St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
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neglected. Mars has apparently gone
to steep, and leaves the young men of
today no exercise for the muscles of
their courage and the sinews of their
patriotism, save to
-Caper nimbly in lady's chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of Lutte"
Certainly they are just now having
mimic warfare between earthquake
shocks in Nicaragua and other Central
American states; while two political
factions are shooting at each other at
extremely long range down in Brazil
Spain is stirring up the Moriscos
across the straits of Gibraltar-or,
rather. they (the Moriscos) seem to be
doing large part of the stirring on
their own account. These, with
the Hawaiian affair and few
bushrangers and train robbers in
| Mexico, seem to constitute about ALI
the existing field known for an exhibit
ton of real military talent with the
present generation of men. Hence the
masculine ambitions of the race are
compelled into the channels of peace. and
trade, manufacturing, railr0ading and
flnance monopOliZe those splendid nat
urai talents for destructive energy
which might develop a Napoleon, a
Nelson, or Grant.
In the vernacular. the boys of the
closing decade of the nineteenth cent
ury haven't got any show.
But there is one young man in Europe
who shows his breeding, and never fails
to give evidence of the iron in his blood.
Several generations behind him have
produced heroes" and ''conquerors''
without number. At the command of
men of his race the rivers of Europe
have run red with human blood, the
pleasant rural homes in all nations on
the continent have been robbed of
sons, brothers, husbands, fathers
and lovers. For nearly 800 years
there has been no general and devastat-
ing war fought in Europe that had not
for one of its mainsprings-either in
diplomacy or on the field of carnage--a
prince of the house of HOhenzollern.
This young man seems to be following
the traditions of his race. He is just
now engaged in ''organiZing the peace
of Europe" after the good old fashion of
bodied man in the German empire, and
compelling the taxpayers to pay the
freight. He is establishing camps of
instruction for his soldiers on the plains
of Sllesia. along the Rhine, and in Po-
land. He is building a great navy and
"mobilizing the forces" While he
waits for the signal gun which is to open
his first campaign let us see how he re-
creates his exhausted energies. An
item from a recent German newspaper
says:
"While hunting in Darby, Prussian
SaXony, last week, the emperor had the
men of the Twenty-siXth regiment act
as beaterS. Six men followed him,
handing him loaded rifles as fast as he
fired. In two hours ne shot 3S5 hares,
or more than three hareS minute"
What splendid proves was here
shown by the imperial sportsman!
Should not his skill in slaughter pro-
woke the warmeSt concentrations? And
yet,is it not to be feared that this hunts
man of hares may soon become the
barrier of men. The slaughter of three
hareS minute probably breaks the
record in that species of sport, and the
German emperor has richly earned the
cup or the medal. or the first prize,
whatever may be its character, for the
wanton slaughter of the innocents since
the days of Herod the Great. Yes. give
William the belt. Three hares per
minute will do until the Calling guns
may be safely opened up on the Rus
slams. or the Frenchmen, or any of the
riff-raff out of which they make soldiers
over there.
But as one reads of this manly feat of
the royal sportsman, the lines of the
ancient mariner 30 the guest at the we'd
ding come back to US. and with them
the terrible punishment that in Gods
providence may follow the wanton muir
derer of the defenseless:
Farewell farewell-but this tell
To thee, thou wedding guest
He prayeth well who loyeth well
Both man ana bird and beast.
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things, both great and small,
For the dear GCd, who loveth US
He made and loveth all"
One fact is self-evident. The hares
could not shoot back-but history and
tradition assure US that both Russians
and Frenchmen can, and, under certain
given conditions of provocatlon, will. The
killing of three hares per minute. there
fore, is liable, when once it is started.
to become duplex in its action.
That excellent class of our optimistic
fellow citizens who hold peace con-
crosses, advocate international arbitra-
ton, and firmly believe that the early
glow of the splendid dawn of the millen-
mum is upon the spiritual sky, need not
| cease praying just yet. Wars are not
| quite over, it is to be feared. Alto
gether. however, it Is better that the
imperial,ruler of Germany should amuse
| himself by shooting 395 hareS In two
| hours than that he should superIntend
| the killing of several thousands of his
| fellow men before calling in his chap
lain to celebrate vespers at the altar OF
a Deity who is popularity supposed to
possess an attribute called mercy.
The effect of taxation on consump-
ton is well illustrated by the tax on
sugar. Prior to the Mckinley act the
tax on sugar averaged 215 cents
pound. and the consumption per capita
ran along quite evenly at about fifty
two pounds. The Mckinley act made
raw sugar free, and reduced the tax on
refined to one half cent pound.
The consumption. which in 1890 was
52.S pounds, jumped in 1891 to &C.,
pounds. 1t retailed at twenty-five to
twenty-four pounds for dollar. Then
the sugar trust perfected its combina-
ton, and prices raised until dollar
would buy seventeen or eighteen
pounds, and in response to this the use
fell off to an average Of GIL pounds per
capita. This shrinkage of Al pounds
amounted to 32O,0OO,UOO pouals. or only
| 20,0OO,000 pounds less than the en-.
tire domestic product of cane and beet
sugar.
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