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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Some years ago, James NJ. Dodge,
then president of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers. chose
as a subject of his presidential adj
dress The Value of Technical Train
ing" says the Iron Trade Review. "In
this address Mr.. Dodge showed the
immense advantage a man educated
in a technical school has over a man
trained in a trade school, and the far
greater opportunity that exists for the
latter as compared with man who
has received all his training in the
shop A few years later, r. T. Crane,
who is something of an fconeclast, as
far as things educational are concern
ed, made vigorous attack on college
trained men, giving as his view that
the time spent in college is wasted,
and that a man might better spend his
time in the shop. Mr.. Cranes opin-
ions were at variance with those of
most of the men qualified to speak on
the subject and a rather spirited de-
bate ensued in the columns of the
technical and daily press. Mr. Crane
based his assumptions on the exper-
fence he had with the men in his fac
tories, and Mr.. Dodge likewise drew
on the records of his own shops for
his facts
prof Furman gives the opinions of
the leading graduates of the institu-
ton in question on the value of the
training they received in college, With
one exception, these opinions form a
high testimonial to the education they
received.
1T is conclusively proved by many
other papers and records heretofore
published, that it will not do to be-
little the value of technical training
The college educated man has come
to stay, and, while, in the future
many men not so trained may be
found in high positions. the great ma
jority of these positions will be filled
by men who have passed through the
college or technical school Those
that contend otherwise will speak
from their ignorance and not from
their knowledge"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

rFrom the philadelphia Record
balloon trust should be easy TO
float. A., -.
We all have our own way uH''
get to be about year OLD.
The pure food people are not re-
sponsibie for unadulterated nerVe.
: Offer a penny for the thoughts OF
.,rs1n ,1aonie and you will get stuck.
man makes himself at least half
right when he admits that ne - Al '''
Blobbs-..I called Miss Antique an
old hen" Slobbs-"No WONDER she Is
laying for you" A..
~ seems as though one-half the
world suffers from hunger, Whlie the
ether half suffers from overeaung.
The naople who do the most talking
sbont the beauties of the simple life
are those who are not obliged to live
it.
wigg cat the theater)-.This show
hasn't a good thing about It Wagg
-"Oh don't know. L Imagine the
man who put up the money is pretty
good thing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
cIEws ON TARIFF REVISION.

The views of Henry Clews, the promi-
nent New York banker, on affairs in
the financial, commercial and Industrial
worlds, are always interesting and gen.
orally pretty authoritative. In this
category may be placed his recent dis
cussion of the tariff question, although
there will be some who, through fond
hopes which will probably be sad ones.
will disagree with him in his concIu-
sions that there will be no radical re-
auctions in tariff schedules Regard
less of the fact that many such are
most needed and desirable, the chances
are that Mr.. Clews' contentious in this
line are the correct ones, although it
will be unnecessary to cross such an
undesirable bridge until it is reached.
On these matters Mr.. Clews said re-
Gently:
Tariff agitation is not having the I'M
settling effect upon business at one
time feared; the fact that many indus
tries are less dependent upon the tariff
than formerly and that no radical re-
auctions are probable being RESPONSE
BILE for this state of public opinion 1t
is very evident that the tariff is going
to be reformed by its friends only, and
that no serious unsettlement of bust
ness is in sight. Even Mr.. Carnegie's
remarkable statements had little effect
except to excite the opposition of other
manufacturers. Upon steel securities
the influence was practically nothing
In the merchandise markets prospec-
tive revision creates little comment,
because importers are carrying small
stocks and a reduction in rates would
help and not depress this line of bust
ness. There is no doubt that iudicious
and moderate revision of the tariff
would be positively stimulating to bus
mess. The only sufferers would be those
who are now enjoying swollen profits
and these concerns could often do
equally well by simply using more mod
ern and more economical methods. Free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
she asked rather breath

IF what?' she asked rather breath
IF 1 could make you understand what
an ass feel myself to be and how sorry
am quarreled with you
The young woman had her share OK
common sense. well. I rather think we
can forgive each other without anything
so unnecessary as that" said she. 1t
cIared.
At that moment Pietro vincenzo Riga.
preached. nearly touching the ground
with his forehead so low were his bows.
His gestures were rapid and expressive.
his face picture of woe
Not-a my fault! Not-a my faultI" he
repeated over and over, his palms up
turned in depreciation.
The young man turned Your fault!
In fact. it's the most fortunate circum-
stance in the world that you happened
along just as you did. Herer' And into
the astonished Etruscan's hand he thrust
a crisp ten-dollar bill.
Pietro stood staring at It stupidity,
scarce daring to believe his good fortune.
while the young man helped the girl back
1t was only when the trap started on
that Pietro realized he was taking some
thing and giving nothing in return,
bushes for the recreat Gambietta. ''waiti
Mak-a da bear dance-a da waltzr'
"Oh. that's all right the young man
laughed. you've earned the money!
The trap whisked down the path. Pietro
hauled the bear from the underbrush and
made him stand at his clumsy salute. Z
his hand as he watched the two young
people, sitting close together and both
talking at once. drive out OF sight. Then
he and Ganbietta set forth at some
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

raw materials would be a great ad-
vantage to many manufacturers, es-
pecially when not produced in this
country. The tariff upon lumber should
receive attention. because it destroys
instead of protecting one of our most
valuable natural resources. The tariff
on art is also one of several absurdt-
ties, since it protects no interests and
is positively detrimental to the deVel-
opment of art, which could prosper
vastly more in the United States if
the best foreign examples were admit
ted free. This country is now SO strong
industrially that it has little to fear
from foreign competition; our superior
methods and enterprise often offsetting
the advantages of foreign cheap labor.
We are quite prepared for a freer in
tercourse with foreign nations, and no
country in the world is a better ex-
ample of the advantage of unhamper-
ed commercial development than the
United States with its 40 states and
81. OOO, 900 population enjoying absolute
free trade between themselves. Where
would this country have been If tariff
walls had been erected between its var
ious sections?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Mere intentions never go very far
in accomplishing anything no matter
how good they are.
X X X
If politeness did not demand It
many a Christmas present would fail
to bring forth thank you"
x X y
Persons who try to forge their way
to the front by putting out bogus
checks generally end UP in jail.
X X X
Just because a man has no ideas,
that's not sufficient reason, as 1T
seems to be these days, why he should
write a book.
y y \,
One can never tell the feelings of
a woman by the character of the hat
she has on for the chances are that
many a dolefuI wife wears a Merry
Widow"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
THE GERMAN HoBsoN.

When the Germans read the DIR.
Hale interview with their kaiser, which
was suppressed by the Century Maya
zine, only to make it's appearance even
earlier in the daily newspapers, the
wrath which has been burning for a
few weeks, because of another imperial
interview, will get a fresh start. The
kaiser is altogether too anxious for war,
according to his interviews, to suit the
rest Of the world, particularly his own
people, who get enough of the army
even in time of peace. and other coun-
tries besides Germany have reason to
be angry at his statements, if they are
taken seriously. He has Hobson out
classed as a croaker, as he seems to
see war in store for most of Europe,
as we'll as for Japan and the United
States. Emperor William, by the way,
is the original discoverer of the Yellow
Peril, and time seems to act as a mag
nifying glass. A war between the Uni
ted States and Japan. England losing
India, or having to put down a re-
bellion, and a war devastating France
and Russia, is a pretty fair days work
for even so strenuous a prophet as the
emperor. But the emperor will say no
more about it.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
KANSAS COMMENT
LETTING TT ALONE.

3 Two Kansas men have committed
suicide within the past few days be-
cause they could not quit the habits
and morals.
One was a farmer who has been
celebrating the Fourth of July for
seVeral years. He left a note saying
lhat ne was ashamed of himself; he
nao peen trying to sober up for long
time, but it was impossible, so he. had
concluded to take the one reliable
method of reformation.
me other man was a morphine
Victlm; he also had. tried to shake off
MS old Man of the Sea, and cou1dn't
do it, and SO he figured that it would
be mistake. to live longer.
1t will be observed that these men
realized their own degradation, and
tried TO escape from it, and couldn't.
Death was the one master key that
would release their letters. They
probably endured many reproaches,
ana listened to many appeals to their
MANHOOD, before taking the last step;
and they doubtless found it impos-
s1Dle to convince anybody that they
were helpless; that something more
than an effort of will power was nee
essary to deliver them.
They are dead and in. their graves,
unhonored andvunsung;- but the sun
shines bright for the eminently re-
spectacle druggists who sold them the
cope that killed them, knowing that
one was a drunkard, and the other a
morphine fiend. The people who sell
the poisons, violating laws physical
and moral, to gain some dirty money,
ored, than the unfortunate victims,
who can find their only surcease of
sorrow in the grave.-Emporia Ca
zette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
1From the Chicago News'l

TFrom the Chicago News.I
If a mans time is valuable ne
No man has occasion to apologize
for doing his duty. -,,,o-
The nush button doesn't always rlns
the gong of success , :.
THE law mans pay enVeiope 10
never afflicted with obesity.
At the sound of the dinner pen
or-aa+ minds run in the same channei'
correct guess passes for wisdom
even though it is only a guess.
II Won are not satisfied with your lot
s+art a real estate boom and sell H.
what a mother likes about a young
man is usually what her daughter
doesn't. A.,
4 man doesn't realize how small the me
world is until he tries to Dodge MS
creditors.
Perhaps Lots wife looked around
70 see how some other woman's dress
hung in the back
Poverty is one of the crimes foI
which a man is sentenced TO haru
labor for an indefinite term.
A woman's happiness reaches tne
limit when she possesses thlhs tha1
no other woman can obtain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

According to the two John DIS
Rockefeller and Archbold-the oil
business is particularly hazardous
one. But there are few persons, even
among the most careful, who would
not take chance at a business whose
earnings are of such immensely and
regularity as those of the Standard
Oil and its subsidiaries have been
shown to be, regardless of the hazards
involved. But instead of being haz-
ardous this oil business seems to have
been something of a surety of a get
rich-quick scheme for those who got
In on the ground floor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
woman Dies From Cat Scratch.
REr4.ECT1oNs OF A BACHELOR
IRON the New york Press.l

The devil has such good time at
his regular business he never takes
any vacation.
A mans wife can't even keep him
on the water wagon by telling him
how her mother predicts he will fall
off.
There's nothing a woman can worry
more about than her age after 80 ex-
cept the age of her unmarried daugh-
ter after "a.
If they had all turned out men the
Lord would have kept on creating
more in the hope of getting something
better, hut when there was woman
it was safe to stop.
The nearest the average man can
come to arranging a financial pro-
granne for the next year is to over
estimate his income and under
estimate his expenditures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
HUMOR OF THE Day

Were starting circulating library
for the use of the inmates said the
prison visitor. as there any par
ticular book you'd like to havee"
one, If I could only get chance to
use it right. I'd like to have a rail-
road guide. "-Philadelphia Press.
riages are often made between people who
are quite opposites." That is. the reason
Dallas Post.
beautiful girl. No replied, the. states
man y Present 5sTm III pG5 expire
The food inspectors wife. was looking
over her husbands notebook. George.
she said. 'how do you pronounce the last
syllable of this word "butterine?" The
last syllable, the inspector answered, lis
First Clerk-say, Bella, do you remem-
Der the swell fellow who used to come IN
and buy candy for his grandmother? Sec
more. Is his grandmother dead? First
Clerk-No; he's married to her.-Harpers
Weekly.
Automobiles Ito. another who has brok,
en- down)-Can l be OF any asslst Tan e, 20 20
chine)-Yes, sir. That lady you see is my
wife I'll be obliged If you Will kindly an.
while I'm fixing this Internal machine
Woman's Hope Companion.
"Darling," said the bride, Il had ter
rible feeling of sadness come over me this
afternoon-a sort of feeling that you were
doing something that would break my
heart if I knew of it. Think, sweet; Wha az
were you doing. now, this aftern moo b,, at
band tenderly and reassuringly, at that
hour was licking Stamps ana and PaTs d1iIs
nal --E.f ~,-rr VI tf..-....t
% Bust Measure.-He-I played my FIRST
STbaf did You go round in? He Innocent
lvo~Harris tweeds.-The Sketch
Mrs Jubb-Wake UP. John. I'm sure a
burglar is down in the pantry. ana mes
eating all my pies. Mr.: J;-Me n, l oUg
care, so long as he don't die in the mousse
Philadelphia Inquirer.
LADY (who has stopped to admire
artists work)-Oh, how perfectly, Ioyeiytt
in painting such beautiful picture
Artist mot overprosperousl-Not art I1S,
madam; anyone can 90 tha5' ,s HJbere the
the picture when it's finished Is "hers t'e
art comes in.-The Throne.
referring It-Mary-I hear that me
Dukes marriage to the e Tlcn MiSI believe
his creditors have granted him htlie
more time.-L1fe.
Observing the Day.-"ThaTs hap eS
+boiIpht having the Benson. Bunson w. a..
ding ON Thanksgiving Day. Il, 9iIIe1
FWsRHSsr,s guess. "@Cieveland Press.
A man has to know lot about tT some
70 show what he knows about every 'iiiis-
New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

Rather unnecessary emphasis is laid
by the directors of the Smithsonian
institute on the fact that Mr.. Roose-
welt is to pay the expenses of himself
and son on the great hunting trip in
Africa. 1t must be remembered that
Mr.. Roosevelt is going to get 81 a
word for his articles on this trip. In
asmuch as his congressional messages
show that he is never at a loss for
words, the income he will derive from
the trip ought to pay all Of his ex-
penses and leave a handsome profit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

Everybody boost for the state
fair" That's the proper slogan for
Topekans and for everyone else in
kansas until the legislature makes an
adequate appropriation for this long
neglected enterprise. When this has
been done it will then be the duty for
every Topekan and the many friends
of Topeka in this vicinity to boost for
the location of the state fair in the
capital city. But let the state estab-
fish an exposition of this sort no mat
ter where it is set up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

Something unusual in the history of
municipal affairs in this country is a
situation which has developed right
here in Topeka The city voted $780,
600 for the improvement of its electric
light plant and the commissioners in
charge of the undertaking find that
only two-thirds of this sum will be re-
quired. This is more than a pleasant
surprise. 1t shows that the electric
fighting commission is composed of
the right sort of men who have the in
terests of the taxpayers of the city at
heart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

When the history of the naval
demonstrations of the twentieth CEN
fury is written, a prominent place
will undoubtedly be devoted to the
ones which Holland recently made
against Venezuela. Three Dutch war
ships have sailed majestically along
the South American republics coast
at a distance no greater than three
thousand yards from the shore of the
principal ports. This is equivalent to
Queen Wilhelmina giving President
Castro a soft slap on the left wrist
Talk about sauciness. Has it ever
been equalled in International inn
broglios?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09
HOW TO FIGHT CONSUMPTION.

HOW TO FIGHT CONSUMPTION
In view of the attitude which has just
been assumed by the leading state Of
hcials, the health authorities, promi-
nent physicians and others of Kansas,
in starting a crusade against tuber-
culosis. the resolutions of the Interna-
tionaI Congress on tuberculosis that
was held in Washington not SO long
ago, cannot fail to be worthy of repeti-
ton and of interest. They follow in
condensed form:
That health authorities should be
notified of and should register every
case of tuberculosis.
That all means should be used to pre-
vent contagion from man to man,
which is the most important source of
the disease.
That all means should be used to pre-
vent contagion from bovine tubercu-
losis and that the possibility of the
propagation of this to man be recog-
nized.
That the public and all governments
be urged to establish hospitals, sana-
toria, and camps
That well-considered factory laws,
child-labor laws, laws regarding wo-
mems work, etc, be insisted on.
That instruction in school and per
sonal hygiene be given in all schools.
That colleges require for entrance
and for graduation studies in hygiene
and sanitation.
There would appear to be no better
foundation on which could be laid the
efforts that are to be made to eradicate
tuberculosis from Kansas than these
self same resolutions. 1t is evident
that if these resolutions, or recon-
mendations which they are in reality,
were rigidly followed there would be no
more cases of consumption in this state
within generation than there are now
of malignant contagious diseases, such
as smallpox and diphtheria.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

A good many people will soon get
over taking any and every word utter
ed by Mr.. Roosevelt for gospel if he
lays himself open to any more such
right handed jolts as the New York
World has administered to him in con-
nection with the scandal which ap-
pears to have attended the purchase
of the Panama canal property by the
United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

primaries. So far no other aspirant
for this honor has come forward. Nor
is there likely to be any opposition
whatsoever to his securing this re-
nomination Neither is there the
slightest doubt that he will be re-elect-
ed to Office. And this is as it should
be. During his incumbency. Judge
Simon has earned a deserved reputa-
ton for presiding over the affairs of
this court in a fearless and impartial
manner. He has gained the respect
of the members of the bar in this To-
cality and also of the litigants who
have had suits before him. 1t is such
men as Judge Simon whose one good
term deserves another, and then
another
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

John W. Gates circus will probably
be hailed with glee in those districts
where there are fearless young men
who will jeopardize their limbs in an
effort to ride the trick mule. If Gates
runs his circus on the same scale that
he has operated other things he'll
probably offer not less than million
dollar prize to "any man in the audi
ence who can ride the mule
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

About the biggest row that the
members of the city council have ever
undertaken to hoe is the proposition
to rename various of the streets in the
city This is an experience that has
been enjoyed by the city fathers in
every community when they have
tackled a similar proposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-09

If Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany has
any regard for peace among the ma
tions of the earth. as he has progressed
to have on occasions, he ought to
perish that thought of his to make
public a diary that he has been keep
ing, since he assembled the throne.