Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-12-19

matter of plain, every day human Gus.
sedncss.
An
For moral. ethical ana legal consider.
ations one should resist the temptation
to traffic In public Offices. If he be
Il dispenser of patronage 1t IN his re-.
ligious duty TO make recommended tons
with due consideration for the public
service rs well as with the object In
view of rcwardiny faithful partisan.
To exact pay for such appointments
Is crime against the government,
though there are those who seem to
think that governments among men
are maintained for bOOdling PURPOSES
only.
The royal business correspondence
of Great Britain il now done on Amcri.
can typewriters. Queen VictOrin In.
sisted that her secretaries should al.
ways use u pen. but King Edward he.
lievcs IN labor.snvng devices. Even
with the typewritcrs II takes twelve
clerks to look after his correspondence.
\ few years ago typcwriting was gen.
orally deemed unsuitable for official
documents. When the Presidents mes.
sage was first sent to Congress type.
written some Of the older congress.
men regarded the innovation as a
breach of etiquette.
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Canadian discussion Of the award
Of the Alaskan boundary tribunal has
dealt with the strategic islands owned
by the United States on the Canadian
frontier. These are Isle Royal. In Lake
Superior. opposite Port Arthur, and
san Juan. opposite the city of Victoria.
which commands the Canadian outlet
to the Pacific. The tribunal has con.
iirmcd the ownership of the United
States In two Islands ut the mouth of
the Portland Channel, near enough to
the proposed railway terminus ut Port
Simpson to oversee everything that
goes on there. II IL not likely that
for years to come, II ever, there will
be occasion TO test the strategic value
of any Of these islands, rs the United
States intends to live In peace and
amlty with It's northern nelghbOr.
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A factory In New Jersey has gone
to making steel dolls. A steel doll Is
an indcstructible doll that some
parents may fancy IL the right doll
to buy. You can't yank the leg from
u steel doll nor dlslOcate its arms nor
twist Its neck nor dent Its nose. You
can have very little fun with II steel
doll. 1t may do to battle the piano
legs or raise Jumps on the head OF your
infant companion. but 1t can't be com
pared with Il rag dollie for genuine
comfort. Every normal child wants
u doll that can he punctured ana that
will lose Its stuiiing through the pune
ture. \ steel doll. bah! What healthy
infant would care to cOddle u steel doll
or put 1t to sleep or dress 1t or give
1t sugar pellets! Not one.
To an increasing number Of our peO-
pie the work of the Department of
Agriculture has greater interest each
year than that Of any other depart.
ment OF the government. While the
drift to the cities IL steady ana con-
tinuOus. there IL noted, nevertheless,
an INCREASING tendency to get back
to the sOir' and II wider popular in
tercst In all activities that pertain to
scientific agriculture. Figures of eX-
port and production have little mean.
Ing for most persons so far as they
are intended to measure the extent of
our agricultural resources, and vet
there Is much in the annual report of
Secretary Wilson that Is instructive
ana impressive. During the last four
teen years, says the secretary, the
total agricultural products not fed to
live stock was valued ut $3.742, OOO, 900,
while the balance of foreign trade in
favor of the farmers during the same
period amounted to $4.SOG, 100000. The
development of the beet sugar indus
try alone has been phenomenal. In
1896 only 1920 tons of beet sugar
were made In this country. 4 year
ago the total production was 100000
tons, while for this year the crop Is
estimated ut about 100000 tons.
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A recent editorial gusher in a New
York journal bewailed the imaginary
fact that there We're no longer any old
homes on the old farms; no longer any
country life with its good cheer and
honesty; no longer any delights among
the young people on the farms; no long
en- any farms, in fact; saying that ev-
was swallowed up in aristoc.
racy and monopoly. 1t Is common to
hear such talk from city people who
know absolutely nothing about it.
There Is positively not one word of
truth In such statements, as every
body knows who was raised on farm.
Home life on the farm today Is pleas
anter than ever before; the farmer has
more comforts than he ever had before
In his life; the young people on the
farms have more encouragement and
better opportunities, also better times,
than they ever had. Farm life Is more
attractive and more profitable than it
has ever been since the discovery Of
America. Pesslmists can say what they
please and bemoan the fact that times