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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18
THE ENoRMITY OF OUR FINE.

OF all the complaints that are made
against the extortions of monopoly,
none is so well justified as that which
arises from millions of people against
the increase of coal prices by the great
trust that controls the production of
anthracite coal in this country. This
rise of 81 per ton over the price of a
year ago justif1es the word robbery
that has been applied to it, 1t is
variation in price which is not trace
able to the operation of supply and de-
mand. 1t is a purely arbitrary addi-
ton to the burdens of the people,
calculated upon the amount of profit
which the men who are masters of
the coal supply Of this country think
will be enough to satisfy their greed
for the present season OF all the mo-
nopolies that exist in this country, this
is at once the most hateful and the
least amenable to the public control.
While its oppression reaches out into
every state in the Union, and touches
the lives or millions of people at a
vital point, the center Of it's operations
is so limited that it's victims residing
at distance, and finding 1t wholly
without their Jurisdiction, can do moth
ing except enter an indignant protest
Anthracite deposits in this country
are limited to a small area of terri
tory. The ownership of these mines,
or the right to work them, and the
command of the transportation facili-
ties, by which alone the product can
be carried to market, are concentrated
in a few hands. Despite all efforts
that have been made to force them to
reason, they have so far controlled the
political powers In the state of Penn
sylvania, which is the authority d.
rectly in contact with them, that they
have risen superior to them. The d.
rections of legislatures that there
should be no combination between coal
carriers and coal producers have been
nullified. The complete monopoly of
the supply which these gentlemen en-
joy. and the absence of deposits of an
thraeite in other parts of the coun
try. complete their mastery When
there is dispute among themselves
over the division Of profits, prices go
down. When they are harmonious in
their schemes to pluck the public. there
is no limit which their rapacity may
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18
ga STALE FICTION

Mr.. Mckinley constantly refers to the
sufficiency of revenue produced by
his famous act whose title was ito
reduce revenue" and, as in faithful
duty bound, his loyal organs try to
bolster up his statements Averring.
as he and they constantly do, that the
bonds were issued because of a def
Gent revenue, it behooves them to try
to show that the tariff, as framed by
Mckinley, produced enough revenue,
his junta has proved insufficient Not
satisfied with that. they have the te-
merity to insist that if the act fathered
by their present presidential candidate
pose to be, it was solely because of
the apprehension caused by Mr. Cleve-
lands election, which had a paralyzing
effect on imports.
The Pioneer Press returns, after a
silence of some duration, to the topic
under the caption Of "a Stale Fiction, .
in which it labors to disprove the state
ment that, owing to the deficiency in
ing plates for bond issue, authority
for which he had asked of congress
We shall not repeat here the state
ments made by the secretary at the
ed in the Pioneer Press, that he would
use the gold reserve" to defray ex-
penses with ION a PINCH" nor the
statement of Treasurer Niebecker, that
eighty millions in 1892 had not con-
gress, in the Mckinley act, converted
the bank note redemption fund into
an asset of the treasury. We will SIM
ply give the statistics from the treasury
reports that refute the statements of
our contemporary.
But" says the Pioncssr Press, lin
the few months that had followed Mr.
Cleveland's election, in consequence Of
the Democratic threat of free trade or
of largely reduced tariff, the receipts
from customs began to fall off, and
Mr.. Foster, foreseeing trouble ahead
under the new administration pro-
posed a bond issue. Here is distinct
assertion that the customs revenue be-
gan to fall off Immediately after Mr..
CIeveland's election in November. 1892,
to such an extent as to alarm the sec
rotary of the treasury as to the ability
OF the incoming administration to meet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

not overstep. 1t Is asserted that the
coal combination did not make any
money last season. If this be true.
they are fattening themselves royalty
this year to make up for it. At least
three-fourths Of the addition which
they have made to coal prices is a
simple steal, being an excess over and
above the actual cost of laying down
the coal at the consumers door plus
a reasonable profit on their investment.
1t is problems like this that help to
make socialists, It is not In human
nature thai, such an injustice should
be set down as. irremediable or
that people should consent to endure
1t forever. Fuel Is one Of the neces-
saries of life. Cheap fuel is a eondi-
ton of comfort and of industrial de-
veiopment. No monopoly could be so
offensive assone THAT deals with this
commodity and leaves to the helpless
public the choice between freezing and
paying whatever prices the combine
may choose to ask
We do Vnot2 profess ourselves
competent at this moment to pre-
scribe the !, best remedy We do
say that such a remedy ought
to and must be found 1t has always
been our opinion, and still IS, that
there is law enough in the country to
meet even such cases as this. We
L
believe that the statutes of Pennsyl-
yania are adequate, if strictly enforced,
to curb the greed of the coal kings
If they are not, we believe that there
Is antitrust legislation by the federal
congress now on the books that would
accomplish the same purpose. If not,
we are certain that congress could pass
an act. with the advice of the attor-
ney general Of the United States, that
would bring these people to time All
OF these measures we should like to see
tried. Then, If they prove abortive,
we should say that the government
ought to protect it's citizens against
such an Infamous conspiracy against
human rights and human existence as
the coal trust, even though it be nee
essary to go as far along the path to-
ward socialism as to acquire the title
to coal-bearing properties, under the
power of eminent domain, giving fair
compensation, and so to throw open the
supply of this great necessary to all
the people without discrimination and
at cost
This would be the last resort to which
we may go. The nation need not be
driven if its representatives and ex-
ecutive officers are faithful to their
trusts. But whatever lengths we may
have to go, an end should come to such
enormities as that which is now be-
ing perpetrated by the anthracite coal
combination. They are robbing the
people of the country, and especially
the people of this section. Of millions
of dollars annually, and deserve no
other treatment than that of public
enemies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

the treasury obligations. That an ed
1tor can make such statement, In
the face Of facts and figures accessible
to him, is but another of the illustra-
lions OF the condition OF mind to which
partisan emergencies can reduce intel
ligent men.
Let us see what the statistician of
the treasury has to show in support Of
this statement For the sake of get
ting firm ground for conclusions. we
will take the customs receipts for the
months of November to February for
the years 1890 to 1893, inclusive. In
these four months ending with Febru-
airy, 1890, the receipts were, emitting
the exact figures below hundred thou
sands, $4,000, 900; for 1891, STA, OO0, 900; for
1892, $69, 900, and for 1893, $68,600, 900.
The large decrease of about $4,000, 900
occurred in 1892, McKinley's favorite
high-water year, while the decrease
that caused the secretary such appre-
tensions for the safety of the new adj
ministration was but 100000 The eff
feet Of Mr.. Cleveland's election, the
terrible prospect of Democratic free
trade, caused loss of customs reve-
nue. in the four months succeeding the
election of but $S0O,OOO as against
loss of 5000, 600 the previous year, when
McKinleyism was in full blast.
Nor is any support for this "stale
fiction" of our contemporary and it's
candidate to be found in other COM
parsons. The customs receipts for the
year ending June 80, 1890, were, in
round numbers, 1928, 600, 900; for 1891,
$219, 000, 900, and for 1892, SIT, 900, OO0 At
this last date there was no "appre-
hension" Of Democratic success or Of
it's free trade, but there was sufficient
ground for Secretary Fosters uneasi-
ness in the fall Of revenue of $51, O00, 900
from 1890. Again, from another point
Of view, the statement that Tin the
few months which had followed Mr..
Cleveland's election, the receipts of Gus
toms began to fall off," is without
foundation. Let us set in comparison
statement Of the customs receipts for
the months from October to February
in the years 1872 and 1929, emitting
exact figures below a hundred thou
sand:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18
A BELT LINE NEEDED.

It seems to us, as it has from the be-
ginning, that the essential purpose held
in view by those who have asked for
an extension of the street railway
loop would be accomplished by the
building Of short line connecting the
union depot. This is, after all, the OBJ
jective point. 1t has been a distinct
disadvantage to this city that persons
coming in from out of town to do shop
ping in St Paul should have been
obliged to walk several blocks to or
from the union depot before they could
reach any line conveying them to other
parts of the city. 1t Is unusual in
and our residents have both felt the
handicap. The strongest argument in
the arsenal of those who have been
moving for the extension of the loop
travel nearer to the union depot 1t
does not bring 1t near enough, how
ever, nor would 1t accommodate travel
by the cable line or other lines not
running around the loop. What would
be of most advantage to us decidedly
and an improvement that could be
made at the minimum of cost and
trouble would be what is called a belt
line, although it need not be many
blocks in length, connecting all the
other routes with the union depot.
While we are about this, let us not
make any mistake by doing a good
suggested that the belt line should run
out to Third street and down that to
one of the cross streets, thence run
ming north again and tapping the adj
jacent line. If we are going to make
line to the union depot, let us have it
run all the way there. The cars
should run down by Third street and
then down Sibley to the levee turning
there and depositing passengers at the
very door of the depot. 1t would be
the height of folly to make all this
change and still leave people a block
to walk to the depot, besides disem-
barking and taking thousands of pas
sengers per day at the very narrowest
and busiest part of Third street, which
is the corner of Sibley. What we want
is a belt line that will turn on the
levee and run past the depot entrance,
connecting thence with all the lines in
the city, and running cars at inter-
walls of not more than two minutes,
SO that those who transfer may not
be as much disconnected by having to
stand around on corners as if they had
to walk the distance that they do now.
Under these conditions, it seems to
us that a belt line can be made Of the
highest convenience and profit to the
city, and that the extension of the
loop may very well be exchanged for
the construction Of this absent con-
Meeting link. We have no doubt that
it can be accomplished If all inter-
ests will work together heartily and
unite in representing to the street rail-
way company that tins will satisfy
them. We ought to have the belt line
in operation before snow flies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

@t0Hs
HON. o. M. HALL, Ex-Congressman,
Third District
Duluth, Tuesday, Oct. 27th.
(Armory HaID
GOV. R. P. FLOWER and HON. D. w
Is LAWLER.
Brainerd, Wedn esday, Oct. 2Sth.
Opera House)
GOV. R. P. FLOWER and HON. D. W.
LAWLER.
st. Cloud, Thursday, Oct. Goth.
CThe Tent
GOV. R. P. FLOWER and HON. D. w.
LAWLER.
Granite Falls, Saturday, Oct. 31st.
HON. D. w. LAwLER and HON. F. w.
M. CUTCHEON.
Wabasha, Saturday, Oct. oath.
HON. D. W. LAWLER and DIR. A. ].
STONE.
Heron Lake, Monday, Oct. 10th.
HON. D. w. LAWLER.
Ellsworth, Tuesday, Oct. Goth.
HON. D. w. LAWLER.
Worthington, Wednesday, Oct. 31st
HON. D. W. LAWLER.
Owatonnn, Thursday, Oct. 22nd.
HON. D. W. LAWLER.
Rochester. Friday, Oct. 23rd.
HON. D. w. LAwLER and HON. CHAs.
L. FLANDRAU.
ShakOpee, Friday, Oct. 3Oth.
HON. D. W. .LAwLER.
FaribauIt, Monday, Nov. End.
HON. d. w. LAWLER.
Pine Island, Thursday, Oct, 22nd.
HON. THOMAS WILSON.
FaribauIt, Wednesday,, Oct. 2Ist.
HON. F. W. M. CUTCHEON and DIR. A.
]. STONE.
NoirthffeId, Friday, Oct. o3rd.
HON. F. w. M. CUTCHEoN and DIR. A.
J. STONE.
Minneapolis, Monday, Oct. 10th.
HON. F. W. NJ. CUTCHEoN.
Aitl1in, Tuesday, Oct. 9th.
HON. F. W. M. cUTCHEoN.
Kenyon, Friday, Oct. Goth.
HON. F. W. M. CUTCHEoN.
ShakOpee, Monday, Oct. Goth.
HON. GUSTAV DONALD,
of Davenport, 10.
Jordan, Tuesday, Oct. 9th.
HON. GUSTAV DONALD,
Of Davenport, 10.
LIE Sueur, Thursday, Oct. goth.
HON. GUSTAvE DONALD, Of Davenport,
Iowa.
Mankato, Friday, Oct. both.
HON. GUsTAvE DONALD, of Davenport.
MarshalI, Wednesday, Oct. 21st.
HON. CYRUS WELLINGTON.
Tracy, Thursday, Oct. 22nd.
HON. CYRUS WELLINGTON.
Winnebago City, Thursday, Oct.
Goth.
HON. CYRUS WELLINGTON.
Fafrmount, Friday, Oct. both.
HON. CYRUS WELLINGTON.
Good Thunder. Saturday, Oct. III st.
HON. CYRUS WELLINGTON.
Corrected Itinerary of 1Iessrs. Pal.
ner and Buckner.
VIII leave La Crosse on special via c.
III. st. z. Ry., Thursday, October %
at 10:io a. m.. reaching st. Paul that
afternoon at 2:4e, and stopping at Winona
Wabasha. Red Wing and Hastings ten
minutes each. Leave st. Paul over the
Great Northern. BY special train, making
Anoka at 4:20 and Elk River at 5 o'clock,
stopping at each place twenty-five min
utes. reaching st. Cloud at $50 D. IN.
Leave St. Cloud attached to Great
Northern regular train at 4:15 a. m. on
the Esd. arriving at st. Paul at 7:15 the
same morning.
VIII leave St. Paul at p. m. Octo-
Der "a, arriving at Minneapolis at 3 o'clock
Leave Minneapolis Sunday evening,
the 9th. for Sioux City, at SIS.
Exact time for stops at WinCna, Wab-
asba. Red Wing ard Hastings will be an
noanced later.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

In each one of the months follow
ing Mr.. Cleveland's election, when zap
prehension' of free trade" was "par-
alyzing" industry, and when Mr. Har-
rison's secretary of the treasury was
getting bond plates ready to print
bonds on, and was saying he would
use the gold reserve ION a PINCH" the
customs receipts were greater than
they were during the same months Of
McKinley's boom year. So far from
there being a failing off, there was a
steady increase from $14,000,OOO in No
vember to $21, OOO.OOO in January. Even
the emergencies Of a presidential cam
paign do not seem to demand that so
stale a fiction as is the statement Of
our contemporary should be freshened
up for partican USE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
TODAY,s WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-Forecast for Sun
day: Minnesota and the Dakotas-Fair, warm
er; winds shifting to westerly and southerly.
Wisconsin-Fair and warmer; light to fresh
westerly winds.
Mon ,ana-Fair and warmer; southerly winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

seeing parents of our day. so widely
Wanted for enthusiasm in child
culture. are suffering the rising gem
tration to grow up without
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

The big clock in the railroad Office at
Tcrre Haute, Ind. stopped yesterday
at sixteen minutes to / o'clock. This
is declared to be or,iinous. but to whom
or what will not be known until after
election.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS

Barometer, 30.13; thermometer, "a: relative
humidity, Sc; wind, west; weather, partly
cloudy; maximum thermometer. 40; minimum
thermometer. %; daily range, II; amount of
rainfall in last twenty-fou hours, o.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18
RIVER AT s A. NJ.
AN EVIL TASK,

Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons Observer
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-06-10

We are in receipt of a private letter
from Washington in which the writer
speaks in the following compliments
ary terms Of our senators and repre-
sentative in congress:
"You get the Record, and have
noted the work Of the Montana dele
tion in congress. They arc a
strong team, and while they do not
make much fuss on the senate floor
Or that Of tire .house, they are very
effective in their work before COM
mittees and, as you know, this is
where the good work should be DONE
Senator Carter is a whole team and Il
horse or two to let when it comes to
work on the public land committee,
and | may add the same is true Of
Mr.. Mantle in his work before the
Indian committee, and Mr.: Hartman
having made his record it is unnec-
essary to speak Of his work on the
floor Of the house or before the house
committee. What may be said in
behalf of their work before the In
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-06-10
50 How Is This.

The following story comes from;
The Occur. .d'Alepc Sun:
Recently the bank at Weiser, Ida.
no, sent to-: Crocker- Woolworth Ma.
tional bank at San francisco for $500
worth Of silver from the sub-treasury.
The sub-treasurer said the silver
must be !: obtained from the sub.
treasury at Chicago. \ The sub
treasurer at that point returned the
draft to Weiser and stated s;that his
office did not accept drafts or checks
for any purpose whatever" The
Idaho banker then instructed his
New York correspondent to deposit
$500. il cash with the suh-treasury in
llatcity. - :Ehis; was done and the
Weiser. nan was informed that the
silver was shipped from San Fran
cisco, ): The, banker. waited for two
weeks, and as the silver did not ar
rive he appealed :, TO-, the assistant
treasurer it. It Washington. This ap-
pe.rl: stinally,bsotryyht the coin from
St;,Lo,iis.;:', lit. mad; taken just two
months, of PERSISTENT demands to
force the democratic administration
to,releasc $500 worth of silver, which
the lying officials say the people do
not want. The .Wciser Signal pub
fishes the entire correspondence. It
is rich: reading and ought to be
thrust into the face Of every goldbug
in congress.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-06-10

While the loyal silver democrats Of
the east are fighting against dcsper-
gte odds for free coinage and arc de-
serving Of encouragement, those Of
Montana have not yet been heard
from on the subject and COMMITTEES
man Davidson says the Montana del
egatcs to Chicago will abide by the
action Of the majority Of the conven-
tion. That is the way the Montana
democracy is fighting for free coin
age, and no wonder the Anaconda
Standard says it is Il 'dirty shame. ="
Inter Mountain.
"We ask our silver friends to look
Squarcly at the truth. The gold
standard is not the cause Of this big
ger debt in time Of peace. The adj
ministraton, in stating that such is
the case, is hiding behind misreprc-
scntation, and trcachcrously permit
ting the blow deserved BY itself tC
fall upon an innocent party Of which
it very ostentatiously Processes to be
the guardian. One hundred and fifty
millions Of dollars, or more than half
the proceeds Of the Cleveland bond
sales, have been used in paying the
expenses Of the government, for
which that political fraud and tinan-
cial tiasco, the Cleveland Wilson
tariff, failed to provide. New York
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-06-10

Mr.. G. Cailouettc, druggist, Bcay-
crsVllle, ILL.,, says: $40 DR.. King
New Discovery | owe my life. Was
taken with Ii grippe and tried all the
physicians for miles about, but of no
avail and was given up and told that
| could not live. Having DR.. Kings S
New:Discovery in my store sent for
Il bottle and began its use a:ld began
to get better from the first dose, aud
after using three bottles was about
again. 1t is worth it's weight in
gold. We don't keep store or house
without it, Get Il free bottle ut
ihc Valley Drug Store.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-06-10
SAID BY OTHER FELLOWS

When the majority in the prohibi
tion convention fired the minority
they rushed the GROWERS then if they
never did before. .-Missoulian
The Oregon democracy seems to
have been eXterminatcd. Democratic
promises as to silver in the Web-foot
state do not carry any weight with
the voters. They remember what
the Cleveland fellows did to silver in
the SD congrcss.-Inter Mountain.
The silver men of the west who
will 60 to St. Louis as republican
delegates will place themselves under
the leadership Of Teller and will act
together in all essential matters.
Who will be the chief Of the demo
cratic forces? Davidson?-Inter
Mountain.
How inconsistent people arc! Cor
bctt and FitZsimmons could find no
place in the United States to have a
friendly set-to, and yet they are going
to allow a Thousand or more dcspcr-
yatc men to get together at Chicago
without being searched at the door
for concealed weapons.
The governor of North Dakota has
designated the kccly institute at
Fargo as Il place where drunkards
shall be sent at the expense Of the
county where they live. A similar
,eXperiment'QWas tried in Minnesota
and it is claimed that it proved to
be a saving to the state and a bcne-
fit to the individual. The Boulder
Sentinel suggests that it would be a
good thing for Governor Richards ''to
designate the Boulder Hot Springs
institute as the official place Of the
state. Great Falls Leader,
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-06-10

Livingston, June S,-Thc Primrose
u West colorcd minstrel troupe had
a general mix-up on board the train
on top of HOmestake mountain. The
company numbers about so people,
and they had all been indulgine
pretty freely in liquor. After the
row started it waXcd hot and furious.
Razors were flying in the air on all
sides and guns were drawn and sevc-
raj shots fired. One man had his
head laid open with a razor cut, am
other sustained long, deep cash in
the thigh, while a third was render
cd hors du combat by being struck
with flying rocks and missiles. Hard
ly an unbroken glass was left in the
doors and windows Of the coach,
which presented the appearance Of
having been through wreck.
The conductor, finding that the
occupants Of the car were bent on
anniLilating a few Of the best of
them, stopped the train. Many Of
them took advantage of this oppor-
tunity to alight and begana fusillade
on the car with heavy rocks. The
trainmen, assisted by some of the
passengers who were on board, after
much effort. succeeded in bringing
about suspension of hostilities, but
the affair had cngcndcred much bad
blood among the members of the
company, and even when Livingston
was reached, the feeling was still at
fever heat and there were two or
three scraps on the depot platform
here.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-06-10

All speculation and prophecy as to
what the republican national convcn-
tion is going to do will be set at rest
next week. Then, instead Of demo-
cratic editors indulging in prediction,
they can devote their talents to tell
ing that democracy has at last decid
ed on What it is going to do-just
exactly the opposite. 1t was a great
thing for the democrats that the re-
publicans decided to hold their ma
tiOnal convention first this year, for
without the republican platform to
copper they would have had q hard
time formulating one for themselves
Modern democracy cannot be accused
OF originality, except in the matter
of borrowing money to run the gov
ernment of the richest and most re-
sourccful country in the world, il
times Of peace.