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between each producer of utilities of
form and the producer who adds there
to a complimentary utility of place , is
especially'valuable in connection with
this great mass of railway traffic.
The consumers who obtain their sup
plies in a particular market will pay a
definite price for a certain quantity of
any commodity. If more is offered they
will , within certain limits , not now
material , take it at a lower price ; if less
is available they will bid the price to a
higher figure. These conditions of
course are equally applicable to monopo
lized commodities , but they do not
affect the railway rates applied thereto
with similar force. The reason for this
difference is simple if the article is
monopolized , the carrier may demand a
certain rate and may refuse to carry
unless the rate is paid. Then only so
much will be shipped as can profitably
be marketed after meeting the transpor
tation charges that are demanded. Thus
the carrier by limiting its rates can de
termine the volume of shipments , i. e.
the supply in the market reached , and ,
of necessity , the price will be that which
the local producer is willing to accept
at the local point plus the rates imposed
by the carrier and other incidental ex
penses of transportation. On the other
hand , with regard to articles that are
not monopolized the railway can con
trol neither the supply nor the price.
The market will be supplied in some
way either by local producers or through
the aid of other carriers even though a
particular carrier withdraws its services ,
and it is probable that in any event the
aggregate supply will be drawn from
many and divergent sources.
( CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK. )
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes
But the plural of ox should bo oxen , not exes
Then ono fowl is geese , but two are callec
geese ,
Yet the plural of mouse should never be
meese ;
You may find a lone mouse , or a whole nest of
mice ,
But the plural house is houses , not hice ;
If the plural of man is always called men.
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen
The cow in the plural may be cows or kino.
But a cow if repeated is never called kine ,
And the plural of vow is vows , never vine ,
And if I speak of a foot and you show me your
feet ,
And I give you a boot , would a pair bo called
beet ?
If one is a tooth , and a whole set are teeth.
Why shouldn't the plural of booth bo called
beeth ?
If the singular's this and the plural is these ,
Should the plural of kiss be nicknamed keese
Then ono may bo that , three may bo those ,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose ,
And the plural of cat is cats , not cose.
We speak of brother and also of brethren ,
But though we say mother we never say moth
ren ;
Then masculine pronouns are ho , his and him
But imagine the feminine , she , shis and sliim
So the English , I think , you all will agree
Is the dod rottest language you ever did Bee.
Cheyenne Sun-Leader.
CHICAGO'S ONE CONDITION.
A Nebraska paper says that " the best
policy for Chicago is to stand by and
> nild up the western cities and states
with its surplus capital and young men , "
for this is "a western city dependent on
the development of the west" and hav-
ng nothing in common with Wall street
and Liverpool except for purposes of
sale.
Ohicagoans would bo ignorant indeed
if they were unaware of the close con
nection betweeen the prosperity of their
city and the development of the west. If
there were no transmississippi region
Chicago would be a small affair com
pared to what it is. The building up of
; he agricultural and other industries of
; he west is something the importance of
which Ohicagoans realize. It is for that
reason they take the lively interest they
do in irrigation schemes to add millions
of acres to the cultivable area of that
region.
When conditions are normal Chicago
is always ready to invest its surplus
capital in the development of the west ,
knowing well that no more profitable
use can be made of it. The city is not
so ready to part with its young men , for
they are a valuable portion of its work
ing capital. But Chicago is continually
drawing active , enterprising young men
from the villages and towns lying to the
east and to the west of it , and it is only
fair that it should send some of them
away from time to time to assist in
building up other sections of the country
and to make their fortunes often in
doing so.
Up to a recent period , however , the
conditions in some of the states west of
the Mississippi have not been such as to
make it expedient for Chicago to send
to them either capital or enterprising
young men. While Nebraska and Kan
sas were in the hands of the populists it
was not safe to send capital to those
states. The energies of the men who
ruled them were consecrated on efforts
to confiscate or drive out capital. These
efforts met with so much success that
the active young men steered clear ol
Kansas and Nebraska. They felt they
were not wanted there. The slight in
crease in the population of the two states
in the last decade bears witness to the
deadly influence of the populist legisla
tion of which there was so much during
that period.
Both of these states have been re
deemed from populism. Capital can
go there with safety. There are in
dncements for young men to go there
Ohicagoans will cooperate gladly to the
extent of their ability in developing the
resources of Kansas , Nebraska , am
every other western state that wishes to
be developed. Their prosperity is the
prosperity of Chicago. Their citizens
are the good customers of this city. But
if they wish Chicago capital or young
men they must abjure populism.
Chicago Tribune.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
It is the curse of American city gov
ernments , one which has made them the
reproach of foreign nations , that they
are governed generally by the worst
elements of the community and that the
best citizens , those whose property and
enterprises really constitute the city's
support , hold aloof from municipal poli-
ics and permit the riffraff to usurp tempt
ing and lucrative offices and levy j
reckless and profligate tribute li
upon the tax papers. The carnival of
misgovernment in every large city in
the country is partially checked at
times by spasmodic upheavals of latent
public sentiment , and then only when
its excuses become too flagrant and un
checked. After these outbursts affairs
soon readjust themselves in the same
old way and the abuses continue , the
public purse is looted as usual , and the
civic budget of expenses is out of all
proportion to the service given.Finance. .
The simplest things are the things that
really appeal to us most , and that is
only because when we are simple we are
natural. An enjoyment that is natural
is always the deepest and truest. The
moment the artificial , the conventional ,
comes into our lives , that moment the
sweetest realizations go out. Edward
Box in the December Ladies' Home
Journal.
In the
Pay
Envelope
Tial's where
our education
affects you.
What The Inter
national Corres
pondence Schools ,
Bcranton , Pa. , are
doing.
First Teaching mechanics
the theory of their work.
Second Helping mis
placed people to change their
work.
Third Enabling young people to
support themselves while learning
professions.
250,000 students and graduate1) in Mechanical ,
Electrical , Btcutn , Civil and Mining Engineer
ing ! Architecture ! Drawing and Designing !
ChemUtry ; Telegraphy ; Telephony ; Stenog
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When writing state subject In which Interested.
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS ,
ElUbllihed 1801. CtplUl $1,600,000.
Box 1296 , Scranton , Pa.
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Grains , Provisions ,
Stocks and Bonds ,
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