The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-19
KANSAS COAAENT
ROASTED A MALIGNER GOOD.


| Topeka is greatly excited over an
interview in the San Diego (Cal.) I'm
ION with Mr.. w. E. Sterne, formerly
a citlzen OF the state capital Of Kan
sas-
Mr.. Sterne-so certain Topeka gen.
tleman say-cleaned up $150,000 in
, cold cash during his residence in To-
peka without one hours manual labor.
With this handsome sum of money he
retired to California to enjoy it in ease
and luxury, selecting San Diego. No
sooner had he settled there than he
began crftfcising his old home, and
giving it a bad name. The San Diego
Union published one of his bitterest
criticisms. 1t reached Topeka and
forthwith the Commercial Club of
that city was called in special meeting
to take suitable action" in the mat
ter.
The biographies of all noted traitors
in the history of the world had been
previously looked up and Mr.. Sterne
was likened to each and every one of
them from Judas Iscariot to Benedict
Arnold.
All towns need defense against
maligners. We have no patience with
man who makes his wealth in one
place and then defames it. Of course
it is possible that Mr.. Sterne may have
been misquoted. but it is not proba-
BILE. Friends who met him out there
recently said that he was very sore on
his old home, and the cause of it
seemed to be that he wanted a GER
tain office which was not given him
He apparently made no account or
the various offices the town gave him
in the past and seems to be the sort
of a man who believes that his neigh
bors owe him something all the time.
Topeka, of course, may not be as
good a town as others, but that is no
reason why attention should be called
to the fact. 1t is no reason why man
should rush into a newspaper off1ce
and say so.
The Commercial Club passed strong
resolutions denouncing him and no
one will blame that body for giving
him what seemed to be coming to him.
1t is scurvy business to go away from
your old home and then give 1t
black eye. especially if it has treated
you well.-Wichita Eagle.
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
1t has often been a source of real
regret, both among city people and
country people, that these two classes
of citizens are not brought in closer
social relations.
In a business way, the city and
country are in touch. the city buying
the country's products, and the coun-
try patronizing the city merchants.
And right there Is where the thing
stops, as a general proposition. There
Is very llIIle WHICH Town, ana city TAKE
up in common. There is usually con-
siderable pulling and hauling when
the two try to trot in double harness.
There is one proposition now arous-
ing much interest in which both town
and country could unite. 1t should
be a bond Of sympathy between the
two which will hold them firmly to-
gether. This proposition is the one
of good roads.
To the farmer the good road means
ease. economy and profit in transport
ing his products to- market; it means
efficient delivery of the mails; it
means the establishment of better
schools through the consolidation of
school districts and the establishment
of school routes=''s
= For the town man. the good road
means more trade with the farmers
in the stores of the town, better OPP
portunities for automobile excursions,
and better opportunities for extending
the trade of the town
And beyond all these considerations,
the good road opens the way for clos
er social relations between town and
country.-Salina Journal.