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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

Judging from Judge Gray's remarks in
the coal arbitration commissions session
yesterday, the commission does not pro-
pose to go into the question of whether
the operators can afford to pay living
wages or not. It assumes that if they
This is good sense. Inquiry as to5whethec
the operators can afford to pay what the
men earn would last indefinitely and
would be aside from the point. Let
those mines close that cannot pay fair
wages, and the sooner the better. Not
many. however, will close even under ap-
plication Of this rule.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

literature Mr.. Ralph means only fiction
literature. Cur literature is a very vol
luminous and robust thing, in history.
science, art, philosophy, etc. Fiction is
part of it and if Mr.. Ralph finds naught
but f1abbiness in that, he is a rather
careless, and prejudiced reader. Certain
ly. there is no lack of the robust in Booth
Tarkington's :The Two Vanrevels,' .
which, indeed, has its faults, but is full of
good, strong, robust work, and cannot
reasonably be characterized as "7abby,"
and lacking in new red blood. The same
may be said. of Jack London's fine stories
of the northwest. His heroes are heroes
indeed, and as robust as any. reasonable
person can desire. Don't be so hyper
critical and toploftical. Mr.. Ralph!
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

desirable is not important; but it IS i'm
portant that new congress should get to
work before It's members forget what is
sues they were elected Oh. At present, un-
less an extra session is called. members
are elected thirteen months before they
convene. BY that time they are often out
Of touch with their constituents, and de-
manded legislation Is, at the best, delayed
about q year, 49,. - '5*.<a = !: ~. : :.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
SONNET.

The passionate Summers dead the sky's
agloW
With roseate fusles Of matured desire. B
The winds at eve are musical and low, Is
AS sweeping chords of lamenting Tyre,
Far up among the pillared clouds Of fire .
Whose pomp Of grand procession upward
rolls
With gorgeous blazonry of pictured folds
10 celebrate the summers past renown:
All, me, how regally the heavens look
down.
'ershadoWing beautiful, a,1tumnal woods
And harvest fields with boarded increase
brown,
And deep-toned majesty OF golden floods
That lift their solemn dirges to. the sky
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
DAILY DIVERSION.

Broke His Record.-William J. Bryan,
who was the guest Of honor at the smoker
of the New York Press club. was elected
an honorary member by a viva voce vote
without dissenting voice. In his ac-
knowledgment Mr.. Bryan aroused much
laughter by saying:
:. I can assure you, gentlemen, that I
am glad to be unanimously elected to
something, and especially in New York. y
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

Speaking Of ship subsidies, one of the
countries which has developed her shipping
more in proportion to her Importance than
any other, is Norway, and this has been
done without government subsidies or
government support Of any kind. On the
other hand, France and Italy, which have
been most liberal in subsidies, have sue
ceeded in accomplishing the least in build
ing up merchant. marine. -,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
"Ten Nights In Bar. Room" at the Ly

"Ten Nights In Bar Room" at the Ly-
p. 2, ceun1. e.. TO- I
1t is peculiar fact that s'Ten Nights in
a ar-Room,'' which is not play, but an
illustrated temperance lecture, should have
broken all records at the Lyceum the
ater, Sunday night; and, despite the
heavy snowfall of last evening should
have attracted to that playhouse, one of
the larges Monday audiences of the sea-
son., This, however, is not a reflection
upon the taste of Minneapolis theater-
geers. the audiences so far this week hav-
ing been made up largely Of those who
seldom enter the doors Of a playhouse
for any reason; and who We're attracted
to the Lyceum by the very announcement
that kept patrons who have acquired the
Ferris habit at home. ~ . ..
From a theatrical standpoint little can
be said in favor Of this piece. It is old
fashioned, didatic, faulty in construction
and excessively talky. Its lesson lis
f1aunted constantly in the face of the au-
dience. Its dialogue is stilted and unnat-
ural to a degree; and yet it's production
by the Ferris company seems likely to
prove one Of the most profitable financial
ventures of the stock season.
Viewed as a play, 'Ten Nights in
Bar Room is hopelessly and irredeein-
ably bad considered as an argument
against the drink habit it has been pro-
nOunced effective, ana undoubtedly makes
strong appeal to those auditors whose
point Of view is superficial and who do
not permit themselves to mark the
obvious exaggerations and artiiciality OF
the story.
Credit must be given to several mem
bers of the cast for excellent work in the
roles allotted to them. AS the town drunk
ard who is finally reclaimed through his
love for little child, w. D.<Corbett COM
pletely submerges his identity in the part,
something he has not succeeded in doing
heretofore. His acting Of the besotted
Morgan is by all odds the best thing he
has yet done here, and fully deserves
the applause it won from last nights au-
dience
Ben Johnson in the part of Simon Slade,
the tavern keeper; and Miron Leffingwell
as Sample SWitchell also are deserving of
praise. Charles Crawford, a young man
whose stage experience has been prac-.
tically nil, surprised even his friends by
the excellence of his work as Frank Slade :,
and Baby Blessing proved a natural child
actress, despite the absurdity Of the lines
allotted her. The others were satisfact-
ory. ri. S. Lawrence.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

Bob Dunn is agitated because a friend
announced yesterday at Duluth, with some
show of authority, that the state auditor
would be candidate for governor in 1904
Mr.. Dunn need not be, disturbed There
has been a. faint suspicion aaoat as to his
intentions for some time. Nobody is par
ticularly startled.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

What is this rank heresy we read. in
the Tribune? The great J. j. Hill is ac-
cused of putting out a "craftily qualified
statement While the editorial page is
doing this, the news columns assert that
no such Importance was attached to Mr..
Hills remarks in New York as to cause
the formation of the banking pool.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

The debates In the house of comm ons
yesterday again prove the determination
of British statesmen to maintain close
friendship with the United States at al
most any sacrifice. 1t is good states
manshfp, and should be kept in mind by
our Canadian friends.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

It is proposed to put an end to- work
ing out''reead l.. taxes IN minnesota and to
turn the blebodied inmates. Of local cor
rectional, institutions, out to. work: on the
roads. = Both proposals are good. The
roads need the farmers money more than
his work, and they also need the work the
convicts need to give for their health.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

The result is that the missionary societies
have certain contempt for the associa-
tions, and the weak churches, instead Of
being strengthened are allowed to die.
No business man will be the worse for
active co-operation in some church work,
and If more business men don't cooperate
it. will certainly be the worse for the
churches.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

There IS no reason in the world why
alcohol used in the Industrial arts should
pay a tax of S1.10 a gallon. To tax alco-
hol used in industry is just about the
same as specially taxing any other raw
material We are therefore strongly in
favor Of the bill now pending in congress
to reduce the tax on alcohol so used to 70
cents gallon. '>
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
The American business man is certainl

The American business man is certainly.
too busy. He is too busy to be in politics
or church. President Dan. F. Bradley
Congregational club that the trouble with
Congregationalism was that its laymen
were not doing their part. The strong
laymen. he said, rarely attended meetings
Of local. state and national associat tions
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

COIlulCiOll III WHICH
his first book found
it-still needing an
infusion of new red
blood and a very
great strengthening
of muscle and hard
ening of flesh" Still
more pessimistic is
his assertion that
"our literature is an
Ada1nless Eden full
Of sweet girls and
never a single robust
man or adult woman
either. -
All c,1clo talk iS
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
Books and Authors
TOO .HYPERCRITlCAL.

Julian Ralph speaks rather despairingly
of our fiction literature. He weeps over
the grave of the gifted Frank Norris and
declares that his apparently untimely TAX
ing off ~'leayes American literature in the
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
Educational Test for Immigration.

LII poItlcal campaign years we get a
tremendous volume OF talk about protec-
ing American labor, but when congress
meets lt.'refuses. year after year to give
us an effective law restricting immigra-
ton. No such law can be of great value
unless it ,embodies an educational test.
Our protective tariff will afford little pro-
lection to our American workmen and
their high standards if. we subject them
to competition with the hordes Of lgror
ant, low standard workers that Europe IS
now pouring upon, us at the rate of zoo. 00D
a year. ,
OF the 64S.743 persons who came to this
country in the storage last year l65. 1O5
were llllterate. It is true that many Cf
these 1lliterate' will make better citizens
than some of the literate. and that an
honest 1lliterate is far more valuable to
America than dishonest literate But
when 100000 people yearly come to our
shores we must deal with them, not in
dividually, but by general rules, and We
cannot hope to escape doing injustice in
some cases.
AS a general rule an educational test
will give us the worthy and reject the
unworthy: The Scandinavians who come
to our shores number only five tenths of
one per cent of illiterates. Last year S.
78O Of these splendid immigrants came
to u.s. and the application of an educa-
tional test would have kept out onlv 27e
of them. The percentages of illiteracv
among the European immigrants who give
us our most desirable people are as fol-
lows: Scotch, '1.2: Finnish. ia; Bohemian
and Moravian 1.6; English, 8; Irish. 80:
French, 4.S; German. 81; Dutch and Elem
ish, rs; North Italian; 144. This coun-
try can hardly get too many of these sorts
OF people: They rapidly rise to American
standards and add to the crucible of our
racial composition some valuable elements
or physical and mental sturdiness.
On the other hand. the immigrants
: who give us the most trouble and who, as
a whole, give us the most undesirable
population elements have a very nigh
rate Of illiteracy. Notice these figures
Magyar. 1873; Slovak, 25.9; Roumanian
2s.s; Greek, so; Polish, 3s.4; Croatian anc
Slovenian, 1872; Ruthenian, SO: Lithuanin
54.1; South italian, 56.4; Portuguese, Il 6
Hebrew, 2S.6; Syrian, 81. We do no,
undertake to say that among these las,
named nationalities there are not man,
excellent immigrants, but we do mainta,ir
that they are largely confined to the liter
ate portion, and that as a whole the illit
crate, ones are undesirable
In view of. these figures it is greatly tt
be regretted that congress seems to bt
disposed to pass the pending immigratio,
bill with its educational test eliminated
In this great country Of ours we ca,
hardly get too many of the best people o
other lands. The more Of them that com
a to us the greater and stronger and bette
we shall be, but the poor material crowd
the larger cities, fills insane asylum
and our prisons, clogs our courts Of jus
tice, lowers the standard Of living amon
workmen and pulls down wages.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

The world is no better than it was two
days ago, but the part Of it hereabouts
that received ten inches of snow looks bet
ter. Snow, beautiful snow, what a multi
tude of back yards are idealized by YOU
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
1T UNDOUBTEDLY WILL.

New York Evening Sun.
The voluntary raising of the pay OF
106, 900 of its men by the Pennsylvania
railroad is not only sign of the prevail
ing prosperity, but shows that this great
corporation believes that it will continue.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
WELL. MEANING BUT MrsTAk EN-.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Not a, single army officer is now IN
favor Of abolishing the canteen Every
officer has found its abolition an injury
to the morale of his men. Now, will the
we'll meaning but eddlesolne prohibition
lists keep silence for a while?
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

Representative De Almond of Missouri
proposes an amendment to the constitu-
ton making Aprls30 Inauguration day and
the beginning Of the congressional term
about the first of the calendar year fol-
lowing the election of "a new congress. The
changing Of the Inauguration date though
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

An American syndicate says 1t can
make gas for Paris at half the present
cost If this syndicate would onlv he
content to stay at home! .s.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
WHAT A FALL, MY couNTRYMEN.n
ST J,o7,is G1obe-De,, oc,,.

st. Louis G1obe-Democrat
Two dollars and a half of Mexican silver
are now required to purchase "a dollar Of
American currency. The Mexican coin
will eventually drop to level with the
Kansas City platform.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
HIS GREATEST SUCCESS

Chicago Daily News.
Mrs. Waggs--I understand that drinking
is one of your husband s failings.
Mrs. Jaggs-Yoli have been misin-
formed. 1t is his most pronounced sue
cess.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

one OF j. j. Hills sons has just lost his
job on the Great Northern-and a cold
winter coming on, too. -:
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
SAME FAMILY: DIFFERENT GENUS
Princeton TigeS.

y i1ttCCCOII -
Jack, DEAR she sighed; ..JacA, when
you are gone shall pine away. y
Don't" he answered, adding with an
uneasy laugh .don't pine away spruce
up .sz48
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

The Rosebud, S. D., Sioux Indians have
built several hundred miles of wagon
roads this year. We need few Indians
of that kind in Minnesota. '-Eti
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

Europe is slowly finding out that Ven
ezuela is somewhere south of Missouri
and about two blocks north of the hor-
rOrS.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

Don't fail to buy the new. book Love
Letters of Lunatic 49, -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

The literary output of this war has been
large-two ultimate and about eighteen
or twenty manifestoes some of which
have been canned for. foreign consum-
ton. e; y
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
FUNDS AND THEIR USES. ByF. A. clev

FUNDS AND THEIR USES. BY F. A. Cleveland.
Ph. D.. Wharton School of Finance and Econ.
oiny University of Pennsylvania. Illustrated.
New York. d. Appleton & Co. Price $l.2o
The author in this volume sets forth the
methods and institutions employed in
modern financial transactions. He shows
the Importance of the study of private
financial institutions and of the methods of
floating great commercial and Industrial
enterprises and thinks that public atten-
ton has been too exclusively given to the
funding and other financial operations OF
the government and that the terms fl
nance and funds" are too much asso-
ciated with public affairs. He discusses
the various forms of money and credit
used as funds and the method OF transfer
Of credit funds: the obtaining OF funds by
gift and inheritance and by active cooper
ating in industrial life. The chapters
on the insurance company, trust company,
now largely entering the bankers field; the
commercial bank; building loan assocfa-
tions; savings banks; the United States
treasury; credit funds and commercial
credit, contain valuable and well-con-
densed information and the book is worthy
Of the largest study.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

brand OF assininity.
The snow plough man with a. horse
hltched to q sharp lath: was seen run
nlng up and down :; the sidewalks this
morning under the impression that he
was clearing a path r
This glorious snow reminds one of
those glad, free days of youth when the
nelghbor's boy got. behind the fence
about ten feet away from you with a
SNOWFALL and soaked you in the ear with
all his strength. All, how well do you re-
member the gladstone, ''tunk" Of the wet
missile, as it landed on your auditory
canal and the~two or three new constella-
tlons that blazed forth and the; fierce de-
termination that. arose in the soul to
break that neighbors child in two and
the stern confidence that it could be done
7 7 you could eget4your hands on him. Yet
INSIDE OF ten minutes peace1 would be
declared- and. the 4neighbor's son would
pe trying. ITO swap! you his damaged lack
knl1e without amy blades in it for your
new Christmas sled or something eonaj1v
as good. Somehow you could never catch
up with that ne1ghbor's boy until Won
threw scantling under his feet when he
was skating and he fell over on his face
and knocked two teeth out Then his
1ather came over to your house and
'beeted' terribly, soaring little brothar
nearly to death.
%, the glad free days Of pirac, low.
lessness and youth
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

There will be no performance of .',ren
Nights in a Bar-Room" to-m orrow even
ing. the Apollo club having made a con-
tract for Dec. II over a year ago, long
time before Mr.. Ferris secured the Ly-
ceurn.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

The trouble with New Mexico is that
the senators are afraid Of admitting a
South American revolution to the union.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

Seems strange that so much of the
snow falls over, on the sidewalk. .,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

bitterness Of his life. The life in the
Italian quarter is picturesquely described
and the closing scene between Burroughs
and Margaret is finely dramatic.
TEN SKETCHES. By Miss Fl. Clopath, instruc-
tor in art at the University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis: The School Education company.
Miss Clopatl1 has in these drawings OF
views in Minneapolis reproduced 'in half
tone, shown her artistic taste and skill
and loyal truthfulness to nature and this
portfolio of sketches is a, pleasant me-
mento of Minneapolis and of the gifted
lady whose dainty fingers have wrought
such excellent effects of light and shade.
The water and the shadows Of the arches
of the stone railway bridge upon it, and
the. night view of the pavilion at Lake
Harriet. with the reflections of the cleo
trio lights upon the water are excellent
examples of Miss Clopath's work. There
are views of Fort Smelling and the river.
Minnehaha creek and the university build
fngs
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Swan b: Molander of Mora. stl1nna ga
clerk under State Auditor Dunn, created
the political sensation of the day yester
DAY by announcing in Duluth Mr.. Dun11's
canoldacv Tor governor, ir 1904 The an
nouncement was noted in II he Jo1,rS
n al yesterday, and also Mr.. Dunn's rc-s
pudiation. 1t seems that Molande1: ,,,:ade
d serious break and prematurely sprung
a Doom Which was not ripe. The victim
OF the Interview said last evening:
Molander's announcement of nv cam
o1dacy for governor in 1904 is all rot and
entlrely unauthorized: have not made
up my mind to again enter politics and
certainly have not authc rized anyone tn
announce me as candidate for. any cf-
fee - - '.s1N''
Mr.. Nolander evidently, thought he.
was dolng me good turn. He is at Du-
luth attending to some stumpage business
ana when the interview was called to nv
attention I at once communicated with
him, taking him severely to task for his
unauthorized enthusiasm in my behalf as
an alleged candidate.'' 49,. ~4r. ~ :,
IL is manlfestly too soon to start a CAM
palgn Tor a state office two years in the
future, and it is bad politics to put
candidate in the field SO long ahead that
people will tire of him before the fight
is, really on. The state auditors friends
are confident that he will be in the field
Is not saying a word He is finishing his
term as state auditor, after which he will
retire to his editorial sanctum at Prince
ton and possibly spend some time in tray
ell recuperattng his energies
A state official predicts that at the
final show down there will be just three
candidates for governor: r" C.. Dunn
from northern Minnesota; c.. A.. Smith
nd, Il
l<asson, from the southern part of the
state. He predicts that the sadministra-
tlon forces will be behind Senator Lord,
who has always been a strong administra-
tlon man. There are many strong Van
SAINT men. however, who are favorable to
Dunn, and others who may be found in
the Smith camp, should the big lumber
man become a candidate. Dunn is out. of
| favor with the railroad powers, notwith-
standing his public defense Of the merger,
because he refused to enter as candidate
this year. He was pledged to Van SAINT,
and refused to oppose the governor, great
~ incensing the merger interests, who
knew he was the only man who stood any
show Of breaking in.f However, Dunn has
always made poor mans camptign, and
probably will not mourn the loss of rail-
| road support, bearing in mind the fate Of
L.. A. Rosing.
! The Madelia Messenger says at the con-
clusion of strong article on the speaker
| ship.
1T is to be regretted that any Of the
representatives from this part Of the
| state. at least, should be found supporting
DIR. Babcock for speaker
There is a chance for the Messenger to
do some missionary work on w. A. Hin
ton and A. d. Palmer who represent that
legislative district.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16
The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed.

The snow shovel had hot box this
morning.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

Stocks have slumped a little but Christ
mas gewgaws are firm and higher.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-16

1t may be Patriotism" but at this
distance from South America it has every
appearance of a very cheap and volatile
brand of assininity. - p : "
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
HORSES LIKE TOBACCO.
one Nag That COT % BE . ConArmed
Ohewer Of the to Some OBJ = e.
noxious Weed, ~ :

you bet your life that horses love
tobacco" said horse owner TO the
man who was inclined to doubt his
original assertion that horses were
very fond of chewing tobacco, relates
the Washington Star. Don't they?"
he asked the fat policeman who was
listening to the argument. The latter
assented, and the first speaker went
on. my old friend here" pointing to
the policeman, remembers that roam
horse used to have. Well, every morn
ing when went into the nag's stall
she looked around at me as much as
to ask if had brought her morning
chew of tobacco with me. I used to
tease her by pretending I did not see
her, but she would look around again,
and then begin to make a noise. After
I would tease her awhile would give
her a good chew of tobacco, and she
would be satisfied. Then I gave her
the morning meal on top of that. The
tobacco was somewhat stimulating,
and whenever it is once started you
may be sure you will have to keep it
up. It prevents collie, and makes the
coats of the animals sleek and pretty.
I remember horse I used to have
that frequently gave chew of my to-
bacco. One day I pulled a long plug
of the weed out of my pocket, and
after taking chew myself handed it
over to the horse. The animal tore of
big chew and was rolling it around
in his mouth when I looked around and
saw an old woman standing there.
You ought to be ashamed of YOURSELF
she said. Isn't it bad enough to chew
tobacco yourself, without teaching
the poor beast to contract the vile
habit?' I didn't answer her, as felt
certain that the horse was enjoying
while the woman fused"