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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
Of increase:

The increase. it will be observed, was
nearly normal up to 1880, and it will
also be noted that the era Of booms.
speculation and extravaganza in our
Industrial life began about that time.
The influence plainly extended to the
legislature and induced a liberality in
appropriations that showed itself in the
extraordinary increase of SO per cent in
the state taxes of 1885 over those of
1880. This also appears in the column
of per capita taxation, showing the
normal Of so cents in 1880, rising to GA
by 1885-if one can accept the state
census of that year as a basis-to 81. Is
in 1890 and falling TO z cents in 1895.
But this table does not show the full
revenues of the state that have been
received and appropriated. 1t covers
only the direct taxes laid and does not
include the indirect taxes received from
one prolific source, the gross earnings
tax. This is as surely a tax upon the
people as is the direct levy, with this
difference, that, while the precise
amount of the latter can be ascertained
that Of the latter cannot be because
there is no means of knowing how
much railway rates of fare and freight
have been increased to compensate for
the collection of the tax It is one of
those shifting burdens which expert
ence amply proves are never perma
nently carried by those on whom they
first fall
To make this apparent 1t is neces-
sary to place side by side the revenue
of the state from both sources in these
years and their total, a showing that
will make satirical comment on the
promises Of those who assured us years
ago that the time would come when
the gross earnings tax would defray
the entire state expenses. The follow
ing figures show:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
THE INCREASING TAX RATE.

The financial and industrial condi-
lions prevailing. and, despite the eX-
travagant promises of the campaign,
likely to continue until the full eco
monte penalty for past violations Of
economic laws is paid through the in
exOrable process of liquidation. should
dispose the legislature to economy in
its appropriations and to an inquiry
whether the state has not been follow
ing the universal trend in living beyond
its means To assist in any such in
quiry we purpose to continue the inves-
tigation begun in the comparison re-
Gently made between the groups of
states in the North and South, which
showed the remarkable increase in the
taxation of the former since 1860, and
the slight and wholly normal increase
In the latter. Something is, OF course,
to be said in apology for the Western
states of the Northern group, because
of their comparative newness4 and the
demands made by society upon them,
but this is weakened by the other fact
that the same rate of increase is shown
in the states of the North Atlantic
group, which embraces the oldest states
in the Union.
We found that the rate per capita of
taxation for all purposes. except for
schools, in Minnesota had advanced
from $5.S7 in 1860 to 1915 in 1890 This
embraced the taxation for city, county
and other divisional purposes, over
which the legislature has slight, if any
control, and it becomes pertinent to
ascertain whether the increase has ex-
tended to state taxes and, if so, in
what particulars. The following table
gives the total state tax, excluding
the state school taxi the years named
together with the successive percent
ages Of increase:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

taxes, so far from displacing and d.
minishing direct taxation, seems to
have had a stimulative effect, the de-
sire appearing to be as natural to
legislators as to individuals to increase
spending as income grows Had the
normal per capita cost of state admin
.istration of 1880 been maintained and
the railway tax been used to relieve
direct taxation. it would have required,
in 1895. when the per capita from the
gross earnings tax was 81 cents.
a state tax amounting to but 10 cents
per capita, or about $150,000 to make
up the needed total. There should
be something in this showing to attract
the attention Of the legislature, or, il
not, then of the voters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

features, trade. agriculture and trans
short CLEAN of sunlight that burst i'm
mediately after the election was almost
Immediately obscured by clouds 6enser
than ever. Economic law Is visiting its
penalties with unsparing rigor on the
violators, and. mores the pity, the in.
nocent suffer also. And men are lock-
ing to and praying to King Stork, who
reigns in Washington, to give them for
relief measures which can only still
further eomplicate the situation and
continue the causes that have created
1t.
When one turns to the summaries of
trade and business conditions during
the year printed in Bradstreet's, the
grim figures tell gruesome story of
commercial disaster. In sixteen years,
through the financial commissions Of
1884, 1890 and 1893, the number of fail
ures is but once exceeded when 1893
recorded it's 1850 failures, as against
the 1912 in 1896 If the assets and
liabilities then were largely in excess
of those of 1896 the significant tact is
that the percentage of assets 10 Eabil-
tiles. which was 65 in 1893. is but 80 Q
IN 1896 This indicates that the thou
sands who managed to staVe off the
efrects of the panic Of 1893 have had to
succumb to the insistent conditions.
meanwhile ;-l,;
sets, If not actually increasing their
liabilities
The middle and Western states con,
tribute over one-half of this appalling
total, or 1910, with about three-ffths
OF the assets and liabilities. The
Northwestern group of states con-
tribute 1,45S failures with $17.S53, 450 of
assets and $25, 931, 1929 of liabilities
the former amounting, in the United
states, to $14S, 297, 256, and the latter to
$247 .O52,343 What is termed the
commercial death rate" the percent
age or failures to all engaged in bust
ness, was Ia, a rate only exceeded in
eighteen years in 1898, when it was 6.
This is gloomy array of facts. but
1t is not without its favorable indica-
lions. 1t lies behind us, not in front.
1t indicates that the liquidation in
eVltable after the excuses of past
years, aggravated by the interferences
by congress and states with the natural
processes by which wealth Is produced
and distributed, is about finished; that
bed rock has been reached The future
would be brighter could one look into
1t and see assurance that congress
would cease it's intermeddling with
Wealth's distribution and, as important
as anything, replace our vicious system
of currency with one broad based and
bottomed on known economic and fin
anctal laws. But the future cannot
be unkinder than has been the past.
whatever congress may or may not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
ACCEPTED BY THE NEW
YORK MAN.
Mr.. ALLISON COMES NEXT.
WILL BE OFFERED PORTFOLIO
WHEN HE MEETS M'KINLEY
TODAY.
AGENT OF THE JUNTA RECEIVED
Conditions I'm Cuba to BE Fully
Covered In the Message to the
Special Congress.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 5.-There
seems to be no doubt but that Cor
nelius N. Bliss. of New York, has been
offered and accepted the secretaryship
of the navy under the new adminlstra-
ton. 1t is said this arrangement was
accomplished on Monday afternoon in
the presence and with the consent Of
the New York member of the prospec-
tive cabinet 1t Is the first definite
step toward the construction Of the
cabinet, which will probably be fol-
lowed on Wednesday by a definite
understanding with Senator Allison,
whom Maj. Mckinley will meet in Can
ton tomorrow afternoon. The visit of
the treasurer of the national Republi-
can committee, Mr.. Bliss, on Monday
was arranged with so much secrecy
that it was only discovered by chance.
Mr. Bliss arrived in Cleveland early
on Monday morning and was driven
directly to Mr.. Hanna's house, where
he remained in consultation both with
the president-elect and the national
chairman until late in the afternoon.
With the appointment of Mr.. Bliss
goes the assurance that Mr.. WhitelaW
Reid, of New York, will be the next
minister to the court Of ST. James.
1t developed today that Senior F. G.
Pierra, of the Cuban junta, had a con-
ference with PRESIDENT elect Mckinley
at the home of M. A. Hanna, Sunday,
at which the entire Cuban situation
was thoroughly canvassed. Maj. Nc
Kinley did not indicate what use he
would make of the information, nor
what stand he proposed to take when
his time should come. 1t is understood
however, that he will treat the Cuban
difficulties at some length in his mes
sage to the extra session of congress.
Maj. Mckinley when seen today con-
corning the matter, said:
Yes. Senior Pierra called upon me
here and we had very pleasant chat.
He explained at some length the claims
Of the friends of the insurgents with
regard to the war there. No, there Is
nothing further I can say regarding
the CALL"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
WITH INTENT TO AMUSE.


she,Do you suppose his wife really sup
Hell judge SO. He told me he didn't know
what real happiness meant until after he
got married.-Puck.
Ethel (weeping)z-T took leap year chance
and offered Charley my heart and hand on
Christmas.
Agnes-And he refused you?
Ethel-Y-y-yes; ne said he didn't believe
people should give expensive presentations
ton Traveller.
Riffett-That was terrible accident that
happened to the air ship.
Sparks-What was the trouble?
Riffett-They ran into Chicago cloud
1t is not putting things In the right place
that bothers a man SO much as finding the
right place after he has put things in it
Tit-Bits. 81.
lis de earth round?',
Course it's.
How dyer know"
Dyer s;pose thin cable cars d wurk round
square earth, yer bloke?-Life.
Nurse Girl lost track Of the child mum
and
Mistress-Good gracious Why didn't YOU
speak to a policeman?
Nurse Girl was speaking to one all the
time.-Iit-Blts.
Are these your clothes or mine?'' asked
the athletic man OF his athletic wife.
Look in the pockets" was the reply. '.If
you find smelling salts theyre mine Il it's
a whisky flask they're yours. Odds and
Ends.
When you turn over 4 new leaf it is inst
as we'll not to mention the number of the
page.-Exchange. n1
Visitor to little itot)4Do you say your pray
ers every night?na,
Little Tot-I do now, cause it's jes' fore
Observation-Disclosures.
What do you regard the most reliable
weather report, professor"
Thunder. Exchange
TInmins-I haze "a notion TO write one OF
these Scotch diaIeet stories
SimInons-But oyou don't know anything
about Scotch dialect.
Timmins-f know as much about it as the
people who buy the stories. - Indianapolis
Journal.
A primary teacher in Watervliet Sunday
school took for a subject 1.-The Lord loyeth a
cheerful giver." She inquired if any one
knew what 1t meant. when a little four-year-
old boy said
Miss L, I know what that means''
well, George Edwin. what is it?"
1t means give a whole lot and don't cry
over it''-Troy Times.
Artist-How do you like the portrait?
essWef, T don't exactly like the no-c."
Artist-Neither do /. but it's yours.-New
York Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
BADGES ARE TOO LARGE.
suggestion for Something Neatcr for
Humane Society Officers.

The regular monthly meeting of the st. Paul
Humane society took place yesterday after
noon at p. m. in the rooms of the society.
Rev. w. r. Lord. the first vice president,
presided in the place of w. L. Wilson, the
president, who is very i'll. Owing TO The
small number in attendance little business
was taken UP. Mrs. c. E. Severance, chair
man Of the committee on badges, suggested
that the cumbersome badge now worn should
be replaced by a small star with protected
points, bearing the same design as that Of
the old one now used. This suggestion was
approved. Owing to the lack of time the
committee on shelter for horses was unable
to accomplish anything worthy of mention
L. o. Osborn the attorney for the society, was
placed on the committee on constitution and
bylaws. Those attending were Rev. W. R.
Lord, Charles Steele, Rufus Hoyt, f. S.
Fugate. Mrs e. B. Smith, Mrs. A. j. Stone
and Mrs. c.. A. Severance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
FAMILY SMOKED OUT.
Fire Disturbs the SIumbers of Mr..
Harris Household

Fire was discovered in the feed store OF
d. w. Barry, S73 East Seventh street at IL go
this morning, which caused a loss of $50
on quantity of baled hay, in which the
names started The building was damaged
to the extent of about SIS. 1t Is owned by
the estate of Thomas ]. O'Leary. Neither the
stock of Mr.. Barry nor the building was in
sured.
apartments above the store, were aroused
from their sleep by the, smoke, which filled
the building and were badly frightened, but
were enabled to don their wearing apparel
results than having been choked by the dense
smoke.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
X. of p. INSTALLATION.
Officers of st. Paul Lodge Assume
Their Duties.

ST. Paul Lodge No. 49, K p. held public
installation Of officers last evening at their
hall, Colorado and Wabasha streets, and
wound up the ceremonies with a social hop.
The grand lodge officers from Minneapolis
were present to assist in the installation, as
well as squad from st. Paul Division
No. 13.
The Officers installed were Joseph C. Parker,
chancellor commander; Percy d. Godfrey,
vice chancellor; H. r. Hare. prelate; c. w.
Melville, master OF work; O. f. Lightner.
master OF arms f. l.. Wallace, inner guard
c. II. Spangler. outer guard. The grand
lodge officers from Minneapolis who assisted
in the installation were Grand Chancellor
Robert Stratton. Grand Keeper OF Seals and
Records Fred Wheaton, Grand Master at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
Bank of Minnesota Affairs.

At meeting of the depesitors of the Bank
Of Minnesota. held in the Office of Hitler Hor-
ton, committee was appointed to confer
with r. w. Peet. Arnold Kalmanuand W. Daw-
son, committee OF the stockholders, to
agree. If possible, upon the details Of re-
organization. The following is the commit
tee: II. H. Horton, chairman; Messrs Con-
ley. Putnam, Bell and Barker. The depositors
present represented $4,000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
"A Vast E'Innfre ~

"a Vast Empire and It's Metropolis is the
title of brochure which has just come from
the press. Its editor is William F. Phelps
formerly secretary of the chamber of com,
merce. The little volume tells entertaining
ly the story of Duluth and Superior. and of
the vast lake trade which centers in those
hustlng towns
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
MONEY A MEDIATOR.
He May Offer Terms of Peace to
Gomez.

Gomez.
MADRID. Jan. 6.-El Liberal says
that Senator-elect Money, who is now
in Havana, intends to ask Capt. Gen.
Weyler for permission to travel as a
peacemaker between the insurgents
and the Spaniards, in order to be able
to go freely into both camps. 1T is
added that Mr.. Money has had several
interviews with the American vicrcon-
sui and there is a persistent report
at Havana, according to the corre-
spondent Of FL Liberal, that the oh.
ject Of the senator-elect is to confer
with Maxine Gomez
Havana. Jan. 5.-Representatiyc
Money, Of Mississippi. accompanied by
Consul General Lee, paid a visit to
Capt Gen. Weyler at the palace
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

Arms A. L. Stobert Grand Master Of the Ex-
chequer A. @. Godfrey Addresses were
made by the retiring chancellor commander.
c. W. Melville, and Grand Chancellor STRAIT
Vocal solos were rendered by Paul Floyd
and Frank Wilson, and mandolin solo by j.
Rider. The music for the installation and the
dance was furnished by Riders orchestra.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
EMPLOYEES OF MANNHEINER
Annual Meeting of the Benefit Assoc
citation.

The annual meeting and election Of officers
Of the Manufacturers Benefit association oc-
CURED at Lifts hall last night. The reports
of the various officers showed the organiza-
ton to be in an excellent and prosperous
condition. The association rendered a stand
ing vote of thanks to the firm Of Mannheimer
Bros for their generous donation to the bene-
fit fund. which is received annually. The OBJ
jects of the association, which is devoted ex-
clusvely to employees Of the Mannheimer
Bros. is to aid its members in sickness and
distress by rendering financial aid. The Of
hcers for the year elected last night are:
f. B. Mample, president, Miss A. Cobb, vice
president; r. Geddes, secretary; L. K. New
man. treasurer, and j. Wolfsberg f. A. May,
]. L. Langton, l.. Wolf and r. A. Smith.
board of directors. Dancing followed the
regular meeting and was enjoyed by a large
number of the members and their friends.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

WASHINGTON Jan. 5.-Forecast for
Wednesday: Observation-Disclosures; winds shift
ing to southerly.
Wisconsin-Generally fair; nOrtherly to
westerly winds; warmer in western portion.
South Dakota-Fair: warmer in eastern
portion; southerly to westerly winds.
North Dakota-Probably fair and warmer
winds shifting to southerly.
Montana Increased cloudiness; westerly
winds; warmer in eastern portion.
-ie.r GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau. Washington, Jan. ), GAS
p IN. Local Time. p. m. 18th Meridian
Time.-Observations taken at the same mo-
m6nt of time at all stations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
A sOMBER YEAR

IndustrIally and financially 1895 was
a gloomy year. Whichever way one
turns in those fields the same indiea-
lions of disaster meet the eye. Manu-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
TEMPERATURES
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer 5000: thermometer s; relative
humidity, SO: wind, northwest; weather, part
Is cloudy: maximum Thermometer 10; mini
mum Thermometer .: daily range, 3; amount
Of rainfall or melted snow in last "a hours, 0.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. P. +. Lyons Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
Arrested For LARCENY.

A boy about sixteen years Of age was ar
rested on the South side. Minneapolis yes
terday afternoon by st. Paul detectives He
was taken to the Capital Ctr to stand trial
The charge upon which he was placed under
arrest was larceny.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

81 suppose clucked the hen aDgriiy that
now you've stolen me- you'll expect me to
lay poaehed eggs! Tlfeoi, your'--New York
Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
AT THE THEATERs.

100 Much Johnson was presented at the
Metropolitan opera house last night. and tbe
delightful comedy scored another big hit
Thls afternoon popular priced matinee will
be given. The engagement continues for tba
entire week. grst =
iis&
No attraction of the season at the Grand
has made more pronounced hit than has
the Black Patti Froubadours Today at 2:3O
the first of the popular priced matinee Der
formances will be given
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
Ing figures show:

The revenue from the gross earnings
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

Artist-How do you like the portrait?
We'll don't exactly like the more"
Artist-Neither do /. but it's yours.-New
York Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
TODAY.S WEATHER.

Weekly, One Year 500
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

At the next meeting of the Thursday club
Jan. T. Mrs. J. J. Farley. will read a paper
on Bismarck and the Uni1cation of Ger
many" The meeting will take place in the
House of Hope church.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

Carl Hair. the great violinst will be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Tarbox, at the
Aberdeen. while in the city.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-31

It has been held that consumption is hered-
itary, and the fact that one person of fami-
ly had died of consumption was considered a
sure sign that others of that family could not
escape it. This is partly true and partly un-
true. A man with weak lungs is likely to
transmit tnat weakness to his children. But
there is no reason in the world why the weak
ness should be allowed to develop. Keep til e
lungs full of rich. red, wholesome blood, and
the weakness will disappear. Decaying It's
will be thrown off, and new material will
be added until the lungs are well and per-
fectlv strong again. This is the thing that
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery does.
This is what makes it cure SO per cent of all
cases of consumption where it is taken ac
germs wherever they may be in the body and
forces them out of the system. it supplies
makes the appetite good, digestion perfect.
Send 81 cents in one-cent stamps to Worlds
Dispensarv Medical Association, Buffalo, N
V, and receive DIR. Pierce's 1908 page "Com :
mon Sense Medical Adviser profusely illus
trated.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-31
Journalism and the Stage.

The two professions which attract
most young women to New York are
the stage and journalism. On an aver
age ten applications for positions are
filed every day with the manager of a
single theater on Broadway, and three
fourths of the applicants are young
women. The managing editor of great
newspaper suffers less, perhaps, from
personal interruption of this sort, from
the fact that about him is an abatis of
subeditors and question clerks through
which it is almost impossible to pass.
This abatis is test of the applicants
grit and perseverance, and the manag-
ing editor knows, without further ques-
ton, that young woman who succeeds
in reaching his side has qualities that
are useful to the news getter. In con-
Guiding these remarks contributor to
The Puritan says, "Grit and persever-
ance for journalism and a pretty face
and chic manners for the stage are
the qualifications most likely to win a
hearing for the young woman who
would enter either of these professions. :"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-31

According to statistics recently fur
nished by DIR. James Wood of Brook
Ign, of all of the patients applying for
treatment at the chief dispensary of
that city, no less than ten per cent.
are tea drunkards. They are not
aware of the fact, but the symptoms
of their cases point Enthusiastically to
Indulgence in tea; and that pre-
sumption, on inquiry, is confirmed by
their confessions. They suffer from
headache, vertigo. insomnia, palpi-
tation of the heart, mental confusion,
nightmare, nausea, Authorizations,
morbid depression of spirits, and
sometimes from suicidal Limpul-
ses,-surely formidable list of symp-
toms. These patients are of both
sexes and all ages.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-31

The best grass on farm is that
which is indigenous to the soil. Farm
ers who make lawns Or SOW grass for
pasture frequently buy mixed seeds
in order to try several kinds, relying
mostly on one variety to usurp pos
session, but they may miss the very
kind that they should select. The
grass that comes up along the road
side and refuses to be killed is the
kind that will hold its place on the
farm if given an opportunity.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-31

The story of the proposed trolley
line from Cairo to the pyramids re-
calls another instance OF modern en-
terprise. A certain tract society
commissioned painter to place re-
ligious texts on all available objects
in Egypt. He traced this question on
one of the pyramids:
ssDo you want to be saved?'
Another painter, in the interest of
a quack medicine concern, came along
and added beneath:
eff you do, take Blanks Pills."-
atlantic Constitution.