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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
HELPING RECIPROCITY ALONG

Force OF circumstances is compelling US
to reckon with Western Canada. The
j gu r n ! has often spoken of the great
agricultural resources of that region, and
mas predicted that within ten years it
will be the greatest hard wheat raising
region in the world The enormous crop
raised there last year and bound for the
export market, almost entirely, has al
ready called the attention of MINNEAPOLIS
of Canadian competition. Canadian wheat
is now selling so cheaply abroad that the
Minneapolis export -four trade is in danger
of suffering thereby as foreign millers
can buy Canadian wheat and undersell the
Minneapolis exporters.
To remedy partially this unfortunate
state of affairs the local millers are think
ing of buying Canadian wheat and milling
it in bond for their export trade. If they
do this they will be able to meet the
foreign millers on equal terms as to the
price of Canadian wheat, since the duty
on Canadian wheat will be refunded when
the flour made from it is exported. So,
then, we are already confronted with the
desirability of using Canadian wheat in
the manufacture of flour designed for ex-
port. The time is approaching when
we shall need it for flour intended for
domestic consumption. Already, regard
less of the tariff, it is competing with
American wheat and forcing down the
price of the latter. If the tariff on wheat
were taken of and Canadian wheat were
merged in American wheat in" the mar
kets, the chances are that it would affect
the price less than now.
Truly, the development of the, Canadian
west is making the question of reciprocity
with Canada very live one for the peo-
pie of the American northwest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08

signatory powers the right to make new
agreements, with the view of extending OBJ
ligatory arbitration to whatever cases
they may see fit. 1t required the great
est tact and diplomacy to effect compo
sition of the disagreement, for Chile had
opposed the bringing in of the obligatory
arbitration matter into the congress at
ALL The advocates of that system signed
separate agreement together with The
Hague convention.
1t may be questioned If the well-known
tumultuary disposition of the majority
of the Spanish American republics can be
bound by the pledges the delegates made
al. the congress. Argentine and Chile
are glaring at each other across the An.
dean heights over the unsettled boundary
question; Peru and Bolivia fell keenly the
wound iEflicte ed upon them by the seizure
ofTacena and africa by Chile; Colombia and
Venezuela are in an incandescent state
OF wrath toward each other, while both
are in the throes of revolutionary move
ments within their borders. The SINGER
1ty OF these republics will be disclosed by
the earnestness will which they proceed
to adjust these disagreements. If they
keep up their chickering's there is little
hope for any lasting peace in Spanish
America. Mexico, under the liberal pol
Icy OF Diaz, backed by strong standing
army has been orderly and prosperous for
a quarter of a century, and it is possible
that, even If Diaz passes away, there will
De mo resurrection of the swashbuckler
instinct. The Mexicans have discovered
the supreme benefits of peace and order
and they will be likely to continue the
good work Of Diaz. All civilized govern
ments will watch the Spanish American
republics, now that,they have committed
themselves formally to arbitration as the
solvent of their differences.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
THE KAssON TREATIES

It is reported from Washington that
committee on foreign relations, will en-
deavor to bring the reciprocity treaties
negotiated by Mr.. Kasson to vote as
soon as he can, 1t will certainly be adj
visable to put the senate on record
upon this subject
The subcommittee Of the foreign re-,
lations committee, to whom was referred
procity treaties, reported last week, by
vote of three to one, Senator Cullom
being the minority, against the decision
that the treaties were defunct by reason
of the fact that the two years time al
lowed for the senate to ratify them had
expired and no action had been taken.
This decision was antagonized by Senator
Cul1om in a speech few days ago, in
which he very decisively took the ground
that the power of the president, with the
concurrence Of the senate, to negotiate
and effectuate treaties, is unlimited by
the constitution, and the clause in the
reciprocity section Of the Dingley tariff
limiting the time for negotiating such
treaties to two years and making con-
curing action Of the house necessary, is
therefore an attempt to limit the treaty.
making power of the president and senate.
Among the enumerated powers of the
president in article 2, section 2, of the
constitution, one is: '.He shall have DOW
er. by and with the advice and consent
of the senate to make treaties, provided
two-thirds Of the senators present con-
cur Even if such treaty modifies a
tariff duty no concurrence Of the house is
necessary, although that body claims jur-
isdiction over any act Of the senate at
fecting the revenues But, while the
house has power to regulate commerce in
the the United States, the president and
senate, under the constitution, have ex-
elusive treaty making power with foreign
governments. Where the constitution
does not limit, It is evident thatsthe house
cannot undertake to limit.
Another phase of this subject is the
objection made that the president and
senate cannot make concessions in tariff
duties to Cuban products without giving
similar concessions to all foreign ma
lions under the most favored nation
clause. The federal supreme court in
1887 decided, when San Domingo claimed
the concessions granted to- Hawaii on the
ground of the most favored nation clause.
that such claim had no validity. Secretary
Frelinghuysen said in letter to our
minister at Madrid in 1884: cit has never
occurred to the foreign governments or
this government, that we were constrained
by treaties containing the most favored
nation clause. to grant to the treaty
powers, without any equivalent, privi-
leges which we had by special engagement
stipulated to concede to countries ike
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
TO MAKE sY,oURsELF INVISIBLE
The Petit Albert


Purchase new pot. dish. mirror, agate,
steel: and finder; convey black cat-a
dead one will do At the stroke Of midnight,
fill your pot at the fountain, light fire, and
put the pot on it. Place the cat in the pot.
and hold the lid on with your left hand Re-
main for twenty-four hours in this position
without moving, speaking, eating or drinking;
and be especially careful not to look behind
you, whatever noises you may hear At the
end Of this time, take 1off the pot and place the
contents on the new dish. Separate the flesh
OF the cat from the bones, and throw the for
mer over your left shoulder. saying "Accipe
quod tibi do, ct nihil amplius.'' Then place
each bone in succession between your teeth
on the Iefthand side, looking in the mirror
meanwhile; those which produce no effect
must be thrown over the left shoulder With
the scarcely civil, but very necessary remark
given above. Retain that hone which when
placed between the teeth makes your image
disappear from the mirror; and having se-
cured this, the object OF your experiment, re-
tire from the room backward.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
THE COURSE OF BUSINESS

However desirable and beneficial a
thing may be in itself, it's continued en-
joyment in a superlative degree tends to
breed minor conditions antagonistic to it.
This maintains in the business world as
elsewhere.
Our country is now enjoying so great
an era of productive activity, that the
vast and complicated industrial mechan-
ism becomes clogged at times through
overpressure. All parts Of the great ma
chine cannot work in the same unison as
In times of normal production.
An illustration of this was noted re-
Gently when the car situation was at it's
worst, the enormous freight offerings, due
to the immensely increased volume of
production, having taxed the country's
transportation facilities to the breaking
point. - ..'~
1t is now considered questionable
whether there will be enough structural
iron to go around this spring. There is
fear of famine. Not for years has the
general outlook for spring and summer
building been so promising 1t is to be
hoped shat none of the important build
ing plans now in course of development
will be retarded, yet such is the pressure
upon the iron mills that the managers
acknowledge their inability to.keep pace
with the business offered them. In raw
iron there is practically no new business
being entered for delivery earlier than
July or August next.
Business in the stable mercantile lines
continues active with frmness the pre-
dominating tendency. Jobbers report
generally satisfactory spring inquiry Lo-
cally conditions are good Minneapolis
continues making good showings in bank
clearings, and for the week gained 22.9
per cent, compared with gain of 11.S
per cent for the county at large. Total
clearings were $2,214, 932, 90, of which
$7S2, 800 ,079.O0 was in centers outside New
York. t- 49, =,
Strength and increased activity was
shown in the stock market Discrimina-
ton was the rule, and while all stocks
frmed up in some degree, advances were
especially good in securities where late
reports of earnings afforded legitimate
rather than speculative ground for ad-
vances. Northwestern stocks led, notably
NJ. st. P. & S. S. M. preferred which
crossed par for its first time and sold
seven points above.
The grain trade is waiting for the de-
velopment of foreign demand for wheat.
The week has seen the market dull in
narrow range, and with tendency towards
weakness The growing winter wheat is
so we'll prot and so abundantly sup
piled with moisture, that for the time
the trade has ceased to look in that di-
rection for any inspiration towards higher
prices Manitoba wheat continues pres
sing for sale at low prices. Minneapolis
flour mills may undertake to grind this
wheat In bond, which would rid us of this
competition more quickly, although the
immediate effect of it would probably be
depressing to American wheat values.
Exports of wheat for the week were q APT :
2s6 bushels compared with 4,330, eS1
bushels in this week last year,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
LION IN A LOTTERY

At Dieppe ''tombola" was drawn at the
menagerie pezon-the prize, living lion!
Immediately the winning number was an
nonnced, says the Paris Messenger. the holder
cried out: This .way!'' and held up the
lucky ticket "All right said the manager,
''the lion is yours" Thereupon the winner
approached the cage, a pair of scissors in
hand, and stretched forth his arm, evidently
to mark the right lion, but was stopped
by an employee who cautioned him to be care
full or he might smart" for his haste. Very
WE'LL" said the winner; II will sleep over
it. and let you know tomorrow how have
arranged for the delivery" NO, no. said
the manager; 1.-THE lion must he taken away
seance tenante.'' WELL" replied the winner,
..you have kept your word in offering me
live lion, but I would rather have a dead
one! Give me five minutes to get a gun and
will soon settle the matter" The manager
said he had no objection to that plan, but
added what will you do with the dead lion?
You will only get the skin! Now, have got
the skin Of dead lion which I will give you,
and you can let me keep the live lion.' This
arrangement, which saved much trouble to
everybody, was joyfully accepted by both
parties.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08

The South Dakota business men are
deserving of applause for their early ar
rangements for a worthy exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. If some
thing is not presently done in Mime
sofa, we shall find ourselves, at the elev-
enth hour, hurrying to complete an in
adequate state exhibit. Minnesota should
be conspicuous at the exposition as hav-
ing one OF the greatest state exhibits.
It is our exposition far more than either
the Chicago or Buffalo expositions were.
AS the third state of the Louisiana pur-
chase in population and wealth, mag
nifcent exhibit will be expected of us.
and we cannot afford to disappoint such
an expectation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
ARGUMENT FOR 1RR1GAT1oN

Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson in National
Magazine.
! am in favor of having more homes out in
the west Uncle Sam has great deal of
land andrya great deal of water out there.
That land is arid, and the water which would
make, 1T; productive is running to waste. I
would wet some of those great mountain val
leys and plains, and build more homes, and
make more markets.
That is the development of the United States
that ! want to see. And want to say to you.
gentlemen, that4I have all the confidence in
the world that you will move along conserva-
tive lines. You must not alarm our eastern
brethren by trying to do everything all at
once This great work will take time It
will take many years to wet all that dry
land, but we ought to begin now and go along
carefully each year until the task is DONE
e You will not get many dams built or neigh
borhoods started before the eastern business
men will have their travelling men out there
to sell goods. They will find it is grand
thing to have people out there to buy from
them.
You need not worry about finding settlers
for your arid land after you have reclaimed
it. The farmers have the money now to buy
that land and put their boys on it just as fast
as you can get it ready for them. and they
will do it; and I would much rather see them
do it than have them go to Canada
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
AMERICAN COAL INVASION
London Mail.

The coal trade regards the annointmon+ =.
royal conn ission with satisfaction For
solne tlne 1t has been fighting a hard battle
Win 1orelgn competitors and mine owners
ueclare that unless something is done hoth
they and the men must suffer
increasing cost of Production caused :;
many cases by the greater depths of tho
mines, and American competition. are snolen
VI DIS the TWO great causes of depression
A year ago American competition in the
european coal trade was almost a neslisihle
quantity This is no longer SO. The Ameri
cans are securing much of the Mediterranean
trade, and are making speciaI arranpemen+s
to annex the trade Of Switzerland.
One Of the leading Berlin coal do,,or
bustax Schultz, who has recently been visit
ing America, declares that the increasing
American competition will mainly affect Enc
land According to him, the American BIZ
luminous coal will carry all before it on the
Mealterranean coast. In the anthracite trade
the exports to Germany, Holland, Scandi-
navia and France, which now comes from
England, will in the near future come from
America. He also believes that finally even
England will obtain her hard coal from tina
United States
Mr.. Quincy, the British consul at Mar
settles, reports that American coal imports
have increased very rapidly there during the
past three years, the estimated total for
this year being 2OO,O 900 TONS The American
trade started, Mr.. Quincy declares. owing
to the exorbtant price of British coal in
1889
THE Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean
Railway company and the Compagnie Gen
erale Trarsatlantique find they can burn
American small coal without any loss by
working it into brquettes. The first step
has been successfully TAKEN" says Mr. Cur
ney. 1.-The question is longer one of quail
tiles, but of freghts and prices
One branch OF the proposed inquiry of the
royal commission, that on 1.-THE adoption of
better Methods has already been tie sub
ject of much attention. In America nearly
quarter Of the coal is cut by machinery; in
England only little over 1 per cent The
London Colliery Guardian had a careful
investigation of the results of this few
months ago, and showed that coal in Eng
land costs twice as much to bring to the
plymouth as 1t does in America
Machinery alone, however, is not to blame
for this, although machine-cutting makes
difference of I'd ton. In this country seams
are steadily getting deeper. and in some
places in Lancashire coal is being mined
in what is considered to be very near its
present limits. In Northumberland seams
two feet thick which were despised thirty
years ago, are now being worked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
Buy PANAMA

Now that public sentiment is rapidly
veering around from the Nicaragua to
the Panama route for the interoceanic
canal, G. E. Penfield, formerly United
States diplomatic agent to Egypt, has
come forward with a suggestion that may
yet be acted on. 1t is that the
United States buy the whole isthmus from
the Colombian government, so that the
canal will be not in leased but in actual
American territory. Mr.. Penfeld does
not, of course, advocate aggression. He
thinks that in the present desperate
straits of the Colombian government
which is still involved in a civil war in
which over $4,000 men have lost their
lives and the country has been reduced
to poverty, a good round sum would in
duce Colombia to cede the state of Panama
to the United States. He asserts that
such change in sovereignty would be
agreeable to the people of Panama. who
dc not like to call themselves Colomhians
even now. Several times in the past there
have been popular movements looking
toward annexation to the United States.
Three-fourths of the capital invested in
Panama is American.
1t is very probable that il the Panama
route is chosen for the canal the United
States will endeavor to obtain actual
ownership of the contiguous territory:
even if it does not wish for the whole
OF the state. It is notorious that bust
ness on the Panama railway has often
been interfered with by the incessant
revolutions and Instructions, and it is
quite conceivable that ship canal might
be injured, Or. at least, that traffic would
be impeded. England found that the Suez
canal and the Importance of her inte tests
dependent upon it made it wise for her
to intervene in Egypt, and stay there
The interests of the United States would
be so great in an interoceanic canal that
it would be simple good sense for the
nation to own the territory through which
the canal will pass If such ownership
is acquired all nations will feel assured
that the great commerce that will flow
through the canal will be as safe as life
and property now are in Porto Rico.
The annexation Of this strategicalIy
valuable piece Of territory to the United
States would undoubtedly prove very pop
ular now that the nation is so thoroughly
committed to the expansion idea and so
completely convinced that it must hence
forth play leading international role.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08

The grain men who appeared before the
Legislative committee yesterday to express
their objections to the proposed tax law,
doubtless made deep impression on the
members Of the committees. 1t is true
that it is quite possible that the law would
the great primary wheat market. If the
proposed law were to work up to its
theory, the tax might not be stronger
than the grain men could stand. But
there's the rub. The grain men are fully
justified in endeavoring to protect them
selves against the necessity of taking the
chance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
NOTHING TO Be PROUD OF

The Chicago papers announce with q
tone of triumph that when the Hun
garian v1olinist, Kubelik, drew his bow
across the strings on Saturday afternoon,
he was the richer by $4,000 for his four
concerts given in the Auditorium,
Just why the Chicagoans should consider
this matter for self laudation is hard
to guess To a dispassionate observer the
fact that Chicago is willing to be feeced
more effectually than any other city in
the union-perhaps in the world-would
scarcely. seem a reason for graduation.
The fact stated does not at all mean that
Chicago is the most musical town in the
world, nor necessarily that 1t is the rich
est, but only that it has the largest num-
Der of people who for one reason or an
other are willing to pay exorbitant prices
for thing that should be had for less.
It is a notorious fact that America is
the golden land of the imported actor or
artists receive such salaries, and to tour
the states is generally to find a fortune.
That this is so is not the fault of the
artists, but of the Americans who per-
NIT it.
The custom Of charging high prices for
seats for an imported artist arose in the
days when a trip here. was looked upon
as something Of an undertaking not to
be lightly entered into. The cities large
enough to pay for grand opera, or re-
nowned singers, were comparatively few
and widely scattered, hence it was need
full to offer lure to the singers and to
charge high prices to defray the expenses.
All this is now a thing of the past. The
trip to the United States is a mere baga-
telle-six days in a luxurious steamer and
bare hundred dollars or two bring the
applicant to country where cities filled
with intelligent critics abound-cities
where they may add to their fame and
at the same time reap rich harvest.
But why should we pay more than other
countries for the same thing Why should
we advertise the amounts we give and
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