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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
PHILIPPINES PROBLEM.

One of the important questions
which will take up considerable at
tention in congress is legislation of a
beneficial character to the people of
the Philippine Islands. 1t will be the
subject of a special message to con-
gress from Mr.. Roosevelt as soon as
he receives a report on the condition
of the islands from Secretary Taft,
who has just returned from a trip of
inspection and observation through
them.
This legislation will probably re-
volve on the question of the extension
Of tariff concessions on at least to-
bacco and sugar, two or the staple
products of our possessions in the far
cast Mr.. Taft has no, expressed any
oplnieE as yet since his return home
on this question but the cable advfces
received from Manila. while he was
there, indicate that he is more con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

WINGED than ever that some tariff con-
| cessions be made to the Filipiuos.
Word comes from the islands that a
number of the natives ere on their
way to Washington for the purpose OF
appearing before the ways and means
! committee of the house and the
Philippines committee or the senate
for the purpose of urging reduction
of the duties on the products named
to twenty-five per cent of the present
rate.
1t ia doubtful If the efforts to se-
cure these concessions will avail any
thing There has been no material
change in the personnel of the SEN
ate Philippines committee. Senator
Lodge, it's chairman, made strenuous
efforts at last session to obtain a ia
vorable report on Philippine tariff
bill granting concessions. His efforts
were in vain and there does not seem
to be much prospect that they will
succeed this year, although one can
never tell just what will happen in
congress.
Surely it would seem proper. il this
country is to help the rri1ipinos to
position where they will be able to
care for themselves, that steps should
be taken to put the people of the ISL
ands on permanently prosperous
basis. One way to help in most de-
cided manner would be to grant them
some tariff concessions.
But in a discussion of this sort 1t
must be borne in mind that there are
a number of healthy wards at home
who think that they must be taken
care of regardless of any benefits that
might be bestowed upon our depend
ent wards abroad. Two of these
healthy home progenies, who are in
terested in this particular matter, are
the tobacco trust and the sugar
trust. Their greed is such that tariff
concessions to the Filipinos on sugar
and tobacco put them in a terrible
frenzy and like a good many pam
pered and obstreperous children they
usually get their way. They will
probably have their way in this par
ticular this year for the trusts still
have their tentacles firmly embedded
in congress especially in the senate
and they will probably continue to
have their way until the sentiment of
the people demand in no uncertain
tones a thorough and adequate revision
Of the tariff laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
An ounce of boost is worth a pound
OF obituary.
The black sheep Of the family ra-N
really be a blonde.
The methods of high finance are
something pretty low.
The incubator relieves the hen from
brooding over her troubles.
Talk to a woman about herself and
she will never regard you as a bore.
Many a man never puts his best foot
forward till he has had his leg pulled.
What a cinch 1t would be for the nm
dertaker II all the dead ones'' reaIiz-
ed it.
NelE"Do you think you could love
him If he were rich?" Belief could
try harder
The one time when a girl win al
ways believe fellow Is when he teiis
her she is beautiful
Can the leader of an orchestra ba
expected to keep good time when he
carries dollar watch?
The fellow who sows his wild o.+.
may yet turn them to good Account &c
patent breakfast food.
A mans piano may need tuning h,,.
when he is examined for life insrr. ~
he Is satisfied II his organs are s,5
right arc AZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
KANSAS. THE GOLDEN.

All the world talks about the greai
wheat crops of Kansas, but wheat Ii
| not our foremost product. The wheat
makes us famous, but it is our corn
that makes US wealthy"
This truism is the inscription on the
back of the envelopes in which F. d.
Coburn, secretary of the state board
of agriculture, is sending out his
Christmas cards. And these cards,
while not overly large or ornate are
certainly the messengers of good
cheer to the people of Kansas. They
tell story with few words and fig
ures which anyone can understand,
and, understanding, know that Kansas
was never more prosperous than she
now is and that the least of the wor-
ries of her people should be any pos
sible anxiety over the money string
ency which is fast fading away.
A glance at these figures will show
that in quantity the corn crop of Kan
sas last year was almost double that of
wheat and sold for several million dol
lars more money than did the wheat
crop. They show that the total value
of the farm products for last year
reached $266, 397,749 and that the to-
tai value of the live stock raised
amounted to $19T,z5O.S57. This
makes the total value of farm prod
ucts and live stock reach the rather
enormous sum of $463,64S,600, an in
crease of $39,313,739 in total values
over those of the previous year. Mr..
Coburn calls attention to the fact If
this years values of Kansas products
ana live stock were porated it would
make a credit of $3.50 per capita.
When the people of other states get a
chance to digest these figures it will
make them green with envy.
Even with these figures before
them, there are some Kansans who will
pirate about hard times. Perhaps
they do so just to keep In fashion with
the efrete east. Hard times! There
are no hard times in Kansas. There
never can be hard times in Kansas
when her horn of plenty is so copi-
ously filed as it is this year and as it
promises to be for many years to
come. So let everyone forget the
money panic and its little incon-
fill glasses to the brim and
drink a holiday toast to Kansas, the
Kansas, the glorious and
the golden
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.l

lFrom the Chicago News.1
A mo1lycoddle is the other party to
an argument.
The man who blows his own horn Is
seldom applauded.
Do you know how good man feels
when he pays his debts?
Love is like the wind-no one knows
whence it comes or whittier it goes.
Women always look at a compli-
ment through a magnifying glass.
Wise Is the man who knows what to
remember and what to forget.
Never climb a mountain till you
come to ft-and maybe 1t won't be
there.
In a game of hearts a girl should
be willing to let a young man hold her
hand.
Man wants but little here below.
but woman wants a lot when she can
get it below cost.
get square with their enemies If they
were not afraid of them.
It takes a woman to fall in love
with a man only after discovering
that he isn't worthy of her love.
Yes, Cordelia, bird in the hand is
worth a dozen in the bush-especiafly
if it is on the back of a $40 gold piece
A woman thinks it a disgrace If her
husband drinks and man thinks he
is disgraced if his wife won't let him
drink.
AS soon as the honeymoon is over a
man discovers that his, wife isn't an
angel-then he quits posing as saint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
NO ROOM FOR COMPROMISES.

The Roosevelt administration and
the candidacy of Secretary Taft are
| inseparably associated" says the Kan
sas City Times. They stand for the
same things. The one supplements the
other. The platform that will be adopt
ed at the Chicago convention, whatever
else it will contain, will carry an in
dorsement of the Roosevelt administra-
ton; but that Endorsement would be a
mockery If the convention permitted
the defeat of the only candidate who
could be nominated without the help
of the avowed opponents of the admins
tratfon. The contest now on is be-
tween Mr.. Taft, the only candidate
whose nomination would voice the par
tvs sentiment on the Roosevelt admin
istration. and all the other aspirants.
There Is no getting away from this
fact.
And with the complete elimination
of all third term considerations, this
fact is clearly seen in every part of
the country. There is no longer any
place for a compromise candidate.
There can be no compromise between
those who believe in the policies of the
Republican party under the leadership
of President Roosevelt and those who
the work Of the present administration.
One is progressive, the other is reac-
tionary. There is no other candidate
to whom the supporters of Mr.. Taft
could consistently go, since the policies
the people believe in are more fifty and
more strongly represented by Mr.. Taft
than by any other possible nominee.
And certainly in a final disposition of
votes the supporters of scattering can
didates like Senator LaFollette or Gov
ernor Cummins, avowed supporters of
the Roosevelt administration. could not
go over to the reactionary side.
LAS for Governor Hughes, his nomi-
nation is an impossibility except
through the combined help of all those
who are against Mr.. Taft. Mr.. Hughes
must be for or against the administra-
ton, for the whole fight within the
Republican party Is based on this sin
gle issue. A candidate backed by the
reactionary forces at any stage of the.
contest cannot pose as a neutral It
would be just as consistent to put Mr..
Taft forward as a neutral, with the
popular backing he commands. There
is no place for a neutral.
And so far as the presidents politi-
cal activities are concerned, why
should he not make a fight to protect
the work that has been accomplished
in his administration? Why should he
not take a hand in the selection of his
successor? Why should he not seek
as every president before him has
sought-to have his administration in
dorsed by the country and his party,
especially when selfish and predatory
interests have combined to accomplish
the reputation of his administration ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
lFrom the Atchison Globe

| lFrom the Atchison Globe.1
If a lecturer wants a good audi
| ence, he must buy 1t.
How much a merchant really ap-
preciates good delivery boy!
| Our idea of a prominent citizen is
| one who does not want to be post
master.
We ali know how much trouble we
have, but fail to realize how much
trouble others have.
If fathers had to dress the dolls for
Christmas, the fig leaf fashion would
see a glorious revival.
When a horse is tied out in cold
weather. and paws great deal, that is
horses way of swearing.
We never have found 1t a hardship
to go to work. but ii was always a
very great one to go to school.
In their anxiety to hear what is said
of others, some people have no time
to hear what is said of themselves.
We have no confidence in the theory
that a man is smart simply because
he comes from Chicago or New York.
What has become of the old fash
toned man who received a pair OF
carpet slippers as Christmas pres
emit?
mendable to make wolf trouble.
Women have the same idea about the
men.
When a woman supports her hus-
band, does that give him the right to
charge to her account the Christmas
presents he buys for her?
According to a real estate agent,
the average renter expects that all the
money he pays for rent to be used in
improvements to the building he oc-
cupies.
A woman with a dish cloth in one
hand and a scrubbing brush in the
other, looks so unlike the picture OF
the girl man made love to showing
her holding a flower. or with an open
book, that it is cause for divorce on
the grounds of Misrepresentation.
Before 1 was married." said Mrs
Lysander John Appleton, IT worried
because 1 imagined people were say
ing 1 was so unattractive 1 could not
get a husband Now, 1 worry because
I imagine people are saying 1 must
have jumped at the first chance"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
THE FURNACE FIRE.

When you We donned your patent feathers
When you've donred your shiny shirt,
When you've dressed to go to dinner,
And you're looking slick and pert;
When you stand before the mirror,
Your Tuxedo to admire:
Comes q gentle hint from wiley:
Don't forget the furnace fire.
Clad in all your splendid raiment,
To the cellar then you go;
Where you wade through heaps of ashes
In the region dark below.
And a cloud of dust surrounds you
And attacks your fine attire;
Then you mutter awful curses
As you fix the furnace fire
Are you ready for the dinner?
When you climb the cellar stair
There is dust upon your trousers,
There are ashes in your hair:
And across the glossy bosom
OF your shirt, to rouse your ire,
Is smudge, denoting plainly
That you fixed that furnace fire.
Oh the woes of men are many,
But there's none to equal this;
Only those in heated buildings,
Such an awful trouble miss.
For, when man has finished dressing
And has donned his best attire,
Wife IS certain to remind him
1t is time to fix the fire.
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Folks who buy lubricating oil,
don't necessarily own automobiles. It's
often needed for baby buggies.
T. n
1t takes a rather unusual build to
be able to keep ones head in the
clouds and ones ear to the ground.
y y
Good food is the most suitable tonic
for a good appetite.
-
Many a man does not know what he
is going to give his wife for a Christ
mas present until she tells him.
Adam never had the trouble of hav-
ing to explain away the presence Of
vari-colored hair on his coat sleeve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
HUMOR or THE DAY

Elder Sister, hope you will re-
solve. as I have-never marry a man
who smokes, drinks, bets. swears. or
tells stories. Younger Sister-But.
Sissy, don't want to be an old maid.
Ally Slopers Half Holiday.
Mrs. Lovejoy-I wonder why they
make so much fuss about sterilizing
and pasteurizing milk. Mrs. Childless
Il can't imagine. No one that 1
Puck.
"Hallao! Where are you going to with
that large wreath of f1owers?'' 1T am
going to put 1t on my wife's first hus-
bands grave. Oh, you needn't look at
me like thatl 1 am sorry he died, right
enough. "-Judy.
What is the charge against Sharp
un?" asked Raynor. Conduct unbecom-
Ing lawyer" answered Shyne. Great
Scott! How can a man possibly be
guilty Of that?"-Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Green-That young snodgrass
seems like one of the family. His Only
Daughter-How so, papa? Mr.. Green
Why, he looks frightened when your
mothers anywhere near.-IIlustrated
Bits.
Have you made up your mind what
attitude you will assume In the next
CS1HlpdlBns NO, answered MI. Also
Runnin. mo one can foretell just what
his attitude will be after he has been
dropped with good bump."-washing-
ton Star.
Ibid she marry her husband to re-
form him?" 81 guess so; and. she re-
formed him, all right" why, he drinks
like a fish," 81 know 1t, but he didn't
use to before she married him."-Hous-
ton Post.
Small Boy-Sis can't go with you to
the party tonight! Young Man-Why
not? Small Boy-She met with an aw-
full accident. The cat chased her rat
all around the room tonight and killed
it, and now she can't make her pom
padour.-Detroit Free Press.
"You say you love Jack but are go
ing to marry Harry" Yes" ''Why
in the world?" Because Mayme wants
to marry Harry and L hate her.
Houston Post. 11
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
last WINTER,s THINGs.

LA<k0A w llN Il EEES . lin %10e
Mother wears last winters hat.
Also wears last winters furs,
And the coat she wears-why, that
All last winter, too, was hers
Though she signs and frets a lot
OF the trouble hard times brings
All the clothes that mothers got
Are her old last winters things.
Sister says 1t breaks her heart
Her last winters things to wear;
Gowns that then were voted smart
Now have quite a dowdy air;
But she wears them. just the same,
To the dinner and the dance,
Though till now II was her adm
Always to be in advance.
/ am wearing the old suit
That / wore last winter through:
1t was out of style, to boot,
On the day that it was new.
My last winters shoes are whole.
Though they are ha1f-soled at that,
And q patch conceals q hole
And wear last winters hat.
Father wears last winters things
And he says 'tWould help his roll
If through some weird mOnkeyings
We could burn last winters coal.
And he frowns and says when we
Kick about our bitter pills
That we're better on, for he
Has to pay last winters bflls4
Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

If Uncle Sam could make proportion
ately as much monev out of a number
of things as he does out of stamps
we'll the Golfers of the treasury would
be filled to the bursting point. Out of
the $165, 742.695 of revenue received by
the postoffice department during the
last fiscal year from the sale of stamps,
stamped envelopes, newspaper wrap
pers and postal cards, only 1854, 554
were expended for their manufacture,
and of this total the postage stamps,
which brought in by far the largest
returns. cost the government $685.
5s5.36. This is making money hand
over fist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

New Yorl's state forest commission
er is not making much of bid for
popularity in advocating that artificial
affairs should be used in place or
Christmas trees. He declares that mill
lions of much needed trees are destroy
ed each year by the cutting of ever
greens for Christmas. This may be
true but the waste Is a popular one
which can hardly be torn from the Gus
toms of the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Fred S. Jackson, the states attorney
general, certainly has the trusts oper-
ating in Kansas on the run. Along
come the members of the Southern
Kansas Millers' club with a PROPOSE
ton admitting that they have violated
the law and agreeing to obey an in
junction never to do so again. Mr..
Jackson can settle the suit in this
manner with honors and avoid an
expensive litigation. 1t will be quite
sassy for him to proceed again IL the
harms of the agreement are violated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
KANSAS COMMENT
QUESTION FOR Mr.. ROYCE

John Q. Royce, state bank commits
sioner, now declares that money has
no intrinsic value II is only the ward
STICK by Which values are measured"
When did John turn Populist? John
used to take all kinds of fits when we
Popuhsts used to make the same de-
clarat1on. John used to howl for
money that was good in Yewrup,
money made out of stuff that If it
were hit with club, or pounded on
an anvil, would still be money because
glad that John is getting wisdom with
age and experience. Even Henry AL
len, with his India rubber flexible ten
dollar bill is a sage of financial wis
dom now.-Concordia Kansan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

The city council shows consider
able sense in handling many of the
matters which come before 1t. Its
latest effort along this line is to refer
to a committee of automobiles the
question Of changes in the city ordi-
nance concerning the handling of
autos on the public streets. Respon-
sible autoists taboo reckless driving
quite as much as any other folks and
they are the proper ones to devise
means to regulate the auto traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Some new suggestions on the ser
want girl problem were made in New
York the other day by Mr.. Rubinow
of the United States department of
commerce and labor. He delivered a
psychological. sociological, economic
and statistical lecture on the subject
and urged that maids be employed on
an eight and ten hour a day basis and
that the payment of their wages be
entirely IN money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

It's about time that those devious
ways by which the officers of the
army and navy fatten their pocket
books through excessive allowances
for mileage were attracting the atten-
ton of congress. The government all
lows these officers seven cents a mile
In their journeying hither and thither
Quite a tidy sum can be laid away by
the thrifty on seven cents a mile when
the journeys cover thousands of miles
as many of them do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rFrom the New York Press.]

From the New York Press
Foresight is the way you ought to
have seen a thing after you saw 1t di-
rectly the opposite way.
A man can always be popular with
women by quoting to them some of his
old love letters to his wife.
One of the worst things about being
useful to people is you never have a
chance to do anything for yourself
A large part OF the fun of staying out
all night is lost If you are bachelor.
so that it doesn't make any difference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

1 Isn't it about time for the original
Taft man in Kansas to present his
ciairns for the honor which will be
disputed for years to come in the
event of the Ohioan's elevation to the
sy1resider1cv7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Everybody seems to be quite merry
and happy these days with, the excep-
ton of the actors and actresses in the
Legitimate fields. Ever are the holi-
day seasons great money losers for the
large majority Of the itinerant
fhaSnionS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Government jobs will be more at
tractive than ever if there is a success
full elimination to the movement for
an increase of ten per cent in the
salaries of the governmental en-
pfoyes in Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Scipio, Kansas, seems to be respon-
'sible for quite as much distress among
sTopekans as was the Scipio. the hero
OF scfoolboy days, Publius Cornelius
Scipio Africanus Major, among the
Carthaeenians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

DR.. William J. Long, chief of the
mature fakers,' tells with reluctance.
perhaps, of a recent occasion in Mon
treal at a banquet of sportsmen when
they refused to drink a toast to Presl-
dent Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Advantage should be taken by the
state officials of chance to enter the
bowling contest at the Y. M. c. A. on
New Years day. Some of them might
start off the new year in proper fash
ion by making a ten strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is q member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Ct
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

southerner-After all, the civil war
was fought over a very small matter
Northerner-How's that? 1t involved
the Union itself. SOutherner-No, JUST
a little matter of spelling. The point
Involved was whether we should say
the United States of America or the
United States OF America--Lippin-
colts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

1 One thing that Bryan is not discuss
ing is the national prohibition issue.
There are others and they are not all
In the Democratic camp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

by the millers. He will have them on
the hip for if they practice their old
tactics they will be in contempt of
court and may be punished accord
irrlu