The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-22

THE PROSPECT OF pr.cr

THE PROSPECT OF PEACE
muse VINO ,pe for universal peace,
a sn not wise if they expect it soon.
1,ousn the ages man has fought
in.r ops ne always Will fight, there be-
rs many TOOLS, and several mean men
alnohsst his collective numbers. But
tnere Is nope in the fact that the per
Ious OF peace now average longer than
ehey USED to. and in the fact that war,
expensive as it is lis less a matter of
despoliation and loot in these DAYS
IMAM When the earth was young. That
W.. IS less frequent, one needn't be
o III eioSeSt student of history to know
Ilne was, and they say that is the
t May war Started, when shepherds
fought for the grazing grounds for
their fiocks. Later down in history we
ma cities fighting other cities, and
even the estates of the landowners go
ing to war with the heads of other es-
.dles' When the huSbandnan must also
pe hgnting man good portion of his
time. we have managed to relegate
that form of warfare to the more
peace!ul methods of the courts and
the rights Of property and humanity
Eold precedence above the right of
nnlght. Even nations have regulated
themselves somewhat. and many of
tnelr disputes go to arbitration Even
the government officials, who, with the
limoges, are responsible for most wars.
nave more sense than formerly. 1t is
true that the gentle and conservative
MI. Knox rushes fiercely at Nicaragua,
put, on the other hand. the fierce Theo-
dore fed taffy to Japan, when that ORR
entail back was. up, which was good
sense. whether it was valor or not. and
good sense is what must finally end
war. It it ends. The great discourage
ment is that we go on preparing for
lt.-Atchison Globe
PISS IT ALONG
The travelling man or salesman in
kansas, through the efforts of the or
ganlzation named the United CONNER
cal Travellers" managed to secure leg
islation in Kansas at the last session
or the legislature, compelling hotels to
arrange system of fire escapes, cleo
TIC alarm gongs. red lights. fire ex-
tlngu1shers. rope ladders. long sheets,
bugless beds, cle.,n slop buckets and in
olvidual towels. which has been gen.
orally carried out, and where it has not,
The hotel either has closed or the pro-
prietor been placed under arrest. The
motel proprietor is now getting even
for the expense with the commercial
traveller, as his hotels have raised their
prices to this unusually favored man.
Travelling man speaks:
The cause of it? That's easy. Go
almost anywhere in the state and you
will find the hotel men explaining that
their advanced prices are due to the
sanitary restrictions put on them by
the state board of health. The Kansas
legislature has feStoOned a lot of laws
around the hotel business during the
past few years, and the hotel men will
tell you that it costs money to observe
them. There are fire escapes. bedding
laws, sanitary orders galore, all sorts
OF restrictions have been thrown about
the foods"
Hotel man replies: "Pass it along
We hotel men get the prices passed on
to IS by the state laws and the pro-
duce and meat men. We've got to
pass them on to the travelling public.
You fellows, to get even, must pass it
on to somebody else. That's all can
give you in the way of advice. Abb
lene Reflector.