The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-24
KANSAS COMAENT
THE CASE OF COZ GoETHALs

THE CASE OF COL. COCKTAILS.
Not at all to the credit of the De-
mocracy coming shortly into power
rs the strength of the feeling in it's
. ranks against the appointment of Col.
George W. Cocktails, president of the
Isthmian Canal commission, and the
genius of the canals construction, to
governor of the canal zone. That ap-
polntnent would have come by nat
ura1 evolution, now that canal-con-
struction has advanced to the point at
winch the services of the commission
are no Longer necessary. He is the
man for the job. The whole country,
the Whole world knows this. But the
hungry Democrats want all the jobs
on the lsthmus. If the commission is
10 be discontinued, they want PreSi-
dent-elect Wilson to discontinue it
ana 10 appoint the governor of the
zone and all his SubordinateS. They
don't care for what Col. GoethalS has
done, nor for the equally great work
OF Col Gorgas, who destroyed malaria
IN the zone and thus enabled the bet
ter dong of Col. Cocktails work. They
see only the big salaries of the pres
ent regime and they want them for
their own people. They have found
reason sufficient unto themselves for
opposing the retention of the men who
made the canal-men by the way,
who chiefly are military and naval
men, and not politicians in any sense
of the word. The canal represents no
tnlng TO the emocratic politician but
patronage. They don't care for eff
cheney. The big work has been done
anyhow. Democratic appetite for Of
flee is stronger than patriotism. But
1t cannot be that a, man like Woodrow
Wilson will see the Panama situation
ger man than that. We look to Presi-
dent-elect Wilson in this matter to
save the Democracy from ITSELF
Jewell County Monitor.
KEEPING. "BOARDERS."
Many Kansas farmers are paying
for the privilege of milking their
cows. The average Kansas cow pro-
duceS about 100 pounds of butter in
year, which is just about enough to
pay the cost of her feed and care. The
farmer has nothing left in the way of
profits. One farmer, a short time ago,
began to keep an account of what it
was costing him to keep herd of
Is cows, and what they were return
ing in profits. After keeping the ac-
count for about a month, he decided
to turn all of the cows dry with the
exception of one or two of the best
ones. He found that, without count
ing his labor, it was costing him one
dollar more a day to feed and care
for those cows than they were return
ing in milk and its products. In other /
words, he was losing one dollar and
his time every day that he continued i
TO milk these eboarderS.''
Many other farmers are doing this
same thing, though they have not
found it out as this man did. BY Z
spending a little more money for cows |
and getting good ones the farmer can !
insure profit and success. One COW |
that is paying profits is better than |
any number that are merely paying |
their board or are consuming more |
than they produce. Every farmer
should keep his accounts so that he |
will know which animal is returning |
a profit and which one a loss. If this |
we're done, many of the average COWS, |
and those that fall below the aver |
age, would soon be for sale.-Kansas