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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-16

Coal! Coal! Coal! and the best of coal
at the lowest prices is always to be found
at Southwestern Fuel company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-16

There is no need of freezing wher
Usage City shaft coal can be had for ths
lowest price per ton at Southwestern Fue
Company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-16

THE Post-Dispatch says that gold
standard candidate on the Democratic
ticket will insure the election of Re-
publican. But suppose there should be
gold standard can didate on the Repub-
Hcan ticket also, then what. That is the
scheme of the eastern goldbugs who
manipulate conventions and have no pol
itics aside from their own selfish inter-
ests. They will endeavor to have a gold
standard man placed on each ticket imi-
tating the proverbial darkey who ar
ranged n trap that would catch coon
''comin' and agoin.'" These same
schemers elected Mr.. Cleveland the first
time because they were unable to make
satisfactory terms with Mr.. Blaine. In
the next campaign both candidates were
satisfactory. and it did not m after which
one was elected. Mr. Harrison's admin
istratien provea sSAt they made pa mis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-16

~Mrs. venter has trav-
e:ed more miles and APP
reared before larger audi
ences than any other woman
on the lecture platform. Her
theme is the result of years
of observation as a public
woman. and fun of facts
gathered from all parts OF
Europe and America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-16
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Official Paper Of the City Of Topeka
The advocate., 1896-06-10

In The Packer of May z, there was
published an item in reference to q
bunch Of heifers which had been fed
on Ksfir corn and bran by L. j. Rees,
o miller of Lincoln Center, Kas., and
which were marketed here on May 5.
Mr.. ReeB was in Kansas City on
Tuesday when he stated to q rep
resentatiVe of The Packer that he had
received q letter from party In Texas,
who had read in this paper of his hsv-
ing marketed here the heifers fed on
Ksfir corn and bran and wished to
learn full particulars as to the feeding,
which he had furnished. The Packer
has also been requested to tell the
story of these heifers In detail and as
the mere mention of the successful
feeding on the Ksfir corn and bran
has excited so much interest, the ins
and outs may just as we'll be told. To
begin with, Mr.. Rees is engaged In the
milling business at Lincoln Center, ,Kas.
On January 8, he purchased on this
market fifty-seVen Kansas heifers,
fifty.two at $3.50 and five at $3.50 per
cWt. Their total weight at that time
was 2l,69O pounds. He commenced
feeding them January, near Lincoln
Center, on Kafir corn and bran, 800
pounds of the former and 200 pounds
of the latter, daily, and so continued
until May 3, when they were shipped
to Kansas City and sold on May 5.
They weighed then 36, 6,4lO pounds, hsv-
ing gained 14,72O pounds. Seven
brought $3.05 and fifty head $3.50.
The net profit, Mr.. Rees said on Tues
day, was $3.50 per head and he owned
the heifers three months and twenty
six days, during which time they ate
lilo bushels of Ksfiir corn at 1216
cents a bushel, and 22,595 pounds of
bran at 40 cents. The Ksfiir corn was
threshed and ground.-KaraSGS city
Packer.
The advocate., 1896-06-10

aware, few Of the one.plRnk men are
disposed TO gepOrste from their re-
spective old parties, provided the said
old parties adopt In their coming ma
tlOnal platforms q plank declaring for
free silver; and we POpuliStS have long
since learned to distrugt old party
platform pledges as serving any other
purpose than that Of vote catching
In other words we have q right, iudg-
ing from past history, to believe that
no difference whether Republicans or
Democrats succeed to national control,
their action will be controlled by the
same oVershsdOWing SyndicaCeS. Very
truly yours, w. M. GOoDNER.
The advocate., 1896-06-10

case could 90 on after 2 o'clock that
day nor any OtheN day, until Senator
PETER and his resolution were out Of
the way. Senator German, who has
favored the bond investigation all
along, now, It 10 said, will be satisfied
with any early adjournment of Con-
gress, feeling that by the PETER reso-
luton he can pay off some Of his cher.
ished scores against the administra-
ton. Senator Hilrs speeches against
the bond investigation had become 80
much of q repetition, naturally, that
they had ceased to interest the public;
and l suspect that he is the last man In
the Senate who would enjoy talking to
empty galleries, or vacant seats on the
floor. But he held out fairly well until
the hour Of taking the vote, yielding
the last five minutes to Senator Lind
sey, who offered an amendment, which
he afterWsrd withdrawing for
the resolution. The New York SEN
ator declared he should vote against 1t,
If he stood alone In his vote. He had
a small company with him in his own
party, Senator Gray and Senator Nit
chell of Wisconsin. It Is needless to
say that among Democrats voting for
the investigation was Senator Black
burn, to whose defeat for reelection
Senator Hill had alluded in his speech
In connection with Secretary Carlisle's q
action at the time.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
England is Going to Grass.

British agricultural returns for 1895
reveal some remarkable facts. The
wheat acreage has diminished by 5l0,-
600 acres in single year. The total
diminution since 1895 has been just
100000 acres, Of which tWo-thirds
were in the last FIVE years, leaving now
less than 10000 acres all told. To
some extent barley and fruit have
taken the place of wheat, but the great
bulk of the land has gone to grass.
Notwithstanding this dead meat i'm
ports continue to mount up over 600,.
600 tons, of which three-fifths came In
from the United States last year. The
total annual imports Of wheat and
flour have now reached the tremen.
dous figure of $15O,0OO, ,0OO.-KanS0S
city Packer.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
vt NNl VIII = ~
JOHN w. SAMSON,
w. S. FLEMING,
j. H. LoCKRIDGE,
J. G. RUPPENTHAL, JR.

Bulletin 25, Of the Wyoming station,
gives results Of six years experiments in
growing wheat by irrigation. The aver
age cost was S7.75p per acre; average profit,
$10.16 per acre, which is 10 per cent. on
a valuation Of 800 per acre, 20 per cent.
on $50, or 40 per cent on $25 per acre.
The advantages Of irrigation are an as
sured crop, a heavier yield, a better grain,
and increasing fertility of the soil.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
POpulluts Should stand By Principle.


In reply to a requess to assist In the
organization of a silver party w. M.
Goodner of Lsrned has written the
following letter: "In replying will say
that the following reasons will explain
why decline to act In connection with
the free silver, or one-plsnk movement,
First, the controlling of national legis-
lAtion by the great combinations of
corporate greed In their own interest
aud against the millions Of earnest
toilers of this nation, has wellnlgh de.
stroyed this republic; and the interests
of all these selfish corporations have,
in the past, az they will In the future,
drive them to resist those measures,
and those only, which aim a death
blow at their usurpstion Of the con-
stitutlOnsl rights Of q free people.
Second, the Peoples party, In the
adoption Of the Omaha platform, has
wisely chsmpioned the only principles
which, being carried into national leglS.
lstive enactment, must forever over
throw the unfair and unjust powers Of
these combinations. Third, while the
One-plank, or free silver movement, is
q step in the right direction, and which
is fully recognized In the said Omaha
platform, yet It's influence, unaccom-
panied by other essential principles Of
sntagOnism to these greedy corpora
tions, must In the very nature Of things
prove wholly sbOrtive Of the objects
claimed by It's advocates. Fourth, II
the advocates of this silver movement
were content to move along lines
wholly separate from the Peoples
party, Its influence might possibly be
free from objection by Populists.
Nay, more; we could, consistently az
Popullsts, wish this silver agitation
Godspeed, But believing, as l and
millions of other intelligent POpulistF
do, that such blending Of the one
plank men and the Peoples party as
would drop from their new platform,
those other essentials of the Omaha
declaration, through whose champion
ship the Peoples party has now be-
come q party numbering millions Of
voters, must, Of necessity, deprive the
said Peoples party Of Its present want
age ground In It's tremendous battle
against those greedy cormorsnts who
now suck the life blood Of a once
mighty republic. So far as / am
The advocate., 1896-06-10
The sixth District Platform.

The Sixth District Platform.
The following is the report Of the
resolutions committee adopted at the
POpulist Congressional convention at
Colby May %:
The Peoples party Of the Sixth Con-
gressional district, in convention as
sembled, renew their devotion to the
fundamental principles of the Omaha
platform. Money being q prime neCes-
sity of exchange, he who contracts Its
volume entails more misery upon the
human race than all wars, pestilenCe
and famine in the history Of the world.
We, therefore, believe with Thomas
Jefferson that the power to issue and
control the volume Of money should
be taken from the banks and restored
to the people, to whom 1t belongs, and
therefore demand the abolition Of the
national banking system and the bas-
ing of the currency on all the wealth
of the nation.
SeCOnd-As free sovereign people
we demand the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver and gold at ratio Of
Is to /, and that all money be made q
full legal tender for all debts, both
public and private. We oppose the
issue of bonds except by express su-
thority of Congress, and we condemn
the extravaganza Of the national sd-
ministrRtlOn.
Third-We have no use for any sys-
tenn Of taxation which tends to build
up large fortunes for one class at the
expense Of another.
FOurth-In Hon. William Baker,
Congressman Of the Sixth district, we
have found an honest advocate OF
these principles. We commend him
for his manly stand against the stesl
Of nearly a half million dollars fol
extra clerk hire for Congressman.
Fifth-We are in favor of the sub
mission Of all important questions to
q direct vote Of the people.
Sixth-To the support of these prin-
ciples, to which we pledge the nominee
of this convention, we invite the CO.
operation of all liberty loving people
to assist us In oVerthrOwlng the pres
ent system Of corporate power and
establishing q government Of, and BY
and for the people.
G. Z. SMITH,
JOHN w. SAMSON,
w. S. FLEMING,
j. H. LoCKRIDGE,
J. G. RUPPENTHAL, JR.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
The People Should Buy the Railroads.

The People Should Buy the Railroads.
The railroads could be bought and
paid for within twenty years out of
the net earnings and savings without
taxing the people one cent, or incress-
ing the present rate Of freight and
passenger traffic. But the people are
already taxed on every dollar Of cap
itsl represented by railroad bonds and
stocks to the extent of 10000 million
dollars. They are taxed in freight and
passenger rates which they have to
pay the railroad companies. What the
People's,psrty desires is that the money
which now goes to pay dividends on
stocks and interest on bonds shall 90
toward purchasing the railroads, and
eventually owning and operating them
at greatly reduced tes.-Common
IDeGlth.
The advocate., 1896-06-10

Keep an eye open for legislation, State
and national, touching thefsrming Inter
ests. Be prompt TO let your Representa-
tive know your position. Honest
demands, backed by the voice OF the
people, dare not be disregaRded.
The advocate., 1896-06-10

Do you want State and National po-
hticsl news, good Populist doctrine
and q good, clean newspaper Send
Is cents to the ADVOCATE if you do.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
BOND INVESTIGATION FIGHT
The Victory Won BY Patient and Persistent
Effort.

RESOLUTION III Inc OouaGo W6S D W6CAuDu
victory, and believes that readers will
be interested in knowing how 1t was
won. The story is quite well told by
the Washington correspondent Of the
New York Independent, which, by
the way, is a gold standard paper.
The correspondent says:
Senator Hill is at his best and hap.
plest in controversy. He is q good
''fghter" and skilled In parliamentary
tactics. For physical endurance, when
talking against time, he has no equal
In the Senate. But In spite Of all, the
New York Senator went down to in
glorious defeat before the Kansas Pop
'llist, Senator Peffer, whose resolution
to investigate the bond sale passed the
Senate by vote Of fifty.one in favor
and but six against 1t, The long
drsw1.out contest presented Q curious
spectaCle-the sharp contrast Of SEN
ator Hills attitude as defender and
champion of the administration on
every occasion, and his former attitude
of open hostility to the administration.
Nobody pretends to account for the
sudden change Of heart apparent at
the beginning of the present session of
Congress, growing more and more
pronounced, cropping out even In the
smallest things as protest against sup.
posed reflections on the President, and
nslly reaching climax, 80 to speak,
In Mr.. Hills persistent fight against
any investigation of the bond syndicate
business.
ltWsrdly, the contest was strangely
one sided all the opposing forces on
the side of the New York Senator, who
talked in heat and In cold, walked and
gestured with dramatic effect, de-
nounced silver and defended gold,
aired party secrets, disclsimed per
Bonsl interest-at all times clever and
ready of speech. On the other side, to
the galleries "poOr old Mr.. PETER
seemed to be absolutely nothing but
serenity, unruffled as o summer sea
and he made his remarks in low
calm voice, which never varied, and
whose gentle tones no amount Of prov
ncation ever changed or hurried
For weeks his resolution had beer
buffeted about, often lost to sight, snt
resppearing to be watched by the New
York Senator ready for attack, much
q cat watches q mouse. But thu
Kansas Senator never lost heart. Be-
meath that apparent Utoical exterior
there was supreme patience and un
swerving persistence. Mr.. PETER haC
only to blde his time. 1t came through
strategy; and Mr.. Hill was caught By
one of his own party, Senator German
who quickly and shreWdly turned II
good account the effort to force thI
river and harbOr bill out of the way II
order to take up the Dupont election
case on agreement to vote on this th'
second day after the river and hsrbo
bill had been passed. Senator Hill
joined Senator German, expecting b!
this move that the bond resolution
would 90 over until after both tht
Dupont election case and the spprop
ration bill had been disposed of-b!
that time making the chances for Mr.
PETER slim indeed. But at 2 o'clocl
the bond resolution came up as "unfn
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-22
THE METRIC SYSTEM.

We have heretofore argued as to the
metric system that because man advo-
Gated the decimal system it did not neces-
sarily follow that he favored a double
decimal system. The Boston Herald IA
vors what we call the double-decimal
system unreservedly, as we understand
the paper Its facts are telling. We
quote some of them. They were reported
to the House of Representatives by Its
Committee on Weights and Measures
The Herald says;
"The size Of our quart, gallon,
bushel. and barrel varies according
60 locality at present. The barrel or
oil or cider in Pennsylvania. Ohio, ana
many Of the States. according 10 legal
provision, contains 81 1-s gallons. but in
actual fact It contains 40 or AZ gallons.
The gallon of milk in New York con-
taius 81 cubic inches. and in Mime
sofa 1t is fixed by law at 2S2. The stand
ard bushel used by the United States in
the custom houses is per cent smaller
than the standard bushel Of Great
Britain. The bushel Of oats varies from
% pounds in Maryland to 36 pounds in
Oregon. The bushel of barley weighs 80
pounds in Louisiana and 80 in California.
The laws of New York and Oregon make
Y pounds Of buclSwheat a bushel. while
those of Minnesota and Nebraska call for
81 pounds, and Kentucky IS pounds. The
bushel OF rye weighs 30 pounds In Louis
lana, but grows TO Sc pounds in Ohio. Po-
tatoes weigh 20 pounds TO the bushel In
Washington. Sc in Pennsylvania, and 60
in Ohio In Maine a pounds make a
bushel Of apples, while 81 are required in
Wisconsin. a bushel of salt weighs but
80 pounds in Virginia and several Of the
States, but reaches 70 In Massachusetts,,
and brings down the scales at 50 in Colo
RADIO"
Our weights and measures ought to be
made uniform at once by all means-that
is. the same all over the United States,
and the metric monetary system can be
discussed at our leisure.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-22

well enough for the stanton coh'e"''o"
10 approye the calling OF a constitutions
convention. but would have II stop right
there. At any rate they would not agree
10 such limitations upon the work OF the
convention as Governor OFerraii sus-
yests. But Il now seems that IL ~
highly improbable that n resolution such
as they wish could be passed at Staunton
without n fierce debate and division OF
our voters which might continue until
the northumberland question was
disposed OF by the people.
As we understand the situation, 1t Is
not clear that either the friends or the
opponents OF a constitutional convention
will ask the stanton convention to ex-
press It's views on the scheme. However,
we shall be able to view the situation bet
ter after the State Republican Conven-
ton has been heard from. or course, that
convention will fume and storm against
our party for submitting the constltu-
tional convention scheme 10 the vote OF
the people. and It may be that 1t VIII
say things which our convention must
needs answer.
At any rate while we think It is clear
that there will be two opinions In our
party as to our State Conventions en-
dorsing the calling of a constitutional
convention, II is certain that before that
body this subject win equal, II 1t does
not overshadow. in Importance the cur
rency question.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-22
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

7, will be well for all good citizens 10
.sx themselves whether they are "iii'''s
,or the existing parties TO come 10 an
"a ,r this year Of our Lord, 1876 Par
,icrlarly will IT be well for an e"oN
democrats to ask themselves Whetner
they are willing for the good ola D'ii'0
cratic party 10 come TO an emu tiiis ye"''
1sut why ask such questions? what
g the occasion for them? we an
ever thu. the great national Democratic
,ar,v seerns TO be too much inclined 10
d,vide upon questions which form
no mart Of the ancient Democratic
nraad Instead OF discussing the ques-
,iors which belong to that creed our
,ood,nq statesmen seem disposed to de-
cote all their speeches 20 the problem
~ nroviding a means Of getting rid OF
the silver problem.
We do not object to proper disposi-
,,on ~ the silver problem; but we must
contend that the Democrats ought not
.o make It the one question. the decision
~ which Is either to increase the
strength of the Democratic party or to
bury IL beneath tHe eONS Va
grave.
In other words. we would have the
Democratic National Convention adhere
20 the principles which they have advo-
Gated so long. II they wish to take a
vote In said convention upon the sill
yer question, let 1t be done, but with
the distinct understanding that the side
which IS outvoted is to fall into line
Ike good men and true and give ther
hest efforts to the cause which mas
been the cause Of the peoples party from
Che DAYS of Jefferson to the present
time. The sound-money men are con-
adent that they can 20 TO Chicago with
n backing of majority of the Democrats
of the whole United States. If
So let them submit their cause 10
the consideration Of the Chicago conven-
ton. and abide by the result. The Free
s,lyerites are just as confident that
thew can 70 10 Chicago with a backing
OF a majority OF the Democrats of the
whole United States. II 50, 'e' them
submit their cause to the consideration
Of the Chicago convention. and abide by
the result.
one Of our exchanges intimates that
the present condition Of the Democratic
marty is a matter Of pathetic interest
and counsels that party TO look well
IN IT'S own future. We commend this
advice TO the consideration particularly
OF the Democrats Of Virginia They
must lead the way out Of the boys
and ouagmlres which seem 20 thrsaten
the future OF the party which has never
failed to DO its duty 70 the people. 1t
has been suggested that "a vast ma
toflty of the really intelligent and
thoughtful men OF this country believe
that our free institutions can be kept
an good health only through the agency
OF organized parties" II so, let us
take steps here in Virginia as soon as
opportunity offers to provide for the con-
tinuation Of that party. whose Jefferson
fan. Jacksonian creed gives promise Of
a long Yfe of usefulness.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-22
. ASSERTING Is RELIEVING"

A telegram from New York to a .Balti-
more paper says that Mr.. Edison has
devised an apparatus TO enable a person
10 see through solid objects. We quote;
Edison has discovered a new ma
.crlal-the tuncstate OF calcium, In the
CRYSTALLINE form-which permits him 10
49, the bones of the arm and hand d.
rectly with the naked eye and also 70
&c moving objects through eight inches
o. wood.
Nr. Edison Is now working TO perfect
his tubes. with the apparatus at his dis
posal. he obtains the enormous voltage
OF 10000. throwing Il spark more than n
foot long. Ills apparatus Tor looking
through solid objects Is very simple. He
has made eyo-pieces out or an ola stereop-
tlcon, 80 that no light can reach the eyes
from the sides or under the edges, pressed
close 10 the eyes.
Al a distance OF fifteen feet he has seen
through a hand placed In front OF the
Crookes tube. In order to make what
ne calls his microscope" he places IA
plate OF huorite inside the eye-boX. close
behind the film OF paper. coated with the
tungstate Of calcium.
Within few days Mr.. Edison Will be-
gin experimenting with the effect or the
rays on the bacteria Of disease. Tie says
that the real Importance Of his discovery
a. that by It X-ray tubes can be tested
with ease. When he has them perfected,
NE proposes 20 find out how they affect
Beermg, particularly the bacilli Of tuber-
|culosLs or diphtheria-
A few more such men as Edison would,
"a a short time. turn the world upside
Gown"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-22
The Editor OF the DIspatch;

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Suppose you look again at the Flour
Policy Problem sent you by "A stu
dent" and see II you have not given an
incorrect solution. Ii appears to me tha'
to take 2 IL per cent of SG+0.625 Cthe race
of the policy IS taking 2l-2 per cent. both
the cost OF the flour and the note. The
s6i0625. is evidently 1912 per cent. OF
the cost OF the flour. So, TO find the cost
OF the -four, you divide s60625 by LOO
which will give you S625. the cost OF the
flour. Now subtract S625 from S6iO6Z5, you
have the premium, Sl5.625. which Is l.
per cent of sGi0625. This. think. IS the
correct solution. As students ought not
to be mistaught, it may be well for you TO
make the correction. r. ID.
University OF Virginia.
In Whites Complete Arithmetic. page
1862 ex. %. we have to cover goods and
premium at per cent. a merchant had
cargo of goods insured for $500; what
was the value Of the goods?
The answer given in Whites IL Sie5O.
which is worked, as we worked the query,
that is, per cent. OF $500 is $3.50. which
is the premium paid. Subtracting this
premium from $4,000. we get $500
$3.50. or $3i,G5O. Other arithnetics work the
same way. Our correspondent would do
well to consult the arithmetlcs.
However, in answer to this and several
other correspondents. we state that Com
mission and insurance are the opposite
in this respect-that in commission the
rate Of commission is on the cost Of the
goods hut i'm insurance the rate OF
premium is on tho face OF the policy"