The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18
KANSAS COMMENT
ABoLIsHINc EooTBAI.I,.


IL strikes us as just a little bit hum
orous that In the same season one big
kansas Methodist school decided to re-
instate football. after keeping it Gagged
Tor about 15 years, the other big Meth
oolst Schocl of the state undertook the
job of abolishing the game because of
It's danger to the players.
1t illustrates that fact that a confer
ence of Methodist clergymen, no mat
ter how talented. sincere and copse-
Grated. is rather an incongruous place
to decide the question of whether foot
ball should be abolished.
one conference decides that the
game has. Just been reformed and can
be played; another decides that it has
just degenerated into brutality. and
must go.
As a matter of fact, the question of
abolishing or retaining football is one
which should not be decided on pre-
1ud1ce, or sentiment. 1t ought to be
decided on evidence, by people who
It Is played. and are in {. position to
know exactly what the advantages and
disadvantages of the game are.
There is no doubt that unless foot
ball can be modified in some way by
which it can be made less dangerous
to the players, it will be driven out
OF the colleges and universities of the
country. But the question of whether
it is made less dangerous can not be
very well decided at a conference of
ministers. Why not leave such ques-
lions to the faculty of the school it.
self, or a committee from the faculty,
to investigate and report upon. be-
fore taking any radical acton?
1t is reported that the state univer-
sity is going to abolish football. This
may be a political bluff, intended to
influence the action of the rules COM
mittee. 1t hardly seems likely that
such action is seriously contemplated
by the university. But If the state
university abolishes the game. it can
be safely reckoned that 1t must be
dangerous, for there is nothing which
brings the university more free adver-
Using, fame and publicity than foot
ball. Football is also a tremendous
money maker for university athletics,
and 1t will not be relinquished unless
have become convinced that it it is no
longer a safe amusement for college
boys.-Salina Journal.
TARIFF AND PRICES.
The lumber dealers who recently
met in western city said they must
raise the price of common boards on
account of the new tariff. They must
raise the price from SO cents to a 81
thousand on account of the tariff,
when the same law reduced the tariff
on common boards 70 cents a thou
sand. This was an attempt to deceive
the people and create public opinion
against the tariff, because this parti-
cular interest favors free lumber. It
was the same way in reference to free
hides Hides were put on the free list,
but all kinds of shoes have gone up
on the wholesale market, and not
single reduction. The wooden dealers
got together and said they must raise
the price of wool on account of the
new tariff. but there is not In the new
act one change made in the wool or
wooden schedule except two minor
ones. and both of them were reduc-
Champion.
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WORTH REMEMBERING.
A young man in an old eastern
home decided to leave his native place
and journey into the great and won
derful West in quest of fame and for
tune. The family held a reunion and
babe the member goodbye. AS a last
word of warning the father said,
"John, you are going to a new coun-
try where nature has not been dis
turbed. You will meet with many
obstacles in the path of success. The
Indians may threaten and wild animals
attack you. Oftentimes you will need
friends. Whenever you wish to call
for help, look in the windows Of the
house you enter. If there are flowers
in the window you will be safe, and
that family will protect and assist
you" This incident, sent out by the
Washington Conservation society, has
a suggestiveness that it is we'll to bear
in mInd-C1av Center Dfspatch