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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
HISTORY MAY REPEAT.

Senator Cummins. of Iowa, is dis
corning enough to see the handwriting
on the wall. He told his confreres In
the United States senate the other day
that if they failed to pass a tariff Dill
providing for materially lower duties
on imports they would provoke po-
litical contest for another revision of
the tariff. And that is exactly what
will happen in the event that the Re
publican congressional leaders are so
shortsighted as not to make good the
promises of their party to the people.
AS Senator Cummins pointed out: Tt
was not the manufacturers; 1t was not
the Iumbermen; it was not the coal
man: it was not the iron and steel
man; it was not the glass man; it was
not the cotton or the wooden man; it
was not the oil man. who insisted
on a revision of the tariff downward
It was the people. the consumers of the
country ."who believed that they were
having too much for the things they
had to buy, and that excessive import
duties. coupled with other conditions
we're enabling a favored few to reap in
ordinate profits, and therefore they
wanted. as one of the steps leading to
the remedy which they sought. a sub
stantial reduction of the tariff du-
ties"
If these demands Of the people are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
NDTvDUAIIsaf.

In modern politics we have seen
that society is better governed by al
lowing the individuals. as far as pos
sible, to govern themselves, writes
President Hadley of Yale in a discus
sion of wealth and socialism. appear
ing in the Circle magazine for May.
In modern economies we have seen
that society is made richer by allow
ing individuals, as far as Is possible
to get r1ch in their own ways Each
of these principles has its limit, but
each marks an immeasurable advance
in politics and economies over the sys-
tenn of police government which pre-
coded it.
Scientific socialists have done an
admirable work in pointing out Where
the evils arising from individual free
dom may exceed it's advantages and
when society must use its collective
authority to produce the best econom-
fc and moral results. Men or this
type must recognize that the point OF
issue between the socialist and the IN
dividualist is not a question OF enos
but of means. Both sides have the
same good at heart-namely, the gen.
eral good of society. One side be-
ueves this good is best achieved by IN
dividual freedom in a particular hne
of action: the other side believes that
the dangers and evils with which such
a system is attended outweigh its ad-
vantages.
Unfortunately the contest between
the individualist and the socialist has
not been carried on in a spirit which
could lead to a mutual understanding
The individualist is apt to regard the
socialist as revolutionary. The So
cialist is apt to regard the individual
list as hard hearted and immoral
Indfvidualishm is not a creed or a
platform, but a way of looking at
things. and the same may be said OF
socialism. The difference between the
tndtvidualist and the socialist IS large
Iy a matter of temperament.
The successful investment of capital
in land has been the means of pro-
ducing large fortunes, but the Tor
tunes were not certainties from the
outset. If they had been the com
rnunity could and would have made
the Improvement from public funds
at public expense. tn profits of the
successful in land Improvement and
land speculation are offset by the
losses of the unsuccessful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
JAYHAWKER JOTS

"LittIe-Flicker' was the heading to
marriage notice printed recently in
one of the Manhattan papers.
There are, or soon will be, 9S7, 675-
243, S97, 1858, 1853, 67S, 956.856 flies in Kansas.
Swat 'em.-Kansas City Journal.
The Emporia Gazette remarks that
1t is about time for the Ladies' Home
Journal to tell it's readers how to make
a parlor lion for $1.27.
By a sensation" in Hiawatha is
meant that someone went to church
and dropped $40 in the collection bas-
ket, says Charley Blakesley.
The Minneapolis Messenger makes
the point that a bloom upon the nose is
not conclusive evidence that the own
er possesses a conservatory of the soul.
College students are pretty bad about
talking shop but they aren't in 1t,
thinks the Manhattan Mercury, with a
bunch of people who have taken part
in home talent show.
w. R. Baker. formerly of the Glen
some time ago and started the Review,
announces that he has purchased a new
press, with a view of later starting a
daily paper.
That Lawrence did not altogether
repudiate the Uplift when she beat a
university man for mayor is indicated
by her action this week in filming a
splitter for splitting on the sidewalk, says
the Ottawa Herald.
The count at the prison this week
shows that 80 per cent of the inmates
now confined have served more than
one term. OF the 799 prisoners, 1874 are
serving their fourth. four their fifth
one his sixth, one his seventh and
another his eighth.-Lansing News
The new hats according to the West
ern Christian Advocate. are "outland-
ish, unseemlv obstructive, >impudent
self assertive. loud. dominant aides and
abettors of the DEVIL Bearing such g
burden as that, says the Leavenwortr
Times, they must necessarily be large
which explains it and takes the blame
| off the Paris milliners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

not listened to by the present Repub-
Hcan congress, it is as natural and as
certain as is the following of tho day
by night, that they will turn to other
channels to get the relief that they de-
sire. The tariff question was not much
of an issue in the recent national cam
paign, for the simple reason that botn
of the dominant political parties pledg-
ed themselves to its adequate revision
IN downward direction. The Repub-
Hcan platform was not as explicit on
this point as was that of the Demo-
Gratis but the Republican candidates
went further than their platform and
promised a tariff revision of the kind
that was demanded. If these promises
are not kept, no similar ones in the
future will be needed by the voters,
who are more Independent of party
lines in their voting than they ever
have been before. And these promises
certainly will not be kept if a tariff
bill is passed in which are embodied
many of the salient features of Sena-
tor Aldrich's plan.
In the event of a failure of the Re
publicans in this regard the Demo-
Gratis will be provided with a live is
sue on which to wage their next ma
tional campaign with the chances that
little bit of history will repeat it.
self. 1t will be remembered that the
only Democrat, Grover Cleveland, who
has been elected president since the
civil war, was elevated to that office
on the second occasion on direct is
sue for a reduction of the tariff du-
ties, which the people demanded be-
cause of the burdens placed on them
by the Mckinley protective tariff
measure which was passed during the
Harrison administration. That was the
issue on which Mr.. Cleveland won his
second election. 1t is the only time in
years that a presidential campaign has
been fought out on that issue and the
people then showed where they stood
on this proposition with a no uncertain
voice. Because Mr.. Cleveland did not
succeed in getting the. sort of a re-
duced tariff bill that he desired that
does not cast any shadow on the fact
that he was elected to Office by the
people with the hopes that he would
be able to bring about a desired re-
duction of the tariff duties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrorn the Chicago News.1
Fit for the godS-the theater gal
lery.
Your luck is good IL the other fell
lows is worse.
A high roller cuts a queer figure
when he gets a skate on.
The speed mania never hits a boy
very hard on his way TO school.
The way not to interest a woman is
to praise some other woman.
Anyway, there's no danger of an old
toper's dying of water on the brain.
One thing in the world that is used
by US all for a speIl-the alphabet
It's easier to mix religion with bust
ness than it is to mix politics with
religion.
A woman should trust her husband,
but It isn't always advisable to let him
know il.
It isn't a question of how much
money you have made, but how much
good you have done with 1t.
It's easy to convince a superstitious
man that finding dollar is luckier
than finding a horseshoe.
If you are unable to learn anything
while trying to teach others it's a sure
indication that you are a has-been-
You can never make a woman be-
Heve that she isn't saving money when
she spends 10 cents in car fare in or
der to obtain dollar article for 9S
cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. ]

Make woman mad. and she is no
more polite than a man.
Chewing tobacco is not the worst
of it; splitting is the worst of it.
Don't feel ashamed If you can't
play the piano; be proud of 1t.
How many purely ornamental peo-
pie there are in every community
The morning after a big wedding.
the women are nearly always cross.
Half the wickedness in the world
has no other foundation than gossip.
The owls are always holding con-
ventions, and resolving that the eagle
is flying too high.
The bachelors and old maids don't
know what trouble isl said a man
recently. He has a sick wife.
Some one has said: What is more
pitiful than a complaining woman
who no longer complains?"
Whenever any little thing hurts a
man. he says it hurts just as though
some one had cut out his heart with
a knife
About the wisest looking thing in
the world is country boy who has
been boarding in town three or four
months. studying law.
The women folks in a church have
their first grave doubt of their pastor 5
sincerity when he marries a woman
belonging to some other church
How rude impolite people are
roasted behind their backsI And
what people say behind your back is
your standing in the community IN
which you live.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
OH TICKLE LOVE

He drew her tightly to his breast
And whispered words of burning love,
"Ah, with you by my side he said,
Il would defy the gods above
If we were placed by Fate's cruel hand,
Far out upon desert sere,
1 would be happy, Geraldine,
To know. sweetheart. that you were
I'D drink the love- oh, darling one
That gushes from your lustrous eyes,
And eat the kisses from your lips,
In place of meat, and bread, and pies"
T. en- as he spoke a magic hand
cast Ger their heads a mystic trance,
And woke them from their dream of bliss,
Upon Sahara's hot expanse.
And did he starve to death? YOU ask.
What a very foolish question:
He tried the Diet he'd prescribed,
And died-of indigestion
Leo Whitney in The Bohemian Maya
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
A GARBAGE PLANT NEEDED.

Councilman Fraser has started
needed. movement by his advocatlon for
the establishment of municipal plant
for the disposal of garbage and other
refuse. Many cities in the country, and
some of them not as large as Topeka
have these most necessary adjuncts'
and it is high time that this city had
one not because the other cities nave
them but because such plant is so
reorisite to the needs of a city of this
size in more ways than one Under
existing conditions there is scarcely
nlaca in any reasonable proximity to
Topeka where garbage and refuse can
he dumued. Certainly there is no place
set aside for this purpose, and If there
were any such spot it would soon be-
come a nuisance, a menace to puonc
health the country round. with THESE
circumstances in existence many or
the merchants and storekeepers IN the
cttv whose business is such that large
quantities of rubbish is bound 10 COL
1ect on their hands, face a problem ths't
Is hard for them to deal with. Many
of +he residents of the city are IN the
Same predicament in respect to their
garbage which is now gathered In an
uncertain and irregular fashion. If II is
taken up at all.
It will be readily seen, however, tha0
a garbage and refuse disposal plant Is
a necessity. One can be built on sucn
proper scale, and at no considerable
expense, either, that it can be mace
self-sustaining, or nearly so. And IN
conjunction with it there should be
r1aD for the regular collection OF gar
bare and refuse from the residential
houses and alleys throughout the entire
CITY as well as from the business
honses. AS stated the expense for the
operation of a garbage plant and the
collection of the rubbish and retuse
could probably be met by the returns
from the plant If it were properly con-
Quoted through the sale of the grease
that might be rectifed from the gar
hare and the fertilizer that might be
made. Other kinds of refuse and rub
bish also have a monetary value
But even If such plant should not
be able to pay its own way, that Is nc
good reason why one should not be pro-
vided. There are countless necessary
municipal undertakings which do not
bring in a cent of return to the CITY
And not a one of them Is more eX-
Incident than a garbage disposal plant
If the city is to be kept clearly and thf
health Of its inhabitants surrounded
! by all proper precautions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.
Pot luck is too often potted luck

lFTOm the Pn1ladelpnla RECORD.
Pot luck is too often ported luck.
A girl shouldn't feel uppish just be-
cause she is made up.
1t is seldom as EN- barrassing to meet
a bill as it is to meet the bill col
lector.
Love is what prompts a woman to
be miserable with one man rather
than be happy with another
The latest popular song is entitled
Mother, Get the Hammer. There's
Fly on Fathers Head"
Lots of the men who make the
most noise in the world are really in
the blank cartridge class.
If a man is the architect of his own
fortune he shouldn't restrict himself
to the building of air castles.
The poverty stricken aristocrat dem
onstrates that the upper crust of So
ciety is often short of dough.
The trouble with the man who is
always preaching economy is that he
wants his wife to do all the practicing.
Blobbs-"Yes. there was something
in his face that reminded me of you"
Slobbs-"What was it?'' Blobbs-
'-The rankest cigar 1 ever smelied."
Hello. Subbubs. Have
you a good cook now?" Subbubs-'I
home since o'clock this morning"
Playwright-'Did you see my
play?'' Critic-"Ohl yes" Play
wright-"What did you think of the
finish ?" Critic-"Great Scott! It
hasn't been taken off already, has
it?'
THE devil isn't as black as he is
painted" quoted the Wise Guy. NO"
assented the Simple Mug; "a good bit
of his bIackness has rubbed off on the
| people who have tried to investigate
the truth of that comforting proverb-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1t is often unjust to criticise a man
because of the company he keeps.
x X
The future detailed by a fortune
teller are generally of the phony
variety.
=
Maybe married men are more or
less dyspeptic because their wives sell
dom agree with them.
y K
The man who has desire to burn
his money never has much trouble in
finding flames to start the confiagra-
ton.
X
A person soon gets a reputation for
having excellent judgment if he agrees
with everything everybody else gives
voice to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

Taxpayers and other residents of
Topeka will be right behind John
Rogers. the city engineer. in the war
ne proposes to make on the slipshod
work which is done in replacing
street pavement that is taken up for
the purpose OF laying gas and water
service pipes. Some of this work that
has been done recently is worse than
disgraceful Anyone who may think
that this statement is a little too gen.
eral can satisfy his curiosity by look
ing at the pavement on the north side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

Henrietta Crosman, actress. is in
the wrong place. She ought to be in
England. She says the women suffra-
gists in this country are altogether too
ladylilSe. 1t Is her idea that they ought
to form an army. go to Washington.
storm the doors OF the capitol and de-
mand their rights. AS a mater of fact
It IL Just such actions as these that are
hurting the cause OF the English suf-
fra0at4na
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.l

II IUIII NIIt INV I OI \ Z tS54
Absence makes the heart grow
fonder, and absinthe makes 1t weaker.
The man who figures in an ex-
plosion begins at the bottom and
goes up
The lazy man would rather take
half a loaf than work for a whole one.
Never judge an argument by its
sound; it may be all sound and not
sound at all
A fool woman is one who can make
her own living, but marries man
who can't make it for her.
Occasionally a man gets angry and
tries to raise the roof and is only
prevented by the mortgage that holds
il down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

This is encouraging. Capt. Fremont
OF the United States battleship Missis-
ssppi doesn't believe that airships will
be menace to navy for a long, long
time to come. So there is nothing but
common sense to prevent the nations
of the earth rushing on in their frenzy
TO construct Dreadnaught ad infini-
tum. And a display of common
sense" evidently has no place in this
particular
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10
particular

The civil war has been thing of
the past for many years but the in
ternecine strife among the Kansas
veterans OF it continues to grow more
bitter each day. No one would be sur
prised much to see the opposing fac
tions line up in battle array some day
for the purpose of settling their dis
pute with shot and shell. At any rate,
q free for all fight of some sort is IN
prospect unless they stop calling
each other names.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

Another constitution has been grant
ed to his subjects by the shah of
Persia. This makes three he has ac-
corded them in little over a years
tine and it is reasonable to suppose
that he will not permit this one to be
in force any longer than the two which
have gone before it. The Persian ruler
is sure enough Injun-giver when it
comes to bestowine constitutions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

Some of the pupils of the Central
High school of Kansas City, Mo-, put
on play in the French language the
other night. OF course the folks in
the audience could not understand the
lines but their interest in the produc-
ton was kept sustained by the ap-
pearance of the actresses in real d.
x-ectpire GOWNS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

Employees of the state grain inspec-
ton department will have to give up
drinking liquor or give up their jobs.
This is no more than business men and
manufacturers the country over are
deman ding of their workers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

According to a cable from London to
the New York Herald plans have been
perfected for the organization Of a
lead trust of world wide scope. This
being the case it won't matter very
much whether or not there is lead
schedule of any sort in the revised
tariff bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

According to the figures in the
hands of the Shawnee county asses
sor the building improvement in To-
peka last year cost nearly one mil
lion dollars. The indications are that
they will be much greater during the
present year. All of which is good
and sufficient reason for an exchange
Of Fluctuations among Topekans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

II the Boyles have an interesting
story to tell in connection with the
kidnapping of Willie Whitla. the news
papers will probably be glad to print
it for them even if the courts of Penn
syfvaria have a desire to suppress 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

The amended Barnes high school
law is to be tested in the supreme
court of the state. This law has
caused more trouble over it's interpre-
tation than all the rest of the laws on
the Kansas statute books. 1t is to be
hoped that the many kinks in it will
be successfully ironed out in short
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

United States warships are nearing
the scene of the massacre OF the Chris
tians in Turkey They'll get there az
ter quiet has been restored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

of West Seventh street which was re-
Gently torn up to lay a water pipe
and which has been replaced in
most hapFazard sort of a way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

President Taft has an inhamed eye
Maybe he has been scanning the Aid
rich tariff bill for the purpose of find
ing out in what particular it revises
the tariff downward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

the task of saving wood? Tramp-Equal
isn't the word, mum. I'm superior to Il
Good morningi-Wasp.
What is the difference between an OPP
IN Inist and pessimist pesslmist IS
optimist thinks only of his assets. -
Judge.
These are the happiest days of the sea-
son. said the baseball fan 1T like it bet
ter after the men get warmed up" But
only part of fRe When Every nine
can be sure of the pennant. "-Philadelphia
Ledger
Claude (earnestly!-Am | the first man
you ever loved? Mande-Why. certainly
that Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
I'm short. sir we go in far too little for
light" Il don't see that--sugar and oil
are the two biggest trusts we support
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread. remarked Lightweight, meeting
That's right my boy" reioined SHARP
extending his hand, but I'm delighted to
see you here, just the same."-Chicago
prominent man called to condole with
concluded by saying: did he leave yous
very mueh?" Nearly every night" was
the reply.-Tit-Bits.
An Impending Calamity-Miss Smith
You must remember that children have
their uses, If only to perpetuate your
name. Now, when / die, I'm afraid the
name. of Smith will die with me.-The
Sketch.
Sweet Memories.-Pension Inquiry Off
cer-Have you eyerbee in the hands
of the police? Applicant-Weller:--sir,
g1rlsi Besides, II was good many years
ago, and he was a sergeant!-Puck.
The daughter OF her mother was doing
music" said the proud parent. cost US
lot of money" Indeed" rejoined the
visitor. Did some neighbor sue your
Chicago News.
1nfallfble.-It is never safe to Judge a
man by his clothes unless his pockets are
| turned wrong side out.-Dallas News.
Green has failed. He hasn't cent in the
world. = rs that sof Gee, that's too bad.
| owe Green $40. suppose I'll have to pay
it now. detroit Free Press.
Judge-You have not yet established the
prisoners insanity. Attorney-But Your
Honor, we mean to introduce witnesses to
show that the prisoner habitually argues
Speaking of heiriooms" broke in the
loquacious landlady. Il have one which
has come down through five generations
| the frivolous boarder, but do you refer
| to the butter?"-Philadelph Ledger
He has lost a fortune at cards" IT
didn't know he playedT HE don't; his
wife belongs to a bridge club. Houston
Post.