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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
Alaska's Wonderful wealth.

In the light of our present knowl-
edge, it is safe to say that the min
erals of Alaska form now, and will
form for many years to come, the
greatest source of natural wealth. The
Russians first thought of the furs, and
the Americans first of the furs and
then of the fisheries. 1t was nearly
80 years after the acquisition of Alaska
by the United States that the mineral
resources began to attract serious gen
eral attention. In the last fifteen years
the gold output alone has exceeded the
purchase price of the territory Fl
times. The fur products are scarcely
ever thought of by nine-tenths of the
white population, and Alaska, to the
great majority of residents, signifies
mines above everything else, and then
fisheries and agriculture. The last
named is a territorial assets, of which
even the old-timers in Alaska have
taken little account until very recent
ly, and to the popular mind abroad it
is not even now reckoned as a posi-
bility in a part of the world which has
generally been regarded as an arctic
Irovince.-Walter E. Clark, governor Of
Alaska, in LeSlie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
KANSAS cONAENT
MoRMoNs.

MOftA1OING.
Germany has driven the Mormon
missionaries from the country, and re-
fuses to allow them to preach their
doctrines
The English parliament has received
notlce that the officials of that coun-
try are investigating the PROSECUTING of
the Mormons in England. and it seems
lkely that before long the Mormon
missionaries will be elected from that
country.
About the only countries where the
Mormons are given shelter are the
United States and Old Mexico.
Disclosures which have been made
by ex-senator Cannon of Utah, him
self former Mormon, are going to go
lar toward arousing public sentiment
against the Mormons This country
will not be satisfied until the Mormons
cease participating in political affairs,
or get out of the country.
The redeeming trait which the Nor
mons have is that they are Industrious,
frugal and have developed many of
the resources of a state which was
considered little better than a desert
But with the DEVELOPMENT of the
Mormons in financial power, their po-
litical influence has become cancerous.
There is little doubt that the Nor
mons have violated their sacred
pledges given to the government to alb
stain from polygamy. There is little
QOuDI THAI lnoy cOnS1uer II Perfectly
justihable to deceive and trick the
government Gin the name of Cod
There are many crimes perpetrated
in the name of religion. but Mormon
ism is one of the worst, and it is one
which the government must deal with
in drastic manner before it will be
solved.-Salina Journal
MERCHANTS SPRING CAMPAIGN
In seeking to interest the public in
his new spring offerings, the merchant
| is at least aided by the fact that his
store just now is what the editors
would call a news center. Things have
been happening there, things that the
public is anxious to know about. New
goods, new styles, are coming in. The
public wants to know what to buy and
what it will cost
The merchant unfamiliar with ad-
vertising is about like an unframed re-
porter Just as the latter may walk
through a town untouched by the Sug-
gestions of good news stories spring
| ing up on every side, so the sluggish
merchant fails to realize the human
interest story in his spring offerings.
A merchant that fails to advertise
or to advertise adequately and inter
! estingly makes as little impression on
the public desire to know the mer-
chandise news, as the newspaper with
a bunch of reporters and editors that
do not know news story when they
see it in their field.-Atchiscn Cham.
pion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
HUNOR OF THE DAY

A pompous doctor was going round the
wards, followed by crowd OF students
IT can tell mans occupation by his dis
ease" he said, turning to patient NOW.
this man is a musician. Aren't you?"
strurnent?'' Yes" you see, gentlemen,
nothing is worse for the lungs than the
wind instrument. What is your instru-
ment. nv friend?" And the man replied:
.sConcertina." -Argonaut.
This cigar tastes like It was made Of
cabbage" growls the customer: Hunt
replies the clerk. IF you knew the whole
Wot1ldn't insinuate that it could be put
in a scent cigar Judge
. Husband (excftedly)-My dear, this la
dies tailor you employed says in this
note. if 1 do not settle your bill he will
bring suit promptly: Wife (carelessly)-
DON'T worry, dear. That man makes you
wait weeks. He never did bring suits
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. American.
Mr.. Jones (crossIy)-Mary. this isn't
good bread. Mrs. Jones Indignantly
Bread? I want you to understand that
that's cake? Mr.. Jones (sarcastically)-
Observation-Disclosures News.
what is new this season. II under
stand it is going to be a fad to take an
interest in ones children. Some of our
best people are taking 1t up."-Kansas
City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

"Oh, no. I have him . Her eyes
rested on her husband.
Alec drew a quick breath But
don't you need other people?"
She shook her head. IT am too
busy. 1 have my garden. and house,
and he can't do fnuch.''
AS she placed their plates she laid
at her husbands place pink rose
bud. When she had hustled out again
the old man displayed it proudly
Every morning for twenty years."
he told them, "she has put a flower
there. In winter she raises them in
pots. but she never misses"
Think of it, Margaret said to her
husband later, as they walked in the
garden. Think of finding romance
here I would never have dared put
looking on
did you notice." her husband ihesi-
tated, did you notice that he said
how | wish that We had done that
all our lives"
YES" she whispered.
They came to the we'll at the end
which she had carried, on the messy
ledge.
And when I was in the other
room with her. Alec, she told me why
they came here twenty years ago-I
think it was because couldn't help
tO1AA.A ACA a l4tll6 VI Ou1 LIOuOloc-
how we had run away from the world
she was so dear and sympathetic.
She said that many years ago he
drank. But that he always loved
her. So she made up her mind that
she could do without everybody and
everything if she could save him,
and she has saved him, Alec. And
she hasn't cared If she lost the whole
woodland had him. Her voice
broke and she hid her eyes against
his shoulder.
For a moment he stood looking
down at her in silence Then he
| asked, and all the still morning
seemed to listen for her answer, us
| it so with you, Margaret? Are wom-
en- made like that -
She raised her head and her eyes
| met his steadily. "Im not sure,' she
said, land I'm not very wise. but, oh!
| if you will only let me try, Aleci''-
| Copyrighted 1911 by Associated Liter
| airy Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.

rFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Wed hate to invoice the stock of a
10-cent store.
More truth is said behind our backs
than is told to our faces
LIQUOR men like to argue that peo-
pie can also eat too much.
Now that Ballinger has resigned,
who will be the next national goat?
About the only way some men can
make a living is by arousing SYM
pathy.
Somehow. it isn't possible for a
covered moving wagon to look very
prosperous.
Answer to correspondent: No, the
harem skirt was not named for
David Harum.
Men and women are just about a
stand-off when 1t comes to making
fools of themselves.
It's the loafer who complains about
conditions. A poor, hard-working
man seldom complains
An amateur athelete's wind never
seems to be very good, except at tell
ing of past achievements.
What has become of the oId-fash-
toned boy who used his fathers old
sack coat for an overcoat?
A very young man, when he butts
into society," is apt to dance as though
he were dancing by the mile.
A newspaper reporter can keep a
secret, all right, but there isn't any
thing which hurts his feelings worse.
A stern parent is frequently one
who takes his crouch home from the
office to wear it out on the children
Theatrical attractions however, are
better than they look the next day to
a man who eats supper after the play.
1t occasionally happens that a man
can quote Shakespeare freely without
being particularly brilliant in other
respects.
While the safety razor doesn't talk
/ back in this controversy with the bar
bers it continues to cut considerable
whiskers.
While women still have their faults
it seems that fewer of them than
formerly take up the headache as a
steady occupation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

versity, the duties of the deans. the
general division of the university it.
self into faculties, the authority of the
individual faculties over against each
other. and toward the entire univer-
sity organization. The authority of
the professor in his own department;
his tenure of office; his independence
of investigation and teaching, freedom
Of speech, pension system. salary
schedule, etc; method of determining
the budget, powers of discipline of
faculties over their own members and
over their students; are all subjects
which would call for consideration in
such a university constitutional con-
Vention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1t doesn't take a dude long to get
over it after he is married.
X K
AS soon as humans are old enough
to know better they seem to forget
that fact.
There is nothing like a good and
sufficient reason for most of the quar-
relS that occur.
\
An umbrella always has the faculty
of being somewhere else when a rain
storm overtakes its owner.
n
Almost every man believes his judg-
ment is of the superior variety. That's
what most women think. too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

There is everything to recommend
the suggestion that local contractors
and concerns should be favored in the
award of contracts for public improve
ments wherever it is possible and not
incompatible with the demands of
good business principles. All varieties
of home industry should be encour-
aged. and the city can well afford to
set an excellent example in this par
ffcIlaP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.
[From the New York P

IFrom the new 1UIk IIess.
Good intentions always spoil before
it's time to use them.
A man has to know a lot to realize
what a lot more there is for him to
learn.
Confession in church is a sign you
would never think of doing it right
out in public.
It's madness for a man to write
love letters; it's suicide for them to be
made known.
Next to how the government ought
to be run, a man thinks he knows
best how coffee ought to be made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

This sticking out for principle is
great thing. The United States is
going to spend several hundred dollars
in an endeavor to collect $3.15 from
the railroads for alleged overcharges
in passenger fares paid by three gov
eminent EMPLOYEES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

An Ohio woman is suing her hus-
band for a divorce because he has not
spoken to her for seven long years.
And the Chicago Record-HeraId
queries: Is she sure she has given
him a chance?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Kansas has nothing like a mortgage
on proposed legislation of the freak
variety. An Illinois legislator max es
a claim for notoriety in this particular
by introducing a bill which seeks to
prohibits women wearing hobble and
harem skirts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Who was Colonel Roosevelt hitting
at when he urged in his Atlanta
speech a strict governmental regula-
ton of all industrial combinations by
means of laws which are not the re-
suit of half baked" reforms and are
not conceived in the minds of dema-
gogues playing to the clamor of ig-
norant agitators and a misled minor
ity of the people?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

One thing is noticeable in the pres
ent mayoraIty campaign which is be-
ing waged in this city. Not much is
heard as to whether this or that can
tlidate is a Republican or a Democrat
or an ally of any of the political par
Aes. This is as it should be, of course,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

This helps a whole lot: Scientists
insists that Africa and America were
once connected. They are yet, for that
matter, except that there happens to
be a little water over the connection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

1t probably won't be long now be-
fore evidence comes to the front that
the legislature forgot to take action on
several little matters of detail that
are essential to the conduct and man
agement of one or more of the state
departments or institutions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

In the eyes of some people the ses-
sion of the legislature for 1911 will
be looked upon as anything but a sue
cess. There were only two fist fights
during it's course.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

sGreat enthusiasm among the chorus
girls Of England and the dancers of
Paris. A plot has been evolved to re-
store King Manuel to the throne of
PORTUGAL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Experts in the premises insist that
this years peach crop has been severe
~ injured already. But it probably
would not have amounted to much any
way. Big peach crops seem to come
along only on alternate years and last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

There will be more crashing of
teeth among the congressional insur-
gents. Uncle Joe" Cannon is being
talked of as the Republican leader in
the next house of representatives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

The honor of Americans is still in
tact. That fellow who was feeced at
cards out of $4,000 by three Italians
in Paris turns out to have been a
German and not a protege of Uncle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

The Plat murder mystery is rare
fruit for the local Hawkshaws, and es-
pecially for those who are not official
~ connected with the local police and
county peace departments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,

The State Journal Is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great nsWs or
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

but the time is not so far back when
there was just as strict a political
alignment in local campaigns as there
is in those of the national and state
variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

AS the washington Post so tersely
put it: Some mems idea of reciprocity
is to let the other fellow do all the
buying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Nothing is so we'll nigh impossible
as to fool the newspapers. Each of
them has a different idea as to why
the federal troops are being concen-
trated on the Mexican frontier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Most of the money that Topeksns
will soon be saving on their gas bills
will be carried away by the ice man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Governor Stubs being pleased with
the work of the legislature as a whole,
that ought to make it unanimous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
FROM OTHER PENS
ELIMINATING SPACE.

OF devices for the elimination of
space there is no end. There can be
none, until the people stop progress
ing. Occasionally a project is propos-
ed of more than usual daring. The
particular prize for which the COM
mercial world is now striving is the
trade of South America. North Amer
lea and Europe each want the bulk of
it. The natural advantage which this
continent possesses has SO far been
more than balanced by European dg-
gressiveness. And now Europe pro-
poses to cut in two the time distance
that separates her from the object of
her commercial longing.
1t is figured that five days are long
enough to transport European goods
to South American consumers. To cs-
tablish such schedule involves enEi-
neering and financial difficulties which
may, of course, finally prove its i'm
possibility. BY reliable parties tho
bero-Afro-American railway is pro-
posed, first to cross Spain to Gibra1-
tar, where ferry boats will transport
trains to the African coast; thence TO
run to Bathurst, the nearest point
to South America. From Bathurst TO
Pernambuco, Brazil, is but a three
day run for fast steamers. The cost
Of carrying out this project, daring as
it seems. would be but mere frae-
ton of what the United States alone Is
half dozen European nations would be
benefited by it. 1t seems by no means
mpossible.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

You may see by this one that the
high binder who anonymously attack
ed this column, does not even know
enough about rhymes to make L.
"yettes," whatever that is, and perfect
the rhyme. But we have wasted suf-
ficieSlt space on this Arkansas grave
robber, and will now adjourn to other
subjects.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

WUxTRYi All about Captain Smith!
In our childhood we gathered from the
primary history, that Cap. Smith es-
capped serious consequences with the
help of a female person. From recent
A. p. dispatches we find that the pri-
mary history was wrong, and that Cap.
Smith was canned from the army be
cause a woman requested that it be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Now what DO you think of that
Isn't it awful? And how about this
highly moral attempt isn't it worse?
A little boy smoked cigarettes;
He was one of those Mothers. dear
pettes,
If 'twere not in the pill
To eventually kill
He might have been doing so yette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

When this department adjourned 70
the halls of Big Foolishness and Parry
Pledges two months ago, package Oh
perfectly good hmericks were LETT 70
mould on the hook. For over Two
months this department has been lis
ten1ng to a grade of fOolishneSs, Wnlch'
upon return to legitimate idiocity,
causes said department to turn at once
to that most foolish of all foolishness'
the limerick, as q blessed relief.
Among those items placed on ice Two
months ago, we find a black han9
communication from some misguldeo
sucker who signs himself Quarter
main.' This unmitigated outlaw
writes under the date line of Lost
Cove, Arkansas, Jan. /, 1911" we
quote a portion of his now-mildewSd
idiocity:
''On this day of all days when good
resolutions should be carried out, fee.
it my duty to correct one of the most
fragrant abuses of a free press.
1t seems to me, after careful study
of such classics as the Ivory soap ano
Sapolio ads, that literary genius should
be expended only in the uplift of hu-
manity. If we do not meet you
in Jail ere long, we hope to find you
in the same ward at Osawatomie.
(The miserable thug spelled Osawato-
mic correctly, and has undoubtedly
been there).
- IF you wish your personal
friend to meet mine and arrange for
satisfaction, please advertise through
your column, and will make myself
known--and felt"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13
JAPANESE WOMEN TO THE FoRI


One of the most remarkable ele-
ments in the most remarkable develop
ment of Japan within generation is
the important position of the women
in industrial interests. Japan's export
trade increased from $70,0O0,000 in
1891 to $45O,000,00O- in 1910. More
than half of that trade is in raw silk.
According to a statement lately issued
by the Japanese Industrial bureau, 66
per cent of all the work in prepare
ton of the silk and other factory
products for home use and export is
done by women and girls To large
exteQt, perhaps, this condition is due
to the low wage scale for these en-
pIoyees. At the same time, it is as
serted that the work Of the women
and girls is. as a rule. far more sat
isfactory than that of men and boys.
So prominent a factor in the indus
trial life of Japan has the work of
women become that the country is
consid ering legislation for the better
ing of their condition, in the matter
of hours of labor, etc. In all the ele-
ments of advanced usefulness and par
ticipation in national life the women
of Japan are making their influence
felt in a most potent manner, and are
taking position very rapidly in en-
frightened popular recognition.-Chica-
go Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Come on, you half-stewed thugi Send
in your friend. We will meet at day
break, with pairing knives or ReminS-
ton typewriters at 20 PAGES. And as fo-
your miserable limericKs, we will print
a pair of them just out of cussedness.
Here they are, if you doubt our nerve
There was a young mar who liked beer,
In which he INDUCED without feer;
But at last this young soak
Found his finances broak
And learned that experience is deer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

Young Tolstoi upon landing in New
York, announced that he was "only
great mans son." through ms readi.
ness of speech and free distribution of
information. the public was thus sub.
stantiated in a suspicion which had
been prevalent for some time
III G p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-13

The Associated Press is also Tespon-
sible for the assertion that the i'm
ported rats and puffs do NOT come
come from the heads of dead Chinese.
but are the combings from the heads
of live Chinese. If it is not out OF
order however, this department would
ike to ask the material difference?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-02
III the legislature saws tn
Canadian Free Trade.

Iowa City Republican: Canadian rec
iprocity. that is free trade, In food
products, does not look any better to
the Republican, when sugar coated by
President Taft, than when proposed
by an insurgent. But we are not In
clined to criticise the president. He
has seen the insurgents of the west
vie with the protectionists OF the east
in advocating free trade with Canada.
and he has seen himself and his ad-
ministration turned down, abused and
hooted by a so-called Republican CON
yeDtion in Iowa. Naturally ne assumes
that the country approves OF free
trade with Canada, and maybe 1t does.
The object OF the proposed treaty IS
to give the western states cheaper
food. The west now feeds the east and
gets the good prices. Possibly there is
way to give the east cheap food
without reducing the price OF poultry,
eggs and hogs, but we do not under
stand how 1t is TO be lone. The coun-
try is demanding cheap food and high
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-02

ttc
priced manufactured products, and it
will get both il We keep on sending
the kind of men we now send to con,
gress. There has been no time in the
last ten years that the farmers of
Iowa could not have sent to the sen
ate and to congress from Iowa men
who would stand for old time protec-
ton on farm productions. They have
not done so and II now are forced by
treaty to sell cheaper, they have only
themselves to blame. Even now, ev-
cry day, we have farmers in the legis-
lature voting for candidates for sena-
tor who are favorable to free trade
with Canada. If farmers in the legisla-
ture are for free traders, surely those
OF us who buy butter, eggs, poultry
and pork, can stand reduction. The
Republican is opposed to free trade
with Canada, even when cheaper print
paper is offered as a bait to catch
the newspapers.