New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-03-05
TALK OF THE NEWSPAPERS.

TALK .UF THE NEWSPAPERS.
No one can say that Minnesota ism t
highly favored commonwealth. It's
legislature meets but once in two wears.
l--NANKATo FREE PRESS.
Do not let politics interfere with your
personal friendships and every day bus
mess. The men you fight for in nine
cases out of ten care nothing for you.
NoRTHFIELD News.
They claim there isa deficiency in
the funds of the Republican State Com
mittee of $4,000. It has been suggested
that the parties appointed to Office from
Minneapolis chip in 10 cents each and
make up the deficiency. JACKSON Re-
PUBLIC.
The Burlington Free Press says,
"that one banker in Boston drew 1900
drafts during Christmas week, repre-
senting $55, 800, which working people
were sending to relatives in Europe as
Christmas gifts We don't hear Of
the working people in the free-trade
nations of Europe sending any such
little tokens of prosperity to their kins-
men in this tariff ridden country. Odd,
isn't it? But let us keep up good cour
age.-RoCHEsTER PosT.
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A special correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Press has been carefully exam
ining the condition of the farmers of
North Dakota and finds that the chief
causesof distress arises from the extor-
tons of the chattel mortgage sharps,
who continually take advantage of the
necessities of the people and charge in
terest at rates varying from to 10 per
cent a month. This skin game is an
internal business, and the people in
North Dakota ought to be able to crush
it out as decidedly as they have crushed
the lottery business. These chattel
mortgage pirates are like the camel in
the Oriental tale the camel that begged
that he might get his nose in tile Arabs
tent. t.-MINNEAPoLIs JOURNAL.
Mr.. Astor died and left one hundred
and fifty million dollars. Public opin-
ion is divided as to whether he did any
good. Mr.. Astor inherited wealth.
largely real property, and the natural
increase Of values added greatly to his
possessions, and he really could not
help it. The criticism, that good many
men, worth much less, have done more
good. is Offset with the knowlegde that
he gave princely sums in charity, and
his wife aided him in the distribution of
aid to many in need. There was no
ostentation about the man. But he did
good without being foolish. It may be
doubted if those carping above his grave
would have done better, or so well,
with the same means.-ST. PAUL NEWS.
Some few weeks since we noticed an
article in the Mankato Free Press.
complaining Of parties from the twin
cities who came to Mankato to solicit
job work Was not that all right? Was
there any law against their seeking and
obtaining part of your legitimate
custom? Most assuredly not; and what
confirms US in our opinion, is the fact
that you have since that time visited,
through your agents, nearly all of the
small towns, doing the same thing; the
subscription alone will not support a
country newspaper and they must of
course depend upon job work to help
them out. We were little surprised
last Wednesday, when your agent came
to St. James to solicit job work, but as
the journal editor IS only a woman
with only four weeks experience what
right have we to pass an opinion as to
whether such encroacbments are gentle
manly or not.-ST. JAMES JOURNAL.