The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-06
FROA O7EER PENS
SOURCES. or. INFoRMATIoN.

Magazines, barber shops and univer
sites might not be thought to have
anything of Importance In common,
but Professor Emory, chairman of the
tariff board, points out that they share
the distinction of not being the places
where information is to be had about
existing commercial conditions. That,
he insists, is to be obtained from bust
ness men, sor at least from those bust
ness men who Will tell the truth. This
NAV be so, but it would be a pity IL
Professor Emerys statement should
lead to an underestimate of the value
of the institutions he mentions. They
are wonderfully diverse, yet at the
same time closely tier related. If the sa-
loon is the poor mans club, the barber
shop is his library. Here he finds mag
azines which give him the latest and
most authoritative information of the
social and athletic activities of the
universities. Could anything more
strikingly reveal the completely of our
civilization or its interdependence?
The university supplies, often uncon-
prints it, and the tonsorial parlor cir
culates it. However useless to the
tariff board, we would urge the inn
portance of retaining these articles
upon the free list.-New York Even
ing Post.
CAN A CITY BE TOO BIG?
In a volume entitled the Great Cit
les of America the author asks the
important questions Can a city be TOO
for he argues very forcibly that the
conduct of the affairs of a city are
purely commercial, and that the city is
not a place for a child to be born IN
and is really only fit for transient pop
| ulations.
The transient population Of large cit
| les is constantly increasing There are
hundreds Of thousands who utilize the
business facilities in city in the day
time and retreat to a suburban home
at night. This is the practice in Lon
don, New York, Boston and other CEN
tiers Of population, and 1t is growing
rapidly.
In many cities which consider them
selves progressive, the actual resident
population is dwindling year by year.
| This tendency cannot be stopped by the
establishment Of costly parks and play
grounds. Groups of small cities having
| q good social atmosphere are preferable
| to a METROPOLIS where the residential
! sections are invaded by commercial
| Undertakings. In time the taxes or
business interests will be required al
! city.-Boston Globe.
CHARLToNs' EXTRACTION.
The Charlton case seems to be draw
! ing near to just conclusion, so far as
! this government is concerned Every
| step taken 10 prevent Lie OASA dcLAtAOA%
| Of the confessed wife murderer to Italy
/ the scene of his crime. has been met
| by an adverse decision. In the courts
| of our own state and in the United
/ States district court the right TO hold
| Charlton as a fugitive from justice and
| to extradite him to Italy has been
| upheld.
The supreme court of the United
| States is now the only tribunal that
stands between him and his deportation
to the foreign court having jurisdiction
| in his case, and it seems unlikely, in
| view of the decision Of the secretary of
| state on the treaty relations between
/ Italy and the United States, and the
opinions of the state and federal courts
| upon law points involved. that all these
concurring decisions will be reversed by
the highest judicial authority
The results thus far are satisfactory,
not because of any revengefui sentiment
against Charlton, but because this gov
eminent is under moral obligations to
maintain right and justice, no matter
| what other governments may do or re-
! frain from doing, and no matter how
1 desirable it might be to have treaty
relations more equitably arranged or
more clearly acknowledgements News