The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-02-03
Mitthingtrm 9ar|lnfe,
Terms $500 Year, s1.-o 70: Six Months.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1881.

. Terms 500 Year, s1.2o 70, Six Months.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1881.
Dr.. Thomas. the eminent hereto, in
his recent lecture at Minneapolis, said;
God :.as his hand on Bob Iugersoll,
and some day that man will be Il minis.
ter OF the gospel" Strange that DR..
Thomas should not say, Bob 1ngersoll
is minister of the gospel" He is much
more 80 than many an Orthodox cler-
gyman. lie is preaching the Brother.
hood Of man, universal freedom and E.
quality, the religion of u pure life ana
good deeds. All the theology preached
by clergvmen is not wortl. u straw. !!n'
less they preach Us Bob 1ngers"ll does.
He is on the right track. God has his
hand Oh him, aud thank Heaven the
church has not and never will have.
THE MINNESOTA EDITORS.
The Minnesota editors held their An
nual Meeting in St. P..ui last week,
and discussed matters Of interest to the
profession. Ono singular subject dis
cu5sed WAS az to whether or not the eX-
change system should be abolished
And what has got over Doc. Leonard,
Of tho Rochester Post, is beyond our
foresight VI hindsisht, for he took the
affirm alive. and Thought that opinions
in county newspapers were not OF much
value, as the public looked to the dalirs
for opinions and to the country week
lies fox local news. Did Doc. ever CON
slider that twenty men read the country
weekly to Where one reads IL city daily.
and that ten out Of this twenty look to
their country paper for opinions upon
politics aud all public questions? The
influence OF the country press, in the
aggregate, is twenty times that OF the
city press.
The address Of Maj. New5nn WAS ull-
usually able and interesting. After
reading it we turned Methodist for Il
minute and felt like singing, I'm glad
I'm in th!s army II WAS u noble
tribute to the profession, placing it a.
bove all others in influence, which it
undoubtedly is. lie should have CLOSED
his splendid effort with the toast Of /,
Erenchnan:
The ElitOr-The pale and silent
man, who, sitting alone in Ills chamber
at midnight, holds the fate Of empires
on the point Of his p"n-''
WESTERLY FI,EICH7H
The ADVANCE has from time to time
given figures showing the difference be-
tween eastern and western freights. III
one instance we gave figures take,
from the freight bills Of some of our bu
siness men showing that the freight
from Pittsburg. and points as far east
that, to st. Paul, was less than from
st. Paul to Wort|lington.
Another instance has come to our no
tice showing the difference between
rates east Of Chicago and western
rates. W. L. Tnayer, our furniture
dealer, ordered two bundles OF folding
chairs from Cortland, n. Y. They
were shipped in compact form and
weighed 100 pounds. The freight to
Chicago was 75c. over eastern roads.
From Chicago to Worthington the
charge was $500.
Mr.. Thayer thought there must be
something wrong about this and ap.
piled to nave the matter corrected
The application PASSES through nam.
Der Of hands and fire. ght Offices and the
correspondence becomes volumiuous.
The agent at Elmiva, n. y, writes t.
the Gen. Manager of the Erie and North
Shore Dispatch. at Detroit:
We hill to Chicago 1T 15c. per hun.
dred and S.. 60 is charged from Clic.sgs
TO WUrtliinglnn, which is Il terrible fig
ure. THESE chairs are a compact, de.
sirable class OF freight. Please lave
the matter adjusted and haye rebate
paid to consignee.
The Gen. Manager at Detroit then
writes to the Freight Auditor Of the
Chicago & Northwestern 1T Chicago:
These chairs are in bundles and take
up very little room. They come direct
from manufacturers and we take them
ut first class. Can you not do likewise:
They cannot afford tn ship 1T the rat.
charged. Please advise amount l may
refund Tor your company's account.
The freight auditor OF the North.
western responds:
Returning herewith papers. ETC..
would say that our classification is very
explicit III regard to the rates on fold
ing chairs aEd the rate charged Is times
lst CLASSY Chicago to Wortllington j.
correct. do not see how we can de-
viAte from our printed classification
and tariff claim is respectfully de-
clined.
When the papers are all in, Mr.
Hayes, the manufacturer at Cortland
writes to Mr.. Thayer:
BY carefully looking over the enclos.
ell mass 1T correspondence, you VIII
see just where the trouble lies. Yo,
see the eastern roads do what is right
snd the roads west IF Chicago are set
ting 1t to you western men. l notice
by reports and papers that these roads
are earning q. q. cl,arging) u very large
revenue. enough, to make: Is to 20 ppl
cent. dividends and that on stock that
never cost them 4 dollar. Your people
ought to go for them through yO,,,
State Legislatures for fixed (reducel
freight and passenger rate.
It you can see yoNr member Of the
Legislature and let him follow this cor
responsiveness through, ~ can't help lie
ing convinced that such things need u
verhau|i *. 1t is equivalent to making
the people of your State pay Il duty NJ
Is per cent. on everything for the sol,
benefit Of the railroads.
SECTARIANLSM AND THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
The charges of Sectarianism against
the management of the Normal Scloo
at st. Cloud, and the appointment Of ,
committee to investigate the matter
brings the subject Of Scctarianism i,
our public schools to the front again