The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-06
KANSAS CONNENT
BUSINESS CAUTIoN.

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Mr.. James ]. Hill backs up from his
recent calamity interview with de-
NAL that he said it. But he probably
made some remarks along the line
upon which he was quoted and he
would not be far away from the facts
if he did.
Years of prosperity, high prices and
extravaganza, such as this country has
had recently, must be followed by
settling down and a settling up. Dur
ing the last few months there has been
just such an experience necessary and
in the end advantageous
The ease with which money could be
secured in recent years the oppor-
tunities for speculation on an advance
ing market and the automobile taste
for everything, are responsible Tor
reaction, not of trouble but of caution.
It really was necessary to stop the
boom and it has been done without
hurting anyone, merely cramplng
few toes and MASKING a few fingers.
The prices of farm products are at
the base of prosperity in the west.
The politicians decided that they were
too high and made the people believe
the story. A scaling down in prices. a
cessation in the strong demand for
land and a little economizing which
cut down the call for manufactured
stuff lessened the output of labor. Dur
ing the coming winter work Will be
slack in the east and in spite of our
boosted independence in finance the
reaction is present in the west.
But this is a healthy condition
Forced to stop speculation and settle
UP, the boomers of the west will be
saved from a fall that would come II
they were allowed to continue. Money
| is hard to get but there is plenty for
| legitimate business and nobody is go
| ing to be hurt. After a little quiet the
race can be resumed with more
! strength and assurance of success than
Iever-Hutchinson News.
SPOTLESS TOWNS.
To the long list of philanthropic
schemers who have tried through the
expenditure of millions to carry out
some sort of Utopian city planning,
Mrs. Russell Sage has added her name.
| AS a memorial to her late husband,
whose fame was not very conspicuous
| ly linked up with the idea of expendi-
lures, Mrs. Sage will experiment with
| $2.250, 900 in the making of model
suburban city.
She has purchased 412 acres in For
| est Hills gardens, Long Island, about
nine miles from New York City, where
she will provide homes for 1900 fam
| lilies.
| Mrs. Sage announces that this is not
a charity scheme, but that the enter
prise is contrived to be self-support-
ing, and is intended TO return fail
return on the investment. That is the
only part of the enterprise, SO far, thai
has the true Sage ring to it.
| Rent in this spotless town will be
about $25 per month American!
have learned to be rather dubious
| about ! model communities, since
George M. Pullman's city east of Chi
cago was so disastrous. The rea
American freeholder, with his spirit OF
working out his own salvation, doe
not take very readily to the idea o.
having a fully completed cell in {
bee hive allotted to him. Already the
lreading public is done with its praise
of Edison's idea of pouring out cot
tages of cement, like so many stands
for bees.
Most Americans with the home
making idea like to buy a piece of hill
lside, or a sunfower patch upon which
Ithey can do their own experimenting
for a home, very much like Swis
Family Robinson, except that thes'
modern Robinsons like to be at leas
within walking distance of car line
wichita Eagle.