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The true northerner., 1897-10-06
why Interest Is High In Texas.

The Galveston Daily News reminds
its Texas readers of the difference in in
terest rates in the northeastern states
and in some Of the western and southern
states and gives them few elementary
lessons on the reasons for this difference
Interest is never SO low" it says, "in
communities given over to suspicious
fires, questionable assignments, fraudu-
lent failures or TO legislation with a de-
cided turn against the creditor and in
favor Of the debtor" I" Much of the mar
ket rate of interest is insurance against
risk, and Of course diminishes as the
risk decreases Where men are required
by Law to pay their debts and are not
sheltered and encouraged in tricky
courses by unreasonable exemption laws
and by public prejudice against cred
itors as class the risk is naturally less
serious.
Making its application to Texas
The News says: "We have right to
to leave a fraudulent debtor residence
worth $50, 600, all the bank stock or
bonds he can carry and an extraordinary
collection of the tools of his trade or
profession and to defy his creditors to
crook a finger at him. We can do this if
we prefer, but it is going to cost us
something" 1t asks why the 'goodly
majority of the people of Texas, who
"are not disposed to live high today and
hide behind the exemption law, the as
signment law or some other law tomor-
row" should be forced by the discredit
of bad laws and few dishonest men
Ito pay two prices for every dollar they
borrow" 1t believes the rate of interest
would come down one-haf and the
loanable funds would double if the hon
est men Of the state would demand the
enactment of laws under which cred
itor could collect what is due him.
The true northerner., 1897-10-06
wyoming. Common Sense Action.

BY defeating an unqualified free sill
yer resolution and substituting a resolu-
tion i'll favor of free coinage of gold and
silver by international agreement, the
Republican Legislature of Wyoming
taught a lesson of common sense and
practical politics to all the states of the
northwest. The free coinage of silver
on any other basis than that of actual
value is delusion which was effectually
disposed of last November. New York
World.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17

Deaths face is not pleasant thing to
look upon, yet thousands of men and Vo-
men go about daily with the reflection of
death in their faces. The dull eyes, the
sallow complexion, the sunken cheeks, the
emaciated form, all tell the story Of the in
sidious advances of that implacable foe
consumption. Doctors have declared that
consumption is incurable. 1t is not Thou
sands of consumptives have testified to
their complete recovery after they were
given up by the doctors and all hope was
gone. 1t is simply a matter of going to the
seat of the trouble which is imperfect
and improper nutrition.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
does this. 1t corects all disorders of the
digestion. 1t invigorates the liver. 1t
makes assimilation perfect. 1t fills the
blood with the elements that build new
healthy tissue in every organ of the body.
1t is the great blood maker and flesh builder
1t cures 90 per cent. of all cases of consump-
ton. All good druggists sell it.
H. Gaddis, Esq, of No. 313 S. J. Street, Tacoma
Washington, writes: " l was taken i'll in 1885,.
with headache and pain in my back. called IL
doctor and ecame three times. He said was
so that could not sleep only by being propped
in bed. My lungs hurt me, and got so poor that
was skin and bone. thought going to
die. saw the Golden Medical Discovery rec.
commended for cough tried bottle oft and
it did me much good that tried another one
and it made me sound and well, so recommend
It to everybody. 1t saved my 1ife.''
"a headache is symptom of constipation.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa.
ton, promptly and permanently. They dc
not grpe. Druggistsssell them.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17

Optician Bugbee of Tracy was here
yesterday and supplied the public
schools with charts for testing the eyes
of children.
Mrs, S. X. Wood of Minneapolis is in
the city for an indefinite period and can
be consulted at Hotel Wien at any time.
She tells you just what you want to
know, diagnoses all diseases without
question and applies magnetic treatment
successfully. ...-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17
A Gem Petition.

The so-called petition to the city
council. asking for the advantages of
watermains and electric lights for Fifth
North Street, is a gem in it's way. tits
lengthy and eloquent document, but
bears the signatures of none of the prop
erty owners whose interests it pretends
to represent. The author has evidently
been consulting < dictionary. Among
other things he says, speaking for tie
residents nf said street:
"Happily located otherwise on this
prominent street, we yet feed seriously
the want Of these commodities (water
and light.) Separated frona any other
electl1cAights by considerable distance,
our seighborhoo@ is closed in perfect
darkness, and do we therefore miss an
easy access to our homes at night. boz
ems of teams that daily pass our homes,
bringing in the Sproduce OF the fertile
Southern plains, when belated at night
for one or the otker reason, run danger
Nf collision OF other accidoats in the
flats between Garden Street aad the Hos
pital or in the curved and wi.>ding'1eads
right above this last named structure
Why should we rot give to these hardy
farmers, bringing in their wealth to our
market, the protection, which to them
must be 80 desi:able?"
The "eighty document thea calls the
attention of the council to the risks run
by 1.-The doctors Of the city, GA account
of the ~Egyptien darkness taat hovcrs
over the;,' roads 20 the house of restor-
ation' and the possibility of falling 'tin-
to dumps'ole. and meeting with & fatal
ity, worse perhaps than the one they
came to cgre.'
Speaking of the lack Of fire protec-
ton the petition says: "We are bereft
of any protection IN case of fire, which
makes our homes less secure and confer
table and. ourselves always apprehenslve
Of danger. This is unquestionally
draw back and we wish to be alleviated..''
.Evidently@' concludes the enthusiast
tic author, ''tsse completion of these i'm,
provements would not only benefit our
next vicinity, but, besides embellishingI
the city, give good reason for PRAISE
worthy pride Of all the iuhabits and es-
pecially the most honorable members of
the Council under wl:csc term such
labor was performeI.'
The petition was signed by no one,
aud d fuEny thing in connection there
with is the fact that within few DAYS
after the presentation, a remonstrance
followed, signed by nearly all of the
property holders along the street in
question. ghey set forth that they do
not want the improvement, see no neces-
sity for it, do not consider it public
improvement, and considering the tinan-
cial condition of the city and them
selves, cook upon it as a burden.
Even the hospital authorities, we I'M
derstand, do not endorse the demands
made in the strange petition, but simply
ask that they be permitted to lay two
inch mains to the hospital at their own
expense.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17
Farm For Exchange.

Improved farm property in Redwood
county in exchange for New Tim or
Sleepy Eye residence property or good
horses as part payment.
Address, Box 263,
Redwood Falls, MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17
MEN WANTED.

Farmers, Mechanics, School teachers.
Machine Agents, anyone honest and will.
ing to hustle, we will pay good wages
from now to April. With our facilities
and personal help any man fully alive
and willing to work can win a paving
position with us. Apply quick, stating
age. L. L. May g. Co.,
Nurserymen, Seedsmen s Florists.
St. Paul MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17
EXCURSION RATER TO The NAB
DIGRAS AND WINTER RESORTS.

On account of the Mardi Gras at New
Orleans and Mobile, the North Western
Line vii, February 2ad to 2sth, -inclu-
sive, sell excursion tickets at very low
rates, limited for return passage until
March 9th. Excursion tickets are also
on sale daily, at reduced rates, to the
principal winter resorts in the United
States and Mexico. For full informa-
ton apply to Ticket Agents Chicago s.
North Western Railway.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17
THE HOT SPRINGS

located in the Black Hills OF. South Da-
kota have wonderful medicinal proper
ties for the cure OF rheumatism, newral-
gia, and kindred ailments, and should be
investigated by all suffering from such
troubles. First-class hotel accomoda-
tons and baths. Tourist tickets on sale
daily and especially low rates on the
first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Full information furnished on applica-
ton to ticket agents C.. & N. w. R'y.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17

For fresh cream call on the No. ]
Dairy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14
THE COMING SCHOOL ELECTION.

1t is doubtful if the people of this city
were ever more thoroughly aroused
over the school question than they are
today. They realize that the ensuing
election for members of the board OF
education is a very important one. as
it certainly is. The board to be elected
in December will have in it's hands
the destinies of the public schools of
this city. 1t can make or it can mar
them; it can add to the city's prestige
or it can take from it as it shall deal
with the schools. Some have assailed
the high school Those who have done
this would assail the graded schools
did they but dare, and could they sue
coed in abolishing the high school no
one need doubt for a moment that af-
ter they had succeeded in that they
would attack the common schools. The
covert attack on the schools is adroitlv
managed. The first great plea is that
there must be economy, and that there
must be g, reduction here and another
there; that the schools must be made
to conform to the financial distress of
the times. There certainly should be
economy in the management of the
schools, as in all things else, but under
the plea Of economy if persons in any
degree opposed to the schools should
be elected to the board of education, it
would be an easy matter to impair the
efficiency of the schools. 1t is much
better that sacrifices be made in all de-
partments of our municipal affairs be-
fore any sacrifice be made in the
schools, in fact. an enlightened policy
would dictate that sacrifices be made
for the schools, if need be. But there
is no necessity for this, neither is there
any necessity for improving the eff
cheney of the graded schools or abol-
ishing the high school; to do either
would work an almost irre2arable in
jury to the city, and it most assuredly
would to the children.
When the time for nominating can
didates for the board of education
comes the friends of the schools should
all get together and make it Gheir par
ticular business to see that none but
known and avowed friends of the school
system as established today are nom
mated. The members of the board of
education, like Caesars wife, must be
above suspicion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14

avenue fruit dealer yesterday, and it
didn't work. But then, Union avenue is a
BAD place in which TO try a new game of
any kind.
The one-eyed man stopped suddenly
while passing the fruit stand and then
made dive into the pyramids of fresh
fruit, scattering oranges, lemons and
peaches in all directions.
WHAT you wanta?'' shouted the pro-
prietor, as he rushed to protect his wares.
The one-eyed man kept on throwing fruit
all over the sidewalk.
What you wanta ?' yelled the Italian in
a rage.
What do want? Great heavens. man,
| dropped my glass eye somewhere in Gnis
fruit and l must find it. 1t was made to
order for me in Paris and III never be
able to get another
The Italian looked at the upturned face
Sure enough, there was the empty socket
He Joined in the search. but the eye could
not be found. The one-eyed man seemed
terribly worried.
I've barely. got time to go to the motel. .
ne said, and get my Satchel before my
train leaves. But I'll tell you what I'll
do. I'll leave a check for $100 at the Asitor
house and when you find that eye, you
wouldn't have taken $500 for chat ere
The one-eyed man disappeared. Then
the two-eyed man came along and stopped
to look at the fruit The Italistn watched
him, He saw the two-eyed man look in
tently OF basket of grapes. Then he
saw him put his hand in the basket and
take out the glass eye.
Data mine!' shouted the Italian.
Not on your life replied the two
eyed gent, Il found it.
A discussion followed. When the Italian
saw that the only way to get the eve w9!s
TO tell his story. he did SO. The two-eyed
man opened his eyes, wonderfully sur
prised
"A hundred dollars - he said in an awetl
tone. We'll, you give me $50 and you can
have it" He held out the precious optic
Maybe the Italian didn't have the cash;
maybe he saw through the game. Any
way he shook his head and walked away.
He would not say anything about it this
morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14

ment could, ipso facto, solve all the
problems that confront a people in
their capacity as a state, is a most
amazing thing. The adoption of such a
form of government can no more solve
them than it can make soil fertile or
crops abundant. 1t solves just one
problem and no more, and that is the
right of the people TO manage their
public affairs; it does not pretend to
endow the people with wisdom or right
judgment; that is beyond the power of
any form of government.
The struggle of mankind for ages
past has been to make the right of
participation in the affairs of govern
ment universal instead of having it
restricted. Democracy has completely
solved that problem, and if it never
did anything more it would have per
formed a great mission, one that moth
ing else could have performed. Even
in those countries where democracy
has never triumphed it has radically
modified the ideas of government that
have prevailed there for centuries;
there is not one that has not made
some concession to the democratic idea
of government, the idea that the people
have right to participate in it.
The democratic form of government
makes it possible to more speedily cor
rect any abuses that may creep into
government than any other form does.
While this is true. it cannot be denied
that the facility of change often in
vites changes before policies have had
chance to prove themselves; and
while this is an evil it is one that will
be corrected as the people become more
and more educated in the science of
government. In fact the great merit
of the democratic form of government
may be said to be its power of self ad
justment. Some think this it's weak
ness, but it is really it's strength. 1t is
the expression of the wishes of the
people as a whole and that is what
government should be. A fundamental
difference between the democratic
and the monarchical ideas of govern
ment is that the one holds that the
government should adjust itself to the
people While the other holds that the
people should adjust themselves to the
government.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14
TALES OF THE DAY.
How He "Did.n

Youths Companions: The ordinary
polite inquiry 'Ho do you do?" Calls for
nothing but e. conventionally polite re-
sponse But if the man is past 1.-The al
lotbed age" and a philosopher besides. it
may elicit a reply full of meaning and
worthy of record.
When John Quincy Adams was 50 years
old ne met III the streets of Boston an old
friend, who snook mis- trembling hand and
said:
Good morning. And how us John
Quincy Adams this morning."
THANK you" was the former president S
answer, John Quincy Adams himself is
well. sir; quite well, L thank you, but the
house in which he lives at present is be-
coming dliapidated. 1t is tortering upon
it's foundation. Time and the seasons
have nearly destroyed it. Its roof is pref
tV well worn out. Its walls are much
shattered, and it trembles with every
wind The old tenement is becoming al
most urlinhabitable, and L think John
Quincy Adams will have to move ont of it
soon. But he himself is quite well, sir
quite we'll.
With that the venerable sixth president
of the United States moved on with the
aid of his staff
It was not long afterward that he had
his second fatal stroke of paralysis in the
capitol at Washington. This is the last
OF earth" he said. Il am content"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14
GOVERNMENT BY A DEMOCRACY

The London Spectator Of recent date
had an article on democracy in Amer
lea L says there are those who think
that democracy has come too soon, and
that the French and American revolu-
tons were ill-judged and premature
attempts to bring to sudden birth the
embryo which was slowly forming it
self in the womb of time; that these
same people think the mass of man
kind needed another century Of moral
and intellectual culture before they
were permitted to take their public af-
fairs into their own hands. The Spec
tator then proceeds to say that the ac-
tual experience of democratic govern
ment has disillusionized not a few; not
so much on the grounds hastily stated
by Maine, but because of its tendency
to produce almost the opposite result
VIZ, to throw the masses into the
hands of a few wire-puliers, and so
render them still the subjects of
rather sordid despotism While fancy
ing themselves to be free and equal.
Democracy, therefore, is at present un-
der a cloud; it has not performed, it is
thought, what it promised, and it is
suspected, or at least half suspected,
that it never can. It's own attitude is
that democracy must be accepted, as
fact, as a. necessary stage in human
development, but that it has dangers of
its own which are not yet understood,
and certainly not guarded against.
1t goes on to say that it does not be-
lieve that democracy can escape from
the rule of the strong, which will be
less yelled than under forms nominally
less democratic; but the real hope for
democracy is that this strong rule will
be first honest and next intelligently
understood and supported by the peo-
pie, just as the strong rule of Lin
coin was supported in the civil war, or
as the strong rule of any really great
premier would be supported in Eng
land in time of public anxiety; but
that the chief problem, however, is to
make the people see that every mo-
ment is a crisis, and that strength and
wisdom never can be allowed to be-
come weary and take their rest.
How any one could ever have got the
idea that democratic form of govern
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14
FOR A DEPARTMENT OF COM
MERGE.


Mr.. Ferdinand Peck of Chicago, pres
ident of the National Business Mems
league, has written a letter in which he
says he believes that the plan of the
league for department of commerce
and industry, to be added to the pres
ent government departments, will re-
ceive favorable action from the presi
dent and congress. In the course of his
letter, Mr.. Peck says:
l have myself conferred with Presi-
dent Mckinley about it, and believe
that he is favorable to the idea. The
department should include, among
other things, matters relative to the
gathering OF information with a view
to the systematic extension of our
commerce with the South and Central
American states and other foreign
countries, and the collecting and tab
ulating Of statistics of the various in
duStrieS of this country, with reports
and recommendations as to the same,
as basis of intelligent action in the in
terest of such industries and employees
therein.
This department should also include
a tariff bureau or commission, which
should investigate and report on future
contemplated changes in tariff sched-
ules.
Much of the work that is here out
lined for the proposed new department
is already done by the treasury and
state departments through the bureau
of statistics and consular reports. If
there was any necessity for creating
the department of agriculture then
there would certainly be justification
for the creation of the proposed depart
ment of commerce. Most of the Eu-
ropean governments have such depart
ments, and the heads of them have
cabinet seats. Thus Austria has her
minister of commerce and national in
dustry; England, her president of the
board OF trade; France, her minister of
commerce, industry and posts and tele-
graphs; Italy, her minister of COM
merce, industry and agriculture; the
Netherlands, their minister of public
works, industry and commerce; Portu-
gal, her minister of public works, in
dustry and commerce.; Prussia, her
minister of commerce; Spain, her min
lister of agriculture and commerce and
public works.
Agitation for the addition of a de-
partment of commerce will be almost
certain to revive the agitation for de-
partment of mines and mining No
government, certainly none of those
cited as having departments of COM
merce, has any separate and distinct
department of mines and mining, the
head of which sits in the cabinet; but
that fact would be no reason why
there should not be such department
in this government any more than the
fact that other governments have de-
partments of commerce is a reason for
having one in this. The need for a
mining department. or any other, is the
Importance and extent of the industry
Should it be deemed wise to create a
department of mines and mining, it
might be we'll to join with it the for
estry interests, certainly among tie
most valuable in the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14
A PROPOSED SILVER PARTY.

1t is rumored that Silver party is
to be formed in the state. It is ex-
pected by those who are engineering
the scheme that all the friends of sill
yer in all parties will forsake their
present party allegiance and flock to
the new standard. This expectation is
based upon the fact that silver was the
great issue in 1896 and that prospec-
lively it viii be the great issue in 1900.
As it dominated all other issues last
year it is argued that partisans of diff
ferent political creeds but who favor
silver viii be willing to abandon their
creeds, or at least lay them aside for
a time, and unite as a silver party
until the triumph of free coinage is
achieved.
Those who are 80 calculating are
miscalculating. thousand silver
parties could not champion the cause
of free and Independent coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to / more
valiantly, more ardently or more pa
triotically than does the Democratic
party. What declaration can silver
party make in favor of silver that the
Democratic party has not made? Can
any silver party hope to rally to the
support of free silver so many voters
as the Democratic party did in 1896?
And it will rally more in 1900. There
is no necessity for a silver party to
further and champion the cause OF
silver so long as the Democratic party
exists; and it will exist so long as the
government endures.
This proposed silver party is an i'll
advised move and its only effect can
be to create a tendency to divide the
friends of silver. We say frankly we
are opposed to it. because we believe
that only harm to the silver cause can
come from it. Democrats cannot and
viii not consent to abandon all their
party principles for single one, and
more especially when that one is al
ready a cardinal doctrine with them.
If the proposed silver party shall be
born it will be an abortion.