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The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
SOME WHEAT RATES.

One of the greatest wheat counties in
the United States is Sumner county.
Kansas. In some years it has produce
ed more wheat than any other county
in the world. This year, although the
crop is not SO good as in some other
parts of Kansas, Sumner county has
raised approximately two million
bushels.
The farmers of Sumner county are
therefore very much interested in
freight rates on wheat, and as a result
of some investigation on their part
they are about to file a complaint with
the interstate commerce commission,
asking that they be given better rates
to the Gulf of Mexico.
The State journal has frequently
called attention to the fact that rates
from central Kansas points to the gulf
are exorbitant. AS a rule the railroads
take the rate from Kansas City to the
gulf and add to it the local rate from
central Kansas to Kansas City, and this
combination makes the wheat belt rate
to the gulf, although a great amount of
Kansas wheat that is shipped south
does not go to Kansas City.
Many wheat belt points are actually
nearer to Galveston than is Kansas
City, vet the wheat belt rates are far
in excess of the Kansas City rate.
The Sumner county rate is a good il
Iustration: The Rock Island carries a
great deal of the wheat that goes
south. It's line from Kansas City to
Texas goes through wellington, the
county seat of Summer county. The
distance from Wellington to Galveston
is 696 miles. The distance from Kansas
City to Galveston by the Rock Island is
s4S miles. Yet the Rock Island hauls
wheat that 94s miles for II cents hun
dred, while it charges 301s cents a hum
dred for hauling it the 696 miles from
Wellington to Galveston.
The local rate from wellington to
Kansas City. 252 miles, is 141z cents. al
most as much as is the rate from Kan
sas City to Galveston. The rate from
Wellington to Galveston is the local
rate from Wellington to Kansas City,
plus the rate from Kansas City back
through Wellington to Galveston, minus
one cent.
| You may think that the rate of II
cents from Kansas City to Galveston
is caused by the competition Of some
shorter line than the Rock Island, but
the shortest possible distance from
Kansas City to Galveston is 79S miles,
or over a hundred miles further than
from Wellington to Galveston.
The rate from Wellington to the gulf
really ought to be less than that from
Kansas City, but supposing it were the
same: The result would be that Sum-
ner county wheat would be about eight
cents a bushel higher than it is. This
would be gain to the farmers of Sum-
ner county on this years crop alone OF
over $160,00 Is it any wonder that
they are asking the interstate COM
merce commission for aid? What is
true of Sumner county is also true to
a greater or less degree of every county
in the wheat belt.
If Wellington were given the same
rate as Kansas City, it would also
bring down the rate from the wheat
belt to Kansas City, which is now oui
of all proportion to other rates, for the
roads that run east and not south would
! give something like a just rate in or.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record. !

tFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
The state of matrimony-Utah
The love that is all on one side is
sure to grow cold.
Many a cigar draws better than the
actor who smokes 1t.
Experience is a good teacher, but
often a slow paymaster.
Age gets more respect for its gray
hairs than for its badness.
Few women are strong enough to
resist saying: 81 told you so.'
Some people count their chickens
before the eggs have even been laid.
There's lots of hot air that the
weather man isn't responsible for.
The optimist believes that the hap
piest day of his life is tomorrow.
1t doesn't take a woman with sharp
features to cut another woman on the
street.
The fellow who borrows your ice in
summer will expect you to lend him
coal in winter.
1t is cheerful to note that many a
defaulter has never been a Sunday
school superintendent.
Blobbs-'I suppose you go in for all
the hops at the seash ore Slobbs-
mo; 1 never drink beer when 1 am
on a vacation"
Tommy-"Pop, what do people
mean by the way of the world?" Tom
my's Pop-"The way of the world, my
son, is generally short weight
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe ]

From the Atchison Globe.]
A big fat woman always claims that
her bones are small.
When a loafer can become a martyr
he is exactly suited.
No one ever repeated slanderous
story for a good purpose.
The buns of Atchison are insisting
on a breakfast free lunch.
A rainy night will do more than duty
to keep a man at home.
1t is hard to say, NO" but 1t is
harder to saw. "I don't know"
When woman thinks hard, she sits
with her head on her knees.
The moonlight would be considered
nrettier if it were not such cheap
show.
There is one thing we would be willing
to do for an enemy: decorate his grave
If you want to avoid marrying, young
man, do not go too long with the same
girl.
feels rested on Monday because of
rest on Sunday
Nothing makes a great big man more
ashamed than to ride through town on
picnic wagon.
A married woman with money in her
nocketbook is one of the most unusual
sights in the world.
If woman understands the art or
| "babving.'' she will have no trouble in
getting along with man
Tt is as hard to please the average
farmer with a crop as it is to satisfy
| a woman with hired girl
! This is the season when the chigger
hites a man under the very stiffest part
of his shirt bosom.
It must be terribly embarrassing to
| be sixteen year old girl, with princess
ideas, and to be fat.
| Twenty years ago, every family in
| town owned a fine tooth comb, and used
| II Is there one in town now?
| An Atchison man. who has tried both,
saws an apron string is a more CALLING
| hond than a chain and ball.
II takes so much work to get ready
| for some pleasures, that you are too
tired to enjoy them when they come.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

der to keep some. of the grain going
east instead of all going to the gulf.
Under the present rate the railroads
take SS7 to haul a car of a. thousand
bushels from wellington to Kansas
City, 252 miles, or 34.5 cents mile per
car For hauling the same car 696 miles
from Wellington to Galveston the
charge is $1S3, or 26.3 cents per mile per
car. Yet the same car is hauled from
Kansas City to Galveston, 79S miles by
the shortest route, for $102. or 1873 cents
per mile per car.
1t cannot be argued that the tonnage
enters into the question, for the ton
mage would be far greater from the
wheat belt to the gulf if the wheat belt
had the Kansas City rate. than is the
present tonnage from Kansas City to
the gulf.
1t is in a case of this kind that
commission with power to fix rates
would be especially valuable. The Rock
Island once tried to do the right thing
by central Kansas grain growers and
give them the benefit of the Kansas
City rate from Herington and points
south of that, but Kansas City business
interests stepped in and threatened to
boycott the road unless it compelled
the Kansas wheat growers to pay
tribute to Kansas City. That is the
club Kansas City holds over the rails
roads. 1t would be better for both the
Rock Island and the Santa Fe to give
the wheat growers a fair rate to the
gulf, but other roads and Kansas City
threaten them If they do. If, however,
a government commission fixed the rate
the boycott threat would lose it's force.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
PEACE AT LAST.
The war is over.

Inc war Is over.
The good news is flashing around
the world today that the ENJOYS at
Portsmouth have agreed on peace
terms. Hostilities in the Far East will
stop and further bloodshed and suffer-
ing will be averted.
According to surface indications the
Japanese have withdrawn all of their
demands that were most Objectionable
to Russia. There may be something
behind the agreement that has not yet
been made public, but the japanese
have seemingly given in.
If they have really withdrawn their
demand for an indemnity and have
further given up half of Sakhalin
island. in addition to the two minor
points concerning the interned ships
and the limitation of the Russian naval
power in the east, without receiving
corresponding concessions from the
Russians, the japanese have been mag
unanimous indeed.
But the Japanese can afford to be
magnanimous. They have won far more
than the world possibly expected when
the war begun; they have secured a
prestige that places them in the front
rank of the world-powers; they have
been victorious in every great battle
they have fought; and their financial
credit has greatly increased while the
war has been in progress, so they car
afford to be magnanimous.
The world will hear with rejoicing
that peace has been agreed upon. Wal
is a frightful thing, especially so tc
the nations engaged in it. Let us be
thankful that peace has come again.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
HUMOR OF THE DAY

.Bliggins is painfully attentive to his
wife.
don't thsn Know S9 e may an merely Be afraid
of her-''-Louisville Courier-Journal.
7 wish you wouldn't encourage that
young man, my dear He is ridiculousiy
But he has expectations
My little fortune. mamma. dear
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Miss Butte" stammered Mr.. Timmid.
sitting. at the other end of the sofa.
-er-throw a kiss to your
''Bold?" she replied. 'I,d consider you
very lazy. zy.'-Philadelphia Press.
Pat-oi thought McCarty was on tn wa
MiResHe was. but he went on a strike
Brooklyn Life.
dat beer fur? Yon can't drink it.
course Sc n0t want de- g4ssss sors to
Herald.
Mrs Starven made that new boarder
squeeze into that hail bedroom
Wen, I haven't heard any complaint
s'of course not:why, there isn't any room
for complaint Philadelphia Ledger.
TRY to forget me-" she said with a look
How can II" he miserabiy answered,
"as long as have to make monthly pay
ments on the things / have presented to
you!-Chicago Record Herald.
"A government official is but a servant
of the people" said the man with the old
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum. '.Ths
amount to more than the regular wages
Washington Star.
There's a case of poetic sustice,'
What is?'
''Dr. Doseham wrote a powerful anti.
vivisection article for the papers and all
his medical acquaintance have cut him!'
Cleveland Leader.
The first dear girl was showing her new
engagement ring
Don't you admire his faster" she asked
Yves" answered dear girl No q ..As
far as jeweiry is concerned I do.S-Detroit
Tribune
her?
wicks-Wen, yes: she's economical with
her smiles now.-Philadelphia Ledger
Distrust these days the man with sun
burn and a far away look. He probably
has fish story to tell.-Pueblo Chieftain.
| Penner-What then do you consider the
| best method of keeping books?
| Borrough--There's only one sure way.
| Penner-What's that7
| Borroughs-FOrget to return them
| Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE trees stand up so beautifully" ex-
| claimed the young poet, just home from
| COLLEGE
Yes replied the old man, "thar's some
| tall timber round here
They seem to laugh in the wind, and
bow good morning to you,'' continued the
poet.
Look here, john" said the old man.
9 fore you go plum crazy, take this here
ak an chop me down a dozen trees an
run ,em through the saw mill. Atlanta
Constitution.
NO" said Miss Passay. 81 don't like
the photos Kamrer made for me- They
make me look like woman of 90
| WELL" replied Miss Peppery won
should have told him not to touch them
| up If you didn't want them to look so
youthful ''-PhfladeIphia Press
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

The Salina Journal, in arguing that
It is where practically only one party
exists that gross evils grow up in party
organizations, says that If there had
been any doubt as to the outcome of
an election the Philadelphia Repub-
hcan machine would never have out
ragged public sentiment as it did One
cannot be sure of that. The indica-
tfons are that if there had been any
doubt concerning the outcome of an
election the machine would simply
added 5000 or 10000 additional
bogus names to the election rolls and
voted them.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
TnId of Mr. Hay.

Secretary Hay was not without the
saving grace of humOr. In a speech
before the Ohio society in New York
two years ago he facetiously traced his
ancestry and descent "I was born, -
said he, sin Indiana: 1 grew up in I1li-
nois; l was educated in Rhode Island.
learned my law in Springfield, Ill,
and my politics in Washington; my
diplomacy in Europe, Asia and Africa
have a farm in New Hampshire and
desk room in the District of Columbia.
When l look to the springs from which
my blood descends, the first ancestors
1 ever heard of were Scotchman who
was half English and a German wo-
man who was half French. OF my
immediate progenitors, my mother
was from New England and my father
from the south. In this bewilderment
of origin and experience 1 can only put
on an aspect of deep humility in any
gathering of favorite sons and confess
that 1 am nothing but an American -
Albany Argus.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York PressI
A man takes a lot of pride in the
front lawn that he doesn't have to NOV
himself.
Imagination will make people believe
they are in love before marriage; habit
afterward.
It is surprising how some other mems
sons can support themselves after thew
come out of college.
A woman never stops to think how
many good cigars could be bought with
the money that goes for Sunday school
picnic.
When you come home early in the
morning it Is awful hard to make a
woman believe you wore your crayat
to bed just to tease her.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

The government reports are said to
show that the consumption of whisky
is now falling off. This would indicate
that the Taggarts have taken the
Keeley cure.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

Why should Norway really need a
king? Kansas worries along with a
governor at $4,000, and it is as big as
Norway, so what's the use of Norway
paying out 100000 or 100000 a
year to a king who would do no better.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
OUGHT sFOl Be MORE.

The conscience fund.- of the gov
ernment was established in 1911. The
first contribution came to President
Madison in the shape of a letter con-
tanning 81 bill which the writer
said he had f1lched from the govern
ment and he wished to ease his con-
science by restoring it. Since that
time hundreds of such contributions
have been received and the amount
now to the credit of the fund amounts
to more than $40O, 000.-Iola Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
ANOTHER VIEW

1t took a good deal of nerve on Frank
Nelson's part to ask Governor Hoch
not to be a candidate for senator, yet
if the governor would fatty announce
that he was not now and would not be
an active aspirant for Burton's seat he
would add greatly to his reputation as
a politician of the right sort. The gov
ernor- candidates for sena tor in Kansas
generally lose both their political heads
and Notwithstanding Bulletin
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
HIS PLEA.

Senator Dumont Smith says It is no
crime to be a chump, but he refutes
with scorn the intimation that he is
a boodler, or that he has played
double with the people in the matter
of oil legislation. The senator intends
to enter plea of insanity, perhaps
Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

Among the historical relics that
Portsmouth ought to have in years to
come should be the peace pipe that
the ministers plenipotentiary did or
did not smoke, as the case may turn
nt1t 70 "a
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
FROM OTHER PENS
WEAvER,s LIGHTNING.

Weaver has done some good" says
Ex-Governor Stone, patronizingly; "at
least he has raised thunder with the
machine" He has also played light
ming against It; several of its shining
marks have been struck.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
PEBBLES Ham.

Lieut.. Peary was praising tea as a
cold weather drink
In our dash for the pole" he said,
1t will be hot tea that we will rely on
rather than PEBBLES ham"
PEBBLES ham?''
Yes, PEBBLES ham, said Lieut.. Peary.
DID you never hear of PEBBLES ham?
We'll, this is the story:
There were two old Scotchwomen,
Mrs MacWhirter and Mrs. Mclean, who
met on the road one day, and Mrs.
MacWhirter says:
Losh me, woman, yer far frae hame
the day.
Aye says Mrs. Mclean I was
just yont at PEBBLES. Sanders MacNabb
@ PEBBLES keeps rale guild ham. Oor
John, ye ken, likes bit guid ham, and
is aye yammerin' aboot the ham bein'
over fat and over saut.
Dor Tom,' says Mrs. MacWhirter,
is the same way. There's nae pleasin'
O. him wi his ham. Faith, I'll hae to
gle MacNabb a trial
so Mrs. sMacWhirter journeys in to
PEBBLES, and she says to Sanders Mac
Nabb the grocer:
tGie's pund O. yer ham,
like?'
oh, just the kind that Mrs. Mclean
gets says the lady.
'MacNabb smiled family.
A RIGHT says he. 'Whaur's yer
bottle?' Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

Down at Lawrence some loafers
watching a man unload a lot of paper
were offered twenty-five cents an hour
to help Do you suppose they took the
job? Not for minute. The World
says some of them will call on the poor
commissioner for help next winter.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
THE REASON WHY.

There is fellow travelling around
over this state trying to explain in a
lecture he is delivering why he is a
bachelor. He doesn't say so, but the
probabilities are that he has been un-
ahIe to find d woman fool enough to
ruarry him Coffeyville Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

William Allen Whites denial that
there is any Town Row in Emporia
will, of course, be taken in good faith,
but at the same time it is suspected
that each side is keeping the corner
of one eye on the other fellow, and
that each has a gun where it will be
easy to get one finger on the trigger.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

THE desertion of enlisted men"
says the Washington Post, may be
explained on the theory that there are
too many Taggarts among the army
officers" Some other things may also
be explained on the theory that there
were too many army officers among
the Taegarts
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
THAT UNFAIR TREATMENT.

Perhaps, however, the addition Of
several more accountants in the state
treasurers Office may be taken to
mean that Kelly has not given Stubbs
that fair treatment the speaker of
the house called for.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

John W. Gates experience in wheat
gambling some time ago evidently did
not teach him the lesson that was ex-
pected- II is harder to break a man
of gambling, once the fever has been
acquired, than II is to break pup of
sucking eggs. Gates is said to have
lost $4,000 in one day at the Saratoga
races .recently
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
Muscular Christianity.

The Rev. Allan D. Baillie of PhiladeI-
phia, whose 10 years make him the
youngest Presbyterian minister in
America, defined the other day, the
well known phrase, Muscular Christi
anity."
After the definition, Mr.. Baillie said:
And now that 1 have given you the
correct meaning of Muscular Christian
ity,' let me tell you of an incident that
illustrates the phrases literal meaning.
II once had in my Sunday school
class a young urchin from a poor neigh
borhood He was a bright lad, doing
his best at all times. One afternoon [
said to him:
. Billy, don't you think you could in
duce one or two boys to come to Sum
day school?'
Il could bring one.' Billy answered.
De udder fe1lers in our alley kin lick
me-
"BiIly's proselyting, you see, was to
be done purely by force. Here was mus
cnlar Christianity indeed."-Los An
geles Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HoAfE NEWS wH11E AWAY.

Subscribers of the staue journal
away during the summer may hAN Q
the paper mailed regularly each day
90 any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired. While cat Of town
the State Journal will be to you like
3 daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
THE ETHAN ALLEN IDEA.

The country's debt to the capable
but sadly unorthodox Vermonter who
took Ticonderoga has been increased
in the last half dozen years. The
country is indebteded to him for Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, whom thieves love as
rats love the terrier.-Hartford
Courier.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
FIALA,S RESCuE.

but one of the Fiala polar expedition
rather reminds one of the satisfaction
of the preacher after vain attempt
to take up a collection at getting his
hat back.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
THE WHOLE SHOW.

With Alice in the Philippines, Ker-
nit in South Dakota, and Teddy"
trying to patch up the treaty, the
Roosevelt family have pretty much all
of the stage now.-Hutchinson Bee.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

1t is stated that twenty thousand
Moros took part in a parade in the
Philippines recently, so the SUPPOSE
ton that all of the Moros are good
9Eoros seems to be a mistake.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
KANSAS COMMENT
Fun FOR Jerry.

Anyhow, we are glad that jerry
Simpson lived to read all those love
Iy obituaries about him and that he
has taken new lease on life that is
expected to run for several years yet.
Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

Young men for war, old men for
counsel" is an old adage, you know.
Perhaps this is why the railroads send
old men to the United States senate.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
FAIRBANKS KNOWS 1T.

President Roosevelt says that each
one of US must depend on his own ex-
Shaw and Taft will please take notice.
Milwaukee News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
GOOD RULES TO FRAME.

1t is announced that Secretary Will
son is framing two rules for the re-
form of the agricultural department.
Why doesn't he post the Eighth and
Tenth Commandments? s?-Philadelphia
North American.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
Didn,t See the joke.

On North Main there is a little store
kept by a quaint old man who has had
considerable difficulty of late with re-
caIcitrant debtors. who have run small
bills with him.
One of these entered the store the
other day and the following conversa-
ton ensued:
Mr.. Harding, you owe me nearly
three dollars. and as my income is
small I would like to have you settle
s'Sorry. but I cannot possibly pay II
now was the reply. cat this partic-
ular juncture my expense account is
heavy"
when can you pay me?"
Really, cannot say, but you may
rest easy, for I would rather owe you
that two dollars all my life than to
beat you out of it."
The quaint old man did not catch
the humor of the remark but took his
debtors statement in all seriousness
He has since been trying to analyze the
situation. to discover if the man is real
ly honest or whether he will pay the
debt before his death.-Los Angeles Ex-
press.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

The Des Moines Register admits
that Oklahoma is as capable of gov
erning herself as is Iowa, but it doesn't
admit that Oklahoma ought to have
two places in the cabinet and do lot
of the governing of the rest of the
rof111frxy
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

An instance of where advertising fell
down was in the case of Nan Patterson
or perhaps it was the wrong kind.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

Mr.. Snow was one of the speakers
at the irrigation convention at Port
land. Do you suppose his speech was
a hot one or a frost?
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29
Roosevelt and Uncle Jake.

This story is told about President
Roosevelt and an aged darky called
Uncle Jake. The old colored man was
very religious, and was considered a
pillar of the church he attended.
The president, while out driving one
cold morning, met Uncle Jake, crippled
with rheumatism, hobbling along.
Good morning, Uncle Jake" said the
president
Good morning, sah," responded the
darky.
Then a happy thought struck Mr.
Roosevelt seUncle Jake" he said,
(which would you rather have this cold
morning, a ton of coal or a bottle of
whisky?"
We'll" said the darky, hesitatingly,
"it's this way, Mistah President, you
see. ma folks burn wood.'-Boston Her
a Id
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-29

OF course Miss Roosevelt did not
care about being Sultana No. Z, and
there is even some doubt if she would
even have consented to be No. One.