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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1906-06-21
@eaen sDaid,e sdlamsenbihe

aiebt es Elm iiheres Mittet: electric
8itters, Die aroBe Meoisin. BON Der
g. u. Bromn pou 8enuetts0iue. g.
g., iaat: Sic itellte ,neiue sSrau mad
iabrelanaem 4eioen an 0pspepfie
uno elmer hruniih iiarren 2eber pol.
totnmet mieoer Der. Electric Bit.
tiers BELT ShattelIieber, Walaria.
labmen Rnfen, Rierens uuo Blalens
Ieioen. 8ertauft burh abolpb DreiB
nno 3. RaIteper & G0bu. Breis
so Gents.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1906-06-21
300 Setpnuuna! 800.

Die Seller oiefet 3ettune peroen f6 ireien au sra
fabreu, oaB es weligFtens cine qefiir@tete Rranibeii
siebt, nelde Die 8iienidaft in ar ibren .Stufsn 3a
beilen i'm Stanbe il; 9al's 8atarrb=8ur lit Die ein=
sige Jest Der dratliden 8r6Ssri9aft befannte poitips
Rur. Ratarr6 ~erforoert ais cine @oufitutionsttart=
belt cine cOnititutionelle Sebanolung. 9aPs Ras
tarrb= 8ur ipirb innerli6 eeuonlnten ano inirit oireti
auf eos 8lut uno bic ibleimi9en Oberldhen oes
Gptsms, oabur@ Die Grunolage Der 8rantbeit 3ers
ft6reao inb bert patteaten Strait gebeno,, inbsm fl
in n i5rspH @erts 6iIft. Sic Gigesntbhmer ba6en T.
piel @srtrauen 81 ibrea 6eilfrdftetl, oaB ie Elm bun=
bert Dollars 9elobnung fir jsbeu Sal %anbieteu,
ben lie 81 turiren psrIeblt. QaBt Sud cine 2ife pom
s3elenifen tommen. Wtan axeiire..
s.. 5. @benep II. 60, GiQeutb, 5ple6o, 8.
gertauft BON allen @potbetern, 4reis Is Geuts.
Mebmt Salts Tamilien 9iIen fir 9erftopfuua.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1906-06-21
3as &aasTaere it Siaipite6.

Sn 8esug anf bic uriahe oer Su.
ben=B erIolaun9en in 8lalnltod ut
nod nidts uu}itiues aeftettt, es lbeint
ober, ais penn Die @erabte, bas
aanse Woffncre iei DDrber bon Den
Beh6roen Qeplant uUroeu uno Die
Nnueifang al Dem|elben lei aus ct.
Betersbura getDmmen, nniiun ieien.
@tnes Der Observation-Disclosures, bic
uuia Der Duma uaD Uialsitod gez
ianot uarefl. nm Die 8srhalnifie su
unteriuden. erfldrte einem 8urresf
pDnoenten Der .Gf. &reie". er uno
ietne &plfeaen bitten nihts aefuns
Den, mas jene 8eriibte beftdtiqen
t5nnte. Daaeaen hatten tie eefun,
ben. oaB Der Observation-Disclosures
Elm Sell ieiner BDltaiiten uno mebres
re Ofiaiere uno 5oloaten mdbreno
Der unruben ben Befeblen ibrer BDr.
seiebten niht aebDrhten uno fat
Die Suoen 81 ihiBen. fih an ben
Musihreitungen geger iie beteiligten.
n5ie mnren b6hftmnbrihein1ih Der
Meinung" iebte Der 6err binau,
n0aB 0as 5nitem Der Ylebne unb
Trepuu nod INNER in &raft iei. "Die
8ehauptung, oaS cine BDmbe in cine
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. btneinaes
lhleuoert pproen lei, bat iih. ME
oasielbe Barlamentsmltglieo ertlGr.
te, als rihtig berausaeiteut. man
meiB aber nod nidt, Oh Tie pirtlib
BON einetn Gnardifen gefhleuoert
muroe Doer Oh elm BDliaiit iie mari,
um Die llnruben berbeisufabren. See
cenfalls miro Die Duma auf cine
fharfe HnteriuAung uno itrenge 8es
itrafuna Dringen.
Ton jloilGer settle miro bebaup,
tet, oas Maiiacre in Bialpitod fei
rur Der Nnfang elmer Neihe dbnfiHer
Sbanotaten. melbe BON oer ruff
fben @~eaierung eggplant ieien. Wtar,
m0hte 6eSbalb aerne cine Snterpers
ton u0n Seiten unlerer Regieruna
berbeifibren. gS lit taum anaunebs
men, oaB bieie Befirbtunaen uno
8ebauptungen bearinoet limb; an Ell.
ne Snteruenti0n unierer 8eeierunq
lit aber niht su oenten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1906-06-21

oeutuna bes parlamentariideit 4a.
binetts Bed. sc miro Stb eft seIs
gen miiIien, oh oieIe @runbEage, Die
lier fir cine aelunoe uno frl.htbrins
aanbe Nrbeit fir Die 2ufunft aeleat
murben lit. aud Dauer bat, Oh lie
blob eine pDtitild]e gpiiobe Doer eia
a,eti aefdtdJtlihen Wenoepuuft be-
neutet. Seoenfalts lit nit 8uitanoe>
fomn,en beg 3abinetts ged 5uiiben
Deutit]en uno Slamen in DETER
seidl su gars "beitimmtem 8mede elm
guno aeihloifen worben. Naers
oingS tein Deraensbunb -- barGber
bari fih niemano tduidben -- nber
bielleiht cine DernunfteIe, Der rtar,
DOR benz erlteren nadrGbmt, oaB Iie
i'm Berfolg Der beioerieitiaen Snterel'
Zen Der beioeu Sntereiienten bod iins
mer mieber auiammenfihre. Nir'
aeno5, ND man Die @ntpidlune
SeiterreiG. ungarna init freunoi9aFts
(i6en @mpfinoungen uerfolgt, mir0e
rtan es betlagen, menn nit Der enes
lib erreibten MISUNDERSTANDING
0es Diterreinifhen aabinetts cine
8eit Der 8eiuuoung Der inuerspofitis
id]en 8erhdltnihe beadi1ne. unb tpeuri
Die nunmebr in Nnariff genommene
Bolitit Der @abrnebmuna Der uirt=
lihen Sntereiien gum Dberiten
GrunbiaB nidt nur, spie bisber. Der
duBern, ionoern fiinftia audi Der in'
neru Bulitit oes perbinoeten Dop'
pelftaate5 miroe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1906-06-21
Sptat Der sriodae.

Sir uniere Solbateu in Cuba unb
aaf ben 8biiippineu mar Geiunbheit
bic midtigite 5ra9e. Wiuis 3. Wtors
gan, Sergeant Der Nrmee, sc. st.
l. Concord, 81. S., iaqt: SD war 2
Sabre in Cuba uno 9 Sabre enf ben
8bIlippinen un6 nabm Or. 8ina's
Gteue @ntoednng eegen SHmino=
luht, Die MIDI nonftdnoig aeIuno ers
belt. uno lett in Stem SampIbire
1T es Die bette Meoisin geeen SuIten,
grfdltuna. 8rpnditis uno 2unaenr
leioen. Bu baben bel Woolph 0reiB
uno &. 8alteper & Sobn. $50 Gents
uno 81. Brobetlaidle frei.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1906-06-21
9as 8eoentama beS parlamemtart=
fGen 8abinettS fir Ce5terreid5.

Oeterreih tam unaarn ieinen
Dunt abitntten. oena oieies bat linn
einen Sebr wertnoaen Dienft ermielen,
Der gu aleiher Belt orInaeHe nutpSs.-
big mar: bic gintgung Der maBges
benoen 6iterreidiihen G5lter gu ges
meiniamer Mrbeit i'm Dienite oes ges
meiulamen Staates. JreiliH baben
bic unaariIhen BDlititer nur fir I'D.
rem Staat uno ihreWatiUn g~earbeitet.
uno oennDh Cat bieie Mrbett far
Oeiterreih EDlaen pDn pieQeiht ge.
fhidtliGer 8eoentuna gebabt. Die
neue 1atfaGe, Die in Oeiterreih uDr.
lieat. lit bias parlamentarilhe Rabis
nett, Der Gieg oes Gtaatsaeoaufeus
lber ben natipnaIen @eoanten.
Shon bieie einfabe Teittelung NIT
ibrem fiir annere Gtaaten oft para.
oogea Snbalt seiat bic Shmieriateit
Der pplitiimen Werhdltnilfe DETER
reihs. Set feinem Nusideioen aus
Der Meihe ber Sfaater nit rein ODER
iberuiegeno oeutfhen Sntereifen, bat
Der DOnauitoat pergebers uoh oer
Changing bes innerr @leihgeuihts
9efuht; Der geIhihtliH gegebene
umbilbunesprDseB Der habsbnrai.
fhen Wonartie bat i'm in bic fbmer.
ften inneren Wirrer aeftiirst unb ia.
oitale rationale Gtr6mungen BET ben
einaelnen 8Dlterihaften 9eseitiet, bic
ben Staatsgebanten al perneinen
orDbten. So mar bas biterreihiihe
NbgeDronetenbaus leioer cine Gtdtte
gefrDroea. an Der man aumeileu @e-
ben h6ren fDnnte. Die iib itrupelIDs
tiber Die Gren5pfdble Binpeaiebter u.
chen oesbalb anoersmn unuerbltmt
als SDhnerrat aebranomartt tuuroen
uaren. GQerbinas tam fiir biele
Heoen als Wiioerungserunb bic oft
mebr ale riaiUe Qebensauffa5iuna ans
aeflibrt tueroen, Die man in DETER.
reid bier uno oa finoen Tam, bic
pDlitiide Berinbrenbeit uno Rihs
tunaslUIi9teit. nno fhlieBlid natiD.
nale BeiiBuerfGiebunaer,, bic iiH ge.
gen alteinaemurSelte BeQriffe rihte.
ten. Stun bat Der Druid BON In.
Qarn Ger einer mabtigen MnftDB aes
geben uno einen MbmebrprDses Der.
D%0rgerufen. Der bic ietnbliGen 8ar.
teien uno BDfter Oeiterreihs su aes
meiniammer. ihaffenoer Mrbeit fir
ben gemeinfamen Staat aeeiniat bat,
mie Die oaS Sab umfpannenoen Mei.
fen bic Observation-Disclosures Daus
ben suinmmenpreiien: bas politild3e
&rdftefpisl beginnt Iih nah Dem @es
ieb oes yleibgewihts All oronen, elm
&riitaQiiationSpnnt in Dem umges
ftaltungsproseB lit enolib QemDnnen.
Webr lit aber aud niht ersielt.
Wan miro iib bitten miiiien, oieie
2atiabe 81 unterihdben tpie Ill iibers
ihdben. Sic beoeutet nod nihts
anoeres, ola ooB Die Deutlhen in
Oeiterreih nnnmebr aemillt iino unb
Die Wottuenotgteit einfehen. ben beis
ben be~oeutenbften anoeren Diterreihis
ihen W6ltern, ben Bolen uno beSDns
oers ben 9ihehen, Die Mitarbeit an
benz eisleitbaniihen Staatseansen
e~insufaumen, alfo einen mDraliiden
uno p0litiihen grfole Der beioen
ilapiihen BDlter. aIeih5eitig aber
bic Burudo6mmun9 Der rablfaien,
eaoifiib : Matchmaker 8eitrebungen
anf allen Seiten. Das lit Die Be.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1906-06-21

her iid ieineu 0beriteutite( aueleib
nit elmer RDnareBmebaiue fiir berDur.
ra9enoe Wra0our i'm Baraerfrieee ers
fdmpft bat. lit Elm QrpBer' Triumpb
fiir oieie @brenmdnner, oeren Namen
nit g%uloeneu 2ettern e~inaetrag.n su
s1er6su ueroie1el1 in ben Nnnalen oes
Staates, ben ibre sEeitiateit Dor ans
auslDidlid)er Sbmah bepnbrt lat.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1906-06-21

Dem B0raeben anoerer ansldn.
bidder Bolicenlnbaber folaeno, ia.
ben audi bic Seiterreider. melhe in
ameritnniihen Observation-Disclosures.
8eieaihaften oerfihert iino, einen
Shuboerbano aearinoet unb be.
lehloien. mt ben B0liceninbabern
Der iibriaen europailben Qanoer ae.
meiniame Sahe su MAIDEN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
TOUGH ON THE OCTOPUS.

The poor octopus is evidently up
against a hard proposition in New York
politics. Heading the Republican
ticket is Charles E. Hughes, the man
who conducted the insurance investiga-
tions. and who is in large measure re-
sponsible for the cleaning up that has
come in the great insurance corpora
tions. Heading the Democrats is w.
r. Hearst, who has been establishing a
reputation for himself as an octopus
hunter. through his newspapers. Mr..
Hearst also has the support of the in
dependent league and the municipal
ownership crowd.
The great money interests that have
been operating Illegally will probably
have a stormy time, no matter which
candidate is elected governor. Hughes
has the confidence of a large element
of the best citizens of New York and
the manner in which the insurance in
vestigations were pushed shows that he
is above sinister influences. On the
other hand, although Hearst is de-
nounced as a demagogue by many. it
is generally believed that he has his
eye on the White House. and he IS
smart enough to know that the way to
the White House lies through the con-
fdence of the people of the United
States, and that can be obtained only
by guarding the peoples interests.
So what is the poor octopus to do?
Hughes cannot be bought and money
has no attractions for Hearst-he has
enough of his own. The big interests
the system-are apparently without a
candidate.
It will be an interesting contest.
While Mr.. Hearst has the support Of
the Independent league, he viii be
fought by Jerome within his own party.
It appears that the contestants are
about evenly matched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHs-
TFrom the chicago News.l

Men have no use for women who
wear greasy ribbon in their hair.
Gas trusts would be unable to de-
clare dividends If people didn't have
money to burn
The bright young man who attempts
to kiss a miss in the dark seldom
misses the mark
when a woman marries man for
the purpose Of getting even the odds
are against her.
To dream that you have nothing but
money is a sign that your alarm clock
will soon get noisy.
A woman can guess thing wrong
IN about half the time it takes man
to reason It out right.
A mother always hands her daugh-
ter a lot Of advice which she ought to
have followed herself, but didn't
Some men can make dollar go a
long way, but woman can seldom
make one go farther than the nearest
dry goods enpcrtums
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27


though she didn't know Of my infen-
Tners was moments silence, dur
ing winch the girl kept her race ave-. 80
ed, the porter shunled uneaSlly, -
Wentworth looked defiantly At me
conductor. who shrugged mis- should
Well remarked that official At
length, I'm no lawyer or detect1s<
either, and / don't know whether tnat
wires straight or moi; put oola IL - -,
to make things unpleaaant for lady
can't interfere with the prN9er aatn-
critics, IL they come on at New haven
but don't know AZ its my bustn esS -
give EN- any help. perhaps you cssll
NIX some plan between you. Ands mo
tioning to the porter 10 preeede nims
he passed on through the car.
Inc girl turned quickly to Went
worth.
what did you mean she asked.
by talking ABOUT my testifying II q
case? Who do you think am
Il don't think anything about It,
said Wentworth Il know you're An
nette Blain, and you're leaving New
York 50 you won't be Obliged g ap-
pear at Inc Brent trial. And he
glanced significantly at her luggage on
which the letters "A. b" appeared
conspicuously in several places
oh, no. I'm not. I'm Antoinette
Blair. and I never heard of the Brent
1@AA-4<@S
home to escape marrying a man de-
test, and my guardian has found It out
and sent that horrtd wire They Il
keep me at New Haven until he gets
there know they will
Wentworth gave a low whistle
How old are you" he asked,
abruptly
Nineteen
Wentworth considered for = mo-
See here" he said. win you trust
yourself to me 2''
Miss Blair smiled a little tremulous-
1T seems about the only thing for
me to do she said.
Then listen. There's a flag station
this side of New Haven. III fix the
| porter TO stop the train there, ana
we'll slip on, and take the next train
back to some station where we can
hire 81 trap to drive over and connect
| with the Central. I have an aunt liv-
I ing in Albany who'll be delighted to
| keep you for few days until you can
arrange your plans
How good you arei" murmured the
girl, fervently. How can I ever repay
wentworth flashed an eloquent
glance at her, whereat she blushed
deeply, and busted herself with her
The city editor of the Evening star
received two kilograms from Went
worth before he returned from his va
cation.
The first was dated ''Portchester, -
and read: mo trace of woman on ex-
press
The second came from Albany a
week later, and Collins groaned as he
read: Was married today in this city.
Going Niagara. Back twenty-fourth.
Wentworth
Another good man spoiled" sighed
Collins.
Copyright 1906 by Homer sprague.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

A New York actor met Bernard
Shaw in London during the summer.
Mr.. Shaw told this actor how
magazine had recently begged him for
an article, and how. when he replied
that he had not time to do the article,
the editor wrote back:
Just grant us permission to use
your name, and we'll fake up the
article here in our Office
Mr.. Shaw said 1t was this same
editor who. several years ago. accept
ed a serial, THE Redskins from one
Of his friends.
The young man asked forty pounds
for the serial, but the editor said:
THAT much2 Nonsense. This Red
skins is a very commonplace produc-
ton. The characters are weak, the
plot is worn threadbare, and nina
tenths OF the conversation is the
mercst drivel. You are lucky to get
such a story printed at all. I'll give
you ten pounds for it,
Being in financial straits. the author
accepted the ten pounds, and a week
later he was astonished to see plaza I'd
ed all over town this announcement:
1.-The Trash Magazine has secured
for publication Mr.. Blanks ten-thou-
sand-pound serial, The Redskins and
will begin its publication in next
months issue. The Redskins is de-
clared by competent critics to be the
greatest and most absorbing story of
the century, with the most powerful
portrayal of character and most arnaz-
ing depth of plot that has been given
the public since the great author of
'Copperheld' laid down his pen."-Ex-
change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
wATTER OF METHOD.

The simple truth is that the salary
of a United States senator is not SUI
fcient to defray the expenses of his
official station. Some senators try to
make up the deficiency in one way and
some in another Mr.. Bailey has been
practicing his profession. Mr.. LaF'ol-
lette has been delivering lectures for
pay.-Kansas City Journal.
While we regret to refer to 1t, the
esteemed Kansas City Journal might
also have pointed to an instance nearer
home in proof of its contention.
But If a United states senator must
earn money aside from his regular sal
airy, isn't LaFolIette's way preferable
to either that Of Mr.. Bailey or Mr..
Burton.
If man must make living by pick
ing up something on the side, isn't it
better to do it at something that will
not have the appearance of impro-
priety. rather than accepting question
able fees?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES


Less than six weeks now till the can
di1ates find out that this years crop
Of liars is as big as ever
Would it be proper to suggest that
the Republican party in New York this
year Hughes to the line.
Motor boats are now making thirty
miles an hour, thereby endangering
other craft that get IN their way, and
the authorities are thinking Of putting
a speed limit on them Think OF the
time when we shall have to hold motor
boats down to fifteen miles an hour on
the classic Shunganunga!
y
When honest men fall out, thieves
stick together and run things.
If these opponents of the Ben Davis
apple have any proof that it is only an
imitation, why don't they report it to
the governments pure food depart
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
mOH OTHER PENS
rHE sPECIAL TRAIN.

Special trains are to be run OUT q
Washington to boom in the nelgnOo OF
ta@esfs of the national capital. Special
illinois Central trains are to go out
bearing among southern farmers lee
f,lrers on the gospel of diversified
crops For a long time the west has
known the special trains bearing seeo-
80, s,,d exnert demonstrators of the
barvest. Special trains have doomed
towns and county fairs innumerable,
have swung presidents around the cir
Gle and have carried lesser politicians
swiftly through feverish campaigns
The field of the special train cordlally
,,or,riad missions of the countrys rail-
roads.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
QUAKEIs REFLE0TIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
The average new leaf Is so dog
cared that it won't stay turned.
The older a man grows the more he
realizes how great he might have been.
Necessity, which knows no law.
should keep out Of the clutches of the
lawyers.
Some women are so homely that au-
tomobile toys are actually becoming to
them.
Probably the reason women succeed
in art is because it Is natural for them
to draw conclusions.
Tommy's Mother=''Look at Willie
Green He always tells the truth"
Tommy es, and look at the scrapes
he's always In
A hundred years hence the world
will hear conversations like this: did
he make his money or inherit it?'
"Oh, he made il. I knew him when
he didn't have a million dollars to his
name"
First Summer Congratulate
me am engaged" Second Sumne r
Girl-"But congratulated you day be-
fore yesterday" First Summer Girl
"Of course, but that was the fellow be-
fore this"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
~ IA AND

Ny pa, he didn't go down town
Last evening after tea.
But got a book and settled down
As comfy as could be;
III tell you I was offu glad
To have my pa about,
To answer all the things I had
Been tryin to find out
And SO I asked him why the world
Is round, instead Of square,
And why the piggies' tails are curleds
And why don fish breathe air2
And why the moon don't hit a star,
And why the dark is black
And jest how many birds there are,
And VIII the wind come baek2
And why does water stay in wells,
And why do June bugs hum,
And what's the roar I hear in shells,
And when VIII Christmas Gomez
And why the grass is always green,
Instead of sometimes blue2
And why a bean will grow 3 bean.
And not an apple, too?
And why a horse can't learn to moo,
And why a COW can't neigh?
And do the fairies live on dew,
And what makes hair grow grayz
And then my pa got up an, gee.
The ofTul words he said
I hadn't done a thing, but he
Jest sent me off to bed.
Council Bluffs NOnparei
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
SOME #TwO-CENT FIGURES.

An interesting contribution to the
two-cent-a-mile literature that Is get
ting into the columns of the press was
contained in a recent issue Of the New
York Evening Mail. 1t is as follows:
There is promise of tangible results
in the growing movement TO have the
governors of several states recommend
to their legislatures the enactment OF
law reducing passenger charges on the
steam railroads to cents q mile.
Many transportation students believe
that it would be to the railroads inter
est to work up a cheaper service. 1t
NAV prove that under gubernatorial
pro6ding the railroads will inaugurate
It in advance of actual legislation.
They would lose outright much less
than the reduction from to 2 cents
mile would imply on its face AS a
matter of fact, the average passenger
rate in this country is almost exactly
2 cents now-2. COS in 1900. reduc-
ton to cents would seem to cut gross
railroad earnings from all sources less
than a million dollars in total of
more than a billion and a half. But,
of course, the present passenger rate
only slightly in excess Of cents Is
reached by counting in the excursion,
"resort" and Communication" business;
the average man in the United States
pays 3 cents mile for single trip.
Passenger fares constitute One-hftl
of the gross income of the railroads; a
cut then, from 3 to ? cents would cut
the gross income of the railroads one
third of one-ffth, or one-hfteenth.
One-ffteenth of their 1900 gross in
come-$1, 500, 600, OO0-would be 500.
600, 900. But a large part of this traffic
would not be affected at ALL because it
is already carried under 2 cents. It is
probable that $50,000,000, in an annual
total of railroad earnings now nearer
two billion than one billion. would
represent the immediate loss to the
railroads if all the states should decree
the 2-cent fare.
Would there be any loss at all ulti-
mately? Would there not be some
gain These are questions on which
students of transportation differ; but
perhaps the concurrence Of belief is
that there would be some gain The
American railroad theory has put en-
phasis on speed, safety and comfort
rather than cheapness. European rail
roads have found their profit in devel-
oping a less commodious service at {
1 cheaper rate. AS a result of the Amer
/ lean practice, the average train carrie.
j but fOrty-tWo passengers, and the
average American makes but rs trip
! per year. where the Briton makes
! twenty trips. the Belgian seven
teen, the German twelve and tn
/ Frenchman ten. Between 1890 AM
4 1900 the average freight train load in
creased from 175 to 2T5 tons. while tn
/ average passenger load remained tn
same-forty-on persons. The railroad
! could carry practically double thei
4 present number of passengers, with n
increase in expenses.
Would not lower fares, then, even
decreed by the law, so enhance thei
business as actually to pay them?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
Comnarisons Are Odions-

A prominent attorney pracucing be-
fore the supreme court was not long
ago, during a recess of that august
body, regaling some of his colleagues
with tales of humorous happenings in
court, and among these was the fol-
lowing:
There is a judge out in Missouri
who is fond, in an unobtrusive fashion.
of relieving the monotony of the tedi-
Gus proceedings by his quiet, but tell
inF observations.
ION one occasion, in the court over
which this judge presides a certain
advocate, well known for his very
flowery platitudes was pleading before
his honor AS 1 stand at this bar to-
day detained this lawyer, in behalf
of prisoner whose health is such that
he may at any moment be called before
a greater judge than of this court,
am Reminded
"At this juncture his honor raped
sharply on his desk, counsel stopped
suddenly and looked up with an ex-
preston of interrOgative protest on his
face.
The counsel for the defense OBJ
served the judge with great dignity,
will kindly confine himself to the case
before the jury and not permit himself
the luxury of invidious comparison -
american Spectator.