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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
NEWSPAPER TRANSPORTATION.

There is considerable discussion in
the Kansas papers at present concern
ing the exchange Of advertising for rail-
road transportation. Many of these
papers argue that while there are
abuses in the business which ought to
be cut off, the legitimate exchange of
commodities between the newspapers
and railroads ought to be allowed.
Which is, perhaps, correct. But the
question is, can abuses be prevented If
an exchange is allowed at all?
There can be no valid objection to a
railroad dong a hundred dollars worth
of legitimate advertising and paying for
it in a hundred dollars worth OF legiti-
mate transportation. By legitimate
is meant that no outside considerations
enter into the matter-the railroad
needs the advertising and the newspa-
per needs the transportation. But if
this sort of a system is allowed will
not the abuses now in vogue creep back
into the system?
And besides, If neither side is beating
the other, why is not a cash system
lust as good? There is no doubt but
what the railroads now do much adver-
Using in country papers that does them
no good whatever. simply out Of court
eSy'' for the editors. A considerable
number of editors also DO more CAD
otng" than is good for their business
and the interests of their subscribers,
simply because they have passes in
their pockets
A few papers are making considerable
fuss about cutting Off this mutual ex-
change. and the suspicion naturally
arises that the railroads are not getting
value received from such papers-that
the railroad advertising is just so much
given to these papers. II newspaper
advertising is worth the price asked for
it. the railroads will eventually pay the
price in cash, just as other business en-
terprises do but that which isn't worth
the price will be Topped Off.
Advertising space Is one of the COM
modities which a newspaper has to sell
Just as much as groceries are the COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

moGfties of the grocer. Transportation
is the commodity which railroad has
to sell just as much as calicoes and
silks are the commodities Of the dry
goods merchant And not a railroad in
Kansas would think OF trading freight
transportation for advertising-the get
cash every time.
J. F. farrell, of the Holton Signal,
takes a sensible view of the case, not
only regarding railroad advertising.
but in regard to other similar trans
actions. He says:
"A good many people think the edi-
tor of a newspaper goes around with a
pocket full OF comps It Is a great
mistake so far as this office is con-
cerned- No complimentary tickets are
accepted, and they are seldom offered,
as managers generally know the Gus
tom OF the shop When Mr. Hinnen
wants to advertise a show at his thea
ter, which he does nearly every week,
he pays the Signal cash at the regular
rates, and when the Signal people go
to the theater they buy tickets at reg
ular rates The Signal people bought
and paid cash for several season tick
cts for the lecture course, and the lee
ture course committee pays cash for
its advertising. To make a thing free
cheapens it. The editor who trades his
space for comps does not value his
space very highly.
Some Kansas editors are disturbed.
because the new rate law has been
interpreted to mean that railroads can
no longer swap transportation for ad-
vertising. It doesn't disturb the editor
Of the Signal When railroad adver-
Using is placed on a cash basis, editors
will CAD less, do better work and get
more money for the space in the
course Of year. The Signals railroad
advertising contract for 1906 called for
an exchange of 1926 worth OF space for
1925 worth of transportation. About
$3.50 worth Of transportation has been
used. This isn't the fault OF the rail-
roads, but of the system, and the way
we figure it out, We lose All business
should be on a cash basis--the only
basis that is sound and sane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
DER SONG UF DER WYNDE
POINTED rARAGRAPHa-

IFrom the Chicago News.l
A high roller isn't in the moss-back
class.
Two heads are better than a dozen-in a
love affair
1t is better not to be witty than 1t IS to
be half-witted.
style Is one of the principal ingredients
in dressmaker's bill.
Nothing interests a woman more than
a man who refuses to explain things.
There Is usually a lot Of brass in the
makeup Of q silver-tongued orator
Don't forget that a little money now
About three-fourths Of the things you
put of till tomorrow are never done.
The bunko man appoints himself a di-
vOrce judge for the purpose OF separating
a fool from his coin
Many a mans happiness is due to his
inability to realize when he Is getting the
short end CT II.
1t is so much easier for the average man
to say a good thing than 1t is for him
to do good thing
Among other long-felt wants Is that OF
a political candidate who will live up to
his campaign oratory.
A woman never Is more grateful for
the love Of a man than when she thinks
some other woman is about to get It,
II a woman hasn't any troubles OF her
own to worry about she proceeds IN
worry about those she might have had
Don't wait for Dame Fortune to lxnoctr
at your door. She may be kidnapped bv
some one who Is willing to meet her half
way
A fool can talk without knowing what
he ought TO say, but wise mans silence
Is due to his knowing what he ought no9
to say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
Our sins also have an uncomfortable
habit OF finding US in.
Many show hasn't a good thing
about it except the hacker.
A girl must be very intellectual not
to be able to tell what another girl has
on.
When a man meets with reverses IL
merely means that his money has turn
ed the wrong way.
The only thing that makes a fellow
feel that he is in it at his own wedding
is the word "obey-"
Tommy-'Pop. what is a transpar-
ency?'' Tommy's Pop-''A transpar-
ency, my son, is generally a campaign
lie"
A comb and brush may be the best of
friends, but when they are put in the
guest chamber they part company.
The fellow who makes his living as a
museum freak may not be a Pharisee,
but Is apt to thank the Lord that he Is
not as other men are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

shall come upon him.-Proverbs 2S:22.
It is extremely hard to work up any
great amount Of sympathy for the mar
who gets swindled when he himself is
trying to work a skin game on some
body else.
Therefore people read with a smile
yesterday the story or the Missouri
man who was hecced out of S2,1O0 in
an attempt to fleece the f1eecers.
This Missourian, who appears to
have lacked the Missouri trait that de-
mands to be shown before it bites. saw
this simple advertisement In news
paper:
Observation-Disclosures man with 1900 to
invest: can make $4,000 in short time
1t was the old story. of course One
confidence" man had decided to rob
his partners and wanted the help of
an outsider with little money to do
the job. 1t was dishonest. to be sure,
but the AIissourian took the chances
and lost his money.
Don't try to get something for Moth
ing. If you do you may wind up like
the Missourian. Whatever is worth
having is worth paying value received
for. and in the long run you will have
to pay 1t IN some form.
The get-rich-quick mania has a
strong held on the American people.
Most of US are anxious to discover
some short cut to wealth. but it doesn't
pay to make haste too fast: 1t is right
and proper to demand due return for
your labor and your products, but it is
poor policy to try to beat somebody
else out Of the rewards of their labor
Sometimes men do acquire sudden
wealth honestly and legitimately- A
prospector may discover a gold mine,
or a real estate owner may have
sudden rise in the value of his prop
erty, but in either case the increase
does not come out of some one else's
pocket. Yet it is doubtful if either
gets the good out of his wealth that
he would have done had he acquired
it more slowly.
This, however, is legitimate. 1t isn't
the get-rich-quick game that is played
on Wall street, in the wheat pit. in the
bucket shops, or by the dishonest man
in any walk of life. Shun the game
and pay value received for what you
get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Congressman Curtis is anxious to Sc
cure the lucky rooms at the Copeland
for his headquarters-the rooms occu-
pied by Burton, Baker and Long when
they were successful in their senatorial
fights. Perhaps Mr.. Curtis thinks that
the medicine made In these rooms is
more effectual than that manufactured
elsewhere.
y
Among the other things that Topeka
gets in it's Christmas stocking every
year is the annual meeting of the pretty
Kansas school ma ans.
1t Is proposed to move the state re-
form school away from Topeka. We
have always contended that Topeka is
a good town and doesn't need reform
ing Now listen to Leavenworth snort.
%
Our idea of a joke would be for the
legislature to raise the salaries Of the
supreme court justices and for the state
auditor to then hold up the salaries and
make the court say whether or not they
are constitutional.
The country newspapers no longer
fear the coal famine since the Congress
sional Record has once more COM
menced to arrive regularly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe.1
uIl people talk necessarily.


Dull people talk necessarily.
Some things that should go. won't.
Lots of people buy goods in other
towns just to be contrary.
If man doesn't acquire a lit e
sense with age, he cheats himself.
When a sick man is no longer able
to "cut up" his case is regarded as
serious.
Say what you please about moral
courage: The man who has a lot OF
it is mighty unpopular.
If man has any rights left in the
house, it is because the baby has never
taken a fancy to them.
A man should not long to be good
looking: good looks never bring a man
anything except trouble
Nothing makes a doctor quite so mad
as to have one of his patients attend
dance, and dance all night.
About the only thing a good dis
position" gets a person is to allow the
other fellow to always get his own
way.
An expression that is frequently used
by. preachers and which we confess ne
cannot understand, is a naked soul"
A neglected man should always weas
a gray suit, the dandruf doesn't show
up as plainly on a gray suit as on a
black.
Fresh eggs are selling in Atchison at
35 cents a dozen. We wonder if old
Rockefeller has anything to Go with
this outrage.
When a woman wears a veil hang
ing over her face and down her back
she looks like a gate post walking up
the street.
we don't see how manufacturer of
shaving soap can make money. The
writer of this has used one cake of
shaving soap five years, and has two
thirds of 1t left.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
..sruPID AND CoRRUPT..

Recently an attempt was made in
these columns to point out that this
anti-Japanese agitation is confined
largely to San Francisco and some
smaller California towns and is not
general on the Pacific coast, nor even
in California, as the san Francisco
dispatches would lead one to believe.
Additional evidence along the same
line is shown by a brief item in the
Los Angeles Express, which, in the
heading. says: Exclusion of japanese
is a Corrupt Political Move
1T is known" says the Express
that Alfred Roncioveri, superintend-
ent of San Francisco schools, remark
ed when he was in Los Angeles that
the japanese exclusion from the
schools was only the beginning of the
move against the Japanese Those
sentiments. Mr.. Roncioveri said, were
those of his colleagues in the north.
Repeating this statement of the San
Francisco attitude to Oregon educa-
tors. E. c. Moore. superintendent of
Los Angeles schools, brought down
authorities. Mr. Moore, who returned
today from Portland. where he talked
to the Oregon teachers. said:
q" The sentiment in the north is as
strongly against the ill-treatment of
the japanese in san Francisco as it
seems to be here. The San Francisco
school authorities are censured as stu
pid and corrupt. In Portland there is
no objection to the Japanese in the
schools-even the adult Japanese
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Curtis VIII be a strong candidate and
senator Benson VIII have following.
Congressman Murdoch wants the place
ana viii make a hard fight for It. but
murdoch has no serious notion that he
VIII get more than a smile this time
Congressman Campbell Is depending
very largely upon his anti Standard
record for support. The Third district
viii probably be largely for him. Gov
ernor Hoch's name will likely be pre-
scented. In the end Benson viii prob
ably get the plum" So there. now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
FROM OTHER PENS
BUSTING A TRUST.

The English soap trust bubble didn't
last long In this country we talk a
lot about busting" the trusts. but in
England they go ahead and Dust
them without having a great deal to
say. It was not to be expected, how
ever. that the soap trust would be a
success. When the Englishman's soap
is interfered with he straightway gets
on his mett1e. When the soap trust
was launched Englishmen simply re-
fused to buy or use the trust soaps,
and the combine was doomed to dis
aster Over here we swear at trusts
until we are purple in the face, yet go
right along patronizing them as if
they were our dear and considerate
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
TTLLMANs RELAPSE.

Senator Tillman, in spite of the early
report of his determination to avoid
the race issue-a decision which did
him credit-has relapsed to his brute
habit of brute abuse. No plea for free
discussion can justify an Incorporate
address which only avoided causing
riot at Chicago through the presence
of a large police force. Nothing can
be worse for both races than assaults
and attacks like his on a race of whom
100000 live in this country and will
continue to live.-PhilaueIphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
HER CHRISTMAS WREATH.

I would not wear the laurel" said the
dear. coquettish maid
For of the pathway leading unto fame
am afraid:
The cedar is too somber, and the holly is
too gay
I viii not wear. the willow. and cannot
The rose is out of season. and the lfly
too, and SO,
I think. on Christmas eve I'll wear a
wreath of mistletoel'
-Woman's Home Companion for Deem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New YORK Press.1
one of the easiest things to do is not
to be a hero.
If a man had a hundred rich relatives
they'd never die
Sermons wouldn't be SO bad If they
were never preached.
It makes a young man crazy mad to
be called boy and an old man not to
be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Mr. Caldwell. who will be our next
senator" says the Concordia Blade,
''has expressed his satisfaction with
our president junior senator, Mr.. Ben
son, and we can see no good reason
why any newspaper should charge him
with being for Curtis" To be sure
but does Mr.. Caldwell say he will vote
for Benson. or that he will not vote
for Curtis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

President Roosevelt says our navy is
twice as efficient as 1t was a few years
ago. owing to craftsmanship practice.
Tt will be exceedingly hard for Spain
10 believe this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
KENTUCKY OPINION.

The London Lancet says evening
dress is a good substitute for the cock
tail as an appetizer. but as long as
evening clothes retail at $40 and cock
tails at is cents the suggestion will
not be universally adopted.-Louisville
Courier-J Ournal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

There will be only one newspap per
man in the lower house in the coming
legislature, and that one is w. Y. Nor
gan A great responsibility rests on
Mr.. Morsan's shoulders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

When Count Bonf commenced to
speak. half of the French Chamber. of
Deputies got up and went out. This
Is the way the United States senate
treats La Toilette. but it should not be
imagined that Boni is the La Toilette
Of Era nee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
1NcITING HATE

This race question" IS really the
most serious problem now before the
American people. It's calm and DELHI
crate consideration is made impossible
while an irresponsible firebrand like
TiIlman is circulating about the coun-
try and melting turbulence and hate.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Mr.. Bryan is disappointed because of
the "warlilke attitude" Of the presi-
dents message. MI Bryan had to
work mighty hard to find anything to
be dissatisfied with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Pittsburg's latest scandal isn't ex-
citing much public interest. 1t in
wolves only the city council. and there
are no actresses or naughty love let
tors mixed IN in It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

The Roosevelt dam in Arizona is
across the Salt river. This will be in
teresting information for defeated can
cidates who make the trip up that
stream in the future elections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

1t is to be hoped that the few re-
marks the president proposes to make
about the canal won't fill more than
ten or twelve columns of solid nonpar-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
dent Roosevelt,s


President Roosevelt's message
breathes the sentiment, "a square deal
for every man." in every line. And
a square deal for every man is nothing
more nor less than the Golden Rule
put into actual practice. Mr.. Roose-
welt may yet prove untrue that Oft
quoted statement of a once-brilliant
Ransan about politics. the Golden
Rule. and an iridescent dream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

II California does not want to keep
all Of her Japs. Kansas will be glad to
get some Of them to husk corn and es-
pecially to save the wheat next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

If the Wichita people are really
looking for grounds on which to Dust
Governor Hoch, they might ascertain
whether he is complying with the
treasury examination law, or whether
he stin considers it q "farce."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

It may seem somewhat strange that
the majority of the counties that adopt-
ed the Barnes high school law are in
the western part Of the state where
there IS only one high school in a coun-
~ that can benefit by the law. and
where most of the pupils would have 70
90 long distances to that school Per
haps, however. those western Kansas
farmers think that since the advent Of
the automobile distance cuts no ice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

II Topeka is through with the state
Reform school, Concordia IS ready to
take 1t Off our hands. thank you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Here is another reason why the Jap
anese iingoes better go slow: The bat
tleship Kansas is about ready for bust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Senator Raynor. on the Democratic
side OF the United States senate. is SO
moved by his lofty patriotism ana lov-
atty to American interests that he
wishes to show that President Roose-
welt is wrong on the japanese cues
ton. Senator Foraker. on the RepubIi-
can side, is SO fond of the Twenty-afth
Infantry that he wants to show thar
Mr.. Roosevelt was wrong in the
Brownsville affair. Incidentally both
care more about discrediting the presi-
dent than they do about excluding the
Japanese or upholding the negro.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

II trial marriages come into Fashion
that rollicl1ing young blade, T. c.
PIatt, will doubtless try a few.-Louis-
vile Courter-J ournaI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

A local weather prophet says our
coolest weather will come during jan
uary. Some Of the senatorial candf-
dates can expect a frost about that
time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

As Kansas towns that are supplied
with natural gas watch the price Of
coal soar because Of the car famine
and other reasons,-theys include among
their blessings the fact that gas doesn't
have to come by freiEht
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

The senatorial contest has been set
He'd again The Independence Repor-
aer puts w. r. Stubs In the race as
Il leading candidate. and then adds:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
SOME RIGHTS LEFT.

We have been Confident, al along,
that. when they got around to it, the
courts would hold that the advent of
automobiles didn't terminate all the
rights of the observation-disclosures
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
r4rsT AN ORDINARY MAN

If Standard OIL stock drops much
further the courts may impertinently
insist on having Mr.. Rockefeller an
swer sumInonses in person. Chicago
Record-Herald-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Der chury ad Herlcimer, Moo York,
hat decited dot Gillette ISIS guiIdy. Some
uf US beat der chury to dot decision
by two weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Don't think $40 was the only pen
atty for Carusos Walt till he meets Mrs.
Caruso.-BaItimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Some uf US vich haf der misfortune
to work. on a nOosbaper hat sdill some
ding to be thankful for. Id ISIS dot We
dondt' foller der same occupation In
Toxic, Chapan, we're der names uf der
tree principal sheets are der Toxic
Hochi, der Toxic Asahi. und der Toxic
Jill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Id ISIS vorser to be born unlucky den
handsome. Fer mine, I can reach indo
a box uf guarateed California branches
und find a lemon efery dime, but uf 1
wanted a lemon, would draw banana
by grabbing into car loadt uf lemons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Some uf der local authors should
gedt bitzy und write, on cigaroor
paper NIT a piece uf chalk, der sdory
Untitled, ''Vot Shively Iss Going to DO
to Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
DIscOURAGING COMPETITION.

Young Mr.. Rockefeller has told the
members OF his Sunday school class
to beware of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
A SATURDAY SERMON.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil
eye. and considereth not that poverty
shall come upon him.-Proverbs 1922.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Heard this de4nition Of money the
other day: Money is that which will
buy everything but happiness, and fur
nish transportation to every place but
INSTRUMENTATION Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

If there were no women in the world
no, no, this Is not going to be that
old gag about staguatfon, but honestly
now. If therR2 we've no women in the
world every mar fn it would put in
a hurry I'D order for one, and donate a
rib as a starter Ah anateriaL-NIinneap
oils Better- " aTx