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Washington Journal., 1912-04-06


Ser BIattOeut6e 8ereeit
periammelte ii9 m 9onnerstag I'M
ter &orfib oes @%rGiioenten @m.
8iegmann i'm neuen @ereinslofnle,
$. @aBmonn, 1877 7. ctr. uno err
leoigte peridieOene Di6tige @ei6af-
te.
2 GanOiOatem wuroen auf9enOmmen.
DOs 8er9nii9unssfOmite pom Ietteu
8al beri9tete, OaB Der ~finan3iulIe @rs
fOIs iebE SufrieOeniteuenb iei.
Gin &omite nurbe ernannt, UNI NEE
gen elmer @rturiOn mad MaribaQ 6ou
Obsr @beiapeat Bead @rtunOisnnsen
eiu3u3isbsn. 8sl9IOKen wurOe, am l.
Sonntag i'm SUM uuf Sim's Jarm Elm
Bic glic ab3uboIten. Sin Nun9 nit OBJ
lisOten GrfriidunSen i@IOB bic Uers
iommInng.
Ser @ermania M1nner9or bielt
am 9onnerstag 9lbeno feline regel-
mdBige ltebnngsltltnoe ab. gfad
Ablaltf oerielben fan0 cine fleine @e-
idaftsiiBuna itatt, in Der Die Ab-
re6mtngen bonn &on3ert un0 8aa
am Wontag ltattfan0en.
0OnnerstOs gIbsnO sinss semitIid gu
I'M Oberen Stib9en 6es baOil9sn 0irt
RarI 6. Braun, benz es ueriammslte
ii9 bort Der v@ermunia Mdnnsr@Or~.
6err @burIep 0iss IieB unIGBIi@ ieines
iinsft 9ebabten @eburtstases Elm SAP
Stages auffabren. Mutter 8ronn lers
uisrte einsn feinen Qun9 unO wurOe uns
ter 0irisent gbriitiani nader %seiun9en.
Ole @m. Sell 2oge ~Deriammel-
tie li1 0onnerstag Mbenos in Der
@ereinsbaue bon &arl Sammel, SEQ.
936 Ha. Mne. Ser 8eIu6 mar auBer-
oroentli9 gut. Der &ommanoeur
Serr Sean Sii6bab, prdiiOierte uno
nabm perl1ieoene &omite @eri6te
entgegen uno begriiBte Die teu auf-
genommenen Mitglieoer &arl @am-
pei unD Sob. @abriel. 0rei @elu6e
fir Mitglieoi6aft DurOen %entgegen-
genommen. Dos &omite fir @alier-
fabrt beri6tete Sorti9ritt.
8eileiosbel6liiiie pegen Oes iiingit
perftorbenen 8ruoers SriB S9miot
tpur0e eingerei6t uno angenommen.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Ser oeuti6e Neutrality-suspicious.,
0iItrift SEQ. 40, belt am Mittpoh
feline regelmGBige monatli6e Ser
iammlung ob unO beihloB, oaB in
3ufunft Die regeImdBigen 8erfamm-
llngen am /. Mittpod i'm Monat in
Ser &aae oes Serrn &arl Snmmel,
936 ga. Ape., obgebalten weroen
Ionen. Mu6 tpltroen 3 nelte Mait-
glieoer aufgennmmen un0 mebrere
anoere bOrgeihlagen.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Sni1rer @obnung, 1856 Gen.
Qoe., ltarb UNI Montag morgen Sralt
Surob &rafft, @ittpe bon George
8. &rafft. Die 8eeroigung fano ain
Vtittmo9 ltatt.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06
Seimdt bie ate Seimat6.

I'm leiner alten Seimatb, @ies-
BADEN, 0euti6lan0, einen 9eiu9 OBJ
3uitatten uno liebe @erpanote gu f.
ben, miro Serr Gbriltian 8eillteiu
am t6. Mpril nit Dem Dompfer
&ronprin3 @ilbelm Die &eiie iibers
groBe @alier a~ntreten. Sem Miit-
ter6en fam er ni9t mebr iebel1, iie
i9loB, pie oamals mitgeteiIt, Dor
ilngefGbr 3 Monaten 6ie Augen fir
INNER. 9[ber oas @rab Der Mut=
fer miro Serr 8eiIitein beiuhen Inn
einen &ran8 oarauf nieoer5ulegen.
@iiniden gliifli6e &eiie, gbriitianl
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

S II ben pielen &arfs ulO MnIa-
gen l1nferer StaOt beginnt es bereits
III griinen uno bliiben un0 an ffo=
uen Eagen, ME mir ite in Der leBtpn
ISOLDE batten, genieBt Der @rOenpil=
ger nit @onne Die friiden 9iifte Ser
er1ten Bitten.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

6 in begliidenoes 8epuBtietn fir
ven erIten Meni6en lit es, ni6t 5u
SEN 2euten 81 geb0ren, Oie nit ben
Sobren uno ben grfabrungen nidts
ler1en.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

am Mtttmo6 gau6mittag
muroen Die iroii9en lleberreite BON
Srou q. u. 9rurp, I'M Samilien-
Mauioleum auf Dem Mtoult Olipe
5rieobof our enigen Gltbe beigelebt.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Ger Gag lit gang uno gar ner=
loren, an Dem man ni6t menigitens
einmal fr1ftig iiber Die 9ummbeit
Ser Meni6en unO ~penigltens iiber
ieine eigene geIa6t bat.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

9err uafsin, Der Better Der Ser.
liner Sautrierten 3eitunS uuO UsrIsssr
leinsr S@riften, weI9e bel SrsntOnO,
NO. 1900 5 ctr. uuFissen, usrwsiIt
bsute unO SOnmtus in bielissr StaOt.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Sn einem @arteiaal oes Uni
on 8abnbofes muroe am Mittpo6
Die 2ei6e eines neugeborenen &in=
oes gefunOen. 9ieieIbe mar nit
peiBer @Gl9e befleiOet uno in alte
3eitungen eingebiiat. @er oieieIbe
oortbin geIegt bot, lit elm &GtieI. sic
mur0e mad Der Nfogu gei6afft.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Der SdugerbunO wirO nm SOnntas,
ben IA. b. SO. inter 9eitun9 Oes 9errn
@m. 6annemann ben 2. EbeuterabenO
ueranitaIten.
On anberer Steue lieit man iiber 6as
pom benz OameutIub am OltermOntag,
ben 8. b. SO. gu usranitaItenOe Gang
tran3@en.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

@m 0ienstog fomerl oie Mitglie-
Ser oes 69pGbifden &ranfen : I'm
terftiiBungsbereins in ibrem Ser
einslofal 1877 Z. Str, in ponatli9-
ct @%eriammlung 8uiammen uno par
auBer ben gemobnli6en Monatsge-
l6dften ntdts BON 8eoelttung 81 err
le0tgen.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Sn Der gOrcOran &uuftsuuerie 1T
elm aus9e5ei@net %seIunsenes @emdloe
Germ PrOf. 6ummers ausseiteat. Die
RinfIerin 1T 6rau Bulb 9rOwn uOn
bier.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Ger Sdwei3er @riitli gerein
belt 0onuerstag 9lbeno in Der Nri-
on @ale regelmdBige 8%eriammIing
ab. @ei9Gfte BON 8elang fir Die
9effentli9feit fameu nidt Dor.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Sn Sen 0ffentli9en S9uIen be-
gannen 0onnerstag Die iibli6en
S1terferien. Sic mer0en bis gum
is. @pril 0auern.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

9ie iogenannte offentli6e @eei-
nung lit Die Slide, morin ale 8abr-
beiten abgeidla6tet, gerupft, 5er-
baft, gei6mort uno geDiir5t tDeroen.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06
XANDER & PLUGGE
0erIan9t:

Mann unb Grou ubnr Rtnber, I'm auf riner
Gavm ~ a~rbeiten. nabe Der @tabt.
8. v. eUsan, SiISu @prins, @b.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06
NerIanaE

Gin beutI&es M6b&tn, gum Rcten unb fir
0ausnrbett gum 1. MGrs. Ta@sulraosn 1861
@irarb CTR, q. %.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

SefOrst ais Dertreter oes KOnfuIs ale
omtIi6en anseIeeenReiten nit oen Seb0r'
oen, Somilien etc. in Deutf8Iuno.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06

Office; 7f0 @s@ft @traBs, ROrbpef.
TslepbOn; Drain 7789.
Washington Journal., 1912-04-06
stiOtii6e NeniSteitem.

samStas, Den 6. apriI 1912.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01
Smallness Of Receipts Brings
an Advance in Wheat.
Reaction Comes Later and the
Close Is Lower.
CORN GOES UP RAPIDLY
Owing to Reports of Serious
DrOuth in Missouri.
Bear Spectators Hammer Pro-
visions to Lower Level.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-WHEAT-Hardenin
OF the wheat market took place today
because receipts here were small Arrivals
amounted only to LIP cars this morning
against 3S2 a year ago. Very little red
winter was coming in and other wheat
was sold out on liberal scale.
opening prices were &c lower to kc
higher. September started at 93skc to 931xc,
unchanged to NC off and then rose to
94kc.
Subsequently prices reacted 1t was as
serted that the. total yield this season
might reach as high as 700, 000,0 600 bushels.
The close was steady with September at
9312Q93ssc, g. net gain of a shade.
CORN-Corn advanced rapidly owing to
reports that the Missouri crop was on
the verge of serious damage by dry
weather. September opened unchanged to
1sc down at 665sc to 667zc and assembled to
67ssc.
A further upturn ensued. shorts cover
ing freely. The close was firm, 1870 net
higher for September at 6S1sc. Cash corn
No. 2, 74Q7413c; No. white, 761z@77c; No.
yellow, 75@75Ac. No. 3, 7307319c; No. 8
white, z51sQ76c; No. yellow, 74l74szc; No.
4, 7015Q721zc; No. 4 white, 73@74c; No. 4
yellow. 71720731kc.
OATS-On the theory that oats at a
cent a pound had merit, commission
house were supplied with orders to pur-
chase that cereal. September started a
shade to sc off at 32zzG327sc to 327sc and
climbed to 331s@33Ac.
PROFESSIONALISM spectators ham
mered provisions and made prices weak.
First sales ranged from last nights level
to cents below September. $500 for pork /;
RYE-No. 2, 75c-
BARLEY-4SGS2c.
TIMOTHY-$4. 0O0I6.00.
CLOVER-$1o. O0D15.00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01
County Re-oiIs the Roads.

Work of re-oiling West Sixth and
West Tenth roads was completed
Wednesday night by the county COM
miSsioners. The roads both We're oiled
over that portion that had been oiled
before, West Tenth for a distance of
about three miles and West Sixth to
the Catholic cemetery, beyond Gage
park.
Work in re-oiling the Highland
Park road will begin this afternoon
or tomorrow. Next Monday the coun-
ty board will oil new strip of road
west of the reform school on the up
per Silver Lake road. A mile of this
road will be oiled as an experiment,
which if it proves successful will con-
stitute the beginning of the oiling of
the entire road to Silver Lake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01
KILLS HER RIVAL.
French Story Writer Stays American
Woman in Her Home.

Paris, Aug. Mime. Bloch, a story
writer, and contributor to chiIdren's pa
pers, proceeded to the home of Mrs.
Bridgeman, wife of James E. Bridgeman,
an employee of the Paris agency of the
New York Life Insurance company, and
shot her dead. Mrs. Bridgeman, who was
separated from her husband, resided in an
apartment in the Rue Vignon under the
name of Bernard, her maiden name. Sac
was the daughter of Henry Bernard OF
Milwaukee.
The tragedy was the outcome of an at
tachment between Nine Bloch's husband
and Mrs. Bridgeman. Mime. Bloch. VIII :,
remained quite cool and composed after
the shooting, seemed to be well satisfied
with what she had done. She told the Do
lice that Mrs. Bridgeman had made her
life almost unbearable for two years. Be
fore she killed her. Nine. Bloch read let
tiers which her husband had written to
her indicating tat he still had affection
for her, but Mrs. Bridgeman, she said,
laughed in her face. 1t was then that sac
drew a revolver from her hand bag and
shot down the woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01
READY TO PRINT.
Topeka Printers Holding Ballots for
Word From L. s. Court Today.

The Republican ballots for Shawnee
county are all ready to print, but viii
be held for a decision of the supreme
court. expected tonight. In order to
be sure to be ready to begin printing
at once two forms have been made up
one including the names of the Roose-
Welt electors and the other leaving them
out. So no matter which way the case
is decided the forms may go on the
press without delay and the work OF
printing the ballots will begin.
ST am sure we will be ready for the
primary" Clerk Samuel G.. Zimmerman
SAYS 1--WE may have to do some hust-
ling, but we will be ready all right.
Whichever way the decision goes we
will run one form on the press at
once and then change the other form
to comply with the decision. The print
ing will then be rushed as fast as pos
sible.'
Zimmerman thinks he may be able
to finish the printing and folding by
Saturday night. But if he does not,
he still has until Monday night to COM
plete the work and place the ballots
and election supplies in the hands of
the election officers. Everything is
ready so that not a minute will be lost
after the decision is known here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01
OUT OF THE WORLD.
Shawnee Officer Takes Four Men to
State Prison.

Four convicts, all of those con-
victed during the April term of the
district court who did not appeal to
the supreme court, were taken to the
state prison at Lansing, Kan, by
Sheriff Norton to begin serving their
sentences The men are Charles
Smith. convicted of horse theft; B.
F. Graft, who pleaded guilty to en-
bezzIement; Ed Pillow, convicted of
the murder of his wife, and Joseph
Glabasnia, sentenced for wife deser-
ton.
Glabasnia is the first man to be sent
to the state prison from this county
for deserving his wife and family. A
score of desertion cases have been
brought and a number of pleas of
guilty have been entered, but sentence
in each case has been suspended
pending the support of their families
on the part of the prisoners.
GIabasnia, who is tailor, also was
given his freedom by the court after
he pleaded guilty. But he failed to
make good a promise to support his
family, and was picked up and his
parole revoked.
Several persons were convicted dur
ing the term who have appealed to
the supreme court and a stay of ex-
ecution has been secured. Included
in this list is James Dunford, convict
ed of an assault on Joseph Drake, a
young street car conductor, and H.
e. Fletcher, convicted of shooting
Otto Boyd, 16-year-oId boy, last
Halloween night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01

and Weber on Forty-Second street al
ter the killing. Mr.. Whitman, who mas
| been advised by several supreme coul'
! justices to go slow, said today:
THE court of appeals has held tnat
! there must be some corroporatioh "a
the testimony of accomplices. .
THE establishment of motive II
corroboration. There is no doubt IN my
mind that the motive has been estab-
lished.''
The grand jury probably will not re-
sumo its investigation into the case VI
til the district attorney has more heeu
ed testimony in hand. Whllnah a. a.
investigating stories that becAer -
worth nearl-- a million dollars =.
The appearance of Sam Schepps IL
keenly awaited at the prosecutor u,
flee. Schepps, according TO tne So
told by Rose to the district attorney
received 81 Don in hills from Rose which
Becker had handed him. Rose say :
Schepps gave this money TO E1a II
Horowitz, otherwise known as Glo' .Ne
Blood and Louis Rosenzwlg.
Graft sum Not Even Estimated.
The statement of Jack Rose, the 1n-
former in the Rosenthal case, tnaC On
annual tribute of 81, ,oOO mas peen "a
acted by the police from gamblers anu
others for protection is not cou-
siGered extravagant by many OF tnose
familiar with conditions In the unueI
world of New York City AS lhaee 1I
of fact, the amount stated Is m eey
500 600 a year less than was collecteo
some twelve wears ago, according to an
alleged expose of the gambling sICue]Iio az
published by New York newspaper IN
March, 1900. This article Which cIeece
a great sensation at the time anese
that 5000, 900 was the yearly tr1pute VI
keepers of gambling houses 10 IIe
police and other powers OF the city soV-
eminent for protection.
The article and its assertions tnat
men ''high in the counsels OF Tarninahy
HaIl' had been receiving money from
the gambling combine led to the APP
pointment of a committee or i've OF
which Louis Nixon was chairman, 10
investigate the truth of the charges In
his official report Mr.. Nixon said:
He Cleared Tammany.
There is an organization of men,
known as the combine that IS organ
lied for systematic blackmail and they
cloak their workings by pretending TO
be paying Tammany Hall the money
they collect for the protection they are
supposed to furnish in its name
1.-The men who wish to open places
know whom to see, and having found
that certain men who act in defiance Of
the combines orders are given snort
strift are naturally inclined to believe
that these men do collect this money on
account of Tammany Hall, and that Il
matters reach a climax this organ1za-
ton will protect them. This accounts
fol the almost defiant attitude of the
gamblers
According to one authority the
amount collected in 1899 by the ''com-
bine'' was as follows:
400 pool rooms, $500 each, per month,
81 .44O 900.
500 crap games, $3.50 each, per month,
$9OG, 900.
200 gambling houses, $3.50 each per
month, $3.50, 900.
&c large gambling houses, $1,000 each
per month, $240, 600.
so envelope games, $50 per month,
$50, 900.
Policy, per year, 1925, 900.
Total So, 095, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01

E. NJ. Dean. Topeka; H. w. Shaffer,
Williamsport; Nathan Aye, TecHmseh:
H. S. Sterard. Soldier: T. W. Israel.
Topeka; T. P. Fraser, Topeka; Peter
BIoomquist, Topeka; I. C. Johnson,
silver Lake; John Ferguson, Topeka;
H. W. Doane, Topeka; Albert Roser,
Rossville; NJ. l. Warner, Topeka; A. v.
Steek. Soldier; A. C. Ticehurst. Topeka,
John Whitlow, Topeka; George Wag-
G. w. Bronson, Topeka; j. A Bidwell,
Topeka; w. S. Fleming, Jr., Tecumseh;
w. NJ. Brassfield, Topeka; E. Burt, To-
peka: E. A. Bailey, Topeka; t. J.
Jamison, Soldier: D. L. Gabriel, To-
peka; ]. n. Graft. Topeka; w. H. Free,
Topeka; W. S. Butner, Dover; w. r.
I.esgitt ToDeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01
JULY WAS HOT
One of Hottest in Last %
Years at Topeka.
Average Temperature Was so,
2 Degrees Above Normal.

According to the official report made
out at the local weather Office. July was
one of the hottest months in the It
years in which records have been kept
in Topeka. It was the windiest July on
record. There were more clear days
than usual for July, and the preclplta-
ton was below normal The report
reads:
.aThe records of the local Weather
Bureau show that there have been but
Eve months in % years that have had a
higher temperature than this month.
These were June, 1911, July, 1890, and
1901, and August, 1900. In spite OF tn1S'
however the month passed without a
day when the temperature rose anoVe
eS degrees and there were comparative
" few days or nights that were uncom-
fortably warm, though there is no July
on record when the temperature failed
t. go lower at Topeka some time during
the month than the lowest experienced
this month.
1.-THE total rainfall was less than has
fallen in % of the past &c Julys, but it
was SO well distributed through the
month that it sufficed for almost all
needs.
s'This was the windiest July on
record, the average hourly wind We
Iocity being 10 per cent higher than that
OF any previous July, but there were no
storms during the month and no winds
that reached 30 miles an hour.
"a more detailed account of the
months weather gives the average tenn
perature as so degrees which is 2 de-
grees above normal. The highest tenn
perature experienced was SO degrees on
the 18th and the lowest was GA degrees
on the 18th.
1.-The total rainfall was 2.31 inches
25+ inches below normal and less than
that received during either May or June
of this year. This makes deficiency
of $50 inches in the precipitation re-
ceIved at Topeka since the first of the
year. Measurable rain fell on 10 days
of the month, which is a larger number
OF rainy days than July has had in 9
of the previous 26 years. The heaviest
24-hour rainfall was 0S0 of an inch on
the GOTH
THE average hourly wind velocity
was 10 miles, and the prevailing wind
was from the south. The highest wind
that blew during the month was 81
miles an hour on the End.
Fourteen days of the month were
clear, Is were partly cloudy and were
cloudy, which is slightly more sunshine
than Topeka usually receives in J1lv'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01
A T. R. TICKET.
CONTINUED fro.n Page one.l

Roosevelt electoral candidates in the
primaries in a vain hope that they
would defeat the progressive cause by
keeping the names off the ballot.
Garry Fight to November.
With a firm determination to carry
their fight to the November election, to
claim every Office in the state and an
electoral delegation of ten for Roose-
welt, the interest surrounding the pri-
mary election contest has lost SAVIOR.
Should the Roosevelt electoral candi-
dates carry the primary, they would
be placed at the head of the Republic
can ticket in November. forcing the
Taft electoral candidates to the blank
column, where they would probably
be placed by petition
No announcement has been made as
to the names of candidates who will
probably land a place on the Third
party ticket in Kansas. This matter
will not be determined until after the
August primaries. Then the campaign
will be conducted along strictly pro-
gressive lines and a three cornered
tight waged for the control of the leg
islature and all state offices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01
TAFT IS NOTIFIED.


ICor tinred from Page 0ne1
than mere expression of choice
among different party leaders repre-
senting the same ideas. You have
been nominated because you stand
pre-eminently for certain fixed and
essential principles which the Re
publican party maintains. You be-
lieve in the rule of law rather than
the rule of man. You realize that
the only safety for nations, as for in
diViduals. is to establish and ABIDE py
declared principles of action. You are
in sympathy with the great practical
rules of right conduct that the Amer
lean people have set up for their own
guidance and self-restraint in the linn
itations of the constitutiOn-the limi-
to tionS upon governmental and Off
cial power essential to the preserva-
ton of liberty and justice. You know
that to sweep away those wise rules
of self-reStraint would not be prog
ress, but decadence. You know that
the great declarations of principle in
our constitution can not be made an
eifectual guide to conduct in any
other way than by judicial judgment
upon attempts to violate them; and
you maintain the independence, dig
nifty and authority of the courts of the
United States.
Pledges Him Support.
You are for progress along all the
lines Oh IldIiOIldl QGN6iOpIIAOIly Dul AOA
progress which still preserves the good
we already have and holds fast to those
essential elements of American institu-
items which have made our country
prosperous and great and free. You
represent the spirit of kindly considers
ton by every American citizen towards
al his fellows, respect for the right of
adverse opinion, peaceable methods Of
settling differences-the spirit and
method which made orderly and peace
fu' self-government possible, as, dis
tinguished from intolerable and hatred
and violence.
In respect of all these things our
country is threatened from many sides.
Tt is your high privilege to be the
standard bearer for the cause in which
you believe; and in that cause of peace
and justice and Liberty the millions of
your countrymen who believe as you
dc will stand with you, and the great
party which was born in the struggle
fol constitutional freedom will support
yOu.f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01


Asked if the railroads would be able
to handle the Kansas crop promptly,
Mr.. Nicholson said that che Santa Fe
had a program for taking care of the
rush on its lines which he believed
would prove satisfactory to shippers.
The division freight agents, working
with the station agents, keep in close
touch with farmers and grain dealers,
and cooperate with them in arranging
for the disposition of marketable
crops in such a manner as to reduce
congestion to the minimum.
I'VE have purchased new equipment
up to our financial limit" Mr.. Nichol-
son said, land intend to give our
patrons the best service within our
power. Shippers along the Santa Fe,
L believe, realize this, and will CO.
operate with US in meeting the condi-
ton brought about by a tremendous
yield of farm stuff which the pro-
ducers want transported to market at
the earliest possible moment"
Freight Rate Agitation.
Asked about the freight rate agita-
| ton, Mr.. Nicholson said:
This brings me to a line of thought
which has not been generally exploited:
that the actual user of our facilities by
| that I mean the actual shipper-the
man who ships constantly over our
rails-is not the one who is forever
seeking a reduction in freight rates.
True, he sometimes brings to our atten-
ton, and occasionally to the attention
o. the commissions, the relationship of
freight rates, but in the main his
efforts are for efficient service, and not
in the direction of pulling down the
revenues. If it has been left entirely to
the actual shippers, I believe that a
movement would have crystallized to
prevent reduction in the revenues Of
the railroads. Possibly it might have
gone in the direction of asking the pub
lie authorities to permit an increase in
the revenues of the railroads, so that
there could have been, as there should
be, with every railroad, a surplus over
and above a reasonable return to the
investors in the property, to be dedi-
Gated to the maintenance of the road.
the acquiring of proper facilities. and
the furnishing of a surplus equipment
to take care of rush times.''
Mr.. Nicholson said he was interested
in the movement in Kansas for inten-
sified farm development. The proposed
statewide conference of farmers would,
in his opinion, render the state a service
which could not be estimated in dollars.