The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-07
FROM OTHER PENS
SUMMER CAPITALS.


thousand summer resorts there are in
the United States, but obviously Presi-
dent Tart cannot turn, all of them into
summer capitals. He has a decided
fondness for travel, he is Of a most
obhg1ng disposition, and no president
was ever less given to discrimination
between sections of the country But
some things are past human perform
ance.
The Minnesotans are extremely con-
siderate in offering to furnish the presi-
dent with summer residence in their
state, but they should remember that
there are 40 other states, to say moth
ing OF the territories, that are ready
to bid against them for Mr.. Taft. No
state is going to let it's summer resort
booming that of some other state, If it
can help it. OF course, a few states
might be willing to compromise by
FURNISHING Mr.. Taft with spring, au-
tumn or winter capitals, but unfortu-
nately circumstances require that Mr..
Taft shall spend a certain amount of
his time in Washington.
The day may come when every state
will be able to boast at least one sum-
mer resort displaying the advertisement
that it was President IS summer
capital, just as all up and down the
Atlantic states it is pointed out that
washington slept in this house,
New York World.
PENSIONS FOR WOMEN.
Workings of Missouri's new law for
practical pensioning of widows with
families Of dependent children will be
observed with interest all over the
country. The avowed purpose of the
statute is ''to enable poor widows to
keep their children under IA years of
age in school"
Among the provisions of the law are:
That a poor widow with one child I'M
der IA may be allowed $40 month: If
she shall have more than one such, she
may be given not to exceed SIS a month
for each of the others, the exact range
of allowances to be decided by judges
of juvenile courts.
Detailed provisions are made for for
malities in advance of allowances. First
steps toward carrying the law into
There the judge of the Juvenile court
announces that he will construe the
measure to mean that a widowed moth
er shall not be compelled to go outside
her home to labor, but shall be placed
in such circumstances as will enable
her to care for her home and children
while the latter will have advantages
of chooling.-Chicage Journal.
z-CENT POSTAGE IN SIGHT.
For the first time in 80 years, accord
| ing to postoffice sdepar tment figures,
tanning, and Postmaster General Hitch
cock has returned to the treasury 3d.
600 600 that had been set aside from the
public funds to defray the expenses of
| the department for the current year.
The department has a surplus of $1,000
600, gained from its own earnings, and
handsome surplus is looked for at the
end of the fiscal year.
| The postal deficit at the end of the
Hast fiscal year was $17,5O0,00 To
change this into surplus is remark
able piece of executive and admins
| trative work, of which President Taft
and Postmaster General Hitchcock
| have reason to be proud. 1t is not e
promise, but a performance. and as
such it puts all other government ex-
perts in economy and efficiency upon
| their mettle.
| Now that the postal service is paying
| it's own way, why should not one-cert
postage be introduced? The depart
ment makes money on first class mail
carriage, and the immense increase of
| business following one-cent postage
| would go far to keep first class carriage
profitable. At any rate, the deficit
would be insignificant in comparison
| with the benefits derived by the public
Post.