Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-04
Edii orial Notes.


the approval of Republican admin
istration has created in all parts of
the country.
Tolstoi furnishes food for thought
when he says that parents will find
it more efficacious to furnish their
children with good example than
with good advice.
1t is not true that w. j. Bryan is
the Happy Hooligan" of American
politics. Both are afflicted with
''good Intentions" but Mr.. Bryan
has never failed to profit by his mis-
takes
The clearings of the New York
banks for the first three months of
this year amounted to $18, 200, 600, :
900 while the clearings Of all the
London banks for the same period
amounted to but $12, 1913, 900, 900.
Commercially New York is the cen
ter of the world.
There is not department of the
government which d )es not show
the good results of having young,
wise, fearless and energetic man in
the White House.
l. - 1o1,
steel works to the new ship building
trust, for SIS, 500, 900 more than it
cost the steel trust, is another evil
dence of the wisdom of the Presi-
dents policy of publicity for the
trusts, to prevent the watering of
stock and the endangering of the
financial integrity of the invest
ments offered to the public.
A man subject to fits was recently
picked up on the street in Washing
! ton and taken to the emergency hos
pital. When placed on the operat-
ing table the doctors found tatooed
on his breast, the line, please don't
operate for appendicitis. I have had
my appendix removed three times"
A 100000 manufacturing plant
has been established at New Vii
lage for the production of Portland
cement" after a formula invented
by Edison.
When Mr.. Bryan ceases to talk
the democrats may hope for nation
al success. His expectancy of life,
however, is good.
The price of coal in New York has
been advanced to $40 per ton and
still the end of the strike is not in
sight.
The railway mileage in the United
States now exceeds 2O2, 900 miles,
1000 miles having been laid during
the first half of the present year.
IF Senator Tillman ever becomes
civilized he will be lost in the sea of
medicority No one knows this
better than he and as fame is be-
yond his reach he strives for notori-
ely.
After Mr.. Carnegie has built orr
libraries and Mr.. Morgan has filled
our art galleries it will be in order
for Mr.. Keene to do something for
music and for Mr. Schwab to pro-
vide for the pleasures of the very
poor. Only the fool in his folly will
inveigh against such wealth.
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While export figures show that
the commerce of the United States
is fourth of that of all the nations
of the world, the figures for her in
ternal commerce show that Chicago
stands fourth among the ports OF
the world. Last year he1 tonnage,
shipped by water, aggrated 14,OOO,-
600 tons as against Is, 500, 900 tons
shipped from London.
The failure of the experiment
made by the Boston & Albany rail
road in oiling it's roadbed to reduce
dust should not be accepted as prov
ing that the scheme is not practlc-
able for wagon roads. The porous
ness of railroad ballast together with
the high speed of the trains alter
the conditions from those prevailing
on dirt highways.
The average citizen will not worry
much about the trusts SO long as
they give him superior article at
an inferior price, as many of them
are doing. The market value of
their stocks is material to us only as