The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-27
New York Sun and Minnesota
Wolves.

partial and altogether superficial
intellectual force. with no hope of ac-
erection to mentality, and absolute des-
titution of knowledge concerning the
subject which he ATTEMPTS to treat"
would doubtless be the correct judg
ment of the people of Minnesota re-
speeding the cranial conditions of the
author of an editorial in the New York
Sun on the subject of Evolves Among
the Gophers." printed in the issue of
that newspaper Feb. "a.
Prof. Thomas Shaw, of the state
agricultural college, recently called
public attention to the ravages by
wolves among the sheep in certain
counties of the state. The sheep in
dustry is peculiarly adapted to Mime
sofa, because of the abundance of
woodland and natural groves for shell
ter, the wealth and nutritive qualities
of grasses and the great supply Of
fresh water lakes and streams. But
there are wolves here just as there are
in New York, and, true to their instinct,
they are especially fond of lambs.
In a recent communication upon the
subject of Minnesota wolves, Prof.
Shaw quite properly urged that. instead
Of being obliged to transport the car
cass Of the animal a long distance,
in order to secure the bounty for kill
ing, the hunter or the slayer might
more properly be allowed to offer the
hide. The bounty is So for a mature
wolf. between the months of January
and May, and during other months So,
while 81 is paid for a cub. The fact
is. the bounty ought to be the same
the year around, and this Is a point
upon which. in the absence of any
other source of amusement the Sun
INDUCES in a little fun and says:
Counties may add to the reward if they
choose, but usually they don't choose. When
they do the wolf learns the increased
interest in him and emigrates into less mer-
cenary county and enjoys himself among the
fiocks.
The Sun is evidently arguing from
its acquaintance with the instincts of
the New York species, especially those
identified with the trusts.
Prof. Shaw, in his enthusiastic de-
Tense OF the sheep against the wolf,
was moved to offer the following:
The people of the East associate the exist
ence OF wolves in any country with the idea
of primitive widness They look upon
land infested with wolves as land without
schools and churches, and in destitute
of privileges. 1t is not creditable to anybody
today that in the very county in which the
legislature is convened the wild wolf builds
his den.
Now there is just where Prof Shaw
tossed a delicious nubbin into the edito-
rial rooms of the Sun, and evidently
some one was there SO hungry that
he even finds delight in gnawing at
the cob. The Sun is a great devourer
of nubbins, cobs and ALL Witness the
following comment upon the above, so
eagerly advanced:
This depends upon whether the people of
the East are interested in the sheep industry
or not. If not, an occasional wolf would be
thought to add charm to the landscape, and
give the delightful shudder for which the East
is now dependent upon the orators against
plutocracy. 1t is somewhat presumptuous.
however, for wild wolf to build his den in
the same county in which the Minnesota legis-
lature builds bills against trusts.
It may be that the East is not large
ly interested in the sheep industry; but
its representatives in congress have
usually pretended to be. when wool
was to be pulled, of course, but now
that section is interested In the labor
of magnifying trusts, to which the Sun
so delicately alludes. But there is no
community on the face of somebody's
earth more interested in fleeing the
lambs Of the entire country than New
York.
The wolf industry in Minnesota is
one that should be eradicated, no mat
ter how sharply the thought of such
a possibility may wound the journal
referred to. But the source of its de-
Tense is a little surprising.