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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-10
Not Wholly Wrong.

One of the cruel things said by Jus
tice Jerome in his campaign speeches
was the remark, to an audience in the
"brownstone" district, of the educated,
wealthy class: Because they think q
little, they think they are the only
ones who think" Yet the saying has
some truth In 1t, along with its de-
licious sarcasm.-Springield Repubh-
can.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-10
Jules Verne is in very poor

Jules Verne is in very poor
health. He still takes his
promenades about Amiens,
and until recently he made
his daily visit, as had long
been his habit to the Hotel
de Vile in his quality of
city official. The anthor of
"Round the World in Eighty
Days" was also we'll enough
to welcome back the repre-
sentative Of a Paris newspa.
per who recently beat Verne's
imaginary hero at his own
game.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-10

The negro State Teachers
Association will go to st.
Louis next Xmas on an invi.
tation extended to itself by
itself.
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Seventy Years a Methodist.

Phoebe Polling Shaw died at her
home in Neosho county, Kan, recent
ly, age n~inety-one years. For seventy
years she had belonged to the Meth
odist church. and once zach year for
t~wenty-seven years she read the Bin
from cover to cover.
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We trust our friends will
patronize the business men
of Columbia who patronize
the Professional World.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-10

Some people have a lot to
say until time comes to say it
then mum is the by.word.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-10

Columbia negroes should
have a charity organization.
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Advertising Rates on Application.
Job Work of all Kinds Solicited.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-10

Published Every Friday.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-10

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
One Year in Advance $l.6O
Six Months in Advance loo
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
! We still protect or infant beef industry
The English parliament is much exercised
over Morgan's pond which the British nav,
has in the past used to float Its ships.
The Power of Words.


In the early days Of railroading some un-
fortunate man, possibly in moment Of for
getfulness or perhaps because he was tired
or drunk, would go toys4eep on the railroad
track or dispute. the right of way with the
express train, = and thea. jury, not pleased at
the sudden humiliation of fellow creature,
would assess theysrailread about SIC, 0OO to
soothe the feelingseof his friends and family.
Seeing that this was being carried to an
extremeS the large. pr osperous boys who
owned the railroads got together and hired
the most profound lawyer in Philadelphia to
coin a legal phrase that might be of use in
such cases The stfpAl ation$ was made that
the phrase should not contain, over four
Words, "a less number the better, the lawyer to
be paid $10e;Cco per word
In a momeat of wonderful Inspiration a
legal gentleman coined the phrase, "Contrbu-
tary Negligence. 1t was a marvellous
achievement Of the human mind Bound in
isheepskin. It has the true legal flavor and
was packed with meaning. "Contributory
Negligence has saved the railroads millions
Of dollars Let us see how it works. @
| AT the elevator at Lonesome Crossing John
Grevstad is shoveling wheat out Of a car He
spills little OF the grain and after the car
| is cleared he gets under the wheel to save
this half bushel. The engineer seizes the OPP
| portunity and Mr.. Grovstad passed into a life
| where corporations are unknown. Suit is at
| once brought against the railroad company
and the family is certain of securing the
| $50, O0O when little lawyer from the city
| arrives on the spot and leaks the wonderful
phrase 'tContributory Negligence 1t does
| the business and the company settles the loss
for $1,000 Only one thing can ride over the
phrase ..Contributo DRY 4 egligence f-and that
is a jury, but the Judge is on the spot and
he pronounces the magic words "Contributory
Negligence and sets the verdict aside as
excessive. ..
We do not sufficiently appreciate the power
Of words. r.
"A. }. Russell.
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marriage was Off They couldn't even be
neighbors after the lawyer and the sister got
fairly to work. 5~i -
The lawyer stood on what he called the
legal aspects of the case-that is, he called
Jacob Stansell a designing scoundre who
had no other end in view than securing the
Widows property.
The old maid sister didn't care for legal
aspects. but she wasn't going to see Jake
harnessed to woman whose extravaganza
would land him in the poorhouse.
There had always been question as to the
location of one of the line fences. In good
natured way the 5Stansells had contended that
the fence was over. their land by three
inches. The matter had rested there for IF
teen years, but the lawyer and the sister dug
It up Surveyors were engaged, lines run
and the difference Of an inch was disputed
over until it ended in lawsuit s {
Z 1t was while the last survey was being
made that Stanseli met with a great loss. He
had sold off twenty head of cattle to drover
and received the cash in hand and at the end
of the day had found his wallet missing.
When It was hunted for in vain, the lawyer
charged Jacob with lying about its loss, and
the sister charged the lawyer with: Having
found it and converted the money to his
own use. OF course an action at law followed
this assertion. and one day Jake and Mary
awoke to the fact that they had five or six
suits on hand against each other, to say
nothing of two or three extra ones brought
by the lawyer and the sister 20 keep things
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"PRIDE OF THE UNION"

I ! Members of congress are fond or max
ing excursions H. the course of their
speeches, to make remarks to the erect
that in some respect or in all respects
their particular state is the best in the
Union. -
In discussing the ship subsidy bill in
the senate, Senator; Elkins gave West
Virginia about two columns of free ad-
lvertising as the great coal, oil and man.
ufacturing state. And the other day a
bill to open Indian reservations gave Sen
sator Stewart an opportunity to glorify
the fertile state of Nevada.
There is an ancient and honorable SEN
ate rule that forbids senators to make
attacks upon states, but Senator Tillman
got around it by asking Senator Stewart
whether it was not true that the Indians
of Nevada were superior to those, Of
any other western state-as Stewart had
asserted-because" your state is so much
of desert that no white man wants
to get in there at all, and it is a wonder
that Indians can live there?' A moment
later Senator Tillman ironically apollo
gized for having referred to the "arid
$50 fts
condition of Nevada, its: heat and sand
and other undesira BILE qualities. !"
Then came reply from the venerable
Stewart that~will, no. doubt, cause q ire
mendous rush of settlers to the chosen
land, the happy fruitful land Of Nevada.
From it we learn that Nevada, has l''nu-
merous agricultural valleys that will com
pare, .favorably with any on EARTH" that
1t .shas great agricultural capacity" thai
Sin mineral resources it is not equa9leed
in the United States Nevada will be
the pride of the Union; people are coming
there from every state Of the Union, .
Really the country is under great OBJ
legations to Senator Tillman. But for his
l;unkind references ito thekfstate that now
Eexists chiefly toskeeps Stewart Jones and
NeWlands in congress, we should never
have known what a paradiseit is.
When will the railways announce Ne
vada homeseekers' excursions?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
BRYAN IN WAR PAINT

Colonel Bryan's outburst in this weeks
Commoner reveals persistent and vehe-
ment determination. to fight the demo-
cratic element who are trying to get rid
OF him. The colonel shows his temper
He is sorely nettled because he is losing
his grip, even in his valued western pre-
serve, and has been hit between the ewes
in his own state. He declares that no
democrat who does not accept the Kansas
City platform verbatim has any business
seeking any position representative of
democratic principles, and cannot be
trusted to defend the interests of the peo-
pie.
In other words, Bryan Is fatty and re-
lentlessly against the democrats who are
talking Of reorganizing the democratic
party. Especially is he trying to- get his
prehensile fingers in New York politics,
where David B. Hill is trying to Whoop up
select remnant of the faithful to secure
the gubernatoria1 nomination and cleo
tion as stepping stone to the democratic
presidential nomination in 1904 BRYAN
would, like that nomination himself, and
cut of the presidential race, he has never.
said that he would not accept the nomina-
ton if rendered He stands, by his own
profession, for the single silver standard
and believes in making free silver con-
spicuous issue in the congressional elec-
lions this year. #E8t
That Bryan yet has influence over
III :
fealty of diminishing eastern democratic
element, only has the significance that the
democratic party is far from homogen eous
on every subject which can be twisted
into an issue. Bryan is one leader, but
there are half a dozen others who are
posing as leaders, each claiming to repre-
sent "Jeffersonian principles pure and
unadulterated, although one seeking in
formation, on the subject would find that
each leader has a different definition Of
"Jeffersonian principles
The party has made had showing Of
leadership in the house in this congress
and has failed to take any advantage *of
republican deficiencies and errors. The
democrats in congress have held several
caucuseS and, after much turbulence,
agreed upon such policies as arbitration
of the South African war and withdraw
ing from the Philippines. That is the
best they can Go in the way of a policy
upon which to fight congressional cam
paign. Bryan insists upon free silver
and opposition to trusts. Other leaders
propose the tariff and trusts as issues.
Under such conditions as these they ex-
pect to carry the elections in November.
The republicans occupy the field against
trusts and are moving intelligently
against them. They are somewhat at
variance on the tariff, but they are solid
on the maintenance of the public credit
and other essential national policies, and
will give the demo Gratis all they want 81
a strong fight for the new house, WIKI e;a,
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OwNERsHl P soF CUBAN SUGAR,

w '- 3 -.
Mr.. H. O.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the
American Sugar Refining company, or
more Familiarity, the sugar trust, gave
some interesting testimony before the
senate subcommittee on Cuban Relations,
yesterday.
The statement has been made most per-
sistently by the beet sugar interest that
the sugar trust brought about the move
ment for "a concession on the duty on
cured the ownership of the bulk Of the
sugar crop there. 1t appears from Have
meyers testimony that since January 1,
the trust has purchased $4,000 tons of
Cuban sugars all told, or, about three
fourths of a months. supply and that it
does not control any sugar in Cuba other
than that bought. and has bought no OPP
/ ton on Cuban sugars or made advances
on sugar. He said the entire Cuban sugar
crop was about $50, 900 tons and much of
it had been withheld from the market
with the hope that congress would make
some reduction of duty SO that some
profit might accrue to the owners. AS
price, he stated, what is known by every
one who has any accurate knowledge of
the subject, thateit Is faxed at Hamburg
for raw sugar, and is based upon the beet
market prices.
Mr.. .Havemeyer's testimony is closely
in accord with that of many independent
investigators like Marion Wilcox, who
h. = l.
movement to promote reciprocity was
started by the Cuban planters, merchants,
bankers and business. men, whose inter
ests depend upon the prosperity Of the
island. The planters and merchants are
with few exceptions, the holders of the
ers and labsrers depend for subsistence
The Teller resolution, now actualizing, Is
intended to discover the ownership OF
Cuban sugars and whether the Cubans
will receive any benefit from any con-
cessions which may be made by congress
There is plenty of testimony available to
show that the planters, large and small
would be the beneficiaries and not the
sugar trust exclusively. The trust may
be ferocious Hound of the Basker-
villes" but, nevertheless, it cannot rot
and devour the planters of the $500 large
| and small sugar plantations on the islan6
of Cuba. More than 5000 of these plan
tations are only thirty three and one
third acres in extent and many of then
average only twenty-seven acres of sugar
| cane The. sugar industry is one of small
farmers. The number of great sesta tes
is comparatively small. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02

Now that Major Gardener, governor of
Tayabas, Isl to testify before the senate
Philippine commit ee it would not be a
bad plan to summon other governors and
a few army officers, too. The insular pa
pers report that all the adjutant generals
Offices are flooded with lett ersS from ma
tives urging that the plan of abandoning
small garrisons and concentra ting the
troops in large ones be not adopted. It
will be remembered that Major Gardener
argued that one source of the evils he
complained of was the daily contact of the
troops with the people,
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VALUABLE TESTIMONY

There Isl much Of interest in the testi-
nao,ly of the agent Of the Women's Chris
tian Association as to conditions in the
Philippines. He told the senate com
mittee on the Philippines that when he
was sent to Manila BY the association in
relation to- the charges made against the
governments military administration he
was an ardent anti eyDansionist and be-
lieved that the United States should leave
the Filipinos to govern themselves as
they wished. NOW he says, 81 know
that while some of them are, the great
mass Of the people are not capable Of it;
but they will BIO, and that, perhaps, be-
fore q generation shall have passed. Ths
Filipinos are fully as bright as the Japa-
nese: they learn quickly. ard are ex-
trcrnely anxious to acquire. The Philip
pine archipelago will some day be a great
commonwealth Of states. We are laying
foundations for nation that may even
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COIuW1lS.
Journal, 70 days =. 1879
Tribune, s ss5 SOdays; 1909
Times, = a. s$as,y, 80 days, 1915
Papers may deceive in circulation
but the amount of advertising
carried provs it's quality and guam.
tity. ...... 49,. 49,.
A REPUBLICAN KEYNOTE

The suggestion has been made-and it is
passed on to the republican state central
committee for it's consideration at it's
meeting next week-that that committee,
when it issues it's call for the republican
state convention, carefully select some
one whom it will present to the conven-
ton for temporary chairman, and who
shall be invited to serve long enough be-
fore the date of the convention to pre-
pare carefully what he ought to say on the
assembling of the convention.
Ordinarily a temporary chairman is ex-
pected to make an address of some length
and to declare with more or less authority
republican doctrine. While, of course
the platform of the convention itself is the
only authorized declaration of party
principles, the only definition of the
party's position upon state issues, the
opportunity for clear, ringing keynote
Is one of which not as much has been
made heretofore in Minnesota as might
have been, proftably. Our understands
ing is that in other states, as for ex-
ample in Iowa and in Indiana, it is the
custom to begin a state campaign with a
strong and forcible "utterance of party
policies such as shall command the at
tention Of the public and give the pitch
SO to speak, to the platform oratory CT
the campaign.
A few days ago Senator Beverage of
Indiana, chosen by the central committee
and presented to the state convention as
it's suggestion for temporary chairma :,
delivered an address which went all over
the country as strong and effective dec
laration of republican principles, and will
give tone and direction to the whole plat
form work Of the republican campaign in
that state.
Why cannot we have the benefit of a
similar effort in this state? T h e
Journal has no suggestion to make
as to the right man to make the speech
although the propriety of selecting some
one from our delegation in congress might
be considered. The committee is COM
petent to make the selection-we only
urge the wisdom of having the selection
made.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02

According to all the evidence at hand
there will be reduction in the wheat
acreage of Minnesota and the two Dakotas
this year North Dakota may have as
large an acreage as last year, but the re-
port Of elevator companies" grain dealers
associations and railroads indicate that
the reduction in Minnesota and South Da-
kota will be considerable. The low price
Of wheat and the. high price of corn and
Cattle have combined to cause large num-
bers of farmers to give more attention to
corn and less to wheat. A considerable
reduction in the hardzw acreage will
be a serious matter f4r the local miilers.
The rush to raise corn and cattle may so
change the balance of the Market that the
farmer who sticks to wheat will be a
winner. TX s.Es
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
ENDING THE CONTROVERSY
BY JOHN BARTON.

! azSs
Copyright. 1902, by the S. IS. Mcclure Co. !.
When Jacob stansell became a widowers
there were those who predicted that he would
ask far the hand Of the Widow Tracy. Not
only did their FARMS join. but they had known
each other from childhood, and even after
both hadsmarried they had always spoken
of each other asSeJake sTand Mary, No one
was surprised when, after year or SO,
II was announced that the line fences between
the, farms would soon be thrown down and all
the land become stanseIls property. Then in
cidents began ta. happen. Jacobs sister came
on from Illinois, to pay him a visit, and a
lawyer in the village cast coyetous eyes on the
widow and her lands.
1t was inevitable that with an old maid on
enc side and a. lawyer on. the other trouble
should come. The sister didn't want the
brother to marry again, and the lawyer didn't
Wankthe widow to wreck her happiness, and
so ,itt came about that within four weeks the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
"one Swallow Doesn't Make Sum-
mer.''
tho oroupdhoo pr,,nts In HE honey his


o. the grounding grunts to his honey. his
love,
When the sun peeps out from the sky.
And the golden glitter of glory above =
Gives the promise of sprfng-by and by;
Z, And the March hare blows
The white frost off his toes,
And wrinkles the. skin on the end OF his nose.
Z o, he's mad, just as mad as mad can be.
The swallow comes up from his nest in the
south, 1.ss
And he hops in the cottonwood tree;
He brings the magnolia leaf in his mouth.
And he sings us his song full of glee.
The humming- hum
And the bunlble-bees bum,
And every one reckons the summer has come
Just as sure as can be.
The blossoms are blooming, the buds are al
out
And sparkle:with warm April showers.
The summer is here there is no room 70,
doubt, ssl3 z-
For the earth is all covered with flowers.
The Queen Of the May s
r. Has come out day,
But 4ehivers and shakes In her garlands Sc
gay
b. And wishes she had on. her fuTs,
Frederick Boyd Stevenson III Pearson q Mag.
M -
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Major Edwin F. Glenn, who lis5toa be
tried by court martial for burning Phil
ippine towns and administering the water
cure is well and favorably known III Min
neapolis and ST.. Paul, as military in
structor at the state university a stu
dent in the law college, lawyer in ST
Paul and judge advocate OF this army de-
partment.' His friends will feel that there
must have been strenuous causes for his
severe measures. s.l-s4
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outlast our own. We owe It to the
future, to the unborn citizens Of this
coming republic, that We lay Well the cor
nerstone of the suoerstructure. There is
a strong and influential peace party
among the natives, and the antipathy ito
American rule has been greatly exagger-
ated."F
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Mr.. Hill is represented by one OF the
papers always friendly to his wishes as
declaring that if the people of the north
west do not repudI late the action Of. the
governor in proceeding to enforce IN The
courts the law Of the state against the
merger, this section would suffer to the
extent of millions and millions OF dollars
What nonsense! The governors policy,
to which objection is made by Mr.. Hill,
was adopted last fell and yet capital and
immigration are pouring into the north
west in volume never before exceeded.
The world is not going to stand still sim
ply because the ambition of one man may
not be allowed full swing. Some OF Mr.,
Hills conversation these days is far from
|screditable to him. a..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02

+ A Minneapolis lumberman has bought
$2,ooo,ooo worth of cypress timber in
Louisiana. r Louisiana cypress will soon
be exhibited ins7parks along with Mime
sofa white pine. the buffalo and other
rare works of nature. 800
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
Queer Argument.
Oswego Times

OSWeEU IIIlHeS.
81 Mr.. Bryan has heen twice defeated Tor the
presidency and Mr. Cleveland has been twice
elected to It. And yet Mr.. Bryan says Mr..
Cleveland is a. sa.nonentity.,' These demo
Gratis have such queer ways Of arguing With
one another So {. Sc,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02

The Tribune admits that it, can't find a
man who, as the republican candidate for
governor, could get more votes than Van
SAINT. Considering the source this Is a
pretty strong Endorsement Of ithe gov
ernor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02

under the new superintendent, will con-
tain Ss6 members instead OF 357 as ut
present.
Several times the opposition has won
the house majority IN the middle OF a
presidential term, as was the case in Har-5
risons and Cleveland's second admins
tration, and. in 1874, a democratic house
was put in power for the last half of
Grants last administration There is no
rule about such breaks in control Of the
house This year the republicans need
the strongest solidarity and skill on the
partSof the congressional committee, and
they will come. out with triumph The
party is enraged in toosimportan work
for the country to be&interrupted by a
party which doesn't know It's own
father. .sjs ssli e5>sg>%s