The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25


nal building over wires for this sole pur'
pose
Indica tions are good that the WOO
tariff revision Will be the chief politica
goat OF the present session of congress
Here's something unusual: a prcsi-
dent of a South American republic
Ecuador to he precise has died from
natural causes.
This heavy and timely snowfall
through the wheat belt is going to
make it hard next spring for the Kan
sas '.crop-killers."
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Professor Parker of Columbia uni
versity must be a man of leisure with
plenty of money on the side. He is
going to make another attempt to
climb Mt. Mckinley
Winter having officially arrived ac-
cording to the calendar. some unusu-
ally warm weather may be looked for
in the near future The weather has
habit of being contrary
The unemployed in these United
States arc probably not viewing with
any great alarm the falling off in the
fmmigra ton for 1911, and the prospects
that it will continue to decrease during
1912.
TVenty-four hours appear to have
passed without blame for something
having been placed at the door of
President Taft. Maybe the fact that
those hours comprised Sunday is re
sponsible for this condition of affairs
At any rate. the United States is not
the only country where they fail to
send guilty trust magnates to Jail. The
coal trust promoters of Australia were
convicted recently for maintaining a
monopoly. And each of them got off
with fines,
Bomb outrages in the big cities do
not seem to be confined to the Italian
Black Hand. The yellow Hand also
appears to be active in this particular
At least. bomb that caused consid-
cradle destruction was set off the other
day in New York's Chinatown.
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Tt seems to strike the Washington
newspaper mon as unusual that Presi-
dent Taft should pass by the six best
sellers" in the book stores and pur-
chase standard works. It is no more
though. than might be expected of
gentlemen of such discernment.
More ammunition for the Republican
"insurgent" supporters of LaFoIlette:
Charlie Taft did not hang up stock
ing on Christmas eve. The Insurgents
viii undoubtedly insist that such
slight to Santa Claus must be avenged
It the Republican national convention
Because an occasional Christmas tree
catches fire. and sometimes with dis
tressinsly disastrous results it's
wonder that some Ieather-Iunged re-
former has not started an agitation to
prohibit people from helping Santa
Claus set up Christmas trees for the
kiddies
No doubt there are many men who
would like to be president of the
United States for no other purpose
than TO have a chance of holding a
session with those 4O-pound turkeys |
which are always sent to the chief
magistrate of the land on Thanksgfv- |
ing and Christmas
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Their attorneys are hoId1ng the beef
barons up as public benefactors. as
true philanthropists. And it might be |
we'll to remember in this connection 4.
that these lawyers are getting big paw !
from the packers. It's the ungrateful I
dog that barks at or bites the man
who passes out to it a leg of fried |
chicken.
Russia is planning to make reprisals
for the abrogation of the treaty Of
1882 by increasing the height of her
tariff wall on American goods and pro
ducts by 100 per cent. Betting is about
100 to l that Russia does not increase
its tariff on American wheat That's
needed sorely every once in a while
TO keep the Russians from starving.
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President Taft is of the same opin-
ION as many other men that rural
parcels post system Will not fnjure the
business Of the country merchants. but
rather increase it. And he also Joins
others in the belief that it will have
tendency to reduce the high cost of
living Surely this system should be
given trial. The chances that it will
he arc better than they We're a few
years ago, when the express companies
were more strongly represented in CON
Eress-