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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
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TRADE IS GROWING.
Business Situation Shows Improve
ment Throughout the Country.


New York, May H.-Dun's Review, OF
The business situation as a whole pre-
sents elements of improvement and while
the increase in actual transactions is
slow, and in some places not discernible,
an advance has been made. 90.
The lower prices on steel bars was the
sign OF recent development in iron and
steel although the action was not unex-
pected. Quotations of pig iron also turned
sharply in the consumers favor.
A broader demand Is apparent at the
east but there is no sign of general activ-
ity, and in the central west both BeS-
semer and basic grades remain dull. An
lines. although this has not been accom-
panied by expansion in the volume OF
business, the prevailing hesitancy being
ing prices. Some very low figures are be-
ing named on structural steel which Is
only fairly active.
More active retail buying has been ac-
companied by broader purchasing in the
primary markets for spot and future de-
livery of cotton goods for converting and
and bleached cottons are advancing in a
steady way, many well known makes be-
lnsS from Is to Y per yard higher. That
prices are still below producing costs is
INDICATED by the large measure of re-
striction of output that is announced.
me footwear situation shows improve
ment and larger volume of fall orders
are received from travelling statesmen.
The leather markets improve and sole
leather in all tanages is well established
at the recent one-cent advance. Domes-
nc hldes continue higher with moderate
sales of most varieties. Decided strength
IS noted in calf skins, both domestic and
foreign.
Bank Oearinss.
Bradstreets bank cIearings for the week
ending May rs shows an aggregate of
80, 043, 307, 900 a s against So o30 296 900 last
week and s., 827 545, 600 in the correspon ding
week w last year. The following is list
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27

pai,1sy butter liz jars and pound print.
-V OLD PIGEoNs-In dog. lott. ,..
WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRoDr,cr
r RS Sand ana F F. ES. %hoIasa:
Dd gaSAN ssoSas isr ssed PUNCHES. pc,
TRAIL LEMONS-Per boy, 5.OOs,s m
NAVEL oRANGEs-Per box sS.T S1v &,
PIE PLAINTIFF h., Sc. Il"
PINEAPPLES-Per box s23
STRAWBERRIES = Fancy Mtsso,r,
Aromas, per crate, $2.75. uri
HONEY-Per rack, $3.25.
| WAX BEANS-Per 1-S blu. bo~ 49,,
per chip basket, 9Oc. *N''
GREEN BEANS-Per Ia bu bov ., N
NEW BEETS.Per doz punches, 5oc
TEXAS CA6n<Ah1-Fer cwt.. Grated.
CABBAGE PLANTS-Eariy yv,n,,,.
standt per M. s1.7e; per c., zoe; EarIv
Summer. per NJ, $1.75; per c.. SOc: Su cy
sion; per NJ. Sl.75; per c., 2oc. 'ueees-
TEXAS CUCUMdBERs-Per doz., Csc.
FIELD LETTUCE-Per basket 4Oc.
CRYSTAL WAX oNlONS-Per crats
S1; SPRING oN1oNs-Per dog. bunche,
'TBxAs BERMUDA ONIONS Per
NEw TEXAS PEAs-Per diamond
basket. s5c; per y bu. box. SIC.
NEW POTATOES-Per bushel S1.15D
LIS. '-'-0~
OLD PoTAToEs-Per busher. Csc.
SWEET POTATO PLANTS-YeIIow Jer-
sey. per M. s1.75;. per 100, Csc; Yellow
| Nansemond. per M, $1.75, per 100. &c. Rad
| Jersey, per M, $500, per 100, zoe; Red Ber-
muda. per M, $500 per 100, zoe; Southern
Queen. per NJ. 500 per 100. 3Oc; vineless.
per NJ, s225 per 100, sc; Early Golden, Der
M. s2.25. per 100. 35c.
HOME GROWN VEGETABLES-Let-
tuce, per basket, 40c; Radishes, per doz.
punches. zoe; three dozen bunch lots, SOC;
Spring Onions, per doz. lunches, &c; five
dozen bunch lots, HO0; New Beets, per
LOO; New Turnips, per doz. punches, sc;
five dozen bunch lots, 500; Asparagus,
per doz. lunches Soc; Spinach, per bushel,
CSC: Pie Plant, per h., &c.
TOMATO PLANTS-Early Dwarf Cham
pion per NJ, $3.50; per 100. sOc; Early
kansas Standard, per M. $780, per 100.
100, s0c; Early Tree Tomatoes, per NJ,
$3.50; per 100. soc: Earliana. per M, $3.50:
s5c; Stone, per M, $500; per loo 85c:
Matchless, per NJ. $500; per 1OO S5c.
MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS = Egg
plants, per 100. SOC: Mango Pepper plants.
CHEESE-L. H cheese. per h., 1sc;
Idmburger, per h., 15lkc: Wis. Yellow. 30
lbs, per h., 141zc; Wis. White. 30 lbs,
per H., 141zc: New Wis. Brick. per h..
i4c; wis. Daisy, 20 lbs, per H., 1Akc;
STRAWBERRY BOXES
Quote only the poplar; do not carry
the gum variety. Quote:
per thousand. $40; per bundle of five
hundred. $l.5o.
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New York stock Market.

Wall St., New York, May 27.-STOCKS-
Small gains were in a majority n the first
sales of stocks today. The movement.
however, was slight and trading was dun.
AMERICAN Beet Sugar gained u and Erie
and Northern Pacific Il, American Agrf-
cultural Chemical declined II.
Purchases of stocks were on nsnt
scale aside from the movement In mana
mi Of snecialties all of the grain carrying
railroads ruled higher on the favorable
outlook for increased tonnage In various
sections Canadian Pacific, american
Beet Sugar and International Harvester
advanced /; Westinghouse Electric IA and
Western Union III.
Market closed steady; extreme guinness
ruled in the final hour with some I'M
nrovenent in the active issues, part OF
which was later lost. Westinghouse ana
American Sugar increased their gains
two points each.
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Kansas City Produce Market,

Kansas City, May 2T.-WHEAT-Cash:
Market unchanged to NC lower. No. z
hard, SSQ94c; No. 8. s5@92c; No. red, S114
@s8c; No 8, 85@s7c.
CORN-Marlxet k6kc lower. No. mix
ed, 52A @52hc; No. 8, 52952Ac; No. WHITE
52Nc; No. 3, SIC.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
366361ac; No. mixed $50.
RYE-90095c.
HAY-Market steady. Choice timothy
81. 50917.e0; choice prairie, $12-25QlS-00
BUTTER-Creamery, zoe; firsts, I7ci
seconds, 15c; packing stock, 141zc.
EGGGsExtras, 151kc; firsts, lac; Sec
onds, 91sc.
wHEAT-Receipts, AZ cars
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, SIC sellers
July, S4Ssc; September, SSssc.
CORN-July, 51ssc; September. 6l7sc.
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1lia Taylor street .. s.a 1900
James Schafer, one story dwelling,
2ol5 Union avenue .............-..--. SOV
dwelling. 1870 Buchanan street ~. 5000
ing isl9 Vest Sixth sMO a ssalS p~e $500
dWeiiinS. i22o owes West Seventh st... 1900
Clearinghouse Realty Co., 1872 West
Seventeenth street .................. 1,SOO
Miscellaneous Items .................. $50
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Kansas City, May 27.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 200; no southerns. Market steady.
Native steers, IS. 20q6.2O; southern steers,
81. $4,000; southern COWS and heifers, $500
Q450; native cows and heifers, So. 00Q6.00
stocSers and feeders, $4.75q5.60; bulls, 100
$500; calves, $5.00Q7.50; western steers,
81. 75Q5.90; western cows, $3.00Q5.25.
HOGS-Receipts $500. Market strong to
sc higher. Bulk of sales, Sc. 05Q6.15; heavy,
$6.00@6.10; packers and butchers, $6.00Q6. Is f;
lights, $6.05a6.15.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
Muttons, S4.0OQ5.00; lambs, $600Q7.35; fed
wethers and yearlings, $4.50Q6.0o; fed
western ewes, $400a4.6o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
KANsAN USES POISON.
I.autlanum and Chloroform Tell Story
of His Death.

Hutchinson, Kan, May 27.-Jerry
P. Shulze, a prominent Atchison young
man, committed suicide by poisoning
at the Chalmers hotel here.
Empty bottles labeled laudanum
and chloroform, found at the side of
the bed, told the grim story Of the
tragedy.
No cause is known.
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Nevv work. Produce Market.

New York, May N.-BUTTER-Marke
firm. Creamery specials, 25@25Ac; extras
241bc: firsts. 22jz@231Ac; state dairy finest,
94c. good 70 prime. 22@23c; common to
fair, i7621c; factory. current make, first
171kc; second, 161aQ17c.
CHEESE-Marlxet steady. state Wnoie
milk, special, new. 1910 asked. weekly
exports 800 boxes.
EGGS-Market firm. Fresh gathereo e@-
tras 2oG21c; extra first. 171zQ1S1sc.
POM TRY-Anve firm; western springs,
2o,. fowls. 131sI14c: turkeys, 12c. Dressed.
easy; western broilers, 2o@2Sc; fowls, l2W
151kc; turkeys, 12q16c.
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Is lbs. Sugar 81
Best Granulated where you leave
an order amounting to $500.
Rats IN ihO Cellar
Mice In The Pantry
eoekEoaohss In The Kitchen

What can be more disagreeable than
q home infested with vermin? Destroy
them with Stearns' Electric Rat and
Roach Paste. the standard extermin-
Gtor for more than thirty years.
Kills or rats, mice or cockroaches in
a single night. Does not blow away
like powders: ready for use: nothing
TO mix. The only exterminator sold
under an absolute guarantee OF money
back IL 1t fails
Sold everywhere. Be sure to get the
renuine; 2Bc and 800. Stearns' Elec-
fria Paste Company Chicago III
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chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, May 27.-BUTTER-Mark
firm. Creameries. 1s@2Sc; diaries, 1eg2oc;
EGGS-Market steady. Receipts n, ioe
cases at mark, cases included, lSadz11c'
ffrsts, 14c; prime firsts, 15c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, H1s
@11s4c; Twins, 1o1z@10ac; Young Ameri-
cas-, 1A@1115c; Long Horns, l1H@l1ac-
POTATOES+Market easy. Choice 10
fancy, new, s1O591.15; old, 4o@42c; fair to
good, old, 36@3sc.
POULTRY-Market steady. Turkeys,
live, 12c; fowls, live, 12c; springs dressed
22Q36c. ~. -
VEAI-Market steady. 50 to so h. WIS.,
7@714c: 80 to IS ID. WITS, SQsc; % TO lIo ID
WITS, 9G10c.
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Topeka Hide Market.
fluctuations Furnished by James G. Smith
Hide Co.. lbs East Tilrd St.l

Topeka, Kan, May 2.
GREEN CURED HIDES-Natives. o.
g.. No. l. 1011c; No. 2, 9hc; Side brands
over 40 flat, No. /, sac; Side brands under
20 flat No. l. 81; Bulls and Stays, No. !,
Szzc: No. 2, TIC; Bulls side branded. flat
No /, TIC. Green sailed glue fiat. SC;
Green salt cured deacons, each. 5O835c:
are No. 2. Green incurred hides IL less
than same grade cured. Green half cured
4 less than c'I=ed. Horse rides, green
30 i, S30OG1a.Bo; G. S. Hog Skins. 1880
500; dry. according to WOOL per h., 90
TALLOw-5NQ4kc.
BEESwAx-i5G25c-
DRY HIDES = Dry flint. butchers
heavy. nc: dry flint, fallen heavy, 1so:
dry flint. light, under 16 lbs. Ice; dry
flint culls, l0c: dry salt, heavy IS lbs
and up, 13c; dry salt. light under u lbs-
WOOL QUOTATIONS.
Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma
Bright medium, 154l3c; dark medium. II
6I2c: light fine. 14G11c; heavy fine uglOc-
Colorado New Mexico and Texas.
Light medium, 15q13c; light fine, 14qllci
heavy fine, 124lOc z,
per hound. Short, earthly. OF defective
stock proportionately lower. Angora mo-
hair 10 months, 14d12c; common, DuIEy
and defective at half price
Topeka Grain Market.
FURNISHED by J. 3. Billsfd; corner AA%
Topeka, Kan, May q.
wHEAT-No. 2. eodSsc-
CORN-4sc. -,
RAFFTR CORN-Per cwt., soc@s-M
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call nominal. Time loans. dull; 60 days,
2A@2s4 per cent; 80 days, "a per cent; six
months, AQ31z per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 31a to
per cent
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.8435 for
so day bills and at s486.35 for demand.
Commercial bills S4.83X.
SILVER-Bar silver. 5SAc; Mexican dol
lars, 45c.
road bonds, firm.
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Free Delivery to All Parts of
the City.

Root Beer, short quart bottle, zoe;
dozen ............ $500
Grape Juice, quarts .......... 4Oc
Maple Sugar, pure, 1b. ...........2 Oc
Dill Pickles, per dozen 15c
Ginger Ale. waukesha. short quart
bottle, 2Oc; dozen. $500
Canned Corn, standard quality. cans
Tor. 15c
Pie Plant, fresh, ID. ............. &c
No. 10 can Syrup (called gallon) soc
Rice, whole grain, lbs. csc
Rice, broken. lbs. CSC
Navy Beans. hand picked, 6 lbs. .25c
Salmon. red Oarge tall cans) 2 for 35c
Raisins. loose Muscatels, Ii. .7Hc
Coffee in bulk, lb. zoe and CSC
Coffee, Lees Sensation, Ib. soc
Peanut Butter in bulk, lb.
Flour, White Lily, highest patent,
AZ I'D. sack. $1.29
Soap. White Rose. 10 bars. csc
No. 10 cans Apples Cgood grade) soc
No 10 cans Black Raspberries, fancy
grade S5c
Dry Salt Pork Hooks, lb.....5c
Cheese, White Wisconsin, lb 10c
Boiling Beef (cut from fancy beef
ID --......- &c
Shoulder Beef Roasts (cut from fancy
oeef) ID. ...-..... 1Oc
Breakfast Bacon (by the side),
lb. ............ 1Sc. &c and &c
Butterine. Buttercup brand. lb
prints .--....-..-..... .35c
Compound Lard. lbs for. csc
Armour's Star Hams by the whole
Hams, I'D. .-...-.... 1Sc
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Topeka, Kan, May u.
RT@~a

strrl
III you will favor US WITH FOUR inquiries
advising number OF head. quality, age.
ana length of time on feed. we viii make
you an offer or arrange for our buyers
to call on you.
Markell price Do ID for dry lot cattle
BUTTER AND EGGS.
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co. Topeka. kan.l
CHICAGO EGGS-15c.
N Y. EGGSN169161zc.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Cihcago. 10;
N. Y, 2Sc; Elgin, nc.
lwhoiesaie prices Furnished by Cope,
City Market Housef
EGGS-Fresh country, candled, 12c.
POULTRY-Fat hens. SC: spring broil-
ers. ~ and lbs. 2oc; 21z and 81 lbs.
i2c. course young roosters. &c: old roost-
ers. SC. Turkeys. lbs and over. 16c; Old
Toms Il. Ducks +. +. F., 12c.
(sIJINEAS-Per doz. SEE
BUTTER-Paclking stock Per H., 1zc;
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New York Sugar and Conee Marker.

New York, May H.-SUGAR-Raw.
steady; Muscovado, SO test, 1886; centri-
fugal, Sc test. 1885; molasses, SO test, $S.11.
Refined, quiet; crushed, $3.50; granulated,
$3.50; powdered, $500.
COFFEESpot, steady; No. Rio, 121sc;
No. Santos, 13c.
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tied on a farm in Norway township,
later moving to this city to live.
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ropeAa Nnrketa.

FURNISHED by the Chss Wolr Packins
Co.. yards close at noon SatW day. We
cannot use pigs. thin soWs or hogs
weighing less than I70 lbs. DO not mar
ket hogs unless So ne are we'll finished.
rs We cannot use half fat stun. We give
below prices effective ut once. until fur.
khor nottce-l
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ChicaCo Live Stock Market.

Chicago, May 27.-CATTLE-Receipt
estimated at ZOO Market steady: Beeves.
$5.15Q6.35; Texas steers, $4.60Q5.55; western
steers, $4.S0Q580; stockers and feeders.
$3.90G5.75; COWS; and heifers, $2.4095.7 70;
calves $5.25@7.75.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 5000. Mar
ket sc to 10c higher. Light, $5S5qO.20
mixed, $5.S0d6.20; heavy, $5.60Q6.12; rough,
$5.60Q5. 80; good to choice heavy, $500
612; pigs, S56oq6.10; bulk of sales. $1,000
615.
SHEEP-Receipts estimated at 1000.
Market weak. Native, $S.5094.90; western,
50. 75@5.10; yearlings, $4.BQ5.65; lambs, ma
tive, 81. 1906. So; western, $5.75@D710
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE
WHEAT-Receipts,, 261, 900 bushels; ship
ments, 10000 bushels.
CORN-Receipts, 500, 500 bushels; ship
ments, 81, 1e9 bushels.
Car lot receipts: Wheat 263 cars, with
1S1 of contract grade; corn 431 cars, with
les of contract grade; oats, 260 cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago. Min
neapolis and Duluth today were 522 cars,
compared with 319 cars last week and 239
cars the corresponding day year ago.
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Cotton Market
Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Galveston. May H.-CoTTON-Market
lower, 1515c.
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New York Money Market.
New York, May 27.-MONEY-Money on
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Chicago Grain Market.
Chicago, May q.
Open High Low Close Close
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
4 WFTL RAILROAD MERGER

The light of reason" if that infiu-
enced the Circuit Court in reaching the
decision that the Union PacificSouth-
ern Pacific merger was not In violation
of the Sherman antitrust act. comedies
with common sense. The court holds
that the combination is not in restraint
Of trade because the Union Pacific Rail-
road and Southern Pacific Railroad are
rot substantially" competing lines.
glance at the map is sufficient to show
/ that such is the case The Southern
Pacific Railroad runs from New Orleans
westward TO San Francisco The Union
! Pacific lies several hundred miles north
ward, running from Omaha 20 Ogden
and thence by a branch to the Pacific
! Coast in Oregon. 1t is difficult to sup
pose that systems so far apart are or
ever were substantial competitors.
Moreover, all explanation exists OF the
motive for this combination other than
the purpose Of suppressing competition,
ard this motive is in entire harmony
with the public interest The Union
Pacific Railroad, running only to Ogden,
/ Utah, "ended Nowhere as the express
| sion is. West Of Ogden and running TO
the Pacific Coast lay the Central Pacific
Railroad a logical element Of the Union
! Pacific system The Central Pacific had,
| however, fallen into the hands OF the
Southern Pacific. and. therefore, in order
| to obtain access to the Coast the Union
Pacific was forced to secure control OF
the Southern Pacific.
The decision Of the court fits the cir
cunstanceS of the case. Had the two
combining railroads lain nearer together
land served fhe same area there is little
doubt that their merger would have
been condemned. Railroads not in sub
stantial competition may combine. That
is all that NAV be concluded from the
decision. and il throws little light on
what the practical effect Of applying
the law reasonably" will be. Indeed
il NAV be doubted if the decision of the
court I'm this case would have been diff
ferent had the Standard Oil and Tobacco
decisions. with their doctrine of reason
ablcness. not been rendered. The courts
have always said that there must be a
substantial or material restraint OF
trade TO make a combination unlawful.
In this instance TO substantial or ma
terial restraint was found to exist.
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THOROTG HGOING.

Some Of our statesmen at Washington
WHO have been charging upon the
calamity which will overtake the Ameri-
can farmer if the Canadian reciprocity
agreement is put into effect have much
to learn before they become finished
all-round prophets Of disaster. The eX-
merit who can teach them IS the Hon.
r. l.. Borden. a member of the Cana
Clan Parliament and the leader Of the
Conservative party in that body, who
has been making a trip through West
eri Canada trying TO persuade the
farmers Of that region that they have
nothing TO gain from the free entry OF
their products into the American mar
ket. The opponents Of reciprocity on
this side Of the boundary line have de-
voted their energy 10 showing that the
free entry of wheat from Canada would
BE- Of material advantage 10 the Cana
dian grower giving him much broader
market nearer home, in which prices
are now higher than they are in Canada,
increasing the value Of his crop and the
value of his investment in land and i'm
provements. and helping to stimulate
Immigration and settlement and thus
enlarge the volume Of Canadian trade,
industry and consumption. They say
that the American farmer is 10 get the
short end and the Canadian farmer the
long end Of the reciprocity bargain.
But, according 10 Mr.. Borden, there is
no long end 20 the bargain, but only
two short ends. He is willing 10 con
cede that the American farmer will be
rs adversely affected by reciprocity as
Nlr. McCumber, Mr.. Nelson and Mr..
Cummins say he will be. but fatty denies
that the Canadian farmer will be in any
way beneicially affected. In an address
the other day at Calgary. Alberta, he
teld his hearers that it would mean only
a loss for them TO try To send their
grain across the line instead Of keeping
II at home or shipping II 10 Liverpool,
and he quoted with approval the proph-
ecy of an unnamed Michigan agri-
c,ilturist that, if free exchange of
farm products is permitted. 1.-The Cana
"dian as well as the American farmer
"wil unite In denouncng reciprocity as
"the greatest curse that was ever put
upon both countries
According To all known laws of eX-
change. even including those Of horse
dealing, it is impossible for both sides
10 get the worst of il in bargain They
must either break even or one Of them
secures an advantage. But Mr.. Borden
rises superior ~ the restrictions OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27

of salaries paid to officials wouid pe
reduced under commission government
by more than one-half. 1t is extremely
doubtful If any such saving can We
effected. The commissioners themselves
will draw at least rs large salaries as
the existing officials whom they VIII
replace. while the amount OF work Witch
Is TO he done will probably require the
retention Of about as large a force Oh
assistants as is now employed. IL
doubtless will be possible TO erect some
economies. but on the other hano the
increased efficiency Of public service
which will he expected and demanded
under the new system will probapiy re-
ouire increased expenditures in certain
directions. Two pertinent and note
worthy examples may be recalled. Ohe
was provided by New York. An argu-
ment for the consolidation OF the metro
politan communities into single city
was that thereby a great reduction OF
expense could and would be made. But
instead OF decrease there was imlne-
diately great increase of the budget or
the consolidated city over the sum or
the budgets OF its constituent parts The
other was provided by London. when
that citys County Council was created
It was cheerfully proclaimed that there
would be no more politics in municipal
government But for years that council
has been the most intensely partisan
body in the kingdom.
With the best of wishes for the profit
able working OF scheme which bids
fair to be widely tried. ii is impossible
TO feel sure that ii will he wholly SUI
perior TO influences which have hitherto
universally prevailed and which seem
TO he inseparable from human govern
ment We cannot expect 10 see ~
eliminate political partisanship or
greatly to lessen the cost of government.
1t will simplify the system of govern
ment, and give electors short ballot
to scrutinize and prepare at the polls.
and it will facilitate the placing of di-
rect responsibility all of which are de-
sirable ends to he attained. But just
because of this hopeful prospect it is
to be regretted that so much publicity is
given to what must be regarded as I'M
warranted expectations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
IN THE BERkSHtRES.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.


Lenox, June 26-Robert ". Chapin. who
has been visiting his country place In
birmingham. sailed to-day for England TO
Join his family.
Mrs Frederick Butterfeld. who has been
at the Curtis Hotel. has gone to New York
Mr. and Mrs. Robert NJ Janney, OF Phila-
delphia; Mrs l.. Dean Holden, of Cleve-
land, George Pollock and Y. Suydaln Grant
who have been motoring in the Adlron-
dacks, are now al the Curtis Hotel.
A. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer,, who has
been Ill. is now able TO be about.
George b. de Gersdorff is spending a, few
days in Lenox.
Frank X. Stursis has gone to New York.
Mrs Russell Parsons, who has been a
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard Garrison IN
Tyringham, has returned TO New York.
Her son, Russell Parsons. is the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarkson.
Mr.. and Mrs z. NJ. Ives. OF BROOKLYN;
Mr.. and Mrs. c. y. Johnson, Of 81. Louis;
Shepard Morgan, OF New York, and MIS-
y. F. Chamberlin. Miss Clark and Miss
Chamberlin, of Summit, n. j., afe at the
Mapewood, Pittsfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francesca Garcia enter
tanned at luncheon at the Hotel AspnWaA
to-day for Troy friends.
NJ. and Mrs. II. I. Miller. who nave oeeh
motoring in Vermont. have returned TO 'he
Hotel Aspinwall
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Porter, VINO nave
been at the Hotel Aspinwall. have gone 70
Boston. an.
AR and Mrs. Forest W. Taylorrand Miss
Taylor have gone TO worcester