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The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Chicago, Dec. 2z-HoGS-Receipts 49,
600. Market strong, &c to 10c above yester-
days average. Bulk of sales. $1010@1050; =;
light S965@10.45; mixed, $9.9561065 heavy,
$40. .10@1O.70; rough, s1010@1O.25; pigs,
$7.50@925.
CATTLE-Receipts 20 COO Market steady.
Native beef cattle, $720@11.s0; western
steers. $7.25G1C.00; stockers and feeders,
IS. 2O0S.15: cows and heifers, 81. .25@1000;
calves S8.50G12.00.
SHEEP-Receipts $4,000 Market strong.
Wethers, $0.OO@10.OO; lambs, $1125@13.45.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Kansas City, Dec. 27.-WHEAT-Cash
Market steady. No. hard, $1T1@1.T8; No.
3. $1-70Q1.75; No. 2 red, $171@1.76: No.
3, $164@1.73.
mixed, sslkoas9c; No. g. sS@Ss1ac; No. 2
white, s9@s91Ae; No, 3, ssdss52e; No. 2
OATS-Market unchanged to 1ac higher.
No. white, 54@55c; No. 2 mixed, $50
531ac.
Rye S1.31@133
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-S2. 0O@2. OF.
HAY-Market unchanged.
BRAN-S1.32.
SHORTS-$1.4 .450 1.55.
WHEAT-Receipts 119 cars.
BUTTER-Creamery, 4015c; firsts, SOC;
seconds, SIC; packing, 2Sc.
EGGS-Firsts 40c.
POULTRY-Hens, 1910; roosters, 1211c;
turkeys, 24c.
CLOSE: wHEAT-December, $1.731a !;
May. S1.70as July, $1.3Sas
CORN-December, SS12c; May, 901s @91c !;
July, 9O%c.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

1 Northern Spring, lis Cd: No. hard win
Yer, no stock: No. l Manitoba (old), 1ss
No. (new), los lid
CORN-Spot. Am -riean mixed (new), 13s
FLOUR-Patents, AIS
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

New York. Dec. 27-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creamery, higher than extras, 42@
421ac.
EGGS-Market firm. Fresh gathered ex-
ira firsts, 4S0I49c.
CHEESE Market steady. State held,
specials, 24A @2412c.
,POULTRY-Alive, strong; prices set
tied: dressed firm.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Chicago, Dec. 27.-BUTTER-Marketu un.
changed.
EGGS-Market unchanged.
POTATOES-M Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Alive, higher; fows, 1715c !;
| springs, 1712@1Sc; turkeys, 23c.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27
Chicago Grain Market

hicago, Dec. 27.-WHEAT-Close: De-
eember. $1.65b; May, $1.731s @173as; July,
$1.4115@1.415s.
CORN--December, 92c; May, 93A @9sasc
July, 92Ac.
OATS-December, 5O1sc; May, 534 @537sc
July, 51@51hc.
PORK@Jan., $27.25; May, s2s.so
LARD-Dec., $16.65; Jan, $15.S2; May,
$1o.O3.
RIBS-Jan., 1880; May, $1432.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE removes
cause There is only one "Bromo Quinine.' u
F. W. GROVES signature on box 25c--
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Chicago Grain ME-ket
1.-The range of prices for grain futures
on The Chicago Board of Trade as re-
ported by Thos. j. Myers. Broker Colu,n-
bian Bldg.l
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the weather bureau office.
Topeka, Kan, for the twenty-four hours
ending at Z m. Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

New
New York. Dec. 27.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; central fugal, sos; molasses, 4.21
refined dull; fine granulated, 6.95.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27
New Orleans Cotton Market


. New Orleans, Dec 27-COTTON-Sp
quiet and unchanged; middling, 17.2J.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

New York. Dec T-COTTON-Spot
quiet; middling upland, 1I.35. No sales.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Liverpool. Dec. 27.-wHEAT-spot No.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Kansas City. Dec 27--HoGs-Reeeiptss
5000 Market sc to lOe higher sTo .d@I6 bgl6 =. OF
packers and butchers. s1015@10.55; light,
9.GO@ 1880; pigs. ss.00@9.25:
CATTLE-Receipts 5000 Market steady
to 1Oc higher. Prime fed steers. S10.J0d1
11-25; dressed beef steers. S750a 1923; west
ern steers S6.106 southern steers.
S6.OOdS so; cows, s.. 25@S.50: heifers. Sc
1850; stockers and Feeders. S6-0oQS.5O
bulls S5.5C07.25; calves, SG.O0a HOO
SHEEP-Receipts 10000. Market steady.
Lambs. S12-50@13.25: yearlings, SO; 15G
II. so; wethers, SS75Q9I5; ewes. SS-OOd9.2o
stockers and feeders. s600@ 100
Kansas City Stock Yards, Dec 21.-Eight
thousand cattle arrived for todays market
and sales were steady to 10c higher. trading
active, top steers, $10.5. Hog receipts were
10, 800 market Is to 20 cents higher. top
$1,000 There were 1900 sheep and prices
were 1Oc higher, lambs $13-25. another new
high record
BEEF CATTLE
Missouri steers brought S10-25. and nine
loads of pulp fed steers from Scottsbluff.
Neb., first here this season, sold at s10-10
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Kansas City Grain Market
1.-THE range of prices for grain futures on
The Kansas City Board of Trade as re-
ported by Thos J. Myers. Broker. Colum-
bian Bldg.l
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Grain Gossip
Furnished by T. J. Myers. Columbian
Building.l
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 27.
NEW YORK EGGS-46@47c.
CREAMERY RUTTER-Chcago. 3Skc
New York 41c; Elgin. 3sIsc; Topeka whole
sale, SIC.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Poultry. Eggs and Butter
Furnished by the Topeka Packing Com
pany. corner Laurent and Madison.)
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Topeka, Kan, Dec. "a.
=, HI Es-3A lbs. and over, 14c: under
hucks &c geese. 1Oc: broiiers. lbs an
under 1sr: stacy Young roosters 13c
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Butter and Eggs
FURNISHED by the Beatrice Creamery CO
Topeka. Kan.)
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

more than twenty times in excess of
the combined capital stock could be
used in making loans.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Chicago, Dec. 27.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27
Kansas City Live stock Market.

tier prices were mainly higher.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

We are reducing our
stocks to the minimum to
make ready for our first
of the year inventory
Many items are priced at
cost or less than cost.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 27.
wHEAT-s1.5501.60
CORN-ssc-
OATS-50Q54c.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-02-27
(8ortiebung folst.)
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melte @ifte al1s5llonbern. 8ieIe @ifte
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bern lire 2ebensfrdfte nnb MAIDEN 1ie
franf. &auft bente cine g6adtel bon
8idapoo @orm &iller bel Sbrem Mpp=
tbefer. Nur 25c. (Nna.N
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-11-24
t.VERIy OF GRAUSTARK

A very delisFtfftl-and intense
" Interesting novel by Geo. Carr
was found pa1'tfcu
larlT fitted f3r dramafiza5ion
which years AGO was underta ken
successfully BY Robert NJ. Baker,
and has appeared III every city
and town or note on this CONT
nent.
So admirably has the dramatisi
adhered to the romantic atmOS-
phere that the many scenes OF THIS
little German principality are re
alistically portrayed on the stage
together with the quaint charact-
ers who appear in the story. The
story is Of an American girl who
Journeys to Craustark, who, be
ing captured by a band Of brig
ands, masQuerades as the ruling
princess. The leader Of the eXil
ed band is wounded in defence Of
the girl, and with him she falls il
love, and then follows court in
trigue, with the final curtain with
a happy ending.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-11-24
'peafing at IS Opera

= ,tPtdfluS dC~y opera
House last night the show was
very credit able one, with the eN-
ception Of the jokes that for a
community Of this character are
to say the least untitled.
It is ever difficult to regulate
the production Of one night stand
shows, and, much as the local man
agement would want to do so, it
is impossible to supervise the COM
ing production, SO that these I'M
savory, and very risky jokes and
sayings, whilst they go in cities,
are very unfortunate when spo-
ken from the stage Of cur theatre.
Taking the artistic part Of the
show, the musical songs, melodies,
and comic skits, the production
was a first rate, and very laugh
able old time minstrel show, and
the advance notices did not e1ag-
gerate the quality Of the show.
The male soprano voice was par
ticularly good, and the female i'm
PRESERVATION Of Carl Denton; the
acrobatic work Of the Turner Bro
theirs, and the Georgia Jubilee
was fully worth the money pai6
for the entertainment.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-05-05

The International High Commits
sion which has been in session in
Buenos Aires closed it's sessions bv
appointing DR.. L. S. Rowe, Of Phil
adelphia, as secretary. The per
manent headquarters Of the commits
sion will be in Washington, d. c.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-05-05
An Old Fashioned Dinner
CONTINUED from page 614)

Mrs. 1irslln1an entered into the con-
versation with delight. She told them
about her home in the old country,
and she got Mr. Ripensky to tell
more about his parents.
Say, Ma. you're all right" said
Robert. as he helped his mother clear
off the table Il won't try to get out of
going to Cheder either, anymore. Do
you know. Ma, Mr. Ripensky told me
he went to Cheder when he was lit
tie boy, and he can read Hebrew well,
and he can even write Jewish, and he
writes Jewish letters to his mother
I've got an idea, said Miss Hauser,
gailv. lets go into the kitchen and
help with the dishes.
"That's a splendid idea" said Mr.
Ripensky, Il used to help my mother
with the dishes when | was home
After the dishes were washed, the
guests went into the parlor, and Bea-
trice sang few Jewish songs which
her mother had taught her when she
was a child. but which she had always
been ashamed to sing.
Mr.. Ripensky pressed Beatrices
hand warmly before leaving 81 cant
thank you enough for inviting me over
| was afraid that here so far away
from home | was being drawn away
from Jewishress by all my fine aristo-
cratic friends. All evening | felt as
if I were at home, and | was tempted
to- put my arms around your mothers
neck and give her generous hug.
Your mother has invited me to come
over for dinner Friday night, and I'm
coming"
81 am SO glad, said Beatrice, put
ting her arms around her mother and
hugging her tightly. "Everything was
Just fine What do you suppose Mr..
Ripensky would think of me if he knew
how | have been acting, making you
feel bad and laughing at your relgi
BUSINESS. I'm SO glad he's coming Fri
day, because-don't you think. think
he'll have a good influence on Rob
ert."
Mrs. Hirshnan smiled happily
The Jewish Exponent.
The international High Commits
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-05-05
May 5, 1916.

morning, into his wine at night by
def and ambitious wife. 1t has
worked abroad-perhaps it will
work on some Senators here in the
Brandeis case.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-01-20
FARM TENANTS, AND AGRl-
CULTURE LABoRERS

These are the conditions in manu-
,cturing and mining industry; in
agriculture the situation is equally
rIous. In 1910 there were 81 tenant
operated farms in each 100 farms IN
the United States. as compared with
Is in 1890, an increase of 80 per cent
during 20 years Up. 14). The tenants
are exploited not only by their land
ords, but by the merchants from
whom they buy their supplies, ana by
the bankers who charge exorbitanf
rates of interest.
The Investigations and hearings OF
the Commission showed not only tnat
the economic condition of the tenant
was extremely bad, but that he was
far from being free. while his future
was regarded as hopeless. Badly
housed, i'll nourished, uneducated and
homeless. these tenants continue year
after wear to exc out a bare living
moving frequently from one farm %
another in the hope that something
win turn up. Without a large family
the tenant cannot hope to succeed q
break even, SO IN each tenant family
numerous children are being reared 70
= fnture which, under present condt
lions, viii be no better than tnat. o.
their parents, If as good. (p. IA:
The condition of agricultural laDoI
ers is at its worst on the huge eseaeeS
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-01-20
EFFECTS oFsLow WAGES

The effects OF such low wages are
shown in the following facts.
The death rate Of babies. whose
fathers earn less than SO per week,
is 256 per 1000, while those whose
fathers earn $40 or more per week
die at the rate of only "a per 1000.
Thus the babies Of the poor die ct
three times the rate Of the fairly we'll
to do.lp. 12.) &
The last of the family to go hungry
are the children, yet statistics show
that in our largest cities from IL to
20 per. cent of the children are notice
ably underfed and ill-nourished. (p.l2)
The minimum amount Of education
which any child should receive isscer-
ainly the grammar school course. yet
only one-third of all children In our
public schools complete the grammar
school course, and less than 10 per
cent finish high school. Up. 12.)
. Those who leave school are almost
entirely the children of the workers,
who, as soon as they reach working
.re. are thrown immature, illtrained
and with no practical knowledge. into
he complexities OF industrial life
(p. 12.) .,
In the families of the workers 81
per cent of the mothers are at work
and consequently unable to give the
children more than scant attention. u
these mothers 80 per cent keep board
ers and dodgers and per cent WORK
outside the home. Up. 49,
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-01-20
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
THE ISSUE.

The question of industrial relations
ia more fundamental and OF greater
,mnortance to the welfare OF the Ma
ton than any other question except
tho form of our Government.
The immediate effects of the form
and chagacter of industrial organiza-
tion are however, greater and closer
IN the lives and happiness of all
classes of citizens than even the form
and character of our political institu-
fions. The ordinary man, whether
employer or worker, has relatively lit
III contact with the Government. Il
he and his family are well fed, well
housed, and well clothed, and If he
can pay for the education of his child
rem. he can exist even under an auto
ryatic monarchy with little concern,
! until some critical situation develops
which his own liberty is interfered
with or until he is deprived Of life or
property by the overwhelming power
Of his tyrannical ruler. But his indus
trial relations determine every day
what he and his family shall eat, what
they shall wear how many hours. OF
his life he shall labor and in what
surroundings. Under certain condi-
tons where his individual or corpor-
ate employer owns or controls the
community in which he lives, the
education of his children, the charac-
ter and prices of his food, clothing
and house, his own actions, speech
and opinions, and in some cases even
bis religion are controlled and deter
mined, in so far as the interests of
the employer make it desirable for
him to exercise such control. Up. ID
The only hope for the solution OF.
the tremendous problems created by
Industrial relationship lies in the ef-
fectiYe use of our democratic institu-
tons and in the rapid extension Of
the principles of democracy to indus.
try. Political freedom can exist only
where there is industrial freedom;
political democracy only where there
Is Industrial democracy. (p. I'D
There are only two alternatives for
effective action: First, the creation OF
huge system of bureaucratic pater-
nalism, such as has been developed in
Germany; second, action which re-
moves the many existing obstacles
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-01-20
UNJUST DISTRIBUTION OF
WEALTH AND INCOME.

The CONVICTION that the wealth. OF
the country and the income which is
produced through the toll of the work
ers is distributed without regard to
any standard of Justice, Is as wide
spread as it is deep-ro0ted. 1t takes
every form, but at bottom there is the
one fundamental, controlling idea that
income should be received for service,
only, whereas, in fact, it bears no
such relation, and he who serves least
or not at all, may receive most.
What do the millions Of workers get
for their toll, for their skill, for the
risk of life and limb? That is the
question to be faced in an industrial
nation, for these millions are the
backbone and sinew- of the State, in
peace or in war.
One-third of the adult male work
ers, the fathers and potential fathers,
earn less than $40 a week, between
two-thirds and three-fourths earn less
than SIS, and only about one-tenth
j earn more than $40 week.
4 The mere pittances paid to women
nd children for their work are not
only insufficient for their support but
through the force Of competition in q
rapidly extending field they threaten
the whole basis Of the wage scale.
One-hah of the women workers earn
less than six dollars week. Six dol
llars-what does it mean to many
Three theatre tickets, gasoline for the
week, or the price of dinner for two;
q pair of shoes, three pairs Of gloves
or the cost OF an evening at bridge
To the girl it means that every penny
must be counted. every normal desire
stifled, and each basic necessity o.
| life barely satisfied by the sacrifice o.
some other necessity.
| Last Of all are the children FOL
l whose petty addition to the stream
lof production the Nation Is paying I
lneaYy toll In ignorance, deformity o
body, or mind, and premature old age
AFTER all. does it matter much wha
l4hey are paid? For all experience ha.
shown that in the end the fathers
wages are reduced by about tn
Iamount that the children earn.
This is the condition at one end o
1.-THE social scale. What is at tn,
Iothef?
Massed in millions, at the other ent
LOT the scale, are fortunes Of q siz
'inever before dreamed of, whose YER
loWners do not know the extent no
|Ieyen the sources OF their incomes.
We have, according to the incQm
returns, forty.four families wit
|lannHal Incomes Of 1.000, 600 ofsmOr
lWhose members perform little or n
lusefui service. but whose aggregat
incomes, tOtalling At the very leas
| | fifty millions per year. are equivalen
Ito the earnings Of 10O. 900 wage Worl
The ownership Of wealth N th
United states has become concentrai
81 Is ! aegEpa Nhich + aiMenk
81 n.sl's { ~ ilsl 4 - p
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-01-20

pie, own go per cent of the wealth.
The Middle Glass;" S3 per cent Of
the people, own IS per cent Of the
wealth.
The Poor" 65 per cent Of the peo-
pie own only per cent Of the wealth.
Effective action Thy Congress is re
Quired, therefore, not only to readjust
the existing injustices in the distribu
ton Of wealth and income, but to
check the growth Of an hereditary
aristocracy, which is foreign to
every conception of American Govern
ment and menacing to the welfare OF
the people and the existence OF the
Nation as q democracy. -
The Commission recommends that
Congress enact an Inheritance tax so
graded that while making generous
provision for the support Of depend
ents and the education Of minor child
rem, It shall leave no accumulation OF
more than 100000 to pass into
hands which had no share in It's pro
duction. The revenue from this tax
should be reserved for two principal
purposes:
l. The extension of education and
other social services.
2. The development, In connection
with States and municipalities, OF
great constructive works, such as road
building, irrigation and reforestat1on
which would materially increase the
efficiency and welfare OF the Nation.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-01-20
UNEMPLOYMENT AND DE-
NAL OF OPPORTUNITY TO.
EARN A LIVING.

Tho workers in our great basic In
dutsries are unemployed for an aver
age of at least one-flfth Of the year,
and at all times there Is an army OF
men, who can be numbered only by
hundreds of thousands, who are un--
able to find work or who have so Tar
degenerated that they cannot or will
not work. (p. 34.) q
This unemployment arises from two
great causes, although many others
are contributory.
First. the inequality Of the distribu-
ton of income, which leaves the great
masses of the people unable to pur-
chase the products of the industry
which they create, while few have
such a superfluity that It cannot be
1 normally consumed, but must be In
vested in new machinery for produc-
ton or in the further monopolization
of land and natural resources.
T. Second, the denial Of access to land
and natural resources even when they
are unused and unproductive, except
At = price and under conditions which
are practically prohtbitive. This SIT.
uation, while bound up with the land
and taxation policies Of our States
md Nation, also rests fundamentally
upon the unjust distribution OF wealth.
LAND or natural resources in the
lands OF persons Of average income
must and will be used either by their
original owners or by some more en-
terprising person. Only in the hands
of large owners-free from economic
pressure, able to ovade or minimize
the effects Of taxation, or to await the
ripeninS Of the fruits Of unearned in
crease in vaIue-can land be held out
of use II its products are needed
.f(p. 34.)
There can be no more complote
Eeyidence of the truth of this statement
than the condition Of the farms Of
4 900 acres and over, which, valued at
1.-TWO and one-third billion dollars, com
. prise 10 per cent Of all the farm land
| Of the country and are held by less
than 1 per cent Of the farm owners
The United States Census returns
show that In these 1,00Oacre farms
EonIy 10 per cent of the land Is cult
1 Ivated, as compared with 90 to ~ Eel
Il cent In farms Of so to 499 acres.
More than fOur-ifths OF the area q
Il Of the large holdings is being kept
, Tout Of active use by their 1000 own
, Iers, while 2,250.000 farmers ars st5ug
, Cling for 3 bare existence on farms o.
Tess than fifty acres and an untold
number who would willingly worl
: these lands are swelling tie armies o.
1.-THE unemployed in tie cities and
] towns. Up S5.)
: The interests Of the producing farm
, e. ana Of the wage Garner are iaen
teal. The lspA mHSt p eaeNea Z
~ Npop fslY teEmk
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-01-20
DENIAL OF JUSTICE.

Many witnesses, speaking for mil
lions of workers, testified before the
commission that the mass Of workers
are convinced that laws necessary for
their protection against the most grew
Gus wrongs cannot be passed except
after long and exhausting struggles;
hat such good measures as become
avs are largely nullified by unwar-
ranted decisions Of courts: that the
VIC which stand upon the statute
2oks are not equally enforced and
hot the whole machinery Of govern
nAnt has frequently been placed at
+he disposal of employers for the OPP
preston of the workers: that the Con.
stitution itself has been ignored In
the interests Of employers; and that