The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-12
KANSAS C0AMENT
A FOOLISH srATEMENr.

OL10d = SIATEMENT.
WIS. william Rockefeller is credited
with saying, lately. that there Should
De private schools for the children of
me rich, and public schools for the
e'a, OF poor people. 1t should be
np that the remark was
Wv IorK city at the present time,
enere oeing several thousand children
Slo"ueu out of the public schools by
. .dck OF accommodation. But, while
eiidt conoltlon Is to be regetted, the
need Is not that the children of rich
parents be placed in nrivate schools
puI mat more public schools be pro-
VIueo. Inc democracy of the Ameri-
Can Pupnc schools is the making of
.ne s[oWn-up democracy of the coun-
- Is at once great leveler and
q great lnnuence in bringing out the
pest In student, rich or poor. Par
eicuiarly Is the public school of bene-
~ 70 the rich boy, for he isn't going
70 pc petted there, and will be com
peieo TO stand on his own merits and
apIity- The sons of poor men would
probably continue to progress about
the same as they do without the COM
partnership of rich mems sons at
school but the idea of sending chill
S 1ren TO private schools is nothing
less. When good public schools are
available than an effort to develon a
race or rops. Even in the higher forms
OF education, the commonwealth col
Iege mas many advantages to offer
over the private institution, but the
olnerence Is of a less important ma
ture than In the years when students
are younger. and more easily i'm
pressed.-Atchison Globe.
A BUSINESS OPENING.
governor Hoch announces that he
VIII settle In Topeka when his term
Is ended, and will buy an interest in
some newspaper there.
Inc Gazette does not wish to seem
oInclous. but 1t cannot refrain from
suggesting that the Topeka Plain
oeaIer oHers the governor an adj
mlraDle opportunity. Even the warm
est admirers of the Plaindealer admit
II is rather weak editorially, Colonel
NICK Chiles, the editor, being so oc-
cupled In the field that he has little
eime Tor molding opinion. With Gov
ernor Hoch at the helm, the Plain
dealer would soon occupy the position
to which it is fairly entitled by rea-
son OF its uncompromising morality
ITS exalted patriotism, and its de-
Votlon to the theory that the people
must rule-after seeing Colonel Chiles
In the business office.-Emporia
FREIGHT CARS TELL A STORY.
The employment of cars shows that
the traffic Of the country is increas-
80 anu IL llldl IS the case, II must
be regarded as a good business index
A Few days ago a semi-official state
ment was given out at Chicago regard
ing the decrease in the idle equipment
OF the railroads of the country. 1t is
much less than is shown by the off,
cial report of the committee on car eff
-ficiency of the American Railway as
ISOLATION. The falling off in the num-
Der of surplus cars in the last two
weeks was larger than in any of the
preceding similar periods since the
movement turned from accumulation
to reduction. The report, as of Sep
TENDER Is, shows that, as compared
with September 2. there was a de-
crease of 27,3OO in box, 766 in fiat. 49,
312 in coal, and ASA in other kinds
or cars, or an aggregate decrease in
two weeks of 50,562. The maximum
OF surplus cars was 413,33S, reached
ON April 20, so that, as compared with
that date, the returns. of September
16 show falling off of 242,6S6. The
surplusage of every character of equip
ment is now smaller than at any time
since the beginning of the year.
Wichita Eagle.