Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 310, 15 September 1909 — Page 4

THE RICHMOND IAXjuAJ1U1I AND SU3I-T1SLJEGKA31, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1C09.

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K4lh O. Lc4a. , , .MuifliK Editor. Charles If. Mor.. .Maaa.er. W. II. Poaadatoa. ...... .If ewe Editor. , SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond f 5.00 per year (tn advance) or 10c per week. MAIL. SUBSCRIPTIONa On year. In advance ..$5.00 Six montha. In advance ,. 2.60 One month. In advance 46 RURAL ROUTES. On year, in advance $2.60 Six montha. In advance 1.S0 On month. In advance 25 Address changed as often aa deal red; both new and old addresses must be riven. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a specified term: name will not be entered until payment is received. Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post office as second class mall matter. Tba Association off AsssHcaa (Na-w York City) lu artiOsd t Oe slrsalatsm Only tka ta tts r FREIGHT BUREA US Tbe work of commercial organizations In cities Is one of the most significant signs of the times. No task seems too great for them. In almost every town of energy there exists some organization which is clearing away the underbrush of the world of trade. The most signal success which, has attended the success of most commercial organizations is in the freight rate fight. Following the fight and agitation against railroads in Roosevelt's administration, the interest of the publie became acute in cases of discrimination. The added power given to the Interstate commerce commissioners and the various railroad commissions In the different states, and the favorable decisions obtained in the courts all this gave hope to the organizations which were fighting for the trade facilitating their cities. Such towns as Chicago, Des Moines, Iowa, and Indianapolis, are typical. Des Moines some years ago established a freight bureau in the charge of an expert railroad man. Des Moines was off the beaten track of the trunk lines; Des Moines was between the Mississippi and the Missouri. The freight bureau went to work at once. Today, in contrast to the previous time when that city was in the throes of strangulation of . rebates and trans-Mississippi, Des Moines enjoys the most favorable conditions though the town had to go to the highest tribunals to get them. Indianapolis has a freight bureau. According to the Indianapolis Star Indianapolis hais profited almost a million dollars a' year by its work in fighting for and securing favorable decis ions in cases of railroad discrimina tion. Beginning with absolute refusals of railroad companies to adopt equitable freight rates when discrimination was pointed out So the bureau carried twenty some cases to the Interstate Commerce Commission in April, 1907 In twenty out of twenty-three cases the bureau won out for the shippers of In- , dlanapolis. The freight bureau in Indianapolis g composed of three persons; a manager, a rate clerk, and a stenographer. It has two rooms In an office building. Its figures and evidence were put through the fire of cross examination projected by the skillful corporation attorneys, who were employed by the railroads. The small working force which must ' cost only a few thousands, have saved Indianapolis many hundred thousands of dollars and the results are only beginning. It need scarcely be pointed out that something like this work is already being done in Richmond. The trouble of freight interchange between the C, C. & I and the Pennsylvania has been a matter of inconvenience and expense to Richmond. Steps have already been taken to remove this discrimination. But the work of a freight bureau is not only in removing obstacles, but in giving advice to shippers as to the best routing the quickest the cheapest shipping and the securing of cars in times of rolling stock stringency. Something very like the freight bureau of Indianapolis would do much for Richmond. A BUILDING CODE The question of a new building code In Richmond is not a question at all. It Is not even a matter of controversy. The Palladium has already called attention to the deficiency of Richmond In this matter. One side of it which hould not be overlooked is that stress laid on the building code at this time ihould not Interfere with the reasonable expectations . of the city of tire

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protection from the pending contract with the Richmond City Water Works. A building code can be put In force anytime that council hus accumulated sufficient data to establish a good one. A franchise or contract (for the question seems more than debatable,) is on the other hand, of such long duration that fire protection from that source should not be clouded by over attention to the building code, so that the contract slip through. No one will deny that some small structures have recently gone up of a flimsy nature which would not be tolerated in other communities there are also some old structures which will one day be a decided menace if they are not at the present time. The increase in electric wiring, moving picture shows, etc., undeniably increase fire risk and many avenues of danger are constantly added as business and Invention become more complex. The building code of a city should be up to date and not permit the construction of buildings which under earlier conditions were safe enough but which are now fire traps. No one will deny that, But there is another feature of a building code beyond the highly utilitarian purpose of adequate fire protection. The construction of buildings out of solid materials and by honest workmanship is more than desirable for building up a good town. Low shacks and tumble down buildings are not good signs in a live town. There is no question, as we said before, of a new building code. It should be the most modern in every way, both for real fire protection, reduction of insurance rates in compliance with, the ratings of the insurance companies, and above all else, for the building up of a substantial and attractive business district. Of the technical side of what a building code for Richmond should contain, we shall have something to say when the questions come up. In the meantime a building code should not distract public attention from the water works question.

Items Gathered in From Far and Near Idle Curiosity. t From Charleston News and Courier. Many well meaning persons are apt to confuse what they regard as interest in others with idle curiosity and thereby cause annoyance if not actual suffering, besides placing themselves in an unenviable light. Very ' often the display of curiosity is unconscious and arises from a desire to give evidence to some friend of a willingness on our part to share his confidence, but the friend is very sure to not avail himself of this opportunity, else he would have sought it himself. There are some sorrows in nearly every one's life which reach down too deeply in the heart to bear even the kindliest inquisition; sorrows which we are not willing to speak of voluntarily even to those nearest and dearest to us, and yet it often happens that it is upon such a subject as this that some kind friend is apt to question, us. Of course a curiosity of this sort is more than idle: it is an evidence of lack of consideration, to say the least, and is supposed not to obtain in Kenteel society, and yet we venture to say that there is hardly a person in this wide world of ours who has not at some period when misfortunte has entered his life suffered from the idle curiosity of some supposed friend. Making Army Officers. From the Boston Transcript. Army orders announce the assignment to their organizations of eight second lieutenants promoted from enlisted men after passing examination for commissions. Two passed so well as to be assigned to the cavalry, and two were found qualified to be officers of light artillery. Such promotions are attainable only after a long course of study pursued in the scanty leisure of an enlisted man or "non-com." They are given to only such als pass an examination stiff enough to make the man who thinks "anybody can be an officer" turn pale. The successful ones are those who survive the ordeal of preliminary or trying out examinations. In opening the career to the proved merit and competency of the ranks, the army is ahead of the civil service. It is true that occasionally department heads have recourse to examinations for promotions, but the method has not become a system it is in the army, sanctioned both by law and usage. Montreal Graft. From the Springfield Republican. The virulent outbreak of corruption in Montreal is of special Interest to Americans as proving that municipal Growing children need just the things that are in Quaker Oats. It is a great strength builder and is digested easily.

graft is not limited in it extent by national boundary lines. Canada has an admirable federal government, su

perior in some respects to our own, and the late development of the country's institutions nas permitted the rulers of the Dominion to heed many a lesson taught by American experience. But the case of Montreal Indicates" that with Canada's rapidly Increasing population and wealth, the misrule and looting of cities may easily distinguish the future development of the Canadian municipalities. The Great Unknown. From the New York Sun. Henry James interprets himself Boston Advertiser. Yes, but there ought to be a good English translation of his works. Beneath Their Dignity. From the Detroit Jounal. A firm of Kentucky counterfeiters had an office on Wall street. We looked for higher ideals, even in coun terfeiters, than that. What Do the Birds Say? From the Boston Globe. If the birds converse It would be interesting to hear their comments on the aerial spectacle at Rheims. TWINKLES (By Philander Johnson.) A Tragic Episode "Why is Ethelinda crying so bitterly?" asked the fond mother. "It's my mistake, as usual," answered the penitent father. "I went and ate up the things she made at cooking school instead of saving them to show to visitors." An Atmosphere of Faultfinding. "Why are farmers always complaining?" asked the student of social economy. "I dunno," answered Farmer Corntossel. "I reckon it is a habit we git Into from listenin' to summer boarders." "Many a man," said Uncle Eben, "thinks he's having a tremenjus big time as a sport when he is merely goln' through the initiation of de Down-an'-Out Club." The Rural Scene. How beauteous it used to be. The ried o'er hill and dale; But now you scarcely note the trc Or brooklet In the vale; About the only thing you see Is "Real Estate for Sale." A Confident Critic. "What do you think of Macbeth?" asked the literary girl. "The case presents no mystery whatever," answered the eminent alienist, blandly. "His ambition to be king is a positive sign of exaggerated ego, while his ideas about witches clearly denote the presence of delusions." The Ballot of the Future. If the suffragettes gain the dominion For which they so earnestly strive, And regulate public opinion, Will a new social system arrive? Will delegates all take their knitting When discussing a nation's affairs, And will they, before sitting, Put tidies on all the chairs? 'Round the ticket brought out to be voted Will the sew trimmings, frail but ornate, Will the Housekeepers Journal be quoted Or after, the prospect alluring, . Achieved, seems but empty and tame, Will the men have to go on enduring As of yore, all the stress of the game? Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. Copy.ight, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye

THE THREE CIRCLES. We live inside of circles. In our thinking each of us is accustomed unconsciously to draw about us certain circles of which we are the center. For instanceEach individual is bounded by a small circle which represents the relation and duty he holds toward himself and his family. Then outside this narrow circle Is a larger one, which stands as tbe limit of bis relation and obligation to tbe community in which be lives. And then tbe individual draws with a wider sweep the arc of a circle, the full circumstances of which be can never know, which represents his duty and relation to all men everywhere. And However large the circle or however small, tbe geographical center of it is always the same self. Which fact naturally trends as more or less toward selfishness. Being born in the center of all these circles and living always as the bub around wbicb they must revolve, the tendency is for us to lire mostly in tbe smaller circle. We are prone to care only for our own. to seek for benefit of our own. to narrow our ambitions to the circumference of tbe little circle. Education must take ns out of the narrow into tbe larger circles. If, besides living in tbe smaller world of self, we live also In tbe wider one of community interest, then we have widened our ambitions and our sympathies and got Into the field of civilized living. And If. besides living In these two circles, we also live tn tbe great wide circle of human brotherhood we have come into the realm of real manhood and womanhood. ButSuanose we. lire only !a .the small

Prisoner's Death Closes up Postal Card Correspondence

Chicago, Sept 15. A prisoner of mystery, whose term has been made more bearable by 1,600 postal cards written to him from all parts of the world, is dead, and Dr. William E. Barton of Oak Park has closed a correspondence that he originated through pity for the prisoner. Several years ago friends of Dr. Barton were asked to write to the prisoner, whose name was not given, and to send souvenir postal cards. Dr. Barton .made himself the medium for thi3 correspondence, never even telling in what prison the man was. VERY IMPORTANT IS THE QUESTION State Accounting Board Will Consider School Supplies Matter. COMBINATION REPORTED OFFICIALS LEARN THAT COMPANIES FURNISHING THE SUPPLIES HAVE REACHED A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING. Indianapolis, Ind., September 15. The state accounting board is to be called on to decide an important question with reference to the filing of bids for furnishing school supplies to the various townships of the state. Since the bids for supplies and the contracts let for them will come under the inspection of the accounting board this board will have much to do with keeping things straight. According to word that has reached the board there is a combination among the school supply men of the state to fix prices and control the business in 1,016 townships. This has not yet been established, but it is ouc the things that the board will look :o. The story goes that there is one firm in this city that does not belong to the combination, and this firm is having a hard time to fight the combine. Here is the way the story goes as it has reached the board: Was Called Last June. Last June a meeting was called of all of tbe school supply houses in the city, and the outside firm was asked to send a representative to the meeting. At this meeting an agreement was reached among all the firms except the outsider to fix the prices of all supplies at certain figures. The rest of the supply men present supposed, from the fact that he was at the meeting, that the independent man would abide by the agreement. But a few days later they found that his house had sent out to every township trustee In the state a blanket bid covering every item of supplies that are needed in the schools, and the prices quoted were those in effect before the meeting of the combine had boosted them. Along with each bid this firm sent each trustee a bond, as required by law, thus filing its bid in every township in the state at the same time and at lower figures than the combine would offer. There was consternation in the combine ranks, and a member was sent to see the Independent firm. The latter, however, insisted that it was not bound by any agreement as to prices, and it refused to change its policy. Then the combine undertook to force the independent firm out of business. When the independent firm tried to buy some goods in the East it was informed by the manufacturer that he could not sell it any more goods. In some instances, trustees who, it seems, wish to buy of the combine at higher prices than they can buy the same goods for from the independent firm, have refused the independent bid because, they say. it was not received by them at the time provided by law. The action of these trustees in thus refusing the lowest bids will be looked into by the accounting board. It is understood that the accounting board will inform the trustees that they shall receive the bids whether they were sent in to them at one time or another. In case the bids filed by the independent firm are held to be good and they are known to be much below the bids which have been and will be filed by the combine firms, it will be interesting to know how the trustees will get around the independent bid. There is a good deal of alarm among the combine members. circle of r u. Hie rirrle of community life only to exploit humanity for our own beuefit. or in tbe wide world circle only to extort from it more than Is our share? John K. L. Baron has fitly answered these questions when be puts it this way: "To benefit self alone Is greed. To beneat self by wronging others is crime. To benefit mankind is glory." That is it. To live only in tbe narrow circle Is greed. To live in the larger circle in order to grab is crime. But to lire in tbe outermost circle in order to n'' ' p-lnrious. Co Ua. r.r tne Right. Cowardice never won anything. U the theory that, a half loaf is better than none is correct, then it would fol low that one should take a quarter of a loaf, then a crust and finally starrr without protest. We want human rights and human justice. Capital has for years been organizing for an aggressive campaign against labor, and labor must meet tbe issue unitedly and courageously.

A few days ago tbe prisoner died and Dr. Barton has notified all the writers of the fact, thanking them for the good cheer they put into the prisoner's life, and concluding with this moral, which is the only clew he says he has ever given to the prisoner's identity: "But let me preach this little sermon to the men who are trusted as he was once trusted and honored as he was once honored: Keep trust funds separate from your own money. It Is a very simple sermon, but for lack of following its direction some kindly men, generous and good, have learned bitter lessons."

JURIES ARE DRAWN Eaton, O., Sept. 15. The grand and petit juries for the October term of court have been drawn as follows: Grand Jury J. C. Ayers, Washington township; George Morningstar, Washington; Charles P. Jones. Jefferson; C. H. Duke, Dixon; Joseph Heeter, Twin; Gilbert Cox, Somers; John Block, Twin; Williams Mills, Jefferson; C. A. Ford. Monroe; Henry Schreel, Twin: W. B. Tucker. Harrison; O. L. Bishop, Israel; George B. Jordan, Washington. Petit jury H. M. Markey, Harrison township; Homer Hart. Dixon; Jacob Christman, Washington; Albert Lutz, Harrison; Pliny Deem, Washington; Edwin Ozias, Jackson; Charles E. Stubbs, Gratis; W. D. Horn, Harrison; David F. Call, Jackson; G. M. Sizelove, Somers; Willlim McDlll, Israel; Elwood Coblentz, Jefferson; R. R. Parker, Somers; E. E. McWhlnney, Jackson; G. B. Davlsson, Jefferson; George L. Cooper, Israel; John Campbell,, Gratis; O. O. Coleman, Lanier. DR. L. S. CHENOWETH Dentist. Now on vacation; will be in New Offices in Murray Theater Bldg., Oct. 15, Cor. 10th & Main Sts. $5.00 or $10.00 May Save You a World of Troubles on household goods, pianos, fixtures, horses and vehicles, etc., etc., made quietly and quickly. No red tape or unnecessary delay. Monthly or weekly payments arranged to suit the borrower. Strictly Private $1.20 is the weekly payment on a $50 loan for fifty weeks. Other amounts in the same proportion. Loans made in all parts of the city; also ' surrounding towns and country. Ke guarantee lowest rates and absolute secrecy. You need not leave your home to get a loan. If you need money and cannot call at our office, fill out and mail to us the following blank and we will send a representative to you. Name Address '. Amount Wanted Kind of Security Richmond Loon Company Room 8, Colonial Bldg., Richmond, Indiana.

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Diplomacy. "But what made you Irritate her father?" -I had to do it I wasn't any too popular with the girl until her father forbade me tbe house." Louisville CourlerJournal. After Him. Aunt Crabbe 1 think it la my duty to tell you that I have heard from several sonrces that Mr. Brown Is a very fast young man! Daisy Fast aa he is. 1 shall catch him yet, auntie! London Fun. BELTED PRINCESS DRESS. This design is shown made of navy blu cashmere with a yoke and collar of black tucked net. A bow and tabs of black velvet ribbon with jet buttons and buckles is used for the trimming. The dress is closed invisibly at. the left side front and the skirt has nine gores with a pleat at each seam. This pattern is cut in five sises, 32 to 40 bust measure. Size 36 requires 11 yards of 97-inch material. Price of Pattern 473 is 10 cents. - - - No. 475. Name ... Address Sire Fill out blank and send to Pattern Department of this newspaper.

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