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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
Through Tourist Sleeping Car Service
to Texas, Old Mexico and California

Via Chicago Great Western Ry. to Kan
sas City and Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
and Southern Pacific Railways through
Dallas, San Antonio, Ell Paso and Los
Angeles to San Francisco. Only
through car lines from the Northwest
to Texas points and connecting at Spot
ford junction for all points in Old
Mexico. These cars are in charge of
an experienced official. Make con-
nections at Randolph every Saturday
with train leaving Mankato at 4:45 p.
M, reaching Dallas the following Sun
day, San Antonio on Monday, Ell Paso
on Tuesday, Los Angeles at noon We'd
nesday and San Francisco early Thurs
day morning. These are Pullman
Tourist Cars similar to those run on all
transcontinental lines, and the charges
for berths are about half those regularly
charged. To persons who have made
the trip to California via other routes,
this Southern route will prove most
delightful change, and to persons con-
templating trip to Texas or Mexican
points, it furnishes facilities heretofore
unoffered. Full information furnished
by any Chicago Great Western Agent,
or F. Fl. Lord, q, P. & T. A., 113 AID.
ans St., Chicago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

j. E Swenson, of Lake Crystal, has
sold his property at that place, which
consisted of house and four lots, tC
Hugh M. Roberts, of Ashland, Wiscon-
sin The consideration was 81 300. Mr.
Roberts is a n.n-ilaw of the Hon.
Richard Wigley, and will move his
family to this county in about a month.
Mr.. SHenson will make his home in
Mankato within short time.
Hon, Gilbert Gutterson, of Lal e
Csystal, inspector of rural free delivery
for the western division, was in the
city Saturday evening.
Miss Luella Darr returned to ST.
James Sunday, where she is teach
ing, after spending several weeks with
her sister, Ida, who is in st. Joseph..s
hospital.
w. w. Davis, Jr., spent Sunday in
the twin cities, where he met his
brother. T. B. Davis, who is on his
return to his home at Nahma, Mich,
from months trip to the Pacific coast.
The people for whom warrants were
about to be issued in North Mankato
on the charge of keeping disorderly
house, have left that place, making fur
ther steps by the officials unnecessary.
D. G. Cordry. of GAINESVILLE, was in
the city Sunday.
Miss Bertha M. Ludcke, of ST. Peter,
was in the city Sunday.
]. E. Neff was up from Minneapolis
today. He is in the buggy business.
Mrs. Frank Shafer left this afternoon
for Portland, Oregon, where her mother
is seriously ill.
Mrs. w. w, Paddock entertained her
nephew, Burt Clark, of Benson, yester-
day and today.
Mrs. II. B. Wollam, of Kasota, was
the guest of her daughter, Mrs Frank
Thayer. over Sunday.
Miss Pearl Hugunin, of st. Peter,
visited her grandmother, Mrs. John
Goodwin, over Sunday.
The directors of the creamery asso-
citation met Saturday and reelected
the old officers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

The Washington correspondent of
the Minneapolis Journal says that mem
bers of the house ways and means COM
mittee have been to leading Republi-
can members of the senate and said to
them regarding the Porto Rican bill in
substance as follows: 'For the sake
of the party, report the house bill with
out amendment and see that it goes
through the senate as quickly as pos
sible. Don't amend it, and thus neces-
state conference. We don't want to
have another tussle In the house, such
as we have just had, Tor some of the
members are beginning to hear from
their districts. and, if the opportunity
should come for another vote, they may
fly the coop. So report and pass the
bill just as it is.
If this is so it is a very good reason
why the senate instead of rushing,
shoule go slow in the matter, kill the
house bill and adopt substitute pro-
viding for free trade between the
island and the states and send it back
to the house. 1t would be a good
thing for congress to hear from the
country and take cognizance of what it
thinks upon this matter. The house
has made a mistake and it ought to be
willing to correct. 1t would be much
better than holding out against the al
most universal sentiment of the nation.
which believes that there is no more
reason why there should be duty
levied on trade between Porto Rico and
the states than there is that it should
be levied on trade between Louisiana
and Minnesota. 1t is to be hoped that
public sentiment will produce an i'm
preston upon the senate that will cause
it to do the right thing in the matter.
1t is better to correct a, mistake than to
stick by it and push it through to the
end
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

VIM. Reurup. a brother of Joseph
Ruerup, of this city died at his home
in Kasota Saturday morning, of asthma
and heart trouble, after an illness of
two days. He was ffty-two years of
age and single man. The funeral oc-
Cured Sunday afternoon from the
German Catholic church at st. Peter.
Judge Cray has declared recess for
the district court until March 18th at 9
a. M. when Judge Buckham and Brown
will join him and the three will hear
the arguments in the tax case against
the county board and Messrs Fleener
and Saylor and others.
The suit of Catherine Gerlich vs..
Stephen May was tried with jury in
the municipal court Monday, Special
Judge Ogle presiding. A threshing
bill of $40 is in question. W. R. Geddes
is the plaintiffs attorney. and Arthur
Schaub and G. o. Daley appear for the
defendant.
John N. Brown, Blue Earth bank
rupt, was examined before Referee
Flittie Monday in an effort on the
creditor to secure disclosure of pro-
perty. S. W. Graham appeared for the
bankrupt and Fl. L. Schmitt for the
creditor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
VARIOUS OPINIONS.
WILL NEVER BE EITHER.


New York Tribune:
A Minnesota paper thinks it probable
that Bryan's radicalism in several direc-
tions would be modified if responsibility
should ever rest on him, but also thinks
that the experiment is altogether too
dangerous to try. 1t won't be tried.
''Mr. Speaker" a Congressman said at
second hand. II would rather be right
than to be President" to which the
Speaker, Reed mistaken by that Vir.
tuous Wind, replied. you'll never be
either, a declaration equally applicable
to Bryan, and fitting him like coat of
kalsomine.
SUBSTANTIAL, TRUE MANHOOD.
Ortonville Herald-Star:
Van SAINT is known as an honest man,
loyal citizen and devoted friend. He
is not of that class who believes that
everyone but himself is venal, that he
is the only true reformer. There is
nothing of the Pharisee about him. but
a good deal of substantial true man.
hood about him that goes to make up a
good citizen and an honest man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
A Chicago Mans View.

Glancoe Enterprise:
"Nelson Thomassen, hustling Chi
cago business man, writes to the pres
ident Of the proposed cross road, under
date of Feb. 2oth., of which the fol.
lowing is brief:
"'I am very much gratified to know
that this road which has been talked
about so long is going to come to a
full fruition in this year 1900. re-
fer to the road that commences at
Mankato and runs through Glencoe
and St. Cloud to Superior and Duluth,
without going to ST. Paul and Mime
apolis. This will open up very
fine country and will double the
price of farm lands along it's route.
The enhanced value of property along
the line when built, from Mankato to
Duluth, would twice oyerpay the
entire cost of constructing and equip
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES.

The Review of Reviews in discussing
the British-Boer war and the gloomy
opening it presented to the English,
touches upon the loyalty of the British
colonies on this occasion and the liberty
which they enjoy which has made them
strong. 1t holds that it is this condi.
ton that causes the British empire to
be strong at this time. The Review of
Reviews sketch shows that England
learned much in the handling of her
colonies from the result of the Ameri-
can revolution. 1t says:
AS against the gloomier aspects of this
South African war, our English friends
see standing out in bright relief the
splendid spirit of loyalty and helpful
ness that Canada and Austria have
manifested ever since the trouble be-
gan. Looking beyond all the specific
and immediate phases of the South
African contention, England's best
argument in defense of her general
good intentions could be expressed in
two words-Canada and Australia.
Surely the best modern ideals of liberty
and justice are as nearly realized in
Canada and Australia as in any other
large areas of this planet, Each is es.
sentially self-governing confederated
republic, the union of the Australian
colonies having now been virtually COM
pleted. About third of the popula.
tion of Canada is French, and the prov
ince of Quebec contains the largest
body of French people outside of
Europe. They live in freedom and hap.
piness under the British flag, and one
of their number is now head of the
Liberal party of Canada and prime
minister. In the British colony at the
cape, which has its own parliamentary
government, the Dutch are more nu-
merous than the English, and Dutch
premier, Mr.. Schriener, is now at the
head of the government A confedera-
ton of the states and provinces of South
Africa would give theDutch burghers all
the liberty that the French have nCan-
ada, and would seem to be in every way
a desirable destiny. In other words,
the best argument or justification that
the British imperialists can advance
for the empire is the empire itself.
They may point with pride to the re-
suits and rest their case. No defense
of the British empire as it is in Queen
Victoria's time can be half so eloquent
as the obvious facts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

The Democrats of Kentucky decline
to take any move looking to the repeal
of the Gobel election law, and are much
provoked at the course of Henry Wat
terson and Senator Blackburn in de-
handing that it should be done. IT
presents such good chance to steal the
state. that they can't afford to have it
wiped out, hence will allow it to remain
to disgrace the future of Kentucky.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
The Division of Forestry is in consul

The Division of Forestry is in consul
tation with three important railway
companies oyer contemplated limo.
walton in American railway methods.
These roads the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul, and the GAINESVILLE & Ohio :
are considering raising tie and pole
timber on a large scale on their now
non utilized right of-way lands. Other
large western roads are also interested,
This action is due chiefly to the fail
ing of the natural supply of this ma
terial in all but the newer portions of
the United States About one million
acres of timber are consumed annually
by railroads in buildings and repairing,
and, at the present rate of timber deple-
ton, the increased cost of such material
will soon be serious factor in railroad
economy. The Santa Fe line has al
ready done some experimental planting,
and the results have done much to
stimulate interest. This road planted
1880 acres in catalpas fifteen years ago.
The total expense was 1928, 900; but it
is estimated by the railroad officials
that in ten years more the tract will
have produced So. $50, 900 worth of poles,
ties. and posts
Haying become convinced of the
necessity of growing their own timber,
the railroads naturally wish to take adj
vantage of the assistance offered by the
government to tree planters-which
consists of expert advice, and of the
working plans for planting, based on
perst nal examination. The object of
the Government is to demonstrate the
value of tree plantations to land owners.
especially those in the treeless regions
of the West.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

The Washington correspondent OF
the Minneapolis Times Wednesday said
that canvas revealed fifty five sena.
tors for the Porto Rican tariff bill.
Thursday nights dispatches indicated a
weakening. 1t is to be hoped there
will be weakening which will defeat
the measure and give the island justice.
Ii the senate takes note of the senti-
ment of the country, it will adopt a
substitute which will give free trade
between the island and the states.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

The report of the township mutual
fire insurance companies in the state to
the state insurance department, all but
two of which are in, show that the com.
panies reporting have in force rs, 0OO
policies, covering 2, 091 townships, with
an aggregate insurance of sos, 1885,
776.2S. or an average of 81, $50 to each
policy. The expenses of the companies
for 1899 were $1,000 and the losses
amounted to 1856, 900, making a total
expenditure of 1904, 900, or 1s cents on
each $1ee of insurance carried. OF this
is cents, 5 cents was for expenses and
Is cents for payment of losses. This is
an exceedingly low rate Commissioner
O'Shaughnessy figures the lowest rate
of old line stock companies for one
year policies at rs cents per hundred,
and for three-year policies at SO cents
per hundred. And it is estimated on
the basis of the so cent rate, that the
farmers saved $3.50, 1000 in premiums
last year. Quite an item. The amount
of township insurance in force has
grown from 1874, 900, 900 in 1890 to s11e,-
600, 900 at the beginning of 1900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
WHERE THE LARGEST PER CENT

The Worcester, Mass, Spy has been
studying the question of railroad earn
inss and who gets the big end of them
and presents some figures based on sta
tistics, showing that as the situation
exists in New England, labor gets the
large end of the earnings. Of the con-
ditions there it says:
There seems to be an erroneous opin
ion among men who fail to give the
su bject the thought that they should,
that railroad corporations, by stock
watering, manage to pay stock and
and bondholders an unfair percentage
of the earnings of their properties. But
the latest available statistics hardly
warrant the inference. The number of
employees working for railroad corpora
tions on June 80, 1898. was 874 458
This force operated 247, 532 miles of
trackage with 1924 locomotives and
1876, TIA cars. The capitalization was
SIC, S1S. 554, 631 or about $50, 343 per mile.
This capitalization included the right
of way. road, bridges, depots and equip
ment. The sum paid for wages was
1896, O55. 61S out of total operating ex-
pense of 1917. 973,276. The operative
wages amount was go SO per cent of the
operating account. This does not in
clude official salaries. The amount paid
for taxes was s4S, 1928, 224. The divi-
dends were 500. 24O, 1854, and the interest
on bonds was $246, 1861 Thus, CAPT.
tai received $152, 6sS, O6s less than the
wages account, or about in the ratio
of 3.42 to 495 While the number of
persons who own stock and bonds can
not, of course, be accurately determip-
ed, it is the general belief that they ex-
coed the number of persons employed
on the railroads very largely. Here in
New England the savings of many
thousands are invested in railroad Sc
curities, and indeed these roads could
not be run if frugal persons did not in
vest in their securities. All this shows
the interdependence between capital
and labor which gives profitable en-
ployment and profitable investment,
and the appeal of agitators can never
array one class against the other with
out iniuring both.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

The Journal says that the days of
wooden sidewalks in Minneapolis is
over. They are too expensive and too
often out of repair. Their day ought
to be over in Mankato. The PROPOSE
ton now before the council providing
for nothing but stone or cement walks
on certain streets in the main business
and residence portion of the city should
be adopted, and if the proposed district
was doubled in area, it would be much
hottar
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
THE NEW RAILROAD.
The Survey Will be Pushed Along This
Spring...Other Notes.

The Glencoe Enterprise has the fol.
lowing regarding the proposed North
and South road:
1.-THE preliminary survey of the
North nd South railroad is an assur-
ed fact and we have reason to believe
that the road may be constructed from
Mankato to ST. Cloud this season. A
competent corps of engineers who will
probably be under the charge of f. O..
Deterly, as chief engineer. man Of
long and wide experience in railroad
building are beings modified for the
wor k. which will commence by April
| 1st.
"The construction of the North and
South road from Mankato to Duluth
means raise in the value of real es
tate of more than one hundred thou
sand dollars to each and every county
it passes through and more than fifty
thousand to every town and village.
From Mankato to St. Cloud the road
passes through six counties and six
teen townships, and estimating the
enhanced value of real estate alone as
indicated which is very low, we have
raise in value of one million four
hundred Thousand dollars.
"Some of the promoters of the cross
road will go over the two proposed
routes from Glencoe to Mankato next
wee k and estimate the cost of right
of way and if everything is favorable
at the Mankato end the surveyors will
be set to work in short time.
sit is being talked up by some in
terested parties to induce the projec-
tors of the Duluth, st. Cloud, Glen
coe and Mankato railway company to
run heir road from Glencoe to cross
the III hutchinson branch of the Great
Northern at Lester Prairie. 1t is
claimed that satisfactory arrange
ments can be made with Mr.. Hill to
run trains over his road to the twin
cities, and by Lester Prairie and Jim
Hill route Minneapolis is few miles
nearer Glen coe than by the Mil
Waukee.
"St. Cloud, at north end of first
division of Duluth & Mankato rail
way, has water power exceeding
that of Minneapolis. and in position
to supply the whole state of Mime
sofa with pine lumber from first
hands. This road when connected
with the Illinois Central at Albert
Lea, will give them shorter line to
Chicago, by thirty miles than. any
other route. St. Clouds immense
and valuable stone qu4rries will furn-
ish the north and south road large
amount Of business, as it is proposed
to run it along by the side and
through the quarries.
When Mankato gets the North &
South railroad she has been doting on
so long, it will equal ST. Paul or
MINI eapolis facilities, and those two
cities may look to their laurels that
Mankato does not get away with
some of their wholesale trade and
manufacturing. Mankato has now
wholesale grocery house, cement
works. wooden and silk goods factory
and hereafter it only remains for it's
citizens to extend her Industries and
reap the benefit of their facilities for
distributing goods.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
GIlmpses Across the Sea,

Is the charming title of charming
book from the facile pen of Mr. Sam T
Clover, the well known author and
newspaper editor.
The "Glimpses" are particularly per-
tinent just now when so many people
are considering about going to the Par.
is Exposition, and many people will be
glad to know that the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway has purchased
an edition of Mr.. Clover's work for dis
tribution.
In sending your address for copy
please enclose six cents to pay postage.
Geo Fl. Heafford, General Passenger
Agent, Old Colony Building, Chicago,
III.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
TO NORTH DAKOTA
On March 18th, Goth. 2Sth and
April 18th.

April 4Cn.
The 500 Line will carry you from st.
Paul and Minneapolis TO Hankinson
and intermediate stations. to Braddock
and Portal, N. D., on March 18th, Goth,
20th and April 4th, 1900, for $500.
Along the 500 Line in North Dakota
you can get 100 acres of fine farming
land free of cost and no taxes to pay
for i've years. The soil is rich and pro.
ductive. yields big crops of fax, wheat,
rye, oats and barley. In many in
stances settlers who moved in last
spring raised Is to 20 bushels of fax
per acre, first breaking, which they
sold at $1.0S per bushel. There is an
abundance of rain, good water, cheap
coal, ($1. 80 per tom. Stop paving rent.
Get home of your own on the 500
Line and take advantage of the a.. 90
rate on one of the above dates. For
detailed information, write D. w.
Cassaday, Land Agent, or
w. r. GALLOWAY,
General Passenger Agent,
Minneapolis, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

Now that the house has made mis-
take in its first attempt to legislate for
our new possessions, it is to be hoped it
will take careful survey of the mat
ter before it attempts anything more
of that kind
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

Marcus DAILY says that he did not
contribute one cent to defeat Senator
Clark in the Montana campaign.
Doubtless he just threw it in for the
good of the cause.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

The st. Paul Dispatch alludes to it as
the Republican majority in congress
having sustained severe victory, re-
ferring to the passage of the Porto
Rican bill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

The weather observer says that Feb
ruary was very cold month. There
are others who have noticed the very
same fact.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

A. T. Swenson, of Nicollet, at the
head of the former bank there, was in
Mankato Saturday afternoon.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-03-09
COTTON FACTORIES PAY.
The South Awakening to the Import
ance Of Erecting Factories.

Mr.. H. w. Hargrove, who has
made tour of the large cities of
Texas, advocating the establish
ment of cotton factories in the
South, has sown good seeds of en-
terprise, and he is now seeing his
crop gathered.
At Shreveport, big factory is
being erected and one at Corsicana,
Hillsboro, Temple, and several other
places are engaged in raising stock
companies, to put in operation fac
tories to manufacture our raw
material.
1t would be the same thing if our
people should cut their pine logs
and ship them to the East and
across the water to have them con-
verted into lumber, aud then ship
ped back here, as it is to ship our
cotton away to have it made into
cloth to buy it again, thus paying
freight both ways, besides a big
profit on the manufactured goods,
when this profit could be made here
and our people given employment
and the money kept at home.
This paper has advocated the
erection of cotton factory here
fer the past five or SIX years aud it
is now as earnest in its desires to
see factory here as ever, and not
only stands ready to advocate the
building of one, but will aid materi-
ally in taking stock IN such an en-
terprise. We should call a meet
ing of our citizens and see if our
towns-people are ready to rails
stock and start a cotton factory
here. If we cannot get all the
stock taken here necessary to start
a factory there are men away from
here skilled in this calling, who
would willingly take stock in such
an enterprise.
Our city is admirably situated for
a factory-plenty of water and fuel
at Jour doors, and railroads to bring
in cotton and take out the manu-.
factured articles. Let us be up and
doing.