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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15

But it is the old story. England has
kept Ireland in subsection for centu-
-ries, and absorbed her substance, by
making one religious denomination
fight another; and she mocked them
while doing it. Thackeray jeered at
them thus:
Fighting like divils for the good of
the nation,
And murthering each other for the
love of God!''
And now we are having riots in
Kansas, Colorado and other western
states by the poor fools whom Eng
lands cunning is lashing into vio-
lence over theological differences.
England boasts that with about
4G, 900 people she holds the 27S,-
100000 Hindoos in subsection. Why?
Because they are all split up into ma
tionalities and rival creeds; and the
English government plays one against
the other and enriches herself at the
expense of all.
1t remains to be seen whether the
cunning expedients which have sub
jugated Ireland and India can be
applied to the United States of
America. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15
Personal Liberty.

We do not often praise the Mime
sofa supreme court; but it has made
one righteous decision lately. We
quote from the Minneapolis Tribune:
'The push cart peddlers of Mime
apolis are on top. It will be remem-
bered that some time since war of
attempted determination was waged
upon them, but they employed at
tOrneyS and took the case to the SUI
preme court, which yesterday rem
dered decision reversing the de-
cisiOn of the lower court. The de-
cision was rendered by Justice Col
linS, and is as follows:
''An ordinance of the City of Min
neapolis which provides that no per-
son shall erect or maintain
any X X structure; or leave, de-
posit or place any carts X
in or upon, any of the streets is not
violated when duly licensed push
cart peddler' remains with his cart
at one certain place, upon one of the
busiest thOrOughfareS in said city,
half hour for the purpose of sell
ing his wares. Judgement reversed" "
That's right. There is too much
disposition to hamper personal liber-
ty. If it continues the time is not
far distant when man will have to
get license to be born, and another
to ''kick the bucket" and a woman
will not be able to nurse her babe
except in the presence of two doctors
and notary public.
We believe in 'paternalism'
which enlarges individual opportun-
tiles; not in "paternalism" which
decreases them. Take the shackels
off the citizen; crown him with all
the powers that concentrated civil
iZation can confer on him.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15
What is Coming.

Our trip to Montana increased our
conviction that we have practically
reached the limit of our available
free-land supply. That free-land has
been the safety-valve of Europe and
America. When that valve is closed
on swarming mankind every day will
increase the danger of explosion.
Nothing can save the world but the
greatest wisdom, justice, and fair
play.
The other day 100000 men and
women entered upon mad race for
homes on the Cherokee strip; they
killed each other in the fierce struggle
for a little piece of the earth's sur
face; they perished of thirst; they
died of heat. We read: 49,
Arkansas City, Kan, Sept 21.-The
great crush of business on the Santa
Fe is delaying the building of towns
along that road. A nail famine ex-
lists in many of the towns. At Barry
there has been but little change in
the state of affairs, and there can be
little until heavy rain comes to
clear the dust and air. The situa-
tion is frightful. The people coming
from there are so black with dirt as
to be unrecognizable. Yesterday
morning the dead body of an old
man was found stretched out on the
prairie. He had been sick and was
literally choked to death with the
dust. The quality of food is very
bad. At most of the restaurants
everything is covered with thick
coating OF dust. Bread before being
fit to eat has to be pared of. The
water is unfit to drink. The wells
have been sunk to a depth of hun
dreds of feet and only a salt water
obtained.
MoRAL:-Let every man in Mime.
sofa, who has home, fight like the
devil to keep hold of it. And let
every man who has no home obtain
one as soon as possible. For the
night cometh when there will be no
more homes to get. Don't give ur
the land as long as you can hold on
to it with your toe-nails and your
front-teeth. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15
The Cause of 1t.

Geo. S. Broomhall, editor of the
Liverpool Corn Trade News, has
just issued what appears to be the
most complete statistical pamphlet
extant upon the grain trade of the
world. It is "record of the worlds
wheat crops, prices, imports and ex-
ports, stocks, population, ETC."
There is the claim made in this
pamphlet deserving of some special
attention on this side. 1t is that
1.-THE American farmer is perhaps
more than anyone else to blame for
the present lamenta BILE condition of
the grain trade: his persistent en-
deavOr to part with the bulk of his
crop in the first few months of the
season, must be held primarily re-
spOnsible for the great break in
tember, a disaster the fatal effects
of which are hardly yet spent. =
Market Record.
The cause of that is self evident.
The American farmers are not fools.
They understand as we'll as any one
the evil results Of rushing their
grain on the market as soon as it is
threshed. But what are the poor
unfortunates to do? They are push
ed and pressed and bounded by
store-keepers, lumber men, machine
agents, ETC., and they have got, in
many cases, to sell at once or let the
shriff take the crop. We learn that
the lumbermen are the most ferO-
cious collectors-they show no mer-
cy. Having paid the state big prices
for stumpage (D and accounted for
every log taken CD they insist on
their pay at once. 1t is a pity that
the people cannot build houses and
barns, as they do in other sections,
out of "grouting," and thus reduce
the demand for lumber and bank
rupt the merciless blood-suckers.
Will somebody give his experience
in this work? l have seen very COM
Portable houses built of an "adobe"
of lime sand and gravel, with thick,
warm walls. In the meantime let
the prosecuted people remember
those who are most cruel and give
them no trade hereafter. I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15
Very / Important.

"Ex-Gov. John P. St. John, of
Kansas, has addressed an open letter
to Gen. J. B. Weaver, of Iowa, in
which he advocates a combination of
all labor and reform organiza zations,
whose purpose shall ne the fighting
to the death the growing power Of
plutocracy. Ninty-nine per cent of
the rank and file favor such a move
ment."-Ex.
This means that in the next pres
idential campaign there will be but
one party of reform in the field. Gov.
St. John has been the prohibition
candidate for the presidency, but he
realizes that the aggressions of plu-
tocracy are swallowing up all other
issues; and that, important as Tenn
perance is, Liberty and Nationality
are ten fold more important. After
we have saved the nation it will be
time enough to differ as to what
beverages the people should use.
Welcome to St. John--a great and
good man! Open wide the doors and
let us all march together to victory.
n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15
THE COAL COMBINE.
The Terrible Condition of Public
Affairs.

Affairs.
A knave in this vicinity, given over
to all cussedness, says a committee was
appointed by the last legislature to
prosecute the coal combine, with a
liberal appropriation for expenses;
and that they have done nothing
sold out, etc., etc. The truth is no
such committee was ever appointed
There was joint resolution for call
ing a national convention of dele
gates, to be appointed by the govern
ors Of the several states; and an ap-
preparation of 1900 was made to pay
the expenses of Minnesota's delega-
tiOn at that convention. But the at
torney general = very mistakenly -
held that the appropriation was void;
but Gov. Nelson paid the expenses of
the delegates out Of his contingent
fund. The citizens of Ramsey coun-
ty organized to fight the trust, and
out of this grew the minnesota Fuel
Company" which proposed to furnish
coal at greatly reduced prices. But
they soon realized that they were
powerless. The real dealers in an
thracite coal in this state are the
owners of the Pennsylvania mines;
the wholesalers and retailers are
their agents; and the Pennsylvania
mines denied coal to the St. Paul
company, and they have been COM
PEELED to 'shut up shop; and hence
during the coming winter,-terrible
with financial disaster and individual
suffering, as it will be,-the people,
even the poorest and most wretched,
will have to pay between $3.50 and
50 a ton for coal, which, according to
figures furnished by Mr.. J. M. Haw-
thorne, secretary Of the Minnesota
Fuel company, costs at the mine but
$l.61 per ton; and that, too, not the
short ton of 1000 pounds, which the
people have to put up with, but the
long ton Of commerce, 2,24O pounds
in weight. Mr.. Hawthorne says the
cost Of getting this ton Of coal from
the mines to Buffalo is 80 cents, and
that the transportation from Buffalo
to Duluth has averaged, during the
past three years, 20 cents per ton.
This makes the coal cost, at the
docks in Duluth, $2.6I; and thence to
St. Paul or Minneapolis is distance
of $50 miles, and SOC per ton would be
ample compensation for its carriage
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15

Tor that distance; thus bringing the
price up to $3.11, while another so
cents would pay for its handling and
delivery in those cities, and
would swell the price to 1851 per
ton, but ton of 2,AO pounds. Let
the reader figure for himself how far
the difference between 1000 pounds
and 2,M0 would reduce that price of
$3.61. The coal is sold to-day in St.
Paul for $3.50; or at a profit of $3.50
to the miners and their wholesale
agents, like Sanders, Rhodes, etc.
This is cruel robbery, practiced on
necessity; and the guilty parties
should have free coal, hot, well light
ed, in abundance, in the great here
after. He'll is too good for such des-
perate villains.
And observe how powerless the peo-
pie are in this new, free republic:
and in this part of it especially, Just
redeemed from the wilderness. The
grand jury Of Ramsey county sets
Rhodes free, in the face Of the clear
est proofs; he swore he had no COM
bine letter-book, while the letter
book was there in the very hands of
the jury. And the courts declare
such combinations lawful, in the
face Of law and constitution, which
say they are unlawful and criminal.
And the Ring proposes to boldly con-
tinue it's robberies despite the ex-
pense that was made last winter, by
the legislative committee. Public
Indignation, mass meetings, local orr
CARNATIONS, count for nothing. Our
whole system of government is a fail
ure for the redress of public griev-
ances. 1t is mere bulwark for the
protection of great thieves; which it
condones by the imprisonment of lit
tie thieves. And the bewildered,
free (?!D people know no remedy but
to sink down into European servi-
tude: and the whole face of the ma
tion is being gradually transformed.
We are despotism of plunderers in
the midst of the forms and traditions
of liberty.
What is the remedy? For every
man in this land to get naddi Whoop-
ing. screaming mad;-outrageously,
fighting mad. Mad right through,
from the top of his ragged old hat to
the soles of his well-worn boots. And
not only to get mad BUT TO STAY
MAD! Not to raise d howl and then
go to sleep; but to keep mad for
twenty years if necessary, until every
abuse is righted and every robbery
wiped out.
What is the first step? 70 obliter-
ate. the two old political parties;
t)Hose decayed "reminiscences; which
are but part and parcel Of the univer-
sal robbery-the defender of it, the
perpetra tors of it. Smash them ut
terly off the face of the land and
then you can begin to build from the
ground up.
But the first thing is to get mad. If
you cannot do that then lie down and
die. You are lost and ruined peo.
pie. /. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15
More Trusts and Combines.

1.-THE formation of one of the most
gigantic trusts known in the COM
mercial history of the country was
brought to light by the filing of the
articles of incorporation of the Mis-
issippi Lumber Company, with a cap
ital Stock of 81, ,5OO, ,O1O. On the sur
face this appears to be of smaller
magnitude than it really is. The
knowledge that the new concern en-
braces every lumber and log magnate
doing business on the Mississippi and
it's tributaries between St. Paul and
St. Louis, shows what it really is.
Among the. incorporators are Chaun-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15

gold, do you suppose that such p
advantage will be yielded willi144y?
Do you know how much gold there
is in the world? Only $500 million
dollars. Then don't you see that the
world is indebted to England 10
billion dollars in gold, and that
there is only three billion and a half
with which to pay ten billion. How
can that be done?"
But this country is betrayed
British gold has bought up those
who should defend us; has corrupted
our newspapers; has impoverished
our people; has made us a province
of Great Britain: has wiped out the
revolution of 1776 and nullified the
Declaration Of Independence. Eng
land, as the great creditor nation of
the world, wants scarce money
therefore dear money-therefore
scheapS gOods-therefore poverty.
America as a great debtor nation,
wants abundant money,-therefore
cheap money,-therefore dear goods.
therefore prosperity and growth.
England's rulers work for England's g
welfare;-our rulers work against
Americas welfare. 1t is a square,
direct, unqualified battle of plutoc-
racy against the masses; and the re-
publican and democratic parties are
both doing their level best to crush
the people and strengthen the mon
Empower.
Down with them! Down with
them! Justice to man and God
alike demands their Obliteration and
determination. Having struck a
deadly blow against humanity they
will now give us plenty of pretty
talk: they will slobber over our
death-wound. But away with them.
They are an offence against the
Lords sunlight; a stencil in the
nostrils of reation. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15

The Denver News says: Colorado
sends greeting to the brave populists
of Iowa who have doubled their vOt-
ing strength within one year. Forty.
cent wheat, twenty-fve-cent corn
and gold standard will do the busi-
ness for Iowa before 1895. Keep up
the agitatiOn." S.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-02

and Of the Same period and make az the two
preceding manuscript. II IL 10 inches By
Q and sold for $3.50.
A Latin Bible t3.o30l called the Conradin
Bible. sold for $1.2s0. Il was made In the
latter half Of the thirteenth century and has
104 parchment pages
The manuscript Of a poem t3.03l) called
Tho Debate OF Love-" and written by Queen
Margaret OF Navarro on vellum. with q small
miniature on each OF the forty-flve pages sold
for $3.032. It was made In 1s41 and Is
8 inches high by broad The cover is Of red
morocco.
An atlas t3.o32) made for Philip. the son OF
the Emperor Charles ". toward the middle OF
the sixteenth century. sold for $4,000. 1t con-
sists OF forty-nve pages Of parchment decorate
ed with paintings and drawings A Book OF
the Hours t304O). which was also the property
Of Anne Of Austria. sold for S2,O20 1t has 11S
pages. and is decorated with nineteen minla-
lures
prayer book t3o42) made in Naples in the
fifteenth century Is written In different colors.
in the styles Of tho books which belonged to
the libraries OF tho Kings OF Naples. 1t has
2oo pages. and is adorned with twenty-nine
Eood-si2ed miniatures It measures 10 By y
inches. and sold for S1,S40.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-02
A Stenographers' Combine.

The Incorporation OF the Universal Assoois-
ten OF Stenographers was effected early in
May. and meeting OF the directors was held
on the Doth. At this meeting constitution
was formally adopted. and suggestions as to
the work OF organization were presented By
the Secretary OF the Board and approved.
By the terms OF the constitution only COM
potent stenographers can become members,
and an examination has been prescribed
which will efIectually bar out incompetents.
By this means q public standard will be es-
tablis which will tend to elevate the pro-
fession.
The required speed ts 125 words per minute,
and the applicant o English education will be
thoroughly tested. Employment bureaus In
tion are to DO established. In which busine ss
men can apply for stenographers with the as
surancs that their time will not be wasted in
testing ineompetents.
The association has been endorsed by many
OF the most prominent stenographers In the
country. The greater part of the work In con-
nection with the association has been done by
New Yorkers. The Secretary Of the Board Of
Directors 10 Mr.. j. Gale Nsedham. OF " Wall
street
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Delft tiles in blue and yellow. separated By
heavy oaken besma The woman's reception
room on this floor Is rococo In style with pale
yellow damask hsnEings and furniture The
main dining room faces on Fifth avenue and
extends 100 feet on Fifty. ninth street
From the office to the floor above escends q
stairway Of onyx and marble. with balusters
ings one showing Peter Minuit buying Man.
haitian Island from the Indians in 1870. and
the other representing Peter Stuyvesnnt re-
fusing to cede the island to the British.
On the second floor are three parlors. one
deliberately decorated in the style Of the First
Empire. and others Moorish and rococo. Back
OF them are two suites intended for bridal
cham bers. and decorated In pale-colored silks
with chandeliers OF frosted silver.
Above these floors OF the'hotel are fifteen
others, and on each OF these arc suites OF
rooms ntted with all that taste and ingenuity
can contribute to the comfort Of living. From
tho windows OF these rooms can he seen tho
green stretches OF the Park and the city rs far
down as the Battery. and east and west to the
two rivers. There are 800 rooms in the hotel.
and In each Ia q telephone, SO arranged that
one can spenk to any point OF the long distance
teiephone without leaving the room.
On each floor arc two Wallets who are to keep
the wrinkles out Of the mems trousers and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-02
THE ESCAPE FROM CROW HILL
A Keeper Admits Hr Was Asleep the Night
Furnan and Walters Broke JAN.

A Ke~psr Admits He Was Asleep the Night
Furman and Walters Broke JAN.
The recent escape OF James Furman and
George Walters. tho negro convicts, from the
Kings County Pennitentiary. was yesterday
the subject OF an Investigation by the Brook
lyn Commissioners Of Charities and Cor
rection. Warden Patrick Hayes told the
Commissioners OF his establishment when he
was informed OF the escape. He was fairly
dumfounded at its audacity and at the care
lessness OF Keepers Dunning and McClafferty
who were locked up in tho wiag with tho
prisoners. and OF Keeper Ryan. who was sup
PDsS rs hs duty Of the INSIDE
to patrol the corridors during the night and
tomake regular tours along the platforms
had been awake and attending to their busi.
ness. q cst could not have walked aeros:s the
hG Hs honSht Il would b sae good tRins to hsv.
q watchman,e clock put up In the prison as .
cheek on tRs,kiIe;spefsS s,.h ...,o., Cha. Rat.
prisoners were In their cells at $3.50 r. NJ on
Sunday. when Dunning and McCafferty took
charge. 1t was understood that the night
keepers were TO- make tours along the corri-
Keeper James Cunning testified that no I'M
sandss ns had xffs hsS ANY
not waking IN until after 5 o'elosf. lie went went
spythipe d the escape until an hour our later later
keeping awake. II was understood that after
sleep. He took little maps" every night he
w Keeper Sp Edward Ryan testified that no was
e as f Rssss ss e
3. sss
ana the inSesugAtlon was adjourned
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THE NEW NETHERLANDO OPEN.
READY TO SHELTER WANDERING
lRISTOCRICY.

The Second OF wiiinu Waldorf Antor's
Pubitc Palaces Formally Opened for the
Reception OF Guests by Gen. Fe-dinnpd r.
Earie's Sen-whnt Il II and Looks Like.
Another OF our new world palaces opened It's
doors yesterday to quarter vaerant wealth or
wandering aristocracy in It's magnificent lux
ury. This last Of the now hotels. which 10
known as the New Netherland. was built BY
William Waldorf Aetor on the northeast corner
OF Fifty ninth street and Fifth avenue. and has
been leased for twenty years By Gen. Ferdi-
nand P. Earle. 1t was formally opened TO tho
public yesterday morning by young son Of
tho proprietor. who pressed an electric button
in the office Of the hotel and started the ma
chinery In the basement. and sent the Ameri-
can flag up to the top OF the flag pole on the
tower. Senators David B. HILL Charles J.
Faulkner, and Henry Cabot Lodge were among
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-02

those who saw him do It. and heard Gen.
Earle announce that the hotel was formally
opened for guests.
The style OF the massive seventeen-srory
building is Romnnesaue. and the first four
stories are OF heavy rock-faced brown stone.
Tho superstructure is OF buff brick. with
stone and terra otta trimmings. The twelfth
story is built entirely Of brown stone. which
relieves the tower-like look OF the structure.
This scheme is carried further by horizontal
lines OF stone. which are SO disposed that they
relieve the height Of the building without in
ter'ering with tho symmetry OF the general
design. The main entrances are RomanesQue
in design and heavily carved.
On the first floor Of the hotel are tho Office. q
reading room. and q ladies' reception room as
well as the PRINCIPAL dining room and room
for private dinners The office and main din
ing room are Romanesoue in the style Of the
decoration. The walls are OF Numidian mar
BILE. and the ceilings are supported by COL
umns Of Mexican onxy. mounted in bronze and
brass trimmings.
The small dining room on this floor is en-
tirely Dutch In decoration. The walls are
wainscottad with black oak and the ceiling is
composed Of q lacunar decoration OF square