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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
LUMBER AND WAGES.

To the Editor:
Seine time ago, in discussion of the lum-
Der schedule of the Dingley bill, l took the
ground that the rate of wages paid to all
classes of labor engaged in the lumber bust
ness higher in Canada than on the
American side. and that it cost more to pro-
duce 1000 feet of lumber there than it does
here. The parties on the other side of the
question denied the accuracy of my state
ment. VIII the G | o once more be good
enough to give the average rate of wages paid
in each country, the first net cost of
thousand feet of lumber on each side of the
boundary line, and the source from which
the figures are obtained?
Free Trader.
st. Paul. Aug. Z. 1897.
The common conception of wage is
the amount Of money received by the
worker for his labor of a day, week
or a month. The true conception is the
ratio of what he receives as wage to
what he produces The wage Garner
usually regards the question from the
former, the employer always from the
latter standpoint The piece system Of
payment is the result of an apprecia
ton of the correct standard by both
workers and employers. 1t is the pay
ment for work in proportion to what it
produces. Measured by the ordinary
standard the employee in our lumber
industry is better paid than the Cana
| dian, measured by the ratio of compen-
sation, to product the Canadian is
much better paid. For the stipend
given the American lumberman gets
his labor cheaper than does the Cana
dian.
Carol D. Wright, commissioner of la
Dor, made this clear in the report which
he sent to the senate last May, land which
was published in the Congressional
Record of June 4. In this he presented
the data on which he based his con-
clusion that the average daily wage in
the lumber industry in this country was
| $1.1 and $141 in Canada, while the Ia
| Dor cost in producing a thousand feet
| of lumber in this country was 81 cents,
| against $1.23 in Canada. The lumber
man this side Of the line pays labor 81
cents to make him 1000 feet of lumber
| for which the Canadian employer pays
| his labor $1.23. And still these lumber
| men induced congress to lay a tax on
| Canadian lumber imports of 81 a thou
sand feet to compensate our lumbermen
for the difference in labor cost here
promptly utilized by increasing the
| price of their lumber to the domestic
| consumers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12

tHdt the undertaken was not a member
OF the union. The public sympathy
VIII run strongly to the plaintiff.
so far as we are informed the ques-
ton involved will be one of first im-
presslons in Wisconsin courts Were
the case to be ttied lin this state this
plalntH would doubtless be nonsuited
under the decisiontof our supreme court
In the Bohn case, when it was held
that men had a right to combine
for the purpose, among Others, Of re-
1uslng to deal with those who Were
not members of their association. The
syllabus says that. "any man, unless
under contract obligation, has a right
10 refuse to work for or deal with any
man or class of men, as he sees fit;
and this right, .whtch1on may exercise
slngly, any number Of men may agree
TO exercise jointly" The liverymen,
having agreed to refuse to perform
burial service for any undertaken not
member of union, or persons en-
pioy1ng such undertaken, had a right
70 refuse to carry out an agreement
with Gatzew or his undertaken, on dis
covering that the latter was a nom
unlon1st. On the other hand the SUI
preme court of Indiana, under state
OIL facts nearly on all tours with ours.
denied the right OF combination and,
on attention being, called to the Bohn
case, refused to acknowledge 1t as law
In that state. So, in the absence Of
any case that makes the principle in
VOWED in Gatzow's case res adjudieata,
the supreme court of Wisconsin, should
the case reach it, can take it's choice
between these two opposing decisions
In adopting or declaring what is the
law in that state.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
ing hook is still seen in some parts Of
England, France and Germany"

ing hook is still seen in some parts of
England, France and Germany"
The development has increased the
wealth of these farmers ninefold in
forty years, it being in 1890 equal to
the agricultural wealth of the Aus
trian empire" Another table furnishes
the figures from which he derives the
conclusion that the annual increase of
wealth per hand has been 500. The
economic history of the United States
presents to his view no such striking
lesson as is this development by a COM
paratively few farmers of lone of the
most productive regions on the globe !"
in less than half a century. Comparing
their condition with that of the farmers
Of Europe, he concludes that three
prairie farmers possess as much wealth
as four French, six German, or thirteen
Austrian farmers. while their taxes
are much lighter and they are exempt
from military service" 1t is well to
'see oursePs as ithers See u.s." and it
is especially we'll for u.s. in these times
when there is so much groundless dis
content, to see ourselves as so astute,
painstaking and accurate statistician
as is Mr. Mulhall sees u.s.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
DUPONT is ALSO FAST,
But Does Not Equal the Speed Made
by the Porter.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 1.-THE tor
pedo boat Dupont, built by the Here
schoff firm, at Bristol, to make a speed
of twenty-sev and a half knots, re-
ceived her second official trial over a
sixty-mile course in Narragansett bay
today, during which she made an aver
age of SO. Although this exceeds her
contract requirements, it is not quite
up to the trial speed of the Porter, a
sister ship, nor is it as high as that
made by the Dupont on a previous
trial. The first time she broke down
while going at tremendous speed The
second time, one week ago today, after
speeding over the course for about
thirty-siX miles, her vacuum dropped,
making q continuance unadyisable. To-
day there was again a lack of vacuum,
but despite this hindrance, the boat
made great speed. This trouble with
the vacuum is purely a local one and
will quickly be obviated after going
into commission The Porter and Du-
pont have, under favorable circum-
stances. exceeded their contract speed
by more than knot. The Dupont
while trimmed slightly different from
the Porter, had no more weight and ran
with the same absence of vibration
and her engines were in perfect feffff
The Herreschoffs have notified the gov
eminent that the boat will be ready to
be turned over to the navy department
in a few days.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
GIANTS LIVED THERE.
Evidences of a Prehistoric Race at
Lake KOrOnis.


Special to the Globe
NEW PAYNESVILLE, Mimi, Aug.
n.-Homer- Beckley, of this village,
while blowing on his farm, near Lake
koronis, found what in the hands or
savant would undoubtedly develop
into prehistoric Clipped stone IN
strument. It Is a stone which has by
some one and in some manner been
cut into the shape Of Ratchet, having
flat head with a neck smoothly cut
out below. slanting sides and shar-
pened lower end and shows evidence Of
having been worked upon and used
considerably. The instrument was
turned up from a depth of from twelve
TO eighteen inches of virgin SOIL this
piece of Mr.. Beckley's farm never
having been cultivated. The stone
weighs about three pounds. Mr.. Beck
ley has also found at various times on
his farm, and near the place where this
hatchet was unearthed, numerous
stone arrow heads and other indica-
tions Of previous occupancy. These
facts in connection with the finding,
two years ago, Of the skeleton of
huge man, in mound not far from
MI Beckley's farm, would add
strength to the belief among many of
our citizens that the region about Lake
Koronis was the home of a historic
race of prodigious size and strength
Legend tells that the valley of the
Crow just east Of Lake Koronis was
the scene in ages gone by Of a ter
rifle battle between opposing tribes Of
this ancient people and that many Of
the slain in that battle were buried in
what is known as the Indian Mound"
Other indications of a previous inhabi-
fancy in the shape Of broken potCers
and copper implements are said to
have been found In and about this
same locality. A party of relic loving
gentlemen, headed by a well-known
prelate, are talking of organizing a
I,arty to make a thorough investiga-
ton of the Indian mound and the
farms adjoining.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
NO LIVES WE'RE LOST IN THE
WRECK OF THE MEXICO,
NEAR SITKA.
ALL WERE SAVED IN BOATS.
BEING CARED FOR FOR SEVERAL
DAYS BY INDIANS ON THE
COAST.
NEARLY ALL BAGGAGE LOST
Tourists Return TO Seattle on the
TOpeka-GOid Warehouse for
KIOndike.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ia spe-
cial from Victoria to the Chronicle
says: For several days anxious in
qulr1es have been made regarding the
racine Coast Steamship company's
steamer Mexico, which was scheduled
TO leave tomorrow on her second trip to
Dyea. When the vessel struck off Sitka.
as reported in an earlier dispatch. Capt
wallace and his officers quietly await
ed their turn to be lowered over the
SIDE in boats. This was performed with
out hitch, splendid discipline being
maintained. After the passengers were
safely off, the crew turned their at
tent1on to the hand baggage which the
passengers had In their cabins and the
treasure and valuables belonging to
the steamer There was no time to at
tempt to save anything slowed below
deck and as it was, everything in the
cabin could not be secured. although
the captain and crew stayed on the
steamer until it was no longer safe
for them to do So They had not been
away from her but a short time when
she made final plunge and went down
stern first. She struck on her star
board bilge keel, and a large hole was
torn in her side. Only a short time be-
lore orders were sent to the engine
room to send her under full steam
ahead, and consequently she went right
through the rocks. Had she been an
IRON vessel very few would have lived
TO tell the story of the accident She
would have gone down like rock At
New Metakathla they had to spend sew
eIal days waiting the arrival of the To-
peka, news of the wreck having been
sent north to her by the steamer Alki.
The passengers and crew had their
wants attended to by Rev. DR.. Dun
can and his Indians. Of the passengers.
forty We're tourists who made the round
trip, and others were coming south
from different Alaska ports. Included
IN the latter were a party Of natural
lists, who had spent the summer in
Western Alaska, collecting specimens
for the Columbian museum.
he1r specimens and notes went down
with the steamer. When she sailed
from Seattle the Mexico carried Z7S
passengers and some $50 tons of freight,
consisting principally of outfits of in
tended miners, and carried in addition
thereto 68 horses and one burro which
were to be used in packing these out
fits.
The Mexico was owned and run by
the Pacific Coast Steamship company
and was we'll known on the sound She
was built in San Francisco in 1892.
Her gross tonnage was 1877; net 134O
She was 275 feet long, 36-foot beam and
had a nominal horsepower Of 1,7O0
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
ST. PAUL BREAKS HER RECORD.
Big Transatlantic Racer Cuts It's
Time 40 Minutes.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Ameri-
can line steamer ST. Paul. which ar
rived at Southampton today, has re
duced her own eastward record about
forty-five minutes. The ST. Paul sailed
from New York for Southampton, Aug
4, clearing the bar at 11:45 a. M, and
the lightship probably twenty minutes
later. Her arrival off Hurst Castle at
$40 this morning makes the time of
her passage about six days thirteen
hours and thirty-seven minutes. Her
best previous eastward record was six
days fourteen hours and twenty
minutes, made in December, 1885, This
performance does not, however, give
her the best eastward record, which is
held by the Hamburg American line
steamer F'urst Bismarck, and is SIX
days ten hours and fifty-five minutes
made in September, 1896. The ST. Paul
ought to make much better time yet
and will be expected to. as she broke
the best westward record last summer
taking it away from her sister ship,
the st. Louis, and reducing it to six
days and thirty-one minutes, in Aug
uSt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
TRADEs-uN1oNIsM AND FUNERALS

IhADf1S-SNAONiSM AND UNERALS.
In Milwaukee trades nionsm has
reached the gruesome stage. William
Gatzow's little son died, and his sorrow
ing parents prepared for his interment.
The father or the undertaken engaged
an acquaintance, who was also an un-
dertaker, to prepare the little body fer
its long rest, and engaged another ac-
quaintance, who was hveryman, to
provide a hearse to carry the coffined
body to the grave. The solemn cere-
monies were held in the home, and the
pallbearers were taking the coffin
to the hearse, when there came upon
the scene the walking delegate" of
the Milwaukee Liverymen's association
and ordered the hearse back to the
barn. And its driver drove away, leav-
ing the funeral to wait until the father
could procure other means for the car.
riage of his sons body to it's sepulture
The explanation of this strange af-
fair is that the liverymen of that city
have an association that is affiliated
with an association of undertakers.
These bodies have a standing rule that
no liveryman shall provide hearse or
carriage for a funeral where a non.
union undertaken officiates In this
case the undertaken was not a mem.
Der Of the union. Hence the obedience
Of the driver to the interference of the
delegate. The Sentinel says that Cat
zow has brought suit against the un-
dertaker who interfered and the livery
man who obeyed, for damages in the
sum of $4,000 The defense will be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
STUDIES FOR JlEAGUERS.
Books Chosen for the Years Work
RipIon,as Are Granted.

TORONTO. Ont, Aug. 11.-secretary
A. H. Chews today sent the diplomas
to the successful candidates in the Ep-
worth league examinat ton on the four
books which are distributed yearly for
that purpose The books that have
been chosen by the committee this year
are: Social Laws of Surface" by Prof.
Richard Ely; with the Poets" by
Archdeacon Farrar;' Architects Of
Fate" by DR.. CO., 81 Marden; "Our
Lords Teachings by Rev DR.. Rob-
ertson A thousand leaguers wrote on
the examinations this year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12

prive men of their constitutional rights,
which, denied, converts them into serfs,
how can men be deluded to believe
that it will willingly share with them
the profits gained through tariffs or do
other than, as one of them frankly stat
ed, "get our labor at the lowest cost
possible?" 1t is not this order of Judge
Jackson's that should incite the indig-
nation of all workingmen, but the spirit
of disregard for human rights that in
spires the employers whose attorneys
drew the order. Could it become abso-
lutte in government where would our
boosted liberties be?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
MULHALL IN THE PRAIRIE STATES.

The August issue of the North Ameri-
by Mr.. Mulhall of the census returns
of 1890 and former censuses of the
! twelve prairie states lying west Of
Ohio, in which he applies the same
methods to obtain the same data that
he has used in his examination into
the New England, Middle and Southern
states. He is unable to take the census
of 1850 as basis of comparison for all
purposes, as five of the states, Mime
sofa, Kansas, Nebraska and the two
Dakotas, were territories at that time
and sparsely settled, but using it for
the purpose of getting the percentage
of increase in population he finds that
the increase has been 314 per cent The
native whites have increased 2S5 per
cent; the colored PIT per cent, and the
foreigners 563 per cent.
The tendency to city life is shown
quite as distinctly in these states as
in the other groups, the urban popula-
ton having increased between 1870 and
1890 200 per cent, while rural popu-
lation had increased but SO per cent,
although, in the latter year, they stood
as one to three whereas in New Eng
lard the number in each class was n ar
ly equal. Naturally the larger number
went onto the land to open farms upon
| fhP nr9iTpS' hnt "a
found its more congenial ground in the
| cities, and these outpaced the farms
| In their rate of increase of population
| With the subsistence of that spirit since
| 1890 the movement has been reversed
and the present tendency is back to
the farm. But the marvellous develop
ment of the agricultural products Of
| these states in forty years strikes the
foreigner forcibly. The product of
grain has risen from an average Of
| eighteen bushels per inhabitant in 1850
to 118 in 1890, the crop increasing eight
fold; while the product Of meat has
risen from 634, 900 tons in 1850 to 2.1S8 900
in 1890
In these forty years these states have
added l57 100000 acres to the improved
area Of the country, an addition that
averages 1900 acres for each day Of
the period, and which has eutrun the
increase of population so far that there
are now eight acres to each inhabitant
against five acres in 1850 '"The new
farms laid down since 1850 exceed the
total superficial area of the German
empire, Holland, Belgium and Den
mark" These states raise nearly as
| much grain as France, Austria and
| Germany collectively, and twice as
much meat as either France or Aus
/ tria." While Eastern farms have tend
ed towards smaller areas, those of the
| West have gone the other way, rising
from an average of sixty-one acres in
| 1850 to ninety-six in $780, The effect
of farm machinery is seen in the num-
Der of acres to each farm hand. it be-
ing sixty-two in the West as compared
with forty-tWo in the East, and twenty
seven in the South. A very striking
comparison is made of the productive
ness in grain and meat per farm
| hand in these states and in foreign
| countries. From the table he gives, he
draws the conclusion that zone hand in
the prairie states raises as much food
| as five can do in the most advanced
countries of Europe due to machinery,
for it is a strange fact that the reap
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
KLoNDIkE TREASURE HOUSE.
Canadian Government to Guard
Gold Dust at Dawson.

MONTREAL, Que, Aug. LIT is
understood that the Dominion govern
ment has under consideration a pro-
ject in connection with the admins
tration of the Yukon district which is
novel in conception, but appears ad-
mlrably calculated to meet the condi-
tons existing in the new communities
of the extreme Northwest 1t is the
establishment of what might be term
ed 'treasure-house,' in which will
be stored the gold of the miners, and
for which they will receive drafts on
United States or Canadian banks, of
the full market value of their gold
dust.
The Importance of such a depository
in such a country as the K1ondike
district may readily be estimated I'm
der existing conditions the task of
guarding their gold is an arduous add
dition to the labors of the miners It
is expected that the proposition of
what is practically banking facilities
will go far towards reconciling the
miners to the 10 per cent royalty which
they have to pay to the government
Practically they will be paying an in
come tax of 10 per cent for the preser-
walton Of law and order, the storage
of their gold, and for it's safe delivery
to market.
If the gold is stored in a central
place, under this proposed plan, the
officials of the law will find the task
of preserving order greatly simplified.
for the miners will not be under the
necessity of carrying arms, nor will
the rougher sort likely spend as much
gold in riotous living. 1t will, of
course, be necessary for the govern
ment to take great precaution to in
sure the safety of the gold. but the
presence of fifty or a hundred mount
ed police and three or four Maxim
guns will be a great deterrent to the
enViOuS and greedy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12

After ali is said and done, there are only
two great political parties in this country.
and every man must choose whether he will
stand with Democrats or Republicans. There
Is no middle ground.-StG Cloud Times.
After all is said and done there are but
two great political principles of government
in this or any country, that of Individualism,
which is Democracy, and that of Collectivism,
which is Republican ism, iPopulism, Socialism,
Prohibitionism andhsaH the other isms and
every man must choose whether he will
stand with Individualism or Collectivism.
There is no middle ground. With this slight
alteration, to comport with basic truth, we
cordially accept the proposition of the Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12

The St. Paul G OBJ is one of the most
persistent back numbers of any newspa-
Fer published in the state. 1t continues to
system, but 1t has the whole field to itself
no one pays any attention to it. The Ameri-
can people have given decision in favor OF
the protective tariff system which is not liable
to be reversed for many years to come.
1t will be wise to make arrangements fol-
a good supply of wood to use as fuel next
winter. Hard coal is now selling at So pei
ton in Winona. and $3.50 at La Crosse, with
the prospect of SOC advance at Winona with
IN few days.-Chatf1eld Democrat.
These two extracts from editorials in the
same issue of our esteemed contemporary
indicate that it might discuss the iniquities
of the protective tariff system with loca
illustrations. q
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
Anoka RoX Shot.

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug I.-John Thomas,
a prospector from Fort Steele, either crazed
with liquor or laboring under the delusion
that he was being prosecuted, ran amuck,
and as result, two men are believed to- be
mortally wounded and a man and boy Sc
riously injured. The list Of wounded is:
John Thomas, aged about thirty-f1ye, shot
through the liver and in left shoulder; will
probably die within forty-eight hours. Ole
Olsen, aged eighteen of Anoka, Mimi, shot
in the left breast; probably mortally wounded.
C. E. Davis, Spokane, shot in left shoulder
flesh wound. Max Jacksan, aged eleven, shot
in the left wrist and finger; wounds slight.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
Manii1ans Use Cuban Tactics.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE aspect of
the in the Philippine islands, according
to a correspondent Of the Japan Advocate, is
dark for Spain. In letter from Bulkakan
July g. he reports that the revolutionists were
following the Cubans tactics, surprising con-
voys and detachments of Spanish troops, and
up to date have been generally successful in
almost all the encounters, this being really
the only means by which the liberators have
acquired the large number of Remington and
Mauser rifles and supply of ammunition they
possess at present, at a trifing cost of lives,
comDa ratiyely.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
Iowa Pythian Encampment.

CLINTON, To-, Aug. 11.-Immense crowds
have been drawn by the grand lodge knights
OF Pythias and uniformed encampment. This
afternoon occurred the competitive drill, re-
sulting in Oskaloosa division winning first
prize and Davenport second. The famous
Lily division, of Radcliffe To-, gave mag
first session Of the grand lodge Supreme
Chancellor Phillip Colgrove addressed the
grand lodge. Reports of officers and nomi-
nations for the election, which occurs to-
morrow, complete the session. Indications
now are that c. c. Doffel of Des Moines, will
be the next grand chancellor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
Rorgstrom Gets One Year.

DULUTH, Mimi, Aug. 11.-Judge Moer to-
day sentenced P. Borgstrom, register of deeds,
to serve one year in the penitentiary and pay
a fine of $500. Borgstrom was convicted of
misappropriatng county funds. He retained
money received for making certified copies of
instruments, Calming that it had been the
custom before he took the office, and that he
simply followed a precedent The Office Is
row vacant under the statute, and the COM
missioners must elect a successor. Borgstrom
will appeal.