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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-09

public that they must give to their
employees, their patrons. and the pub
lie. Every change in rates made by
public authority should be preceded by
expert investigation, not only as to
whether it would be fair as between
different shippers and communities,
but as to the effect it would have on
railway earnings. In the past extern
sive reduction of rates have been
made, especially by state authorities,
without any such investigation. Every
body which regulates should possess
and exercise as much authority to ad
vance or prevent reductions in rates as
to reduce or prevent advances in them.
THE most harmful and dangerous
tendency prevalent during the period
of regulation has been that of rail-
way expenses and taxes to increase
faster than earnings. The decade pre-
ceding the beginning of effective regu-
lation in 1906 was one of growing
prosperity for the railways. Their
traffic expanded rapidly. Their pas
senger and freight rates advanced
slightly. There were also some ad-
vances in wages and large advances in
taxes; but the tendency of net return
was upward. Since 1906 the tendency
of net return has been in the opposite
direction. In 1906 it took 60 cents out
of every dollar of railway earnings to
| pay operating expenses and taxes. In
1913 the traffic handled and the total
| earnings made were the largest in his
tory; but it took IS cents out of every
dollar earned to pay expenses and
taxes. In 1914 there was a heavy
decline in traffic and earnings; and it
then took II cents out of every dollar
earned to pay expenses and taxes. In
1906 the net return earned on the in
vestment in the properties was $50
per cent; in 1918. 4.S7 per cent; in
1914, 3.99 per cent.
THE results of this downward trend
| of net return were serious. The num-
Der of miles of railway in the hands of
receivers year ago broke all records.
The orders given for cars and loco
motives in the five years ending with
1915 were 50 per cent smaller than in
the five years ending with 1906. The
new mileage in 1915 reached the low
est point since the Civil War. The
retrenchments adopted were so severe
that the large and important class of
manufacturing concerns established to
supply the railways with equipment
and materials was brought to the verge
of ruin. The increase in the number of
railway employees was almost arrested.
In the eight years before 1906 it was
IA per cent; in the next eight years,
only / per cent. The long. period of
retrenchment was followed by the
severe congestion of traffic and short
age of cars which marked the revival
of business in the fall of 1915 and
spring OF 1916
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BED T 1ME TALES
LITTLE BRoTHER,s FISH

talking so much about eating as Lit
tie Brother did made Bushy hungry
himself. You know how that is. SO
he bestirred himself for something to
give Little Brother.
Here's some fine tender twigs. Lit
tie Brother; come let's eat"
But Little Brother wouldn't even
look He just turned up his little nose
and said. "Twigs. Poohi Who wants
twigs? l want some fishi" just that
way. as tho he expected to get some
Bushy didn't know what to do He
knew that there must be some nice
fish out in the creek. In fact when
he looked closely he was sure he couId
tell just where they could be caught.
But he didn't quite know whether il
was safe for him to go out in the open
and fish, He didn't think about Hoot
the Owl. but he just knew that beavers
should be careful when in new coun-
try
Il do want a fish. Bushy. / do.
insisted Little Brother and that wa 8
too much for Bushy.
You shall have one or I'm no
fisherman" he cried, and ont into
the creek he dashed
And right at that very minute. Hoot.
the Owl. came backi Flew over the
dark waters of Crooked Creek. saw
Bushy Beaver. suspected that he was
Iisning and-and-darted right down
and caught the very fish Bushv was
trying to -(Copyright-CIa r.
Ingram Judson.}
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JUSTICE FOR ABSENT VOTERS

One of the most interesting of
recent political developments, writes
Prof. p. o. Ray in the October Case
and Comment, is the rapidity with
which people are coming to realize
that thousands of our most intelligent
citizens are virtually disfranchised at
every primary or election merely be-
cause they are absent from their
voting district on primary or election.
day. 1t is difficult, if not impossible. to
give a close estimate of the number
Of voters who are thus DISTINGUISHED.
but few will be willing to dispute the
claim that the number runs well up
into the thousands. The first law de-
signed to do justice to absent voters
was enacted by the Kansas legislature
about fifteen years ago. The Kansas
act of 1901. however, enabled only a
single class of absent voters. namely,
railroad employees, to vote by mail.
This statute attracted practically no
attention until its scope was broadened
in 1911 by an amendment which ex-
tended the privilege of voting by mail
to amy qualified elector" absent from
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She wasn't ugly, and her clothes were
in good taste and size wore them well.
The indefinite look had gone, and TO
stranger Sophie was a rather at
tractive looking girl-that is, to 4
stranger who had pictured her as
much older looking and decidedly
ugly
There were a number of people at
the train. When a man rushed over
to Sophie and she greeted him with
such genuine warmth, speculation be-
gan. To reach Sophie's home it was
necessary to go thru the main part of
town. In a few hours, all the people
who had talked about her changed
appearance knew that a man had
come. When he went down to the
hotel there were several men who had
been coached to find out about him:
He soon let them know of his in
terest in Sophie-it seemed that he
had known her for years, but she
would never let him come while her
mother and father were living. This
was repeated, with details added, I'M
til the whole town knew he was in
love with Sophie. He had come to
stay two days. He stayed week,
| and then stopped by again for a day
| on his way back from his fishing trip.
He rad really enjoyed the campaign,
| and he liked Sophie.
Sophie understood there was moth
| ing personal in the affair. She was
| happy in the sensation Sne ndd created
| in the aroused interest of the town
/ She didn't want to marry him; he
was sure of that. But the night be-
| fore he left he asked her to be his
wife.
"Oh, you've made it perfect" she
said. Il don't want to marry you, but
| it is like all the parties-I wanted you
to ask me! I'll remember it always
and be glad. And I want you to be
| glad, too, that you have made me sc
happy
| Sophie went back to teaching music
But she doesn't practice much
and she plays rag. She gets popular
| music every few weeks from Louis
vile. so the postmistress says. She
doesn't have as much time to prac-
tice, for she has learned to play bridge
and the new preacher who came about
the same time Sophie's new suit did
| is most devoted. The bridge and the
| preacher seem to combine very well
too, which proves that Sophie really
| is rather unusual.
After all. advertising Is a great
thing. 1916, by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate
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Does His Hair Grow?
SIDE TALKS
\ Difficult Position.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

y
A friend of mine has recently had
an offer to give up her position in a
library and go to, live with rich
friend.
She told me about it because she
knew 1 had relative who once tried
that same experiment, and she wanted
me to write and ask that relative for
advice.
This is the letter L received. 1
thought it might be of general inter
est.
Don't But if. you do, put the po-
sition on a business basis. Make some
definite time arrangement so that if
you are not happy you can part with
out a break. If you are both salts
fled the agreement can be renewed O.
Try to have an understanding of
what is expected of you-dusting,
mending, marketing, answering let
ters making out checks. Make up
your mind to do enough SO that you
will feel that you are earning your
board" (she is to receive only her
board.) But for your board you
should not be expected to give up your
whole time and you should stlpuiate
on hours of your own.
Talk things over and tell Mrs. M.
that you do not intend to interfere
with her liberty. If she and her hus-
band are asked out to dinner, even by
mutual friend, it is not necessary
that you should go too. If they give
dinner parties you do not expect to be
present at all of them. You under
stand that an extra woman is some
times de trop. On the other hand, her
house is your home and she should be
willing to let you have your friends
to meals occasionally if you choose a
/ fr1
for each guest according to the cost of
extra food.
BE more careful of her money
than of your own. Do not use more
than your share of electric light and
not water Do not monopolize the
newspaper, the new magazines or the
| telephone.
Make your own bed. dust your own
ROOM never go into the kitchen or
| criticise the servants. Servants al
! ways resent the presence of lady In
a paid position Be on time to meals.
Do not ask for the automobile or the
| use of the piano unless it is offered
| Do not correct the children.
/ DO not allow Mr.. NJ. to ask your
| opinion on business or other matters
and do not let him feel that you are
the one woman who really appreciates
and understands him. Even if he and
his wife have reached the Indifferent
stage no woman Will tolerate the IN
reference of another woman. Go to
your room soon after dinner every
| night Remember that there are
! things a husband and wife may want
to talk over alone. Vanish at the
shadow of a dispute. Do not allow per
sonal condolences and do not take
sides
do you think that you are equal te
all this and that the position is pre-
| ferable to the library and indepen-
dence?" - Copyright by George
| Matthew Adams.)
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GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atohison Glnhe

From the Atchison GIobe.I
There are also those who are too
meek to fight.
Most of the modern martyrs are the
sort who enjoy martyrdom.
some girls chew gum as if it were
piece work proposition.
There is no such thing as breaking
bad news gently, if it's very bad
The older a man grows the fewer
things seem really important to him.
The most frenzied finaneier is one
who has just bet the savings of a
lifetime.
Some men have so much System
about their work that they don't get
much work done
1t isn't any disgrace to be poor: it's
the inconvenience of poverty which
makes men sigh for riches
Very few husbands are model hus-
bands, and it may be added that very
few husbands want to be anything
like that.
Mere man might think women are
| easily entertained, if he didn't occa-
sionally hear them talk after the
party is over
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When Father Beaver and Mickey
Musk-rat and Policeman Billy started
out to find Mother Beave-, Mickey was
sure. certain sure, that Policeman
Billy knew more about where Mother
Beaver was than he had told. But
you see, Policeman Billy was very
high-up Wiggleisksken and why
should Mickey do anything that should
offend him. Mickey shouldn't-he
knew that and he didn't He just
walked along as tho he hadn't seen
the twinkle in Policeman Bi1ly's eye.
So they went walking along, the
three of them, away from Crooked
Creek and into Shadow Wood. Bushy
and Little Brother ,eaver stayed in
the weeds by the creek so as to be
there if Mother Beaver should come
back Unexpectedly.
Now when Father Beaver allowed
Bushy and Little Brother to stay
there alone, he forgot all about Hoot.
the Owl And Mickey forgot, too.
And Policeman Billy, who WASH t
afraid of anything (much) didn't even
forgot-he never thought Of Hoot-
never once. And perhaps everything
would have been all right only Little
Brother got hungry, very. very
hungry
II want something to eat. Bushy.
l do" he whispered
Now Bushy was just Xix you would
he about your little brother. He
wanted him to have something TO eat
if he was hungry. And then too.
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Whenever any suggestions are made
that it may be the greed of the pack
ers that is responsible in some meas
ure for the high prices of meat that
have prevailed in this country for so
long, an array of statistics is at once
trotted out to show by figures that the
margin of profit on which the packers
do business is even smaller than that
which reaches the pockets of either
the producers of meat or the retailers
of it. But one of the big packing
houses with headquarters in Chicago
has just announced that a portion of
surplus that this firm has accumulated
in the last score of years will soon be
devoted to paying its stockholders an
extra cash dividend of $33.33 on each
share of stock that the company has
outstanding.
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RAILROAD REGULATION.

The maintenance of transportation
is more important to the public than
the rates it has to pay writes Samuel
o. Dunn, in the October Scribner, in
an informative and an exceedingly
logical article entitled Ten Years of
Railroad Regulation" But so one
sided are our laws" continues Mr..
Dunn, that. while they will not per-
nit the companies to suspend opera
ton, there is no provision which would
prevent it from being interrupted by
employees going on a strike, and the
menace of strikes has caused many of
the large increases of wages referred
to. The rates which the railways must
charge depend on the expenses which
they must incur. Regulation has done
much that has increased expenses but
little to help the roads to meet the
added expenses. Wages are much the
largest item in expenses; but while
rates are regulated by bodies estab-
lished for that purpose. wage disputes
are arbitrated only at the option of the
parties and even then are not arbi-
| trated by the same bodies that regu-
/ late rates. In consequence, no re1a-
tionship has been maintained between
changes in wages and changes in rates.
1t has been demonstrated that the as
sumption that railways are such pecu-
/ liar institutions that their employees
and patrons need protection from
them. while the roads do not need any
corresponding protection or co-opera-
ton on the part of public authorities
is erroneous; and so long as we act
on this assumption the tendency of net
earnings will be downward and the
expansion of railway facilities will be
inadequate. Regulation needs to be sc
reformed that the railways will be
given the same consideration from
their employees. their patrons. and this
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
7 From the Chicago News. ]

From the Chicago News.1
Man is a target at which a woman
is always aiming
Charity leaves home when the
housekeeping season begins
Don't take time by the forelock I'M
til he discards his scythe.
Cynics and pessimists have a hard
row to hoe in this busy old world
house without a mortgage lacks
one of the modern inconvenience
man who acknowledges that he is
a chump has begun to acquire wis
dom.
Few women would carry pocket
books if they couldn't carry anything
in them but money.
The man who declares his willing
ness to die for woman usually backs
out at the last moment.
The man who can acknowledge his
mistake without blaming it on some
one else has true courage.
The father who uses only moral
suasion with his children never has to
strike them-except in case of self
defense.
If a woman calls her husband a fool
he wonders whether he's a fool be-
cause he is her husband, or her hus-
band because he's fool.
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his usual voting place by reason of his
occupation or business This amended
act first went into operation in the.
presidential election of 1912. when
about five thousand absent voters took
advantage of it. Since Kansas thus
led the way, fourteen other states have
enacted absent voters laws; North
Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska, Min
nesota. and Missouri in 1913; and
Colorado, Iowa. Michigan, Montana,
Oregon, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wash
ington and wyoming in 1915.
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ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT

~ ROY Z. MoULToM.

But If It's Not Your Own.
The meanest little squa1ler that you folks
have ever heard,
Its dispositions awful and its temper is
absurd,
Its face would stop an eight-day clock, its
bowling is fright,
Its rasping voice jars on your nervous
system day and night.
There's not the slightest doubt at all that
it will turn out bad,
For it has got the toughest face a young
ster ever had.
1t win some day be a burglar, you can
You have never seen an equal to the spite
full little brat
If it is your neighbor's.
Helpful Hints for Burglars.
If there is one thing more than an
other that we hate to see, it is a
house all mussed up by burglars.
They have a very unpleasant habit of
pulling open bureau drawers and
scattering the contents about reck-
lessly and tearing up the carpets in
search of hidden treasure. We wish
to offer any burglars. who visit our
domicile the following hints:
Our genuine imitation pearl shirt
studs, which cost 80 cents when we
We're married five years ago, are still
in the dress shirt, hanging behind
the clothes press door, If the burglar
can get them out of the shirt he can
do better than we can, and is certain
ly some burglar.
Our house money is kept in q
cracked teapot on the plate rail in
the dining room, just northeast of the
clock.
The solid silver knives and forks
are in plain sight on the third pantry
shelf from the bottom and the cut
glass pickle boat is in the bottom of
the dining room buffet. 1t is the
only thing IN there and could hardly
be missed.
The hard coal is in the basement.
The only other thing of value that we
have is one everyday shirt. We hide
that where nobody on earth could
find it
Only don't muss things all up,
that's all.
Does His Hair Grow?
Window sign in Ottawa street
north:
FOR SALE AT BARGAIN
NEW HOUSE BY CONTRACTOR
WITH TILE ROOF.
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SONG.
Only thy dust is here thy dust
But when chill May uncloses
Her petals and is June, / feel
heart beat shake the roses.
Earth and the sun were sweet to us,
Green grass and brooks and laugh
And 1 cannot think of thee ghost
Within some strange hereafter.
Dawn and the hills were glad of u.s..
Tossed corn and windy meadows
And / should not know thee as shade,
PalIid among pale shadows
Stars and the streams were friends to us,
Clear skies and wintry weather
And it was not wrath and wrath with US,
But flesh and blood together.
Only the dust of thee is here
But when mine own day closes
1 will lie down beside thee, love,
And mingle with thy roses.
Don Marquis, in New York Sun.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most men and women fool them
selves easier and oftener than they
fool others.
* X 4
Another handicap under which hui
mans labor is that the right way is
seldom if ever the easiest
X X X
1t is possible to purchase pleasure
with money but happiness and pleas
ure are far from being the same
thing.
X X X
The man who is content only with
the best of it. is likely to come pretty
close TO getting it sooner or later
X X X
The people who pay so much atten-
ton to other folks business seldom
have any of their own which is worth
while.
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And the result of the first game in
the Worlds Series would seem to in
dictate that Boston has finally become
as pre-eminent for her brand of base
ball as she has been for so long for
her. variety of beans.
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Surely some sort of an adequate re-
ception should be given by Topeka to
her soldier boys and those of Kansas
waiting they have been putting in on
the Mexican border: inasmuch as
nothing that savored of a farewell re-
ception was given to them when they
started for the front"
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Evidently. the conflict in Europe is
going to be some war before it is
ended, that is if those who have been
putting out peace feelers to the
belligerents, and who should be in a
position to form fairly accurate opin-
ion in the premises, are hitting rea-
sonabIy close to the mark in their sug-
gestions that its finish is still in the
future
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Trees and shrubbery evidently come
as high as other things when they are
injured or destroyed by a corporation
that takes in lot of money. A Kan
sas man is suing the gas company in
his town for $1,000 because. as he al
leges, leak from its mains destroyed
a tree and some shrubbery to that
value ON his premises
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Germany will probably be insulted,
or at least peeved over the recent an
nouncement at Washington that the
United States trade with Germany has
been cut off absolutely by the war
Hasn't Germany established a subma-
rine freight line to this country. even
If it isn't doing a very regular or
yoluminous business, as vet?
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September, recently gone, may have
been cooler in these parts than is usual
for the ninth month of the year, but
October appears to be working over
time to make up the deficiencies in
this respect of its predecessor.
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DINNER STORIES

1t was a baseball game in the mid
die of the street-against the law
There was a rush, a scramble, and
the policeman had captured a small
boy who looked much the worse for
wear.
Now" said the policeman. who
wasn't at all a bad sort, which shall
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MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

What have become of the old-fash-
toned wits who used to refer to the
post-season and championship strug-
giles in the major league baseball
arena as the Worlds Serious?
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Veal Served Economically.
By BRINKERHOFF.

Get thirty cents worth of lean veal
to fry; cut it in small pieces, roll in
flour, fry in butter and lard until
real brown on both sides: make a
flour gravy over it, let simmer until
ready to serve; season with salt and
pepper. Serves six persons.
Another way to serve veal: chop,
cut in small pieces, roll in cracker
crumbs and egg, fry until brown in
butter and lard. Make a milk gravy
over and let simmer until ready to
serve. Season with salt and pepper.
Another way: Cut veal in small
pieces and stew until tender; then
make a flour gravy in the broth and
serve the gravy over hot baking pow
der biscuit. This is good as chicken.
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use butter, but a goose is very rich
Of itself.
Basic goose often. Turn the gowl
over once in the rooster. Rub with
table salt and pepper before putting
in the oven.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State journal IL a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
garization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State journal
building over wires for this sole purpose