New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-12-12

IS the report VA ~ Col. Rfanflsl
ION The sug.y beets ssnt from tliis section
TO the stste chemist for anal aiis ought "a
attract attention, Il dsmonst rates first
that beets can be raised around New
Ulm to better advantage even than they
can IN Europe, that : suffc yield can
be realized from few acres to insure
profitable incomes for hundreds Of our
people. Besides its cultivation would
greatly improve the soil, and Il IS well
known fact that better fodder for stock
does not exist than the leaves Of sugar
.beets and the pulp which comes from
the factory. A factory could be made
profitable Investment right ii: our avn
midst and enough beets could be raised
here to keep it constantly running. That
such an industry would be Of great ad
vantage to New Ulm there can be no
doubt, and our business men should agi-
tate the matter thoroughly. It would
add to the wealth Of all interests. ana
give the laboring classes chance to i'm
prove their conditions
The man Blixt who has confessed to
the murder Of pretty KITTY Cling at the
instiggation Of Harry Hayward and upon
the promise of a reward is a human
brute. No one with any other nature
could ever have committed such an aw-
full crime. E. c. Upper of this city re-
members OF having known the man at
Cannon Falls for several years. Topper
was employed in a bank there at the
time and says that he saw the man fire.
quently. lie was a filthy, inferior and
Ignorant looking specimen, and the sus
picions now raised about the death of the
wives of the murderer. Mr.. Topper says,
were very strongin Cannon Fails at the
time. HowMiss Cling could have been temp
ted toenter a buggy with such a brutallook-
ing man is more than he can understand,
for the pictures, he says, do not begin to
correctly protray his brutal features
Hayward must certainly have possessed
a wonderful influence over the girl.
The governor is being burdened with
petitions praying for the pardon of the
Younger Bros. Why should this be?.
The primal objects of punishment are,
if we are not greatly mistaken, to pun.
1sh the criminal, to protect society and
to deter others from committing crime,
and to secure such ends the punishment
should be decisive and mean all that it il
Intended to mean when it is inflicted.
Waverning npunishment means complete
failure as far as its effects on society are
concerned. In the case of the Younger
boys, no one at the time thought that
tlclI SthLtuCG WAS TOO severe, ana the no.
ton that they have reformed since should
have nothing to say now. The minute
the state begins to be lax in its execution
of sentences, it nurses the hope in intend
ing criminals of light punishment, at the
most, in case of conviction. The natur-
al tendency therefore is the increasing of
crime, and we argue that no matter how
well-behaved prisoner may be the state
would make a mistake in cutting short
his term of imprisonment, thereby Civ
ing cfiminally disposed people the idea
that the state is merciful insteadof sternly
just. The former attribute is truly a
beautiful one, but it will not do 10 prac-
tice it with men who are serving time
in prison. Society and the prevention
of further crime demands stern treat
ment.