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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
PROSPERITY COMING.

There is much more than local sig
nificance to the action of the Santa re
in increasing the working hours OF
most of its big shop departments from
an eight to a ten hour basis. 1t will
be a big boon to the shop workers by
making material increases in their pay
checks. This will mean the circulation
of more money in Topeka, which vii
be to the advantage of all lines of bust
ness. But above and beyond these fea-
lures of purely local concern, this movS
is a prophecy of much Importance
1t shows that the Santa Fe officials
sense the approach of increasing bust
ness and prosperity all along the mann
moth territory that is reached by thel,
lines. And they are taking time by
the forelock so as to have sufficient
equipment in shape to handle the bigger
business of the immediate future. NC
human agency is as close to the people
and their conditions as is the railroad
Its officials through constant traverse Of
their lines, and because of wide ex
perience of many years concerning the
conditions that prevail along thcli
routes, are the first to see which way
the signs are being blown by the bust
ness wind. They know months aheac
of time wien prosperity is on its way
They are just as veil informed wher
hard times are in order. And the Wis
ion of the Santa Fe men of a coming
prosperity all along their lines is re-
sponsible for the move increasing the
working hours in the main shops of
their tremendous system.
This will be encouraging news to bus
mess men in all activities, and it should
bring some comfort to the pessimists
among them, who still feel that the
country is going to the En<s because
of the warning shouts of the politi-
Clans Surely the experiences of the last
quarter of a century ought to demon
strate most conclusively to every one
that politics is not the hObgoblin to
business that it was generally held to
be. Republican enthusiasts began long
ago to break away from the theory
that their party was responsible for the
prosperity which came with bumper
crops. And not much serious atten-
ton is paid by sensible men these days
to the claims of any party, or faction
of one, that it has in it's possession =
ments could be made BY congress or
legislatures to the laws of nature, this
might be a possibility. There is rea-
son for great joy, though, that the
have not this power They
would be sure to make matters worse
instead of better.
1t is we'll for every one to take an
interest in politics, and surely the poll
tics of today are exciting enough. tic
awaken the interest of drone. But it
is a mistake to fear that any possible
outcome of the present political i'm
broglio, either between the warning
elements in the Republican party, or
later between the Republican and
Democratic parties, will hinder the
coming of the fine prosperity that is
on it's way. The Santa Fe and other
large railroads of the country would
not be preparing for it, if it were
not approaching. None of them are
burdened with funds to spare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

You can't keep a man down unless
he's willing to stay there.
X y
Some folk are also known by the
company they strive in vain to keep.
x n
Most people have as much good luck
as bad luck but they only give atten-
ton to the latter.
X X x
Nor are the foolish questions pro-
pounded by youngsters any more so
than many of those asked by grown
ups.
Il everybody in the world had all the
money they wanted they would soon
find something else to worry and kick
about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
FROM OTHER PENS

AN ODD BUT HELPFUL CHARITY.
One of the oldest of charities, but
at the same time a very helpful insti-
tuition is the establishment at North
ampton, Mass. known as the Smith
Charities, and founded by Oliver
Smith, an uncle of Sophia Smith, the
founder of Smith college. In addition
70 loaning money to young women in
Northampton and several specified vi
cinity places, any young woman of
such towns who is of good moral char
acter is entitled to $50 as a marriage
portion, provided the man of her
choice is of good moral character.
sober and industrious. The Smith
Charities has been in existence sixty
four years, and in that period il has
distributed upwards of a quarter of a
million dollars to deserving brides.
This benevolent feature of the fistitu-
ton has thus proved an incentive to
marriage on the part of couples suit
able for the married state. Another
helpful feature of the charity is the
$500 paid to every person on becoming
eighteen years of age who is bound
out in good, respectable family for
service. This is an inducement to girls
without parents to apply themselves
to the learning of homework and nat
urally the girl thus equipped marries
Since its foundation the Smith Chart
ties has distributed more thar $1,000
600 for the purposes named-an
amount that has added to the sum of
than mere figures could ever tell
Schenectady Union-Star.
COURTESY VS.. COMBINATION.
One of the witnesses in the sugar
trust hearings explained that it was
courtesy which determined what
proportion of the sugar trade conn
petitors" should have. Thus we have
the secret at last. 1t is not combina-
ton. 1t is not Corporation" It IS
simply politeness which softens the
rigors of competition. 1t is not con-
sidered courteous to take undue ad-
vantage of trade rival, explained the
witness already alluded to. In place
of that "murderous competition"
which once prevailed there is now
courteous competition" Competi-
tors dine together and rise from their
fetes to take into business their So
ciety manners. Instead of a corpor-
atoms invading another corporations
field, cutting prices and carrying on a
trade war against it, as in the old
barbarous days, it courteously recoR-
nizes it's competitors right to a GER
tain territory or to do a certain per-
centage of the business. How is Il
determined what this percentage or
this territory shall be? AS well ask
how is it determined when two gen.
tlemen are about to enter a door
which shall enter first. Courtesy set
ties such questions-and the public
pays the bills.-Oshkosh Northwest
ern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.J
It's a lot easier lying to a girl about
how pretty she looks when it's in the
dark.
Playing politics is higher development
of card sharping, bunko, and panel
games.
The family never seems able to learn
that a man never loses his temper even
when he acts that way
A woman would much rather pick out
a compexion to match her ribbons than
ribbons to match her complexion
From all the preparations man makes
to go fishing miles away you'd thinl.
he was starting on trip around the
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

But if said colored brother did re-
turn anything, it is -clnch that
George Perkins check book contains
a stub which would easily explain
the phenomenon.
And Bat Masterson is on the JOB.
Bats principal occupation, since ne
quit shooting drunk cowboys, has
been signing his name to firearms ad-
vertiSementS and drawing govern
ment salary. The salary came from
job handed him by Roosevelt, and
perpetuated through courtesy by
Taft.
One may gather from the special
theatrical stories in the magazines
that any girl who is willing to risk
catching her death of cold can get
job on the vaudeville stage.
At least the pictures would indi-
cate that the gall to expose about
seven eighths of her total epiderm1s
is the greatest asset The most pop
ular dancers of the present day make
a circus girl in tights look like
bashful sister by comparison.
]. Pierp Morgan is still collecting
art treasures, but his collection will
not compare in size. with the collec-
ton of protests from committees
which Dave Mulvane will bring back
to Kansas.
A protest." according to the po-
litical definition, is senseless per-
sonal insult, signed by a Chairman"
who represents about three or four
other malcontents.
Some men always cuss the gun
when they miss a rabbit. By Wednes-
day night, a certain mighty hunter
will be raving at the whole world be-
cause he missed his shot.
A dozen years ago this summer, the
kissing bug was on the job. He was
followed by the obliging cabbage
snake and the boil weevil. Won't
some kind nature faker jump out and
invent a bug for newspaper use in
the summer of 1912?
In one way, the husband with the
dry neck is the safest one to leave at
home while wife takes a vacation.
Recognizing thirst as a fact, rather
than a fancy, he is liable to remem-
Der to water the geraniums and the
canary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Already one good-sized fist fight has
occurred at Chicago among delegates.
AS might be expected, they come from
Oklahoma. But this in all probability
is only mild forerunner of what may
be expected in this line during the bal
auce of the week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NOALL.

If Arkansas saw Mary in New Or
leans where did Louisiana?
(And the only time he ever drew a
sword was in a raff1e.)
If they called Montreal a two-bagger
would you call Oklahoma?
Sand the track. partner You're
slipping fast.)
If one wheel spoke would the other
wheelwright?
Oes. love every bone in your head)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

SubsCa Ibers of the state Journal
away from honc during the summer
ss.ay have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
ten cents q week or thirty cents
month (by rail only. Address
changed as often as desired: While
out OF town the State Journal VIII ne
n you like a daily letter from nome.
Adyance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Could Thomas Carlyle have glimps-
ed the development of American poll
tics he would probably have hesitated
in making the assertion that IMAM
eYeryWhere is the born enemy of lies"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

If the committee on credentials of
the Republican national convention
takes as long to dispose of the con-
tests as has the national committee,
and if all of the contests are subse-
auently fought out on the floor of the
convention, the affair is likely to last
a good part of the summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Colonel Roosevelt having emphatic
ally declared that he would not go to
Chicago under any circumstances, it
was perfectly natural that he should
change his mind and go. A good rule
by which to size up the colonel is to
figure on him doing everything he says
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

II this present brand of weather,
with its cool evenings, keeps up, it will
be unnecessary for Topekans to go on
vacations away from home for the
mere purpose of locating temporarily
in a more acceptable climate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Plans are being made by some or
the Democratic leaders to fight for the
abolition of their party's rule that a
candidate to win the presidential NOM
ination must receive a vote of two
thirds of the delegates. This system
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

There will have to be a revision of
the opinion that the Germans have no
conception of American humor. Re
ports are that large crowds are at
tending the lectures of DR.. Cook in
Germa0v
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
Eanization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Russia is said to have agents of it's
secret service in every nook and corner
of the world. If this is the case, many
such agents have easy jobs. For there
are numerous localities on the earth :
surface who the bulk of the peo-
pie have never heard of Russia and are
not interested at all in the affairs of
that land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Representative Henry Allen Cooper
of Wisconsin is another of the few
men in public life who is easily pleas
ed. He is credited with desiring the
Republican vice presidential nominal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

If that Leavenworth man gets a di-
vorce because his wife fused with him
over the noise he made while eating, a
precedent will be established which
will open the way to divorce for in
Vulnerable men who may have desires
in that direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Many millionaires are always free to
say that any man can become rich, but
they never couple such declarations
with the necessary plans and specifica-
lions by which wealth can be accu-
,,,,rInA tod
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

is as indefensible as is that other ia
vorite scheme of some of the Demo-
Gratis in applying the unit rule in the
voting of various delegations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

All the indications are that the Wis
itors to the Republican national con-
vention will get their moneys worth,
regardless of what the cost may be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

One thing is certain in connection
with the strike of the New York wait
ers. They are not striking because of
any orders from the hotel men that
they should refuse tips.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Another unusual incident in connec-
ton with the trip of Colonel Roosevelt
to Chicago is that he took a twenty
three hour train when a number of
eighteen hour trains are on duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Summer arrives officially the last of
this week. At this time last year Kan
sans had already experienced more
than two months of exceedingly warm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

Undoubtedly the Roosevelt forces
will bid high for the services of that
Honolulu visitor at Chicago who can
swear in fourteen languages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
by THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARsoNa

Of course, if anyone wants to be-
lieve the Roosevelt campaign story
about a southern delegate who re-
turned money, that is his privilege.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
JURY REFORM NEEDED.

A proposition that is agitating the
minds of the people these days. and
one that is finding more favor with
learned judges and attorneys than the
recall of judges, is that of having jury
cases decided by a three-fourths vote.
instead of requiring a unanimous de-
clsion. Many a defendant has receiv-
ed verdict too severe or too Ienient
because OF compromise verdicts made
necessary by the old plan.-Peabody
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

But if said colored brother did re-
turn anything, it is cinch that
George Perkins check book contains
a stub which would easily explain
the phenomenon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
KANSAS coMAsENT


Sons who do and not sires who have
done, are demanded by the TIMES a
man may number among his foEDeahs
the great who have won battles, Ncon-
quered wildernesses, founded empire1S u
increased the sum of human knowledte'
but if his own work in life is not as
well done, according to opportunity, ne
has descended. Some fame comes inA
every life and he who succeeds in any
thing raises himself above the average
and elevates the scale of human life.
The farmer who does not stamp his
personality on his farm, raise better
cattle or corn or caulihower than some
one else, who dumps the manure in the
creek, makes his wife carry water from
the barn well, derides the experiment
station and farms with his grandfather,
does not fit. All of human commerce
rests upon the primitive activity of the
farmer and if he fits. then all prosper
An unfit man has but one distinction
he counts one in the cenSus.-I. d. @.
in the Kansas Farmer.
THE COUNTRY BOYS CREED.
believe the country which God made
is more beautiful than the city which
man made; that life out-of-doors and
in touch with the earth is the natural
life of man. 1 believe work is work
wherever we find it, but that work with
Nature is more inspiring than work
with the most intricate machinery. I
believe that the dignity of labor de-
Ponds not on what you do, but on how
you do it; that opportunity comes to a
boy on the farm as often as to a boy
i'll the city, that life is larger and freer
and happier on the farm than in town.
that my success depends not upon my
location, but upon myself-not upon
my dreams, but upon pluck. 1 believe
i'll working when you work and playing
when you play and in giving and de-
manding square deal in every act Of
Ilfe.-KearneY County Advocate
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-11

the petition. but at the end of this time
both became advanced in years and
went to live with their respective chill
dren. The farm, he says. was rented to
daughter Ella NJ. Fowler.
The intervenor contends that he
knew nothing of will made by the
late ]. H. Brown. his wife's former
husband. until the year 1899. when
Mrs. brumaRem was sent for BY the
daughter, Mrs. Ella Thomas. residing
In Keokuk at the time. who desired
that Mrs. Brumagem sign some papers.
the contents OF which she did not know.
and was entirely unaware that 1t was
an election to take under the will OF
j. II. Brown, made in February. 1868,
and never admitted to probate. He
says that there are no living witnesses
to the will and that II the Will shou
be construed to be a life estate that
said probate was a fraud to deprive the
intervenor and his children, three OF
whom were born, of their interest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-11
~rEsT,, cosT. ExpERr TEsrlFlEs,
Explains ~Mstheds Employed BY Pack

L 70 II %
Explains Mstheds Employed BY Pack
ers at chicA0o Triais.
Chicax6, IAN 11.- Henry Mover. ex-
pert accountant in charge of figuring
the test cost Of slaughtered animals
for Armour & CO., resumed the witness
stand today in the trial of the ten
Chicago packers
District Attorney Wilkerson con-
tinued the direct examination.
"Can you tell when the practice of
making credit allowance for hides
was abandoned by the packers in fig
uring the test cost of cattle?" he asked.
II can not remember the date" re-
piled Meyer.
Yesterday asked you to look at
your records in an effort to refresh
your memory on hides?'
There are no records on the subject
available" said the witness.
Meyer produced a bundle Of printed
forms which he said were used In
figuring the test cost Of cattle in Ar
mour & Co.'S offices. He said there
had been no change in the style Of the
printed forms used in six or seven
years. He explained in detail the
methods employed in figuring the test
cost giving all the items entered
against the carcass beginning with. u
killing charge of $2.75 per head.
He then enumerated the credit al
lowances deducted for by-products. He
said that different credits for by-pro-
ducts were figured in the "menoran-
dunn or red costeand the last" or
"test" cost
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-11
OUTSIDE STATES EXHIBIT.
Iowa Poultry Show Attracting Wide
Attention From, Fanejero,

Des Moines. Jan. 11-Fully 2.400
birds will be on exhibition at the coils.
cum here when the Iowa state poultry
and pet stock show opens tomorrow.
according to f. l.. Beck, secretary OF
the association. At least nine other
states besides Iowa will be represented
in the exhibits, and Mr.. Beck said to-
day that for the first time the show
would take on a national aspect.
Exhibits have been received from
West Virginia, Illinois. Indiana, Mis-
souri,, Kansas. Nebraska, Minnesota
New York and New Hampshire. The
entry list is said to be twice the size
of that in Chicago this year and twice
the size Of any show east of Chicago.
feature of the pet stock section
will be the pony show, In which at
leas. forty ponies will be on exhibition.
The annual meeting OF the associa-
ton will be held Monday night Of next
week. at which time 1t IL expected
Sioux City. Waterloo and probably
other cities will make strong efforts
to secure the show next year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-11
PRoGREsslvEs IN HOUSE RE
FUSE TO ACCEPT LEADER
MANN's picrAr!oN.
CAMPBELL PLACED ON RULES
COMMITTEE AFTER FIGHT
Twenty. Six Republicans and Many
Democrats Vote in Favor Of 'nsur-
gent Candidate, Observation-Disclosures
Political Debate induIsed In, First
Of Present Session.

Washington. Jan. 11-Republican in
surgency broke out i'll the house today
for the first time at this session of
congress, when Insurgent Leader Nor
ris. of Nebraska. bolted Republican
Leader tManns selection Of Philip
Campbell. Of Kansas. a regular. to sue
ceed the late e. III. Madison. Of Kan
sas, insurgent. on the house COM
mittee on rules. Mr.. Norris nominated
Victor Murdoch. Of Kansas. insurgent.
When Mr.. Norris nominated Mr..
Murdock Speaker Clark ruled that the
nomination would have to be voted on
as a substitute for the nomination Of
Campbell An old-time political de-
bate followed later, with the leaders
OF both sides participating.
The house sustained Republican
Leader Mann by defeating the nom
ination of Murdoch, 107 to 167. Twen-
'ty-six republicans voted in favor of
Murdoch. the remainder Of his vote be-
ing democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-11
To Go TO HSrxard.

Boston, Jan. 11.-Robert Bacon. Har !,
ward 80. United States anbassador TO
France. has beeE nomigiated.to an the
vacancy In the Harvard corporation.
caused by the death of Judge Francis
Cabot Lowell, Harvard 10.
I. The acceptance of this appointment
by Mr.. Bacon will necessitate his res
ignation from the Enthusiastically to
France, which he has Held only two
years. At the height OF his political
and diplomatic career he Is willing
and eager to make this great personal
sacrifice in order to devote the re.
mainder Of his life to the college Of
which he is a graduate.
Ambassador Bacon will move his
family from Paris, where they are now
occupying the American embassy. to
Boston, the city Of his Birth and early
life, in which he has not made his
home for nearly thirty years.
The Harvard corporation is self
perpetuating body and the nomina :.
tion was received at the meeting of the
board of overseers of Harvard college,
the concurrence of which Is necessary
as a matter of form. The board has
never been known to veto any selec-
tion made by the Harvard corpora
tiOn, rs;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-11
MORO UPRISING 10 END
American Troops Almost AnnihiIats
Last Of islanders Resisting United
States Authority-Twsnty-s Six Ma
tivss kilIed-Two American Are
Wounded.

Manila. Jan. 11.-Twenty Moros
were killed today while they were at
tempting to ambush body Of Ameri-
can troops on the island Of Jolo. In
the course Of the fighting Lieutenant
McGee, of the Second cavalry, was
shot twice and one American soldier
was wounded.
Brig. Gen. John Pershing, COM
mander Of the department of Min
danoa. in the course of conversation
declare that he believed this fight
would mark the end of the armed op-
position Of the Moros to American rule
in the island of Jolo, and more espe-
cially so in regard to the resistance
against the order for disarmament Of
the natives. The band Of Moros who
lay in ambush for the American troops
on the occasion comprised, he said,
the last remaining malcontents.