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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
THE LOWER MEAT PRICES.

Concerning the sudden and unex-
pected drop in the wholesale prices of
meats and meat-products, which has
been announced by the big packers,
there has been much and varied COM
ment. OF course the suspicious of some
folk have been aroused. They insist
that this decline in prices is the result
of manipulation on the part of the
beef barons, who are also the pork
barons, for Interior purposes-to freeze
out some independent packing con-
Germs or do something else. They
claim it shows the undisputed sway of
the packers in the meat trade. All of
these things may be true, but it is
probable that interviews with the
farmers, the producers of meat and
the crops which make meat, would tell
something of different story.
Wheat is cheaper now than it has
been in two years. The farmer is also
getting much less for his corn, the
great meat producer, than he did a
year ago. His hogs are selling at SO
and more less a hundred weight than
they were some months ago. For his
beef cattle he is getting from SO to
$40 less a head than he did year ago
at this time. Not only that but the
new corn crop, not much of which has
yet been marketed, is the largest in the
history of the country, and the price of
corn, the basis of most of the meat
production, will have a tendency to go
lower rather than higher.
These facts would appear to indicate
that there are reasonable explanations
for the fall in the prices of meats, out
side of charging it to the mere manipu-
latory whim of the packers. Further
more, the reduction in prices which
the farmers are getting for their corn,
their hogs and their cattle, is a bigger
percentage than the percentage of re-
duction made by the packers in the
prices of meats. So it would seem that
the packers have not reduced their
meat prices as far as they might have
and CORRESPONDENCE with the reduced
prices which are being paid to the
farmers for their grain and live stock.
And as far as the consumers of meat
are concerned the reduced prices put in
force by the wholesalers have not so
far cut much of a material figure in
the retail prices of meat, or the guam
tity of meat that is doled out by the
retailers for a stated sum. That is the
present experience of the everyday
buyer of meat for the family table.
Already there are strong protests going
up in various sections of the country
that the retailers are not following the
packers in reducing meat prices. But,
as a mater of fact, the reduction of
meat prices by a cent or two cents a
pound is not going to make any APP
probable difference in the number of
extra bites of meat that the twenty
five cents of today will buy in COM
parison with the meat purchasing pow
er of the twenty-five cents of a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
Restitution Long Deferred.

An unusual occurrence took place at
Washington borough when the Rev. H.
D. Boughter, pastor of the Church of
God, was handed at his rectory a letter
by a man and told to hand it some
time during the day to Uriah Douglas,
now nearly 80 years old, and a retired
resident.
The Rev. Mr.. Boughter went to Mr..
Douglas home and the letter was
opened. To their surprise it contained
five new 500 bills. A note on the in
side said the sender had done Mr..
Douglas a wrong As years ago., and
here was money enough to pay for it
with interest, and that he would hear
from him in a few days.
Mr. Douglas recalls that in 1865 a
horse and team had been stolen from
him, and from which nothing had ever
been heard, and it is believed this is
the man who handed over the letter.
He had purchased the team with
bounty money received from the gov
eminent after the close of the war, and
while at picnic at Highville the team
was stolen and nothing but the lines
left.
The supposition is that the man who
handed the letter to the Rev. Mr..
Boughter is a wealthy ranch owner of
the west, as several young men about
that time went west and have made
good. Mr.. Douglas is an invalid and
canuse the money.-Lancaster special
to the philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
For Man Who Carries Cane.

The cult of the cane has excited no
tice in certain circles. Some women
have tried to appear with the cane, but
the fad has not been general. On the
other hand, a man is not well dressed
without a cane. He must carry a stick
of some sort if his toilet has approach
ed a degree of masculine style. There
are sticks for all affairs. They may
be business type, or carried to lawn
parties, to evening musicales, for a
walk on Sunday, and every cane is diff
ferent.
For outings the sturdy stick of light
or dark wood, cherry, hickory, orange
wood, oak, ash, fir. and several other
woods are in good style. The silver
park is very attractive. The Congo
woods, wang-hee and pimento, a fra
grant Mexican wood and curiously per-
fumed and shining branches of import
ed woods, are chosen by the very par
ticular.
Some of the canes are smoothly cut
and polished. Others are knotty and
picturesque. The handles and heads
are different. Many have a rugged, nat
ural air; few are finished elegantly
with knobs of ivory, walrus, or silver.
The color scheme of cane or umbrella
is important in a we1l-dressed person.
A stick of gray wood should be carried
by the man who affects gray. One who
cares for rough homespuns should carry
bogwood, and for every costume there
should be a proper cane.-Chicago Ev-
ening Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

God-no matter how this turns out"
he said to himself as he pounded down
the road, the skim of snow muff1ing
family the sound of hoof-beats.
In spite of the muff1ing Joe heard
them and smiled. Even anger can't
make the colonel lose his head" he
said. He's not going too fast at first.
sweetheart, We must do our best.
Whatever happens-we'u face 1t to-
gether-even if it is a couple of bull
let's"
Yes. Together-for life or death. .
Betty nurmurod, her face lightly
pressed against his shoulder.
Then she sat clear of him. They
were of-she would not hammer him.
1t was enough that he carried her
weight in the race for love and life.
She did not know if the colonel were
armed-he was angry enough for any
th1ng-of that she was certain. But
he had IN sort, accepted her chal-
lenge. If they won the race he was
too square sport not to forgive them.
1t seemed a hopeless chance. The
colonel was a welterweight. but Sir
Archy was up to it. Then he was
older than Bonnybell, likewise in hard
er condition. She had been eased a
bit-allowed to run at grass, whites,
and fed sugar and apples-Betty's heart
misgave her as she recalled how often
she had thus pampered her pet. Now
she stopped the least bit to pat the
mares fnak and say clearly:
'Bonny-win for US this time, and
nobody shall ever ride you again.
Bonnybeu answered only with q
slightly heightened stride. She had
found her feet and was going free over
the soft dirt road. Sir Archy had
gained-they could hear the colonel
shouting, but the rushing air tore and
tattered the words past distinguishing.
Don't let him catch US, Bonny!"
Betty entreated.
And then truly BonnybeIl made as
though she understood-they had
reached a long moonlit level of road
she lay down to it as though on the
course. and literally devoured space.
The colonel saw it with a leaping
heart. His pride in the mare, in the
girl who had taken her in spite of him,
began to melt his wrath. After all, Il
was Betty who would have to live with
her husbands long, long life he hoped
it would be. After all, further, she had
chosen a man-and Joe Desha had a
governor or so among his forebears.
Moreover, Duval Harkway, in spite of
his name, showed little of the breed.
The colonel rose in his strips, leaned
far over Sir Archy's withers, and sent
home the spurs, shouting the while:
"StopI You rascals will ruin the
finest mare in Kentucky! Stop, I say.
Unless you do-Pl quit and go home"
Sir Archy had answered the spur
Will d Jul ST VI SECCQ LIldI DIOuSAI Hill
well within hail Of Bonnybell.
Joe heard the calling, and turned to
Betty-her arm was around him, her
hand reaching for the rein.
"Of course, We'll STOP" she said. 81
always mind grandad when he's rea-
sonable. Maybe we can go to the dance
| after all.
They did goa trifle late, to bC
sure, but in time to announce then
ngagement. Bonnybell truly never rar
another race, but the colonel lived tt
see her first foal win the derby from
Ladylove's -(Copyrighted, 1910, by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
CFrom the Chicago New

IFrom the Chicago News.1
You can Judge woman by the things
she likes best.
Yours may be a bed of roses-but be-
ware of the thorns.
1t is easy to believe anything that is of
no Importance.
You can interest people in you by being
interested in them.
A good man isn't always clever and a
clever man isn't always good.
Better keep your temper; it is worth
more to you than to any one else.
If YOU are master of yourself you have
a servant you can depend upon
Some women are beautiful because of
their clothes, and some in spite of them.
An honest man goes through the world
without getting more than is coming to
him.
And many a woman seems able to love
a man most when he is the least deserving
of her love.
When a young man tells a girl she is
pretty she proceeds to give an imitation
of being surprised.
Even on a dry day an inexperienced
man who ventures into the hauntS of high
finance can become well soaked.
You can please a woman by feelings her
she looks like a picture-although she
knows there are some horrTd pictures.
When a woman begins by saying I'm
going to tell you something for your own
good" prepare to hear something dis
agreeable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
JAYHAWKER JOTS

The Ottawa Republic has an idea
that the aviator is the real fall guy.
The latest thing in social doings out
at Bison takes the form of "sox
shower Needless to state such par
ties are given for young men,
Charlie Blakesley thinks it may en-
courage the resubmissionistS to know
that Mr.. Booz was elected to the leg
islature in Lincoln county.
'"There is a farmer who walked into
Downs store one time and declared
his intention of buying his wife very
costly present" says an acquaintance
of the Downs Times who knew of the
time had been devoted to him by va
rious clerks, he purchased for his wife
pair of ten cent hose"
It is the belief of the Lawrence
World that the coal barons are the
smartest men in the world. They
manage to have their strikes in the
summer and coal famines during cold
weather In one case they get out of
paying wages when coal is not badly
needed and in the second they are able
to boost the price when the consum-
ers must have coal.
Either one of two things is certain.
Boone, the Coyville correspondent OF
the Wilson County Citizen is not famil-
lar with the colloquial meaning of the
expression "booze-fghter" or else ne
has suddenly turned over a new leaf
and taken the temperance pledge. At
any rate, couple of weeks ago he
described himself as being a bear
hunter and booze-hghter," and last
week he had this to say: 81 do not
want to be considered chronic crank.
but would say I would hate to be
guilty of casting a vote in support of
a candidate that is in favor Of the
whisky traffic; or, in other words, one
that would use whisky to influence
votes for his candidate or anyone
else's election" Only a reformed
| booze-ighter would hold any such
views
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
HIS. AND MY SAKE.

I dreamed that night that, to my friend
Who lay upon his bed of pain,
Of suffering he had reached the end.
And now, at last, was well again.
And all my heart was glad once more
As June-time days that breathe no care,
A song of praise my lips upbore,
Since life again was, oh, so fair!
And with the dawn went to see
If but my dream had come to pass;
But at the door they said to me:
The friend you loved is dead, a1as?'
I heard the words mid hating breath,
And came to me the grieving pain,
Till 1 recalled what he called death
Is only to make well againi
had forgotten, so, once more
Was glad, and this beyond the ache
OF loneliness that my heart bore;
Glad for his own and for my sake.
George Newell Lovejoy, in the Boston
Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

wheat for shipment. Henry Wallace
began 1ecturing them about wasteful-
ness of selling grain.
Get something to eat it," he said. 'If
you are not too proud to milk, get
COWS; otherwise, get steers. Nobody is
going to make money raising corn in
the summer, to get job of hauling it
to town in winter at fifteen to twenty
five cents a bushel. The railroads will
make all your profit that way. Con-
dense your freight. Four carloads Of
corn can be shipped in one carload of
hogs; twenty carloads of corn in one
carload of butter. Thus you will get
the profits that the railroads now en-
joy, and will preserve and even in
crease the fertility of your SOIL When
live stock is sent to market, the main
loss to the soil is in the bone; when
butter is sent to market, there is no
loss worth mentioning. because butter,
like all other carbohydrates and fat,
comes from the air."
At first it was mighty hard on his
farm neighbors to hear him use such
words as carbohydrates and proteins
and heterogeneous compounds without
suspecting his sanity. Farming was
done in words of one syllable. and it
took a long time to make the farmers
believe that if they would farm in more
sylIables they could write their bank
accounts in more columns.
Demonstrating mis- faith by his
works, Mr.. Wallace started one of the
first creameries in the west, imported
some of the first thoroughbred horses,
cattle and hogs. and finally bought a
weekly newspaper in order that
through it's columns he might more ef-
fectually lecture the farmers of his
county. In a little while people all over
the state were sending for that country
weekly in order to read its farm de-
partment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The man who does as he pleases
nowadays doesn't care to do much OF
anything.
Y X
A mans nationality cuts little ice
these days in comparison with his ca
pability.
Politeness is the cheapest kind of an
investment and it pays the biggest
dividends.
AS soon as q man gets an idea IN his
head that he's a real humorist. then
he loses all chance of becoming one.
X X y
All humans may be born equal, but
it doesn't take very long for many of
them to fail to maintain their equality
with others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
WIsDoNI FoR FARNTERS.

Henry Wallace, president of the Ma
tional Conservation Congress, was pas
tor of various churches in eastern Iowa
from 1860 to 1876. Then his health
failed and he left the pulpit and went
to farming. 1t was with this that his
real career began. says a writer III
Hampton's Magazine for December.
With the thrifty instinct of his Scotch
ancestors, he had already become an
investor in farm land in the newer
parts of Iowa, and in his quest of
health, exercise, and fresh air, he took
personal charge of his farms.
At that time farmers grew corn and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record. !
Fair but false-A blonde wig.

EFTom the Philadelphia Record
Fair but false-A blonde wig.
Mirrors are flat, but never flatter
Budding genius doesn't always bear
fruit.
Many man is wrecked because he is
reckless.
A peppery temper isn't to be sneezed at
In painting a hen would an artist use
a lay figure.
A light lunch is sometimes pretty heavy
after It's down.
The successful aviator has some excuse
for feeling uppish.
Some people are immensely tickled IL
they can live on tick.
She is indeed a strong-minded woman
who can hold her tongue.
In making assertions a man must either
back them up or back down.
It doesn't necessarily follow that the
mining expert is good oarsman
Blobbs-'The widow Dashaway has a
fine presence" Slobbs-''Yes, also a
past"
Lots of people can fall in love and get
over it, but seldom when they fall in low
with themselves.
Hoax-"Guzzler boasts of his capacity
for cocktails Joax-.Well, that's soneSy
thing to crow bout"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.1

CFrom the Atchison G1obe.1
How a big man will howl when hurt
a little!
Most women are clever at telling
their husbands how to save money.
There are some men who seem to
imagine that their candle is an arc
light.
Some husbands and wives make it
a rule never to speak decently to each
other.
A church members idea of being
sporty is to drop quarter in the col
lection basket.
When a rich man dies old fashioned
people say, well, he can't take any
thing with him.
A boys idea of being good to his lit
tie brother is to whip the little broth
er's enemies.
Nothing will cure balky horse or a
balky man like going away and leav-
ing him alone.
When a young man talks of getting
married, he always says, That's the
natural way to live
A woman was limping on the street
the other day. "She seems to have
clipped a fange," said brakeman.
Family recipes are the terror of a
druggists life, as the names of the in
gradients are never spelled right.
AS a general rule, the man who be-
HAYES himself doesn't do much howl
ing because he doesn't get Justice
Automobile agents work just like
other agents: they are saying now that
machines will be higher in the spring.
We often hear men say: eff I'd
jump him about it, he'd only lie out of
it. so I might as we'll not say anything
When an agent says that he is anx-
ious to do something for you, don't
be fool enough to believe he really
means it.
The man who is simply bubbling
| over with enthusiasm today will prob
| ably exhaust himself, and be dull and
stupid tomorrow.
Every time a scandal is whispered
around, public investigation should
be started, to see if it is true We
don't believe one-fifth of the scandal
is trI1a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
HVMOR OF THE Day

Angler (new recruit to the gentle art,
who is "flogging" the stream)-Not
splash SO much? Why. bless you, If I
don't attract their attention how are the
fish to know the beastly things there at
all?-Punch.
IF you refuse me 1 will do something
that will cause the world to shudder when
it reads about it." Huh! / know what
you mean; you're going to marry Susie
Jones. Houston Post.
Are you sure this milk is absolutely
free from germs?'' inquired the cautious
piled. I'VE boil every drop of water that
goes into it."-Chicago News.
Reverend GeGntleman-Do you know, my
friend, that half the cases of cancer are
caused by people smoking those foul, dir
ty. short black clay pipes? Son Of Toll
And do you know, guv-norr, that 'alf of
rnindin' their own ss?-Ladies'
Home Journal
Guest-I'Il take some o. that Walter
Some o. which, boss? Guest-Some o. that
there. Can't you read? Waiter-Scuse
me, sub 1 amt had no education, either.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'eNurse-Whats that dirty mark on your
ed me. Nurse-Well, go at once and wash
it off, Frank-Why? 1t wasn't me what
did it.-London Punch.
Little Willie-Say, pa, what is organized
charity? Pa-Oragized charity, my SON
is the condensed milk of human kind
ness.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

The White Star line recently startled
the world Of navigation by launching the
new steamship, Olympic, which is SS21A
feet long, or the longest and largest
vessel afioat. Now comes the Cunard
line with the statement that it intends
to have a ship built which will be sS5
feet long. If this rivalry keeps up be-
tween the steamship companies, it
won't be many years before a boat will
be built that viii touch both sides of
the Atlantic at one and the same time.
AS has been suggested. it would be
cheaper for the steamship companies
TO pgaoa their capital and build a bridge
across the Atlantic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
EFrom the New York Press.I

IHIOul liIS We" L VI n - 1851
When temptation doesn't get man
it's a sure sign he isn't around.
A chip of the old block is kindling
for fire to burn the money the other
is worth.
A woman has such an imagination
she could be bride half dozen times
and think each was the first.
If you want to make a man admire
you, ask him how he gets his clothes
to look so fine on him and then don't
go to sleep while he is telling you.
A girl who will be overcautiouS
about stepping across a little puddle
in the street will plunge into the sea
of matrimony with her eyes shut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

Evidently the component parts Of the
erstwhile window glass trust which
was recently dissolved through suit
brought by the federal government, are
determined to make both ends meet
Following the announcement that the
price of window glass would be in
creased materially, they now announce
a cut of so per cent in the wages of
their employees. These efforts also look
like an attempt on the part of the
glass concerns which made up the
trust, to prove that a trust is the best
possible thing for all concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

Taking the majority of $4,000 which
Mark Tulley received in his candidacy
for reelection to the state treasurer
ship as indicating normal Republican
majority in Kansas, it is apparent that
some $4,000 Republicans voted against
the head of the ticket, Governor Stubs.
And what an undesirable lot of men
they are, that is if Governor Stubs is
correct in his contention that his ma
5ority represented the votes in Kan
sas that money and booze could not
k,sV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

That was a rather surprising bit of
news which came the other day from
Governor Stubs to the effect that his
political enemies are forcing him into
the race for the next United States
senatorial nomination that is to be
fought for in Kansas two years hence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

MY boy is innocent. He is a good
boy" These were the deathbed words
of the father of DR.. Crippen who has
been condemned to death in England
for the murder of his wife. They
ought to spur many another boy and
man on to be more worthy of the af-
lection, confidence and loyalty which is
placed in them by their parents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

Something better in the way of be-
havior on the part of the bluejackets
on the three divisions of the United
States battleship feet visiting in Eng
1ish and European ports would be more
satisfactory to the folks at home who
are footing the bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

If candidates for the speakership of
the next Kansas house of representa-
tives keep on coming to the front, each
Of them will be able to get no more
than one vote, his own, on the first
roll call that is taken to elect a man
TO this Mace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

No stone should be left unturned to
press to a successful conclusion the
new project to turn Kansas avenue into
a Great White Way at night. Other
cities have found such undertakings to
be most valuable acquisitions. They tell
strangers that the town is alive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

That rigorous steps should be taken
TO revise the court procedures in this
country so as to do away with delays
in the administration of law and JUS
tice is once more emphasized by the
fact that a lawsuit has just been set
tied in New York state which has been
in the courts continuously for "a years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21

Mexicans are now reported to be
fighting so furiously with each other
that 100 of them were killed in a re-
cent scrap, That's much the better
way. If the Mexicans are bent on hav-
ing trouble, let them have it amongst
Themselves