New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-07
The Legislature and Lind. :

John Lind does not propose to get in
to trouble with the legislature. The le-
gislature does not propose to get into
trouble with John Lind. There will be
mutual respect and esteem, and so far as
personal contact is concerned, everything
will in the main be pleasant. But in his
message the new governor is likely to
make recommendations which the repub-
lican legislature cannot afford to ignore.
For instance, If he should suggest that
the big fee offices be put upon salary
basis and the fees paid into the state
treasury, the legislature will do we'll to
give serious consideration to his words.
There is no defense for the present sys-
tenn, and failure to adopt a recommen-
dation for its change would place the
republican party at decided disad-
vantage in 1900. So as to other mat
| ters of so called reform. John Lind made
d campaign of state issues almost exclus-
lively. A large part of what he said in
his speeches will necessarily be included
i'll his message. Some of the things Which
he will suggest will have the approval Of
the general public, and the legislature
must be very careful in handling them.
II any of them are turned down, it must
be for reasons which will stand the test
of a campaign, To an unusual degree,
the legislature now about to convene
will have the making or unmaking of
The local republican party in its keeping.
Take the question of railroad laws. John
Lind is thoroughly committed to agita-
ton along this line, although the exact
nature Of his alleged reforms did not
come out in his speeches. 1t may be
that nothing which he will su@c"' will
be for the best interests of til, rople,
although it can be set down right away
that he will write his message carefully
and try to place full responsibility for
refusal to act upon the legislature.-Jer.
ry j. in Minneapolis Journal.
Nashville American: The expansion
| list, when run to earth on his humanity
plea, falls back on his commercial argu-
ment, and tells you that we must keep
our flag flying in the Orient because
trade ''follows the flag" and he Will then
as a cliucher to this piece of reasoning
admon;sh you to ''look at England"
Suppose we do look at England a mo-
ment, not even taking into consider.
atiur MIR. Gladstone's emphatic declra-
ton that the colonies were a milestone
! around the country's neck, but viewing
con ditions as they exist today, for Glad
stone, according to the jingo, was all i'm
practicable drcatner, and not much of
statesman anyhow. The British board cf
trade has lately published summary of
reports from the government diplomat
! ic and consula! officers abroad respecting
the causcs of England's stationary or
weakening hold on foreign markets.
Here is most startling statement to be-
gin with, England, upon whose empire
the sun never sets, which has expanded
to the furthermost ends of the earth,
England's trade, 1Cmarkable tn relate,
with foreign markets IS not growing. 1t
is, according 70 the report, either STA
tionmry or weak ening. Bot what are
some of the causes given by the govern
/ ment's consular agents? One is tue dis
inclination OF British traders to supply
a cheaper class of goods, study custom
ers' wishes and grant credit facilities.
Another is the scarcity of British COM
mercial travellers IN comparison with
those of competing nations, and ignor-
ance of the native language wherever
they 90 Another is the inferiority of
the British to the American and German
method of packing goods. A fourth
cause IS the high tre1ghts charged by the
British lines of steamers. The two last
causes are the frequency OF strikes in
Great Britain, and the Development Of
technical education III Germany.
What, then, is all this stalk about trade
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