The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-18
CAPITAL CITY NOTES
(BY Chas. Il. Trapp.l

topeka, April 1SCn--1naC Wnen
you take up your bunk of corn bread
you may know that your sacrifices
are being appreciated, here is let
ter from London, while addressed
particularly to the printing fratern-
ity, applies to all red-blooded Amer
leans:
81 hope the American printing
craft will discredit such talk as ap-
parently is going on, that there is
no great need for the very noble sac
rifces which American homes have
been making, in order that they may
send plenty of surplus food to the AL
lies. These matters of supply and of
need are all relative of course. So
far our people have been on the
whole well fed, but it has been by
hand to mouth privision, more or less
and with much discomfort and waste
of time an dstrength in getting the
available food. Almost all whom 1
know seem to be losing weight. 1t
would be lamentable if the fine IN
selfiShness of millions of American
homes were discouraged by wrong
full reports as to the very high value
which that sacrifice has had for all
the Allies in Europe"
Among the methods of conserva-
ton is one to do away with the horde
of litigants, witnesses and jurors
who infest the courts The idea is
founded on the idea of Abraham Lin
coin, who said: discourage litiga-
ton. Persuade your neighbors to
compromise whenever you can. Point
out to them how the normal winner
is often real loser-in fees, ex-
penses, and waste of time" The
idea is not new, but its application
e IL
of New York City have provided
means of Cancellation, whereby the
two parties in a dispute, through the
mediation of third party called
concilator,, voluntarily reach an
agreement The conciliator seeks
to bring the parties into accord. He
may make suggestions, but the par
ties themselves must finally agree up
on the settlement. If the concilia-
ton proceedings fail, the parties may
arrange for arbitration, in which
case they must abide by the decision
of the arbitrator, fight it out in court
bitrate they can figh it out in court
by the slow, tedious, vexatious pro-
| cesses that are such waste of time,
energy and money.
A case that will be of interest to
merchants is one where a bunch of
engravers got together and had a set
scale of prices based on the wages of
the union to which the employees be-
| longed. The engravers were cited to
appear before the federal trade COM
mission for violation of the Sherman
antitrust law.
A movement has been started to
prevent the raising of hotel rates
| when a big gathering comes to town.
9 TrnnnSnH fO n 11o lorr
lature that the hotel men be required
to file plat with the state and on the
| plat designate the price of every
room and also to have the price of
| the room posted in the lobby and in
the room itself. Some hotels in the
South are now voluntarily pursuing
this plan
The labor shortage reaches even
the courts of the United States.
Judge Pollock has been hard pressed
for jurors because of the desire of
| the farmers to put in their crops and
has rushed by all legal means the
session of the court that the men
might get back to farms and do their
bit toward winning he war.
The workingmen of Topeka, be-
coming tired of what they conceive
to be the high price of ice, are getting
charter for the purpose of install
| ling a cooperative ice plant. They pro
pose to raise fifty thousand dollars,
payable mostly in the product of the
plant.
The completion of the repairs on
| the east wing of the state house is
slowly dragging to fnality. The
| shortage of cars, the scarcity of la
Dor, and the unfavorable weather
have all retarded the work. But the
wing is now occupied. Among the
improvements has been the cleaning
of the outside walls. This has re-
suited in an odd condition where the
east wing was so dirty that it made
the others look reasonably clean, now
the white east wing makes the other
| three appear exceedingly dirty.
One Kansas short-line railroad
having been junked all Kansas will
watch the outcome of the efforts of
| the citizens along the line of the
road running from Leavenworth to
Topeka to save the artery. The citi-
Zens are showing that by the use of
| this little stretch much freight con-
| gestion may be saved Also by the
use of the road as cutoff long hauls
and much coal and man-power will
be saved. Judge Pollock will decide
the matter at Kansas City on Tues
day.