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of that time that section has peen 90,
congested with laboring men that it has
been always difficult, and often impos-
sible, to secure employment. Many a
Iaboring man has wasted there all the
money he had saved in vainly seeking
employment, and finally started back
home penniless. All this time there has
been in Minnesota an unsupplied demand
for farm help at remunerative wages.
Sin every movement to new coun-
try the lab9ring men are the first to go.
The next to leave are men who rent
farms; the last those who ave to sci
their belongings before they can take
their departure. Not only farmers and
farm laborers, but men from every
walk in life and every calling have been
induced to take up their residence in
coast states. 1t is not only that we
have lost large numbers Of our citizens,
ions of dollars worth of taxable prore
ty has been take from Minnesota to
the Pacific slope The same thing is
rue o. almost every in the union,
and Of many European countries whose
people have gone to swell the popula
ton beoynd the Rockies.
ADVERTISING HAS PAID.
"Who shall say that there has not
been an ample return for all the adver-
Using Of that country, for every effort
put forth and every dollar expended in
exploiting it's resources. Not only have
the terminal and coast cities been bene-
flied, but every inland city and village,
well as every piece of real estate,
whether town lot or farm land, thruout
the entire region, has likewise received
beneficial results. It may very well be
asked now W neither the time has not ar
rived when Minnesota should awaken
to the Importance of the benefits to be
derived by increasing our population.
While these benefits may be felt in a
in others there is not a section of the
state in which the advantage of increas-
ed immigration will not repay many
old the am 5dnt expen ped in advertising.
INDIVIDUAL COST Low.
eve have in this state more than
5000, coo, 900 of assessed valuation. If
the state. of Minnesota where to expend
annually $4,000 in advertising our
states resources, the tax on farm CT
stock of merchandise assessed at
| 81, 900 would be less than cents-less
than two postage stamps. AS proper
ty in this state if assessed for only about
one-third of its value, the increased tax
for advertising on 81, 600 worth OF prop
erty, instead of being 3 cents would be
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-11
Benzoinated Face Tonic.

It is quite easy to make. Take a big
bowl of warm water and put a very
few drops of benzoin in it. Batne the
face. You can add a little powdered
torax if your face is rough.
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Euthanasia.

A very remarkable thing happened
in an English almshouse last Christ
mas. One of the inmates died OF
{ yereating, something that had never
happened before in England. Said a
nurse, in testifying to the death:
.eThe old man had second helping
OF plum pudding and died happy. -
Indianapolis News.
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embroidered Grass Linen.
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Thornapple Grange.

Thornapple Grange, Aug. 9. 1906
bore that went to Miss
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
DO NOT CARE TO WIN SUITS.
Railroads Admit Paying Commissions
to Pabst Car Line.

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-The Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific, the Chicago &
Alton and other railroads recently in-
dicted at Milwaukee for paying re-
bates in the guise of commissions to the
Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit COM
pany which controls the traffic of the
Pabst Brewing company, are secretly
pleased because their demurrer to the
Indictment has been overruled and
that the case viii be decided against
them.
All the railroads formally denied
yesterday, through their attorneys.
that they knew the principal stock
holders of the Pabst Brewing com
pany also held most Of the stock of
the private car line. Most strenuous
ly did the railroads declare that they
did not regard the commissions as Sc
cret rebates to the brewers. but they
admitted that if they refused to pay
frigerator Transit company it was inns
business of the Babst Brewing COM
pany, so they paid the private car line
a percentage of the rate on all freight
of the brewery.
The truth is that the railroads want
to lose every case brought against them
for their relations with private car
lines. as the commissions they are
forced to pay reduce their freight rates
just to that extent All the big roads
and many of the smaller lines are ad-
ding to their equipment as rapidly as
possible refrigerator and other cars de-
signed for special traffic, with view
to ultimately refusing to haul any pri-
vate freight cars
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
RAILROAD NEWS.
United States Leads the World
in Growth of Railways.
OF the $4,000 Miles on Globe
This Country Has 2Il,O74.
ENORMOUS TRAFFIC.
Thirteen Million Tons of Freight
Hauled Last Year.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.
ENORMOUS TRAFFIC.

Washington. Jan. 1s.-The United
States leads the world both fin the pres
ent mileage and the recent growth of
Its railways. This Is sfcwn In a report
on the transportation routes and sys-
tens of the world" issued by the
bureau of statistics Of the department
of commerce and labor. 1t points out
that OF the total railway mileage Of the
world, aggregating in 1904, $4,000 miles,
there were 21IO74 miles in the United
States 35.328 miles in European Rus
sia, 80, 967 miles in Germany: 2S, 102 in
France, 26,950 IN India. 24120 In Aus
tria-Hungary. 22.634 in the United King
dom, 1851 In Canada. 1850 in Africa,
14,113 in Australia 1859 IN Argentina
1886 I'm Mexico, 1851 in italy. 1858 In
Brazil, 1887 in Sweden. 1922 i'm Siberia,
Manchuria, and the ether former Asi-
attic possessions Of Russia 4,495 in
Japan and 1.176 in China. The growth
OF the railways in the United States
mas been very rapid. Beginning iu 1885,
with one thousand miles. the number
steadily grew. and in the decade 1855
1873 it doubled and then rapidly came
up to the present number which repre-
sents an outlay Of eleven and twO-thirds
billions Of dollars out of an aggrega te
cost of 81 billions for the entire world
In6 total tonnage OF vessels Hyln& the
American flag increased from 52120 col
tons in 1855 to 6,456,54 tons In 1905. This
increase is due to the increase in the
tonnage Of vessels engaged in the coast
wise trade. The tonnage of the vessels
engaged IN the foreign trade fell from
2,348 358 in 1855 to 943,750 tons in 1905.
Freight rates on bou. land and sea
have decreased. The rate per bushel
Of wheat from New York to Liverpool
was about 10 cents in 1873 and about
one cent in 1908. The amount of pas
eengers and freight transported has in
creased considerably. During the last
year the railways transported 719. 654, 951
passengers and 13 million tons of
freight. In 1885 the number of passen-
gers carried was 351, ,42568S and freight
437 million tons.
The influence and the Improvement Of
means Of transportation on land and
sea has on the trade Of the world is dis
cussed.
Under the newly created transporta-
ffou systems of the last century, which
have developed the interior of continents
and made merchantable many commodi-
ties which formerly would not bear the
cost of transportation" the report says,
''the international commerce of the
world is today about Is times as much
as at the beginning of the last century,
while the worlds population is but two
and one-half times as much as at that
time. the commerce of the worlds pop
ulation, as a whole having thus grown
from less than $3.50 per capita in 1900 to
nearly S14 per capita at the present
time
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18

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II the druggist tries to sell Won
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Insist on having what YOU call for
The cure begins at once and con
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You can go right ahead with your
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1t is well worth trying.
Just send your name and address to
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Thousands have been cured in this
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An druggists so cents. Write to-
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The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18

important step in that direction. The
policy, as applied to traffic, IS expected
to bring about better results.
Mr.. Biddle resigned LAST February
from the position Of freight traffic man
ager of the Santa F'e to accept the office
of vice president in charge of traffic of
the Rock island. He was born at Be
lott Wis. on November u, 1856, and
entered the railroad service In 1878, as
freight brakeman In 1882 he was sta
ton agent. from 1882 to 1886, chief clerk
In the general freight office of the At
Iantic & Pacific; from 1856 to 1887, assist
ant general freight agent Of the same
road; from 1887 to 1888, division freight
and passenger agent of the same road
from 1888 TO 1890, assistant general
freight agent of the Santa Fe; from 1890
to 1894, assistant freight traffic manager
of the Santa Fe, and from 1894 to March
I. 1905, freight traffic manager Of the
Santa re
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
eept the weather. .whieh continue merci-

While sitting in the saloon of the
t3Tean" today, a greasy Chinese waiter
appeared with a basket. Removing a
cushion from one of the seats, he un-
covered a locker, opened it with a key
and removed therefrom a lot of bottled
goods The Team is only two years
old. but the designer of the ship must
have been a crazy man I cannot imag-
inc a more inconvenient arrangement
There is no smoking room. no ladies'
cabin, and the doctor is q Filipino. From
the upper deck. a stairway leads to the
dining room below. At the head of this
stairway is a little room, possibly twen-
ty-five feet square. which is known as
the Saloon" Here the men smoke, if
they are we'll enough, and the women
lounge about in spite of the fumes. The
women who don't like tobacco smoke
are compelled to go down to the dining
room, and look out of the windows at
the cattle A trip on the "Tean" is
roughing it all right. I'd rather be
section hand on an American railway
than make a trip to Manila on the
"Tean" E W. II.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
Wednesday. December 6.

w 6tlDeS0dN. december o.
I ind that a. big ship has one set of
disagreeable motions, and a small ship
another set. I became rather accustom-
ed to the motions of the Siberia, but
have been compelled to learn the dis
agreeable ways of the ''Tean," which are
as different as day is from night. The
roll and pitch come oftener, and in an
entirely different way. The Siberia
was a splendid ship, and Immediately
Clean; 1t was splendidly officered, but
the Officers of the Team" look cheap
and careless. Both the forward decks.
which are loaded with Chinese cattle, are
Uttered with straw. and a match would
do a great deal of harm; have been
unable to sleep from thinking of the
trouble a careless Chinaman might
cause with a match; the China sea. be-
tween Hong Kong and Manila is as lone
some as the Pacific between Honolulu
and Yokohama.
Although the sea is very calm, all the
passengers are miserable; one man who
was never sick bef8re, admits that the
'.Tean" is too much for him, with it's
miniature rolling and pitching The
captain of the "Tean" says that every
time he starts from Hong Kong OF Hon
oIulu he is seasick for awhile. So you
can ina gine what the rest Of us get for
our money. And as nine-tenths Of the
passengers left the magnificent Siberia
at Hong Kong. you can imagine their
Indignation because of their accommo-
dations on the .Tean." The Siberia, =
being long and wide. would run through
the sea we have had today almost with
out motion. but the Team is pitching
and rolling almost as much as the Isl
IBERIA" did during our worst storms. I
doubt If could live through bad storm
on the Team and this Is the home of
the typhoon.
heard a new seasick story today. A
disgusted passenger said he had notion
to shoot himself Why not jump over
board % the captain suggested. Il am
afraid somebody might rescue me-" the
passenger replied.
The China sea has q bad reputation
for storms. but a passenger who has
crossed it six times. says the weather
was pleasant on each occasion.
The cattle on the two forward decks
have humps, ike bunaloes. and are
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
SOME STRIKES THREATEN ED.
Engineers and F7iremen on Eastern
Roads Not Satisfied.


Roads Not Satisfied.
New York. Jan. 1S.-The engineers and
hremen on the Pennsylvania and Balti-
more & Ohio systems, it is reported are
dissatisfied with their pay. 1t is said
they are preparing to ask for an in
crease.
In spite of the belief that the firemen
Of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad are taking a vote on the
question Of a strike, the officials here
still think a strike a remote possibility
President William E. Truesdale said
last night that it was not true that he
had refe- red First Vice Grand Master
Wilson and the grievance committee Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
back to General Manager Clarke, from
whom they appealed last week
Il simply irdorsed the start taken by
Mr.. Clarke p he said. THE fremen have
not been granted all they wanted, but
concession after concession has been
made, and they are better paid and are
working under better conditions than
the f1remen on most Of the other roads.
I told their committee believed with
Mr.. Clarke that they could not get any
more concessions I do not believe the
firemen will take so foolish a step as to
vote for a strike
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
FEAR MILEAGE RATE BASIS.
New Engianders See Danger in Rate
Legislation.

New EngIanders See Danger in Rate
Legislation.
Boston. Jan. 18=Freight differen-
tials and railway rate legislation are
the leading subjects discussed in the
annual report of the directors Of the
Boston chamber of commerce, the
matter of dinerenuais being regarded
as the prime issue in New England's s
The directors point out that al
though the commission on flour made
bv the interstate commerce commits
sion two years ago was somewhat in
the nature of a victory the general
conditions are unchanged, and they
declare that while Boston may at pres
ent enjoy a fair share of the general
export prosperity it is not due to any
alienation of conditions under which
that port has suffered. but solely TO the
unprecedented era of prosperity which
taxes the export facilities of all ports.
The directors predict that when ex-
ports are light again the differential
can not fail to reassert itself
'TThe continued agitation of this i'm
portant subject, both by the admins
tration and by congress" say the di-
rectors. 'is a matter the importance
Of which to New England interests
can not be overestimated. Your di-
rectors are keenly alive to the danger
ness in this if by putting the rate max
ing power into the hands of the inter
state commerce commission or some
other government tribunal 1t should
result in fixing rates mainly on a mile
age basis, as ultimately, s8nder such
circumstances. might come to be the
basis for transportation Of freight"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
RETAEaATE oN RAILWAYS.
Efforts Being Made to Reduce Fares
IN Middle West.

IN bAAQOle west.
Since the anti-pass rules have gone
into effect on many of the railroads in
the country a good deal of legislation
aimed al the income of the railroads has
developed on the part of executives and
legislatures in various states.
Governor Hanly of Indiana has notid-
ed the various roads that he will insist
upon a fixed mileage book under which
$50 shall be charged for 1000 miles, or
at the rate Of cents per mile. and that
said mileage book shall be Interchange
able upon any and all trains within the
state.
In the Ohio legislature as heen
introduced to compel the roads in thsS
state to fix the maximum passenger
rates at ? cents per mile and to make
the mileage book rates at SIS per 1000
miles, or III cents per mile.
In Michigan the existing sliding scale
of rates is now proposed to be changed
to fixed rate of 2 cents a mile, with a
decrease upon mileage books. Other
states are preparing to make similar
laws, which are declared by railroad Of
f1cials as purely retaliatory because the
officials and politicians are cut off from
securing passes for themselves and their
constituents.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
MINNESOTA CUTS RATES.
Orders Reduction of About 2s Per
Cent on Merchandise Traiff.

st. Paul Mimi. Jan. 18-The railroad
and warehouse commission of this state
has presented a maximum merchandise
tariff to officials of Minnesota roads and
asked them to show cause why it should
not be adopted a S a basis hereafter The
proposed tariff is a sweeping reduction.
There is no uniform basis now for
merchandise rates. The rates are gov
erned by competitive conditions. The
commission took an average Of the pres
ent distributing rates on frst-class
freight, made for given distances by sew
en- roads-the Northern Pacific, Great
Northern, 500, Great Western. Mflwau-
kee, Omaha, and Minneapolis & st.
Louis.
The proposed tariff makes. a reductions
from the average of S.33 cents. or % per
cent on a so mile haul; 1856 cents, or 20
per cent on hundred mile haul; sos
3.78 cents, or per cent on 200 miles;
S.1s cents, or 13 per cent on $50 miles,
and 6.9s cents, or 10 per cent on 800.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18

Thousands of acres of land, of which
large tracts have been reclaimed. by ir-
rigation, are now open for settlement in
oregon, washington and Idaho. Why
not visit this vast territory and thus
realize for yourself its great possibilities
more fully
The fast trains are via Union Pacific.
Through trains daily with aceommoda-
tions for all classes of passengers. Be
sure your ticket reads over this line. IN
quire of F. A. Lewis. city ticket agent
or J. c. Fulton. depot agent.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
ANOTHER PLACE FOR BIDDLE.
Rock Island and Frisco Traffic Depart
ment Under One Man.

A J. Davidson, president of the St
Louis & San Francisco railroad, has an
nounced the appointment of ". B. Bid
ole as third vice president, IN charge
cago & Eastern Illinois. As Mr.. Bfddle
holds the same position with the Chi
cago. Rock Island & Pacific, the ap-
pointment accomplishes a consolidation
OF the Frisco and Rock Island traffic
departments under one executive chief
Mr.. Biddle succeeds A. s. Dodge, who,
Mr.. Davidson says. becomes assistant
70 the new third vice president. The
changes viii 90 into effect on February
/ Mr.. Biddle viii have offices in St
Louis and Chicago
The Rock Island and Frisco manage
ment is endeaVoring to bring about the
closest relations. in a practical way,
among all branches OF the two systems.
ana the eentralizing Of the traffie busi-
ness under one head Is intended as an
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
ACTIVE WORK ON G. H. n. W.
Grading Is Being Pushed in RusI
County

County.
Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 1S.@Twenty-
eight teams are at work on the line Of
the Gulf, Hutchinson & Northwestern
railroad up in Rush county. There is
demand for more scrapers and the force
will be increased shortly The officers
of the company here say that the OBJ
lection to the road in La Crosse has
died out since the D. f. & G. was pur-
chased by the Santa Fe and the former
road has right of way through La
Crosse at this time. II Is the intention
OF the company to build to Rush Center
a once from La Crosse and something
VIII be doing along the entire line soon.
1t is announced at the headquarters
here that the survey and actual con-
struction through the western Dart of
Reno county viii be started as soon as
the townships in the west end Of the
county comply with the requirements of
the company. The company. so 1t is
understood, ask for bonds and for a
right of way through the townships and
the people there are much in favor of
the plan to build AS soon as 1t is de-
termined through what portion of the
townships the road Is to run and the
right of way and the bonds are prom
ised, work will start and be prosecuted.
There seems to be a good chance for
this road to be built now One of the
directors said last night that cars would
be running on the line where the grade
is being built after a short time.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
Afnr Live 100 Yenrs.

The chances for living a full century
Duncan of Eaynesville, Me, now 70 years
old She writes: Electric Bitters cured
me Of Chronic Dyspepsia of 20 years
standing. and made me feel well and
strong as a young girl" Electric Bitters
cure stomach and liver diseases, blood
weakness Sold on a guarantee by the
Arnold Drug Co. S1 \. Kansas avenue
Price only soc.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
Congestion of Road Is Over.

Missouri Pacific officials state that
the road is now free from car conges-
ton and that all traffic is moving ex-
peditiously over the various parts of
the system. The movement Of corn has
decreased considerably, which has en-
abled the operating department of the
road to catch up with it5 work and get
rid Of an accumulations of traffic.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
TANK CARS USED FOR MILK.
such a Practice Has Grown Up in
Denmark.

Denmark.
The last fluid to make use of tank
cars is milk says the Railroad Gazette.
The practice grew up in Denmark, and
for some months milk has been shipped
long distances, and recently all the way
to Berlin in such cars. The tanks. how
ever are not the boiler pate cylinders
with which we are familiar, but consist
of enormous wooden casks, each of
21O cubic feet capacity. two of which
are fastened TO the floor of a covered
freight car. For some time the German
railroads charged freight only for the
weight of the milk so shipped; but re-
Gently it has occurred to some one
(probably to some milk producer who
ships in cans) that while he was paying
freight on his cans, the Danes were not
paying any on their packages. which,
though boited fast to the car. neverthe-
less added to the weight to be carried
An end has been put to such discrim-
nation.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
"Good Roads Train on Alton.

Announcement is made by the Chi
cago & Alton riairoad that II VIII run run
Alton system in Illinois beginning Feb
ruary 12, and continuing for two weeks.
The purpose is to show the farmers at
the various stations how to improve
roads with the use of a simple device,
which representative of the road will
explain how to make.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
WABASH MEETS c. & A. CUT.
Reduction of 81 Cents on Packing
House Export Products.

Omaha, Jan. s.-Announcement has
been made by the Wabash railroad of a
reduction of S1h cents in the rate on
packing house export products from
Omaha to the Mississippi river, to meet
the cut recently made by the Chicago s.
Alton from Kansas City. The rate since
January 1 has been. from both points,
1877 cents to the river and So cents from
there to the coast. The rate from kan
sas City to the gulf is 80 cents and 33
cents from Omaha. Gulf competition is
the cause of the action of the Alton.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
ILLINOIS CENTRAL SUED.

Santa I7e and Five Other Roads Want
S84. coo on Cars Held.
suit has been brought In the United
states district court in Illinois by six
railroads including the Atchisou, To
peka e Santa Fe against the Illinois
Northern Railway company for S84 -
00O. The suit is based on claims that
the Illinois Northern has held cars Cf
the complaining companies longer
than forty-eight hours after they have
been unlOaded, which is contrary to
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18

Tonight. when I went to my room, I
saw twelve of the passengers asleep on
deck The Chinese walters had brought
the bedding from the rooms. and the
passengers remained there all night. The
weather Is very warm. I am wearing the
clothing wear at hoDAe in August