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b MA is fre insuranee?

Q. What is fire insurance?
A 1t is a system whereby loss arising
from destruction by fire may be distrib-
J1ted evenly throughout the community
instead OF falling entirely upon the per-
son who owns the property destroyed
@. How is the system conducted?
A There are two methods now en-
plCyed, one being through home mutual
companies, and the other through for
eign stock companies
o. How many such companies are do
ing business in Kansas?
A. According to the last annual report
of the Commissioner Of Insurance there
were thirteen home mutual companies
one old-line home company, and fifty
seven foreign companies.
Q. How is the business OF these Tor
eign companies conducted?
A. By insurance agents and brokers.
O. What interest have the insurance
agents and brokers in the business?
A. They have no real interest, pecu-
MARY or otherwise, in either the prOhts
OF the company or the reduction or rates
TO the insured They make their money
out Of the commission charged for doing
8. How much money did these fifty
seven foreign companies collect in Kan
sas during the year 1897 In premiums?
A 1855 ,1O4.6L
Q. How much did they pay back in
settlement Of fire losses?
A $578, 667.Ss, or a little less than 80
per cent
Q. What was the aggregate loss to the
State for the year?
A 81, OO7, 1922. In other words, the
State would have been over a million
dollars better on had there been no such
thing as foreign FIRE insurance compa-
MES doing business
Q. what became Of this million Of
dOlIars2
a. A part Of It undoubtedly went to
the stockholders OF the company, but
the bulk OF it was used up in supporting
a large and useless army OF insurance
agents adjusteTs and attorneys
Q. What is the great objection TO this
system Of insurance.
A. II costs too much
Q. What remedy has been suggested?
A. The Peoples party Of Kansas pro-
pose to wipe out this expensive machin-
ery and furnish the people Of the State
insurance at cost as q State function
O. What would be the result OF eSCab-
fishing State insurance.
A. First, it would reduce the cost to
the insured at least One-half
Second, It would do away with the ne
eessity for foreign insurance companies
with al the expense Of officers, commits
expense Of contesting just claims, and
compel these companies to furnish in
surance at actual cost or quit the busi-
ness
Third. It would be absolutely safe
Fourth, its reduced cost would enable
more property owners 20 secure the ben
efts 81 insurance
Fifth. C Eould have q tendency q
bring all the insured property q tbs
State 70 the assessors books at its reai
valuation
sixth. Il would DO sway with the the
ory that when a policy holder net with
loss that he must be considered guilty
OF burning his property until he could
prove his innOcence-
Q. What would be the cost Of such In
suTance2
A Il would be very low The eLPeri-
ence OF the British deposit savings bank
system has been that 2S per cent Gov
cred the cost Of administrator (see
New Time volume i. page S99)-
O Under state Insurance would
property owner be required to Insure,
whether he wishes 70 OF nOtZ
A Noi & would be optional with him
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Former Price under

From the above comparison il is plain
that the prices Of textbooks are about
one-hah Of that formerly paid.
O. Are the prices Of the State text
books quoted above the wholesale prices.
or those actually paid by the purchaser?
A They are the prices paid by the in
dividual purchasing the books. These
prices include the commission to the
dealers for handling the books.
@ From what sources are the prices
formerly paid for the books obtained.
as given in the above list?
A. From the catalogues Of the book
companies formerly furnishing the
books used in Kansas, as well as a per
sOnal knowledge Of the prices paid by
the purchaser. In many instances the
prices given are less than those actually
paid In no instance is the price given
above the list price quoted in the cata-
lOgues Of the companies.
Q. How many pHpils OF school age are
there in Kansas?
A 495, ESQ.
Q. How many Of these attend school?
A 367, $50.
Q. why is it that 10000 Of these pu-
pills DO not attend school?
A. In many instances children have
not attended school because Of the fact
that IN moving from one locality to an
other the absence Of State uniformity
rendered their old books worthless and
their parents could not OF would not go
to the expense Of buying new ones. The
fact that this expense is now entirely
done away with and the further fact that
books have been greatly reduced In price
viii probably result in g large increase
in attendance.
@ What Is the reasonable amount Of
money saved to the people Of the State
each year by the textbook law?
A At least $500, OOO
@ What is this estimate based upon ,
A Upon the known cost Of books per
pupil under the old system in various
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a Stock YARDS
Cafechis177,

The State Laws regulating stock yards having
resisted. demand that the State of Kansas shall
provide adequate market facilities by purchasing
land and constructing necessary buildings yards
and other cOnveniencies to furnish the people
open public market and under such regulations
will prevent a combination OF buyers and commits
sion from controlling regulating prices.
Charges for such services actual cost OF
Grafton and repairs Oniy.-POpUist Platform.
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4 School Book
Catechis1171

Recognizing the great saving and benefits to the
People from the Text Book Law, passed by a POpu-
list Legislature and put into operation by a POpust
Administration. favor its extension along the
same general lines to include all Text Books and
School Supplies far pOssibIe.-POpulist Plat
form.
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municipal abattOirs and cattle mar
kets is now the rule, rather than the
exception in the leading towns of Ger
many and that it is by no means con-
fined to the largest places The Ber-
lin cattle market, unlike the slaughter
houses, IS allowed TO earn profits, and
it easily pays a net sum OF half a mil
lion marks a year into the city treas
ury. (ShaW's Municipal Government
In Europe, pages $685.
THE PARIS MARKET.
Adjoining the huge abattoir are
the municipal cattle yards and mark
cts, with accommodations for scores Of
thousands Of animals. Lately there
has been added a large establishment
called the Sanitarium, In which ami
mails subject for any reason to suspic-
Ion of infectious disease are held in
quarantine pending examination. The
cattle trade is admitted to the use Of
the stock yards on payment Of mod
crate ices, while all butchers in like
manner have access to the abattOirs
subject to proper regulations
The average income from this source
has, for some years, been about mil
lion francs, which is amply remunera-
tive, { ShaW's Municipal Govern
ment in Europe. Page 100.
THE BUDAPEST MARKET.
''The food supply Of Budapest has
been brought under suitable public
control. The great municipal slaugh-
ter house is one Of the establishments
IN which the citizens take especial
pride. 1t is very imposing architee-
turaIly, is finely appointed, and as
public monopoly, is made to contrib
ute to the municipal Golfers while
serving a sanitary end. Connected
with it are the public cattle markets
which well repay a visit on weekly
market days for their splendid herds
Of long horned white OxenOf Hunga-
~ and SeFYia. fShaw's Municipal
Government In Europe, page 1851
THE MUNICH MARKET.
Munich, Germany, has established
ample cattle markets. (Shaw's Mu-
nicipal Government in Europe, page
342.)
THE LEEDS MARKET.
Leeds, England, has acquired at diff
fOrent times, all her markets, including
the cattle market, and has expended
vast amounts of money upon them.
(See Encyclopedia Britannica
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An Insurance
Catechisn1,

We demand that the State of Kansas shall provide
Insurance Protection Against Fire, Tightening and
Tornado as a State Function, at COst.-PIatfOTm.
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From the Observer, Flushing. Mich.
I'll - l-.----has- 1904 p Earz FEznk
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-10-14

He Thought the Poor Girl Eeeaea =
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-10-14
THE BUDAPEST MARKET.
THE MUNICH MARKET

Munich, Germany, has established
ample cattle markets. (Shaw's Mu-
nicfpal Government in Europe, page
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-23

II brownstone and marble. He has seen
the fulnlment OF his ambition. Gray
haired graduates. returning to New
Haven. can hardly believe their eyes
The outward aspect OF the old college
of President wooisey's day has been
utterly transformed. But that's only a
part of h astonishing change In the
last dozen years. The college has
grown into a university. It's funds
have grown as notably as its buildings.
its museums and laboratories. Its
chairs and courses of instruction. its
annual catalogue. Prosperous beyond
precedent has been the administration
of Timothy Dwight. and the prosperity
has been very largely due to Timothy
Dwight himself. He was the man for
the place and time.
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Personal Paragraphs.

The death OF Colonel Amos Webster OF
Washington leaves General Horace Por-
ter. now ambassador at Paris, the only
surviving member of General Y. s.
Grants personal stan.
Harrison M. Seal Of whitcomb. near
Brookville. Ind. probably holds the vot-
ing record for that state. He voted for
Jackson in 1928 and for ZACH democratic
presidential candidate since then.
Lady Henry Somerset. who has been in
poor health. has been living almost IN
retirement In England for some time. She
has occupied her leisure In modelling a
s~tatuette of her late friend and co-ope-
rator In the temperance cause, Miss
Frances Willard.
Il telling of the origin of "Alice IN
Wonderland" Mrs. Hargraves. born Al
Ice Siddell. says she was the original AL
ice. her elder sister. Mrs. Skene. Prima
and Edith. the youngest. was Tertia. The
story was told on river excursions to
Nuneham and Godstow. near Oxford.
Isaac wyman. a prominent citizen of
Salem. Mass. holds a note for $4,000
given to his grandfather In lie with the
signature of George Washington attach
ed. The note wa given by Washington
| for money advanced by Mr.. wyman's
great grandfather 20 supply the pressing
needs of the revolutionary army. Of which
Washington had been placed in charge.
80
A Virginia paper advises the democrats
to nominate Dewey and Wheeler as their
presidential ticket I'm 1900. The alleged
fact that Dewey never voted the demo-
cratic ticket Is disposed of by the South
ern editor by saying that Grant never
voted the republican ticket until he was
nominated for president. yet the Illinois
OF his adoption
In the suburbs of Sedalia. NO.. there
awarded the Order OF Christina by the
queen Of Spain for his jealous care o.
her two grandsons. Raymondo y Gueli y
Borbon and Fernando Alfonso. who AT
terward became king OF Spain and was
the father of little Alfonso. the present
king. This gentleman Is Colonel Van II
wisksr. whom nearly all Missourisns
with a state acquaintance know.
General Joe wheeler's suggestion tina
the colleges OF the United States give free
tuition to a number OF young Cubans IA
apparently meeting with favor. Anon
those who have written Offering theil
hearty cooperation are President Eliot
OF Harvard. President Low Of Columbla
and President Raymond Of Union. Fa.
vorable replies have also been received
from the Roman Catholic colleges n
Washington n Georgetown. the Qua
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-23
The whites and Blacks.

~HE discussion OF the race wars
in the two Carolinas has
brough out the fact hat grave
wrongs have been committed by both
blacks and whites. 1t seems to be i'm
possible for the two races to exercise
mutual ~forebearance towards each
other. especially when the negroes pre-
sumo to reach out after the political
rights conferred upon them by the con-
stitution. Anything that car be con-
strued into . step towards negro
domination excites the white man
60 an intensity Of wrath that will
not stop short Of violence II he deems
violence necessary to check the negro's
schemes.
Among the lower classes OF whites
this bitterness OF feeling towards the
eliminating. They resort to violence. II
seems. on the merest suspicion. Here
% q picture OF IL drawn by the Charles
ton. s. c.. News and Courier. a news
paper published in the very center OF
the scenes Of disturbance:
The white mobs no longer demand for
their victims men who have committed
fragrant crimes, and no longer pretend
to establish the guilt of those whom they
Kin. They kill indiscriminateiy. and with
little or no regard to the question Of guilt
or Innocence. They killed negroes at
Phoenix against whom no ofense was
proved. or even charged. they were in
tent on killing men who had committed
no ofense worthy of death. and were
ready TO kill others. their own ~neighbors.
on the slightest excuse. They were barely
restrained from killing a wholly inno-
cent negro because he fell I'm their way
when they were seeking victims. and
proposed to XIII another because his
skin Was black" They no longer ride In
the night and wear masks when en-
gagged in their bloody work. They 20 in
the full light Of day In troops; they try
their prisoners In a church before killing
then. or march them to q church and
clay them without a trial and with a
Whoop" In its shadow. They kill women
ana children They waylay trains at sta
lions. They invade court rooms. They
hold public meetings and make terms
with state authorities or defy them. Ev-
adenfly protests and appeals and argu-
meots are vain and might as well be
abandoned
0uch are the debasing effects of mob
law. On the other hand. the negroes
enemselves are men whose brutal pas
ssoos are easily aroused. and nat they.
10. indulge IN saturnaiias OF murder
ana other crimes IL not 20 be denied.
n nsgro problem IL one Of increasing
11Bculfy. But n thing has been
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kers' college In Haverford and from many
southern and Western universities.
Count White. Russia's minister OF
hnance. who IL said to have inspired the
cars peaceful message. Is In a sense a
seif-made man and is anything but noble
In blood or appearance. T~wenty-one years
ago he was a village station master on
the railroad line between Kiev and Odes-
sa- He disobeyed orders concerning the
transportation Of a large body OF troops.
and by his disobedience averted endless
confusion. That won him a place In 81.
petersburg. and by his honesty ana abhi-
ty he has risen to the top of the ladder.
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Timothy Dwight.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT. who has

~IMoTHY DWIGHT. who has
just resigned h presidency OF
Yale. bears a name that Is
greatly honored I'm Connecticut.
Timothy Dwight. the original Yale
president. was born in Massachusetts,
in 1T52. When he was 43 he was
chosen president. and he retained the
position down to the day OF his death.
which took place In 1917. President
Dwight. the living. has held the Office
since 1856. He has reached three score
years and ten. but his health is fine and
there Is no visible impairment of his
powers. Yet he believes that he has
reached the age limit OF usefulness.
Yale men had hoped hat he would so
far defer to their wishes as to postpone
his resignation and continue to bear
the heavy burdens OF his ONCE until
after Yaie's two hundredth birthday.
now - close at hand. Years ago the
Hartford Courant said that President
Dwight had found Yale brick
timeworn and rather shabby brick AT
that-and was evidently ben on leaving
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-23
The Passing Of Corbctt.

TIM CoRBETT viii figure no more
as a pugilist. Corbett is n dead
cock in the pit. Last nights en-
gagement ended very Enthusiastically
in one way. but such as It was IL
proved beyond the shadow of a doubt
that Corbett is a back number To all
intents and purposes he was beaten
and beaten fairly. Sharkey forced the
fighting and at all times was master
Of the situation. 1t seems that Cor
belts famous cleverness hadn't n
steam" behind Il. while Sharkey's
blows were full of force and ferocity.
Like dogs. every pugilist has his day.
Corbett laid Sullivan out in 1892. and
was himself laid out by Fitzsimmons
In 1897. He wanted to regain his
laurels and made a great hue and cry
because Fitzsimmons wouldn't give
him a chance. For more than n year
Corbett has been a pretty loud
mouthed fellow. The public has been
growing very sick of him. Sullivan,
after he was defeated retained his
popularity in n very large measure.
He was looked upon as n fine old race
horse who had outlived his usefulness.
Corbett. for his part. has few IL any
sympathizers outside Of his own imme-
date circle of friends.
Corbett had announced that he would
claim the championship IL he won last
NIGHTS battle-as he confidently ex-
pected to do-and as Fitzsimmons has
positively refused to fight again under
any circumstances. there would have
been merit in the claim. 1t is certain
that both Corbett and Sharkey trained
faithfully for the fight. Corbett's mus
Giles were SAID TO be firm and flexible. his
flesh solid. He was represented as ten
pounds heavier than when he fought at
Carson. He was supposed to be i'm as
perfect condition as II was possible for
him TO get into. But IL is apparent
that he was not by any means the
man he was six years ago. Age and
excuses have done their work. Sharkey
Is a younger and n fresher man; n
man. too. of temperate habits. Shar-
keys career In the ring has been err
ratio, his fouls are notorious. But IL
has never been doubted that he Is n
terrific fighter. one of the whirlwind or
der: and in view of Fitzsimmons' recent
retirement. last nights performance
places Sharkey at the top of the pugi-
LISTS ladder. A meeting between Shar-
key and Mccoy will now be regarded in
sporting circles as a necessity.
In spite of all the ~sermonizing.
pugilism still retains its hold upo
popular favor. AT last nights battle
the spectators included prominent
politicians besides business and pro-
fessional men without number.
Throughout the entire country bulle-
tins of the fight were eagerly watched
for-just as they were on the day OF
the Corbett- Fitzsimmons meeting at
Carson. The interest was almost as
great and universal as when a battle In
the Spanish-American war was ex-
pected. Pugilism may be d~emoralizing,
but it's popular.
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Current Comment.
An Inappropriate Cir.
-, DAtraA.lahfa 1fxng9

From the Philadelphia Times.
How far "A slavish adherence to tradi-
ton may carry men away from a COM
prehension OF the eternal fitness of things
Is well illustrated IN the presentation to
Colonel Roosevelt by Chauncey NJ. Depew
and other political friends on the occa-
sion OF the soldiers birthday OF n cane.
black. thick. polished. gold-headed and
otherwise fulfilling the requirements OF
the usual specifications of such presenta-
lions. A cane. the aid OF the feeble. the
comfort of the tottering. the emblem OF
senility. for the gallant. fighting. on-rush-
ing Roosevelt, Why did they not give
him a megaphone or a double-edged. two
handed sword Of flame. which none but
he might yield?
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NHE death Of the Rev. DR.. stephen
Tying in Paris a day or two ago

~HE death OF the Rev. DR.. Stephen
Tying in Paris a day or we ago
removes a curious figure from
the ministry OF the Episcopal church.
What made him a curious figure was
the fact that In 1865. while rector Of
Holy Trinity church. New York. he
was tried and found guilty Of preach
ing in a Methodist Episcopal church.
II appears that he knowingly. wilfully
and deliberately violated the Episcopal
canon forbidding m exchange of pull
pits. Later on. i'm 1875. he further dis
graced himself by taking an active
part in a revival conducted by Moody
and sanky. and in 1881. finding his posi-
ton In the Episcopal church very un-
comfortable. he resigned his pastorate
and settled in Paris as the agent of a
life insurance company. During his
rectorship in New York he founded
Sunday schools and mission chapels all
over the city. besides the House OF
the Evangelist. an institution for train
ing lay and clerical preachers.a dis
pensary. an inrrmary and an orphan
are
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~
wv peace negotiations at Paris
Is at the worst not a matter
of serious alarm. the observance OF
Thanksgiving day would be more spi:-
tied and enthusiastic IL the vexatious
business were finished. The destruc-
-tion OF Cervera's fleet came just In
time to impart tremendous zest to the
celebration of the Fourth of July. and
II the permanent peace treaty could
have been agreed upon this week
Thanksgiving day would have been one
grand. sweet jubilee.
Meanwhile. however, nobody in
america is worrying very much over
the result. AS to the a~dvisabiiity of
taking the Philippines. the divergence
Of opinion is as sharp as ever. The
preponderance OF sentiment is un-
doubleday against the proposition, but
h expansionists are making the more
noise and bluster and misleading many
people into thinking that expansion is
the popular thing. The latest scheme
for getting around he Philippines diff
hculty Is represented as being an OFFER
TO purchase one or two OF the Caroline
islands at a good round figure and IN
this way raising the actual bid for the
Philippines. Thus the highest sum to
be offered for the Philippines is to be
u .00o. 900 and that will on no account
be increased. but IL Spain will throw
in one or two of the Carolines that are
of no particular use to 1t, another
$40. 600. 900 will be added. making in
reality a cash bid OF nearly $50. 600 900
for the Philippines.
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Cost OF imperialism.
he Wheeling Register.

From the Wheeling REGISTER.
How do the American people relish the
idea OF abandoning our present wise
methods of government on the Monroe
doctrine plan. requiring n merely nominal
STANDING army. and branching out on the
imperial European plan. Which has ground
the people Of the old world into the dust
and practically reduced its laboring class
es to slavery? American labor is already
near enough 10 the level of the 'pauper
labor OF Europe in the matter of earn
ings and burdens without having the in
cubus OF imperialism added to complete
the similarity of condition at home n
abroad.
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Chance for the Negroes.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
In the development of our military
strength necessary by the ownership OF
distant outposts negro regiments will
come In for their fun share of gain. A
tropical climat does not hurt the Afri-
can, for he inherits the taste for II and
has a natural immunity from Its fevers.
Thus IL will inevitably happen that our
tropical garrison duty must fall to him
He will perform II well. but more than
that he can be trusted at a crisis to sus-
tain the honor OF the nag as bravely as
his white comrade.
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Where Our Trade Interests Lie.

From the Boston Posi-.
II we are looking for trade let us look
for that which Is ready to our hands. The
removal of the Dingley tax on hides would
open up to United States the
trade OF Argentina and Uruguay. which
amounts to Just about seven times the
total trade of the Philippines. for which
the administration proposes to pay $780,
600. 90 or $40, 1000 900. The commercial flu
ture of the United States does not lie
in the purchase or conquest of Asiatic
territory. but In the cultivation OF the
more profitable trade relations which are
formed in the rich and fertile republics
of the American continent.