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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
I.--Introductory

moved on two-wheeled carts driven,
and ofttimes drawn, by slaves; while
her artists were painting divine
dreams on canvas, the streets OF
proud Athens were lighted by ire
brands dipped in tallow.
The genius of past ages sought to
arouse the intellect and stir the soul
but the master minds OF today are
seeking to serve. Civilization has as
signed to America the greatest task
Of the greatest age. and the greatest
men that ever trod the greatest planet
are solving II. Their achievements
have astounded the whole world and
we challenge every age and nation
to name men or products that can
approach In creative genius or mas
terful skill in organization. the mar
velous achievements OF the tremend-
GUS men of the present day. Edison
can press q button and turn a light
on multiplied millions Of homes; Vail
can take down the receiver and talk
with fifty millions Of people; Nc
Cormick's reaper can harvest the
worlds crop, and Fulton's steam en-
CINE moves the commerce Of land
and sea.
The greatest thing a human being
can do is to serve his fellow men;
Christ did 1t; Kings decree 1t, and
wise men teach It It is the glory Of
this practical age that Edison could
find no higher calling than to become
the janitor to civilization; Vail the
messenger to mankind; Mccormick
the hired hand to agriculture, and
Fulton the teamster to industry. and
blessed is the age that has such
masters for its servants.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
ILL.,. e. johnson
On Two.Cent Passenger Rates

both the State and the Railway CON-
pany testified that the claims OF the
railroad were sustained by the facts.
Two cents did not pay the cost OF
carrying q passenger a mile. The
State, however. contended that the
railroad was earning enough surplus
on its state freight business to give
fair return upon the capital used IN
its passenger as we'll as Its freight
business. For the purposes OF the
case, the railroad did not deny this,
but held to its contention that the
State could not segregate Its pas
senger business for rate fixing with
out allowing a rate that would be
sufficient to pay the cost Of doing
business and enough to give some
return upon the capital invested In
doing tho business regulated. This
was the issue presented to the Su-
preme Court. Its decision responds
to the judgment of the fair.minded
sentiment of the country. The SUI
preme Court says that, even though
a railroad earns q surplus on par
ticular commodity by charging rea-
sonable rates, that affords no reason
for compelling It to haul another's
person or property for less than cost.
The surplus from q reasonable rate
properly belongs to the railway COM
pany. II the surplus is earned from
an unreasonable rate then that rate
should be reduced. The State may
not even up by requiring the railroad
to carry other traffic for nothing or
for less than cost.
The decision is q wholesome one
and demonstrates that the ordinary
rules of fair dealing apply to railway
companies. The fact that one makes
a surplus on his wheat crop would
never be urged as a reason for COM
pelling him to sell his cotton at less
than cost It would not satisfy the
man who wanted bread to be told
that its high price enabled the cotton
manufacturer to get his raw product
for less than cost. In this case the
court reafirmed the homely maxim
that each tub must stand upon Its
own bottom"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17
DARIUS

The neigh of q horse made Darius
King of Persia, the six contending
powers for the throne agreeing among
themselves that the one whose horse
should neigh first should possess the
kingdom. This ancient method Of
settling disputes among politicians
could be revived with profit today.
II our partisan factions and petty pol
iticians could only settle their dis
putes by the neigh Of q horse, the
bark Of q dog or the bray Of donkey,
It would be a great blessing and would
give our citizens q better opportunity
to pursue the vacations Of industry
free from political strife.
Let those who pick political plums
by raising rows ana who fash swords
dripping In the blood Of industry I'M
derstand that they cannot turn the
public forum into a political arena and
By a clash Of personal aspirations
SIN TIE hammer and stop The DloW
and that lhelr runTTol1 must . e1III1I
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17

Through the Press Service Of Agri'
culture and Commerce. the master
minds OF this nation will be invited
20 the public forum and asked to de-
liver q message to civilization. Men
who achieve seldom talk, and men
who talk seldom achieve. There ID
no such thing as o noisy thinker. and
brevity IL always O close companion
To truth.
It will be q great privilege to stand
by the side Of men who can roll In
place the cornerstone Of industry; to
associate with men who can look
at the world and see to the bottom
Of It; to commune with men who can
hear the roar Of civilization a few
centuries away.
Too often we listen to the rabble
element OF our day that cries out
against every man who achieves,
Cruelty him" Mankind never has
and probably never will produce
generation that appreciates the genius
Of its day. There never will be
crown without q cross, progress with
out sacrifice or an achievement with
out q challenge.
This is an age Of service, and that
man is greatest who serves the larg-
est number The present generation
has done more to improve the con-
dition Of mankind than any civiliza'
ton since human motives began their
upward flight. The Greeks gave human
life inspiration, but while her orators
were speaking with the tongues OF
angels, her farmers were blowing
with forked sticks; while her phil
osophers were emancipating human
thought from bondage. her traffic
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17
THE VITAL PROBLEM OF
AGRICULTURE
BY Peter Radford,

There Is no escaping the market
problem and the highest development
Of agriculture will not be attained
until 1t is solved, for o market
is as necessary for the producer
as land on which to grow his crop.
Governmental and educational insti.
tutions have spent $3.50. 100000 In the
United States during the past ten
years for improving soil production
and improving seeds and plants, but
very little attention and less money
has been given to the marketing side
of agriculture.
The problem is a monumental one
and one which will never be solved
until 1t gets within the grasp Of Q
gigantic organization where master
minds can concentrate the combined
experience and wisdom Of the age
upon it. It is q problem which the
farmers, merchants, bankers, editors
and statesmen must unite In solving.
The Farmers Union stands for all
there is in farming from the most
scientific methods of seed selection to
the most systematic and profitable
plans OF marketing, but does not be-
lieve in promoting one to the neglect
Of the other. We consider the work
Of farm demonstrators valuable and
we ask that governmental and COM
mercial agencies seeking to help US,
continue to give US their assistance
and advice, but we believe that their
influence should be extended to the
marketing side Of our farm problems
also.
We cannot hope to develop manu-
featuring by over-production Of the
factory; we cannot build up mercan-
tile enterprises by the merchants load
ing their shelves with surplus goods
and no more can we develop agricAl.
ture by Cutting the market with .
surplus Of products.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17
FREE PORTS !
BUILDERS Of
COMMERCE
CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM
PREFERENCE IN APPRo.
PRlATloNs. ...a.
BY Peter Radford.

This nation Is now entering upon
an era Of marine development. The
wreckage OF European commerce has
drifted to our shores and the world
war is making unprecedented de-
mands for the products Of farm and
factory. In transportation facilities
on land we lead the world but our port
facilities are inadequate, and our nag
IL seldom seen in foreign ports. II
our government would only divert the
energy we have displayed in conquer
ing the railroads to mastering tho
commerce of the sea, Q foreign bot
tom would be unknown on the oceans
highways.
This article will be confined to .
discussion Of our ports for the pro-
ducts Of the farm must pass over our
wharfs before reaching the water. We
have in this nation 81 ports, Of which
Il are on the Atlantic and 10 are on
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty.second
Congress appropriated over 81. 000-
900 for improving our Rivers and
Harbors and private enterprise levieO
q toll OF approximately $50.OoO.00O
annually in wharfage and charges for
which no tangible service Is rendered.
The latter item should be lifted on
the backs of the farmer Of this ma
ton and this can be done by Congress
directing its appropriations to ports
that are free where vessels can tie up
to a wharf and discharge her cargo
free Of any fee or charge.
A free port is progress. It takeS
out the unnecessary link in the chain
Of transactions in commerce which
has for centuries laid heavy hand
upon commerce. No movement 10 30
heavily laden with results or will
more widely and equally distribute
its benefits as that Of q free port
and none can be more easily and Of
fectively secured.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17

states have two cent passenger rate
and whatever loss Is incurred is recov-
cred through freight revenue. The JUS
tlce Of such q procedure was recently
passed upon by the Supreme Court
Of West Virginia and the decision Is
80 far-reaching that we have asked
l.. e. Johnson, president Of the Nor
folk and Western Railway whose road
contested the case to briefly review
the suit. Mr.. Johnson said In part:
Some ten years ago. passenger
fares were fixed by the legislatures
Of q large number Of states at two
cents a mile. AS a basis for such
economic legislation, no examination
was made Of the cost Of doing the
business so regulated, nor was any
attention given to the fact whether
such a rate would yield to the rail-
way companies an adequate or any
net return upon the capital invested
in conducting this class Of business.
"Such q law was passed In West
Virginia in 1907. The Norfolk and
Western Railway Company put the
rate into effect and maintained It for
two years. Its accounting during
these two years showed that two
cents a mile per passenger barely
paid the outof-pocket cost and moth
ing was left to pay any return on
capital invested. It sought relief from
the courts. Expert accountants for
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Kruttschnitt
On Financing Railroads

the Legislators and the Commits
sioners.
Managing o railroad is quite differ
emit from managing q government
where the money IL raised by taxa
ton. When the expenditures, for
good reasons or otherwise, increase,
taxes can be equally increased. The
railroads, while servants Of the pub
lie, cannot raise money with such
ease and facility. The railroads must
keep their expenditures within their
incomes because while they have
some control over their expenditures
they have almost no control over their
incomes, their rates being fixed by
public authorities.
There Is not q railway manager In
the country today who Is not fearful
that under the press Of increasing de-
mands the transportation systems OF
the country will. In few years, break
down, unless the railroads are allowed
to earn larger funds wherewith to
build Il up. There are vast sections
Of the country. especially in the West.
where more railroads are needed and
they cannot be built unless the rail-
ways raise new capital.
People invest money in order to
make money, and they are Bkepical
as to whether they can make money
by investing IN concerns that are dealt
with stringently and unfairly. Rail-
road securities must be made more
attractive to invite Investments. and
IN order that they may be made moro
attractive. tie roads must BE- allowed
r1rrIrw HrI w'1 rrot'r n1n
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17

obtained, as the water from your
we'll.
1t is a proven fact that an in
terurban system is one of the
greatest factors in transforming
the small country village into a
thriving, beautiful city, giving
it an advantage to better cope
with the larger cities in the adj
jacent territories. This fact has
been proven many times by the
different iuterurban systems OF
the middle and eastern states.
One travelling in that section
thirty years ago found sleepy
little villages with no thought
or ambition of ever being other
than what they were. But trav-
el that routs to-day and you will
fird the magic wand of the in
terurban has transformed each
little sleepy village into a beau
tiful, thriving, progressive little
city, and the farm lands lying
adjacent have increased in value
by leaps and bounds with an
average increase of oyer one
hundred per cent. And the plod-
ling farmer of yore has become
the wide awake rural business
man.
A community so fortunate as
to have an offer whereby they
may secure an interurban system
connecting them with the ada
cent and surrounding country
and large cities and does not
avail themselves of the oppor-
tuuity are short sighted indeed,
and show a lack of good bust.
ness Judgment and also, show a
lack of the spirit of an age OF
progress and advancement.
Baxter Springs has this great
advantage within her reach ard
for her not to grasp the oppor-
tunity is not within the prospect
of belief. T. L. Harper,
Oklahoma City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17

have to say. Mr.. Kruttschnitt, exec
utive head Of the Southern Pacine'
has written an article dealing with
the financing Of railroads. He said
in part:
"The financing Of . railroad Ii a
function which the people, through
their servants, the Railroad Commits
sIoners and the Legislators, have
never attempted, but II IL q most Inn
portant problem, especially to sec
tons Of a State where new railroads
are needed. The placing Of securities
has been left entirely with the pro
moter and owner Of railroads.
'The immediate determination Of
what earnings the railroad shall be
permitted 10 receive and What bur
fans & rhall have ~ On 4 = n ne
@ II0I 0 ID.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17
.Interurban
Transportation.

A good friend interested in
modern transportation, gives the
following to the News with a re-
quest that the same be published.
For countless ages the tenden-
cy of man has been toward civil
ization and improvement. Pro-
gress is the motto of every civil
lized nation, for progress means
power both in time of war and in
peace.
To-day, that country, state or
city which adopts new ideas as
they are presented finds herself
in a position to dictate to her
less fortunate neighbors who
through a lack of foresight have
failed to secure the advantages
so necessary to advancement.
Having once known the beauty
and convenience of electric lights,
who would return to the old oil
lamps so prevelant thirty years
ago. In process of advancement
one step brings on another. At
ter the electric lights, electricity
with the necessary transforma-
ton gives the propelling power
by which we have overcome the
old, tiresome method of steam
travel. Thus we have the cleo
trio interurban; more convenient,
cleaner, quicker and a cheaper
mode of travelling giving us an
hourly train service impossible
to obtain from the steam roads,
making an invaluable asset to
the small towns and cities and
the adjacent country through
which they thread their way;
connecting each vicinity in such
a manner as to unite them as a
whole. Each community is en-
abled to quickly transport its
surplus, thus making an ex.
change with neighboring towns
in a more satisfactory manner
aud obtaining a mutual benefit
and profit that would be impos-
s;ble to bring about by the slow
process of freighting over the
old, steam road.
The farmers wife is enabled
to make connection with the
hourly service of the electric ex-
press, passing through or ada
cent to her country home. By
delivering her produce daily to
the little station on the nearest
section line she obviates the ne
cessity of interrupting the far
mer's daily routine of work, by
the withdrawal of the team from
the field, commonly done TO con-
vey the produce to the nearest
town whereby she marketed her
produce only once a week. The
electric line enables her to mar
ket her produce daily, gives her
the advantage of fresh, depend
able food supplies, thus obtain
ing for her the highest market
price and certain disposition of
all she can produce thus enhanc-
ing the value of farm. The cleo
trio road also has a value along
social and educational lines en-
abling the farmer and family to
widen their acquaintance through
the fact that they may travel
cheaply and quickly, visiting the
different towns and cities along
the electric line. An electric
line through farming commun-
ity is an indispensable after once
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17

The farmers OF
this nation need
to become better
acquainted with
the railroad men
and their prob
lens. It IL only
those who know
that can give rs
information and
the farmers OF
America should
listen attentively
TO what the men
who manage rail-
road property
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17

The farmers Of
this nation are
vitality interested
in railroad rates
and equity be-
tween passenger
and freight rates
Is especially i'm
portant to the
man who follows
the pillow for the
farmer travels
very little but he
is q heavy con-
tributor to the
freight revenues.
Some of the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17
ShipmentS to Montana.

Owing to the fear of tubercu-
lin and the foot and mouth dis
ease the authorities of Montana
have issued some severe regula.
tions regarding shipments of cat
tie to that state. Before stock
is permitted to enter Montana
its owners must have a special
permit from the Sanitary officer
of that state. The cattle must
be tuberculin tested, and the
owner to have an Affidavit drawn
up and executed showing that
they have been held at the point
of origin at least thirty days
prior to the date of shipping.
Then a copy of the health certif-
icate must be sent to the state
veterinarian, Helena, Montana,
together with a request for per-
mission to enter the state. Then,
and then only, will the authori-
ties of Montana permit cattle
from other states to enter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-06-17

Hundreds of laborers who
started for the Kansas wheat
fields have been lured away by
the high wages paid by mine OPP
orators in this vicinity, and have
gone to work. However, if the
rain keeps up they will never be
missed from the harvest fields.
Evening star., 1915-05-06
Real Estate Transfers

no. 13s D STREET EoRTHEAsT-Mary
Stecher to United States Of America,
lot 13. square .es; s4.525
NO; 1923 " STREET SoRTHWEsT,
ley. lot 73. square 211; SO; stamps.
! $3.50
NO. 1916 p STREET NORTHWEST
Jacob A. Jones to William L. and
Mar Mary l.; o. Tydi1Es' lot 81 square 1876;
E STREET NORTHEAST between sth
| and eth streets-william L. Tydings
ct u1. to William J. Johnson. lot 1s1.
square sss: SO; ,1.ts stamps; l s.; r.n
| Philip Mulligan ct ux. to Daniel B.
Thompson. lot IL. square sss; $40;
ADD1TIoS 70 BRooKLANp-Jacobs S.
Nanette Hospital. lots 8 and 8,
square 4oo7: $40: stamp. $3.50.
RIENDSHIP-Wilbur w. Bill ct ux
to John G. Bill. lot 6, square 1742;
RrsIi,s s1oi stamp; yENTu % cs"f1i Howard
Holmes ct ux. to John w. Glennan,
lots 9. IA and IL. square 514s; $40;
stamp. so cents.
NO. 2012 X STREET NORTHWEST
| renee Mangan. half interest in lot
26. square IS: SO: stamp. 81.
NO SAT H STREET NORTHEAST
5ehn H, Wsltsr ,ss .a.s. e, as na TO to Henry
A STREET NORTHEAST between 14th
and 18th streets-Christopher ]. NC
Carthy ct ux. to Kennedy & Davis
/ Company, lot II, square 1856: $40;
| stamp, so cents.
TRINIDAD-Harry G. Laycock to W.
| Wallace Chiswell and Harry A. Kite,
lot 80. block 10; $40; stamp. $3.50.
II STREET NORTHEAST between I'd
and Cd streets-W. Wallace CHS
well ct al. to Harry G. Laycock, lot
"a, square 752; SO: stamp, 1850
NO al4 NEW YORK AVENUE NORTH
WEST-Maggis Burgdorf ct vir, Au-
gust, to James n. Huston. lot b,
square 873: $40: stamps. 317.5o.
NO. 140 d STREET NORTHEAST
Charles r. Fisher ct ux. to United
| States of America. lot Y. square
NO. Isl 10TH STREET NORTHEAST
4 Harry MORRISON to James r. Durity
i north half original lot 8, square s6S:
| $40: stamps. $3.50.
NO. 8408 TO S41S M STREET NORTH
WEST-American Security and
1 Trust Company. trustee, to Louis
and Rebecca Weinstein. lots 2 to g.
square 1853: $500.
| NO. 1870 D STREET NORTHEAST
Jennie C. Barber to United States of
America, lot Sc, square 723; S5,s45.
NO 1873 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
| NORTHEAST-Virgin F. Wheat to
United States Of America. lot 20.
square 72a; 35.013.
NO. SIS 11th STREET NORTHWEST
Evening star., 1915-05-06
British Marines Board
American Vessel, But
Captain FoiIs Plans

BERLIN. May "a special dispatch
received here from Bremen says the
Weser Zeitung reports that Capt. Duffy
of the American sailing vessel Bryn-
hilda, with a cargo of cotton, has ar
rived at Bremen from New York.
The captain declares that he sailed
around Scotland. In the North sea he
was stopped by British cruiser. The
British commander sent detail of
armed marines and a large quantity
Of ammunition on board the Bryn-
hilda, declaring that if the sailing ship
was stopped by German submarine
the marines would shoot the German
captain and by perforating the tower
Of the submersible with bullets make
II impossible to submerge. Capt Duffy
protested. and threatened to touch at
la Norwegian port. Finally the British
cruiser took him into Aberdeen,
whence he was permitted to proceed
for Bremen.
The maritime records show that the
American sailing ship Brynhilda, Capt.
Duffy, left New York February 10 and
arrived at Aberdeen March "a. She
sailed from Aberdeen March rs. for
Bremen, and the next entry in the
records describes her as having left
Bremen April 15 for New York.
Evening star., 1915-05-06
wv. c. A. BANS LOVE STUFF"
National Board Votes to Reform
Newspapers Women's Pages.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 6--The
Young Women's Christian Association
is preparing for an effort 10 supplant
with morally uplifting articles the love
and beauty themes now featured on the
womens pages Of many daily papers, ac-
cording to the annual report Of the ma :
tional board as read yesterday afternoon
by Mrs Dave Hennen Morris OF New York
,, at the associations fifth national conven-
tion here.
love stuff" Mrs. Morris declared. 'is
detrimental to the character of the femi-
nine readers Of newspapers and is unfit
for young girls to read"
The present convention marks the last
of the associations biennial sessions
Hereafter the national gatherings will be
held every three years
Mrs w. P. Hartford Of Omaha. Neb.
was elected president Of tho convention
by acclamation. Mrs. s. V. L. Penrose OF
Walla Walla. Wash. the retiring presi-
dent, was chosen first vice president.
with Mrs. William A. Moses of Los Ange-
les, second vice president. Miss Harriet
Broad Of Boston and Mrs. Alva slye OF
Nashville. Tenn, were elected first and
second secretaries. respectively.