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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-06-17
FREIGHT RATES.

Railroad Commissioner VIM Camp
bell has undertaken to prove that the
theory held by President Ripley, that
reduced rates iDjure the producer, 10
incorrect, says the Topeka Journal.
When in Topeka recently Mr.. Ripley
said TO a Journal reporter:
1T has been demonstrated TO the sat
lsfaction Of the most radical opponents
Of lower rates chat decreases in rates
work injuries to the producers"
That statement by the head of the
Santa Fe is the thorn in the flesh Of
the populist rate men. All declare
that President Ripley does not know
what he is talking about, but the
president thinks he does and stands
ready at all times to demonstrate his
theory. Mr.. Campbell, the original
maximum rates, the man who pre-
pared the first maximum bill or
severe anti-railroad measure which
appeared in the legislature after the
birth OF populism, takes the most Wig
orous exceptions to the ideas OF the
Santa Fe president
Il think" said Mr.. Campbell, SHAT
is one of the most remarkable state
ments l ever heard coming from an
intelligent man. / can hardly I'M
derstand how a man Of Mr.. Ripley's
prominence can make such a state
ment to an intelligent people. He
practically says that all the efforts
made by the different states in the
Union to curb or check the rspscity
Of railroad corporations in their OK,
orbitant charges were not only fool
ishness, but injurious TO the people
sought to be protected. He says that
reduction OF rates WORKS injury 10
the producer; or, in other words, II
the people in this state could have
rates on grain reduced one-half, that
it would be disastrous to them to that
amount. ! suppOse, upon this theory,
that if the rates were reduced three
lourths, it would absolutely bankrupt
them. Does any man Of common sense
believe this thNoryi
Nov, lot US illustrate it. Suppose
we lived on a turn pike with a toll
gate at the end. of every mile, which
charged,a team and wagon scents at
each gate, making the total charge
for a drive Of 20 miles 81. A farmer,
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hauling his produce over this road ia
a local grain center, would thus pay
81 going to market and 81 returning,
making 50 toll on every load Of grain
hauled 10 that market Them sup
pose that half OF said toll gates were
removed, would he not then have
saved 81 on each load hauled 10 chat
marketH Now, are not freight charges
a toll, a tax levied upon the freight Ia
all intents and purposes, just as much
as a toll upon a turn-ptkef II this be
true, how possibly could q reduction
Of rates hurt the producer Of Kansas
The prices of products are generally
supposed to be governed by the law
of supply and demand. Liverpool,
England, is the worlds central mark
ct for wheat, and practically 6xes the
export price OF that commodity. A
man produces wheat within i've miles
OF the wharves on the coast lines Of
California He hauls that wheat d.
rectly from his farm TO the elevators
at the ship landing; then be pays 2
cents for elevator charges, 2 cents for
commission and cents for ocean
freight, thus getting within s cents,
transportation charges, Of the Liver
pool market for his wheat. Now, o
man IN Harvey county, Kansas, raises
wheat. He pays 10 cents per bushel
to get it to Galveston, 2 cents elevator
charges, 2 cents commission and A
cents ocean freight, paying in all n
cents to get his grain to Liverpool,
or, in other words, 10 cents more
than the producer IN California.
Now, suppose we got reduction in
freight rates to Galveston, so as to
make the rate Q cents instead Of 10
cents per bushel, would be not receive
10 cents more for his wheati
Another illustration: A man raises
corn Within FIVE miles Of the elevator
at Kansas City, Mo. He hsuls his
corn in wagons to the elevator, and ,
gets She full market price, whatever
that may be. A man in Stafford
county, Kansas, five miles from the
station, produces corn and hauls it
to the station, same as the producer
in Kansas City, and pays s cents per
bushel freight from Stafford to Kan
sas City. Is there any man on earth,
q railroad magnste, perhaps, except
ed, who would reason that the pro-
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Queer in the vicinity Of Kansas City
does not receive 8 cents per bushsl
more for his corn than his Stafford
county neighbour Suppose, again, he
could get q reduction OF 4 cents per
bushel, who doubts that he would
receive A cents moro for bis corni 4
knew 9 man who lived in Stafford
county, Kansas, who shipped car
load OF corn TO st. Lonis, Mo, in the
year 1889, Corn was low at that time
and il practically took all his corn to
pay the freight. Do you think ifthat
man could have got bis corn shipped
for the nominal sum Of, soy 5 cents
per bushel, lt would have damaged
him9 ~
but lot us 10y theory aside for
few moments and talk fRcts. About
the latter part Of April, 1897, / sent
out letters 70 O number OF gram DEAL
srs over the state, and among other
questions asked them was the follow.
ing: What effect did reductions in
freight rates last year have upon the
price paid the producsri Or, in other
words, how much more did the pro-
duceE get out Of his grain by that re-
duction IN rates3 ! received answers
from most Of the parties, and will give
a synopsis Of a few Of the answers rs7
ceived TO that particular question;
Stockton, Kan, April ~, '97.
Reduction in rates last summer IN
creased the price paid the producer
about 4 cents per bushel.
o A. HIaeINs.
Phillipsburg, Kan, April 26, '97,
Reduced rates last fall enabled Us to
pay 2 to 3 cents more per bushel
A. w. RoBERTsoN.
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Inc scenic Route To caIIiornIa.

II you are going to the Christian
Endeavor meeting to be held IN
San Francisco in July, 1897, take, the
best line to Colorado; special trains
through over the Great ROcksIsland
and Scenic Route.
This is the popular franc Ontl-
mental Line to the Coast. and gives
special inducements for Colorado
tourist travel. Pamphlet giving full
information as to scenery and route
for that trip, or an outing in the
Rockies, sent free on application
JNo. SEBASTIAN, g. P. Al, Chicago,
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The Weekly Kansas City Star

Addresses the farmer IS business
man and citizen. Doesn't tell him
him how to farm, but how co sell, and
where and when. and keeps a vigilant
eye upon his rights as a shipper, a
producer and a tax payer. All the
news, too, and plenty of good read
ing" for the family. Now read in
100000 farm houses. Fiftv-two big
eight-psge newspapers for rs cents
To any one who sends the WEEKLY
STAR five yearly subscribers, together
with 81 % the paper will be sent one
year free.
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STATE OF KANSAS,
phillina C0untV.

lid. Thornton, county clerk, in and for said
County and State do hereby certify the foregoing
to be true and correct record OF the proceeding
of the board Of county commissioners had at theiT
special seFsioa held in my Office on the 9TH day
OF June 1897. l.. ID, ThOhnION,
,SEALI County Clerk
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STATE OF KANSAS, L.
PHILLIPS COUNTY,

To D. j. Kinsey and M. s. King, Commission
ors Of said County:
GENTLEMEN:-- the request Of yourselves
as members OF the Board Of Commissioners, you
and each Of you are hereby notified that said re-
quest for special session Of said Board is hereby
granted, and you are requested to be and appear
at the time and place above stated for the pur
poses above set forth.
E. D. MURRAY, Chairman
We, the undersigned members Of the Board Of
Commissioners OF Phillips county, Kansas, do
each hereby accept personal service Of the above
notice of special session,
d.. KlNsEY, Members of Beard
M s. KING. Of Commissioners,
June Q, 1897, o'clock p. m. Board met pur
suant to call. All members present. Meeting
called to order by Chairman Murray.
On motion, board allowed juror fees for April,
1897 term of court 81 follows:
The following claims were assigned to Geo Van
Cleave and warrant was drawn In his favor:
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Special Meeting Of Commissioners.
STATE OF KANSAS, [
Phillips County.

To E. D. Murray, Chairman Of the Board Of
Commissioners Of said County:
We, the undersigned, members OF said Board,
request you to call special session Of said Board
for the purpose Of taking such action as may seem
best with reference to allowing the jurors fees for
the April term OF District Court, and such other
business as may legally come before the board,
And we request that such special session be held
at the Office of the County Clerk ON the 9th day OF
June, 1897, at o'clock p m. Respectfully
d.. KINsHY, Members OF
M. s. KING. said Board.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-03
826 Fast MAIN STREET.

THERE IS every reason to believe that the slim at
tendance upon synagogue services is due in great
degree to the fact that nowadays correspondent
APPLY expressed it last week much if not ALL of our
praying is done . by proxy With rabbi to recite
portion of the PRAYERS and choir chant the re-
mander, the average congregant seems to think he
useless appendage and argues that so long as he
makes his payments to the congregation promptly
ne is doing all that is required of him
Tonight the ladies of the Congregation Beth
Ahaba will make move toward restoration of.the
old state OF affairs They will endeavor to organize
q choral union, having for it's object the resumption
OF congregational singing. This may on it's face
seem a matter of no great Importance but in the
light of recent events, unless something is done to
make the attendant upon the Sabbath services feel
that he has part therein and that his presence is
necessary, the weekly devotion is doomed to gradual
extinction
The old style >erviee in which some few, regardless
OF harmony, were prone to Ego their own hook"
was often discordant but it lacked nothing in that
greatest of essentals-sinceritv
WE HEARTILY endorse the folio wing from the Jew
ISL Exponent
" his leads to the true moral to be drawn from
the controversy That among the reputable Jewish
press OF the country there should be established that
coincidence and goodwill that movements spreading
over the land could if worthy be facilitated and if
lusory, checked and prevented. The leading Jewish
Journals in America steadily growing in power
ard character, and the time may be far distant
when some organization may be feasible Indepen
dent OF this, however, they should be united for the
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-03

would potent for good in every emergency that
might arise"
THE TEACHERS and principals who have consent
ed to give their services to the city from December
10th to the end of the year will be delighted to hear
that the water metres which were purchased with
money that should have been appropriated to the
schools, are grand success
Time was when two children met that their opin-
ion of one another was based upon the reader each
was in or how far they had gone in arithmetic
But all this is to be changed and in future when linn
my would lord it Johnny by virture of his supe
rior knowledge, the latter will probably retort
That amt nawthin. don't care if you can read
and cant; we didn't use but four gallons of water
over to our house all of last month
The LAST quarterly report of the Bne Birth Or
phans' Home Atlanta, Ca, is to hand There are
hfty-six children in the institutions the monthly
expenses of which during July, August and Septem-
TENDER, averaged trife 81, 12O-or just 500
per month tor each inmate The indebtedness Of
81, 500 incurred in building muchneeded wing and
hospital, has been reduced to So 500 Richmond led
in contributions during the quarter, sending the
handsome of $625 exclusive of the regular as
sessments paid by her three lodges
THE LATEST sensation in New York among "urlser
Leute," is the refusal Of some Misses Graham to re-
ceive Jewish pupils into their school for business
reasons only
In reality a Graham school is no place for Jewish
scholars; and when ham any other meat becomes
gray it has about outlived it's usefulness.
LIGHT > is the name of Jewish weekly that has
just made its appearance in Dallas Texas, under the
guidance of Rabbi Nose ssohn of that city Nav it's
EDITORS heart always be light and his pocket heavy,
and if none there be to make light of his work. he
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-03

advancement of Israel in whose they jointly
enlisted Chickering's and jealousies should give way
to cordial cooperation and good will In this way
each would find his in promoting the others
welfare and utedy they would succeed in establish.
ing Jewish public opinion upon a sound basis that
would prove potent for good in every emergency that
mig hit arise
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-03
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

THE JEWISH SOUTH.
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF
JUDAISM.
PUBL WEEKLY.
HERBERT 4. EZEKIEL Editor and Pulls Her
826 Fast MAIN STREET.
Subscription 81 per annum, in advance.
Single Copy, Five Cents.
Advertising Rate, so cents per inch.
Resolutions and other Reading Notices. 10
cents per line.
Entered at the
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-16

Ell PAso TINES: "The grand
est project in this section of the
country, that would bring with
it the most magnificent results,
is, without doubt, the proposed
international dam across the Rio
Grande, at a point three miles
above the city of Ell Paso. The
government at Washington has
had surveys, maps and estimates
of the dam made by expert en-
gineers, and the friends of the
enterprise confidently expect the
government to begin the con-
struction of the dam early next
year. The reservoir for the
storage of flood waters for irri-
cation purposes will cover $4,000
acres of land, and it is estimated
that the dam and reservoir will
cost about 50, 800, 600, including
the purchase money for the land
and the cost of removing the rail-
road tracks to a higher elevation.
This dam and reservoir will
supply water sufficient to irrigate
the lands of the valley for dis
lance of 40 miles below Ell Paso
and will transform the valley into
the garden spot of the world for
fruit of every kind, wheat corn
and vegetables
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-16

In Chicago what is called sys-
tematic charity has become the
rule, says the Kansas City Star.
Systematic charity is distin-
guished from the other kind in
being bestowed with knowledge
and consequently where it will
do the most good. In Chicago a
good work has been accom-
plished in the way of the actual
facts of need, and in dividing the
city into districts for supervision
and distribution. Eight hum
dred men and women have given
their services free in Investigate
ing applications for aid. The
result of the general investiga-
tons so far is the discovery that
fully 80 per cent of the needy OF
last winter have disappeared,
either from the city or from the
class of applicants. 1t is be-
lieved that large number of
men who were counted as beg
CARS a year ago are enrolled as
workers now. These investiga-
tons are interesting as revealing
the condition of the country, and
they aid the operation of true
charity, which should be turned
upon the center of necessity as
the hose is turned on fire.
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Is Expect Zoe Much.

The average young man is the
agreeable fellow who earns
enough ready money to take
care of himself and to put by a
little for special occasions, buthe
is not millionaire and he is not
the young man drawn by those
illustrators who, in black and
white, give US socalled society
sketches. A combination of fool
ish influences make the girl of
today expect too much from the
young man of today. She reads,
or is told that when a young man
is engaged to be married he
sends his fiancee so many pounds
of sweets, so many boxes of
flowers, as well as the new books
and all the new music that may
appear each week. 4 If there
were more honest girls-honest
in their treatment of young men
there would be a greater num-
Der of marriages and fewer
thieves. Yes, l mean exactly
what say. 1t is the expecta-
ton on the part of the foolish
girl that a man should. do more
than he can honestly, that has
driven many men to the peniten-
tiary, and many more to lives of
so-called single blessedness.-
Ruth Ashmore in Ladies Home
Journal.
Girls, remember this and do not
call 'stingy old thing" the young
man who fails to take you for a
drive on Sunday afternoon, when
the hire of the turnout costs him
half his weeks wages. Remem-
Der, too, these young men are
not in debt. The fast young man
who always takes the girls to the
theater. to the ice cream parlors,
and off on almost every excur-
sion, is often the young man who
owes his board bill, and in fact
every other bill he can beat.
Don't marry this kind of man for
he generally exhausts his gall
lantry on the girls and has none
left for his wife.-Gatesville Mes
senger.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-16

A PROFESSOR at the University
of Michigan has just started a
curious collection, which he calls
museum of student compost
tion." The collection will COM
prise specimen exercises written
at stated intervals by children in
the schools of this and several
other countries. Such compost
tons, he thinks, will make it pos
sible to determine with reason
able accuracy the stages of
growth of a young persons
faculty" of expression and to
trace a law of normal develop
ment, so that in individual cases
it can be ascertained whether the
pupils power is up to the aver
age or whether special attention
and instruction are needed.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-16
Only One Through Train is Affected by
the Change.

Only One Through Train is Affected by
the Change.
Another new time table on the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe has
been completed and will go into
effect Sunday, December IL. The
new schedule was necessitated
by shortening of the time of the
California express with which
No. 8, leaving here at II ia p. m.
makes connection at Newton,
Kan. No. s, which is the through
st. Louis and Kansas City limit
ed, will, commencing Sunday
night, leave Brennan at 10:44
p. m. instead of 11:14 p. m. A
corresponding reduction in the
time of this train has been made
all along the line. The other
trains remain unchanged in time
of arrival and departure.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-16

The Presidents message to
Congress makes no reference
whatever to the plea of Mrs
Charlotte Smith in behalf Of COM
pulsory marriages says the San
Aantonio Express. In her me-
mortal addressed to the President
of the United States, Mrs. Smith
says: statistics prove that go
per cent of the manageable men
in New York and Massachusetts,
do not marry. We want this
vexed question settled at once
by legislation, making marriage
compulsory" The Importance
of the matter being agitated by
Mrs. Smith is beyond computa-
ton, yet there is no recommen-
dalton concerning itin either the
Presidents message or any Of.
the departmental reports. Mrs.
Smiths next move should be to
have Congress provide for a
matrimonial bureau as a part of
the cabinet system.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-16

THE NEW TAX LAW.

The law passed by tAe Lass leg
islature provides that if any per-
son shall fail or refuse to pay the
taxes imposed upon him or his
property by the law until the
31st day of January next sue
ceeding the return of the assess
ment rolls of the county to the
comptroller, penalty of ten per
cent. on the entire amount of
such taxes shall accrue, which
penalty, when collected, shall be
paid proportionately to the State
and county, and the collector of
taxes shall, by virtue of his tax
rolls, seize and levy upon and sell
SO much personal property
belonging to such person
as may be sufficient to
pay his taxes, together
with the penalty above provided,
interests and all costs accruing
thereon. Better clip this for
reference.
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A Dreadful Object Lesson.

Did you ever hear anybody
argue that it was all wrong for
the government to issue the post
age stamps directly to the peo-
pie? That they ought to create
bonds and sell them to the bank
ers, and let the bankers issue the
postage stamps and make profit
off them? The sales of postage
stamps amount to about SIS, 900, :
600 annually. Where are the
bonds for that amount? Is it not
horrible to think of the govern
ment taking S75, 100000 a year
for stamps and paying it out
again without a single banker
making a penny out oft? Why,
the world will come to an end if
this thing continues. Such sim
pie, primitive methods of taking
in money with one hand and pay
ing it out with the other, are
enough to wreck any nation.
There can be no permanent gov
eminent unless banker is hid
under it milking a COW. Away
with the postage stampsl They
are a dreadful tobject lesson, :"
and enough to set the stupidest
people in the world to thinking
Minneapolis Representative.
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ONE of the besetting mistakes
with US Southern people is our
proneness to run on theory rath-
er than practice, says an ex-
change. You cannot meet a
man who has nota we'll defined
theory for a successful life and
most generally a good one, but
not one in a hundred is putting
it into practice. Every mothers
son of us agree, for instance that
the credit system is an evil that
is surely carrying US to a COM
mercial peonage; yet ninety per
cent us are never out of debt;
we are a unit on the opinion that
the country is suffering from a
surfeit of politics, yet no two of
us can converse ten minutes
without the candidacy OF some
Office seeker does not bob up and
overshadow every other subject;
we all acknowledge our folly in
not sustaining home enterprises,
but in the bestowal of our pa
tronage we forget to practice
what we preach; in short, we are
suffering with a plethora Of
theory and dearth of practice. If
we would but reverse the condi-
ton, prosperity would fly to us
on wings of lightning, but as it
is the coveted bird is winging its
way in the opposite direction and
will have to go all around the
world before it gets back to US.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-16

There are 1900 people upon
the.German Emperor's list of en-
ployes, including $50 female SER
wants, who are engaged in look
ing after the % royal palaces and
castles that belong to the crown.
Their wages are small. The
women receive no more than S12
per month, and the men SER
wants, who number over 800,
from S15 to S25 month.