Smyrna times., 1905-06-28
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPpY.

The Gear is intensely anxious for
peace. His only fear Is that having
made peace with Japan he will have to
face war at home.
Perhaps a count would prove that
by this time that Equitable sur.
plus has become pure fiction. 1t is
high time somebody made a count.
Grover Cleveland can never hope to
carry those States which have adopted
female suffrage even should he decide
to run again.
1t is its proximity to the Kaiser not
to the Gear which put the Hague out
OF thu running as place to hold a
peace conference.
The newspaper talk of war between
Germany and France, most of which
emanates from Paris, is all strongly
suggestive of French duel.
Nothing has been heard from u nited
States Chemist Wiley since he started
to investigate Limburger cheese. His
friends hope it is not case of asphyx-
iatiou.
Those eanti-imperialists who want the
United States to give the Philippines
to Japan should first make sure that
Japan would accept them. They are
an expensive luxury.
Two young women who appeared on
the streets of Pittsburg wearing old
fashioned hoop skirts were mobbed.
Pittsburg may not be long on gallan-
try but it is possessed of fair amount
| of common sense.
1t is to be hoped that one of the re-
forms which may grow out of the COM
mittee which the President has ap-
| POAhNC0 w lnNOSl15dbO bhO OuoAACoo
methods of the federal departments
will be single purchasing division,
which shall be charged with the duty
of purchasing all government supplies.
Such division under the supervision
of competent head would save the
government million of dollars every
| sDuookinofinno oOn-
Quoted by newspaper men show that
some departments of the government
pay double as much for the same sup
plies as is paid by others. Moreover
the purchase of supplies in larger
quantities would enable the sellers to
make lower rates than they can where
they are compelled to engage in do
zen transactions for the disposal of an
equal amount of merchandise.
The gravest defect in the jurispru
dence of this country as administered,
is the lack of personal responsibility oi
the officials of large corporations. The
expression, Corporations have nc
souls" has almost come to mean tha
corporations have no responsibility
aud to this fact is largely due the
grave violation of law which in some
instances have become so general as tc
cause we'll defined statutes to become
''dead letters" For instance, power
full railway hagrantly defies the law bI
granting rebates. Finally the officer
of the government discovers the viola
ton and there follows-not prosecu
) ton of the officers of the road-but
suit for an injunction for the railroad
to obey the law. In the course of tim
the road is again caught violating th'
Injunction and with great show o
righteousness the Department of Jus
tice commences prosecution, the out
come of which is a fine placed upo
the railroad. The railroad does no
seriously object. The fine probabl
q represents but small part of the pro
fits which have resulted from the lille
q gal transaction and is charged up t
II profit and loss, causing diminuatio
4 of dividends, which, when spread owe
/. the entire stock issue, becomes int1n
o tesimal. No disgrace attaches to tn
officers of the road, because of the dt
"a lection of illegal procedure. The
}. carry their heads as high as ever an
D: continue to be described as among ou
D. most prominent citizens. In England
D: where they have stricter code
:. public morals than in this country,
I. is the officers of the railroad WI
would be fined and might even go
a iail. The courts there would hol'
q that even if no overt act on the part
IN the officials could be proven to be Il
4. direct cause of the violation OF la'
70 such officials could not escape the r.
sponsibility for the acts OF their SD
D. ordinates and must be held account
~1o..c. Iof kha law WAS q