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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
THE STEEL TRUSTS GAME.

If the acquisition of the Tennessee
Coal & Iron company by the United
States Steel corporation was a perfect
~ proper deal. why was it deemed
necessary to get the permission of the
then President Roosevelt to consum-
mate it? And if the ore property
alone of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company was worth 5000, 900. 900, why
was 1t that the big New York banks
and banking concerns did not consider
some $3O,000,0OO worth of stock of
this company of some value as security
for loans?
These salient questions have prob
ably come to the minds of every one
who has been following the congress
sional Investigation of the steel trust.
Their answer is probably to be found
in a reading between the lines of some
of the important testimony that has
been given already at this important
investigation. Despite the protests of
the powers that be in the steel trust that
they did not care for the property of
the Tennessee Coal & Iron company
and merely took it over as a matter
of accommodation and to avert a
financial panic of large proportions,
it is likely to be the opinion of a
good many people. and not without
foundation. that the steel trust work
ed a smooth game to get control of
a most valuable property, and that
the staving off of a panic was merely
| incidental and a convenient excuse.
The same financial powers that con-
troll the steel trust also control the
big banks and private banking insti-
tutiOnS in New York Citv the 6nau-
cial center of this country. 1t was
these banks that held the stock of
the Tennessee Coal & Iron company
as partial securities for loans to one
of the prominent New York banking
companies that was being forced to
the wall as the impending financial
panic approached nearer and nearer.
The failure of this banking company
at that time would have brought on
the panic. It's failure seemed to be
| certain because the bulk of its secu-
rifles was Tennessee Coal & Iron
stock. The banks mind YOU con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the chicago News.l

TFrom the Chicago News.1
Never lend money to a man who has
a poor memory.
Many seeds of kindness are scattered
on barren soil.
1t is easier to accept a position than
it is to hold a job.
ANYWAY. we never knew a man to
marry a woman to reform her.
Superstitious actors are always
anxious to see the ghost walk.
Dare a man to do thing and if he's
a fool he will attempt It.
A woman's idea of a mans respecta-
bility depends on how he is dressed.
No. CordeIia. not all gushing letters
are written with a fountain pen.
The wav of the transgressor may be
hard. but travellers thereon never get
lonesome.
Many a man invests in a gold brick
under the impression that it is a golden
opportunity.
Being In society is a good deal like
being in Jail; it isn't so bad after you
get used TO it
Why doesn't some one write a novel
in which the heroine carefully figures
out what the hero would like for din
ner?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
TOMORROW.

Tomorrow's a convenient time
To finish every task,
In every season, every cline,
For that day do we ask.
We seem to think that it will stay
Two weeks, or maybe four,
We fill 1t full Of work and play
And keep on adding more.
Tomorrow we are sure to write
Those letter, half a score,
To NOW the lawn before it's night,
And look our scrapbooks Ger.
Then there's that little call to pay,
A book to be returned:
Storm windows to be put away,
A ton of rubbish burned.
There's little Johnny's car to mend
And MabePs doll to patch,
An errand for an absent friend,
Some silk for wife to match.
For purposes of work and play
That on our list appear
Tomorrow should come twice a year
And then should last a year.
Chicago News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

trolled by the same interests that
control the steel trust, had issued
the ultimatum that this stock was
without further value for the OBJ
tanning of additional loans. That was
the screw that was put on what prom
Used to be a formidable rival of the
big steel corporation. Then came the
generous suggestion of the steel trust
that it would save the day by taking
over the Tennessee Coal & Iron com
pany, by issuing steel trust stock to
take the place as loan securities for
the Tennessee Coal & Iron stock
which the banks had suddenly called
worthless. By putting up s29,0OO,0O0
worth of its own and confessedly val
liable stock, the steel trust obtained
the property of the Tennessee Coal &
Iron company, which included the ore
lands worth $2O0,000,O00.
But before this deal was closed it
was deemed necessary to get the
promise of President Roosevelt that
there would be no prosecution of the
steel trust for its acquisition of the
property of the Tennessee Coal &
Iron company. The president was
told that this was the only way to
avert a ca1amitous financial panic
He cannot be blamed for giving his
assent to the plan. A panic of the
proportions prognosticated would have
wrecked the business world. But
again, if this deal was a perfectly
proper one why was it necessary to
get promises from the federal authori-
ties to keep their hands off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Neatly put by the Round Grove cor
respondent of the Alta Vista Journal:
The recent rains have changed things
from blues" to green.
When a man says he is in favor of
law enforcement, remarks the Miami
Republican. he is referring to some
particular law he doesn't feel like vio-
lating.
A tabloid society note in the Fair
land column of the Jennings Echo:
Quite a surprise on Mrs. N. A. Hahn
Sunday eve. All kinds of games, mu-
sic and refreshments.
The conceit of Man. Harry Zeigler,
according to the Burlington Independ-
ent, says that he wishes that some of
the young ladies in town would quit
making eyes at him. He says that he
is too busy to fool with them.
Editor Coats of the Alta Vista Jour
nal apparently doesn't think that the
average run of dogs amounts to much
In our opinion, he writes, about one
dog out of every million worth a
muzzle. and the remainder should be
killed.
A colored man answering to the
name of Napoleon BOnaparte Wash
ington seems to have met his Waterloo
at Olathe, as the Olathe Mirror says.
He is held there under q. $1,000 bond
for robbing the Frisco depot at that
place a couple of weeks ago.
Editor Beck of Holton, notes the
Meriden Ledger. asks the sporting edi-
tor of the Star for a definition of the
expression. HOP, skip and jump, -
which would indicate that he had never
been in the composing room of a coun-
try paper on press day when the forms
were about two hours late.
A merchant in Western Kansas is
playing the part of the villain in the
show During the goo1 times when
everybody had money, h. quietly went
to work to collect a list Of the patrons
of the mail order house He used sew
eraI methods to secure them and sue
ceeded in getting pretty complete
list, which he filed away for future ref
erence. Now the crops al all burned
up out there, money scarce and many
people needing credit When a man
steps into the store of this merchant
and asks for credit he huats up his list,
and if the mans name is there he tells
him to go and ask for credit where he
spent cash. The revenge is tough, but
really, can you blame him much p
Downs Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
HUMoR or THE DAY

Helping Him Out.-Matrimonial Agent
You might marry this lady. She's got
$500 dowry. I've had q lot of trouble
trying to get her placed, and I've often
obliged you. Go on-do me this little
favorn'
oh, You Girls!-Da'sy=I shall
write Alice this afternoon. Have you
any message? Dolly-Whatl Writing
to that horrid cat. Oh. give her my
love.-Boston Transcript.
Overheard on a Railway Train
The Virtuoso-He paid $4,000 for a
Whistler. The DrummeI-Geei You
can get a Singer for about $50
Brooklyn Life.
Quite in Keeping-"Queer wasn't
it? It was at the mouth of the
teeth of the ale."-Baltlmore Amer
lean.
whats the matter with you?" asked
Mollie Microhe- "Oh, pshaw!" replied lit
tie Willie Microbe, I'm getting tired of
styin' in one place all the time. Since
the women have quit wearin' dresses that
drag we never get taken anywhere"
Curious Charley-Do nuts grow on trees.
father2 Father-They do, my son. Curl
Gus =Gharley-Then what tree does the
my son.-New York American.
Great Head for Business.-Teache
Now, Johnny, suppose / should Dor
row 500 from your father and should
pay him $40 a month for ten months
how much would I then owe him
Johnny-About SO MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the AtchIgon Globe.l

From the ALcAISOn GLOBE
If a man isn't an aristocrat. he
doesn't lnlnd beiLg called one.
A boys notion of a Great Victory
is to 'blocdy'' another Toys rose.
There is no oblivion for a man who
can pitch a good game Of baseball.
No man should allow social ambition
to induce him to rent q dress suit.
New way of proposing: Z don't like
the way you spell your last name"
Shoes that are large enough continue
to be the most successful corn remedy.
1t is surprising the number of people
the grunbler can get to agree with
him.
Possibly the speeding of motorcycles
is excusable in order to allow the noise
to hurry by.
Another reason boys leave the farm
is their opposition to working two
shifts in one day.
A wicked show never offers line
of wickedness equal to some that aren't
advertised SO much
There are plenty of section hands,
but it is difficult to find man TO NIL
a $4,000 a year job.
If a man takes his Crouch home, he
finds it easy to convince himself that
he is 4 nervous wreck
A woman is 81 proud Of martyrs
crown that she is apt to wear II more
that she does her new hat
We are also inclined to doubt the
popularity of smoking cigarettes among
ladies Of high society.
If a man takes proper care of his
teeth, he needn't carry a toothbrush
in his vest pocket to prove it.
Almost any man can pose as Fa-
vorfte Son If he has money enough to
keep his press agent going good.
If the successful sutton gets her
mothers consent, he has a majority
sufficient to overcome Fathers Veto
If man saves n woman from Crown
ing. she should be satisfied without ex-
pecuing him to marry her.
From casual observation We gather
that the elbows which don't look like
D chickens neck, resembles a knee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

AS was to have been expected the
general arbitration treaties between
this country and England and France
have run up against some snags in the
United States senate. Already have
two of the senators voiced their oppo-
gition to them because they believe
that they interfere in some way with
the constitutional prerogatives of the
United States senate. But in view Of
the almost universal sentiment
throughout the country in favor Of
these great steps towards the bringing
about Of universal peace, it is not like
ly that the senate will have the temer-
fly to refuse a ratification of these
treaties The senate is more suscepti-
bic to public opinion than it used 20
he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many people also save up a pile of
money only to invest it foolishly.
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And some of the fellows who don't
go to work until 9 a. m. get paid &C
cordingly.
Most mistakes woul int amount to
much if honest efforts were made to
rectify them.
Lots of self-nade men have failed to
do good jobs but they're seldom point
ed out.
Any number of women will confess
that they are towards, but no man VIII
do likewise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

Bradley, the cartoonist of the Chi
cago News, produced a clever conceit
the other day of Admiral Togo's ar
rival in New York harbor. It was
labeled "Just a Surmise." It pictured
the wonderful array of .ail buildings
that are punched together on the
lower end of Manhattan Island. On
the deck of a ferryboat stood Japan's
gallant old sea dog and Uncle Sam.
The latter with evident pride was
pointing out the marvellous sky
scrapers OF America. Under the car
toon was quoted this sentence from
Admiral Togo's brief interview when
he landed in New York: Il particu-
larly amire Americas tall buildings"
But Cartoonist Bradley had the adj
nniral saying on the side: Grand,
Grand! And such Beautiful Taggstsl''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

Des Moines street car strike started
with a riot and was ended in short or
der with the most remarkable injunc-
ton that a judge has yet issued in a
labor trouble. This court order di-
rected both the railway company and
the strikers to resume their contracts
with each other forthwith. and begin
the operation of the cars again with
out any more fooIishness. AS to
whether such a decree is perfectly ie-
gal is a question that is now being
vigorously argued by the disciples of
Blackstone. But it brought order ont
of chaos in Des Moines. 1t gave the
people of that town the street car SER
vice to which they are entitled. So 1t
was decidedly worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
FROM OTHER PENS
BEING A GOOD FELLOW.

Every now and then We hear of
some one dying in bitter poverty after
having spent a fortune in being a
good fellow" OF such one it is COM
monty said while he is alive and spend
ing that that he has a heart like an
OK and a hand always deep in his
pocket" he is spoken of-frequently
within his own hearing-as q prince
among men, or lone of natures noble
men,
It seems passing strange that a man
with the power to attract to himself
so many warm friends should not have
any willing to pay his funeral expenses.
Yet such is often the case 1t is
fact frequently commented on by
philosophers that these peerages of cafe
creation die with the fortunes that
produce them. A real prince among
men, or natures noblemen'' loses his
title when his money ceases to burn
holes in his pocket, after which he
should set aside a little money for his
own obsequies.
But those who argue from the for
lorn and friendless passing of one of
these good fellows that there are no
real friends to be had in this world
are wrong. Every one can make
friends, and stanch ones too, by the
practice of unselfishn ess but not by
wasting money on the worthless in the
vain hope of being consiC cred a good
fellow" which is merely another name
for complete fooI.-New York
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.l

[From the New York Press.I
Most of a mans money soon gets to
be somebody else's-
It's a sort of compliment to be hated
unless you are doing the hating.
Some people seem to think they got
married urly 10 have a FREE license to
quarrel.
A girl can make any old bunch of
CORES pondence love letters by tying it
up IN pink ribbon.
You know that the bank clerk who
balances your accounts isn't wrong.
but you suspect him Just the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

A British steamship line is to carry
coal mined in the United States to
United States territory on the Isthmus
Of Panama for use by the United
States government in its work on the
Panama canal. huff sed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

Where Kansans lead the other wisc
folk follow. An ordinance goes into
effect in Chicago within a few days
prohibiting the use of roller towels in
hotels and other places Of more or
less public character.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

A French aviator went up in the air
1880 feet and did not take advantage
of his chance to make a record break
ing fall. But that's the way with
most men. They're deaf when oppor-
tunitv knocks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

And speaking of discerning people,
how about the fifty families who
moved from other places during the
past month to take up their residence
in Topeka?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

Nor should the people of Topeka, its
vicinity and all other parts of Kansas
lose sight of the fact that every day
is going to be a big day at the state
fair to be held here in few weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

Massachusetts Democrats are Of
the opinion that desirable presidential
timber is to be found in their midst in
the person of Governor Foss of that
state. The scramble for the next
Democratic presidential nomination is
certainly going to be a warm one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

Some moving pictures of the Cam
orrist trial with few photographic
records of some of the more riotous
sessions would certainly be interest
ing to the distant muItitudes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08

j. Pierpont Morgan's son-in-law,
Herbert L. Satterlee. was fined $1,000
recently for being mixed up in the
wire trust Of unreasonab bic proclivi-
ties. Presumably he'll have to econo-
nize on his cigarette bill for a few
DAYS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
KANSAS CONTENT
A NOBLE ACT.

u 4NODL4G ~
A Cherryvale minister in his sermon
sunday morning related true story
OIL church member of influence and
affluence of one of the leading
churches in the city of Minneapolis
who, when the congregation had as
senDled to determine the location ana
cost of a proposed new church voted
against a certain site for the reason it
was deemed by him too costly and
voted against a high priced church be-
cause he feared the congregation
couldn't afford it The member of af-
hluence and his following were defeated
and or course, it was thought he would
withdraw his liberal subscription of
$5,OOO-because he was not given his
way.
The soliciting committee with fear
ana trembling called on their wealthy
brother few days later and imagine
their surprise when after a few mo-
ments of silence he took the paper and
after erasing the amount of the former
SUBSCRIPTION said: "A majority of the
congregation voted for a more ex-
penslVe location than 1 and there Is
ira effort to raise the money needed. 1
VIII double my subscription.
W nat noble deed, you say. Yes,
ana now 1t contrasts with the miser-
able, little, selfish attitude men some
times assume in church and secular
70 me, III withdraw my support from
the church, or the lodge or the COM
munity."
You never ask whether the Kingdom
or Heaven is in a man who can do such
a magnanimous thing as the MIME
apolls man did when he gave $4,000 10
DuIId a church even if he didn't have
MS way about where and at what cost
the temple should be constructed. On
the other hand, does not that question
come involuntariIy when you see a man
SO little that he can't live in a church,
lodge or other society if he doesn't have
his own way and if the faction he rep
resents doesn't always control.-Cher-
ryvale Republican.
MORE EXCITEMENT, BUT
They tell US there is more excite
ment in drinking towns than in dry
towns. Yes, and there is more ex-
c1tement in a slaughter house where
cattle are killed than out upon the
pasture where they live and grow.
Drinking towns are slaughter towns of
the human race. The man who wants
fun and excitement by the destruction
of his fellow beings should be placed
in the same category as the ancients
who gathered in the amphitheaters
and witnessed fellow beings torn
limb from limb by wild animals for
their usement.-Lyndon People s
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
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4 leading question:
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: AN OCCASIONAL CONTRIBU-
: TON?
Ponce again? YEP. Ladies AND
Gents,-Mr. Ponce:
I've wondered and I've ponder
ed, and hours on end I've squan-
dered. in the vain pursuit of
knowledge of the politicians
game. When the world bowed
down to Teddy. I thought sure
have the Questions settled til
the end of all things came; but
find that since his quitting, that
the g. o. P. is splitting, and Will
liam Howard, ever fitting, has to
shoulder all the blame. Nice rich
lines are handed Bryan, Con-
troller Bay, likewise to Ryan, and
the price of rich ripe Eaters
keeps on rising just the same. 1
read the sheet. The Squeal for
and treason, have stacked the
deck against the dear old pee
puIs" puny little game. In the
whirlpool and the suction of this
peepul saving ruction, I wonder
where Destruction will enroll his
fiery name? On the rich man
with his later" of the poor
down-trodden Pater, plodding
slowly round the crater near the
Soul Deestroy-ying Flame? I ask
for instruction purely, viii some
guy, conciselX. surely. rope an
1-de-ay securely and tell me
where the Heck twill end
PONCE.
After you, my dear Ponce, after
you. Far be it from us to reIegate you
to the tail end of the colyum when
you come in with anything as good as
that Kindly note slight expurgation
in last line, but don't hold it against
us.
If Old Doc Wiley honestly yearns
for an answer to the question, What
is beer2" this may be of some use to
him: Beer is the last word,=in Web
ster's Unabridged-but it appears IN
definition indicates that it was the
first word in beer. Pair Of dox,-
mace paw?
u AOL VI TIE I'm ones are
marching upon Fort Riley under sun
ny skies and the impression that they
are getting a free vacation. After
paying for the liniment and other re-
pair material. they will hold that it
wasn't so blinkety- blanked free, at
that
No man is so deep but that some
shallow muddy spot may be located
by careful soundings.
The world owes every man a living
but so many of US are bum collec-
tors.
Judge ST Porter. who is visiting in
Yurrup, has learned to pronounce the
name of the leading Lunnon daily. It
is the Oily Mile
An alleged Austrian spy who is
charged with joining the U. S. army
for the purpose of mailing few army
secrets, should be able to prove eth
er an alibi or a good insanity defense.
There is no sense in joining the army
to acquire army secrets when you can
get them by reading the daily papers.
Barring the stuff subsequent to the
opening contribution we feel that this
is a pretty fair colyum.
Hep