St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-23
MINNESOTA SENTIMENT.


Judgment. Are there any more lum-
Der firms who have bought school pine
lands for song? Let them be ex-
posed.-Anoka Union.
If the time ever comes when laboring
men refuse to vote for men who refuse
TO work for their interests. officials will
begin to dotheir duty Preston Courier.
The Duluth Herald prints a 24-page
edition OH pink paper for its Christmas
number, devoted to the business and
commercial interests of the Zenith City,
1t will not be long before society. to
protect itself. must incarcerate every
person who believes in anarchy, and
The sooner the better Canton Leader.
The state of North Dakota is ''in the
! hoie." Her revenues for 1893 do not
! equal the expenses. We extend sym
pathy. We know how it is Ourself.-
Morris Tribune.
In theory an income tax Is all right.
, bnt in Its practical workings it is likely
TO- prove failure until men-and
especially the rich-become honest
. Martin County Sentinel.
Mayor Eustis, the gamblers and the
nymphes-du-pave will have small fuel
bills this winter in Minneapolis. There
are number of people making it warm
The senate will declare point blank
/ against the income tax. Evidently it
would be disagreeable for some of the
senatorial milliOnaires to tell exactly
now much they are WOrth.-Winona
Herald.
The Caledonia Argus. referring 20 the
wilson bill, says: Its purpose seems
throughout to be to relieve the burdens
OF the people by reducing to them the
cost OF the most common articles OF con-
sumption.
In the matter of taxation the govern
ment should lay its hand very lightly on
the man who has to struggle to keep
the wolf from the door. Let the man
with competence bear the buIden.-
Fertile journal.
The number Of Republican back.
numbers who have brought themselves
to the surface since the state elections
Is astonishing; but their labor is wasted;
they will never feed at public expense
agalu.-St. Cloud Times.
QCOngressman's McCleary's project for
connecting the waters of the Minnesota
and Red rivers is a good one, and ne
Should have the hearty cooperation of
the people of Southern and Southwest
ern Minnesota Ledger.
The surveyor generals of logs and
lumber are and always have been APP
pointed at the instance of the lumber
men. In fact, one of the members of
the firm of &. A. Smith Il Co. appointed
the surveyors for six yearS.-FerguS
Falls Journal.
1t is not true that the bosses do the
thinking of any party. A party is
always doomed unless the members
composing SAID party are in harmony so
Tar as principles are cOncerned.-Dodge
County Republican.
The Hutchinson Democrat, urging
action on the Wilson bill, says: "Wise
and courageous action, prompt and
unanimous in the interest of the people,
must henceforth rule the Democratic
congress and the executive"
In the prohibition state of Iowa
farmer drank four cups of whisky and
climbed the golden stairs. Such things
do not occur iii Minnesota, where deal
erS III spirits and SO-fOrth pay the
regulation license Saltwater Gazette.
The MankatO Review publishes the
list of steamboat arrivals at Mankato
for the year 1858. They aggregate 1872
from st. Paul and forty-eight from the
Upper Minnesota, There were nine
boats in the trade. The season extended
from March % to Oct. s.
Inc Mankato Ledger says the Repub-
ilcans realize that an era of prosperity
is certain to dawn upon the country
during the next three years of Demo
cratic rule, and by Series of misrepre-
sensations are trying to deceive the peO-
pie as to the true cause of that pros
perity.
And 40 to iron and coal, we can
already challenge the world in compe-
tltion, and do not need protection, but
the people Go need cheaper stoves,
cheaper plows. cheaper machinery and
farm tools. and cheaper articles of all
kinds, of which iron and steal form a
part.-Hutehinson Democrat.
just why manufacturers Of farm MAJ
chlnery have needed protection is a
mystery, as they have been able to
place their wares Oil the markets of
foreign countries in competition with
the world. and at less price than they
have asked the people of their own
country.-Swift County Standard
Whatever may be the effect of pro-
posed tariff changes, the factories would
all start quickly enough if there was a
demand for their products. The funda-
mental trouble is there is a stagnation
OF trade, general falling off in demand
for goods among the people. Nearly
everybody is economizing, and this
more than ali makes manufacturing
improbable. Albert Lea Standard.
The Republican members of congress
would hardly be sustained by the party
In refusing TO vote on tariff legislation
for the purpose of breaking quorum,
but they can give the Democrats the
medicine whenever the territorial adj
mission bills come up without receiving
much censure.-Chatfeld Democrat.
What blessing poor memory must
be to Republican editors. But the
people do not forget that the Mckinley
bill is blighting business every day that
1t operates. Repeal of that abominable
law will make merchants and all classes
OF people realize within year what
tremendous blunder it really is.-Rock
County News.
Speaking of l.. P. Hunt and the
several offices held by him in state,
social and secret orders the Blue Earth
City Post says: The goddess of politi-
cal fortune has her most seductive
smile on whenever Hunt is here. There
are few more Offices within the gift of
the people and we should make
haste to bestow them upon this
neglected youth before he counts too