The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
COBURN ON THE HOG.
Noted kansan Addresses Kansas City
Knife and Fork Club.

Kansas City, Oct 12-Plumed THE
Grand Old Man of Kansas" introduce
ed as the individual who had the back
bone to refuse a United States sena-
tors toga, caught up in an apprecla-
ton that was a tribute to the man
and his state, f D. COburn, secretary
of agriculture of the commonwealth
beyond the line won to the soil and
its products every member of the Knife
and Fork club at the Coates House,
last night, with a brilliant, character
istic, humOr-eff ervescing epic, The
1og-F'rom a Friendly View Point
With master hand he painted the
tusked rooter and his acme. the "fel~
low who is too fat to walk His speech
was punetured with applause more than
an automobile tire is with holes after
running over the blades of a moving
ma chine. Full of that unique origina1-
tyss that swinging, MEepressiblez Kansas
exceptional ovation. THE Modern Sid
ney Smith" was the tribute paid by a
following speaker with the addition that
there is no present need for worrying
about the decadence of literature.
c. ". Trickett, assistant attorney
general OF Kansas for Wyandotte coun-
ty, was the first speaker on the pro-
gramme He took for his subject Lib
erty Under the Law He declared for
obedience to all the statutes as final
solution of all present vexed questions.
Mr.. Trickett was frequently interrupt
ed and heartily cheered-
A remarkabl effort was the response
of DR. Thomas E. Green, of Chicago,
noted lecturer, to the subject, A Look
Around" It was revelation OF the
unique position which the United States
holds today among the nations of the
world. and its present awakening to
new consciousness.
A surprise that will live long with
| the club was the appearance of Mile
| Elijah Parkina. She sang Chamin-
AIDES Summer" and Bishops Should
He Upbraid." The applause which
/ followed was remarkable tribute.
/ She came back in response and sang
/ "Cornin' Thro' the Rye" Her way of
singing it melted the banqueters to
/ renewed ovation, and she favored them
with a second encore, Teresa Del
/ F2iepo's Happy Song AS she left the
4 hall the crowd rose and cheered her.
She was affected by the reception.
About 200 were at the tables. The
decorations were ferns and pink car
nations.
Mr.. Coburn said in part:
No reflection. hygfenic or sanitary.
| is cast upon your city when l say that
J for the hog, it is the most unhealthful
/ in the world. l can count back Ga
| OOO. 900 Of him that have come to KAN
sas City and the records show all dead.
! Therefore, as his next friend, and or
his family l came here to make a few
remarks and introduce resolutions.
From the repulsive antiquity.
| through the long progress of years, he
has become civilized,is debt payer
a mortgage remover and witness OF
prosperity. He yields great luxury.
| He must be reckoned with by the
lucI<Iess explorer of the Yukon. He
is an automatic reducer of the corn
supply, and a raiser of the price He is
a bucolic bond whose coupons are
large filters of pigs.
He is a patent pig. condenser OF
ham. head cheese, glue, bristles, but
tons fertilizers, saddle covers and
sausage He is q. mint and the yellow
corn is the bullion which he transmits
into coin. In the homes he Is on the
tables. higffborn. rich and poor. He is
with the soldier in the camp ana the
sailor on the deep
At 1915 per 100 he is plebeian
; and we won't speak to him when We
meet him on the street. At 1926 per
100 he is a gentleman and a scholar
He stops assOciating with the country
Deopie and comes to town and be-
comes an aristocrat. But soon he faiis
under harmful influence. gets 1t II
the neck at the packing houses and Is
; bled to death. Then he becomes the
commerce of the nation, the fat of the
land
1 Speaking of making pork with corn
. there may be other foods shown By
the story told at the corner grocery.
II can remember said the philoso-
pher, when rattlesnalxes were so thicl
that we couldn't raise corn.
what have rattlesnakes to do witt
pigs7" was asked.
'swhy. the pigs used to eat 'em." h'
4 answered.
aT4ow did they catch them ?"
my sister" he said, put a hat Will
a stuffed bird on every pig. The SNAKE
would try to charm the bird. and Their
the pig would get them That's tn
way we kept our pigs alive
The pig gets one LUXURY dishwater
Dlshwa1er contains preserves, mo
lasses, pepper. tomatoes. onions, steal
gravy, milk, pickles. grease. cheese an