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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
RECORD OF L. C. @.

In a summing up of the work of the
interstate commerce commission for
the year 1912 ''The Bache Review
closes it with these words:
1.-The result is that railroad credit
has been badly crippled and the whole
country is feeling the ill effects. Poll
ticians are the only ones who have
benefited so far in the campaign
against business and railroad progress,
and the people should, before long,
become aware of this
The interstate commerce commits
sion was appointed to carry out the
plan of regulating railways.
The regulation, this last year has
consisted largely in reducing rates to
meet the views of rival shippers and
communities and in suspending all adj
vances, except an insignificant few.
Under this treatment, quoting the
same authority, the average receipts
of the railroads have been reduced
over $42,0OO,000. This sum added to
the earnings of the roads, would have
placed their net income at a sufficient
ly attractive figure to have induced
investments in their securities all over
the world, 1t must be remembered
that these are reductions for only one
year.
During this time the commission has
heard and decided 375 rate cases. OF
these, in 243 or 65 per cent, the COM
mission granted reduction, reparation,
or declared the existing rate unreason-
able, leaving 1872 cases in which the
complaint was dismissed, but with no
advantage to the railways. In addi
ton to these 24S de1iberative decisions,
the commission entered no less than
1892 informal reparation orders. all
tending to deplete railway revenues"
This is the record of one years work
of the interstate commerce commits
sion in relation to our greatest indus
try. 1t comes, as a further reduction
otter the adverse decision in the adj
vance rate cases in 1911, when the
railroads of the country were stopped
from the increase of freight rates,
which had been applied for, a year
before, and were badly needed then.
In addition, state legislations have
continued to hamper the railroads, I'M
doubtedly contributing to this result
of small mileage. Texas, with it's $685.
600 square miles of territory, shows
increase of only 2O6 miles during the
year, when there is crying need there
for 1000 miles at least. Let the legis-
lators- of these various states stop and
ask themselves whether they have
helped the people in their endeavors
to punish capital. Have they not hurt
the people more even than they have
the railroads?
The extra charges, if the increase
in rates asked for in May, 1910, by
the railroads, had been granted, would
have been widely distributed, adding
comparatively small, burden to the
shipper, who would, in turn, have
recovered from the distributor, and
the added expenses would have pass
ed along, continually spreading and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
AYHAWKER JOTS

Edison Bet of Fredonia has obtained
a job with the General Electric Co.
That seems appropriate.
They are still playing basketball in
southeastern Kansas although the
baseball season has been open more
than week.
The editor of the Manhattan Mer-
curry has sprung a deadly parallel on
his unsuspecting brother editor of the
Nationalist.
Some towns never lose an oppor-
tunity to get into the limelight. Well
ington lays claim to the woman who
chopped down her lover in Kansas
City.
1t is a commendable thing to save
something for rainy day, says Anna
Carlson, but some folks save as if they
expected to live two hundred years
with rainy days scattered all along
the way.
The Caldwell Advance tells a story
of a girl who is SO tender hearted she
cannot bear to see her mother, who is
crippled with rheumatism, do the
family washing-so she goes away
from home on waShday!
After killing one man and wrecking
two or three trucks by trying to turn
corners at too high speed, says the
lola Register, the Hutchinson fire de-
partment has been ordered to let the
fires burn a little longer.
Ewing Herbert, Charley Harger,
Will White, and E. E. Kelly-Kansas
editors-all use violet ink when they
write with pen. This is the hall
mark of Literary cuss, says Conner
Davies, and each is entitled to the
mark.
After forty-five years of service
with the Union Pacific railway, "a of
those years as conductor of a pas
senger train between Kansas City and
Ellis, Kan, S. B. Lightcap of Abilene,
has been retired at the age of 10
years, with a pension from the rail-
road company of $64 a month for the
remainder of his life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ArCHIsoN GLOBE.

A woman's helplessness is quite a help
to her.
Weathering big storms is what makes
big men.
A check book is the most important au-
tograph album.
1t is hard for a sweet girl grad to real
ize she has a good deal to learn.
Some people regard a present as a
bride, and others consider it a trade.
Baseball is a great game, but less won
derful than the baseball language.
AS a man grows old and nervous he
feels that the dog tax should be higher.
One trouble is that the man a woman is
afraid of isn't the one she is chasing.
The man who shirks, postpones and
procrastinates will be a dependent all of
his life.
The man who is always in a hurry may
have too much to do, but he won't do it,
Then there is the gent who maintains a
permanent crouch he designates as dig
nifty.
Children cry so much we are sometimes
disposed to discount the happy days of
childhood.
Don't be SO blamed industrious you will
enjoy friends funeral as a means of
getting day off
Warm weather has again barred many
elbows and reminded mankind of the
chicken picking industry.
A man who goes fishing can have worse
luck than not catching anything; he can
catch German carp.
Compliments may swell a mans head,
but the difficulty of getting them makes
this a distant danger.
At this season of the year. as he listens
to the warbling of the bluebirds and fish
worms. it is hard for an ornery boy to
appreciate the value of an education.
Noting the Bulgarian influence on fash
ions, this model of modesty hopes there
will be no general hostilities in Darkest
africa where bracelet is complete
wardrobe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
EVENING CHIT
Gas the Twig Is Bent-
NJ RITA CAMERON.

The laundryman, for some unknown
reason, was two days late with the laun-
cred one morning that he hadn't single
clean collar.
Where are the clean coIlars?" he call
She left the toast to burn and hurried
into the bedroom to answer him.. why,
the laundry hasn't come" she explained
apologetically- Il don't know why; 1t
never was So late before. I'm awfully
sorry. Her tone was extremely apollo
getic and her manner most deprecating.
NOW the head of the house was new to
mas and didn't know exactly what heads
of houses did under such circumstances.
But when he heard his wifes apologize
tone, he took his cue from that. Evident
~ he was expected to blame her, so he
did. I'D like to know what I'm going to
90: he growied in a most accusing man
haven't a clean collar to put on. I sup
pose I'll have to use one of those half
dirty ones. Give me the laundry bag. 1
wish you'd see that 1 don't get caught
like this again.
OF course she fastened to hand him the
bag; and of course she promised not to
offend again as humbly as if she had real
ly been to blame; and of course she was
very sweet and solicitous at breakfast to
atone for the sin she hadn't committed;
and of course he graciousiy relented, as
heads of houses usually do when they
have relieved their minds by blaming
some one for their annoyances.
And lastly, of course that man is going
to develop into a household bully. Twen-
ty years from now he will be a confirmed
tyrant in his home Why shouldn't he be
when his wife is evidently so eager to be
tyrannfzed over? When you see a spoiled
child you can know there is a spelling
mother behind him When you see a
bullying, tyrannical husband, you can
know that he has a wife who has helped
to develop this attitude.
It's tremendous relief to the mind to
have some one to blame for anything that
annoys you. Therefore when a wife shows
she is willing to be reproached for every
unpleasant thing that happens, whether
1t is really her fault or not, do you blame
tho husband for using this safety valve
whenever he has feeling of annoyance?
don't. At least no more than 1 blame
the wife for taking that attitude
Good husbands, like good children, must
be trained from the very start. A wrong
attitude at the beginning means an ever
widening breach between what is and
what ought to be. The wife who wants To
live with a reasonable, just husband. and
not tyrant will not invite her husband
to blame her for things that are not her
fault.
She will sympathize with him for his
annoyances, and try to help him out of
them, but she will not apologize for them
when she knows she is entirely guiltless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
You help a lot sometimes by not
giving advice.
Life would be mighty monotonous if it
were all sunshine.
Happiness depends half on what we do
and half on what we don't.
Some women go in for the high brow
pose, while others prefer the low neck.
In trying to get to the top don't place
too much dependence on the elevator.
Some people are so hard to please that
their friends eventually give up trying
Nell-"Isn't Maude the snippy thing?"
Belle-"Yes, that girl is as stuck up as a
pin cushion
Sillicus-Some men seem able by ma
ture to govern themselves" Cynicus-
And others get married.
Troubles come disguised as well as
blessings" remarked the Cynical Bach
elor MANY a chaperon has developed
into a matchmaker"
You can reach mans heart through
his stomach" quoted the Wise Guy. II
wonder if the missionaries who go to the
cannibal islands ever think of that?'' sug-
gested the Simple Mug.
Blobbs-"A fool and his money are soon
parted" SlobbS-"How about fool and
her money!" Blobbs-''Oh they generally
marry into the nobility. which amounts to
the same thing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
A WAY TO LOWER PRICES.

A method of increasing the meat
supply and reducing the cost is sug-
gested by the Stock Yards Nugget pub
lished at Kansas City. 1t is to quit
eating veal. Eat pork or mutton or
matured beef and the packers and kill
ers, finding the demand gone, will quit
buying the calves.
The United States is the greatest
veal-consuming country in the world,
the demand for veal having increased
100 per cent in the past decade. Ac-
cording to the year book of Swift &
Co. there were slaughtered during 1911
5000, 900 calves averaging 20 pounds in
weight. Had they been allowed to
live one year they would have averag-
ed 600 pounds and woulu have given
the country 1880, 100000 pounds of beef
instead OF only $50, O00,0 pounds of
veal. This, it is estimated, would be
sufficient to furnish a city of 100000
people with it's total meat supply for
over so years. Reducing this to one
year basis, it would do the same thing
for a country of 17,500000 inhabitants
for one year. In other words the young
calves slaughtered in 1911 to satisfy
the call for veal, would have furnished,
had they been allowed to live one year,
sufficient beef for over one-fifth of our
population for a whole year.
South American countries passed
laws making it an offense subject to
severe penalty to slaughter female
calves, heifers or cows under six years
of age. The object of these laws was
to increase the breeding herds. The
result has been three times as many
calves as there were formerly, and
from male calves the markets obtain
a bigger supply of veal and baby beef
than it ever did before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

dividing up, to the wholesaler, the
dealer, and afterwards in infini-
tesimally small portion would have
rested upon the consumers. But the
vivifying effect in giving credit to the
railroads, enabling them to readily
place securities, would have meant
large expenditures and operations by
them benefiting nearly all other in
dustriaI enterprises and out of this
every consumer would have profited
tenfold.
Not only was the 1910 request for
this advance held up, and finally IN
February, 1911, adversely ruled upon,
but existing rates have been steadily
reduced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
CITIES IN BUSINESS.

The Massachusetts, house of repre-
sentatives by a vote of 211 to Ii has
agreed on an amendment to the con-
stitution of the state authorizing the
legislature to allow cities and towns
to purchase and sell to their inhabi-
tants the necessaries of life. If the
amendment shall be adopted the .ques-
tion naturally will arise, what are the
necessaries of life? That will be de-
cided in time, by the courts.
The Socialists, like most reformers,
do not win many offices, but they are
fixing their imprint on legislation
more and more as time goes on. The
public no longer SHES at the name.
SociaIistic legislation when enacted by
the Socialists themselves might be OBJ
jectionable but when enacted by Re-
publicans and Democrats it is all right.
A rose by any other name, etc.
After all, the main point is that the
people are likely to be the gamers.
In Europe, where the Socialists are
much stronger than they are in this
country, the cities are far ahead of
ours in the matter of supplying the
public needs through the municipali-
ties. In addition to operating what are
known as public utilities they build
tenements and lodging houses for the
poor and rent them at cost. Some have
also established public laundries and
abattoirs.
Probably there is little ordinarily done
by private interests that could not De
done as well and more cheaply by the
mI1nicipality
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

The news coming from Hutchinson
is to the effect that the stockholders
in the fair association at that place
have succeeded in unloading their
burden onto the people of Reno
county. the people having voted bonds
to the amount of $4,000 for that
purpose. Now that it is all over and
no harm can be done, the Hutchinson
newspapers, in the interest of fair
ness and truth, should correct the
silly stories they published during the
campaign to the effect that Topeka
and Wichita had paid agents in the
county fighting the bonds. Neither
city is throwing away it's money.
Probably nobody outside of Reno
county believes that there will ever be
a state fair at Hutchinson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
Furnishes All Liars.

In Timbuctoo there is a venerated
tomb. 1t is the tomb of Sidi Iaia. The
marabout who there reposed was dur
ing life the most truthful of men, 1t
is for this reason that his name is the
supreme attestation of all oaths. The
people visit his sepulchre to Swear
upon it as they swore in the middle
ages on the relics of saints. The one
making oath kneels before the mauso-
leum, and Introducing his head into a
window, speaks to the dead.
"Iidi Iala, if what 1 say is false cut
off my head!"
1t is averred throughout the country
that no liar can ever withdraw his
head from the hole. Sid Iafa seizes
him by the ears and tears his head
from his shoulders. For this reason
none except those with clear con-
sciences dare expose themselves to this
ordeal.
A negress accused by her spouse
of misconduct was brought by the
husband to the famous tomb. With
fearful soul she scarcely passed the top
of her head within the Dullseye. Fur
Their. furtherl" cried the husband. She
obeyed. Now, swear!' With a faint
voice she swore.
Sidi Iaia did not bulge and the wife
rose in triumph. do you doubt me
now?' she asked Then intoxicated
with joy, she began to dance. Scarcely
had she begun to do SO when she
sprained her foot and cried out, Par
don, Sidi Iaia, pardon for having lied
to thee. 1 have deceived my husband.
Miserable woman" yelled the hus-
band, who began to shower blows on
her bare, brown shoulders But the
people interfered. sid has just pun
ished her." they said, land you have
no right to do So"
From that day the woman was sane
titled by the chastisement she had re-
aofyod She is now the guardian of the
tomb of Sidi Iaia and shares with the
saint the emoluments given for au-
thenticating the oaths in her pres
ence.-Kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

With rubber on the free list, it may
be possible for the president to pur-
chase set of rubber tires for Vice
President Marshall
And it may prove effective. For a
new machine, the V. p. is some rat
tier.
Another advantage that might be
derived from cheap rubber. The SEN
ate may afford to purchase a rubber
hat for a certain western member.
According to Chief wilmarth, there
may be autos in town that can out
run the fire trucks, but their owners
had better refrain from proving it.
Regardless of some of the freaks in
women's dresses, the mere man may
still find some improvement in latest
fashions; one of them calls for short
er hat pins.
The Harvard professor who predicts
a nOiseleSS world, must be expecting
that millennium when politicians will be
a thing of the past.
A Frisco cashier feels sad because
he must serve ten years for stealing
$207, 000 A lot of us have to serve
longer for less-but it is because we
don't steal it.
Wolgast feels that he needs a rest.
That makes it about unanimous.
The only way to argue with some
people is to use either a damp elm club
or a brass band.
When a woman takes up physical
culture, she has two ends in view
either to reduce or increase her cir
conference.
Another difference between notoriety
and fame is that notoriety last longer.
When a girl stops using postcards
for all her correspondence it is a sign
that she has reached the "mush' stage,
and has a boob on the string.
Everybody could be happy If their
troubles affected them no more than
they affected their friends.
1t might be said of the Oklahoma
booze dealers who lost 300 gallons at
one swipe, that they were caught in
the Webb law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
SAYS UNCLE CIV

Have a care how you warn us that
other men and other mems ideas are
dangerous. We are all the more like
ly in the end to espouse them. FIRE.
quently when we seek to destroy a
man or thing, we merely succeed in
advertising him or it.
There is more than a little sense
in that old fable concerning Pan
dora and the box. If there had been
no intimation of danger, the little
lady's curiosity wouldn't have got the
best of her. 1t would have been
heap better policy upon the part of
the custodians of the box to have
applied the Vermifuge quietly and eff
fectively before calling Pannie's at
tention to the fact that there were in
teresting possibilities beneath the lid.
The world is full of Pandoras and
Pandora's boxes. We run across them
every day or two in religion, politics,
industry, art and science. Usually,
instead of disposing of the trouble
hives quietly, we go about uttering
warnings. The result is that some
body lifts the lid and there's the
dickens to pay.
If you wish to make somebody's
mental vagary seem sane, just talk
about it. You'll finally establish a
following for it by telling your neigh
borS how insane it Is.
If you wish to make the cheap and
tawdry popular to the exclusion of
the mer1tOrlOuS, talk ABOUT II, warn
people against it. Ask the popular
song man; he knows.
If you would make vice as pleasing
as virtue, discuss it in Mortified tones
at every possible opportunity: You'll
get the rest of us interested in some
thing we had never given thought to
and We'll find out for ourselves
Is there a dangerous political doc
trine that threatens to raise hob with
the hoi polIoi? Get out on the street
corner and damn it from Sacarapa 10
Pot, Texas, and in due time the dear
public will. rise up and embrace it.
Business men know that it doesn't
make q great deal of difference what
you say about their business SO long
as you keep on saying something. We
are all of us sons and daughters of
Pandora. If there's something awful
or mysterious or vicious within that
box, we're going to find out what it
is, and the chances are that we're GO
ing to like it when we do find out
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

CHANCES AGAINST THEM.

CHANCES AGAINST THEM
If the Democrats succeed in passing
the new tariff bill in it's present form
they may live happily ever afterwards
but the chances are against them.
Here are some objections: Farmers
oppose reducing the duty on wheat
fl ON 25 cents to 10 cents. Millers can
not figure out why wheat IS taxeo
now on the free list. is to be taxed 20
per cent. Wool IS to be free. Texas
wants duty on wool TO protect that
industry from Mexico. Wool raisers
of northwest and eastern states will
back up Texas. Making vanilla ex-
tract is an important industry In
Maine. The new law proposes to place
a tax of so cents a pound on vanilla
beans and Senator Jones, of Maine, is
hollering, for it will cripple his state.
Ohio Democrats are opposing free
wool and declare they will not sup
port that feature of the new bill. Ev-
the states where the beet sugar and
cane industry are important are
against free raw sugar.-Atchison
Globe.
REMINDS HIM OF OLD DAYS.
The editor of the paper rather admires
the stand taken by the Missouri state in
surance superintendent, Mr.. Revelle. In
reference to the withdrawal of the big
fire insurance companies. In substance
that official tells the companies there Is
no redSOn lOI QulllAiAB
adds that If they do. they need not apply
to regain admission during the four years
he is in office.
The noise coming from JEFF City sounds
very much like one that emanated from
Topeka when Webb McNall made the in
surance companies come to time in Kan
Sas. They threatened to withdraw from
the state and made believe that Kansas
would sink into oblivion If they did So
A few of the companies had their char
ters revoked for not coming to time and
few-a very few-others left the state but
McNall stood pat and saved the people OF
Kansas thousands of dollars every year.
And the funny part of ii is the insurance
companies have done more business and
made more money under the reforms
forced on them than ever before As ii is
they get three dollars from the state in
premiums to every one returned in losses
paid, which ought to be a highly profit
able business.-Cherryvale Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

The latest development in Australian
state enterprises is a move by the min
lister. for education to buy out fac
tory and manufacture all the furniture
required for the schools of New South
Wales. 1t is said that the initial cost
will be about $4,000. and that the de-
partrnent will effect saving of
roughly $4,000 a year. Here in KAN
sas We will try publishing the school
books first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

Those who complain of high prices
might get pointer from China. where
eggs are three cents a dozen, but thou
sand are unable to buy them because
they have no jobs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

Government by the people has TAX
en- another step in advance. In South
Dakota, saloon keepers are elected by
popular vote. Now for the recall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the fuIl DAY
ganizatfon for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for. this sole puf-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

was afraid you might think 1 was trying
TO prejudice the jury. l figured if you'd
stand for me in Tosco you would in Wash
lngton. '-(Copyrigft. 1913, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-23

Los Angeles has abandoned its NUM-
cipal newspaper. But at least it was
useful to cover pantry shelves, which
is more than can be said for the Con-
gressional Record