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The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
RACE NEWS
GATHERED From VARIOUS SOURCES

Little Rock, Nov. 30-A few
days ago Allen Halter Negro
farmer of Fourche Dam, and also
constable of the place, sold on the
streets of Little Rock 14E bales of
cotton, which netted SG,3444S5,
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

the eleven series issued up 10 that
time was Sl5, 5,336.70 Mr.. j. E.
Dellinger is president and Prof
James ,. Dudley is secretary and
treasurer.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

Mobile, Ala, Dec. Thousands
attended the corner stone laying of
the maimexhibit building, which
is being erected for the Negro Exv
position to oe held in this city in
the fall of 1909 Many prominent
Negroes were present, and the
gathering was one of the largest
and most distinguished that ever
assembled in this part of the
State.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
JUST BE
HONEST

PreSdent-eieCt Taft Spoke in New York to Society of
South Caroinans. His theme was that of the
Negro. The Solution of this Vexed
Problem Lies, for the Most
Part, with the Race.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

The total assets of the Pioneer
Building and Loan Association of
Greensboro, n. c., as shown by
the recently issued annual report,
are S1S,56l73. The total valve OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

upon them that they are ever inf1ict-
ing on others they would realize the
justice of the complaints against
them.
There is one way, of course. to
eliminate this evil. The management
of the Grand can refuse to seat late
corners until after the end of the first
act. This is the rule in some theaters
in some of the cities of the country,
and because the people know that
they won't get their seats for half
hour or so after the curtain goes up
If they are late, there are few of them
who suit their own convenience with
tardy arrivals. OF course. the man
agement of theater is rightly
reluctant to lay down iron clad rules
of this or any other sort, but it is
probable that something along this
line will be done by the Grand
management, If this evil continues
undated. It ought to be done, at
least.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
LATE THEATER ARRIVALS.

1t is quite as difficult to instill man
morals into them. The latter is not,
however, an impossibility, and so per-
haps the former is not, because, in a
way they are in the same category.
With this possibility in mind another
word or two, to the many which have
already been given to the subject
but with not any marked results, is
going to be directed against that por-
ton of the theater-going public of
Topeka who are late in their arrival
at plays.
The number Of persons who offend
in this regard in this city is astonish-
ingIy large, and to constant theater-
goers it is fact that has been easily
observed that it is almost the same
people who are late time and time
again in reaching the theater and
their seats before the curtain goes
up. The custom seems to be really
due to their thoughtlessness. 1t is not
to be believed that the people of this
city who can afford to go to the high
class shows are of the caliber who
would purposely offend in this re-
gard in order to make a theatrical en-
trance of their own accord into the
playhouse so that they might show
fancy gowns or for a variety of other
silly and equally senseless reasons. 1t
must be pure thoughtlessness and
carelessness on their part But that
makes it none the less annoying or
excusable. An excellent instance of
it's iniquities will be testified to by the
great crowd who were in their seats
at the Grand opera house at the last
Thursday night performance of 1.-The
Man From Home" Although the
number of persons in their seats was
large there was another large num-
Der who had not reached their seats
or even the theater when the curtain
went up. An incessant stream of
them continued to come in for the
first fifteen or twenty minutes of the
show and while they were getting
their seats, taking off their wraps and
coats and fixing themselves COM
fortably for the evening, it was I'M
possible for the larger majority of the
audience to hear anything that was
being said by the actors on the stage
and at the conclusion of the first act.
only those who were familiar with the
story of the piece beforehand. had the
least idea as to what had transpired
during the first act and were able to
place the characters in the play with
one, or two exceptions. And these are
the unpleasant conditions which pre-
vail whenever a crowded house
gathers at the Grand. 1t is well-nigh
intolerable and is an injustice to those
persons who pay good money to see a
show and are entitled to see and hear
all of it from the first rise of the cur
tain until it's last fall. If the people
who are always coming In late could
be made to get there early and then
have the same punishment inflicted
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mails.
Almost undisturbed and unswayed by
the rushing waters, the cattle plowed
steadily onward. Gradually they came
into shallow water, and thankfully Ralph
and the girl slid from the beasts backs.
Hand in hand they struggled along now,
faster than the cattle. Ralph cast on6
last look back at the beasts and gasped.
why. they're mine!" he cried. That's
Bess and there's Doll! Why, Clare. dear,
do you realize that the cattle you
thought had caused it all have saved
US %
'tOh," cried the girl. and turned to him.
And look there!' cried Ralph, pointing
ahead. See what they've brought us to.
See, that's the Rev. Sturgis' home on the
road to your house and look there-he's
opening the door. Look, look, dear, your
father and mother are with hint"
The girl looked and then, sobbing pitt
fully. she threw her arms around Ralph's
neck.
"Oh dear. dear" she cried. IT forgive
your cows. forgive you, and she added
ungrammatically but Soulfully as she
chung to Ralph and he held her close, I'm
never not going to speak to you again.
I-(Copyrighted. 1908. by Associated Liter
ary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
TARIFF REyIsIoN DEMANDS.

Things are warming up in the matter
of tariff revision, especially on the part
of those who elected a Republican pres
ident and a Republican congress with
the understanding that an adequate re-
duction of tariff schedules would be
made so that the pocketbooks of the
consumers will not have to bear the
burdens for many of the necessaries
of life in the proportions that they have
been forced to during the past few
years.
As yet there have been few represen-
tatives of the people, the consumers, be-
fore the ways and means committee of
the house of representatives at the
hearings which are being held on the
subject of the tariff schedules, but since
the memorable argument for just tar
if revision, and the necessity for one,
which was presented by Andrew Car
negie in the Century Magazine, many
other men of more or less prominence
have begun to follow his lead and are
airing their views on the question. AL
though the time is short, it is likely
that some concerted action will be ia
ken to get a committee, representing
in way the consumers, to appear be-
fore the house committee and present,
ures as to why certain tariff rates
should be materially reduced. But if
they are unable to do this a constant
agitation of the subject by the publ
cation of their ideas in the newspapers
and in letters to the members of the
ways and means committee, individual
~, and also to the other members of
congress will help the cause to
a great extent.
DIR. Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton university, has added his
strong voice to the fray and joins with
Mr.. Carnegie in declaring that a high
protection is no longer needed by most
of the great industries of the country
He pertinently points out that it is
merely of advantage to a privileged
few. 1t was justified once, he says, but
that time has passed.
Champ Clark, that good Missouri
Democrat, calls attention to the fact
that the people are the ones who are
really compelled to pay the tariff and
he emphasizes the point that the cry
ing need for a reduction in tariff sche-
dulles, one that will really amount to
something, is established by the facts
brought out at the hearings
before the ways and means committee
of the house to the effect that the
products of many American industies
which are extensively protected by the
tariff. are sold abroad at cheaper fig
ures than they are at home. Admis-
sions to this end have been reluctantly
forced from manufacturers who have
been in the witness chair before the
house committee and who have been
begging that the tariff schedule on
their wares be left where they are. On
American products where such condi- |
tons as these exist there is the clear
duty before the members of congress
of so rearranging the tariff charges that |
will be able to at least buy |
home made goods as cheaply as they
are sold abroad.
These are certainly busy days for the |
tariff revisionists both in and out of
congress. And of a truth it must be |
said that uneasy rest the heads that |
wear the "stand-pat" crowns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
.AYHAWKER JOTS

AS the result of an election bet of
the freak order Pittsburg man IS
compelled to wear deep mourning, and
when he is asked who's dead, he re-
plies Bryan"
with Roosevelt getting 100000 a year
as one of the editors of magazine,
said Bill Sincaller lit is getting about
time to have editorial socialism. All
newspaper editors are not getting that
much. "-Vinland Vine.
Harry Mcmillan, of ottawa county,
the nominee for lieutenant governor,
who went down to defeat with the rest
of the Democratic ticket. IS the author
of the Kansas law Which makes II
nisdemeanor to eat snakes, scorpions,
tarantulas, centipedes or other venom
Gus reptiles. His defeat is looked upon
singing rebuke to Sumptuary Leg
isIation.-kansaS City Star.
The new court house. the new Method
ist college and the interurban railway,
all in process of construction, together
with the Improvements going on at the
asylum make Winfield busy place,
and it promises to be active until all
these improvements are completed;
They will furnish employment for all
our laboring men through the winter.
Winfield is the best city OF It's size IN
the United States, declares the Cour-
Ter.
This" says the Blue Rapids Journal,
sis the season of the year when senti-
mental mother appears at the school
house with her sissy boy and tells the
teacher he is very high spirited ana
must not be whipped; that he can be
ruled by kindness and kisses. And TINS
is the time of year when the boys in
school make a note of what the mother
of the sissy boy says and resolve to
thump the sissy boy as soon as they
catch him on the Fairgrounds"
A pupil in Republic county handed in
this essay to his teacher, on the human
body; 1.-The human body consists OF
the head throax, abdomen and legs.
The head contains the brains, in case
thew are any The throax contains the
heart and lungs, also liver and lights.
The abdomen contains the bowels, or
which there are five-a, e, /, o, u, ana
sometimes w, and y. The legs extend
from the abdomen to the floor and nave
hinges to enable a fellow to sit down
when standing or to stand when SIT
ting"
Why there are no great cities IN
Kansas is told by Thomas Benton Muir
dock in the FL Dorado Republican: "A
western railway official, in testlfylng
before the United States district court
in Kansas City in the two cent rare
case. said that railways usually bano
together and say what towns may grow
into cities and what towns snail ole;
and they boom them or kill them by
rate discrimination and rebates. Rail-
way people long years ago determines
that no big cities should be built IN
Kansas that it should remain an agrl-
cultural and not manufacturing state,
and that it's products should be hauleo
to Kansas City, there made into manu-
features and reshipped and sold to
Kansas consumers. And that they have
succeeded nobody denies"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
What passes for luck is often really
common sense.
A man may be absolutely blind to
his own interests and still be looking
for trouble.
1t may be possible for even an act
ress to make up her mind without
the aid Of rouge. -..-
Talk is cheap, but it isn't as cheap
as it used to be before the telephone
was invented.
The higher criticism of the drama
may come from the gallery god as
well as from the parquet critic.
''In the matter of drinking" unused
the philosopher with the impression
istic nose, 'be sure you are right and
you won't get a head
First Financier-'Isn't it sad that
fool and his money are SO soon
parted ?" Second Financier-"Cheer
up, my friend. There are lots more.
Hoax-"Do you really think the
weather has any effect upon
watch ?" Joax-"I know the seasons
do. For instance. spring is much
better for a watch than a fall.
Blobbs-"I believe Bjones is the
sort of fellow who actually hopes for
the worst" Slobbs-"Yes, but BJones
is such a pessimist he never expects
his hopes to be realized"
Wigg-"That old man is merely a
truck driver and yet he says MS son
shines in the most exclusive society.
wagg-"Yes, the young fellow Is
bootblack at one of the fashionable
clubs"
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Nevada's wild Horses.

1.-THE ranges set apart by the govern
ment in Nevada are overrun by droves
of wild horses, which in the aggregate
are said to amount to 5000 at least"
said D. c. Carson, who has just return
ed from that state. "At one time there
was law in Nevada permitting the
shooting of these wild horses. in order
to get rid of them. The hides were
sold. and the hunters made a good nv-
ing out of it. But, as is usually the
case. there were hunters who contin-
ually made mistakes when out gun
ming. Many a domestic horse fell a
victim to hunters rifles. This finally
became so much of a loss to the
ranchers and others that the law was
repealed. Since that time the droves
have grown and are exceedingly trou-
blesome. The forestry men are ordered
to shoot these horses whenever they
come to them, but they are so busy
with other and more necessary work
that little impression is made on the
droves by that means. Meanwhile, the
horses are increasing, and the question
of how to wipe them out is becoming
serious one for all concerned."-Mtl-
waukee Sentinel.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

IFrom the Chicago News1
A man should know the company
he avoids.
The owner of smart dog does
most of the barking.
Better boy in the schoolroom
than two in poolroom.
The whisky still is responsible for
many a loud drinker.
AS a rule thieves display more dis
erection than honest men do.
The good form displayed by many
a woman is due to her dressmaker.
Most of the average mans laughs
are inspired by his own alleged wit
Don't worry about your looks. You
will always look good to your friends.
1t sometimes happens that girl
NAV get rid of her persistent sutton
by marrying him.
Mother Eve handed Adam an apple,
and her daughters have been handing
men lemons ever since.
Girls are gay deceivers; they always
try to make a young man belleVe
they were never kissed before.
The photographer naturally ex-
meets his patrons to take him SER
iously when he asks them to look
pleasant.
When you hear a man Boosting or
what he is going to do 1t won't take
Won long to enumerate the things ne
has. done.
Young man, don't take a girls hand
in yours and tell her you love her
unless you are prepared to pay her
board for life.
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union of Consumers.


William E. Chandler, who did not
lose any of his interest in public af-
fairs when he left the Senate, believes
that it is only a question of time when
the people of the United States will
form themselves into a "conSum erS'
labor unions, he argues. The big
manufacturers are organized into
trusts or have trade associations,
which deal with the labor unions on
questions of pay, time, and other ele-
mentS which go into the labor cost
of articles, while they agree among
themselves as to the prices which they
shall ask for their finished products.
The workers and the employers often
make agreements among themselves,
market price of the manufactured
product. But the consumers, which,
of course, means the great body of the
American people, have no association
and therefore the Concord statesman
suggests that there shall be organized
a great league of consumers, which
shall be heard when the other organ
izations attempt to raise prices above
a reasonable level
There is enough of plausibility in
Mr.. Chambers idea to induce many
people to take it seriously. 1t has
been discussed with some solemnity by
critics here and there as a timely
anu one LndL Will possibly
prove very popular aftere the plan
has been more widely discussed. Va
rious sugges ions have been made for
the organization of the league, which
might have a membership of 10000
900 people if the proposition were to
be adopted. 1t has been suggested
that q representative of this great
consumers league be present at every
important conference as to working
agreements btween employer and en-
ployee, and that it would be the duty
of the new league to appeal to the
protection of the government in ev-
cry case where an unjustif1able in
crease in price should be attempted.
Just how the courts would have any
more power than they now have, to
interfere with labor agreements, has
not been stated. Nor has it been
shown that the formation of con-
sumers' league would offer any more
explicit or immediate relief than may
now be obtained under the existing
laws
When ever the people of this coun-
try are interested enough in the prob
lem of resisting unfair prices, they al
ready have the remedy in their own
hands, without the organization of any
special league. If prices of any prod
uct are too high, the simple and easy
remedy is to refuse to buy.-Boston
Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe

The two great lacks in every wom-
ans life seem to be love and money.
We often wonder whether the devil
looks like his pictures on the Dill
boards.
boy often thinks to himself: will
never get to be man? nave peen
this young twenty years"
There is a good deal of surplus sym
uathy going around, but the man who
has to carve never gets his share
Although 1 have sense enough to
be sensible, I am not, and have no
right to fuss at others because they
are not"-Parson Irvine.
You all know the Magazine woman:
the woman who does everything by
rules she has read in the magazines.
And she is not popular; she is not
liked as we'll as the natural woman.
An old bachelor in Coolidge is in
love with an Ancient Maiden of Al. He
is very enthusiastic about her, and re-
Gently said to a friend: 1T is sur
prising how much there is left to
woman of Al"
An automobile is a good deal like a
woman An automobile will run along
for a while and seem the greatest in
vention in the world. Then IL Will
sulk, and no one can tell what is the
matter with 1t.
Every little while, we hear of some
overwhelmingly funny thing that hap
pens in a family; as funny, members
of the family say, as any show. We
always take such statements with a
grain or two of salt.
At the next meeting of the Lancas-
ter Literary society, this will be de-
bated upon: Does the possession of
heirlooms indicate tocratic ances-
tors, or merely ancestors who never
gave to rummage sales?
An Atchison girl admits that she
once refused TO marry a good man
because mis- name was Fritz Schmelt,
when all her dreams had been of
something like Chauncey st. Clare de
Paul. And Fritz Schmelt didn't do a
thing afterward but make his ugly
name good for a million.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

When a man can make a meal off
of Health food" he may be set down
as having been hungry.
X x X
Children often wonder how their
father has put up with his wife for
so long a time.
x X
1t may be said of some proposals of
marriage that the men making them
must be really desperate.
X X
Concerning a secret most women
have but two views-either it is too
good to keep or it isn't worth keep
ing.
X X X
Many school houses have electric
switches in them but they are not of
the kind that the pupils often need.
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1t seems that there will be no end to
the size of buildings, in height and
otherwise, that are being planned for
construction in New York city. What
is styled the worlds biggest dwelling
house" is soon to be erected there. It
will cover an entire block and will have
40 apartments in it of from six to II
rooms each Some idea of the size of
the building may be gained from the
fact that it will be equivalent to 172
three-story, 25 foot front private dwell
1ngs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

Des Moines adds her voice to the
chorus of praise being sounded for
the commission plan of government.
ut cuts loose the pulleys in city gov
eminent" says Lafayette Young, the
well known Iowa editor. The sim
plicity of its plan and the directness
with which work can be accomplish
ed under it are the salient virtues of
the scheme. Surely Topeka is not going
to let pass the opportunity to take time
by the forelock in this particular. This
method for governing the city ought
to be tried by the capital of Kansas
and the sooner the better.
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By all means should the people on
the North side and the South side of
the Kaw river get together and plan
a uniform and adequate scheme for
relief from floods. If the folks on each
side of the river work Independently
of each other nothing much in the
way of good for anybody in the city
will come of their efforts, because the
interests of the people on the North
side and those on the South side are
almost Identical
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
THE FARMER FEEDS THEM ALL.

The politician talks and talks,
The actor plays his part
The soldier glitters on parade,
The goldsmith piles his art.
The scientist pursues his germs
Ger the terrestrial ball
The sailor navigates his SHIP
But the farmer feeds them all.
The preacher pounds the pulpit desk,
The broker reads the tape,
The tailor cuts and sews his cloth
To fit the human shape.
The dame of fashion dressed in silk
Goes forth to dine or call,
Or drive. or dance, or promenade,
But the farmer feeds them all.
The workman yields his shining tools,
The merchant shows his wares,
The aeronaut above the clouds
A dizzy journey dares;
But art and science soon would fade,
And commerce dead would fall,
If the farmer ceased to reap and SOW,
For the farmer feeds them all.
-LeSlie'S Weekly,
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An organized effort is to be made in
New York city to have folks do their
Christmas shopping early. This same
plan might be tried with good success
in every city in the country, but per-
haps an organized effort is not really
needed. A little forethought on the
part of Christmas buyers would do the
trick nicely, and certainly their atten-
ton has been called to the desirability
of the proposition quite sufficiently.