The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-05
FROM OTHER PENS
WHO DIE on TRACKs9

- O4N
1t has commonly been assumed that
the great proportion of those killed
while eSpassin On the tracks of rail-
way pan are of hat class known
as tranlps or hoboes. That the con-
trary is the fact IS the Conclusion
reached by Frank v. Whiting. general
claims attorney of the New York Cen
lral mes who has made an interesting
study of this problem. OF the 1885
persons killed on our railways in 1911.
5,284 met death while -trespassfnx on
railway property, and of these 4.I25
were reported as having been struck
ny engines or cars, which means that
they were walking or standing on the
tracks, Mr.. Whiting has made a care
rul nation of 1000 cases result
ing IN ne deaths OF trespassers and
nnds that the great majority of them
were not of the class of aimless wan
derers who might be expected to be
careless of their lives. but were bust
ness men or professional men. regu-
!arIy employed workingmen and mem
bers of their families, whose deaths
are a distinct loss to the nun
Most OF these people lived or worked
near the railroad tracks, and were
using trem in place of the regularly
established highways, presumably for
convenience or the saving of tfme
FAILURE to pass stricter laws against
erespass-r.g OF this character is given
as the principal cause for such q con-
clifton, and 1t would seem that there
should be more intelligent n
tion on ffe part of the lawmakers with
the entfts OF the railroads to reduce
this kf7ih OF fatalities, which yearly
so many whose services and
companienship are thus unnecessarily
lost TO he state and to the family.
Traveller.
PRICE OF BEEF.
VIII the price of beef ever fan IN
where a man on a small salary can
AFFORD to buy a roast for use on a
Sunday? The indications are that such
a drop is exceedingly unlikely, at least
Tor the present and a considerable
time to come. Two car loads of Mis-
souri, steers rave been sold in the 81
Louis stock yards at the highest price
ever known at this season of the year,
AS a means of coping with the prob
lem of high priced meat the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat advises its readers TO
each keep a steer in his back yard.
The subject lends itself to the hIIarf-
GUS p~aragrapher whose salary is SO
large that it matters no to him
whether the price is on the level with
the man on the sidewalk or az high
as the Singer building, but to the man
who is shoveling gravel at $3.50 or 81
day 1T is a very serious matter. The
who works with his muscles
a high price, to pay a high price he
must have more pay, but his boss saws
raise" Is out of the question. Meat
experts say the price of grain is ris-
the number Of cattle now in pas
lure is below the average. Because
Of these facts. together with the in
creased emand due to greater pop
the rise in price is perfectly
Admitting that it is, what
mas 1t to do with the case? The fact
hat the rise is perfectly normal does
1ot make 1t any easier for the work.
ngman to buy the amount he needs.
Via the workingman wants to know
8 whether anything can be done to
good, sound, fresh, wholesome
neat within its reach, and how soon
he initial step towards such an end
8 likely to be Observation-Disclosures
Democrat and Chronicle.