Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

a canning plant. including a three
horsepower boiler, can he set up for
$3.50. the plan Is quite possible and Is
worthy of consideration not only In
Iowa but In Illinois, Indiana, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin. or other States where
more vegetables and fruits are raised
than are needed for immediate local
consumption. Suci. factories would not
only be a profitable investment for
those who supplied the capital but they
would be Of great advantage to the town.
Products that are perlshable would
be saved. Fruit and vegetables could
be sold for better prices than IL they
were to be shipped In the raw condition
to u larger city. where u canncry might
be In operation. The canning season
comes ut time when school Is not In
session and children could find profit
able employment In the factories. The
trliiing sum that II costs to start n fac.
tory would make 1t possible on n co.
operative basis and the operation of the
cannery would be advisable II only to
preserve a sufficient amount of fruit
and vegetables for the winter consump.
ton of the people Of the ncighborho9d.
1t would merely be the usual summer
preserving done by the thrifty farm.
wife on n rather large scale.
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a correspondent says there Is "cry-
ing need" In this country of a 75-cent
piece. He believes the mInting Of such
coin would stimulate trade, for. nc.
c0rding to him, the consumer 10 struck
more forcIbly by the cost Of a 15.ccnt
garment when be hands over for It half
n dollar and a quarter dollar. being
two coins, than he would be were he to
hand over 15.cent piece. This Is not
q convincing argument. and the Chi
cagO Tribune thinks II Is not inclined
to agitate for the new coin, as the cor.
respondent wishes II to. With the ]. ),
10, % and 80 cent pieces 1t Is easy to
make change even when buying 30.cent
ana Accent articles, Of which there
seems to be about as many rs there are
75-cent, articles. There used to be
Scent, 5.cent and ?0-cent silver and
Scent nickel pieces. Th0ir coinage has
been discontinued because 1t was found
they answered no good purpose. Dur.
ing the fractional currency era l5.cent
shinplastcrs were put In circulation. 1t
was claimed that they would be quite
useful because there were SO many ar
ticles which cost just 10 cents. Tho
public did not take kindly to them.
however. The silver dollar Is too heavy
to please the people. The weight of the
half.dollar they do not complain Of. 1t
Is possible they might not ind fault
with the weight Of 75.cent pieces.
though for a time they would confuse
them with halves and dollars. There
Is absolutely no popular demand for
this new coin. however. 1t never has
occurred to anybody, except this CORE.
spOndent, that man will spend Is.
cent piece with less reluctance than a
half and quarter dollar.
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The railway train service OF the Unit.
ed States has always been esteemed
the most enterprlslng rs well as the
most luxurious In the world. With the
great American motto Of "hurry up
and don't waste time" as their incen-
tive, the railroad companies have stop
ped ut nothing In their efforts to in
crease the speed Of their trains while
ut the same time making It possible for
the passengers to enjoy every comfort
and convenience which they might
have ut home. To this end they have
employed cooks. BARRIERS. stenOgraph-
ers. telegraph operators. librarians, Ia
dies maids. and representatives Of 9TH
err trades and professions to travel on
their trains and lend their ready SER
vices to the passengers. Now, as a
climax, 1t Is suggested that 1t may be
well to employ ministers to hold ser.
vices on the through trains which run
on sunday. 1t Is announced that the
object of the proposed arrangement Is
to make Sunday travel less objection
able to those who believe In a strict
observance of the first day OF the
week. Railroad passengers, however,
are likely to be OF many different
creeds, SO that the same service will
not appeal to all OF them, and 1t Is
hardly to be expected that even the
most enterprising of the railroad corpo'
ratiOns will engage ministers represent
Ing all the different denominations. So
long as trains run on Sunday there will
doubtless be people who from choice OF
from necessity will patrOnize them
But before starting a railway relig
, iOus service" there would seem to be
other reforms which are more pressing
and more practical. The sometimes
outrageous price charged for sleeping