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Willmar tribune., 1900-10-31

crease the gross earnings tax rate The
sentiment of the state was shown in
the vote in the house, where the bill
passed by the overwhelming majority
of 90 to S. The railroad power was
exerted in the. senate, where coterie
OF 81 and later 81 senator's, of whom
2o were Republicans, formed an effec-
tive bulwark in the interests of the
railway lobby and in defiance Of the
people. ~s'.
The Republican membership, of "a
out Of 63, had the power to carry this
measure by majority Of rs votes, even
had every Democrat and Populist vote
been cast against it. But the Democrats
and Populists were three to one for the
bill, while the a. Republicans stood
two to one against It and sealed its
fate. $50. ID. = : -. = :..
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-31
BIXBY-VANDIVER
The G.. @. p. Machine and Its Fa.
Il. yOred Organ. 81 ..-

i. The following is the portion OF Tams
Bixby's appeal circular, calling on
ing the Minneapolis Tribune the royal
preference: 3 A. @ 7s
I'VE need speakers and money to
pay their expenses. We have little Of
either. AS "a CAPABLE sSUBSTI-
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-31
COST OF IMPERIALISM.
So. Per Capita

1902 Jefferson, president). .2.4o
1890 jackson. presiden) .....l.oo
1860 buchanan, presidenD. ....2.45
1901 (estimateO O..............9.54
Total ordinary expenditures
17oo- -1844 ...............$732,o22,653
Value OF tobacco crop 1896. 24,258,o7o
Value Of tobacco crop 1898. 3o5,467,o4r
Value OF wheat crop in 1899 31o.545,25o
Value Of corn crop 19oo:... 62e, e,21o,11
Total estimated expenditures = ~.
lot l0Ol. - /oC;/<9,4/5
This table shows that the greed Of
empire will next year cost the people
about $500 per capita more than the
per capita prior to- the Civil War, and
$453 per capita more than prior to the
Spanish War. 1t further shows that
said annual rate Of expenditure is near
Iy 500. 900 900 more than the value OF
our corn crop, far more than the value
of our wheat and cotton crops and
nearly thirty times the value Of our
tobacco crop 1t also shows that It
takes more money now to run the Gov
ernn1ent one year than it took to run it
from 1890 to 1844-a period of 6fty-four
years. -. a..s-
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-31
GOV. L|NDS ADMINISTRATION SHOULD STAND APPROVED

~ IT, TUX BOI IT, WE WANT
EVERYBODY TO READ THE
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE. They
generously come to our rescue, and
their offer is so liberal and patriotic tina,
it calls for the grateful appreciation
and active consideration Of Republican:
alike, and postmasters in particular. Tc
get Republican results at the election
the people must be reached now by
honest, sensible arguments; ANE
THIS THE MINNEAPOLIS TRI.
BUNE IS DOING. AND PRO.
POSES TO DO, AT RATES WITH.
IN THE REACH OF EVERYONE"
There are scores of as Liberal and
patriotic G.. O. P. papers as the Tri
bune. They do not much admire Blk
bian methods.
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-31
Do You Want Kenyon Again for Public Bank
Examiner?
If Not Vote for Governor Lind Nov. 9th to
Succeed HIMSELF
COST OF WAR
Especially those Of Conquest, are
Ruinous to People Who Work
for a Living.

From Gov. Lind's acceptance speech:
The total cost of our military and
naval establishment, for the past two
years OF war in the Philippines, was
$225,ooo, 900, not including cost of the
troubles in China.
THIS SUM OF $225,ooo, 1000 IS so
IMMENSE THAT THE ORDI-
NARY HUMAN MIND CAN
HARDLY GRASP 1T. LET US
EXPRESS 1T IN THE LEADING
PRODUCTS OF THE NORTH
WEST. ACCORDING TO THE
LAST REPORT OF THE SECRE-
TARY OF AGRICULTURE, THE.
STATES OF MINNESOTA, IOWA,
WISCONSIN, NEBRASKA AND
THE TWO DAKOTAS, IN THE
YEAR 1899 PRODUCED:
Minnesota Bushels. Farm value.
Wheat ......-. $1,000, 900 So, 600, 900
Corn ......... 100000 100000
Iowa
Wheat ........ 100000 100000
Corn .......... 242,oo0,ooo $1,000, 900
South Dakota
Wheat ........ 100000 100000
Wheat ........ 100000 26,ooo;ooo
w lSNO1o1A1
Wheat .:...... 100000 100000
Nebraska
Wheat ........ 2o,ooo,ooo 100000
Corn .......... 224,ooo,ooo 100000
THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE
CROPS NAMED OF ALL THESE
STATES FOR LAST YEAR WAS
ONLY $221 900, 900, LESS THAN WE
ARE PAYING ANNUALLY FOR
OUR ARMY AND NAVAL ESTAB-
LISHMENTS UNDER THE I'M
PERIAL REGIME.
The entire amount expended for edu-
cation in the United States for the year
1893, which is the last year for. which l
have authentic figures. was $18o,ooo,ooo.
Our average consumption OF wheat is
less than five bushels per capita As
suming our population to be 75,ooo,ooo.
our consumption of wheat would be
375,ooo,ooo bushels.
AT THE AVERAGE FARM
PRICE, WHICH DOES NOT .EX-
CEED 20 CENTS, THE COST OF
THE NATIONS BREAD IS $225,-
100000, THE SAME SUM THAT
WE PAY FOR OUR ARMY AND
NAVY.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-16
WHO DISCOVERED AMERICA.

We seem to be secure in nothing. The
lconoclast, with his hammer of facts,
goes about smashing our ancient idols.
In vain we look for bolt of Jove to
administer reprimand-he bears a
charmed life.
We fortify ourselves in the opinions
of our youth; We will not believe that
Bacon wrote certain stage plays, but
these fossil hunters exhibit a cryptic
gram, or some other we'll preserved Silu-
rlan, and we gracefully get down from
our perch.
We all can remember being taught that
one Christopher Columbus, a Genoese.
sailing in three ships. discovered Ameri-
ca In the innocence of our ignorance
We believed this. Never suspeeting for
moment that Chris was a fake, We
thought him a great man, and wanted to
be like him. This belief was hardly
crystallized when along came a school
ma am, who taught us that Lief Erick-
son, hardy Norseman, sailing from Ice
land, discovered America long before
Chris Columbus opened his eyes.
This was pretty tough on US, but, be-
ing unused to the ways of the world, we
believed it, and placed Lief on the heroic
pedestal.
Now comes the news that neither Chris
nor Lief did the job, but that four bold
Cinnamon, led by Ii Hung Ping, being
fired with missionary zeal, chartered a
junk and sailed toward the rising sun.
Their purpose was to convert the world
to the teachings of Confucius This all
occurred long ago, when the morning
stars sang together, or about that time.
They landed, these four Cinnamon, on
the west coast of Mexico, opposite the
country now known as Yucatan, and
there and then went into the temple bus
mess. How they built the temples the
aftiant saith not
The proof Of this most true tale has
just been discovered in the archives of
the royal palace at Pekin Think Of it!
We were discovered by Chinaman, and
now We refuse his posterity free and
easy immigration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-16
EMPEROR AND REroHsTAG.

The comment made by the National
Zeitung; Parliament, of course, will
grant the expenditure demanded, but it
must clearly give the government to un-
rstand that in the future it expects
different treatment" shows very clearly
the position which the German emperor
occupies toward the other instrumental
ties of imperial government. He gets
what he wants There Is no one to
deny him, but he gets it usually with an
innocuous suggestion that he must be
good, or he won't get any more.
In such a situation as that in which
Germany finds herself in the Orient the
advantages Of a close approach to alb
solutism in the administration Of national
affairs make themselves very plain. The
emperor has simply done what he is con-
coded to have the right and the power to
do, and what he would naturally be ex-
pected to do in the circumstances con-
fronting him. That he did not consult
the reichstag earlier may be due to the
lack of reliable information, as
the emperor suggests. It is much
more probable. however, that it
is due to the fact that he wanted
free hand and was assured that in any
event the German parliament would rat
ify anything he did, the more especially
if it could be shown to be done in vindi-
cation of German honor abroad; and the
emperor has certainly kept in the fore
Won Ketteler was a sore blow at the
honor Of the German empire.
The tendency of political thought and
action Of these days is toward eoncen-
tration of responsibility. More constitu-
tionalism will count for little in the last
event in country like Germany when
urgent demands are made on the mill
rary or naval resources Of the nation.
indeed, all over the world, in the more
representative systems, as under the
others, the forces of government are be-
ing more and more invested in the hands
of the few men, and parliaments, like
American political conventions, are fast
coming to represent little more than the
fulfllment of the opinions and policies
of those few.
In Germany the emperor represents ma
tional power. Radicals may console
themselves with the conviction that there
are constitutional guarantees which he
mot disregard, but the mass of the
German people and German bureaucracy
to man will find but little
difficulty in accepting the view
that, as the power is his. so
also should be the responsibility. It may
or may not be that he will, in the words
of the National zeitung, extend differ
ent treatment" to the legislative arm of
his government in the future; but what |
ever treatment he may reserve for the !
he is pretty sure to have his |
oErn way about national expenditures and |
about almost all other matters of ma |
tional concern in the future as he has
had in the past.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-16
\ GOOD MOVEMENT.

No more practical or sensible undertake
ing has been instituted by private agen-
cieS for some tire past, than that which
has been started by the American Civ
ic Federation looking to the general
adoption of Cancellation and arbitrati ton
as the accepted meats for the adjust
ment of labor disputes.
The general public cannot be said to
know much about the civic federation.
Nor does the call just issued by that
body throw any light upon the personnel
of the organiza lion. That call, however,
shows that there is an enlightened SEN
timent behind the movement, and pro-
notes the belief that good results will
ersue.
Recent disturbances all over the coun-
try have rendered the conclusion unavoid-
able that nothing short of civil turmoil
will ultimately result if steps are not
taken speedily looking to the establish
ment of some settled, authorized
and legal mode Of adjustment of indus
trial disputes. The laws which now
exist in that behalf in the United States
are Ineffective. There is no requirement
which make such laws operative on
either party to such disputes. The only
influence which operates to save
society from the periodical outbreaks
of brute force which arise from labor
troubles is the gradually increasing dis.
position of employers and employees to
adjust matters between themselves by
private agreement. But even this re-
course is shown to be of comparatively
little avail. There stands on one side
the determination of the employer TO
put an end If he can to the organization
of his employees; and on the other hand
the employe stands ready to be cor
WINGED that any proposition emanating
from his employer, no matter how reas.
enable 1t may appear to be on its face,
is designed to operate to his disad-
vantage.
Great advancement has undoubtedly
been made in the direction of private
enccs; and it is impossible to oYer-esti-
mate the good that has come out of it.
But something further must be done
which viii represent the interest of So
ciety in the peaceful adjustment of such
difficulties. At present any warfare, how
ever disgraceful or injurious 10 others
interests. can be carried on Indefinitely
so long as the parties ara able 10 avoid
the arm of tile criminal authorities. What
are regarded by parties to strikes ard
locllouts as legitimate efforts 10 work
success, are IN most cases simply equiv
alent TO organized crime; and it is only
in that same. behalf that society Is able
to acquire airy control whatever of such
movements.
The strike which has prevailed in the
building trades of Chicago for many
months, and which is just being brought
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-16

to a close through sheer exhaustion on
the part of these engaged in it, offers
as good an illustration as can be given
Of the ruin which is wrought through
the failure of public authority to
insist upon being protected against such
outbreaks. Millions of dollars of loss
has been sustained the different in
dustries of that city for the past six
months or over because the building
contractors, through their organization.
were determined to destroy the Building
Trades council maintained by the men;
while the men on the other hand deter
mined that they should dictate, while
not being willing to be dictated to, as
to the terms and conditions under
which they should pursue their calling.
The time is ripe for the reform which
the conference Of the Civic Federation
foreshadows. Some form of enforced
Cancellation and arbitration is inevitable.
Ground has been broken in the great
movement which will put an end to the
prevailing savagery of industrial con-
tests. The change will not be brought
about without difficulty; but it will sure
ly come to pass. With a thoroughly
representative gathering In Chicago on
December 16 and II next, the success Of
enforced arbitration is fully assured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-16

won not by a single party, but by the
people of all parties"
On the day after election Gov. Roose-
Welt said at Oyster Bay:
1t should be a matter Of the deepest
gratitude to notice the way those Demo-
Gratis who are stanch believers in sound
money and civic honesty and in the hon
or OF the flag have Joined hands with
their Republican brethren. They wiz
share with them the credit for the vic
tory"
National Committeeman Joseph H
Manley, of Maine, about as stalWart a.
Republican as his party can boast, said
in a talk to the Commercial Travellers
Sound Money League on Wednesday:
Inc Republican organization has not
won this fight. Tt has been won by the
people. This is not partisan Republican
victory. We could not have won the
magnificent battle but for the loyal Dem
ocrats who have sustained US through
the contest
Even Senator Hanna, who does not or
dinarfIy divide the credit for Republican
victories with anybody but God, admitted
that Tuesdays result happened because
the people were overwhelmingly In favor
OF sound money. law and order and a
continuation of the political conditions
which mean prosperity to the country"
And he made a special ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of the aid afforded by "those you cab
Sound-Money Democrats, but whom we
call American citizens
If the party to which has been given
a new lease of power In these circum-
stances shall bear in mind the obIiga-
tons thus generously acknowledged by
It's leaders, and shall conduct the gov
eminent Ia spirit of broad mindedness
and true patriotism, it viii deserve tf1a
respect and support of all good citizens.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-16
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN

That entertaining German comedy. "Tha
White Horse Tavern" appeared for the
second time in st. Paul at the Metrepol-
ltan theater last evening and the cordial
reception given 1T by the audience proved
that 1t has lost none of its power of
amusing. Ada Curry has replaced Anne
sutherland In the role Of the hostess of
tne White Horse Tavern and thea are
new faces in some OF the minor parts,
but with these exceptions the cast Is the
same as that of a year ago and 1t is an
exceedingly capable one. The scene of
the comedy is laid in an inn In the Alps.
1t Is the summer season and thither
come tourists from all over the con-
inent. The head waiter is In love with
the hostess; the hostess is in love with
one Of her dodgers; the lodgcr Is in love
with somebody else and there are other
complications. Frederic Bond as William
Giesecke, of Berlin, an irasclble tourist,
travelling under protest, furnishes the
greater part of the comedy. He Is q
clever actor and his conception of the
character of the old BerIiner admits OF
no criticism. Miss Curry was equally
good as the hostess and her scene with
the head waiter after he has given notice
was a good bit of comedy work. The
professor, who rhapsodizes over nature
and counts the pennies carefully, was
impersonated by Fred Symmetrical, who
played the role year ago. His dis
cription of the joys Of travel was warm
ly applauded. Not quite so satisfactory
as the remainder of the cast was George
Friend as the head waiter. Miss Char
lotte Crane, who plays the part of Gle
secke's daughter, is pretty woman and
decidedly graceful Miss Della Clarke
as the isping girl; Louis Albion as her
lover and Duncan Harris, who plays the
part of the beggar were excellent.
Charles Hanford is satisfactory hero.
The play will be repeated the remainder
Of the week with Saturday matinee.
GRAND.
ga Stranger in a Strange Land" con-
tinues to please good-sized audiences at
the Grand opera house. The farce has
much to commend it In the way of orig
inality, and all who have seen 1t have
voted it a clever entertainment.
The producing cast Is in every way
satisfactory, Miss Beatrice Norman de-
serving special mention for her imper-
sonation of Alice Wellington
'McFadden's Flats" is announced to be
seen at the Grand this coming week.
STAR.
hams Octoroons at the Star this week.
is proving a tremendous hit. Two large
audiences witnessed the performances
yesterday and excellent attendance is
promised for today and tomorrow.
Beginning Sunday, THE Utopians" in
burlesaue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-16
SMART SHORT STORIES.


The late John NJ Palmer was one IF
the wits of public life, says the San Fra1-
cisco Argenaut. When he retired from
me senate he showed no signs Of dis
couragement, but said to some friends:
Fatlence is all L need. / come into fash
ION ABOUT every ten years in illinois,"
An Irishman was wheeling a heavy bar
rel up a street the other day, when some
one asked him; Mike, what have yo1
got in that barreI?" '''Pon me vote
KY on one side and Pat Duffy on the
other"
Mark Twain lays great stress on the
pause just before the point, In the use
of which ne regarded Artemus Ward
and James Whitcomb Riley as the great
est adopts. For instance, Artemus Ward
would say eagerly. eXcitedly: 81 once
knew a man in New Zealand who hadn't
a tooth in his head''-here his animation
would die out; a silent reflective pause
would follow, then he would say. dream
lily, and as If to himself-"and vet that
man could beat drum better than anv
man ever knew
Lincoln used to be fond Of telling story
which he got from Mr.. Connant, of
lawyer III western town who desired
the nomination for county judge. On the
morning preceding the evening on which
the county convention was to meet, he
applied to the liVery-stable keeper in
his village for a horse and buggy in
which to drive to the county town. six
teen miles distant, were the convention
was to be held Give me the best and
fastest horse you have, Sam" said he.
so that l will have time to go around
ana see the boys before the convention
comes in" The ltveryman, however.
was supporting a rival candidate
and gave the lawyer a horse that
outwardly appeared perfect, but which
broke down entirely before half the
journey was completed; so that when the
candidate arrived the convention had
adjourned and his rival had been nomin-
ated. On his return to the stable. tie
the following afternoon, knowing that
1t was useless to resent the trick played
upon him. he said to the owner: Look
here, Smith you must be training this
horse for the New York market You ex-
pect to sell him to an undertaken for g.
hearse horse, don't you? Well, it's time
wasted. L know from his gait that you
nave spent days training him to Dull a
hearse, but he'll prove a dead failure.
Why, he's so slow he couldn't Ger a
corpse to the cemetery in time for the
resurrection.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-16


Neither party included in its platform
last June a tariff plank. and yet tariff
revision was the real issue before the
people.
When all is said that can be said about
Imperialism and militarlsm, about finance
and trusts, the people will come back to
the real root of the evil the protective
tariff and demand that congress act on
that
Hamilton, no doubt, was right when
he favored protective tariff for the
benefit of the infant industries OF an
infant republic. This policy encouraged
the inventive genius of the American peo-
pie, fostered many industries which
would have Jared i'll in competition with
the established institutions of the OLD
world. But that time has long past
The American manufacturer is now able
10 drive his rival of the cid world out
O. mis- own market. 1t is needless to dis
cuss the reasons for this fact, suffice It
to say that they lie in the character of
natural resources of the country
When the manufacturing interests of
the United States reached the point
where all indigenous enterprises were
able to cope with foreign competition, the
tariff for protection became a menace to
the interests of society. With the with
drawai of competition came the desire
to combine-a desire to curtail operating
expenses and at the same time raise the
price to the consumer. For ten years the
interests of the country enjoying pro-
lection have been gravitatfng trustward
And now We find ourselves in a position
where a great popular majority has en-
dorsed the trust evil q, being the only
way to maintain the fun dinner pail
A week had not passed since this
declaration in favor OF the party of a
high protective tariff, before the salt
trust arbitrarily advanced its price from
$1.1o to $3.50 per hundred pounds Not
withstanding the fact that salt is al
most as abundant as water and there was
no possible danger of successful COM
petition at ordinary prices, congress pIac-
ed protective duty of y cents per hun
dred pounds on the product This was
done to secure support to the Dingley
bill
The Republican press. which declared
two weeks ago that there We're no trusts,
has changed its attitude and demands a
revision Of the tariff schedule
Can this be done? Not so long as the
framing of tariff bin is in the hands
of congress. There never has been a
tariff bill framed on the lines of prin-
cipIe. In order to secure protection to a
legitimate enterprise. dozen illegitimate
propositions must be protected. A bill
that would work for the benefit of the
whole country never could pass.
The people Of the Mississippi valley
want free lumber, but the lumber in
terests OF Wisconsin, Michigan and Min
nesota would never hear to that. Free
wool would be q blessing to the average
American citizen but tie wool growers
of this ard that state must be kept In
line for party purposes. Even Senator
Edm"ads, gravely demanded tariff on
maple sugar 10 protect that Industry of
his state.
a tariff commission. appointed by the
executive, might frame tariff bill which
would &C; along the lines OF principle In
stead OF personal interest, but such u