The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-07

AOOhS out across the Dark,
And, weighing every word with care,
Delivers this remark:
The tariff Is q n1eaty nut;
think 1t should be altered. BUT
The statesman fumbles with his pen,
Looks out across the park again
And sapient1y says:
The ship of state is not a skin:
The tariff will be altered, If"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Americas Meat Supply.
The United States has become the
leaolng meat consuming country of
the world within half a century, IL the
statistics on the subject are to be ac-
cepted. Indeed, 1t is claimed that the
average man in this country eats his
weight of meat every year, and that
this is not true of any other national
1ty, even the proverbial beef eater
John Bull being an inferior consumer.
The enormous meat industry of this
country has developed since the civil
war. England is still our best Gus
toner, buying three-fourths Of her
meat from us. The value of the to-
tai of meat exports average a quarter
Of billion dollars
When the new meat inspection law
went into operation about a year and
half ago 1t was thought that the
meat industry would be irreparably
damaged. but sales abroad appear to
have increased steadily, except in the
case Of canned meats Nevertheless,
the United States is still the greatest
meat packing country in the world.
The new law should serve to improve
the quality of canned goods and make
more call for them eventually from
all parts of the globe.
Some interesting up-to-date statis-
tics concerning meat production are
furnished by writer in Moody's Ma
gaZine. From these it appears that
the ranges and farms Of the United
States support about 100000 head
of cattle, 100000 head Of swine,
and 100000 head of sheep. The
average value per head last year was.
cows, $31; other cattle, SIT; swine,
1852. Sheep sell by the 100 pounds
at from So to Sc.
Our total consumption of meat in
tons is believed to be about $4,000, 900
a year. The packing house industry
centers in Chicago. Kansas City and
| nearly a hundred by-products from
slaughtered animals, and these are
| worth between 81 and 50 per head.
The most important after the hide are
| the hair, horns, bones, hoofs. entrails,
etc. In fact, every part of the ami
NAL is utilized for some useful pur-
pose and has money value.
A remarkable feature of the his
| tory Of meat expectation is that since
| the year 1856 the industry has re-
| C0lNcO Only three checks TO It's pros
perity. In 1879 there were objections
| to American pork, in 1894 there was
a scare caused by cattle diseases, and
| in 1905 the packing house disclosures
injured the sale Of canned meats.
The authorities at Washington have
instituted such sweeping reforms in
| the entire business of packing and
shipping meats that there are now
/ substantial reasons for anticipating a
steady growth in the foreign demand
| OF American goods hereafter. France
thinks so well of horse flesh as an
article of diet that, of course, the
American shippers of beef do not ex-
pect an increase of trade in that
country.
! 1t will surprise most consumers to
declined. This is charged to the fact
that the corn crop is short and cattle
feed scarce, hence range owners have
rushed more cattle into the meat
market to get rid of the cost of feed
ing them. If this is so it should
and prices should decline this winter.
| Boston Globe.
| Ethel Roosevelt.
| The coming debutante Of the White
House is in every sense a true daughter
of her father, says the Delineator for Jan
| uary.
has the good fortune to harbor two
charming debutantes in a single presiden-
cy.- Alice Roosevelt is ''wooed and mar
Ethel to make her first formal bow next
year. Ethel Roosevelt is extremely popu-
\ lar with her friends of her own age as
| we'll as with older people.
| The former like her for her good temper
and high spirits. the latter, for her wom-
hrs mother other Mrs Yrs Roosevelt and her daugh,
ter are thorough "chums."
! OF course she loves horses-her father s
/ 4 ,0f ha1r OF
home from Harvard for his vacation. re-
marked in a superior manner after listen
ing to long account OF the e+ virtues yes OF
woman. Ethel!' "Wen," retorted the girl,
unabashed 'Td rather be talking about
an almost human horse than about a lot
she is an .'all-round girl In the last
year two she hat shot I'D amazingly,
went to the White House will leave it a
stately young woman with a frank charm
Of manner that Is sure to carry her to
brilliant social success.
boarding of New Kind.
1t. is reported with entire. plausibiIltSy
that practically every one Of the 5000 %
be called the first edition of the Saint
Gaudens eagles has already been with
carefully laid away by coin collectors will
never again serve their intended purpose
as currency OF course $4,000 is mere
| tr1rle IN computation OF national IL
nances, but it is quite a lot of money,
nevertheless, and its permanent and ef-
| is a form of "hoardfng'' that might have
come in for some savage scolding few
days ago.
/ As soon as these coins appeared the
collectors realized that their issue would
| soon stop, and that therefore it was nee
essary to secure as many OF them as pos
sible AS they were willing to pay what
was for a new coin, an enormous premi-
UNI. the 5000 almost Instantly disappeared
| Now they are not coins at all, but curios,
| and, while there are too many Of them to
make 1t possible that they will ever attain
| trinsically worth much less, their price will
not decrease, but will slowly grow as the
years go on.-N. Y. Times.
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.