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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19. 1908.
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POPULATION OF TEXAS CITIES:
The population of the seven largest
cities of Texas on June 1, 1904, as esti-
mated by the United States Census tfu-
reau, is as follows:
SAN ANTONIO 59.581
Houston 94,463
Dallas 49,670
Galveston 32,613
Fort Worth 26,960
Austin 24,148
Waco 23,162
Selection of the Standard-Bearer.
The suggestion that inasmuch as
the South furnishes the bulk of the
Democratic vote the South should ex-
ercise the privilege of naming the
Democratic standard-bearer in Na-
tional elections is not without merit,
from the narrow point of view of its
proponents.
This, however, is more a matter of
sentiment than of practical politics.
What the Democrats most desire In
the National contest is success, and
very few, if any of them, would care
particularly whether the nominee
hailed from above or below Mason
and Dixon's line if there were assur-
ances of his election.
In every National contest the ques-
tion of availability is uppermost in
the minds of those who have the se-
lection of the party nominee for Presi-
dent, whether Republican or Demo-
crat, and the circumstance of habita-
tion has a good deal to do with the
decision in most cases. The election
of a Democrat as Governor of New
York or of one of the populous States
of the Middle West would ordinarily
have the effect of putting him in line
for the Presidential nomination and a
potent influence would be the assump-
tion that he could secure the consider-
able number of electoral votes which
such a State would be able to cast.
If a Republican of Presidential size
should he elected Governor of one of
the Southern States in a biennial elec-
tion his claims to National considera-
tion would be considered largely in
relation to his ability to carry such
State for the Republican National
ticket and with respect to the neces-
sity that might exist for making in-
roads in the South by reason of party
losses in the J5Torth. It would be, to
some extent, at least, a question of
availability and practical politics.
Neither party is apt to select a can-
didate from one of the smaller States
or from one whose political status is
so definitely fixed that there is small
prospect of changing it. Thus New
York, Ohio and Indiana, regarded as
pivotal States, have furnished prac-
tically all the National nominees for
a great number of years, and no Presi-
dent has been elected since the Civil
War who did not secure the electoral
votes of at least two of the States
earned.
The Republican party went to New
England for its nominee in 1884 on
account of the personal popularity of
Its candidate and suffered the first
defeat it had known since it first
came into power. It was successful
four years later with a candidate from
Indiana. For the first time in many
years the Democrats took their candi-
date from one of the Western States
in 1896 because of his personality and
lost control of the Government. Four
years later the same candidate was
again chosen ami that time failed to
carry his home State and some of the
nearby States which had joined the
Democratic column four years before.
The probabilities are that the elec-
toral votes of Maine or New Hamp-
shire would be cast for any candidate
the Republicans might name and that
Texas or Arkansas would do the same
for any Democratic nominee. Practical
politicians take a practical view of
politics.
The South and Government Ownership.
The Washington" Post professes it-
self considerably surprised that the
South has not pawed the ground, and
made the dust fly in an outburst of
indignant repudiation of Bryan's Gov-
ernment ownership proposition. The
South has said pretty clearly, albeit
calmly, what it thinks on this sub-
ject From Virginia to Texas, from
Missouri to Florida, there has been a
positive refusal to subscribe to the
new and dangerous doctrine.
The South is, however, not in the
least excited over the proposal, be-
cause it believes Government owner-
ship of /railroads is such a remote
contingency as to be removed from
the field of active discussion. There
is no use getting excited over what
may happen about the last of the next
century, if it happens at all.
John Sharp Williams, one of the
most influential of Southern leaders,
put the whole matter in a nutshell
when he said: "I am opposed to
Government ownership of railroads—
irrevocably, now and forever, in
theory and in practice—a< question
concerning which Mr. Bryan and I
agree to disagree. But I see no good
in my rushing into print on the sub-
ject. We will simply vote it down if
offered as a plank of the Democratic
platform."
That is the South's announced in-
tention, "Simply vote it down—irre-
vocably." This is neither a threat,
nor a prophecy, nor a promise, but a
plain statement of fact as to the atti-
tude of mind of the greatest part of
the Democratic party.
There has been a world of pother
agitated in Eastern Republican news-
papers—for a purpose, of course—
about this Government ownership bug-
aboo. It is all a figment ot the imag-
ination like shapes seen at night, and
b; no means a real danger. It is the
sort of vagary that President Roose-
velt talked in that famous muck-rake
speech last spring, when he advocat-
ed an inheritance tax, and talked
about "fortunes swollen beyond all
healthy limits" and advocated a modi-
fied sort of Governmental confisca-
tion.
The leaders of the G. O. P. must
have smiled a cynical little smile as
they read that speech; for they knew
there was just about as much possi-
bility of its becoming part of the doc-
trine of the Republican party as the
moon's coming down and being incor-
porated as an annex to this planet.
The Southern Democrats are dis-
posed to regard Mr. Bryan's Gov-
ernment ownership vagary as a
dream of what might be, if everything
were as it ought to be and the politi-
cal millenium had come.
The South is not any more excited
than the Republican party was over
Roosevelt's speech; and will accept
Government ownership as an issue,
just about the time that the Repub-
lican party makes the confiscation of
surplus wealth one of its campaign
slogans.
General Corbin and the Canteen.
In his last report which has just
been made public General Corbin,
who has retired as Lieutenant Gen-
eral, takes about the same position
with regard to the post canteen as
have General Lee and other com-
manding officers in their official re-
ports. General Corbin says: "It
would seem unnecessary to argue to a
fair-minded person the superiority of
a system which provides a mild alco-
holic beverage at reasonable cost in
moderate quantities, under strict mili-
tary control, to one which results in
luring the soldier away from his bar-
rack to neighboring dives, where his
body and sou! are poisoned and ruined
by vile liquors, with the accompany-
ing vice of harlotry, and where his
money is taken from him by gamblers
and thieves."
In passing the anti-canteen law
Congress was influenced mainly by
those good women who mistake pro-
hibition for temperance and who im-
agined they were doing the soldiers a
good service by removing the tempta-
tion as well as the opportunity for the
indulgence of an appetite for stimu-
lants. They did not, apparently,
foresee the greater temptations that
would spring up outside the military
reservations beyond the regulation
and control of the army officers, if
they had had the experience and ob-
servation of the post commanders and
of the officers who are charged with
the maintenance of good order thoy
might realize how much easier it is
to regulate and control the canteen
on the reservation than to prevent
patronage of the dens of iniquity on
the outside.
General Corbin says absences from
the post and frequent desertions are
directly traceable to the resorts which
would probably not exist or be much
less attractive to the soldiers if the
post canteen were restored where
they could obtain beer and light wines
or soft drinks in moderation without
being permitted to go to excesses
either in indulgence of the appetite
or in wasteful extravagance of their
pay.
Perhaps Congress may be persuad-
ed after a time to give more heed to
those who are able to speak advisedly
with regard to a matter in which they
are deeply interested than are the
theoretical prohibitionists.
A few days ago The Express sug-
gested that in view of the large num-
ber of deaths reported during this
summer in Southwest Texas from
snake bites it might be advisable to
devise some method of at least reduc-
ing the danger. The Chipago Record-
Herald, touching the matter, says:
"Rattlers and other poisonous
snakes are no longer to be found in
this country except where settlers are
few and the work of extermination
has not been finished. No large com-
munity would tolerate existence where
the danger from sudden death by a
reptile's fangs was ever imminent."
But the problem is how to get rid of
the reptiles before there is a large
population.
Editor Marsh of the Hidalgo Ad-
vance thinks Hidalgo County should
have a population of 100,000 within
the next few years and will try to
promote a movement in that behalf.
Since the railroad got into that sec-
tion of the promising southwest settle-
ment and enterprises have been at-
tracted Editor Marsh proposes to
do his part toward the upbuilding of
the country where the population at
present is very sparse.
The astounding news comes that a
Russian General has died a natural
death. Between the Japanese and the
revolutionists, the Russian General
has made his exit with too much sud-
denness to be natural. However, the
passing1 of General Trepoff is not a
safe precedent for his death was pre-
dicted and he died suddenly. Still he
died in bed instead of mid-air or mid-
ocean, us the others.
It is the fashion now-a-days in
Europe to admire America and Ameri-
cans. Here is Hungary now unveiling
a monument to George Washington,
which comes right after all kinds of
ovations to Bryan and toasting of Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt-Longworth. Allhough
by descent we may be Russian or
German, Turk or Prussian or perhaps
Italian. It's greatly to our credit to
be American.
The proposed interurban road be-
tween San Antonio and Hondo, via
Castroville, would be a development
promoter as well as d great conveni-
ence in the matter of transportation
facilities. The road would not be in
oferation very long before its exten-
sion to embrace other nmart little
cities not far distant would become
iirperative.
An inventive genius has hit upon a
ocvice for preventing women from
getting off a street car the wrong
way. Now if he will supplement this
with a device to hasten their exit
after the car stops and when there is
no time for long drawn-out good-bys
it will bo well.
Even thought there may be a few
small army posts abandoned in Texas
the State generally will in the future
have more soldiers than in the past.
Fort Sam Houston is becoming the
most important post in the Union and
will soon be one of the largest.
The stir of the busy fall season is
already felt in San Antonio. A stream
of visitors is coming and going, and
the volume of business is expanding
noticeably every week. It is a time
when every prospect pleases and
every man should prosper.
There seems to be something com-
ing. Have heard nothing of the citrus
fruit industry of South Texas for sev-
eral days.
In Government Ownership Days.
Tim governmental train came In: I
boarded it fer town;
Pulled out me ticket (a postage stamp)
and wont and sot me down.
The gov-er-mint conductor fame; he
jabbed me an' says 'Tush!
Jest pull that dirty boot o' yours down
off the gover'mint plush."
"The gover'mint be damned," sez I,
"I'll up and crack ye In the eye."
"Not one more word." the feller said,
".list for yer own protection,
I warn ye, I'm the gover mint, don't
start no Insurrection.
Lay down your arms, pull down your
feet and I'll cancel yer postage due;
For the old U. S is the goods. I guess,
and- Sam'1 will carry you through."
"Yer Uncle Sam go hang.-' sez I;
"There's a gover'mlnt cinder in mo
eye."
The gover'mint peanut butcher then
came strollln* thro' the car.
I give him a dollar and took from his
box u gover-mint cigar.
He handed :ne back my chicken feed; I
poked him In the slat.
Per the gov-er-mlnt short-changed me
and I wouldn't stand for that.
I misted him one beside the head.
"Secession!" and "Trtason!" the lob-
ster said.
The gover'mlnt con. cf.me running baclc
and me he tried to nab.
He signaled then with the bell card to
the statesman in the cab.
The gover'mlnt brakes went on at once,
tiie wheels of state were stopped;
Then the whole gover'mint piled on me
and the floor they quickly mopped.
They brought nie into the Union again.
But it gives me joy to state
That the gover'mint pulled into Argentine
An hour ar.d a quarter late.
—Kansas City Star.
Of Interest to Wumen.
A handsome bracelet of solid gold is in
filigree work with rose finish. It is of
the old-fashioned shape th&t widens at
the back.
As a novelty in sleeve links some open
figures, such as ovals, diamonds, squares
and ovals elongated to a point, are shown
in gold corded effects, with a single dia-
mond in the center.
The pump effect is again the fashion,
though tin shapes have been greatly im-
proved. That is, they will stay on the
nee I better than ever. Short effects are
pretty and th<- fashion. Bows and rib-
bons are finishing touches.
WHAT STATE PAPERS SAY
The Dairy Industry.
The establishing of one creamery in
Denison has led to the establishing
unother. This, like the first, is beins
started in a small way by a man w'- It«*s
already shown that lie knows how to
make the very be.st of butter. The farm-
ers around Denisoii h.tve had their eyes
opened to the possibility of this industry
«tnd numbers of them are arranging to
add a dairy herd to their farms. The
indications are that in a very few years
nenison win noted a.s one of the but-
t< r-making centers of the country. No
Miction of the country is better adapted
for this industry than that right around
IJeniBon and with a Government expert
to advis-f. during the preliminary stages
the results arc going to be much more
satisfactory than the.v otherwise would
b«\ Mr. Slater can be reached at any
time through Secretary I,arkln of the
.Board of Trade and h* will be glad to
answer any questions and make such
suggestions as to what his experience
has taught him are the best methods. -
Denison Herald.
The creamery and dairy industry of
Texas is as j^et but half developed, and
offers a promising field. Here in San
Antonio the bulk of the butter consumed
is imported from other States, a state of
affairs especially anomalous when we re-
member that we have abundant pastur-
age at our doors and cheap lands that
yield splendid forage crops. When we
remember that Australia, having elimatic
and other conditions similar, exports im-
mense amounts of butter to Engjand
every year, we see the possibilities of the
Industry.
♦ ♦ ♦-
A Solid Future.
Several months ago the Caller asked
and answered the question, did Corpus
Christi get value received when she paid
a few thousand dollars to secure the
entrance of the St. Louis, Brownsville
iVc Mexico Railroad? The question was
answered in the affirmative, for all can
see that while Corpus Christi was on the
high road to prosperity, the advent of
that road revolutionized things and in-
fused new life in every field or endeavor.
We had two railways which gave us
reasonable service, why was it that the
entrance of the trains of this line over
the Tex-Mex track affected the fortunes
of Corpus Christ! far more than the
building of the main line into Sinton, Hay
City, or even Brownsville, influenced the
fortunes of those promising towns? It
is because the influence and interest of
Corpus Christi extends to every nook
and corner of greiLt Southwest Texas,
reached by the (Jim Coast Line, while
the interests of the other towns named
are chiefly local. It is this the Caller
would have our business men see as we
see it. No people ever had a broader,
firmer foundation on which to build a
city.—Corps Christ! Caller.
There is no doubt that railroads are the
arteries which carry life blood to cities.
Without them growth is impossible.
Corpus Christi is to be congratulated
on being far-sighted enough to sieze her
opportunities and put herself in a posi-
tion of advantage. A healthy growth is
assured to her.
♦ ♦
A Great Year for Texas.
El Campo will market 5000 bales of
cotton and at least 210,1100 bags of rice
this year, one of the best crops in the
history of the coast section. Estimating
the cotton price at $45 per bales and
rice of 15,000 acres, 12 bags per acre, at $?>
per bag. which is an exceptionally low
price, would place in the hand* of the
El Campo people a total sum of $855,000;
which, coupled with the yield of oats,
corn, liay, truck, stock, etc.. that is no
small item, will produce results the like
of which is seldom attained in any other
section of the country*—El Campo Citi-
zen.
This promises to be the most prosper-
ous year in the history of Texas. Noth-
ing short of a cataclysm can cut the
farmer out of immense returns,and it fol-
lows inevitably that the price of land
will advance correspondingly.
♦ ♦♦
A Well Pleased Town.
Since the rearrangement of all train
schedules resulting from the new condi-
tions arising from the completion of the
Stokedale extension and mode necessary
by the permanent establishment of di-
visional headquarters at this city, with
such a man in charge as Superinendent
Gus Radetzkl. everything has worked
like clockwork. A double train service
way inaugurated without the slightest
hitch. Men having special qualifications
have been placed in the various subordi-
nate positions. As for Superintendent
Radetzki, he commenced his work here
by first forming acquaintance with our
business men and making friends of our
people. He is a thorough railroal offi-
cial, familiar with all details of railroad
work, and is pleasant and polite to
every one—even the humblest with
whom he has any transactions. Victori-
ans are perfectly satisfied with the new
conditions obtaining since the consolida-
tion of the roads. We now have greatly
improved passenger and mail facilities
and strange to say, hackmen and hotel
men are doing a better business than
formerly. At the present more money is
being disbursed here for railway men and
for permanent improvements than was
formerly expended here. In short, Vic-
toria has been treated exceptionally well
by the Galveston. Harrisburg & San An-
tonio Railway Company.—Victoria Advo-
cate. ,
♦ ♦ ♦
Raising Cane.
Several farmers in this county have
been offered $7.*> an acre for their ribbon
cane just as it stands in the patch. It
requires much less labor to grow ribbon
cane than it does to grow the same acre-
age in cotton, yet not one farmer in ten
in this county grows ribbon cane, but
all, or nearly all of them, grow cotton.
Just here it is proper to remark that the
boll weevil may be a blessing to the
farmer who refuses to diversify his crops,
for the boll weevil may and will drive
him into growing something besides cot-
ton.—Tyler Courier.
The possibilities of the forage crops in
Texas are beginning to be appreciated.
Cane and alfalfa are proving especially
profitable, and will in time become as
much a staple as corn or cotton. Some
farmers have failed to get big profits out
of their cane because they use a poor va-
riety and unselected seed. Experiments
at the Government farm near San An-
tonio have demonstrated that the same
land and the same cultivation which
produced only two tons of ordinary cane
to the acre with certain selected varieties
produced over four tons, or more than
twice as much. It is not hard to figure
the profit. The Government will fur-
nish details of seed and cultivation.
♦ ♦ ♦-
Too Frequent Elections.
It is well that the season of political
primaries in Texas and the Southwest
is over with. We have too much politics
in this country. A State election every
four years would be often enough, and
a National election every eight years
would be ample. The disturbance of our
moral, social and religious life by these
elections is always marked, and it is a
jov that the primaries are done with for
a "while at least. Of course we still have
the candidates of the different parties be-
fore us. but there can be no great stress
in connection with fall elections.—Baptist
Tribune.
The frequent elections with heavy ex-
penses attendant thereto, especially in
the interruption of business, makes the
desirability of longer terms of office ap-
parent, especially here in Texas, where
one election is hardly over before the
candidates are announcing for tlie next.
Two years is too short a term of office.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Government Ownership.
If Mr. Bryan cannot save us by grace
of his own fair standing with the people,
t.c must put forth an effort to save him
from himself; for, in this matter lie tells
us the voters should make their own plat-
form and that he will abide by their
verdict.
The Courier-Journal takes Issue with
Mr. Bryan. With Mr. Bryan it appeals
to the voters. From now onward to the
assembling of the next National Demo-
cratic Convention we shall oppose the
adoption of a plank favoring Government
ownership either as an affirmative plan
or as a contingency, because admitting
the truth of all Mr. Bryan says about the
interference of the railways in the politics
of the country, we believe the cure lies
in the law-making power, and. with re-
spect to ownership, either Federal or
State, we regard the remedy as worse
than the disease.
For Mr. Bryan's views there is no rea-
son that there should be other dissent
than that which relates to an economic
problem pushed into the foreground far
ahead of time. The country is not ready
for it. The party is not ready for it.
Although there may be, as Mr. Bryan
says there is, "an increasing number in
both parties favoring Government owner-
ship." there is, in our opinion, an over-
whelming majority in both parties
against it. Nor do we believe the people
wil» ever saddle themselves with a
National debt of many billions to buy
the railways, even if they can ever be
induced to believe that there may be a
money profit in running them.—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Vermont's Reduced Majority.
Those Republican organs whe see in the
result of the Vermont election only an
expression of popular support for the
regular Republican organization there
close their eyes to the political record of
i that State. Vermont is a rock-ribbed
Republican State. It has been so rigidly
so in the past that it has become a
political proverb that when the Republi-
can majority there falls much below 25,000
it presages a Republican defeat in the
Nation, and when it exceeds that size it
indicates Republican success. The Re-
publican majority on Tuesday was not
only below 25.0(H), but it was one of the
smallest in twenty-six years. There has
not been a year in which the Republican
majority in that State was so small that
did not show a Democratic victory in a
Congressional or Presidential election.
Yet the Democratic and Independent
papers which deduce from this a reversal
of the party control in the House at the
November election ignore the causes of
this result. The decrease in the Republi-
can majority in Vermont was due to the
fact that this year more than in any
previous campaign the fight in Vermont
was a local issue. Beyond that, so far as
the corporate and machine Questions
there have any relation to National ques-
tions, they are akin to the policy of
President Roosevelt. The" Independents
whose defection reduced the Republican
majority in Vermont will in a National
election be likely to be found casting
their votes in favor of consistent sup-
porters of the President.
Therefore, while we do not aver that
there will be no change in the Congres-
sional result, we do hold that the Ver-
mont result is so clearly duo to special
causes that it cannot be taken as fore-
shadowing that outcome.—Pittsburg Dis-
patch.
South American Navies.
Ecuador sent a training ship to escort
Secretary Root from Puna to Guayaquil.
But Ecuador is not lacking in courtesy.
She has sent one-half her navy to take
part in the ceremony; the other half
being a torpedo launch. South American
countries arc not strong on the sea, and
it probably cannot have escaped so
shrewd an observer as Mr. Root that not
one of them has a navy that much ex-
ceeds the proportions of an ordinary
squadron. Argentina has probably the
most up-to-date fleet and that consists
of four coast defense annorclads, two of
which are very old, five really good
a nr.ored cruisers! of small dimensions and
a few other vessels of little value in war.
Brazil's ambitious naval program has
not materialized yet, and her working
navy is made up of seven ships, not one
of which has a displacement of 6000 tons.
The consensus of expert opinion appears
to be that the Chilean is the best of the
Latin American navies by reason of its
supt rior personnel, but Chile's single
battleship is small and is sixteen years
old, of a type now regarded as hope-
lessly obsolete. She has two remarkably
good belted cruisers and four or five
other vessels which, however handy for
local service, would be of little value in
war. The battleship division of Admiral
Evans' fleet would "make a general aver-
age' of all the. South American navies
combined in a few minutes' firing. If the
Monroe doctrine is dependent for its
vitality on guns at sea the dependence Is
wholly upon us, for the Latin Americans
could scarcely furnish a third line of
naval defense.—Boston Transcript.
Old Folks.
It has been a busy summer for the
old Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt of Brooklyn
celebrated licr 106th birthday. At a Ver-
mont county, fair Charles Taylor of Mid-
dle bury, aged 100, drove his pacer Robert
B an exhibition half mile in 1:08. Mrs.
Sarah Hall Doremus of Parsippany,
N. J., .reached 103 in full possession of
her faculties, with only her sight slightly
impaired. David Hill, colored, of Provi-
dence, 104, was auraigned in court. Mrs.
Elvira J. Shceter oi' Williamsburg, Mass.,
took a motor car ride on attaining cen-
tenarian honors. In Vineland last Sunday
nineteen persons more than SO years old
attended the services at the First Pres-
byterian Church.
The summer's death list ui centenarians
is interesting. Mrs. Eliza Fairchild
Wheeler died at Grot op., Conn., and for-
mer State Senator Pierson at Swedesboro,
N.* J., each at the age of 101. Mrs.
Lavinia Lovett, who died at North
Tarrytown, aged 102, left twenty-five liv-
ing grandchildren. The oldest man in
London, James McNally, died at the age
of 110, and the oldest Canadian, Mrs.
Ferdinand Reese, at 113. Mrs. Reese saw
Napoleon in 1812.
The lot of the very old is nowadays a
kindlier one than it has ever been before.
Whether they pass their declining years
in slippered ease in the inglenook or as
State charges, there is every comfort and
consideration for them. While for those
venerable persons who round out a full
century there is the. unbounded respect
of all who are striving to pass the half-
way milestone.—New York World.
Alike, But Different.
"My love for you," said Spoonleigh,
"is like this ring. It. has no ending."
"And my love for you," murmured the
maiden, "Is also like that ring."
Ah, darling," he began, but she fin-
ished her sentence:
It has no beginning."
With a cry of anguish he fled into the
night.—Cleveland Leader.
Would Do.
"Did Stiffleigh know his wife long be-
fore they were married?"
"No, but he says she was very highly
recommended to him."—Detroit Free
Press.
O
The v/hole Trouble.
Some folks can't mind their business;
The reason is, you'll find,
They either have no business
Or else they Via ve no mind.
—Catholic Standard ami Times.
Bad Flour,
"I want, to complain of the flour you
sent me the other tlay," said Mrs. New-
11 wed. severely.
"What was the matter with it,
ma'am?" asked the grocer.
ME IS GUARDIAN AND HAS A REPUTATION.
oi.oir,-v*
—Chicago Record-Herald.
Rungs in the Ladder of Success
There Are 23,818 Graduates Seeking
Jobs.
What are the graduates of the 120 or
more universities and colleges doing?
Roughly estimating,' there were grad-
uated in June of this year 23,818 students.
Five or six thousands of these graduates
will continue their studies for the pro-
fessions of law, medicine and ministry.
Statistics from several colleges show
that the percentage as divided "among
the three leading professions is about
equal.
The big majority of the college grad-
uates will enter business. Some will as-
sist their fathers or relatives in the man-
agement of business which eventually
they will control. More are undecided
just what to do. They prefer a business
where the prospect of advancement, and
in the end achieving influence and a
comfortable living is good. There are
not many such desirable positions lying
idle. Consequently, it may be expected
that several thousand of the young men
will think of the temporary advantages
and begin teaching in the fall. The sal-
aries offered college graduates as school
teachers are higher than the wages of
a beginner in business. Thus the tempta-
tion for temporary gain finds many vic-
tims. It is true that principals of high
schools and town superintendents of
schools are fairly well paid as compared
with the salarit* of the average business
man. but the number of such positions is
small.
it is safe to say that fully 73 per cent
of the college graduates at present are
loafing, and will continue to do so until
fall. After a four-years course the aver-
age college graduate does not seem anxi-
ous to put his nose to the grindstone and
start earning his own living, lie thinks
of the two months' vacation as the last
opportunity he will have to spend that
length of time in pleasure. An over-
indulgent father who had to work hard
for the money with which to send his
son to college, concurs with the vaca-
tion idea. "Yes, my son." he says, "you
deserve a good rest before beginning
active work in the fall, so enjoy yourself
this summer. I know what hard work
is, and I do not want my son to have
to work so hard as I did." Handicapped
by his advice, nearly 75 per cent of the
new college graduates are loafing this
summer.
Some of them who are half-serious for
the future prospects in business content
themselves with the supposition that be-
cause of the usual dullness in the sum-
mer, it will be a waste of time to Inquire
for work. It indeed is true that some
business men do not care to add to their
office force during the summer, yet
there are many employers who much
prefer to instruct beginners during July
or August, when more time without loss
of profit can be expended on their train-
ing, and so that by fall the beginners
will be able to do actual productive work,
and the older employes will not lose
valuable time during a busy season in
teaching the new men.
There are exceptions, however, even
among college graduates. One from an
Eastern college was desirous of entering
the office of one of the big railroads.
He was careful to procure influential let-
ters of introduction, which the manager
did not wish to slight. For a week or
two the college applicant was put off
by several trivial excuses. lie finally
became impatient, and determined that
on his third call he would begin work
in the railroad office. He tvas told by
the manager that it was impossible to
find work for him to do during the sum-
mer, because of the usual dull season,
and that he could give him no encour-
agement until fall.
"If you have no objection," replied the
college graduate. "I will take off my
coat, find something to do In your office
this day, and you need not pay me until
fall, unless in the meantime you should
decide that my services are worth some-
thing. I believe I can save you and the
railroad company a little money and
time by handling those bills of lading
differently. It will do no harm to give
me an opportunity, and it will cost you
nothing."
This was a new method of attack to
the manager of the city railroad office,
who was accustomed to be asked the
hours and usual vacations, by applicants
for positions. Then, too, to be offered
something for nothing, when 90 men out
of 100 approached him for free passes,
was unusual, it is needless to say that
the college graduate was given an op-
portunity, and proved his worth.
Twenty years ago, says W. A. Hiscox
in a recent article on this subject, a
college graduate could command $20 a
week at the start in many lines of busi-
ness. As a green reporter he was of-
fered $2.) a week on the New York morn-
ing papers. Gradually the initial wages
has decreased, until now $10 a week is
the average price paid for inexperienced
college graduates in business lines. The
successful men do not stay long at this
wage. In six months they are raised to
$13, in another six months to $20, and
continue to forge ahead at a rate of $5
extra every six months until the max-
imum of their earning powers is reached.
Among the believers in the efficiency
of college graduates arc many Western
manufacturing companies, who make It.
a practice to engage anywhere from five
to twenty-five new college graduates
every summer. These men are selected
by a personal inspection at the different
colleges by a representative of the com-
pany.
Not all college men are successful in
the business at which they begin, but
u large percentage are. They at least
are able to perceive themselves, after
being in business a short time, whether
they will succeed and whether they are
adaptable for the work. If they con-
elude not, out they get of their own freo
will, to the benefit of the business and
to themselves. They try something else,
and finally land in some line of business
which means success to thorn.
Along in September we may expect to
m< i t the June college graduate, with
several shades of tan from his vacation.
The number in the large cities will not
be enough to make even a small ripple
in commercial life, but it is safe to say
that a good percentage of them will suc-
ceed at the work they undertake. There
always is a demand for trained thinkers
In business, and that demand can be. sup-
plied partially by colleges and univer-
sities. Business are growing too fast to
wait, for office boys and clerks to gain
sufficient experience to place them in
executive positions.
The best advice to give a college man
about to begin a business career is to
perform his daily work willingly and
thoroughly, no matter how trival the
work mav be. and, what is more im-
portant, be willing to work a little longer
and harder than his fellow workers, and
to do about twice as much as is ex-
pected of him. \r.y young man doing
this, whether college bred or not, will
win promotion.—New York Commercial.
—•
Father Took Son's Whipping.
The boy had misbehaved, as he often
did, and his father called him to account.
"Son." said the father, "I hate to lick
you, but some one must get a whipping
for what you've done."
~'The iTov*" whimpered a little.
"Suppose," said the father, "that I take
the whipping for you?"
The bov laughed at the idea, but the
fa tiler took down a dog whip, called a
friend who was visiting at the house,
explained the situation to him anil then
requested the visitor to use the whip on
him.
The father wore a long-tailed coat and
the visitor hit the tail of that coat in
great style.
At the first crack of the whip the boy
was wild-eyed. At the second he was
clawing, biting and kicking the man with
the whip.
"Don't whip my papa! Don't whip
him!" he cried. Whip me! Oh, wiiip
me!"
That was a. year ago. Since then that
boy has never done anything seriously
wrong —New York Press.
Reckless Youth.
"Gosh!" exclaimed old Farmer Korn-
top, "young fellers now'days does sit
extravagant when they fall in love.
Now. thar'w thet..hoy o' mine-"
"Wat's the matter o' him?" inquired
the village gossip.
"Why, h« 's fell in love, an' dash-ding
me if he didn't go in town t'other day
an' spend a whole quarter fur a teeth-
bhisll."—Philadelphia Tress.
A Schemer.
"Pa, t'ncle James has given me his
steam'r trunk."
"Well, what of that?"
"Now. pa, don't be peevish. < ouldn t
you give me a trip to Europe to sort ot
round out. 1'nele James' present?"—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
1st
QCO£$.
Cocoa beans grow in ^
pods on the trunk
and limbs of a deli-
cate tropical tree.
They contain six
tiates more food val-
ue than beef.
We use the highest
cost beans that are
grown and there Is
nothing in our cocoa
but cocoa.
That is why it Is
the most delicious of
cocoas
TUB WALTKR B. IiOWNET CO*
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