The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
KANSAS COMNENT

KANSAS WINS LOWER FARES.
IN their granting of the 2-cent rate
credited with having seen their duty
ana done it." They really had no
alternative. Should they have adhered
tc their previous determination not to
OBEY tne order of the Kansas board of
rallWay commissioners, there is not a
ooupt that an extra session of the leg
islature would have been called ana
legislation.
The developments in this contro-
versy have been less a defeat of the
railroads than a victory for the peo-
PIE. Ihere Is no desire anywhere to
Cypress the railroads. nor any in any
responsible quarters to ''get even" The
people wanted simply that to which
they believed they were entitled, ana
somehow they would have gotten it.
therefore, the railroads deserve no
special credit for having acceded to
the commissioners orders.
IL can not be said with strict truth
mat the maximum rate matter is de-
cisively settled. Some of the railroad
arrangements are doubtless sincere II,
their announced belief that the low
rate Will be a losing one. The turn
which the affair has taken puts it up
to these corporations to prove that the
lower rate Is disastrous whereas. If tn e
earlier plan which the commissioners
favored-that of waiting upon litigation
In other states-had not been discard
ed. the state of Kansas would prac
tica!ly have been put in the position of
attempting to prove that such rate
was sufficiently remunerative.
However, we feel quite as positive
that 2-cent rate will be adequate to
Justify the railroads in maintaining
first class passenger service in Kansas
and in addition give them a nice re-
turn In earnings on the cost of such
service as we may feel about anything
not vet esta blished to be a fact. And
during the season in which the prac-
ticability of the 2-cent rate is being
finally determined. Kansas will enjoy
with other states which, we must con-
fess, possessed more capable legisla |
tures.-Leavenworth Times.
STILLWELL.
1t is probably good thing for the
country that there are not more men |
like A. E. StillweIl of Kansas City. |
There wouldn't be enough left for |
average men to do. Mr.. StillweH is
the country's greatest promoter and |
railroad builder. His Orient road will |
be one of the greatest systems in the |
and he is carrying the work |
along with as much ease and grace as |
though he lived on Wall street, and |
was listed among the famous men of |
finance. Building railroad would be |
enough work to keep most men busy, |
but Mr.. Stillwell has just been elected |
president Of choral society. to slim |
uIaI0 interest III MUSIC III hdnSdS |
City. He has a dozen other interests |
any one of which would occupy the |
time of the average man. The man who |
has the least time to give to extraordi- |
nary service is the loafer. The man who |
enlists most willingly, and works most |
in helping run the public's |
business is the A E. Stillwell, who |
carries the responsibilities of a dozen |
men in his own affairs.-Ottawa Herald. |
PITT I'M ALFALFA
The man who is laying up future |
riches for himself and posterity is the |
man who is putting in alfalfa. The !
way to make land worth from a hum
dred to two hundred dollars per acre
is to put 1t in alfalfa.-Harpera Sem
tinel