Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-03-20
J Few-Line Interviews.


William 4. pinkerton, Head of the
Pinkerton Detective Agency-Crime runs
in a groove. One crir' il ii be n great
one, will be followed l, another one sim
liar to il. You can bet your last cent on
this theory. 1t will work out every time,
Small crimes do not have that effect, but
large ones invariably do. The human
mind seems 10 be constructed on that
plan. Crime, although horrible in the ex-
treme. seems to possess q peculiar, unex-
plainablc fascination about it. 1t is CON
tagious. anu is catching. The Cudahy
kidnapping was a pronounced success. 1t
was so bold, daring and successful that
| knew series of others were bound to
follow. They have. We have had an
epidemic of them.
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John Barrett, former United States
Minister to Siam-Japan to-day threatens
to dominate the Pacific as England does
the Atlantic. She is building feet which
| in proportion to her size is equal to Eng
lands. She has the best organized army
| on earth to-day She has an extensive
consular servce--for instance, over 1l9
| consuls in Australia alone, against our
six. She is fostering her merchant ma
rine in IA way no other nation is doing.
To-day she is suffering from a temporary
depression. but ii is due TO temporary
ambitions. She is planning to dominate
lac Pacific, and with all our tremendous
strength we may some day be rudely sur
prised 10 find ourselves oyermatched in
the Pacific.
James L. jackson Of Palatka. Fla
Strawberries win b. plentiful this year.
Berry conditions have advanced sniii-
GENTLY to indicate that the coming crop
will he much heavier than last season.
You may remember that the crop of 1899
was enormous all through the South, and
that last years was poor. This year the
plants are maturing earlier, and If the
present indications are upheld by results
the prices viii be low.
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Lawrence d. Harvey. Of New York
One nf the greatest Affections the people
OF America bave il the Legislatures Of
their several States They pass too many
laws There is hardly n State in the
I'nion in which life world be endurablc
If all its laws were enforced Then, when
the ordinances and regulations enacFed
by municipal legislative bodies are added,
there is not much liberty left the .Ameri-
can citizen. If the State would adopt On
organic law and criminal code aud Let 1t
60 at that it would be far better for all
concerned.
II. y. Viljoin. a Boer Of North Cape
Colony-The English vii. never conquer
the Beers no, never! 1t may take time.
il is true. but the people Of South Africa
will surely win their freedom in the end
There are fully 25,000 men fighting for
the South African cause now where six
months ago they did not number 10000.
Aid is coming from every side. while the
English re losing heart. When l left
home tn, outlook was very gloomy. but
the chances which the last few months
have brou sht about have been many.
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Ferdinand W. Peck Of Chicago--As
general proposition. believe worlds
fairs are the most profitable kind Of adj
yertising the manufacturer can have, and
the American manufacturer, Of course,
receives more benefit from expositions
away from home. It brings his wares 10
the attention Of people who would not
Otherwise EIDW OF tHf'fn aHu VI tHesF
people he makes customers. / think ey-
err manufactures who bad an exhibit at
Paris is thoroughly satisfied with the re
turn he is getting for his investment.
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Robert II. Sampson OF Vermont be-
lieye that, as a general thing, the South
ern States have cleaner politics than the
States u the North. 1t is a rare thing TO
hear OF corruption in public eAce in a
Southern State, while such distances in
the North occur with Encouraging fire.
ouency. This can be accounted for, |
believe. by the fact tnat in the South
what is known as the aristOcracy is ac-
tive in political affairs. These men are
Jealous of their honor ana good name,
knowing that any CONVICTION OF wrong
doing means social ostracism.
49,
Col. II. f. Cheatham 81 the Thirty-sev-
cnth Yolunteers-There was never an
army in the world fed 80 well as the
American army in the Philippines. We
had plenty Of food, and good food. The
beef came to Us from both Chicago and
Australia in frozen rsfrigerators. II was
fine.