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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
QUAKER AIEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
If you have any troubles, tell them
to a lawyer.
1t seems feasible that the tipsy diner
is the one who gives the biggest tip.
The fellow who realizes that he is his
own worst enemy might try matri-
mony.
The self made man is apt to weigh
more in the marts of trade than in
the social scale.
If he puts his mind to it. almost any
boy who works in a rubber factory
can get the bounce.
1t doesn't make any difference how
close mouthed you are, the dentist
can make you open up.
1t doesn't necessarily follow that
the man who does the most talking
has an open countenance.
Many a fellow who knows all the
principles of cube root can't square
himself with his wife.
The women who complain that they
have nothing to wear probably trace
their complaint back to Mother Eve.
Hoax-"I have discovered the only
sure way of keeping ahead of the
races" Joax-"How's that?" Hoax
Don't follow them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
APPLYING THE ANTITRUST LAW

Representatives of concerns con-
trolling ninety-five per cent of the steel
production of the country held con-
ference not so long ago. They decided
that it was unnecessary either to in
crease or reduce the price of steel. In
other words, they combined to fix the
rate on steel for the immediate future
at the prices which have maintained of
late.
More recently there was a confer
ence at Pittsburg, Pa, of important
manufacturing interests" at which it
was decided that there will be no
"open market in the sheet steel trade.
These interests discussed the pros and
cons of the sheet steel industry. Not
only did they find it to be good, but
they also claimed to find that there
was little demand for lower prices. Any
uneasiness in the trade that has been
occasioned of late by cutting of prices
on the part of a few OF the producers
of sheet metal was attributed to over
production and, increased capacity
rather than to demand for lower
prices. This condition of affairs nat
urally suggested that if production is
held down to demand, the situation"
will automatically adjust itself. In
other words, if the production of sheet
steel is curtailed, the producers of it
will be able to maintain the present
prices for it, which are presumed to
be lucrative.
Here are a couple of instances where
combinations have been effected to fix
prices, or rates. and yet nothing has
been heard of any activity on the part
of the federal government to apply the
antitrust law In one instance, that
of the sheet steel trade, there seems
to have been a further combine or
conspiracy SO to manipulate the pro-
duction of this commodity that the
present prices for it can be maintained.
No ones memory has to be very
alert to bark back to last fall when
representatives of the western rail-
roads met and decided on a general
increase of freight rates which they
proposed to put in force. News of this
conference and it's decision had scarce
ly reached Washington before the
attorney general brought a suit to
punish the railroads for violating the
antitrust law by combining to fix
rates. This suit was subsequently
withdrawn on the railroads agreeing
to withdraw the proposed increases in
freight rates, and submitting them to
the interstate commerce commission
under the new provisions of the fed
eraI railroad law which permits the
commission to pass on the reasonable
ness of proposed increases in rates be-
fore they become effective.
Between combining to raise rail-
road rates and combining to maintain
rates in the steel trade there is prac-
tically no difference, because the latter
action is an effort to prevent rates
from falling. And why make flesh of
one and fowl of another in the matter
of the application of the antitrust
law7 What is sauce for the goose
ought to be sauce for the gander
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
PROTECTING THE MAILS.

The postoffice department is turn
ing out to be the best conducted de-
partment of the government. At first
the people thought that Mr.. Hitchcock
was going to be only a political post
master general; but he is vastly diff
ferent. He is pushing wholesome re-
forms in his department and relieving
the people of lot of imposition.
His latest work is in arresting peo-
pie who use the mails to skin the
public. He says the public has been
f1eeced out of a hundred million dol
lars in the past five years, through
circulars and letters enticing invest
ments upon false representations.
This sort of business is making the
government privy to great frauds, to
thwart which the government has
passed stringent laws and Mr.. Hitch
cock proposes to enforce them to the
letter.
He has already 70 persons arrested
for the prostitution of the postal SER
vice. One could almost wish that the
dupes could suffer penalties of their
own foolishness. but the character of
the nation is also at stake as it is
always at stake when it is blind to a
fraud or mposition.-Ohio State Jour
nall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
EROA O7EER PENS
TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.

Quite a little breeze has arisen be-
tween the foreign consuls accredited
to points in Canada and the Canadian
mayors over the matter of precedence.
While no ministers or ambassadors
are accredited to Canada, as the for
eign relations of the Dominion are all
conducted through the imperial gov
eminent in London, most foreign
countries accredit consuls to the lead
ing Canadian ports and cities. While
there could be no doubt as to an
ambassador or a minister taking pre-
cedence over a mayor, the fact that
consuls are not diplomatic officers
creates some question as to their
precedence over mayors.
1t appears that the mayor of OF
tawa insists upon precedence of the
consuls at the state receptions of the
governor general, while the consuls
are equally insistent upon their right
to precede the mayor. Just how the
knotty problem will be settled we will
not venture to predict. No doubt the
governor general of Canada, who is
something of a diplomat, will pour oil
on the troubled waters and patch up
modus vivendi.-New Orleans Plea
yune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The easier the task, the less it is
worth while doing.
=
It's the long pull and the strong pull
that get the boat to shore.
X
People are more willing to listen to
reason when it comedies with their
views.
X
No weather conditions which might
come along at any time would be sat-
isfactory to everyone.
X X
This is also the season of the year
when there is much skepticiam. after a
consultation with pocketbooks, as to
the truth of the theory that it's more
blessed to give than to receive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

TFrom the Atchison GIobe.l
Everyone must run the risk of
rain.
No man gets as much mail as he
expects.
The dead are forgiven because they
are forgotten.
The worst man you know probably
thinks he is the best.
Did you ever see two left-handed
persons shake hands?
If a man has money, it is a sign
he is mighty careful with it.
Any man who holds a peculiarly
good job has a distinguished look.
You can make a mystery out of any
thing that happens after IL o'clock at
night.
Don't become too we'll satisfied with
to anyone else.
A black edged envelope looks so
dismal that it should be excluded
from the mails.
What has become of the old fash
toned man who referred to his legs as
"Shanks mares?"
Most people have seen worse things
in private than they pretend to be
shocked at in public.
Every minister probably thinks he
is handicapped in his work by the
poor singing of his choir.
When an announcement of a new
baby appears, the women always ask,
"How old is the other one?"
There are plenty of people who
will not believe sworn testimony. but
who will believe unsupported gossip.
If a woman truly loves her husband
she thinks he is a mechanical genius
if he is able to put up shelf for her.
When a popular society gives an
amateur entertainment, there is one
thing sure. you must take part, or
l.. Asnl-t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
lFrom the Chicago News.l

IFrOm the chicago NeWS.I
Brokers and Breakers are often syn
onyms.
The proof of the auto is the bill for
repairs.
Snow comes down in winter and SO
does the price Of ice.
( Love laughs at the locksmith and
frowns on the jokesnith.
The theory that the good die young
seldom worries man.
The man who lives twice as fast as
he ought to is apt to see double
According to spinster, the dark ages
are anywhere between % and 40.
A woman doesn't mind walking on
crowded street if she has good car
riage.
About the most expensive thing man
can do is to associate with cheap peo-
pie.
A man with family can live in the
city on less than he can in the country
if he has to.
Perhaps the straight and narrow path
might be more popular if made wide
enough for gasoline joy buggies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
AN OBJECT LESSON.

The Kansas State Agricultural col
lege a few months ago secured a real
newspaper man for its publicity de-
partment. Prior to this the bulletins
issued from this school were fully as
interesting as the Congressional Rec
ord, and attracted as much attention
as the statistical tables in state re-
ports.
The new order, however, has revo-
lutionized things, and this big Kan
sas school is being better advertised
now than any school in the country.
The school is not only being well ad-
vertised, but columns OF readable
stuff is being furnished Kansas news
papers Of immense practical infor-
nation to the public and especially
to the agricultural public.
The successful outcome of this pub
1icity experiment suggests others.
Kansas has other important schools
for which she is spending large sums
of money. Now. why shouldn't these
schools have real newspaper men to
furnish readable and valuable infor-
nation that can be secured so easily
on other subjects than agriculture p
Chanute Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

One Of Japan's influential newspapers
urges its country to prepare for a war
With the United States which is liable
to begin at any time. The idea has
been in this country. based on the many
statements which have been made in
the premises by one Richmond Pearson
Hobson. that Japan has been prepared
to go to war with the United States
for quite lengthy period. But this ar
tfcle in the Japanese newspaper seems
to present a little more contributory
evidence that Captain Hobson doesn't
know much about what he has been
talking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
KANSAS COMNENT
THE CIGARETTE.


The Santa Fe. has made a ruling
that no cigarette smokers can re-
nidln on It's payroll, and several en-
ployees already have been dropped
because they would not conform to
the new bylaw. Confirmed cigarette
smokers will be given a fair chance
TO break loose from the habit. the
railway officials realizing that such a
reformation can not be accomplished
IN day, and those who don't cut out
the coffin nail habit in a reasonable
time will be fired.
OI course some people will protest
against this "despotism," and there
Will De good deal of fine talk about
personal liberty, just as there is when
ever saloon is closed by the law,
put railway company certainly has a
right to protect itself and its patrons,
and If it finds that cigarette smokers
are not to be trusted in responsible
positions it can not be blamed for
framing an ironclad law against the
smokers.
The rule against drinking is en-
FORCED by all the big railway COM
panles, and the employee who is fond
OF mis- b1tters is dropped without ar
gument. and he finds it difficult or
impossible to get another job in any
part OF the country. During the past
few years hundreds of railway men
have lost their jobs because they per-
sisted In drinking. Many of them were
valued and valuable employees; some
drank SO little that they never seemed
affected by the habit. but the big cor
poratlons make no fine discrimina-
lions. When they hand down a de-
cree it is comprehensive. No favorites
are played.
Thousands of boys and young men
are contracting the drinking and cigar
cite smoking habits. Scores of En-
pofia lads are becoming cigarette
f1ends. If they. have any sense at all,
or any regard for their own future,
they should consider such facts as
these. When they enter the world of
industry to make their own living
they will need all their faculties. and
need them unimpaired: and they are
deliberately disqualifying themselves
for useful and profitable work.-Em-
poria Gazette f..a-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
Has an Eye for Books.

Yale university produced perhaps its
Quickest student today in the person
of a negro youth who applied at the
Yale bureau of appointments and self
help for some sort of light work. The
student, who. had a diploma from Shaw
university, was deaf and dumb and
blind in one eye, but he wrote on his
slate that the one eye was enough to
get him through the Yale law school
and he felt sure of getting another
sheepslxin to hang beside his parch-
ment from Shaw.
The bureau refused to make public
the students name. but the officials
said they would find some remunera-
tive work for his one remaining eye,
even if they had to appoint him to the
faculty.-New Haven Special to the
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
HUNOR OF THE Day

The Visitor-Good gracious, why are
all the people running SO wildly? Is IL
a mad dog? The Native (quickenfn4
his pace)-No, no. A little faster.
One of the airships is about to descend.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'I was in hopes, when married, that
I could give my wife everything she
wanted" "Well?'' At didn't think her
yearning capacity would be SO rnucf,
greater than my earning capacity
Washington Herald.
Customer (eetting measured)-How
much are those trousers going to cost
me? Tailor-Forty-two shillings, sir.
How many pockets do you want in
them? Customer-None; shan't need
any pockets after I've paid for the
trousers.-Judge.
"Poor Fergusonl hear ne broke his
neck last night" 1.-THE deuce he did,
How did 1t happen?' He tried 70
jump on the last aeroplane for home
after it had started and missed it bv
three inches. Chicago Record Herald
Captain. is there no way in which
the ship can be saved?" None at ali
sir. We are going to the bottom. but 7
would not worry about the ship, sir. n
were you; she is fully insured
Yeu'd better find a life-belt.'-Was
The Observation-Disclosures, is it absoIute7,,
necessary to remove my appendix? mot
absolutely; but 1t Is safer to begin uv;fS
some simple operation like that."-Idfe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

upon them for their food. A whole
lot of the energy, the "get there"
spirit of some cities and states not a
thousand miles away would be as dead
as a certain political party's chances
in the next legislature if Kansas kept
all its boys and girls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

Some eggs seized by the federal
government at Kansas City the other
day are reported to have contained
$50, 100000 bacteria to the cubic CEN
timeter. Inasmuch as a cubic cent?
meter is only a trifle larger than a
third of an ordinary cubic inch, the
bacteria evidently did not leave much
room in the shells for the original
eggs. And if it isn't impertinent. an
Inquiry is hereby made as to how so
many bacteria in such a small space
are counted2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

An ordinance has been adopted by
the Tacoma commissioners which will
prohibit, when it becomes effective in
ten days, any person treating friend
or neighbor to an Intoxicating drink.
But this won't affect a vast proportion
OF the people of Tacoma who were
counted in the original census of that
town, for the very excellent reason that
they don't happen to be there, or if
they are, they're in the cemeteries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

MY name and family secrets" says
Hondo Murphy, "are not printed in
The latest 'Who-Zoo' book, but 1 don't
care. My name does appear in Hon.
Sam Radges' justly celebrated volume
Mnlch is a much larger book than
The total population of the United
states is 91,972,267. In this connec-
ton one might observe that, in the
instance of national census, every
hving thing that wears pants is listed
as man." and a number of human
encumbrances are thonored with a IT,
tie which no one has allowed them
since the last preceding census.
King Manuel is busted" And what
is more to the point, he is a long way
from the Portuguese treasury. g
The press reports give the name OF
the gent who drank 20 pfnts of beer
PR dav. for 80 days as Col Slupsky.
IL is our private opinion, however,
that the name was misspelled. and
the third letter should be an co.
In Toronto. Canada, the prevailing
temperature is several degrees below
torr1d, but the overcoat trade has been.
seriously upset because the citizens
were so hot over the introduction of
payzhuenter street cars. rzr
The story that Nan Patterson is
again married is about the only
eastern news of the past week which
was not localized in some way. But
it appears that Nan has no relatives
in Kansas. and had never visited with
prominent Topeka families.
One way to hang IL onto the pestif-
erous English sparrow would be to
declare him a fashionable trimming
for women's hats.
LA CIGALE. Can old he one.)
I'm glad I found this world of bliss;
My heart is Hght,-my head is
lighter;
And while I jostle junk like this
From down inside my old type
writer,
can all thoughts of Care and Sorrow,
| And reckon not of Bleak Tomorrow.
But when the morrow dawns, no doubt
I find that I'm a simple noodle
And in the soup, with no way out
Because I failed to save my Doodle.
| For while I write this foolish lay,
| should be out and raking hay.
! In summer tits the au fait thing
(Among big dubs and small grass
hoppers,)
To bum around or dance and sing
| Instead of coping out the coppers;
And when the winter comes, they wall
Because they failed to salt some kale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.]

From the New Y Ork PreSs.J
Dollars shrink just as fast as trou-
bles swell.
A pompous man seems to be the
happiest mortal on earth.
The more frightened a bride is to
have people know it, the prouder she
is if they do.
The man who gets mad with his
wife about thing wouldn't if it was
some other woman.
man with a temper is always
proud of the way he can control it,
especially when he explodes from it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

Now that man has eaten g quail a
day for thirty-one days and another
fellow has imbibed twenty pints of beer
a day for thirty days, it would not be
at all surprising to hear of some board
ing house patron eating a dish of
prunes each day for a month without
making a protest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

So many statements are being given
out by the directors of the First Chris
Tan Science church of Boston, the
parent and controlling organization OF
this denomination, that everything is
most harmonious with it, that an ex-
plosion of some sort may be looked for
in that quarter before long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

Three additional stories on its new
office building is something in the way
of a Christmas present. to- Topeka from
the Santa F'e that the people of this
town will appreciate. It means that
many clerks and officials from other
parts of the system will be located in
the capital of Kansas before long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

william Randolph Hearst's retire
rnent from dictatorship in the Boy
Scouts association probably presages
the organization by him of some sim
liar society. Mr.. Hearst simply must
have a sample of everything that any
body else has which he can run and
boss according to his own desires. He's
the only gentleman in the land who has
4 political party all of his own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

Colonel Roosevelt denies the report
that he is going to explain the results
of the recent election in the speech
he is booked to deliver before the
New Haven Chamber of Commerce on
December 13. In all probability the
colonel has decided that explanations
are unnecessary, as the results have
spoken pretty forcibly and conclusive
IN for themselves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

A German aviator has succeeded in
carrying four passengers on a trip in
a biplane. The chances are, however
that most prospective passengers, who
ind even a trif1ing modicum Of joy in
living, will prefer to walk if they can
llSt get there any other way than by
taking a trip in a. heavier-than-a air
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

Manuel II, the exiled king of Portu-
gal. is reported to be so poverty-strick-
en- that he is unable to pay his personal
servants. Why don't he dismiss his
servants. and go to work for living?
He's a husky sort of a lad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

New Jerseys gain of "a per cent in
population during he past decade is
not as significant as it might be were
it not for the fact that the greater
part of the mosquito state is little bet
ter than an annex to New York city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is q member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication Ia Topeka.
The news Is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
bose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

The man who has a woman with
him at night, doesn't need a revolver.
No hold-up artist can prevent a wom-
an from screeching when he confronts
her with weapon, and no one has the
nerve to stay and wait for second
screech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

Bedouin insurgents have an effective
way, at least, of settling up scores with
their opponents. They massacre them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

The unusual is always happening in
New York City. A householder actu-
ally succeeded in shooting a burglar
there not long ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

Before our time comes, we hope the
preachers will revise the canon, or
bone-garden form of burial service,
and cut out that peace to his ashes''
business. That word ashes always
sounded to US like an insinuation,
when spoken in reference to a dead
one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

There may be. something of merit
"a Mike Murphy's suggestion that six
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

The young man with the "clean cut
face of whom we read frequently in
fiction, had, in all probability, been
patronizing a barber college. 1t is
said that barber college students wash
the face of the victim just as thor
oughly as a real barber could do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

temperature is several degrees below
torrid, but the overcoat trade has been
seriously upset because the citizens
were so hot over the introduction of
payzhuenter street cars. s-,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-12

King Manuel is busted" And wha,
is more to the point, he is long way
from the Portuguese treasury.