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The Columbus journal., 1910-01-12

which could be brought about, if only
such and such work we're undertaken.
Mr.. Edison probably has had more Of
these great visions than anyone else in
this country. 1t irks him that men
should moss over ancient manuscripts
or dispute over species Of shell6sh.
Rather, he thinks, should they be up
and doing, holding nature up for COM
forts, forcing content out of the ener-
gies Of sky and earth.
And still human nature yearns for
the wisdom which cannot be utilized.
Il loves to gorge itself with the indi-
gestible facts Of history and science
and metaphysical speculation. How
fine for humanity it would be if al
worked oil the time to cure its ills-
and how fearfhlly, earfully weari.
some!-Toledo Blade.
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A SLAP AT HIGH BROWS.

1--WE are overburdened with high
brows," says Thomas A. Edison. 1--WE
have too many professors and acade-
micians."
This surely = . busy world. and the
harder . man works in it the more he
discovers there is to be done, the more
anxious he iseto see things done, the
less time he takes to brush the dust of
granite from his hands before he
assumes the next job, the greater the
irritation and impotence he displays
towards those he terms-with little
courtesy-the unproductive. It IL
given to everyone to catch occasional
glimpses Of wonders that could b
accomplished, Of marvels which could
b dieged from the earth, Of happiness
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They're Al Deed.

BuIne-Jones. the famous artist made
many sketches for the children Of hjo
friend. J. Comyns Carr. He once
laughingly proposed to instruct the
eldest boy In the principles Of anato-
my. and there and then nude for him
two beautiful drawings repsesentinS
the anatomy Of the gOod man and the
good woman. In both Of which tho
heart. masnincentiy large. winged and
backed BY spreading danes. h the cen
tral detail.
BY special request he made another
drawing. illustrating the anatomy Of
the bad man. On being met with the
reproach that the third drawing show
ed nothing Of the details Of internal
structure be replied:
There arU none. The bed Uan -
quite hollow"
On being Challenged to iIlustEate the
anatomy Of the bad woman be gave
" replied:
my dear boy, she doesn't ex1sG"
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1t is an unusual spectacle to have
the president of the United States sit.
ting in judgment to determine the
equities between manufacturers of
whisky. But that is what President
Taft has just done and it was a unique
function to him to perform.
The pure food law made it necessary
for somebody to rule between the diff:
ferent kinds Of whisky and to say
what kind should have the advantage
of being designated as whisky. 1t
seemed that the law compelled a choice
and when such choice or designation
was made it would be to the exclusion
of others. The manufacturers Of 90.
called straight whisky, produced by
aging in barrels the inside of which
are charred, claimed exclusive right to
use the name of whisky. This meant
that those who blended brands or rec.
tilted by the use of coloring matter
and introduction of water could not
employ the term. And this meant
monopoly for the straight whisky peo-
pie and bankruptcy for the others.
Government authorities shirked re.
sponsibilities in the matter of deter.
mining the case. Chemists were call.
ed in and these disagreed. It came
up to President Roosevelt and he pass.
ed it on to his beloved successor.
Thus President Taft sat as a Judge up
on the case. It must have been to
him . revival of old times to inspect
evidence and weigh testimony. His
judicial experience stood him in good
stead. And his decision is likely to
be accepted as final and as good sense
and substantial justice. He has ruled
in effect that the charcoal.aged whisky
is not the only whisky, for whisky was
made and christened long before dis.
tellers began charring their barrels;
that blended whisky may be so brand.
ed and that recti6ed whisky may GER
tify to its Identity by the use of such q
name-all, in other words, employing
the word whisky but with suitable
notifications.
We may disagree as to the best
methods Of putting down the whisky
traffic but We laymen, at any rate must
ill agree that the president gave Q
common sense decision in this cele.
brated case.
Whisky i whisky. that's all.-Fre-
mont Tribune.
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RESPECTING THE LAW.

NEOTEA 1CNJ ne LAW.
The American people need to have
more respect for the law, sagely re-
marks the chief Police Commissioner
Of the city of St. Louis, relative to the
recent outbreak of crime in the Mis-
souri, metropolis.
True, but what the American peo-
pie need most is to be taught to respect
the law BY being punished when they
break the law. Abstract ideas of res
pect for the law as q great moral
engine count for but little with q large
part of our population. One man in
the penitentiary is often worth more
than . thousand lectures upon the
beauty of law Observance.
It Il often said that it is much easier
to enforce a law in Great Britain and
upon the continent of Europe than in
this country, because the people of the
older countries respect the law more.
It would be more proper to say that
they far the law more. If . man
breaks the law in England, the odds
are about 50 to I that he il punished,
and punished promptly. Puniahment
b frequently great aid in making the
lsw respected.-Louisvills Post.
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sTRoTHRR L sT0CKWELL. Proprietors.

RkAEWALO-Thsd afe opposite yoof name On
yoar papse. or wrapper shows to what time your
sIhsuipeSoo = paid. Thus Jano6 shows thaf
pagmsnt has besn received mp to Jan. I. lso6.
ysAeG 70 Feb. I. lD0 and % On. When paymsns
y ma6s. ths data. which answers - reosape.
vil b changed seoordinsly.
UANC96-Rssponstble snbsoEto-
ssviu oootjnns 70 receive this journal until tho
pahlishszs ~ notified b. lsttsf TO disconftnua.
vhsa III aErsazagss must b paid. II Jon do not
vish tAs Joaznal continued for another yeer A.
~ - tims paid for has expired. Jon should
psovioasly nOGify % b disoontinne It
CHANGE IN ADDRESS When ordering .
shaneo IN IL s6drsss. subecFibeFs should b sazs
n Az, taalP old q yell . thsar neW address.
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PRICE LFTERS.

Senator Bristow's discussion of the
causes of high prices helps to prevent
the mistake of attributing the entire
situation to some one cause. His rad
ical tariff reduction views and his
opposition to trusts are not enough to
lead the Kansas man into the error of
blaming the tariff and the trusts with
al or nearly all the rise.
He thinks the packing combine is
responsible for . larger share of the
cost Of meat than is shortage of pro-
duction. He thinks the tariff keeps
the price of sugar and clothing tou
high. He blames the railroads with
using their power to cause excessive
shipping, as where live stock is ship
ped from the west to eastern packers to
be butchered and then shipped back
for retailing. But he recognizes also
that increased demand, due to a rising
standard of living, has something to dc
with prices.
He might have added that human
nature itself seems bent on looking
after tho producer to the neglect Of
the consumer, q habit which makes
prices - prone to fly upward as sparks
Each producer, as experience in con
gress shows, is willing to have high
tariff on the things he buys on condi'
ton of having one on the thing he
sells. Labor invites tariffs, under
standing that they rsise somewhat the
cost of living, on the theory that higher
wages ensue. And 60 it runs every
where, income and not outgo being the
measure of satisfaction.
The senator who held that the con.
sumner is . myth was nearer right
than his critics admitted. As an
active social and political force the
consumer is, or at least has been, just
about that.-State Journal.
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. bill to establish . fish culture station
in Nebraska.
He has secured IN appropriation for
the reconstruction of Fort Crook when
it was destroyed by cyclone. the bill
passing the day after the storm which
destroyed the buildings.
Has now . bill in congress asking
for IN appropriation Of $3.50. 900 to en-.
large our present postof6ce building in
the city of Lincoln.
But one of his latest and greatest
achievements was in securing through
the posto6ice and United States treas.
ury department, the designation Of our
city as . distributing point for the
storage and redistribution of govern.
ment postofice supplies for large
western territory.
The great importance Of this Ar
rangement cannot be overestimated
and it but helps to demonstrate that by
bis alertness and energy he has justly
earned for himself . second term.
And al these things, coupled with
high moral character, and recognized
integrity have combined to make him
. worthy representative Of this great
and growing state, and as fellow citi-
zens We feel to know that We have in
him becoming pride, and be it further
Resolved: That a. members Of the
Union Veteran Republican Club, hav.
ing confidence in the wisdom. integrity
and patriotism of Senator Burkett, and
believing that his past experience ha,
qualified him for yet greater services
to bis city and state, We pledge him
our hearty support"
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Doubtful Praise.

0tipplef-Did Miss kittie admire your
Jour paintings: lhbl'er = ! don't know
Stippler- What did she say about
them: DObber she rOuld fee.
that ] put q great drni Of myself Int"
my WORK. StippIer Well! THAT'S praise
O0bber-ls II? The picture ! showed
her was Calves In the Neadow"-
New York Journal.
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THE COST OF MAIL SERVICE.
Investigations by the postofice de-
partment show that the average haul
of newspapers is POI miles, of maya
zines 1,O49 and of miscellaneous peri.
odicals 1928. The cost of handling
this matter under second class rates is
. trifle more than 8 cents q pound.
Just what proportion of this is paid on
the average to railroads does not
appear, but presumably the transpor-
tation charge absorbs the larger share.
The significance of this appears
when the mail charges are compared
with those Of passenger service on rail.
roads. The distance between Kansas
City and St. Louis is approximately
that of the average haul of newspapers
by the postofice. A 200 pound pas.
senger is hauled il a comfortable chair
car from Kansas City to St. Louis for
81. Iftwo.thirds of the cost of second
class mail is to be charged to trans.
portation, q 2oO.pound mail sack
would pay s12 for the same haul.
Even on the long haul of magazines
there is curious condition. A ticket
from New York to Chicago may be
purchased for S18, which is at the rate
Of 8 cents q pound for the 200. pound
passenger.
The Star pays express companies a
half q cent q pound to transport its
papers to agents. Presumably the
express companies find the rate profit
able. Why should it cost the govern
ment eighteen times as much, even
though its machinery for delivery
must be increased to handle the second
class matter?
Possibly the amount of the postal
deficit might be saved by making bet.
ter contracts with railroads for the
transportation of msil.-Kansas City
Star.
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MUST KNOW THE LAW.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse"
is an old legal maxim. Everybody is
bound to know the law, yet nobody
does and nobody can. There is too
much Of it for the memory to hold
more than the smallest fraction of it..
The greatest lawyers do not carry the
law in their heads. It is sufficient for
their purpose to known where to find
Il.
Mr.. Elliott Flower has been moved
to take . census of the law ofthe coun-
try, and he publishes bis finding in the
Pittsburg Dispatch. He reports It,.
600 live laws. legal rules and reguls.
tons, which people are bound to obey
or suffer more or less unpleasant con-
sequenceA There are according to his
count, more than 5000 federal statu.
tes. and on IN average more than
5000 separate state laws, ignorance Of
which excuses no man.
It il IN old complaint that We have
too much legislation, but the burden
b increased many fold by the necessity
Of noting also the construction which
the courts have put on these laws.
These decisions, boxing every point of
the compress on every legal principle,
eli many thousand volumes, but they
are als the law.-Philadelphia Press.
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Music Lovers.

How do yon know ihose people are
sincere lovers Of muSic:''
by the fact" replied Miss Cayenne
that they compelled their youngps,
boy to stop trying to learn to play the
piano. Washington Star.
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Soup Marks.

0ueat-You called ''Alinna" In that
he blond. the DART one or the old NO
n.an? Waiter How do you know our
eu"ks? t:nest-By the soup MeGgen-
oo1fef Blattef.
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Hygml KIEEglf
those who hope against hope, but they
will not materially affect the general
terms of+thn bill. IL former customs
prevail. the senate's bill will give
place to that OF the House, and the
figures or the Inter will be nearer tho
Itnal allowance titan those proposed
by tho upper House.
We regret above everything else the
failure OF the Assembly to make a
proper appropriation for good roads.
Virginia has been urging tho coun-
ties to improve their highways for
some years, and has been most liberal
In Its appropriation for that purpose.
To reduce the amount given to the
counties will be to decrease the chi
cheney OF the work now being done, to
put u durlpcr on the good roads spirit
in every county, and to weaken tho
confidence OF the counties In the per-
mancnt policy OF the State. 1t is use
less to cry over split milk, ana almost
useless to hope for an amendment OF
the bill on the floor of either house.
Yet, IL any changes may be made in
the bill, we trust they will add to the
good roads appropriation. NO other
cause Is moro Immediate and pressing,
more permanent and more enduring.
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HONOR TO WHOM HONOR.

Attorney-General Williams was en-
tlrcly right when he suggested to the
Senate committees In the discussion OF
the merger bill that the best thing
to do IS to do nothing That would
certainly be better than to do the
wrong thing. The r., T.. & r. road Is g
valuable property. worth fully $1,000
O0O. 1t has been made valuable by Its
active and practical management, with
which the Safe has had absolutely Moth
ing to DO. The people whU,havc builtit
up are the people who deserve the
credit for building 1t up. Anybody can
see that, IL he will only look at the
matter for a minute. What the State
has gotten out Of il in the way OF
dividends OH its stock and bonds has
been taken care Of. thanks to the hon
.esty and good business sense OF the
officers OF the state; but let us not fall
TO praise the bridge that has carried
US over safely-tle men Who have
made the road a. most valuable prop
erty. 1t has been as well managed
when the Legislature was not IN SEES
sion as when that body was passing
laws for it's pc~nallzation.
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The Tenchcrs' Retirement Fund.
~ I or a z ,Elaa him CT iSua Vi 1900

!, The Tenshers, Is%etirement Fund.
aE9 Hir'-9 6[ T Marc Tlm 6 IsSs. bill. en-
titled An act to provide a retire.
.ment fund for public school teachers"
was approved. Since that time the
bill has met with general opposition ion
.terested in tho financial matters OF
the State, and secondly by ma
ing profession. the opinions Of whom
Those who are opposed to the act
as a financial measure base their OBJ
jections upon the following; facts:
First, there are many teachers IN
5by the bill. who. nevertheless. are
forced to pay 4 per cent. Of their
salary to aid in the supporter those
who ~willtreceive. much more than they
IN IT'S results, therefore, is tho same
as UNEQUAL taxation, or the deriving
of property without q JUST return. and
|if not Unconstitutional, 1t Is incon-
tuition and with the temperament Of q
people who believe In equal Nights to
all and special privileges to none.
Another class Who oppose the bill
do. SO. because the source of revenue
bids fair TO become i~nadeauate in. a
short time. The amended BILL is in
tended primarily to correct this evil.
IL " 4QOcS ssO& IL uucSyG-llOl
affect the principle of tho act as q
financial measure.
Turning to tho second class OF those
who oppose the bill. we find them
engaged in educational work and III
|many cases among the most colnpe.
tent authorities ON educational mat
tcrs. a6s .
That the bill is the product of clamor
l4rausad in part by u class who have
been anxious to have their names con.
|ceaied by the authorities and who re-
sent the publicity Of their pensions
IL was because of this fact y TN
Itframersao II the proposed amendments
inserted 8the following clause: The
state board or Education shall pub;
llisll annually the retired TEACHERS lis
Hin the virginia Journal@o OF duca tlot
|Eor some other paper SELECTED by 4
giving the name. ago and 9u]arterlA
pension Sc each person$on sal, list. e. ,
gether with q statement OF inc Gas
under Which la Is retired Ands,i
was hoped that because OF this, pub
ilicity texture. the innate pride i
soma az tile pensioners would caus,
lthem to- Withdraw their names iron
the list of beneftciarles: 4,
We hear much OF the underpaie
~ AEn FH-i H -
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y REPRESENTATIVES, BILL.

A long loud wall Will soon
over the State. In the wake OF the
mail which carries the text of the gem
eral appropriation bill and in the trail
of the telegraph which spreads its con-
c over the State. there will be sor-
row among the Office holders n deep
regret in public institutions. Few arc
10 be given all that they desire; many
boards Will be compelled to postpone
the splendid plans devised for the Ell,
larecmcnt of their work; some appro'
pr!ations have been ruthlesslY cut: 9
Jew, a very few, salaries have beer
reduced.
OF course, this WIS TO be expected
EVER Assembly, save that Of 1905, ha!
been forced 70 clip tic appropriation:
requested. and has been compelled t
lreducc the amounts asked BY the Stat
institutions. Consequently the leg
iisiators who will have hcaped on Their
1.-THE reproachcs OF their oflcc-holdln!
constituents may console themsclve
with the thought that they fare Tx
.thsir peers. the heroes Of old, n the
tliaye done The best they could, an
NC believe they have, the committee
nave only to return to their consttt
ucnts and state the facts as they arc.
A study OF the appropriation bill
~a1n,ost cvcry public work except goo
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two wrongs cannot make a right.
Then cana mistake IN the old eluca-
Of Legislation which Is based upon
and which is offensive to
tho better element In tho professlon!!S
The retirement fund is Intended for
primarily upon them. Then4whyn moi, III
the name OF Justice, obtain nallearinEf
from them? They ire supposed to. 30
representative of @ou intellect Why
force the young teachers TO submit
system contrary to their desircs?g
IT. II. CROSYYlGY.;
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TO do these things, and tho right way
It's not The way which leads to coI-
fiscution.
SAcr on THE TAX QUESTION TO

ACT ON THE IN
DAT.
To-day, IL ever, the Assembly n1uss
nct ON the tax question. Unless son'c
decisive step is tnl.cn before tue houses
! dto,,rn L. day, there is little prospect
tint any equalization scheme enr pc
given a hearing. IN the last -
three days there will be a scrnmo'e lor
Tho passage OF special revcnue meas.
nros. IN which great and important
questions ma he overlooked unless
hrourht forward by unaninlons con-
sent.
TIE present confusion came quickly.
The House d~isapproved the fletci'.
or bill on Tuesday, contrary 70
general expectations. This was u pau
day. work, and must be 'indonc at
every hazard. The Fletcher bill was
not all ideal measure. IT was nots even
4 GOOD temporary remedy for the
rros. evils OF assessments. Yet 1T was
better than no law at all, especially ~
thc face Of the land assessment Of TINS
/, wear. To prevent the loss OF his plan,
senator Fletcher has served notice
tbat he will make a last attempt TO
l secure the passage of a measure "iteii
,,royt;1c. for equalization by reprcseh-
.ntiyes from the five grand DIVISIONS
lar the state. This is not all that
iniglt be desired md is open to ser'-
Gus objection. but 1t is better than the
original plan. and should be accepteq
without hesitation II the Assembly I
firm IN its intention to postpone thu
work OF the tax commission during
tile present year.
The whole plan OF tax reform. how,
has not suffered a more menac'
Ing blow than that given It by the
House on Tuesday. when 1t reduced
the salary of the expert to be employed
by the tax commission from 5000 to
$500 the month. This means that the
Assembly voted not to employ an cS--
pert at. all. but to secure the services
or some man with a reasonable 8KnoWl-
edge OF theoretical taxation. There are
not half a dozen men In America VINO
are really competent to unravel the
tangled mazes of our tax code. ana
not onc of these men can be secured
for less than the sun originally stipu-
lated in the Holland bill. We can get
a cheap man. to be sure, but his work
will be cheap. We can be economical,
II we desire, and ia perhaps a thou
sand dollars. but we can be eStraya-
CANT in our economy and lose millions
OF dollars in taxes for u pains.
We know the Assembly is working
under a strain, and we know its mem
bers cannot coolly consider every one
of the IN problems now coming
before them for their attention. Tas
reform, however. must not suffer. i
is the most important question now,or
the calendar. and it must sail on t
passage, If a. hundred pet measures
have to be thrown overheard inc {
score OF favorite bills scuttled.
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What the Papers Think,

"To the Hon. Richard y. Byrd, more
than to any other man." SAYS lHc
Petersburg Index-Appcal tho people
Of Virginia are Indebted for their cs-
cape from a blunder Tint Would have
been worse than u crime'-the same
being the Federal income a amend
ment to tho Constitution. Thai Us very
we'll said. Our neighbor y #sreat
many things that arc WORTH: saSins'
ana doesn't care who Knows #.
with such able assistants as Allen
Potts, r.. d. Ford and r, w. SIMPSON
says tho esteemed North Emporia In
dependent, "l'he Timcs-Dispatch should
keep nrst place and set a pace Tor
southern newspapers" That is exactly
what The Times-Dispatch is going ia
do, dear contemporary; but don't for
get Or, Douglas S. Freeman, Who
Knows his duty tand dures TO do IT.. ana
do 1t well. and don't forget forward,
and NcISissiclS, and Eel, and Mnckreth,
and Smith, and Daycnporta nd BELL, and
ilrying, ana Fitzgerald Id, and the girls
| who write about all sorts Of things
and don't forget the Rryans, Specially
on IucSuASs SNilttsit1sll VIM A"u'Af go
and everybody intent upon making TINS
really the greatest newapapcr IN tbs
south. BEING; the best paper IN tnf
south, AZ VIII be, OF course, the besl
puper in the country,
The North Emporia I%ndependen'
sounds q mote that ought 10 he re
sarded by The people OF this state
and particularly by the Democrats g
the Ninth District: 'tslemp is no sloucl
when ii comes 10 the little game g
polities'; and, again: 'slelnp has q
this time everything IN his favor
All the more glorg, then, IN beating
linn, and tic only Nay to beat him
for all the Democrats 10 work 10
Henry Stuart. early and late, ever
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According 10 the president of the Ma
tional Association of Retail Milliners.
of Chicago. the fashionable hat this
summer will be at least twenty inches
across, and untrimmed crowns will be
as cheap as SIS. Instead of making
the hats bigger, why doesn't the Chi
oago society do something to make the
foot of the average Chicago woman
smaller? That would reduce the cost
of living to many a deserving man in
the Windy City. AS for the women of
Virginia, there is nothing that would
be more becoming to their style OF
beauty than the cld-fashfoncd SUM
bonnet.