The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-26
COLLINS CI1RULLI
President and Minnesota Jurist Ex-
change Amenities. =
SPLENDID WORK OF TORRANCE
John GOodnovv Makes Himself Felt
Anew-Fred Barrows Adam
dOns Hope.

After the judge had been presented, the
president, his face lighting up with a
smile OF recognition, said: "Why, I re-
member you very well, judge; you are the
watermelon man." an impeachment which
Collins admitted without protest
i remember my visit to Minneapolis
very we'll, continued the president: sit
was one of the bright days Of my life. My
welcome fas perfect, and the entertain
ment worthy in every way to the people
OF the north star state. BY the way, that
was splendid dinner at Mr.. Shevlin's,
wasn't t?''
- What about, the watermelon story?'
l asked Judge Collins after the visit to the
president was over. .,-.-.. .Es-... -
well, I told the president a water
melon story when he was in Minneapolis
last September" said the Judge; sit was a
very little story, and concerned very
prised that the president should have re-
membered 1t so long. His memory is GER
tainly in fine working order"
And continuing from that point, Judge
Collins told the watermelon story to T b e
Q u n a man, about as follows:
When. l was a small boy j was living In
the Eden Prairie country in Hennepin county
This was back in 1854, and there was no
Minneapolis, and not very much Of st. An
thony. One day another farmer boy and my
self loaded wagon with watermelons and
started with them for st. Anthony. 1t was
long drive over the only good roads then
in the county, around by Fort Smelling but
we stuck to it manfully, and finally reached
the west river bank at what is now Mime
apolis, and were ferried across. We drove our
wagon down to what Is now Central avenue
and about Main street, and there offered the
melons for sale. By night we had $40 in our
pockets-a very large sum for country boys
in those days-and, getting Into our empty
wagon, we drove around by Fort Smelling
and back home, arriving the next morning.
I told this story to the president, describing
in detail the wild and unsettled condition of
the county in that early day. mainly for the
purpose of enabling him to appreciate the
rapid development Of the county and state,
hardly thinking that he would remember the
story after the lapse OF so many months.
Judge Torrance's Happy Effort.
The speech which Judge Torrance de-
livered at the Grand Army banquet in
Washington last week, when he was the
guest of honor, with the president, at a
banquet given by the Department Of the
Potomac, is said to have been one of the
happiest efforts of his life. He was lis
tened to with the closest attention, and
many eyes were. moist before he had fin
ished. Said Judge Collins in speaking Of
the banquet next day:
We always have been proud of Judge Tor
rance as chief, but he sur
prised his best friends by that speech. 1t
was eloquent, forceful, persuasive and rose
to the highest pitch Of grace and dignity.
Everybody was affected by it. I noticed a
tear stealing down by own face, and, look
ing around, discovered that the faces OF every
body near me were wet. Judge Torrance will
never make a better address than that one,
or one which will be received with more gen
uine expressions of good will. .
During their stay in Washington, Mr..
and Mrs Torrance have been paid marked
attention by prominent people in all
walks Of life. Nearly every night there
has been reception, banquet, or some
thing of that sort, and during the day,
when the pension committee was not in
session, the Riggs house was thronged
with prominent people who were anxious
to see him. His trip through New Eng
lanS was a triurnphal tour in every in-
portant respect, and it is said by those
who were members Of the party that no
ommander-in- chief has ever been re-
ceived so graciously, and with so many
pronounced expressions of loyalty and
love. No other commander-in-chief, it
is further said, has been able so elo-
quently and forcibly to respond to toasts
and addresses of welcome.
Goodnow's Excellent Work.
It should he OF interest to manufac-
turers Of proprietary articles, who are
now doing business in the fowery king
dom, as we'll as to others who contemplate
opening UP trade relations there, that
owing to the efforts of Consul General
John Goodnow at Shanghai and his zeal
in guarding the interests of American
traders, those who have valuable proper
ties in brands and trade marks may re-
ceive in Chinese courts much the same
protection from limitations of their marks
as they enjoy under American laws. China
has never, up to within a few months.
recognized the right Of manufacturer
to the sole ownership and control of a
trade mark, even when registered in a
foreign consulate; the result Of this has
been that manufacturer, after making
trade mark popular with the Chinese,
has been subjected to no end of trouble,
annoyance and expense to keep his brand
from being initiated by INSCRIPTIONS ma
t1ves, the manufacturer having no other
recourse to protect himself than to bride
or brighten the offenders, seldom accom-
plishing any lasting good results, in many
sections of the country his brand being
utterly destroyed. ALI this has now been
changed.
After several years of persistent work,
Mr.. Goodnow has at last succeeded in OBJ
tanning from three of the most powerful
viceroys, who administer law over the
greater part Of north China, proclamations
prohibiting the imitation of the trade
marks of a leading American manufac-
turer's goods. Simple as this statement
may sound, 1t is a long step towards an
international trade mark and copyright
law with China, and Mr.. Goodnow's work
in obtaining this important concession
shows diplomacy, skill and tact of the
highest quality. There is probably nc
country where the courts as well as the
people respect precedent more than in
China These proclamations being &C
cepted by the Chinese in the same spirit
as a supreme court decision would be in
the United States, and while these edicts
have been issued solely for the protection
of one manufacturer, the fact remains
that in recognizing the rights of one, the
rights of all manufacturers must be pro-
tected by the same proclamations. Ameri-
can business men who have property
rights in trade marks In China, when their
marks are registered in the consulate in
Shanghai, have reason to fear less to-
day than ever before that their brands
will be pirated. They have. recourse now
to law.
Captain Barrows Without Hope.
Captain McCabe, who for eighteen
months was in the field in the Philippine
war and who now is head of the govern
ment forestry departm ent CT the islands,
is in Washington to testify before com
mittees of congress regarding the need
for the enactment of certain land and for
estry laws. He is we'll acquainted with
Captain F. J. Barrows, of Minneapolis,
now serving five years in Bilidad prison,
Manila, for embezzlement of army funds
Barrows is bookkeeper in the prison, and
says that he does not care for a pardon.
His wife has secured a divorce from him