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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
Sugar BOunties.

To the Editor of the Globe.
Standard sugars can never be bought by
bounties stimulate the production and tariff
duties restrict tie supply. Artificial maSipu-
lat1on Is a poor substitute for the natural
processes Of commercial freedom. Feverish
activity, alternating with abnormal dulIness
is the sure sign of unhealthy disturbance
Of legitimate trade 1t must be remembered
that IN Great Britain, where there are
no duties, the consumption OF sugar reached
seyenty-three pounds a year per capita In
France where there is a duty of e24 (about
$lI6) a ton, 1t is twenty-eight pounds a head:
Germany, 26 pounds; Austria, H. Sugar ia
a necessity rather than a luxury. The sole
reason why the per capita consumption OF
sugar is nearly three times larger in Great
Britain than in Germany and France is that
the EngI1shman pays third of the price for
his sugar that his European bounty-loyine
ne1ghbors pay. He is therefore able to bl1Y
seVenty-nVe pounds at about the same price
that they pay for twenty-five pounds
Let illustrate this point nv brief
extract from the New York Post of Dee al
Its London correspondent in calling attention
10 the TACT that crude and unwise legislation
has caused sugar famine in the very coun-
tries that produce it, while the English sugar
market is glutted, says
By reason of the free trade legislation
estabhshed here, England is literally gIutted
with the over-production of sugar in France
Germany, Austria, Belgium, Holland and even
Russia; and the British workman revels in
sugar at three cents a pond, while the sauna
article is retailed in France where If is DrO
duced, at 10 cents. French sugar costs the
renner zf2o francs per hundred kilogramnes
"a k1logramme is about 1-5 pounds and by
virtue OF the bounty system, is shipped to
ket it sells at $3.50 francs"
VINO gets the benefit of the continental boun-
ty, the continental manufacturer the sugar.
beet grower or the English consumer? II.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
FIRST MINNESOTA WHEAT.
Claim for Producing it Made for
Alton.
To the Editor of the Globe

70 the Editor of the Globe
IN your issue this day you report Mr. Hill
as saying: The first wheat ever grown in
Minnesota was at LIE Sueur in 1857" leaving
Ine impression that that was the first wheat
grown.
The first wheat grown in Minnesota was
raised on the farm made by the late Messrs
Norris and Haskell at Cottage Grove in
what IS now Washington county, in the wear
1844 The writer then in the employ OF
remington, at st. Croix Falls. He was one
OF a party who boated the wheat from where
Anton now stands rather from the mouth of
the creek nearly, to st. Croix Falls. There
It was ground into flour by the late Mr..
Bolles upon a so-called corncracker and
the writer of this, ate bread made out of tho
hour during the winter from 1874 to 1S45. in
one OF the logging camps of Penington's;
unoer the direction of Joshua L. Taylor and
the late Martin Mower, on Ground house.
IN Inc late Robert Kennedy was cooking for
the crew, prepare the bread, and, although
dark, it was quite palatable. There were
ABOUT 1V0 bushels. l am particular in de-
scrlDlng this, so as to show l am not mis-
taken. Joshua L. Taylor is still alive, at
Iayiors Falls, and Mrs. Gratia Mower sis
ter-1n-Iaw Of Martin Mower, may remember
Lhe circumstance. She was then living at
IN washington county. For the past year I
notice great deal Of errors have been made
With the history Of Minnesota during the
time 1t formed a part of St. Croix county
Wisconsin. and l seldom care about correcting
those mistakes. They soon get to be part Of
history, and he who would contradict what
has once become common error must be rash
raising the first wheat, aye, or making the
nrSt farm, taken away from the ST. Croix
valley without protesting.
H NJ Setter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
RAKE GUT THE CHEsTNUTs

Just what inducements the monkey
it's paw with which to rake the roasted
chestnuts from the hot ashes were
omitted by the careless chronicler from
the wise old illustrative story. but M
one at all familiar with the methods by
which the dear old public is made to
rake chestnuts out for individuals will
doubt that the monkey presented 10 the
cat some results Of great public bene-
fit that were tc flow from the use Of
its paw. One may assume that. if the
cat knew it would get burnt in the on
Grafton, it was persuaded that the. little
temporary inconvenience would be re-
Warded with something nice and COM
Portable, something similar to the
''home market" simple farmers are be-
guiIed with into voting their money
into the pockets Of men who make
woolens. cottons, glass and nails, and
all the rest Of the monkey tribe.
Just now sundry gentlemen of Mime
sofa, who, in winters past, have
skinned broad acres Of their standing
pine, to secure which they bought the
lands on which it grew, and, having
no farther use for them, ceased paying
taxes and allowed the state to get
what title it might through it's tax
collection laws. are planning to have
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
WANT NEW LAWS, TOO,
Stationary Engineers VIII Ask the
Legislature for Some Fuvors

st. Paul No. 7, National Association
of Stationary Engineers, held a large
and enthusiastic meeting at their
rooms in. the Central block last night
Three new members were initiated and
considerable important business was
transacted, among which was the ap-
pointment of a committee Of i've,
composed of John F. Mccarthy, JUL
JUS Keller, Alex. Nico1l, Jr., V. A
Hawthorne and John D. Roberts. to
act with like committee from No. 2
lodge of Minneapolis, and prepare for a
submission to the present legislature,
a bill allowing all cities Of the first
class the right to appoint or elect a
board or inspector Of their own, who
shall inspect all boilers and attend to
the examination Of all applicants for
engineers license. Both lodges are ap-
pointed legislative committees to act
in the lobby Of both houses in the in
-terest Of competent engineer Du-
luth lodge will likely join st. Paul
and Minneapolis in their efforts for
better engineering laws. St Paul No
will visit the Minneapolis lodge next
Saturday night, in a, body, to listen to
the lecture Of District Deputy T. W.
Hugo, from Duluth. A special in
terurban car will leave in front of the
Ryan Hotel at p. M, promptly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
Is HE A PIONEERs

Alas, for Farmer" Hines; most pic
turesque among promoters he has gone
the way of hundreds of more experienc-
ed, if not better, men. His pet project has
passed into other hands. The Duluth
q North Dakota road, if ever compIet
co, will stand, not as a permanent mon
ument to the Hines idea, but a only one
more example Of the ability of capital
to achieve results. 1t was the pet am
bition Of Mr.. Hines to prove that rail
road building was not of necessity a
prerogative Of organized capital: that
could do the trick quite as well. A
railroad owned by the people whose
property it touched, under no obliga-
tons to Wall street and without q
bond to its name was to be the realiza-
ton of his dream. Four years of his
life have been given to the work. and
now his enterprise knows him no more.
A new hand is at the helm: a common
place effort is to be made to interest
capital in the road and to push it to
completion. With the exit of Mr.. Hines
the project has lost it's novel character;
the farmer promoter has to all an
pearances scored a failure. Success or
failure, however, is not always to be
measured by direct results and it can
not be said that Mr.. Hines accomplish
ed nothing. In the years he was con-
nected with the enterprise he compelI-
ed people to take him seriously, and he
succeeded in obtaining a right of way
for his railroad and in grading thirty
miles Of it,
In the days of it's inception, the Hines
idea was jest for two states. When
the lanky farmer drifted into Duluth
to explain his idea to the commercial
bodies of the Zenith City, a hearing wac
given him as a practical joke. and there
was only merriment as the awkward
promoter, all ankles and wrists, outlin-
ed his plan. With so little seriousness
was the matter taken that Duluth e.
Westward Ho' was suggested to him
for name. Two years later Mr.. Hines
even smile at his expense. He had
accomplished what no one had deemed
possible; and the man who works won
ders, even in the most prosaic Of ways.
commands respect. Now that the en-
terprise has passed into new hands and
lost all Of the character given it orig
inally, it may be that Mr. Hines has
demonstrated that he is not business
man, rather than that his idea was
Utopian. 1t is just possible that the
enthusiastic granger, who saw no i'm
propriety In the president of a rail-
road assisting with his own hands in
the grading of the road bed and who
opened the meetings of his directors
with prayer, has given the world a val
liable idea which may mean much at
some time in the future.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
.FlLtt
SENSATIONAL FINISH,
Another Record Broken by Furns-
worth at IndinnaDoIis.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 20--The
close Of the third night of the six-day
Women's bicycle race witnessed another
sensational finish between Farnsworth
and Anderson. Farnsworth won by
less than foot in a drive. Matte
Christopher, the Minneapolis rider, had
a bad fall near the close Of the second
hour, but pluckily resumed her place
in the race after losing five laps. The
score tonight for the six hours was:
Farnsworth and Anderson, 1913 miles.
is laps; Baldwin, 1913 miles Is laps:
Allen, 1913 miles IA laps; Christopher.
122 miles laps. Score for tonight,
two hours: Farnsworth, 40 miles 16
laps; Anderson 40 miles 16 laps; Bald
win, 40 miles Is laps; Allen, 40 miles Is
laps; Christopher, 40 miles 10 laps.
Farnsworth rode the first 100 miles in
hours and 4S minutes, breaking her
record by 81 minutes The best pre-
viOus record for an eighteen lap track
six hours, was 113 miles laps, made
by Farnsworth in st. Paul last April.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
UNITE VARIOUS BUREAUS.
Scheme to Organize the Govern
ment's Scientific Research

Few persons have any idea of the
extent and Importance Of the work the
government is doing for the develop
ment of the resources Of the country
and the promotion Of it's Industries
In an article in science, for Jan. 15
Charles H. Dabney Jr, assistant sec
rotary of agriculture, publishes a sum-
mary of this work and it's cost. and
makes an argument for it's consolfda-
ton into one department. He shows
that, emitting all those charged with
purely executive business, the govern
ment schools and the testing labora-
tories Of the war and navy depart
ments, the United States maintains
twenty-eight scientific bureaus for de-
veloping our resources and advancing
industry. At cost of nearly 5000, 600
annually. They employ over 5000 per
sons in the entire country
These bureaus are engaged in doing
all kinds of scientific work from de-
termining the movements of the heav-
emily bodies to studying insects and
bacterial bureaus for studying the
earth and its products, the atmosphere
and its changes, economic plants and
their culture, domestic animals and
their kind. We have surveys for meas
uring the land of the country and
sounding its waters; bureaus for inves-
tigating many economic problems. and
statistical agencies for collecting, COM
piling and discussing the results of
many industries; agricultural expert
ment stations for developing the prod
ucts Of the land, and fish commission
fol increasing and improving the life of
the waters. Other bureaus teach how
to protect our forests or how to save
the forage resources of our Western
plains; still others promote fruit cuI
ture or teach US how to protect our
crops and fruits from injurious insects
or disease, great museums for collect
ing, preserving and exhibiting all OBJ
jects of art, ethnology, natural history.
minerology, geology, the resources Of
the country and the products Of the
peoples work.
Mr.. Dabney thinks that what is needed IA a
general combination of the scientific work of
the government, and that the only way to
accomplish this is by first bringing all of these
bureaus together under one executive head
When this hassbeeR done the reorganization
would take place naturally and easily. with
out injury to any of the good work now going
on The first thing els for congress to decide
upon a general programme, and, as oppor-
tunity offers, transfer the different bureaus
and surveys to some one of the departments
Mr.. Dabney's suggestion is to partially reor-
bring all of the executive business together In
certain departments and all the scientific work
together in single department.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21

the state make them again profitable,
not for themselves but for their heirs,
administrators or assigns. To come out
openly and bluntly with their scheme
would not be prudent. nor would 1t be
in accord with the diplomatic usages Of
those who thus work the public SO
these gentlemen utilize sundry other
gentlemen, whose sentimentality is alb
normally developed in the direction of
forestry, to lay before the representa-
tives of the public in the legislature the
great dangers Of deforestation, the
famines to result, the streams to run
dry, the drouths to shrivel the crops,
unless these waste places are renewed
with forests. There is displayed on the
part Of the men who have so ruth
lessly deforested the land a sudden in
terest in the preservation Of trees-on
lands not owned by them and yet COW
cred with pine-and reforesting the
land they have denuded, that would be
suggestive OF that repentance which old
e~AANON
draws relentlessly near, were there no
chestnuts in the ashes.
Some time ago we noted and COM
mented upon the first move in their
game, which has since advanced rapid
ly. The governor commends to the
legislature the imperative need Of
adopting some means to preserve our
forests and reforest the denuded lands
The state forestry association meet and
indulge in the customary lament about
the disappearance of our trees, and lend
their approval to the little game the
pine shippers are playing. These lat
ter have kindly and thoughtfully pre-
pared bill which, if it has not already
appeared in the legislature, will, at the
proper stage, be introduced and the
usual maneuvers will be made to Sc
cure it's passage Then the state will be
launched into another enterprise in
which the pictured profits to it and it's
institutions will in due time materialize
into Dead sea apples, while the tangi-
behind the game, or their legatees.
If legislators were in fact what they
are in theory, honest capable and pub
lic-spirited solely; if the state were not
in fact and practice a great callow. con-
fiding, simple fellow, the heir Of inner
tied millions, an easy prey Of every
schemer who wants as big a share Of
the richness as he can grab, forestry
and reforesting might be engaged in on
state account with benefit to us and
our posterfty. Such legislators would
say to these men who are pushing this
scheme: You cannot play in this
game. You have bought these acres for
their pine; you have cut the pine off,
abandoned the lands as worthless, and
then ceased paying taxes on them; they
have become forfeited to the state for
your unpaid taxes; they are the abso-
lutte property of the state; if we do any
thing we will proceed to replant them.
protect the growth, make you keep your
hands off when the trees are grown
and work the business for the sole
benefit Of the state" Such a course
the Clio e would approve, but ex-
perience is too rich in it's instances Of
the differences between the theoretical
and the practical state and legislator
to allow US to see anything in this re-
forestry movement but another Illus
tration of the old story Of the cat and
the monkey and the chestnuts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
AT THE THEATERS.


Neil Burgess COUNTY Fair begins an
engagement Of three nights and Saturday
matinee az the Metropolitan opera house to-
n,sht, Ihis picture Of rural New England
NE is one Of the truest conceived and the
author Is saia toChave transferred to the
stage with deft touches the many quaint
phrases Of down East humanity. This
season the play has been revised and re-
eouchea, but -all Of the old features which
originally gave it popularity have been re-
tained. The realism of the race scene is en-
hanced by the introduction of the vitascope.
winch does away with the moving panorama
heretofore used, and makes heater and
more effectiveipiettre.
Inc Last Stroke the attraction occupy
ing the boards at the Grand opera house
the present week, is being well received by
local theater-goers. who find much to enjoy
IN the interesting scenes and incidents Of the
piece. ,.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
YosT-TUCKER CONTEST.
Almost the Entire Day in the House
Devoted to 1t.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2O.-The house
spent the day debating the Yost-Tuck-
er contested case from the Tenth Vir-
ginia district. Much interest was mani
tested in the case owing to the fact
that the Republicans on the committee.
which reported the case were divided.
four siding with Mr.. Tucker, the Demo-
GRAFT, and the sitting member, and but
two with the Republican contestant
Mr. YOSt. The latter is a member
elect Of the next house and Mr. Tucker
is one of the most prominent and popu-
lar Democrats on the floor Mr.. Tuck
er had 892 plurality on the face Of the
returns, but several thousand imper-
feet ballots were rejected under the
then existing Walton law Of Virginia
which, the contestant claimed, if count
ed, would have reversed the result Mr.
Yost himself was accorded the priv
ilege of addressing the house in his
own behalf
The debate will be closed at 4:30 to-
morrow afternoon. Mr.. Tucker prob
ably will address the house in his own
behalf and Mr. Mccall, chairman of
the committee, will close in support Of
the majority report confirming Mr.
fuckers right to the seat. Both sides
profess confidence and the vote prob
ably will be close. The conference re-
port on the army appropriation bill
was agreed to, and at sos the house
adjourned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
Twin City People Want a Franchise.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Jan. 2O.-H. H. Byles-
by, of st. Paul: Arthur S. Huey. of Mime
apolis, and David Douglas, of Eau Claire,
and other capitalists will ask the city coun-
ell tonight for a franchise to develop the
water power on the Eau Claire river in this
city and the erection Of a power house in
the center Of the city for furnishing power
and light. The gentlemen named have an
option on the power. and all necessary lands
now owned by the Northwestern Lumber
company The enterprise involves an invests
ment of about $500 900. The gentlemen in-
terested are closely associated with the par
ties Installing the electrical power on the
new Minneapolis dam.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
High school in Ruins.

LITTLE FALLS. MINI. Jan. 2c--The high
school building 1T this city was destroyed
by fire at early hour this morning The
building and contents are total loss. The
fire is thought to be the work OF an incen-
diary, as the interior all adame when
the jantor arrived at 6 o'clock. The build
ing was a two-story frame, covering the
larger portion Of four city lots. 1t was an
been built as the city grew. II cost about
$40, 600 and was insured for 50 500. There
was an insurance of 50 200 on the furniture
and $700 ON the library, both OF which are
total losses. The board of education will ar
range to rebuild as possible. and the
school in the meantime viii be held In sew
eral buildings, including the city hall, court.
house and one or two churches.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
DIDN'T KNOW OF THE LAW.
Peculiar Discovery of a Special
Enactment for RenviIIes County.


Enactment for RenviIIe County.
"a striking example of the folly and
futility of the special legislation pos
slble under our former system of law
making has recently been brought to
notice. said Secretary Hart. of the
state board of corrections and chart
ties, yesterday. in conversation with a
reporter of the G ob e. Il noticed a
few days ago." continued Mr.. Hart in
explanation, that a bill had been pass
ed in both houses Of the legislature re-
peaHng a former act which provided
for the township system of caring Of
the poor in Renville county, thereby
requiring each township to care for
it's own poor instead of having 1t done
through the county as is a practice in
the other counties Of the state. This
surprised me very much, as had never
known. Of the existence of any such
law, and had supposed that the county
system prevailed there as elsewhere
throughout the state, and 1 see the au-
ditor of Renville county had always
made his reports to me in the same
manner as the others.
For the purpose Of informing my
self, 1 wrote to j. T. Brooks, auditor of
Renville county, and his reply, which
I received today, discloses the amusing
fact that, although the law just now
repealed has existed for some eight
years, it has remained practically g.
dead letter, and it's provisions have
never been observed or acted upon.
Mr.. Brooks explains that the law was
enacted in 1889, but none of the author
tiles, charged with the administration
Of the poor laws, were aware Of its eX-
istence, and, therefore, they have never
operated under it. He states that he
discovered the existence Of the law
for the first time only a few weeks ago,
and, as all poor taxes have heretofore
been levied and expended under the
county system and the levy for 1896 has
already been made by the county COM
missioners and extended on the rolls,
measures were at once taken to secure
repeal Of the law of 1889, and thus
save complications.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
CHARGED WITH LARCENY.
Charles Thompson Prepared to
Stand Of the Cold.

Charles Thompson, a youth eighteen
years of age, was arrested by Officer
Lew Calvin in house on Exchange
street, near Wabasha, street, last even
ing, on the charge Of being the person
who burglarized the coat room at the
Royal hotel, No. so East Seventh
street. last Sunday night Thompson
was arrested upon a warrant sworn
out by J. c. Brown, night clerk at the
hotel, and is accused of having stolen
an overcoat, valued at $25, belonging
to W. D. Hamblett, valise and
brass gas fixtures to the mount of 81.
Thompson had been stopping at the
hotel several days, and in the absence
Of the clerk Sunday night, it is alleg-
ed, broke open the check room and
made his escape with the purloined
property. When searched at the CEN
trail station he wore two coats and
three vests. He was charged on the
tab with larceny.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21

FARIBAULT, Mimi, Jan. 2O-Herbert o.
Clement, of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B.
Clement, and Miss Clara NJ. Stuart. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles n. Stuart, were
married this afternoon by Rev. George S.
Kicker, at the home of the brides parents,
in the presence of immediate friends and re-
lations only. The bride and bridegroom left
on the evening train for New York. They
will then go to Venezuela, where Mr.. Gle
ment will look after the business of the
Orinoco company, and where they will make
their home.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
BIG BOSTON BLAZE,
FIRE Confined to One Part of the
Threatened Structure

BOSTON, Mass, Jan 2O.-Fire is
raging in an immense five-story gran
tie DOCK between Commercial and
Mercantile streets, here occupied al
most entirely by wholesale grocery
firms. The flames burst from three
lower floors. The wind Is blowing
hard. The structure is fully 500 feet
In length and of great depth
3:O5 a. m.-The fire will be confined
to the section occupied by Charles E.
Moody, on the Commercial street side.
and the loss will be between 800, 900
and $125,00O. The firm is one of the
Oldest in the wholesale grocery trade
in Boston.