The Advocate and news., 1898-03-16
PUBLIC OPINION.

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Troy Times (POp): There is a goo(
deal OF satisfaction in looking over The
pile of POpulist exchanges which come
to the Times table. They are not the
largest in the State and generally they
are not the best patroniZed by adVertis-
ers, but they all have editors, and each
editor has individuality. They are read
able. They don't accept ready-madC
ideas worth a cent. They know spade
when they see 1t and don't hesitate tc
call 1t a spade. There Is no class OF
papers in the United States which rank
higher In everything that goes to make
up good newspapers than those issued
by the reform editors Of Kansas. They
are better read than any other papers
in the State and are consequently good
advertising mediums, even If they are
not well patronl2ed.
MarysVIlle Democrat and News Su-
perintendent Stryker has invested over
100000 of the permanent school fund
in county, township and other munich
pal securities. These are the best in
Vestments that could be made, and yield
an average rate Of interest l per cent.
higher than any previous investments
made. Besides, In former years por-
tion of these funds were not invested at
all. Let 1t also be remembered that all
negotiations concerning these invest
ments have been made directly by Su-
perintendent Stryker, and entirely with
out cost to the State or the purchasers.
But In former years the investments
were made through agents who charged
extortionate rates for their work. Now
these leeches Of society are mad because
these systems of robbery have been
stopped. Through his business-like
methods Superintendent Stryker has
also succeeded in collecting several thou
sand dollars Of interest which had long
been due but had not yet been paid.
Troy Times (Pop.): The Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway had a
mortgage recorded last week which re-
quired fee of $3.50 to put it properly
in the books. The company also wanted
four certified copies Of the same and
paid 500 each for them. The agent
kicked hard over these fees, in spite Of
the fact that they are lower than last
year, before the new fee and salary law
was passed This agent had printed
copies ready to certify, 80 that it was
the work Of only few minutes to the
recorder. He also had transfer sheets
which could have been pasted into the
books Neither of these plans availed
him a cent Of reduction. The total bill
was $1O53O. A year ago he could have
got the whole job for $40, even under
higher fees. He would have perhaps
given the register a pass. Under the
new law the fees have to be accounted
for--they belong to the county. With
everything paid for 1t may be that the
Offices in the court house will pay better
than they formerly did.
Augusta Journal: Some Of the labor
ing men Of this country are beginning
to think. met one last week in Wich-
ita, q coal miner in the southeastern
Kansas fields. He was not college bred,
for | noticed In his speech several vio-
lations of common rules In grammar,
but to my mind he was more highly edu-
Gated than the majority OF college grad
yates have met. He has been q miner
for nearly quarter Of century. Last
year, possibly the year preceding, he
kept daily record Of the coal he mined,
the price he received, and the opera
tors profit. At the close Of the year he
found that for every dollar that went
into his pocket the same amount went
into the pockets Of the operator as
profits. This miner told me further that
no had q CON 10 vooru old ao toll oUd
strong as himself, to assist him, and that
1t took their united efforts to supply
themselves and the wife and mother
with the necesSaries Of life. A continual
tion Of conditions that produce such re-
suits must eventually end In socialism
or anarchy. OF the two socialism is to
be preferred.
Twentieth Century: In these days
when public officials are so subservient
to 4aA Aol L.,