Willmar tribune., 1900-04-04

free trade backed by the two senators,
what better illustration of the party in
consistency, than the old story Of the
hunters dog, that ran upon barb wire
and was cut clean in half from end to
end, exactly in the middle. The hunter
clapped the parts together and the dog
got we'll, but he got the parts turned the
wrong way, so that there was head
and a tail at either end. Thus when
the dog was going forward he was also
going backwards, and when backing up
was going forward. Applied to the Re-
publican position, both free trade
and tariff are barked from each end of
tho party dog.
Speaking of political stories, the Con-
gressional Record has one told by Vir-
ginia congressman, as to how mean a
man felt in his district, who had for the
first and only time voted the G. O. P.
ticket. He voted early, and feeling very
badly took to the woods to hunt pos
sums. A big rain came on, and the
man crept into a hollow log for shelter.
The log becoming soaked commenced to
swell, and pretty soon he found himself
so tightly squeezed that he was not able
to move backward or forward The
was going to be killed and commenced
to pray. Thinking over all the mean
things he had done he suddenly be-
thought him of his vote in the morning
and he instantly felt so small that he
slipped from the log as if he had been
creased.
Mark Hanna-''This id Porto Rico
business has got to stop somewhere"
And SO has this id Hanna-McKinley
business.
If there is thing that Captain Van
SAINT steers clear from it is pro- Boer
meetings. Having been unable to attend
in the Twin Cities, the people got one
up right in Winona, and the genial
captain was again tout of town." This
is sad.
And they do say that the captains
friends are not little disturbed that he
spoke for free trade the other night at
Duluth. He had better waited, they
say, till he knew just the kind of a
straddle is to be made by his party.
Testimony to the high character of
Minnesota wheat grading, from an un-
expected source, is given in Mime
apolis Times symposium, mostly from
Minneapolis chamber of commerce cir
cles. The proposition distinctly stated
that minnesota and Dakota grain was
never valued so high in the worlds
markets." as shown in current and con-
tinued quotations, was sustained by
numerous chamber Of commerce men,
among them Colonel George D. Rogers,
secretary of the chamber, who, ex.
ploded in wrath, when informed
of the systematic efforts of enemies of
the present administration to discredit
Minnesota grades and grain. Another
testifying was Mr.. F. H. Peavy, the
elevator king, who expressed himself as
strongly as man could, in approval Of
existing conditions. Others were J. @.
Adams, the grain exporter, L. Christian
& Co., the Northern Grain company,
and Mr.. F. L. Greenleaf, the latter be-
ing in position to know, as chairman Of
the new grain appeal boards. The lat
ter board and its working is commended
on all sides. Like testimony was also
given by ex-Inspectors Tunnel and
Gibbs, former state inspectors under
Chief Clausen.
Speaking of grades and market prices,
a "friend of the administration asks
for specific instances where actual mar.
ket prices on stated dates, make COM
PARSONS of Minnesota wheat and grades
favorable to the present regime, in COM
parison with the Clausen administra-
ton Of the inspection department.
The matter was admirably covered in
the public statement of Inspector Rel
shus himself last week. The facts cited
by him are obtainable from almost any
daily New York or foreign market re.
port. The quotations that Inspector
Reishus quoted were New York for
March to 4, inclusive, 1899, and March
/ to 5, inclusive, for 1900, on contract
grades for No. Northern and No. 1
Red, respectively. In 1899 the inferior
grade outsold the Minnesota, while in
1900 the Minnesota "despised grade"
outsold the other, as it should. The
actual figures were:
New York Quotations:
No. Red
1899. Northern Winter.
March 1............. S5H S6N
OtZ2 0O3
4............ 83A 85H
No. Red
1900. Northern. Winter.
March 1............ TA 72T