The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-10-12
THANKFUL.

Binghamton Press: While Presl-
dent Mccall was dramatically thank.
ing God the other day for the fact
that he had other peoples money to
give away, some of his friends were
quietly thanking their stars, or some
thing else, that they had 1t to keep.
IOWA.
New York Tribune Iowa Is fat
country, land where the people live
we'll and are perfectly satisfied that a
few prosperous inhabitants are better
than many paupers. 1t is state of
farms, without a large city and with.
out any such extremes of wealth and
poverty as we see in the East. Its
manufacturing industries are few.
Therefore, there is no attraction to
large bodies Of immigrants and no In.
centive to rapid home growth of pop.
ulation, such as caused the sudden
and enormous expansion of the Eng.
lish people, after generations of lit
tie change in numbers, with the
growth of the factory system and the
development of railroads and ocean
carriers, making possible the exist.
ence and employment of more people
than England could ever before sup.
port. The population Of Iowa is
measured largely by the number of
people needed for her farms, and
prosperity has tended to decrease
rather than increase these.
EXTRAvAGANCE IN FUNERALS.
Boston Herald: Everyone realizes
that in far too many cases the funer.
al expenses incurred, especially by
the poor, are a terrible burden.
While one must respect the feeling
which prompt the expending of a
large amount to do honor to the mem.
ory OF one who has gone, the burden
thus incurred is often larger than car
be borne by the family. Undoubted'
y there are cases where every cent
that the head of the house has left
for the support of widow and child
rcn has been used up In funeral ex
penses, lavishness being thus showr
that is entirely unjustifable. Admit
tedly such questions have to be han
died with great delicacy, but the
church can do much to limit to more
reasonable amounts what is thus ex
pended.
PUBLICITY A FOE OF THE LOBBY.
st. Louis Republic: Lobbyism is q
problem near the root of corporate
corruption, but one as difficult of at
tack and determination as the mole
The problem is not approachable Il
legislation, butts rather one for leg
islators individuality The ideal OF
the public servant excludes associa
tion with the subtle working agent oi
corporate interests who seeks to in
fiIence legislation behind the public's
back, so to speak, and it is to the firm
establishment of that ideal and stand.
ard which exacts the highest integ.
rity of the public servant that the
people must look for protection
against this form of corporate iniq1i.
ty. Publicity is death to lObbyism OF
this character, precisely as the sun
light will kill the mole.
YELLOW LIFE INSURANCE.
New York Post The news will &C
echoing over the county. The far.
mers in Nebraska, rSe fruit growers
of California, the lsmberman, the
rancher, the storekeeper-the plain
man everywhere-wilDyead of the dis
graceful transactions and will say
There, what We told ysa all the time
you will now see to be tyue. There II
a malignant money power. Between
the men in charge Of these vast &C
cumulations Of treasaye-the rail-
roads, the banks, the LIE insurance
companies-there u perfect under
standing. They play into each otAer'i
hands. They combine to cheat the
humble consumer and proAacer oot a
his rights and a. 10 now plain, they
give trust funds to one political party
when they fear that the people nay
make use of the other to tAwart sema
of their schemes" This kwhat nil
lions of indignant Americans will b
saying for weeks to come. They d
not need yellow journalism to inham'
them. The facts are inAnmator,
enough by themselves. Yellow jour
nalism Is bad, but yellow Afe insur
ance is worse.
THE SWEEP OF REFORM.
Indianapolis News 1t is INSTRUCTIVE
to note that the moral awakening
which is the dominant phase for tn
life of the American people at thi
time has taken place during perio
of abounding prosperity. Usually
10 not 90. Such a period is histor
cally time of riot of all kinds; whe
the pinch comes physically, moral r.
lection commonly sets In. 1t has nc
: been 80 with US and from 1t We ma
argue hopefully that 1t Is to be .
flash In the pan. There are two MOI
features of 1t that point in the saH
direction; II 10 confined to no Or
kind of dereliction and to no Of
, place. There is a promise in all tn
|, that not merely the specific wrol
!. that NAV he uncOvered will be m