If reward is to be measured by service, then Luther Burbank of California deserves more at the hands of his fellows than any martial hero or captain of industry. Mr. Burbank is a "wizard of horticulture." He experimented with potatoes with the result that the potato industry has been revolutionized. He turned his attention to plums, and produced a finer flavored and larger fruit than any yet grown in America. South Africa is dotted with orchards of "Burbank plums." Now he has perfected a prune so large that it makes the average prune look like a dried raspberry, and so sweet that it needs no sugar when prepared for the table. He has grown a thornless raspberry and now he has grown a thornless cactus that bids fair to restore the desert places and make them habitable for man and beast. Luther Burbank has added millions to the productive value of orchards and vineyards, and has done so without shedding of blood or doing15violence to any man. Is not such a man more worthy of homage than martial heroes or "captains of finance" who profit by special legislation?—The Commoner.