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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-15
Issue Crop Report June 8,

Washington. May 15.-The June crop
report of the department of agricul-
ture to be issued at 2:30 p. m. June 8.
will give the preliminary estimate of
the acreage of spring wheat, oats, and
barley, and the condition on June l
of winter wheat. spring wheat, oats
barley, rye, and hay. A supplementary
report on condition of clover, spring
pasture, sugar cane, and certain fruits
and vegetables will be issued June 8.
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POSTAL Bank for Parsons

Washington, May 15.-Postmaster
General Hitchcock today announced
the designation of Al additional postal
savings repositories. making a total of
176 since January 3. The new offices
will be ready to receive deposits June
~. The As offices announced week
ago have reported that they will be
in readiness for operation June 1.
Among the new offices is Parson, Kan.
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chicago Produce Market.

Chicago. May 15.-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creameries, 16@21c; diaries, $50
13c.
EGGS-Market steady. Receipts, 25,525
cases at mark, cases included, 1215q13c;
f1rsts l5c; prime. firsts, 15ixc.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 12156
12&c; Twins, 1214@12hc; Young Americas,
13q13Ac; Long Horns, 122< @13c.
| POTATOES-Market weak. Choice to
POULTRY-Market firm Turkeys. live,
lac; hens, live. 13o; springs, dressed, Csc.
| VEAL-Market steady. so to so lb. WITS.
6q619c; so to IS Id. WITS. 61k@7c11; IS to Ito
lb. WITS, 71z@9c.
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New York Produce Market.

New York, May 15.-BUTTER-Market
steady. Creamery. &c; extras, 21c; firsts,
zoe; seconds, 1Sq191zc; creamery held, 100
zoe; state dairy finest, 21c; good to prime,
1920; common to fair, 15q1Sc.
CHEESE-Market unsettled. State
whole milk, old special, lac; ditto fancy
colored, 1890; ditto white, 13c; ditto color
ed choice, 12d124c; ditto white choice, ~
@12c; ditto colored, common to good, 11Q
1111c; state daisies, old best 13d14c; state
whole milk, new special, lie; old skins,
2@10c; new ditto, 5@S1zc.
EGGSMarket weak. Fresh gathered
selected extras, 19c; firsts, 16G17c; seconds,
15@15Ac; fresh gathered storage packed,
firstS, 171zd1Sc; state Pennsylvania and
nearby hennery white, 171z@20c; ditto
gathered white, 1sa19c; western gathered
white, 17d181Ac.
POULTRY-Dressed steady; western
fowls, 131z@151ac; turkeys 13d16c.
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Ared Kansans WED.

Seneca, Kan, May 15.-E. R.Pelton,
aged So, and Mrs. Isabel Higgins, aged
54, were married in Seneca and left by
automobile route for their home on a
farm near Hiawatha in Brown county.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Pelton have long
made Seneca their home. A year ago
Mr.. Pelton purchased the Brown coun-
ty farm and has been improving it,
adding furnace, actylene gas and all
the modern improvements. There he
will make his home with his bride.
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New york Stoc,. Market.

Wall ST., New York, May 15.-STOCKS-
Small gains were. made by majority of
the active stocks at the opening of the
stock market today. Canadian Pacific
rose 1; Northern Pacific 5s and Union Pa
cific and Western Maryland II Pennsyl-
vania and American Sugar declined frac-
tionally.
Small selling orders were distributed
and the important stock reacted to slight
1y below Saturdays closing. The tone
improved later. Manhattan declined 11s.
The advance in American stocks in Lon
don before the opening hour resulted in, a
corresponding rise on the New York ex-
change but prices soon fell back and the
market became dull. Wall street spent
the morning waiting for the converting of
the supreme court. Other considerations
were subordinated to the possibility that
the court would announce is decisions in
the Tobacco and Standard Oil cases but
preparations had been made so thorough
| ly no nervousness. was apparent in the
market operations.
PENNSYLVANIA continued its recent down
| ward movement, the price falling to 1209s
| a loss of nearly a point. The list other
wise showed a better undertone and
prices generally recovered to their open
| ing high level
Bonds were steady.
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Pioneer Plainsman and Indian
Fighter Passes Away.
Has Lived in Topeka Since the
Early Days.
LONG WITH SANTA FE.
Has Been Station Master for 80
Years.
The Funeral Will BE Held on
Wednesday.

Patrick H. Sherman, one of the most
widely known of Topeka's citizens ana
one of the Oldest residents, died at his
home at 20S East Eighth avenue at )
o'clock this morning. His death was
caused by Bright's disease and no hope
for his recovery had been entertained
for the past fortnight. He was SO years
old
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SOME RAIN in KANSAS.
First Moisture since February Falls
at Horton.

at Horton.
Great Bend, Kan. May .15.-There
was a heavy rain and windstorm here
The wind blew about sixty miles an
hour. Rain followed the wind and
was particularly heavy in the north
part of the county, where it was need
ed most. Wheat is in fair condition E.
Garden City, Kan, May 15.-A gen.
eraI rain over the entire Garden City
district improved beet, truck and
wheat conditions greatly. The rain
extended through the valley and back
on the uplands and in the sandnill
country south. About one inch fell
here.
Horton, Kan, May 15.-One and
three-qaurter inches of rain fell here
in the first hard rainstorm of the year.
There was some hail, but no damage is
reported from it. This is the first
heavy rain since February and every
thing was very dry. Some corn was
washed out and the creeks are bank
full.
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THEY HAVE NERVE.
Resubmission Organization Invites
Stubs to Speak.

1t begins to look as though the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
and Business Men would be a factor in
the next Kansas state campaign. This
association has originality. if not
strength and with the former in suf-
ficient quantity and quality the latter
is sure to follow. Through it's Secre-
tary, T. D. Humphreys. the association
has invited those apostles of prohibit
ton, Governor Stubs and Attorney
General Dawson, to speak at the next
regular association meeting, June g.
If the invitation is accepted the Audi
torium will not be able to seat the
crowd.
The association, it will be remember
ed, is backing Mayor Billiard of Topeka
for governor, and expects to make re-
submission the issue in the next cam
paign.
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Chicago Live stock NarFet.

Chicago, May 15.-CATTLE-Receipt
estimated at e. 900. Market 10c lower.
Beeves, "a. 9066.40; Texas steers, $4.60q560;
western steers, $4.S0d5.6o; stockers and
feeders So 90d5.70; cows and heifers, 81. 400
$50; calves, S4-50Q6-75.
HOGSAReceipts estimated at 40, 600. Mar
ket steady. Light, 6.o5d6.4 40; mixed, S6-0OaI
6.35 heavy, $5.s5@6.25; rough. $5-5Q60o
good to choice heavy. $6.0006.25; pigs, s2.So
d6.35; bulk of sales, $6.10G6.30-
SHEEP-Receipts estimated at 10000
Market steady. Native, s3-ooq4.so; west
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TON DoRAN GETS HARNESS BACK
Burglar Was ObIiging Enough to
Pawn Them.

q f Burk. cook, was arrested this
morning by the police charged with
stealing two sets of harness from the
barn of Thomas F. Doran, 125 Western
avenue. last night. Burk sold the har-
ness at the Bennett second hand store
near Third street on Kansas avenus
and Bennett notified the police shortly
after the theft had been reported. Pa :
trolman Wyatt at the Rock Island.
made the arrest few minutes later
A state warrant VIII be sworn out for
Burk.
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PARAMOUNT WINS MEET.
wichita School Scores II. With II
FirStS.

Wichita, Kan, May 15.-Fairmount
easily won the annual Arkansas VAL
ley intercollegiate track and field meet
Saturday. scoring II points. The Col
lege of Emporia finished second with
80, Southwestern college % and
Cooper 1. Paramount won eleven
firStS.
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Kansas CITY Produce Market.

kansas city. May 15.-WHEAT-Cash
Market steady. No. 2 hard, 90d97c; No.
8, sS695c; No? 2 red, 90G92c; No. 3, ss@91c-
CORN-Market steady. No. mixed, 81
@521zc; No. 8. 511zc; No. white, SIC; No.
8, Size -,
OATS-Market steady. No. white, 1874
6341zc; No. 2 mixed, 3155dS21ec.
RYE-No. 2, 95cG$1.00
HAY Market steady to 81 lower. Choice
timothy. s15.5O@170o; choice prairie, $12.2S@
1900
BUTTER-Creamery, PIC; firsts. 1Sc;
seconds, Ice; packing stock, 1910.
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KuL1NG STEERS.
Ct. Ice live Stock Market.

ST. Joe, May 15-CATTLE-Receip
500 head. Market steady. Steers, $4,000
500; cows and heifers, s3.5od5.s0; calves,
So 50070o.
HOGS Receipts 5000. Market steady.
Top, $3.50; bulk of sales, $6.05q6.1 H.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market steady.
Lambs, $450@6.15.
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EGGS-Extras, 171kc. firsts. Ice; sec
onds, 121kc.
WHEAT-Receipts, IS cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, SS2sc bid; July,
$3.50 bid; September, s3dS31kc bid.
CORN-July, 5ols@50Ac; September, $40
49skc asked.
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kANsANs GOT HOT SHELL.
j. f. BeeIer of ottawa and w. II
Mitchell Watch Fight.

Mitchell Watch Fight.
Ell Paso, Tex, May 15.-The nose
of a shrapneI shell about three inches
long was picked up in an ash pile by j.
e Beeler of Ottawa, Kansas, and W.
r. Michel of Salina, Kansas. The men
were standing in the street watching
the progress of the fight in Juarez
when the end of the shell whizzed past
their heads.
The pointed end of the shell is of
brass and there is a timer of brass on
the upper side which showed that 1t
had been set for six seconds. 1t had
exploded before reaching the point
where the end struck and the shrapneI
bullets had probably fallen in Juarez.
Salina, Kan. May 15.-Judge Mitch
ell has been visiting with his son,
Ralph Mitchell, in. Ell Paso and other
points in Texas. He intended return
ing to Salina before this, but the in
creasing excitement of the Mexican
war has held him.
BREADS WEALTH. KILLS SELF.
Aged Woman Felt Unequal to Man
aging Estate Worth $15O.OOO.
Wichita, Kan, May 15.-Brooding
over the death of her husband, which
occurred five months ago, and feeling
unable to administer to her $150,000
estate, Mrs. Emma Gilfillan. 55 years
old, committed suicide here. She made
doubly sure of death by swallowing
carbolic acid and placing the end of a
piece of gas hose in her mouth and
inhaling the gas. She was dead when
found.
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Topeka Hide Market.
Quotations FURNISHED by James G. Smith
Hide Co.. lbs East Third StI

Topeka, Kan, May Is.
GREEN CURED HIDES-Natives. q.
s. No. 1, 10c; No. 2, &C. Side brands,
over 40 flat, No SIC; Side brands, under
20 fiat. No. L7Ac: Bulls and Stays, No !.
No. /. TIC. Green sailed glue flat, 5zzc:
Green salt cured deacons, each. 0G35c:
SIunks, each, 25Q15cs Green frozen hides
are No. 2. Green uncured hides IA less
than same grade cured Green half cured
No. i. $aO06V350; G.. s. Hog Skins, 1880.
Horse hides, no. 2. s2.0oq2.5o- Green pony
500; dry, according to wool, per ID, 90
&C.
TALLow-5A@ 4Ac.
DRY HIDES = Dry flint. butchers
heavy, 17c; dry flint, fallen heavy, Iec;
dry flint light, under is lbs, l6ci ury
flint culls, 10c; dry salt. heavy u IDS
and up, 13c; dry salt, light under ID los-'
WOOL QUOTATIONS.
xansas Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Bright medium. 14Q12c; dark medium, Is
a1Ic. light fine, 13G10c; heavy fine, lVasc.
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas:
Light medium, 14d12c; light fine, lSaIlc
heavy fine, uQ9c.
Deductions on bury wool from &c 70 %
per pound. Short ea aa or ae oers'n mo-
hair. IL months, 14q12c; common ourrS
and defective at half price
Topeka Grain Slsrl1et: "a.
FURNISHED by J. 3, 81 6uE.a arais e 81
Topeka, Kan, May Is.
wHEAT-No. 2. so9ssc.
CORN-4Sc- !
9 oAF FF1R GcoRN-Per cwt.. socasi.oa
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Topeka. Kan, May is.

stucf1
advising number of head. quality, age
and length of time on feed, we will make
you an offer or arrange for our buyers
Market g5 TISs al fs6 dry 70. cattle
u - '''9 Co. Topeka. Kan.l -m'r'
CHICAGO EGGS-16c.
n. Y EGGS-17hQ1Sc.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Cfhcago, 21c;
N: Y, '2sc; Elgin, &c
city Market Housed
EGGS-Fresh country, candled, I3c
PoULTRYE.JFatt hens. Sc; spring broil-
12c; course young ROSTERS, &c; old roost,
ers, &C. Turkeys. lbs. and over, I6c; Old
Toms. "A: Ducks F. F: F., 12c.
GUINEAS-Per doz.. $2.25.
BUTTER-Pa cking stock per H.. Iac.
Dairy butter IL Jars ana pound prints'
'0 OLD PIGEoNs-In dog. lots. ne- do,
&c; less than dog; lots, SC each. u.s.
WH 4nisEsd by sa RTIT II AID f1. PK2DUcn
- Frui. and Prod1ce.I "no'esais
EASAN 8 oos S lar sized nunshes peg
bunch. $2.5o@S.5o; per ID. 4l4c; per crate.
| $3.50
NAVEL ORANGES-Per boy 60 4o;59. "a
| PIE PLAINTIFF h., &c. ''''
STRAWBERRIES-Va Buren, district
stock, per c crate 20 fG26; North Arkansas
ASPARAGUS-Per doz. lunches soc
| HONEY-Per rack, $685. 0''
WAX BEANS-Per 1-3 Blu. box. Sc
GREEN BEANS-Per 1-3 bn 80
NEW BEETS-Per doz. bunchas "a
TEXAS CABBAGE-Per cwt.. cr 9Ve,
CABBAGE PLANTs-EarIv w,r,,
stadt, per M, 500; per c., Csc; EarSv
Wakefield; per M Z, $780, 70 Per C., Sc Early
| sion, per NJ, $500; per c., CSC. success
TEXAS CUCUMBERS-Per doz. To.
per h blu. box, $1.00. "c'
| FIELD LETTUCE-Per basket 40,
CRYSTAL WAX oNIONs-Per crate.
STRING oN1oNs-Per dog. buucbe.
TEXAS BERMUDA ONIONS Per
New TEXAS PEAs-Per diamond
NEW PoTAToEs-Per bushe1. s125.
OLD POTAToES-Per bushel sOc
sey, per M, a.75; per 100. 25c; Yellow
Nansemond, per - NJ a. Sis. per 100. CSC; Red
Queen, per NJ, $500 per 100. zoe: Vineless,
per NJ, $2-25, per 100. 35c; Black Spanish
per NJ Is. per 100. CSC; Early Golden. per
HOME GROWN RADISHES-Per doz.
punches. zoe; three dozen bunch lots. Soc.
HOME I& NE GRo sEoN, sPd bu.. Csc
TOMATO PLANTS Early Dwarf Cham
pion. per M, $50; per 1oO zoe; Early
| Kansas Standard, per M, $3.50; per 100,
soc; Early Dwarf Stone per NJ, $3.50; per
100, soc; Early Tree Tomatoes. per NJ,
$3.50; per 1oo 9Oc; Earliana, per M, $3.50:
| per 1OO soc; Beauty, per M, $500: per 100,
S5c; Stone per M, $500; per 100. S5c:
Matchiess, per NJ, $500; per 100. &c.
| MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS - Egg
Plant plants, per 100. 50c; Hot Pepper
plants, per 100, SOC; Mango Pepper plants,
| per 100, Soc.
| CHEESE-L- H. cheese, per Ib, 151zc;
Limburger, per h., 151sc; Wis. Yellow, 30
| lbs, per h., 1411c; Wis White, 50 lbs,
per h., 14Ac; New Wis. Brick, per h.,
i51hc; wis. Daisy, 20 lbs. per h.. 16c;
| Block Swiss, % to 90 lbs. each, per h.,
lie. . -
| (Ouote only the poplar; do not carry
/ the gum variety. Quote:
| Per thousand, $275; per bundle Of five
| hundred, $l-5o
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New York Money, Market.

New York, May 15.-MONEY-Money. on
call steady, 2A621k per cent; ruling rate,
2ss per cent; closing bid 2ss per cent; Of
fered at 21a per cent. Time loans, steady;
so days, 211 per cent; go days, 21h@2S4 per
cent; six months, S@5A per cent
per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.A.40 for gu
day bills and at $4.8635 for demand Com
mercial bills, $4-S37s-
SILVER-Bar silver, 5S1sc; Mexican dol
lars, 45c. .
BONDS bonds, easy; rail-
road bonds, irregular.
New York Sugar and Coffee Market.
New York, May 15.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; Muscovado, 80 test, 1886; centri-
fugaI, 9s test, 1886; molasses, 50 test. $S.11.
Refined, steady.
COFFEE@Spot, dull.
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Ne,u YnrI, SUGAR and CONGO Market.
Cotton Market.

Galveston, Tex, May 15.-COTTON-
Market steady, 1512c.
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ern. sa5Oa4 sO: yearlings. s4soas.so; lamba.

ern. $3.5OG4 so: yearlings, s4.sOd5 so; lambs
native $4.50Q6.60; western, $5.25G6.1.
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE.
WHEAT-Receipts, 126. 900 bushels; ship
ments, Is. 500 bushels.
CORN-Receipts, 2362OO bushels; ship
ments, 365, 800 bushels.
Car lot receipts: Wheat 142 cars, with
50 of contract grade; corn 15S cars, with
IS of contract grade; oats, 145 cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min
neapolis and Duluth today were 406 cars
compared with 1877 cars last week and $50
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Kansas City, May 15.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000 head. Market slow to 10c lower
HOGS-Receipts 1000 head. Market
steady to SC higher. Bulk of Sales $o.Vo9
HEEP~Receipts 1900 head. Market
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales
lThe following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards Kansas
city, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal oy
Clay, Robinson & Co, live stock commls-
sion merchants. with offices at ALI mar
ketG1
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FURNISHED by the .Chas WoIf PACKING
Co.. yards close at noon Saturday. we
cannot use pigs. thin sows or hoxs
weighing less than ITO lbs Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished
as we cannot use half fat stuff. We gIvs
below prices effective at once. until dur.
khor nottce.l
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Get a Free sample
Chi-Namel at c. NJ. Hills. s26 Kan
sas avenue.
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FURNISHED By j. B. Billiard, corner
sas ave-. and Curtis 81

wHEAT-No. 2. so9ssc.
.CORN-4sc-
OATS-3ad32e. ao.s,e, n
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Chicago Grain Market.

Chicago, May Is.
Open High Low Close Close
Sat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-08

license communities has been main
tanned, and the number this year will
run perhaps trihe under that average
when the missing towns are heard from
and West Rutland shall have been given
time in which to hold legal election.
As u rule, the larger communities in
the state are the ones to vote in favor
of the licensed saloons, which is as it
should be; although now and then there
are election freaks in which small and
remote towns cast majority of ballots
in favor of the affirmative on the ques-
ton whether licenses shall be granted.
Those are really freaks, and oftentimes
the "Yes" vote is not followed by the
granting OF licenses because no one cares
to enter upon the business OF selling
liquor, either from personal scruples or
from q feeling that the business would
not pay. Very likely several OF the
small communities which voted Eyes"
yesterday will not have saloons because
there is no call for them.
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E'!:'HROGE;:RS sc!
ia North Main Street, Barre, Vermont.
The Big Store with Little Prices.

cities Modern city conditions have
made il imperative that special play
grounds should be provided for the chill
dren of congested districts and, indeed,
for all urban or suburban regions, and
with the public playground goes the ne
cessity, at least in crowded urban quar-
tiers, for some form of supervision, it
only that OF intelligent policing Adj
vaneed thinkers upon the subject advo.
cate much more than mere policing OF
Fairgrounds, and urge the necessity of
systematic instruction in ordinary
games, and of course in athletic sports
and exercises Of the gymnasium or the
field,
In cities such as Boston children can
no longer properly be left to find their
amusements and carry on their games
in the public streets. The danger to
themselves and to others involved IN
such play is too great TO be suffered by
civic authorities, yet the instinct of play
is so strong and so wholesome that it
must find ample opportunity for out
let Now the danger in the necessary
supervision of games and sports lies in
the possibility that spontaneity and in
yention may be suppressed. The free
and uncensored village playground has
always been the scenes of occasional
brutality and more than occasional coarse
ness of speech, but it has also been the
place OF discipline and development.
Many carefully bred boys were always
kept away from such gathering places
of youth, yet il is safe to say that
such boys lost more than they gained
by their segregation from heir natural
playmates. 1t will be the problem Of
the supervised urban playground to APP
proach as nearly as conditions win per-
NIT to the free comradeship of the vii
lage green, without sacrificing what may
be gained by the application Of new
knowledge, psychological and civic, to
the subject of public recreation, That
precious thing individuality, must not
be sacrificed to any fad or theory how.
ever widely held by specialists, nor must
the youth of this generation lose the
advantage of whatever modern science
has definitely ascertained touching the
relative value of particular recreations.
Boston Herald.
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BALLINGER OUT.

Granting that Richard Achilles Bal
linger, late secretary of the interior, was
all that President Taft declares him to
be, noble specimen and guided by the
best impulses that ever guided man
through the mazes of a wicked world, it
does not alter the opinion of a consider
able section of the people of these United
States of America that Mr.. Ballinger
had long outlived his usefulness in the
presidents cabinet and that his policy
regarding conservation of natural re.
sources was not in harmony with the
spirit of the times Therefore, allowing
that Mr.. Ballinger was paragon Of
virtue, to humor the Presidents idea,
he ought long since to have given place
to another man of such a type as the
new secretary, Walter +. Fisher, seems
to be, judging by his associations. That
President Taft continued to retain Mr..
Ballinger in his council of advisers
brought upon the administration great
handicap and certain disfavor; and
yet the loyalty of the president to one
in whom he had confidence was pleasing
to contemplate, Rid of this lightweight,
the administration ought to 90 far
toward rehabiltating itself in the good
graces Of the general public. The ten
dency at least will be in that direc-
ton.
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A Genuine piplomatic Triumph.

The phrase diplomatic triumph has
been much overworked; often IL has
been applied to exploits that were
snowy, unsubstantial and cheap. A
real diplomatic triumph, however, IS
now scored by the Taft administra-
ton in the ratification of the new treaty
of trade and commerce with Japan.
The apparently impossible has been lc-
complished. A month ago no one would
have ventured to predict that treaty
eliminating the immigration clause could
pass the United States Senate, with the
unqualified support Of the senators from
the Pacific coast states, The process
of renewing the Gresham treaty threat
ened to be fruitful of dangerous COM
plieations and of incidents significant Of
race prejudice by the announcement
that a treaty satisfactory to Japan
relative to the immigration question
had been sent to the Senate. To-day
that treaty has the approval of the