The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-06-28

Bnt It will no, begin to make up To-
the packers, and nor especially TO
the innocent cattle r%aisers, the
amount that has been lost by the
noisome notorie,y OF the exposures.
OF course the cattle men will not
get any OF their losses back. But
it IS to be strongly suspected that
the packers will. They are not
used to pocketing losses so long as
there is a consumer on the horizon
to shoulder them.
The rate bill is still in conference
and with litIle prospect of coming
to a vote before the very last DAYS
of the session. 1t is said that of
the several amendments still pend
ing, the most serious difficulty lies
in the pipeline amendment which
would declare the pipelines COM
mon carriers. Naturally this is be-
ing fought by the oil interests, which
/ simply means the Standard Oil
Company. 1t is hard TO get around
the pipe line amendment without
hitting some OF the other industries
that there is no wish TO disturb.
For instance there are a number OF
small roads that were built solely
for getting out lumber and If the
railroads were forbidden 10 deal in
the commodities they transport, this
would put these roads entirely out
of a perfectly legitimate business,
for they are simply engaged in
bringing lumber to the mann lines.
The commodity amendment could
be so framed as TO cover the case OF
oil in the pipelines but 1t would be
rather hard on the small roads men
toned If il were framed.
There was qnite a deal Of nat
ural regret at the resignation in
Washington this week of DR.. VIM.
7. Harris, United States Commits
sioner of Education. one OF the
best known educators in the world.
He has retired entirely of his own
v%olition, having reached his 7Ist
year. He is to be succeeded by Dr..
Elmer L Brown, who Wa, not only
Dr.. Harris own choice tor the
place but had the endorsement Of
Nicholas Murray Butler of Colum
bia, President Wheeler Of Calitoi.
mia, and q number OF the other
noted educators OF the country.
The record of DR.. Harris Ia office
has been a remarkabls one. lie
has been Commissioner Of Educa-
ton for seventeen years and has IN
that time increased the educational
standard at the country seventy-hve
per cent. When he came into
office there we've Just about 1000
high schools in the country. Now
there are $500. It has been so
long ago that many people will
have forgotten il, but DR.. Harris,
though be was educated in New
England, began his educational
work in ST. Louis where he was
teacher, principal, and finally su
perintendent Of public schools. lie
was sent abroad for the government
alter he resigned from ST. louis
and has been twice decorated by
the French Academy. lie has
been q l%ireless worker, a conlubu-
tor 10 encyclopedias, a writer of
pamphlets and magazine articles,
one or the revision editors OF Web
ster's Dictionary, and q founder Of
the Philosophical Society. Alto
gether his life has been exceedingly
productive, aud as he considers that
he has some years more OF good
hard work left IN him he will go al
once to work with the National
Educational Society where his SER
wees are IN great demand.
Another of the hale old men Of
the government service Is Senator
Morgan OF Alabama, who has just
celebrated his Sad birthday. lie