The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
CAPITAL CITY NOTES
(By Chas. II. Trapp.)

Topeka, June 3.-Wl Beck of Hol-
ton and Henry Sticher of Usage City
are on the opposite sides of the fence
on the question whether or not an edi-
tor ought to take paid war advertising
contributed by merchants. Beck be-
lieves hat it is a species Of profteer-
ing which Sticher believes it enables
the merchants to take part of the load
from overloaded newspaper man. It
is well known to the fraternity that
the calls for space for the various
campaigns and the rise in everything,
from labor paper, has cut out prac-
tically all the profit in the business
if there ever was a profit. At q
meeting of the Topeka Press Club it
was decided almost unanimously that
the ends of the nation would be best
served by taking the Contributed ad
vertising."
Recently it was said that ga coun-
try editor" is mighty good editor
but a mighty poor business man."
Charles Sessions old-time newspaper
man and head of the Utilities Com
mission, said: ''The country editor
is the best business man on earth.
He has to make a living for himself
under the most adverse Circumstance
es and in addition to that, he is the
custodian of the fortunes of most of
the population of his town, for if he
It'd all he knew or didn't tell it well,
things would begin to happen imme-
diately. The country editor gets less
and earns more than any other pro-
fession.'
The first move in the L. & T., the
railroad that was bought from the
court by the people to keep it from
being junked, will be watched with
interest. The directors have leased
the road to a man who will give them
nothing for it for the first year and
less than two and one-half per cent
for the remaining nine out of ten
years. Also, the man has the option
of dropping his contract at the end
of one year. The people raised eighty
thousand dollars. Out of less than
corporation have to be paid. The
matter is up to the Utilities Commits
sion for confirmation.
With the Hun at the gates OF
RHEIMS bombs falling on hospitals
the fate of Belgium just back around
the corner, the call of the president
for money through War Savings
Stamps will have much greater weight
than few weeks ago.
A Topeka citizen has written tt
Washington proposing to consolidate
the thirty odd printeries in the Cap
ital Ciy, and make this serve as an OBJ
ject lesson for the rest of the coun
try. He points out that any two OF
the big plants could do all the worl
that is done by all the industry. Thi!
would release a third of the skilled Ia
Dor and allow its use in war indus
tries. The two big newspaper plants
here could be consolidated and a ter
per cent. svaing in labor be effected
Two ice companies traverse the same
ground. A fifty per cent. saving
could be here effected. Numerous
milk wagons go over the same routes
Morca Morrow has favorite illus
tration: In one big apartment house
in Chicago seventeen milk vender.
served the inmates.
The outcome of the democratic
convention" held in Topeka thi!
week is going to be that. Henry J
Waters is really going to run for gov
ernor on the democratic ticket. I
has been assumed that Waters name
was put in just to fill up but big dem
ocrats are telling that Waters want.
the job and what it more, thinks ht
has a chance to get the executive
chair. The democratic are counting
on the loyalty of the people to tht
president and his war policies to pull
the ticket through.