bridal party then took carriages
for No. 733 Spruce street, the home OF
William ElkintOn, brother of the bride,
where reception was held in the after
noon.
After the reception was over the happy
pair departed for the home Of Mrs. Sarah
Scull, at Oyerbrook where they will re
ceive their friends for Il week and then
leave this country for Japan.
The ushers of the occasion were Charles
T.. Cause, DIR. William Sharpless Of Wes
Chester; DIR. Edward Rhoads of German
town, and j. Clinton Starbock.
Some of the Others present at the cere
mony were Mr.. Tsuda; DR.. Kawamots
Miss Dogura, all three japanese; Samue
Morrison and wife, Philip Dunn and wifi
of Trenton; Wistar Morris and wife, DaVi'
Scull, Sarah NJ. Scull, Mr.. Roberts Hoinc
and daughter.
The critic., 1891-01-02
HOTEL ARRIVALS.


Mehopoiitaa--M. J, Mullen, Plttsburg; 9
Dcmling and ", G., Bracket, Boston; Hon. w.
II. Forncy, Alabama; II. l.. Garner and wilG,
Roanoke, Va, l.. r. Baker Duluth, Mimi; w,
u. Freeman, lynchburg.
NQti0adl-Louls &. Rhoin, New York; ]. Is.
Wilkinson, IT,, Louisiana; Charles L, Harding,
Chicago; j. W. llancOS and wife, Beloyille, y.
j.; W, A. Clark and wife, BROOKLYN Eugene
Eckcl, North Carolina.
81. lanes job Turner, Siaunton, Va;
Charles Q. Dudley and W ", Trayers, DAlu-
more; W. l., umstead Flat River, n. G.; Mrs
Ltley and son, North Carolina; II. V, M0hr,
Reading Pa.
lIiRdrd'S-B. Howell and wife George VI.
Curtis, lr., Harris FahnestOck, Climn Fahne-
stock W 6 , MeI>iG,ley D. D. Dickson 4, NJ
Peru; Or. j. W. Hank, Newark, WS0S Mrs,
q. ID. Armstrong and two friends.
Riggs-u \. Gin. Florlda T., ID. SAWYER and
wife, Cambridge, Mass; II. G.. Carrlck AMI tbs
Misses Carrick, Boston; Wm w. Grant, Nor-
mont.
Ildicla's-C. NJ. Bisboo, Raleigh, y, C.; Rob.
ert Whiting, Richmond; Hugh Caylcy and G.
W. Wilson, Boston,
Uo,mlty's-J. b. Callis. Philadelphia; Frank
Carter, Kensington, London.
Sh0rthdni-L. l., Smith, Chicago; james Ly-
ons, Richmond, Va; Mrs. Nalney spaldlng,
san Francisco; II. G. Townsend, New York;
Mr.. and Mrs George T.. kursh, Philadelphia.
Ayliagt0a W. l.. Brown, Onconta, N. y;
John +. Jones and James r. Jones' Homestead;
j. j. Upham, us. A.; John Andrews and wife,
Boston; l.. g. Dupont, New Haven; NJ w.
seymour Bridgeport, Conn; i, 4. Forbes aud
wife, Greenfield, Mass.
NOfHOadi6- +. r. Sawyer, Columbus Ohio;
r. -. Wallace Tacoma, Wash; John q. Lewis,
Portland Ore William l., Abbott, Pittsburg.
E6JiU-W NJ, Tompkms, Ashland, Wis;
william Allan, New York; Elw. T., l.awtol,
John A, llarnan, u. =, A.; H. H. iOOlsll, AM
hersi Mass; h III, lioberts and wife, North
Carolina.
Hotel JohDsOH y. King, New York; William
Toledo, Ohio; H. II. Johnston, Virginia, James
! II. Melran, New York.
The critic., 1891-01-02
HIT OR MISS.

She-It win be pleasure for me to share
your troubles and anxieties.
Ile-But | haven't anyJ
She-O, you will have when we are married.
life.
Biggsy-What's the matter with Bcaslcy?
Wiggsy-lle used 10 eat bowl OF eggs for
breakfast every morning, and the consequences
Is he walks bow-legged. See y-NeV York SNh.
Cholly--lIeah about Chappie' Supposed to
he dead, you know, but came to life In his
coffin. Queeah, vcwy quccah.
Dolly-Aw, not so vewy Queeah. They hal
put the dcah hoy into an American made
shwoud, don't you know. indianapolis
JCHiHdh
A groccryman in this town received m order
that read tins way:
,Dere sir: Pies send me pounds OF cofo aud
some te. My wife had u boy last night, also
ten pounds of cheese and n raj trap. lie wayed
pounds, and II hatchct and nails. " Winchester
UtnCcfdf.
Father Mr., Qulchrlsc has been coming here
for some time. Hasn't he proposed YETI
Daughtcr-I don't know whether he has or
MT, because II is 40 difficult for him to make
himself understood.
Father didn't know he was bashraI man,
Daughtor-ilc isn't; but hG used to bo Il
brakeman on the elevated road. -Puck.
American IIeircss-And so you have fought a
real duel. Now, to tell the truth, Count, wcrent t
you Just the least bit rrlghtencdi
Foreign Co,nt-No madam. Yon see our
seconds had extracted the bullets without our
knowledge. - BiHghdmptOa RepubilcdH.
Aunt Rosanna-I took tho liberty OF In.
structug your mOdistc to have your ball drcsse.
cut with regard 10 the requirements of whu,
promises TO be cold winter, my dears.
Clemontine- We don't get half a show, do we
Boss-Jad0e,
Mrs. Brokyrre-John, tho principal writes
that Charles has been suspended for hazing.
Mr.. BrOkyrre-rhc miserable cnbl just
wait until he gets home III show him whether
he cant learn 10 act as a gentleman
Mrs Brokyue- oh, how did YOU tear youl
coat SOY
Mr. BrokyrrG& We had little fun down n
the hoard thiS afternoon, initiating a new
member, -- itdidH0pOi,S J0HTHdL
The critic., 1891-01-02

uf detection from the vigilance maintained
by the Russian officials there. The con-
clusion is incvitablc-thc man did not
tsulpc. he was pardoncd. All Siberian
cXilCs, except the most truculcnt and
dangerous class, can receive pardon II,
rs Colonel dc Arnaud describes In The
New Era in Russia" they make proper
application in due form therefor
It seems to me that all this sudden burst
of excitement about the Russian pcrsecu-
tion of the Jews the cruel treatment Of
Siberian prisoners and more particularly
the arrival in this country of step
MAX the arch London Nihilist,
has u prcmcditatcd purpose about
IL. II Is to excite American Indignation
against Russia, thereby causing an cs-
arrangement of the friendship between the
two nations, in which case England will
lC perfectly free to enforce upon rs any
demand whatever, no matter how insolent
aud unjust in the Bchring Sea mattcrl
Tho whole thing bears the mark OF British
Tory diplomacy. Will Americans be fool
isi enough to be caught mapping
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, permit me to
say that ! cordially indorsc what Sub
scliber' said in your columns of Deccni-
bcr 20. that Colonel dc Arnaud'S book,
"Thc New Era in Russia, 50 conclusvely
demonstrates the fictitious character of
these Stories aboht Russian cruelty to
Siberian cxilcs, etc, that Mr.. kcnnan
owes il to himself and to his friends to
show, through the public press, how, i
was that he was 81 deceived and caiolcd
by Russian Nihilists.
He must prove de Arnoud's statements
to be false or acknowledge that his own
are He cannot slSilk In his tents away
from the battle. The American people
love fair play. They have listened to
Mr.. Remnants statements of Russian bar
barity; but now they are listening to
Colonel de Arnaud's rcfutation of those
statements, and to the masterly exposi-
ton as contained in the New Era IN
Russia" Of the purpose underlying all
this systematic attempt To misrepresent
Russia to the American people. Every
one of the latter should read "The New
Era in Russia If he does, he will agree
with me that Mr.. Remnants positions are
thoroughly untenable and that his own
reputation demands his making some de-
fcnsc against Colonel de Arnaud's search
| ing cJpoSe of the fraudulent character of
| the alleged Russian outrage stories.
Respectfully, |. w. l..
Washington, Jan. 2 1891.
The critic., 1891-01-02
CURRENT pIru AND POINT.

Ills observed that the new Justica of the sr.
prcne Court Henry billings Brown has face
rntirc,y free from hirsute adornmcnt. What n
splendid foil he will make for the dropping,
swcepinp flashiun pommeranian moustache
of Chief Justice Fuller Neiv York World
,,-,-,. A.. ,..,., ,,,a. t.,
~ wals petWcen inns country nnu "rua.
Britain arising from lllcgai ,seArshes the
sunnyIeu nave h"u 'hc peSt vi ~ -Ne" 1""
Uo'fd.
Invariably when protectionst II asked what
he thinks Of Major McKinlcys efforts Mt
statesmanship he replies that The Major has
done very well considering that he might have
done worse. When George Ill asked his vio-
lin teacher how his Majesty ranked as iddler,
inc WHY setNiior re,ponucd: All ny, y,oniin,i,s ,
are ulVlueu mo thrcc classes-r nosS Who
can play th2se VINO pay very paIly anu .mo3c
VINO pay Wen, @ u@ur Mo1visy has a.ae"iS S
icachcu .lc secohu el'Ws. IRON, RON ,nc ppt proito-
tlonlsts remarks u Is evident tnat Mr. Mrhlh-
Icy has now attained the second class oi legis-
lators'- chtcd0o Ne"S'
The Force bill Is mn infamy which the people
will not tolerate. Probably 1t will not be
passed, hut IL II Is the Republican party will
perceive Una, INC !luai wave Oh i1v was ram, n
uiop ~ ~ ,nu wv, VII ny "''o
pious"t "pVh '"e"soNe''-Ne" ''" '"'
Senator Carlisle says: It's the duty of the
Government to administer public affairs, and
the duty Of the people 10 manage their own
private arrairsn Democracy in a NUTSHELL.
NelU York World.
~ : 700 Dau that osnh,or ii ,,oal s,ou,u v,,nc ,
H. easy to 10 understand his yearnng for tue
passnpe OF the Force BILL for he doesn't want
10 cat Goldfish for breakfast lunch and dinner
for the rest of his life. hut he shouldn't be in
dnu,ns so doieful The country IL all rIpht
The sleirhing is GOOD, the moon beams as
blandly ms the face of the Massachusetts, Sem
aior al n meeting of the American Antiquarian
soricty and tho nretty virls in Worcester are
enioy;ns The moon and The snow lust as much
"a n the Enrcn biIl hod hocn nassed we wish
The critic., 1891-01-02
MlscuIEvors ADVICE.

our cuorcd friends celebrated the auni-
Nersary of their emancipation yesterday
at Alexandria. The event, with the pur-
pose Of which all sensible and patriotic
people sympathizc. was characterized by
the absence of all the distinguished white
persons who had been invited, and by the
ilcliycry OF at least one very foolish speech
by one of the colorcd persons who at
tended The speaker referred 10 is
JANIS NJ. TOWNSEND, Recorder of the
Land Office, who rciuiccs IN the
distinction of having been the first c0lored
appuintce of President HARRISON Re
curdcr TOWNSEND seemed tu think that the
unanimous absence of the distinguished
white persons invited tp attend was COM
plimontary. lie analysed the situation as
follows:
White men are beginning 10 respect Us
rs n race. These letters th0lding aloft the
big batch of letters of rcgrcU speak vol
une. only quarter of u century OF free
dom, and the President, the Cabinet oili-
GERS, the great men of the country are
stopping the wheels of Government to
express regret at not being able To attend
this meeting.
Having thus established his claim TO n
riotous optimism of imagination, Re
,.oy,,or rnirxst.yp nrocccdcd to cxrloit his
qualifications as - safe ndyiser of his race.
sunny other usorul and INTELLIGENT thiugs
he said:
Nv ,c;olhor IL os yood ~ am aud |
am ms good as any man God ever made,
white orblack. Too long has IL been the
ease Ihat men nave aIEue,, Una, oNe cidss
r,jod ~ inn,, ho,.o ~, =. nnonln hnlicved
,bn, there was a distinction | always
wish had on u pair of No. II stogy boots
with nails in them when ! see a col2reod
man Walk mo SusihGss o. uliIc-a lily, PioIiJ P1
III s,,ra,"i, IL bnad ,,;tI +Ln nthnr ns ;f
ronfcssing that he was In the presence of
his master.
If this means anything, it means that
Recorder TOWNSEND does not like to see
eolorod people act politely in the presence
Of the whites. He objects to their rcmov-
ing their hats when they enter a gentle
mans office. Senators and Representa-
tives--all gentlemen of good manners and
GOOD breeding do il, and feel no humiia-
ton in consequence; but Recorder TowN-
sEND thinks it inconsistent with col
ar,d mans dignity to follow such
groyeling and mcan-spirited example.
Presumably he wants his followers to
lounge into offices with their hats on, take
the best chair in the room and, generally,
The critic., 1891-01-02
A Cnmmon.snnse Cnlnnhar.

The calendars that come in the fall are
as numerous rs the flowers that bloom in
the spring. Many further resemble the
flowers in that they come without being
sent for, and fade after very brief exist
cnCe.
The most sensible and business-like
calendar that we have seen comes 10 IT'S
from n. w. Aver IL Son, newspaper adj
vertising agents, Philadelphia, and bears
their Keeping everlastingly az it' inn
print. 1t is so large and clear that its
dates can be easily distinguished across an
office, and is printed in a manner 10 recon
ellie the most fastidious to its company for
year.
II is sent TO any address, postpaid, on re-
ccipt of 95ccnts.
The critic., 1891-01-02
JAPANESE LULLABY.


Sleep, little pigeon, ana fold your wings,
Little blue pigeon with velvet eyes;
Sleep to the singing of mother bird swinging,
Swinging the nest where her little one lies.
Away ont yonder see q star,
Silyery star with tinl<ling song;
10 the soft dew falling hear II calling,
Calling and tinkling the night along.
I'm through the window a moOnbeam comes,
Little gold moonheam With misty wings
All silently creeping II asks: "ls he sleeping,
Sleeping and dreaming while mother slngsi
Up from the sea there foats the sob
or the waves that are breaking upon the
shore,
As though they were groaning in anguish and
moaning,
Bsmoaning the ship that shall come no more.
But sleep, little pigeon, fold your wings,
Little blue pigeon with mournful eyes
Am not singinvf Sec, am swinging,
swinging the nest where my darling lles
-Eagene Flekd.
The critic., 1891-01-02

A woe-be-gone expression oyersprcal
Old lsoms face this morning as he en-
tered THE CBITIc Office and said;
"rse quit drinking, boss, / ls an
specs ter start ont on dis New Year wild
er clean conshunse an er empty pocket
book. 'Sperunce has showed me dat dor
two goes ter gedher."
The critic., 1891-01-02

q, w. Dillingham;, publisher, New York,
announces for January, "lIer Husbands
Friend" by Albert Ross authorof "fhou
Shalt Not,n etc. This is the fifth book of
the Albatross series by the same author,
which in twenty-five months has had u
sale OF $4,000 copies, and there is yet no
falling off in the demand.