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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-09-08

The public school is the great lev
eller of the nation. It is here that
the children Of the, rich and poor learn
their first lessons in democracy.
While there Is an aristocracy In some
of the colleges and universities, con-
tray to the spirit Of brotherhood, this
feeling is rapidly passing away. Never
before has there been so much atten-
ton given to the discussion of social
questions. both In the regular and spe-
cial. courses Of our institutions Of
learning. Some professors have gone
to extremes in this direction: not only
do they themselves give lectures which
NAV Be regarded as decidedly Tedetical
but social agitators of the most radf-
cal type are invited to address the
students. However, on the whole
these lectures are resulting in bet
ter understanding Of the problems of
the masses By the classes.
It is due to this wider knowledge
Of the problems Of the poor that has
caused our student life to become more
Interested In the cause of the peo-
Die. Witness the large number Of coli
lege men and women who are volun-
tarfly living in the settlements Of our
great cities. representing their chap
tiers ana fraternities, bringing to these
problems all the fine devotion Of youth
and the understanding OF broad
ened mind. It is to this leadership
that much Of the social unrest Of the
times is due For seeing the poor
SUFFERING those things which they
themselves, feel must be beyond en-
auranCe. they are seeking to give then
not only broader outlook upon life
teIiieent direction. they are showing
The pssopIe how they may be dellV.
cred from the limitations q poFerty
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-09-08
Solping The St.
Car Problem,
In Milwaukee
I. The Problem.
By Carl d. Thompson.

1880
Socialist City Clerk of Milwaukee.)t
One of the greatest problems con-
fronting any American city is the
question of transportation.
The. problem presented to the So
cialist administration in Milwaukee is
particularly difficult. In the first
place, the present monopoly has fas-
tened itself upon the city for quar-
ter Of century. Their franchises do
not expire until 1895.
Moreover. the terms of these fran
chises were such that the people are
at the mercy Of the corporation.
The service is inadequate, the cars
are filthy. the tracks are out Of re-
pair, the system is incomplete, and
the service wretched.
But what can the city do? At every
effort of the people to secure relief
the corporation managers laugh.
And /, meanwhile the nickels roll
merrily on into the Golfers. a vast
stream of unearned incomes.
y And besides the city of Milwaukee
is at the mercy of the Wisconsin State
Legislature. What the Democratic
administration in the city did not do
to enslave the people to the corpora
tons the Republican State Legislature
did do. The Republican State Legisla-
tures has seen to it that Milwaukee
should not have the right or the
power either to regulate it's street car
system or to own and operate one
Of its own.
We are ruled in this matter by q
railroad rate commission that is sup
posed to do something for the people.
What they have done so far was
not of any advantage to the people so
that anyone could notice it. Such is
the problem that presents itself to the
Socialist administration in Milwau-
kee. It is not only serious, it is vi
tally interesting.
The administration that can solve a
problem like this will start a new era
in America.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-09-08

LABEL TALKS.

Go the readers Of The Majority:

To the readers Of The Majority:
While it IS apparent to ali who have
given any consideration to the matter
that the promotion Of the sale Of IN
ion-made products is on the increase,
nevertheless fhe fact remains that
some OF our af1iIiated organization
who are not q ssfrong IN numbers as
others are entitled to receive greater
support and announcement
One of our AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS III
particular. the Tobacco Workers In
ternationaI Union. in their efforts To
organize the men ana women engaged
in that industry are eoiaihaffed Nv i
combination which IS probably about
the largest in this country. the Amer
In a recent Investigation made by
one Of the Department of the Federas
Government it was reported that more
than IS per cent Of the smoking and
chewing tobacco and cigarettes made
in this country are the output Of that
combination Familiarity known as the
Trust Not only was this demon
strated in the Investigation. but ii was
also reported that q great percentage
of the product of this Trust was not
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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-09-08
Had to Be His EQUAL.

As one Of the White Star steanl
ships came up New York harbols
the other day, a grimy coal barge
floated Immediately IN front Of
her. Clear out of the way with
that old mud scowi" shouted an
officer on the bridge.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-09-08

The Socialists Of Milwaukee believe
they can do it. They are already on
the job. The work is begun,
In the next article we viii outline
the plans.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

Baron. working as a street car conductor
in san Francisco, rescued Miss Bogue from
Injury, when, alightingt from his car, she
slipped and fell In front of a big truck.
She gave the young conductor her card
and Baron getting on his feet financially,
shorty after called upon the girl whose
life he had saved.
lie made great Roadway I'm his suit. for
with him il was a case OF love at first
sight, and finally his family became so in
terested that last summer they sent 20 a
San Francisco bank making hquiries into
the social standing Of the girl the heir to
the Perugian title wished to marry.
The facts CLEANED from the bank in
trusted with the investigation were such
that the asst scruples of Baron's family
we're overcome and arrangements quietly
made for the wedding.
The brides father is vice president OF
the West Pacific railway, and Is well known
throughout western railway circles.
1t was while making a trip through the
United States a year ago that Baron
dropped from sight and being unable 10
get into communication with his relatives
had to go 10 work. When he was In strait
ened circumstances he showed his pluck by
going out and getting a job. He could speak
English well and secured a position as
railway system.
II Is said Baron's family Is wealthy. and
that the present match Is not the bolster
ing up Of an impoverished title by the &C
quirement Of American millions.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid

know how a wedding might tax place at
that hour, which was close 10 midnight.
The reporter was sympathetic.
The ruse by which the bride got away
on the train with her sweetheart is a new
one in the history Of such affairs. Her
folks have been watching her constantly,
she says, for fear that she would slip away
with Harry.
Friday it was necessary for someone to
take a package from her home to the store
OF her brother, a jeweler in Shelbina. There
seemed to be no one to take IT, as the little
town has no messenger service.
Miss Elsie volunteered TO do the errand
herself. She dropped in at the home Of a
girl chum and telephoned to Harry, tell
ing him that she would be able to catch
the train, which usually arrives I'm ST Louis
at 5 o'clock,
Harry didn't need any further details. He
finished up tho business he had on hand
and caught the train. Elsie dropped the
package at her brothers and hurried for
the station.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

\ number of important railway PROJECTS
are under way I'm southern China The
chief OF these just now is the short line
from Hougkong to Canton. This is the
Canton-Kowloon road, It will be less
Than a hundred miles long and through
villages all the way. Canton contains
2,OOO,COO or more. Hongkong is one Of the
chief ports Of the world, and the road will
soon need double tracks to carry the
traffic. The trunk line from Canton to
Picking viii be an enormous feeder for
this little line. and several other roads
already protected viii all contribute to
#. Many railways will be continually built
from Canton north and south, and it is
bound to be one Of the worlds chief rail-
road centers.
The same il true Of Yunnan. toward
which the French are constructing a
road from Tongkong, and TO which the
burmese railways will probably come. The
roads are TO be extended from Yunnan
north to the Ysngtse, passing through tha
town OF Chunking, which Is about 1000
miles up the river, and other roads viii
be built to open up the enormous mineral
deposits OF that territory,
In addition 10 all this are the German
railways. which have been constructed
from Kiaochau bay westward through the
German hinterland OF Shantung. These
already comprise about "a miles OF track.
and when completed they WHIP probably be
three lines as long. They will cost, all
told, over S5O,OOOOOO. The lines already
built are doing well. tie stock yielding ga
per cent dividends. The concessions in
clude the right to all mineral deposits
lying within ten miles on each side Of the
tracks. FRANK q. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
On the Mnnch9rIan Railway.

l began my railway travel in China on
the chief Manchurian system, l landed
at Dalny and went north to Mukden. The
trip was over the road built by the Rus
slams and remodeled by the Japanese. II
Is 1,lS0 miles long and goes north to Har-
bin, where 1t connects with the Trans
Siberian system, taking passengers from
Dalny to London in sixteen days. This
road came to Japan at the c1ose of its
war with Russia. II is now finances and
operated by the Japanese and is a living
evidence Of their ability as practical rail
way managers. Its tracks have been en-
tlrely relaid, and that with American steel.
New bridges have been put up, using ma
terials ordered from the United states,
and the rolling stock is mostly American.
The express trains nave Pullman cars,
lighted by electricity. and the travel is
as comfortable as anywhere in the world.
The load Is well financiered. The gross
receipts last year were about 1850, 900, and
its net earnings were lie per cent on the
common stock. The chief officers of the
road are japanese. but the present policy
is to use Chinese for all subordinate posi-
tons. II is found that they are cheaper
and moro experienced. They speak the
language of the country and do better In
handling the traffic.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
are guarded BY Soldiers

constructed in 1876 by a British company
at a cost of 100000 and was operated but
a few weeks. The native officials were
opposed to railroads and they tried to keep
out this opening wedge. The story goes
they paid a coolie 500 to allow himself to
be run over by the cars and killed. At any
rate, the man threw himself in front of
the cars and was taken out mangled and
dead, Upon this a mob tore up the road
and the officials decided it should be abol-
ished.
The railway from Shanhaikwan to
Tientsin, or rather that part Of it from
the Kaiping coal mines TO Tientsin, was
. constructed about ten years later, being
started as "a tramway, with cars hauled
by horses, and finally changed to a steam
railroad. This scheme was backed by Ii
Hung Chang and WI Ting-fang, and its
original capital was $780, 600. The English
engineer i'm charge was w. c. Kinder,
who until now has mad the control OF the
great coal mines at Kaiping and prac-
tically Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
railway system. When Mr.. Kinder changed
his horse road to steam he was afraid to
order an engine from abroad, for fear that
the anti progressive officials would object,
So he made up q locomotive out Of scrap
iron and used 1t. This locomotive is still
kept in the shops at Kaiping. 1t is labeled
Rocket of China, and 1t should have a
place in any national museum which the
empire may build. Later on locomotives
were ordered from the United States, and
after some years one was built at Kaiping.
When the latter was being painted the
Chinese workmen decorated the smoke
stack with two big eyes. Upon Mr.. Kinder
being asked why they did so the men re-
piled:
Engine must have eye. No have eye
no can see. No can see. how can walker"
Nevertheless, Mr., Kinder blotted the eyes
off the engine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
American freight in the heart of China

inhabitants. 1t is the great center of the
caravan trade, a half million or more
camels passing it each year. The road will
have a considerable traffic in carrying
meat, furs> and grain from Mongolia TO
Peking. 1t will also take tea to the
Mongols. The present plar is to extend
it across the Cobb desert to Lake Baikai,
where 1t will connect with the Trans
Siberian railway, and form the shortest
route to Europe. 1t will put Picking within
thirteen or fourteen days of London, and
the time to New York by fast express train
and steam will be about twenty days.
When 1 visited the Nankow pass a few
years ago 1 travelled by donkey and mule
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

The railway from Tientsin to Mainline
is fast approaching the yellow river. and
the cars will be running to that stream
by the first OF the year. Its northern
section will be built by German engineers.
and the Germans are supplying the money.
Their part Of that road is 500 miles long.
1t gees from Tientsin to the southern
boundary Of Shantung, The province which
they claim as their sphere of influence.
The southern section of 2#0 miles viii ex-
tend from ShantunG to the little town OF
Pukou, opposite Marking, on the other side
Of the Yangtse. 1t will be built by the
British. who claim the Yangtse valley as
the chief field for their investments.
This railway viii be 600 miles long ana
every bit Of It through a richly populated
territory. Its ordinary passenge. traffic
will be further added to by thousands of
pilgrims, who will use it to visit the grave
Of Confucius, near which 1t runs. The road
passes through the great states Of chill.
Anhwei and KiaRgsu. II will be the short
est line between Shanghai and the Trans
siberian road and viii form the direct
line to Picking. 1t is hoped thai it will be
open TO traffic by 1911.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
shnnghai's biz railroads.

Another important railway center. which
viii boom under the new conditions, is
this city OF Shanghai. 1t is already the
Paris of China, and II begins to take on
the aspects OF a European city. Il has
big business blocks, mighty factories and
magnificent residences. Along the line OF
railroad construction II is moving more
rapidly than any other city in China. II
has recently been connected with Hang
chow, one Of the wealthiest cities of east
ern China. ard a railroad Is building from
there 10 the seacoast at Ningpo. Another
line is projected to Chinkiang, and the
trains are now running over the trunk
road which passes through Suchow and
Chinkiang to Nanking. Other projections
are planned north an south.
I came over the Nanking-Shangh road
this week. II IS under the control OF the
viceroy, and it is 1T5 miles long and cost
about Sl7,tOO,0OO, The fares are low, rang
ing from * TO 50. and the fast trains 20
from one place 60 the other in about
seven hours, In the past the trip had 10
be made by boat on the Yangtse. and the
time was two days. Riding over this rail-
road is like going through Holland. The
country is cut up by canals and Is even
more thickly settled than Holland. but
you can visit almost every mans house In
a boat, The water Is held back by dykes
here and there. IL has many villages OF
gray mud huts, thatched or tiled, frequent
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

benches, and 1t seemed to me they looked
very uncomfortable The third class was
filled with coolies, who We're about as bad
off as the cattle in our stock cars at home.
They had boxcars, which were entered at
the ends by doors so low that one had to
stocp to get through them. The cars had
no seats, and the passengers either stood
or sat on their baggage. All the cars were
well filled, and the road is said to be
paying.
During the trip lunches were brought in
to the first-class passengers. These con-
sisted of tea, cake and sweets. We had
candied eitron in the shape OF little green
balls and delicious English walnut meats,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

oroush, 10 a successful termination the
oourtship OF Miss Elsie Barton and Harry
Wright Of Shelbina, Mo. The event is
featured by the Republic as a beat"
There was a copyboy for the ringbearer.
The telephone operator acted as brides.
maid and the staff photographer took the
wedding picture. A devil" from the com
posing room conducted the couple to the
corner where the ceremony took place.
Printers, pressmen, reporters, editors, mes
sengers and the miscellaneous human equip-
ment of a newspaper office made up the
guests.
Even the charivari was arranged. All
the pieces OF metal in the composing room
were employed and furnished the n~oisiest
noise imaginable.
'Oh, I'm so glad we are married at last. 4"
said the bride with a sigh OF relief. I
was just afraid that something might hap
pen any minute to stop US. My folks have
objected to our marriage on account OF my
age, but l am old enough to know that /
love Harry and that's enough. Isn't 1t,
dear?"
Reaching ST, Louis, almost strangers in
the town, the marriage license office closed
and apparently no minister available. the
young couple appealed TO a reporter y
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

While in Picking l learned much about
the new railroad, which is now building
through the great wall on into Mongolia.
This is a branch of the imperial railway
system and it is being constructed out Of
the profits of the Mukden-Peking line. 1t
begins at Picking and goes northward past
the Ming tombs to the Nankow pass. One
hundred and twenty-five miles are already
built, and a connection has been made with
the Monaghan city of Kalgan on the other
side of the great wall. Kalgan has 5000
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
New Road to Kirin.

A branch of this Manchurlan railway is
No Kirin, which lies north Of Mukden
eieaty or 100 miles to the eastward. KERN
has lO0,0O0 population. II is surrounded by
"a rich agricultural country and is a great
lumber center. Tho new road has been
financed by a combination of Chinese and
japanese e~apitalists. and Japan is lending
most OF the money. The civil engineers are
taken from both nations. but the road will
be Chinese.
In addition TO this line. preparations are
making for constructing a standard gauge
road to AntunG. on the borders OF Korea,
and there connecting with the Korean rail-
way system. There is already a two-foot
track running over this route. This will
be torn up, ana where the new road line
Is laid, the Trans Siberian trains will be
shifted to 1t and will go directly to An
tung, There they will be ferried over the
river then so on down the roads already
built through Korea TO Fusan, within a
nights ride Of Japan, This will bring
Toxic into railroad communication with
Europe.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

Miss Nergiia Bogue, daughter OF Virgil
Bogue' the western railway magnate,
crowned queen OF the Golden state at the
recent Portola festival in san Francisco
and Carlo L. Baron, the son Of the Count
ess Cesarh OF Perusia, Italy, were married
December 10, at the New York home Of
the brides parents, on Fifth avenue, The
wedding IS said to be the elimination OF
a romance, dating from last January, when
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
Good Passenger Accommodation.

/ have recently Travelled over the most OF
this railway. and, as far as the Chinese
end of il Is concerned, j can recommend
It. The first class cars are comfortable.
They are divided into compartments open
ing upon an aisle. The seats run almost
across the car. and one can lie down, If
Il Is not too crowded. In the middle OF
each coach is a drawing room. with tables
and chairs. and with sofas at the ends,
The cars are wen lighted; in the winter
they are heated by steam, supplied by a
boiler in a freight car attached TO the rear
OF the train. The water for the boiler is
pumped in by hand.
During my journey to the Chinese capital
j was much interested in the passengers.
They comprised many high class officials
and other Chinese gentlemen. all OF whom
We're dressed in brocaded silk gowns. big
black boots and skull caps of satin. on
the latter were blue buttons, in mourning
for the emperor. There were Chinese wo-
men, who, In the solitary grandeur OF their
paint, powder and gorgeous silk clothes.
sat with the toes OF their little club feet
resting on the floor. There were a score
OF foreign men in European dress, and one
or two foreign women. There was also q
Manchu girl, with her hair done up IN two
great wings, on the back OF her head, and
there was a sleek haired yellow maiden.
who wore pantaloOns.
The second-class cars contained well-to-
do Chinese, many Of whom were clad IN
silks, They sat on straight backed. rude
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
Unions Block a Bridge,

This first line originally came from Kali
ping to the Pei river, being used for car
rying coal down to the Taku at the
mouth of that stream, where it was aft
erward extended TO Tien-Tsin, and by
the orders of Ii Hung Chang a fin
bridge of stone and steel was constructed
TO bring the tracks across the river into
the city. This was just about completed
when the trade unions of junk and boat
men objected and raised such a fuss that
Ii gave out an order that the bridge
should be destroyed. He gave up the
project Of bringing the road into the city
and located his depot on the opposite
side Of the river. That same depot stu
stands. / landed there during my recent
stay at Tlen-tsin, but was able to cross
on a bridge which had been made over the
Peiho. This old Kaiping-Tien-sin road
is now a part OF the Imperial TO
north China 1t has been extended to
Picking and forms one section of the
trunk line to Europe The road was
built with capital borrowed from Great
Britain, tho original loans amounting
to about $12,OOO,OO0 The construction was
managed by the Chinese government and
the entire cos was only a little over
S22, 900, 900, or about $4,000 a mile. Its
net profits have already been $60OO,OOO,
or about 5000 gold per mile. and that
within a space of tin years. The road has
an immense freight traffic. and it handles
about half the trade of Tien-tsin.