The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-23
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SUPREME COURT VACANCIES

Senator Spooner recently, in charac-
terizing Taft as IAN ideal man for the
presidency" called attention to the
fact that the next president will prob
appointments to the supreme bench. 1t
is a most important point for consid-
Grafton. The way in which those va
cancies will be filled may be a matter
Of vast moment to our institutions,
now that all sorts of radical and revo-
lutionary "isms" are in the air.
Against legislation embodying such
subversive proposals the national Con-
stitution as interpreted by the supreme
court is the last rock of safety.
Mr. Bryan has evinced disposition
to pack the supreme court in the in
terest Of proposals already declared
unconstitutional. Taft is not that kind
of a man. The point in question is at
tracing much attention among profess
sional and business men. To quote, Tor
instance, Mr.. Seligman. of New York:
Taft is a great candidate. He is a
greater man than we have yet had an
opportunity of seeing. His judicial
experience will stand him in good stead
when he comes to the presidency. for
he will probably have from two to four
vacancies to fill on the bench of the
supreme court of the United States.
and there could not be better man
to perform that office than Taft
The certainty that Mr.. Taft would
fill these supreme bench vacancies
wisely and according to the broad
standards of general fitness is not the
least of the many reasons why the
sober sense and conservation OF the
country should cast its vote for him.
Milwaukee Sentinel
The most troublesome item in busi-
IN, nYId
Work is the regulation of the selling
expense. For an illustration. an article
sells at $500. As a rule, 800 Of that
represents the manufacturing cost;
800 goes for profits and accounting
and the remaining 800 Is absorbed In
the expense of selling. The author
takes the ground that the $500 devoted
to material, labor, profits and account
ing is in the nature of hxed charge
while the 800 spent for selling Is In
the nature Of a psychological impulse
That is to say, it is Of highly notion
al character. and is constantly threat
eninp the other two-thirds Of outlay.
Here the writer makes a most In
teresting statement. He says one can
buy an article manufactured In the
United States cheaper in Argentina
than he can in New York city This is
because the expense Of selling Is so
much greater in New York There,
office rents. salaries, advertising, as
sistants, ETC.. are added to the manu-
facturer's expense, and these items
are so much greater there than in Ar
gentina. So the regulating of the SELL
ing expenses is today the greatest
problem in trade. The habit today is
to pass this by and direct retrench-
ment to matters of labor and material.
which is usually uphill business But
SO is the reduction of the selling ex-
pense, since the conditions that make
il necessary seem quite as inf1exible as
material obstacles There is, however,
an evolution in the direction of econ
omy and this consists in the training
of the selling agent. which enables him
to do more in one day now than ne
once did in two. He used to do more
visiting: now he does more business
This cuts down the price and increases
trade-Ohio State Journal