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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
THE WEST MUST WAIT.

The ableet member of the cabinet
il Franklin X. Lane. practically no
observer in Washington would ques-
ton this; some might say it IL diff
cult to decide whether Mr.. Lane or
Secretary of Agriculture David r.
Houston is the abler.) Secretary
Lane has prepared a program OF leg
islation which sums up all that has
been done during ten years In the
name of conservation. crystallizes 1t
in definite statutes, and makes 1t pos
sible for development to go on In the
west. Thus writes Mark Sullivan In
Golfers, and he continues:
But the Democrats have agreed
upon their legislative program for the
remainder of the session. and 1t does
not include any of Secretary Lanes
bills This is unfortunate.e Mr.. Lane
is the one member of the cabinet with
a constructive program OF legislation
affecting the interests that fail under
the supervision of his department. His
five conservation bills are just as I'M
portant az the legislation which the
Democrats have agreed to take up.
and, to the states and parties directly
concerned; much more pressing than
the administrations program. The
Alaskan coal-leasing bill IL compile
mentary to the measure authorizing
the building Of a government-owned
railroad, in the territory. 1t dovetatls
into that measure and will help to
open Alaska. The general leasing bill
for oil. coal and phosphates provides
for the opening Of rich natural re-
sources under the public domain now
largely withheld from use. The wa
ter-power bill seeks to bring about
present development under fixed ten
ure for a definite and sufficient Pc
riod, and preserve the land and rights
for future use by the nation itself.
Another bill allows the settler on irri-
CATION projects twenty years instead OF
ten years to repay the building cost
Of irrigation. The design il to stimu-
late settlement on these projects. 1t
is an admirable program of necessary
legislation, and has the approval OF
the chief men interested in the conser-
walton OF natural resources in the
United States. Also. 1t does much to
minimize the Inconvenience and re-
leve the hardships which followed the
adoption of the policy Of conservation
with regard to western resources Con-
servation necessarily arrested the de-
velopment OF some sections of the
west temporarily. Secretary Lanes
program would cure this. For failing
to pass it the Democrats should be
held responsible by the communities
affected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06

states have to do not with exclusion
and restriction. but rather with The
distribution and assimilation Of our Inn
migrants. There should, believe
be created. In connection with the de-
partment Of labor. something in the ma
ture Of q federal employment bureau.
with branch Offices in all Of the States.
to collect and disseminate Information
regarding opportunities and the de-
mand and supply OF labor throughout
the country. Such bureau should CO.
operate with the state and municipal
bureaus of employment wherever such
exist, and with tho agricultural de-
partment of the several states. and
should act as a central clearinghouse
for all Of these agencies. The time has
now come when our government must
assume the responsibility of systemat-
ically finding employment and OF pro-
noting the proper distribution Of labor.
And the state governments must CO.
operate with the federal government
in this undertaking. State bureaus of
employment with labor exchanges in
every community must be established.
or where they now exist in rudimentary
and ineffective form they must be de-
veloped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06

Clifford Pinchot seems to be head
ed in the direction OF gathering an
other large wad Of costly political ex-
perience. In the recent primaries in
Pennsylvania only 10000 voters took
the trouble to endorse him as the Bull
Moose candidate for the United States
senate. To be sure, no one opposed
him for this nomination. but the vote
he received IL only fragment OF the
vote that was polIed in the primaries
by the candidates in the other parties
stilI. Gin has plenty Of money. and
the large Gums thkt he spends In the
pursuit Of politics puts just that
much moro Of the coin OF the realm
in circulation. which helps some. So
hh political efforts are not entirely
n vain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06

ines. Than rd have an interest in Il.
OF conrse shall. wonder that I
didn't think OF IT,
Tn glad. You only needed wax.
queer depression in her tone. ne
gave her . quick look.
WHATS the matter? Anything
wrong!" he asked quickly.
No" she said. but not convincing
~. I'm all right
warmly. when you pitched into me
the other morning 1t was just what !.
needed. It toned me up to doing
something: It woke me up. since
mother died and hadn't any one but
myself to look after. I've just got to
incoming about. Now I'm going to
live. -
He left her at the door OF her offfce
and went on to his. q new softness
stirring at his heart, the girls face in
his mind. It came to him that he want
ed her. and he began planning-he had
e little neglected house from which he
YOU'D turn out the renters. Then he
would Tx 1t up. and he would ask her
TO marry him. He would make her
want to marry him.
That night she was not at dinner.
nor the next morning at breakfast. He
asked for her Of the big blonde girl
with the hard eyes,
Shes lost her job. Firms moving
west. She's gone to her aunt. on the
east side till she gets another place.
Want her address?'' she asked flip
PANTY; you seem no stuck on her."
want her address," He wrote It down
In q notebook and left the house.
That evening he. took . car. and at
q dingy but neat little house found
Efvte sitting discouragedly ON the front
porch. When she saw him she tried
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DAUGHTER GOOSE.
And All the prices cheap;
And an the homes were cabareta.
Where should No 60 to sleep9
had Z little husband.
His hair was dappled gray.
I lent him . lady
To step the latest way:
She pushed him. she pulled him,
She showed him TIL he tired:
would not lend my husband now
Whatever lady hired.
Humpty Dumpty hired Z hall.
Humpty Dumpty had . great fall;
But all Of the Castles and all Of the
ouinns
Couldn't teach Humpty to wissie his
shtns
Hey diddle diddle!
The drum and the fiddle,
Have fastened US under . spell:
The most OF us laugh to Dee the sport,
But wish We could do It ~ well.
Solomon Grundy
Hesitated Monday
One-stepped Tuesday
Tangoed Wednesday
Lame-ducked Thursday
Marked Friday
Half-and-halfed Saturday
except La Furlana, which isn't popular
yet,
Rested. on Sunday
This II the end
OF Solomon Grundy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.

1t Is generally admitted that the pro-
portion Of illiteracy among the immi-
grants Of today Is growing less with
each succeeding decade, writes A. Piatt
Andrew, in the June number Of The
North American Review. Moreover,
such illiteracy as exists IL only an
ephemera1 disadvantage which disap-
pears almost completely in the second
generation. Illiterate immigrants are
the more anxious. because of the
handicap of ignorance from which they
themselves have suffered. to make sure
that their children take advantage Of
our schools. SO that as Mr.. Claxton, the
commissioner Of education. has recently
reported. the least illiteracy In the
country today is to be found among
the children of immigrants. The pro-
portion Of illiteracy ON the basis OF .
careful statistical inquiry, IL three
times as great among the children Of
native-born parents as among the ma
tive-born children Of foreign parents.
The phases of the immigration prob
lem which most urgently requires oor-
sideration ON the part OF Congress an
OF the legialatures OF SOME q ear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
Hu,nor Of the Day

I'VE thoueht this year we'd rather
move than clean house. Great schem0s's
UNFORTUNATELY. the same idsa hal oc-
CURED to the people who vacated the
house We moved into."-Boston Tran
script.
Can you apply check to your wile's
extravagance?' 'Can II She just Keeps
me and my account busy supplyinH
them."-Baltimoro American.
my dear Reginald. now that you've
left college. you must reality bogfn look
ing for some sort Of employment" ''Dut
don't you think. mother, 4 Would -
more dignified TO wait TIL the OfIefo b.
GIN coming ih?'-Iloo.
You may b compelled to meet er1ti-
eism" II know It." replied Senator Cor.
ghuxn. "And am . little afraid fhof I
am going to have TO Snset It IN Z way
that viii convey the improugSon u =
heAd-on collision. "-Washington STAR
Wi1e-T visited the moviao q the HaI-
kan War today, and saw = real bnaflS :
Husband-"Nos dear1e. e Was = roo3 ST.
e that yeu eeW-"NltndnU1nm 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06

If the army worm and the He..,.r
ny destroy the present Kansas wheat
crop they are equal to any task.
Sut' as a mater of fact. these pests
are only in coots in Kansas and are
nothing like general throughout the
state. Th.y will do some damage to
individual wheat fields. but they can
scarcely make dent in the aggregate
crop of the state. II people. must
worry, they will have to find some-
thing else that IL more worth worry
ing about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
Low-GRADE MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

LOW-GRADE MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
The diplomas issued by 80 medical
schools in the United States are prac-
tically worthless on account of the
low standards Of these schools. which
prevent their recognition by the state
boards. These facts are shown in a
report on medical schools In q recent
issue of The Journal Of the American
Medical Association. In from four
teen to thirty-two states the diplomas
issued by thirty medical schools are
not recognised. In these states the
graduates Of these thirty schools are
not admitted to the examinations for
licenses to practice medicine. This in
formation should receive wide pub
licity. particularly In the interests Of
prospective medical students. Before
selecting a medical school the student
should know whether the training
furnished and the diploma given by
that school will qualify him for exam
nation and for a license to practice
medicine in any state he may choose.
The fact that recognition has been
withdrawn or withheld from certain
medical colleges. is not always given
publicity by state boards and, of
course, is not published in the an
nouncements of the colleges affected.
Some students, therefore. have not
been aware of the conditions until
they had matriculated, or even until
they applied for q license to practice.
Hundreds Of students have entered
low-grade medical colleges, have
spent large sums Of money and have
devoted three or four years to study,
or have been graduated before they
learned that their diplomas were prac-
tically worthless. This II wrong and
places a lifelong handicap on these
students. Information regarding the
non-recognition Of low-grade medical
colleges by state boards should be in
the hands OF every prospective medical
student when he chooses his college.
This knowledge will enable him to
avoid the serious mistake Of making a
bad start on his life's work. The in
telligent student. thus informed,
would certainly not waste his time
and money In a low-grade institution
when in the same time and with per-
haps even less money he could obtain
a training in a thoroughly well-con-
Quoted medical school which would
not only better equip him for his pro-
fession, but would also enable him to
render better service to the people who
will depend on him for medical atten-
ton or hygienic instruction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
QII

Jack Supp, who has great conf
dence in advertising, thinks the Colo
mel wasted lot Of time and effort in
his discovery. IF the blamed river
was lost. why didn't he slip q couple
OF lines into the 'lost-and- found' coll
umn?" inquiries Mr.. Supp.
There il no game law on time, but
the late spring seems to be considered
the open season. And as expert time
killers, the mediators, who are now
mediattng at Niagara, seem to have It
ON plumbers or even messenger boys.
Mr.. cambridge Colby, Of New York.
plans to make Roosevelt run for gov
ernor Of that geographical subdivision.
One might predict that Mr.. cambridge
Colby had picked the easier end of a
proposition. II T. r. finds that he has
any chance, It will be q blame sight
harder to keep him from running.
Variety may be tho spice Of life. but
midst Of a dark night to throw rocks
at q bowling cat, he wishes all cats
were snow white.
Any girl looks sweet in her gradua-
ton gown, but It takes more than q
mortar-board bonnet and q black
nightie to conceal the defects in the
average male grad.
Owing to politics, crimes and other
unimportant affairs. the process Of
separating Mr.. Rapp. OF Chicago, from
his meal ticket IL not coming up to
the advertising possibilities that
Madame Schumann-Heink Etcetera-
Rapp may have contemplated when
she decided to unload him.
Are you following the Satevepost
stories that are illustrated with pic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06

The report that Topeka IL not pro-
eressing. IL rank SANDER. Among
recent municipal Improvements may
pc noted the replacement of three
loose bricks in sidewalk and the
canning OF the motorcycle cop.
Jack Supp has doubts concerning
the success OF the city curb market, as
running out to flag the passing s'huck''
= about the only excuse = woman has
forenoon. and she is entitled to the
diversion.
Football has been de-brutalized. and
many other forms Of sport have been
rendered safer by recent rules. but
about the only thing barred in the
modern dance Is the Gotch toe-hold.
It is generally conceded that Who
ever put the watch in "watchful-
waiting picked a slow timepiece.
In the good old days when it took
more than q yard Of cloth to build a
skirt, watching q woman mount to
not considered q form Of entertain
ment. 1t may be, however, that peo-
pie are easier to entertain than they
used to be.
One ticket to the forgettery. please.
Tor William Sulzer Of New York The
supreme court has confirmed part Of
what Murphy said about him.
Appearances are frequently like q
homemade aerOplane-hard to keep
up.
1t is reported that the more-or-less
Reverend" Delk, is after the Devil
down in Kentucky. While in Topeka
Politics are getting cleaner than
they used to be. Up to Q late hour
this afternoon. "veritas'' or ''vox
Populi' had not written in to accuse
shoot ex-Warden Codding, or Arthur
Capper OF arranging all the details OF
Mrs. Vests meeting with Governor
Hodges.
The latest big telescope is expected
to bring the moon within 40 miles Of
the earth. If It gets that close-good
night moon! Distance is all that has
kept 1t out Of the hands OF the trusts
10 long.
Maybe Mrs. Buckwalter did belong
to the Unfversalist church, but 1t may
be noted that there has been no great
stampede Of Universalists to brag
about 1t.
All the ammunition must be going
to Mexico. Sam Schepps, prominent
in the Rosenthal case, was swatted
with q cobblcstone instead Of shot.
AS to the Kansas man who mislaid
his memory. and didn't find 1t for five
months; maybe that Is the only way
he could get a vacation.
However. his wife, who was a part
OF the memory he lost. does not seem
enthusiastic over his come back. Thus
adding further evidence in support Of
our contention that given a fair
chance, any woman can prove to her
own satisfaction that man is not q
household necessity.
The Kansas Moosers have been re-
quested 70 file an emblem for their
party column. why not makethe em-
| blem representative Of the whole par
Ity? Something like this, frinstance:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
Euening Chat


Tho other day heard a young man
complaining because the business field
which he fad contemplated entering
was overcrowded.
Ten years ago." he said, II would
have had a good chance to rise quick
Iy, but today. can hardly get a look
In. It's the way with everything now
a-days. That's just my luck"
Suppose that man had been born ten
saying just the same thing about ten
years ago." and yet the ten years ago
Of that time would be today; and the
ten years ago of today was some other
discontented young mans present.
To be sure the business which he
spoke OF is overcrowded. Ten years
ago it was new and more promising
field. But there are other fields Of
endeavor which are as new and prom
Using today as that was ten years ago.
Ten years from today someone will be
envying the men who saw and sedxed
the opportunities of today.
There are always news opportuni-
to recognize them when they are OPP
portunitfe0 and not when they are full
filled possibilities.
A friend of mine has a charming
|Old-fashioned house, which she picked
up several years ago for a mere song.
The neighborhood has grown extreme
" desirable and the house itself she
has gradually developed into a quaint
and charming old place.
Now, many OF her friends think
they would like house like hers But
when they try to buy something Of the
sort In the neighborhood they find its
price prohibitive. And then they say
such a bargain. But she wasn't lucky
at all. She was far-sighted. The
house was dilapidated when she
bought 1t, but 1t had possibilities,
And she saw them. The nefghbor-
hood was rather remote, but she be-
heved that with the spread Of popu-
lAtion, improved means Of transporta-
ton would make 1t less SO. And she
was right. Now she has a place
which cannot be bought for twice the
money 1t cost her. Not because she
was lucky, but because she saw an
opportunity when 1t was an oppor-
tunity.
There are always now opportuni-
Conditions about us are continually
changing. The world II never at q
standstill and with new conditions
there are always some new opportun-
tiles
These are for the people who know
how to recognize them. and recognize
them while they still are 0pp0rtun-
tiles.
Cultivate the opportunity eye. II
you find the chances in one direction
have been 10 fully taken advantage of
that they are no longer opportunities,
learn to look In another direction.
Study the future, try to see which
way the world II going and then you
can get into the vanguard instead of
tagging along in the rear. grumbling
about your luck"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
Journal Entries

The man in good health really has NO
kick coming.
About the only way to treat insect
bites IL to grin ana bear them.
In almost every life there IL material
for q novel or two.
Neither docs the underdog always de-
serve the sympathy he gets.
.
There Is poor consolation for many in
the thought that things might be
worse with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
Jayhawker Jots

As the Agra Sentinel says: Quite
often hard work and good manage
ment are mistaken for good luck.
And they talk about a senior going
out into the cold, cold world in the
middle OF June! e0claims the Salina
Journal.
A sigh from the Liberal News: No
news to 1t, not even refreshing to the
weary soul, but the high cost Of liv-
ing is with US as yet.
The average remains about the
same, insists the Hiawatha Democrat.
If man quits smoking. he forms the
bad habit Of telling about 1t.
Yes. remarks the Florence Bulletin.
the wheat looks good to the farmers.
and no doubt, this makes many OF the
farmers look good to the automobile
men.
There might be some economy In
favor of the women wearing socks.
thinks M. A. p. in the Downs Times.
They could borrow their husbands
hose supporters.
day and Sunday school conventions
are held on week days, notes the Sa-
lima Sun. and 1t asks: L. 1t an exchange
Of courtesies? -
Attention Is called by the. South
Kansas Tribune to tho fact that the
season for ladies to run away with
their chauffeurs, TO the great sdietreas
Of their fashionahle yeletionss ms
opened E 5sssssssaas .
Some people are 10 careless. Jonas
than Mi1likan felt constrained to drop
this gentle hint through the columns
Of the Olathe Register The neigh
Dor who borrowed my thfee-section
harrow year ago will please bring It
home at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

lFFOm ire chicago NeWAJ
No man = 70 poor that he can't
afford to smile occasionally.
Some woman haters are 1oorwalkers
in department. stores-
A mans credit II seldom good II he
in unable to make good.
Moat people have good memoriei-ex-
cept In regard to the favorB done them.
But when q women puts her foot
down, the sise OF her shoe cuts no
figure.
Occasionally 4 woman piles % much
hair on the back Of her head that It
tits her chin UP.
Doubtless Eve told the ne1ghboss that
they moved from Eden because the
landlord wouldn't paper the nat
And many q man has spent half 1ais
life In making Z reputation-and the
other hah in trying to live It down.
At - romantic girl expects to marry
. prince who win drink wine from her
slipper: ten pears lAter - may grab
= chap who dr1ul1 SOD 1rom = en-
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Kansas Comment
Is n THE soLur1oNf

At the last meeting Of The HroGoy-
terrain general assembly. the QUESTION
of divorce vas given serious conaa4,
Grafton by the committees on maErA9b
and divorce which found that one
marriage out Of eloven WAs . failure to
the extent that It resulted in divorce.
Startling - that figure seems, the
proportion Of successful marriages =
douhtless Tar 49, than ten out Of
eleven. for many Of those that lack
much Of being - happy ~ the story
DOCK romanCso never reach the courts.
In such . condition the church dndo
much to deplore and the committee
recommends a. a remedy for the evil
by. this remedy might b effective In
obviatfng some Of the unhappinees
that u given publicity: bat the real
solution OF the problem, q would
seem. would bo the elimination Of the
conditions that lead to the courts.
would make marriage more dlmcult
and divorce easier: and there y much
to recommend In the thDory e e viii
have the resuk Of causing more osri-
Gus thought about matrimony and its
responstbiitfes before marriage ana
!ess argument about domestic prob
lens afterward. Real affection, sea-
soned with common sense. viii 20 .
long. ways towards solving the prob
lem Tor the individual couple ana the
anoivaoual - the real unit In reform
after all. The following advice By .
bachelor poet still holds good for tho
Quieting of hurries ON the sea Of matri-
mony:
For still in mutual sufRerance lbes
The secret OF true living.
Love scarce 10 love that does not know
The sweetness OF forgiving."
-salina Journal
WORK OF THE ..sNIPERS."
A "snfper" II the individual who takeo
q shot at you when you're not looking.
The species was not discovered in
Mexico at the Vera Cruz landing.
Shippers are in all places. In Mexico
snipers hide behind trees, and in stairs,
and on roofs. and use rifles. In Amer
lea snipers attend ball games, tea par
ties. sewing circles, horse races ana
church. There being ordinances against
the use of firearms at all these func-
tons. the snipers use scandal, insin-
uattons. rumor fasehood, winks, shrugD
and other vehicles which can transfer
suspicion and doubt from the malice
OF an impure heart into the credulouo
mind OF the listener.-Wichita Beacon.
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And the ''if' attached to Huerta's
Willingness to step down and out
means that he will remain on the lob
until he is pried loose or changes his
mind. A legalization Of his acts
while he has been dictator is certain
ly out of the question as far "a the
constitutionalists are concerned. ana
they hold the whip hand in the Mexi-
can situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-06

safety first" Is beginning to de-
liver the goods in convincing fashion
in the operation of the railroads, ac-
cording to the report Of the interstate
commerce commission on the railway
accidents for the quarter ending De-
cember 81. 1913. Now for a little
''safety first" at sea. ..