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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-15
THE LIMITATION OF WEALTH.

Faliacies of the Popular Idea of Pre-
venting Large Accommodations.
Among the topics discussed now and
then by superficial economists is law
placing limit upon the requirements
of wealth. No one man, it is said,
ought to be allowed to accumulate over
$1,00O,0OO. The only approach to a
limitation law which we have in this
country is the inheritance tax of New
York state. and that is not very radi-
cal. It has remained for the French
Chamber Of Deputies to go to the ex-
treme and pass a bill which, should It
become law, would mean that the
French government could appropriate
to itself no less than 81 per cent OF
every inheritance and gift in case they.
exceeded 1000, 900 francs. It is not ex-s
pected that. the measure will pass the
French senate, where the conservative
element is stronger. The first effect
Of such a law las that proposed would
be to cause the possessors of large for
tunes in France to place their money
beyond the reach of the French tax
gatherer., The only way that wealth
can be limited is through the opera
ton Of the natural laws of trade and
commerce, or through change in the
workings of an Industrial system. The
cooperative or profit sharing plan is
one method which tends to prevent
the accumulation of disproportionate
share Of the earnings OF great business
enterprises. This plan has been intro
duced in large number of manufac-
turing concerns in this country and
it's workings are said to be highly sat
isfactory:-LesHe' Weekly. i
America Through English Eyes.
The real causes of Americas success
may be summed UP in the words-a
tariff, securing the home market and
enabling foreign countries to be used
as a dumping ground for American
surplus productions, and great alert
ness of mind. Americans have the
insight to scrap their machinery when
it goes out of date, and to use every
labor saving continuance. The trade
unions do not limit output and frown
on the machine tool. But with us
methods, machinery and organization,
which are so conservative that they
are ten years behind the times, find
favor. In this world Of change and
progress and piti1ess competition it is
not well to be behind the times-a
fact which England is slowly discov-
ering. London Daily Mail.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-15

Master THE 1.yVh hat yer so glum
about Didn't yer git Their chaps
overcoat &. Z Apprentice 81 es ; but
Their WIZ a lot er bills in Their pocket
Will have ter pay 'ern r.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-15
Made Insane by Reading Novels.

Frank Fleetwood, the 20 year-old son
of Jacob Fleetwood of r pton, Ind. has.
become mentally deranged from the
effects Of reading novels A few days
since, he became violent and drove his
parents from the house. It is said he
read over 1000 novels.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-15
Fuel of the Dakosas.


Compressed hay, straw and corn
stalks are promised to the people OF
the Dakotas as fuel. On the prairies
of those states wood is comparatively
unknown and coal is a luxury. Hay
and such like fuels have been forced
into use, being consumed with fairly
good results in specially designed
stoves. Experiments recently made,
however, will revolutionize all this. It
has been demonstrated, according to
reports, that plant for the manufac-
ture Of straw fuel can be erected for
about $4,000, which will have a ca
pacity for making fifty tons a day. The
fuel will be in the shape Of round
sticks, nine to twelve inches in diam
eter and two four and six feet in
length. The material will be as hard
as wood and will last longer and make
a better heat than soft coal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-15
Ho1steIn- Frlesi fan Records.

(First two weeks Of April, 1901.
The size of the records and the mum
Der received during these two weeks
are very remarkable. The number is
.thirty-tWo, eight of which average 20
lbs. 1.9 OF. equivalent butter Of 80 per
cent fat. The full-age cows, seven in
number, average is lbs. 1O.S or; and
the average of the eight four-year-
olds is IL lbs. 126 o.; Of the three
year-old class only three reports were
received, the average product OF
which is II lbs. 10 o.; OF the two
year-old class fourteen were received,
of which the average product is II
lbs. 8. a o., the average OF the seven
highest Of this class is IA lbs 15.2 OF.
IS. Hoxie. In Farmers Review.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-15
WORKS EARLY AND. LATE. II
Hetty Green Enjoys Little Rest, Though
Very Wealthy. ... ,es& u

Hetty Green Enjoys Little Rest, Though
=.3z. Very Wealthy. = 49,. .s%:%.
Mrs. Hetty Green's life is not to be
enyied by her sisters. Though she is
the richest woman in America, if not
in the world, her manner Of living is
more like that of day laborer than
Of a person of unlimited means, says
Frank Leslies Monthly. She rises early
in her cheap little fiat in Hoboken, N.
breakfast and hurries to the ferry. She
Is almost the first to arrive at her Of
flee in the Chemical bank on Broad
way. Here she Iabors until after dark.
Her rise in the financial work was
very swift, and yet it did not appear to
attract public notice for several years.
Before the public was aware of the fact
she had become banker, railway di-
rector, stock operator, real estate in
weston and capitalist. Her success led
many people to believe at first that
she was butta figurehead for shreWd,
unknown speculator. Not until she
had defeated many groups Of hostile
f1nanciers and predatory promoters did
the world realize that she was a new
and potent factor in the banking COM
munity. Her greatest achievement, so
far as the public. is. concerned, took
place in 1899. when she lent over ST.
100000 in cash in a single operation.
The money market was tight, the need
of the borrower was great. and only
one Wall street magnate, Russell Sage
was supposed to be in position capa-
Bile of furnishing the ready money
Imagine, therefore, the general sur
prise when the poorly dressed Mrs.
Green came forward and took up the
loan with the quickness Of an auc.
tieneer Selling 1aalf-heard bid. .A
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-15

Property owners IN the Fox lake re-
gion OF Wisconsin have banded to
drive German carr out OF the waters
in that vicinity, aud It Is intended to
seine the Niagara river for the same
purpose. The carp are making havoc
among game fish and hence the con-
tempIated warfare.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-12
\ MAD DOG SCARE.

There was mad dog scare in
New York the other day which was
direct result of the dog-days.
They did not affect the dog; it was
the people of the metropolis who
seemed to be bothered.
The dog was quietly trotting
along Amsterdam Avenue, minding
his own business and allowing other
people to mind theirs, when some
boys spied him and began throwing
tin cans and stones at him. Nat.
urally, he ran. Naturally, the boys
chased him, and as it was a hot
day and the dog did not see the
necessity of this sort OF thing, he
began to lose his temper and snap
ped at one or two people whom he
passed. The door of a vaudeville
theatre was opeh, and the hunted
animal lodged in and ran down the
aisle, yelping out his predicament
IN dog language; but nobody there
had studied that tongue, and the
result of his advent was a panic.
Women grabbed their children and
sprang upon the seats, as if the
canine intruder had been a mouse 4.
the soubrette on the stage stopped
singing and screamed. When she
saw the dog coming toward her, she
made an exit not provided for in
the program, and the tired beas,
made for a corner Of the hall which
looked quiet and lay down, painting
A policeman was on hand by that
time, and he came up, with a chair
held between him and the dog, shot
the animal, and removed the de-
ceased Then the show went on.
This is fairly good example OF
a mad dog scare OF course, there
IS such a thing, now and then, as a
case Of hydrophobia, but some
cases which are taken for that are
nothing but common, ordinary mad.
ness, in the Yankee sense Of the
word-madness which is the result
Of temper and nerves, not Of organic
disease Of any kind. It would save
time and trouble 10 recognize the
distinction and impress upon the
public that a dog has nerves, Just
like anybody else, and if he is
teased and tormcntcd in hot weath. .
or, be is likely 20 become nervous.
irritable and cross. In that case he
does not need % be chased up the
street by mob with sticks and
stones nearly as much as be needs
20 be Jet alone and kindly treated.
The former treatment will produce
a very good imitation, entirely an
necessary, Of real hydrophobia.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-12

DRYiSc PREPARATIONS simply develop
catarrh they dry up che sccrctone which
adhere to else membrane and decompoac.
causing f1r more serious trouble than tho
ordinary form Of catarrb Avoid au drying
inhaIcnu and use that which clcansce.
sIoihcs and heals Eiys Cream Balm ie
such remedy and viii cure caarrh or
cold bod fhe head easily 4ad pleasantly
hI druggists scIi tat -o cents or 90 win bc
mailed b} EIy Brothers 81 Warren So. <y
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-12
5dW for the
Children

i've them oil-cod-liver oil.
rs curious to see the result.
Give it to the peevish, fret
full child, and he laughs. Give
it to the pale, an9mic child,
and his face becomes rosy and
full of health. Take a flat
chcsted child, or a child that
has stopped growing, give him
the oil, and he will grow big
and strong like the rest.
This is not a new scheme.
1t has been done for years.
OF course you must use the
r.aht oil. SCOTS Emulsion
j.. .he one.
SCOTS Emulsion neither
locks nor tastes like oil because
- arc so careful in making it
asant TO take.
Send for free sample.
.r & IOwNr Chemists, go PesHst. ~ ~.
CO.. and 81 o3i al iruggsts.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-12
WARS SAyAGERY.
Chamberlain's Reply 10 His Critics In
Amerlca-Gen. Sherman's' Three
Apt Words Describe all Conditions.

The news brought by cable of
Joseph Chamberlain's retort to
American critics Of the methods
pursued in the Boer war, in which
he called attention to the fact that
the devastation policy followed by
Lord Kitchener was nothing com
pared TO Sheridan's and Sherman's
campaigns in our civil war, nor
even TO those in the Philippines, has
had the effect of closing the mouths
of critics.
1t is certainly Notifying to those
of them who are ardent friends OF
the Beers to find their protest
against the British methods SO sum-
marily answered. What American
can object Kitchener's "banish
ment and banditti" proclamation
after noting the Guam policy of
the United States and reading Gen,
MacArthur's order informing the
followers of Aguinaldo that if they
persisted IN guerrilla warfare they
would be dealt with as bandits2 AS
a matter of course no cause can be
justified by the "you're another"
answer; but it is very effective all
the same. Sheridan's tactics in the
valley of Virginia. and Sherman's
policy of devastation in Georgia
and South Carolina, were practical
illustrations of the savagery of war.
1t was Sherman who said tersely,
"War is hell" When Great Britain
is now accused of making hell of
South Africa, Mr.. Chamberlain may
we'll reply: Americans are the last
people who ought to object to tao
tics of that kind. We never knew
how to wage war in the most eff
cient way until the United States
government showed the world how
it could be done in the civil war.
We have simply adopted your own
tactics, and you ought to be proud
that the Mother Country is will
ling to learn from your republic.
We may not be quite as efficient as
you proved, but in time we hope to
show ourselves masters Of the game.
As to arming the Kaffirs and
using them against the Beers, Mr..
Chamberlain easily silences Amer
lean criticism by recalling the fact
that the United States government
had nearly 200, 900 negro soldiers
in its service during the civil war.
Nobody north of Mason and Dixon
line ever admitted that it was wrong
to arm the slaves in the South and
array them against Southern people.
If 1t was right to use the black
troops against the Southern Con-
federacy it cannot be wrong, in Mr..
Chamberlain's opinion, to use the
Kaffir hordes against the South
African republics, should Great
Britain ever need the aid of such
allies.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-12
PET ANIMALS.
A Special Plea for Kindness and Good
Treatment

1t has sometimes been argued
that the keeping of pet animals is
one way to develop the humane
instincts of people 10 general. Like
other practices, however, this one
is good only when it is not abused.
as it frequently is. When one
considers the number of miserable
little beasts yearly trapped, captur.
ed, and bred in cages for the
amusement of mankind, il seems as
If some better method Of amuse-
ment might be devised.
OF course, there are people who
make friends and companions of
their pets, and although nobody can
be absolutely certain about amin al
psychology, it may be that the dog.
horse or bird derives an amount OF
pleasure from contact with the
superior mind which more than re-
pays the loss of freedom. In the
case of highly bred dog or saddle
horse it is almost certain that this
is so. But these are in the minor
ity when the whole number of
domesticated animals is considered.
In the first place, 1t is certainly
cruelty to take wild creature out
of its natural environment and
place it in cage where it can have
little exercise, no natural compan-
ionship, and often no suitable food
1t is entirely possible for people
living in country town or small
village to tame squirrels, birds and
other wild things without in the
least interfering with their freedom,
II they choose to use little patience.
Most wild animals will come where
they are not afraid of being hurt.
The red squirrel can be coaxed
to come from his hole and eat corn
from the hand of a human being,
and birds Of all kinds are easily
tanned in the same way. One who
has once enjoyed the delight of
winning the confidence Of the wood
folk will never again wish TO keen
any of them in cage.
The ANNA! which is bred for the
purpose of domcstication, like the
lap dog, the Persian cat, the white
mouse, or the canary, is usually
inferior in intelligence to the wild
animal, for the very good reason
that 1t does not need as much brain
to be fed, petted and put to sleep as
TO get ones living in the midst of
throng of enemies. There are two
ways, however, in which the keep
ing of these animals can be made
really beneficial to children and
adults; one is by making compan-
ions of them, developing all the
intelligence they have, and the
other is by choosing pets of sort
whose intelligence is already con-
siderable. Children should be
encouraged to be kind to their pets
and to make friends with them. and
this cannot be done unless there is
intelligence on the other side. If
the comfort and well. being of the
animal is studied it will be good for
the master as well as the pet, for
altruism generally works in that
way, but candor will compel most
people to admit that nothing of the
kind is usually done.
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state ono Boo ibis county rcqmfcdJ to rcrrc.
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direct from head Offices Horse and car
rage furnished when necessary References.
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THE SINGLE TAX THEORY.
How Henry Georges Plan Works In
New Zealand.

Frank G.. Carpenter, a special
correspondent, was sent to New
Zealand to investigate the land
system of that country. The idea
was to write down the single tax or
the theories of Henry George as
there applied. He went predju-
diced against the whole system,
and with a determination to write it
down, but when he came to inves-
tigate ii he found that in its work
ings it is gradually making New
Zealand land of small farms. BY
the present laws no man who has
more than 64o acres of land can
obtain any of the public lands.
The land officials will not grant
/. more than this amount, and they
will not give an applicant more than
they think he can develop and care
for. The government land agents
examine all the applicants, and
those who pass their examinations
are allowed 10 ballot for the amount
distributed. The government, in
fact, divides the land more as a
father among his children than as a
land Spectator. Everything is done
to encourage small farmers. The
man whose income is less than 81, =
500 a year goes scot free, paying no
taxes. He whose farm is worth
$4,000 likewise escapes, and if his
estate is worth $1,000 he pays
taxes on only S., 900 of its valua-
ton. The rich man pays increased
taxes on his land, on his income
on everything. For instance, a
man with S., 900 income will pay
~ per cent on S., 900, less 81, 500,
SS7 income tax. If he has an in
come of $40, 900 he would have to
pay 5 per cent. on the extra S., 900,
or 1887 But big trust magnate
or railroad king with 81, 200, 900
would have to pay $50, 900 a year,
while John ID. Rockefeller or An
drew Carnegie would be obliged
under the law to pay half of their
income into the state or anywhere
from SO, 900, 900 to SIS, 900, 600.
In short, the laws of New Zealand
as now administered, are framed
for the poor man as against the
rich. The theory it that the land
must be preserved for the small
farmer. The man with few acres
is not crushed by the burden Of
taxation. He is exempt The
temptation for the capitalist is not
to buy out the small farmer nor to
create vast holdings His accumu-
lations are treated as belonging in
part TO the state, and the state steps
in and insists that he shall pay in
proportion to his possessions. The
attention Of the world is called to
this theory Of legislation Every
civilization that has heretofore gone
down in the night Of history has
done so on account Of the greed Of
organized wealth The rich men
begin by crushing out the middle
class, by running the small dealers,
by converting the small farms into
great plantations and then reducing
the working man 10 virtual slavery.
One Of the beneficial results Of the
French revolution was giving the
soil back into the hands Of peasant
proprieters. Henry George pro-
posed to do this peacefully by the
virtual conhscation Of rents. New
Zealand is the first country where
his ideas have been put into oper-
alton. Even here they have not
been carried out 90 the full limit.
but Mr.. Carpenter letter indicates
that the experiment thus far is
cminendy satisfactory.
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