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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
SENATOR WASHBURN's VIEW

TIL Journal publishes to-day a
striking interview with Former Senator
w. D. Washburn, who has just returned
suits in confirmation of all the views on
the Cuban question the senator previous
ly held. 1t is not necessary to review
his remarks here. They make it still
more evident that congress is wandering
far from the path of national duty
towards Cuba. -~
The senator touches on one point re-
lating to the beet sugar industry that is
likely to excite much comment and prob
ably some marked divergences of views,
when he says: 81
think tho time is past when this govern
ment should furnish a support to all industry
not natural to the country. l do not think we
can compete with Cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines without resorting to artificial
methods. .---r
This means that Senator Washburn does
not believe in the imposition of pro-
tective tariff on sugar or on any other
article which is not naturally and easily
the product of this country. In other
words, the senator thinks the United
States has now grown so great and pow
erful that it is not worth while for it to
resort TO hotnouse methods Of encourag-
ing new industries. He would have us go
on raising wheat and cattle, making steel
and iron and machinery and the thousand
articles made in America and in demand
abroad, and let the Cubans, the Porto
Ricans and the Fil1pinos supply us with
sugar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
JUSTLY CONVICTED

The verdict in the Cuban postal fraud
cases. Nicely, Reeves and Rathbone being
the principal conspirators in the raid on
government resources, was somewhat
slow in getting on the books, but it is
there and should stay there, notwith-
standing the efforts to bring about thrill
of executive clemency
These men began early in their careers
to fulfill the predictions of the enemies
OF the national administration to the ef
feet that our trusteeship over Cuba and
our administration of island possessions
acquired by the treaty of Paris would open
the doors to predatory hordes of Office
holders, who would feed on public plumber
and place the administration in such
tight place that it would present itself
before the country as kind of convoy
for thieves to it's own undoing. One Of
the pet arguments of the so-called anti
imperialists was that our insular depend
encies would be rotten as to administra-
ton, and the roguery of our officials
would set the nation against the expan-
sion OF our territory. But no such was
Sdl1 VI tllAc LIDS LdhSu pldCS. AC1 o
have been, aside from the Cuban postal
frauds, a few dishonest officers found in
the government commissary department
in the Philippines who have been arrested
and put to trial. In Porto Rico there
have been very few cases Of misappro-
priation of funds and take it altogether
the insular administrations have been
commercially free from the faint OF en-
beZzlement.
The Cuban embeZZlers Of postal funds
were appointed apparently for political
reasons, when the war department took
and reorganized it, Rathbone being made
director general of posts. Nicely, chief Of
the financial bureau, and Reeves, chief of
the bureau of postal accounts or auditor
of the office. A combination of these
three, intent upon stealing, had large pos
these opportunities. They threw discredit
on the integrity Of the government and
its good faith, but prompt arrest and the
determination Of the government to push
prosecution to the bitter end, silenced the
predictions of it's detractors and the
verdict now rendered should stand firm.
These men are examples of the folly Of
appointing mere politicians, INSCRIPTIONS
and callous as to the maintenance of the
national honor, to positions in our in
sular possessions. The president, in his
message to congress, declared that not
an Office should be filled in the Philip
pines or Porto Rico with any regard to a
mans partizan Affiliations or services,
with any regard to the political, social or
personal influence which he may have at
his command; in fact, 'heed should be
paid to absolutely nothing save mans
own character and the needs of the serv-
ice. The administration Of these islands
should be as wholly free from the suspicion
of partizan politics as the army or navy
The mistake in appointing the three po-
litical brigands, Nicely, Rathbone and
Reeves, is not likely to be repeated under
such definite rule as this.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
THE CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY

THE CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
When I was lad I managed to squirn,
In as Office boy for brokerage firm;
cleaned the rug and the cuspidor,
And at last bought and sold things on the
I pushed along so successfullee
That now am captain of industree.
watched the ticker and, took chance,
Now and then, on a slump or a sharp adj
vance;
Things happened, somehow, to turn my way,
And bought out the brokerage firm one day
Then I was the firm and the firm was me,
I'd become captain Of industree
I watched my chance and I gobbled blocks
OF what what knew to he gilt-edged stocks
l gobbled stocks wherever / could,
And wrecked roads where it would do me
good;
The money came rolling in to me,
And so a captain Of industree.
I've a marble shack on the avenue
And a brown-ston cottage at Newport, too;
I've splendid yacht and a private car,
And my flames wherever the railroads are
I have pulled the strings so successfullee
That now I'm a captain of industree.
I have dined where prince sat down to dine,
And few have Wads that are bigger than
mine;
possess two hundred million plunks,
When travel take along eighty trunks
O, tell you what, it is great to he
A glorious captain of industree.
Chicago Record Herald
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

In the highlands, in the country places,
Where the old plain men have rosy faces,
And the young fair maidens
Quiet eyes,
Where essential silence cheers and blesses,
And forever in the hill-recesses
Her more lovely music
Broods and dies.
O. to mount again where erst haunted,
Where the old red hills are bird-enchanted,
And the low green meadows
Bright with sward;
And when evening dies, the million tinted
And the night has come, and planets glinted,
Lamp -bestarred! Us
D, to dream 10, to wake and wander
There, and with delight to take and render
Through the trance Of silence
Quiet breath;
Lo, for there, among the flowers and grasses
Only the mighter movement sounds an
passes;
Only winds and rivers,
Life and death.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
THEY PLAYED THE HYMN

A certain little Flemish watering place
much freQuented by English and American
visitors has two attractions, a Presbyterian
church and roulette table. At recent SER
vice in the church it occurred to one of the
pillars" that it might be lucky to play the
number of hymn after the sermon at the
roulette table. So he stole out of the church
and did so. It happened that the number Of
the hymn did turn up and the lucky coup be-
came the talk Of the cilIage for the rest of
the week Next Sunday the church was
crammed to the poor. The pious pastor re-
joiced at heart After powerful address he
gave out Hymn No. 27'' The moment the
words left his lips, to his CONSERVATION,
there was a rush to the door, and he was left
with faithful handful to upraise their agi-
tated strain of praise. As for the rest, they
made Decline from the house of prayer to
the house Of play It is said that their LITTLE
adventure cost them all very dear.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
STEEL TRUST AND LAKE RATES

The season Of navigation on the great
lakes will this year open earlier than
usual. Much interest attaches at this
time to everything appertaining to
freights and charters. Early in February
some Of the smaller shippers Of ore char
tered tonnage on the basis Of 80 cents
between Duluth and the Ohio ports, this
being the rate that was in force last sea-
son. Some 100000 tons were due to go
out at this figure. Then the United
States Steel corporation threw a bomb
into the camp of the vessel owners by an
nouncing that it would pay rs cents and
no more. This made the situation en-
barrassing for the shippers who had closed
on the 80-cent basis, and it marked the
second step in the establishment of a new
factor in lake shipping.
Prior to the formation Of the billion
dollar steel trust, the Cleveland firm of
which Senator Hanna is the head, was
predominant in matters affecting lake
rates. Although the steel trust assumed
ore rate last season, it is said that the
Cleveland influences were strong enough
to obtain 75-cent rate on the ores
brought doWnthe lakes on contracts made
through their office. 1870 ... d..
The fight for supremacy between these
two interests and the passing of the
Hanna influence to second place has
prompted an article by George H. Cushing
in the Review of Reviews. Mr. Cushing
shows that the policy of the steel trust
has had the effect@of revolutionizing meth
DDS of fifty years standing. and that rates
trolled by one interest than ever before.
John D.. Rockefeller, through the control
Of many vessels, once attempted to die
tate as to rates, but failed. The steel
trust has the double advantage of being
at once the largest producer of freight
and the largest carrier thereof. The Lake
Superior mines produce approximately
100000 900 tons, Of iron ore annually. The
steel corporation uses $780, 600 tons. 1t
takes 10, 0o0, 900 tons from its own mines
and controls a fleet of 112 ore carriers
with a capacity of 100000 tons. This
leaves the company to buy $500, 600 tons
in the open market, and to charter boat
capacity for 100000 tons, and has flxe6
! the company's position as the dictator O.
rates.
To this time no attempt has been made
to abuse this power in any way. Instead
| of trying to force rates to the lowest pos
sible point, the policy of the company has
been to strike compromise figure mu-
! tually satisfactory to all interests, ant
| having fixed the figure, to maintain Il
absolutely, and the policy is found al
every stage from the chartering of ore
| carriers to the establishing of prices or
| the finished products. Were it not fol
| the fact that the Wall street owners OF
the mines for which the Hanna firm is
| agent. had given secret instructions, Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

Copyright 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
When Miss Mabel first dawned on the Of
fee, John Henry, instead of patronizing the
crap game in the noon hour, bought two
cream puffs and a salt pickle from Dago Char
ley around in Exchange place, then lodged
into the nearest BARRIERS for a hair cut. The
following morning he astonished his mother
by voluntarily donning a clear collar, and for
the first time since infancy she discovered
that his morning additions had extended be-
low the collar line usually referred to by
Johns associates as the "high water mark. !"
Saturday when he received his pay envelop he
caused further remark by investing in a
highly colored and highly scented bottle of
hair oil, and thereafter he presented himself
at the Office with his ruddy locks properly
slicked down. E.
Only the Junior partner noticed the meta
morphosis and laughingly remarked to the
head bookkeeper that John Henry was evil
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

IDENTIFY ''mashed'' the new typewriter
Gregory Ellis merely frowned over the Il ng
rows of figures he was adding up and the
junior partner, finding his joke unappreciat-
ed, went to tell it elsewhere.
John Henry was not the only attendant in
the office who had fallen under the spell of
Mabel Moorfeld, for Ellis had looked with
approval on her trim figure ever since she
had timidly presented herself at the office
with a letter from the typewriter company
and had quietly taken her place at the little
desk by the window. Unlike John Henry
however, he was not disposed to wear his
heart upon his sleeve, and even Miss Moor
held was unconscious Of the spell she had cast
over the chief accountant whose only love
appeared to be his books.
John Henry was an ardent wooer No coun-
try school mistress ever received a more regu-
lar tribute of fruit, and no enc in the office
could induce John Henry to move as quickly
as when he was AN errand for Miss
Mabel. He was the office boy in the great
brokerage concern of Stanton & Stangefield,
and, unlike the messengers, his duties were
confined to the Office, where he could feast
his eyes upon the dark brown head always
industrously bent over its work For several
months John Henry was apparently alone in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

The gulf that separates General Miles
from Secretary Root and President Roose-
Welt is impossible. This means that more
than ever during the next two years the
senior general OF the army will be uni
formed fgurehead. This is most un-
fortunate condition of affairs. The gen.
eral commanding ought to be in touch
and sympathy with the secretary and the
president AS it is all of General Miles
military experience and knowledge counts
for nothing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

various states when one party easily con-
trolls its politics. Attempts to give the
democrats Of Minnesota daily paper in
which they would have confidence have
failed again and again, but weekly paper
may have better success. Mr.. Pardee
can certainly supply the ability necessary
to make the paper success.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
The Toronto Mail and Empire has issued

AAAo oAoHIo Mall anu hlupl1e las loSueu
handsome special number in commence
ration of it's thirtieth birthday. 1t is
handsomely illustrated account Of how
that excellent paper is manufactured"
daily. The covers are done in colors with
blue predominating, and the maple leaf
of Canada is artistically used as a front
page border enclosing q cut of the home
of the Mail and Empire.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
Daily New York Letter

Monday to one Of Bells books. He found,
SO the bank people say. that they did not
quite balance. Consequently when Bell
walked IN and declared that looking into his
DOCKS was an insult the cashier did not
feel justified in apologizing.
Ice Mines in Arizona
A company of capitalists has been organ
lzed to mine ice from the curious and famous
Ice caves in northern Arizona and supply the
towns on the Santa Fee railroad with the
product during the long oppressive summers
1t Is expected that a supply sufficient also
1or the Arizona division of other railroads
will be Obtain ed.
Little Is known of the Arizona ice caves
anu nothlng authentic has ever been written
ABOUT them. The main cave is at the head
OF -Clarks valley, fourteen miles southeast
OF Flagstaff. Until last August the main
cave had been penetrated to a depth of only
2oo feet E. r. Dalton OF New York then
explored the cave past the point where the
hafroWness OF the opening had stopped other
explorers and found that the passage was
gradually windened out into series of cham
bers, all OF solid ice. Since then other ex-
ploring parties have discovered that the caves
are mines OF ineXhaustible ice, which extends
far down into the bowels Of the earth The
temperature in the cave drops 60 degrees dur
ing the first twenty minutes ow descent,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed.

80
The Missouri mule, Notwithstanding his
large contract in South Africa, is also at work
on the st. Louis exposition.
A city's streets are as clean as its govern
anent is. 8
The lRunalarg Insurance company is look
Thirty=.tx gentlemen who expectorated on
the floor in New York's street cars, contrib
uted SIS each to the judge for that simple
pleasure.
Edward W. Box of the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal will soon have his justly celebrated beer
upon the market
The New York Mail and Express prints pic
lures Of what 1T is pleased to call 1.-TWO Stun
ming Easter Hats" Stunning to father,
doubtless
st. louis highwayman made the mistake
OF his life when he clawed at Claud Hall.
Claud used to be halfIback on the DePauw
football eleven, weighs 100 pounds and looks
like a medium sized man, which he is not.
In less than five seconds there was a gor-
geous hand-illuminated fight on. Mr.. Hall
tripped the highwayman, took his pistol away
and shot twice at him, but in the excitement
the scoundrel managed to escape to tell his
friends how he had, in moment of aberra-
ton, assasulted a Neutrality-suspicious.. One
should never dispute a half back.
'Bathhouse john of Chicago, who is run
ming, for alderman in the Feerst war-rd has
written a spring poem on which he claims
literary honors sufficient to entitle him to a
seat In the city council. The first verse runs
thus: ". F
Oh, spring, sweet spring, to thee I sing,
So listen to my lay;
Come hearken to the musings
OF one whose heart Is gay.
If the boys" stand for this high-class
literary endeavor, it will he genuine sur
nriSo
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

Bryan has moved onto his farm and
Jones, J. K, OF Arkansas, will soon retire
to his farm. His constituents have called
him back from Washington. Thus, one by
one, do the democrats retire the silver
leaders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
MRS. PAT cAmPBnLL,s Hr1GRAM

Westminster Gazette.
Not only has Mrs. Patrick Campbell won
the warmest praise from the more enlight-
5ened members of the American public and
press, but she has reaped very substantial
monetary benefit from her tour in the states
According to the artists own account, 1t took
London ten years to discover her, Chicago
ten days and New York ten minutes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

Mayor Ames is not to be allowed to
take the republican nomination for the
office he now holds without contest.
Alderman Fred Powers of the eighth ward
to-day announces his candidacy for mayor
on an unequivocal and distinctly anti
Ames plat form. Alderman Powers decla-
ration of his intentions as to policy, if
elected, are so clear-cut that it is not
possible to misinterpret them. Whatever
betides his candidacy, he is to be con-
graduated on his frankness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
F1NAyc1AL DIFFICULTIES

An old Arab Of Algiers the other day
swallowed his months wages. owing to an ap-
prehension that he was going to be robbed.
The coins, being mostly five franc pieces,
proved SO painful that an operation became
necessary, and money was extracted to the
value OF "a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
Foyer Chat.

Miss Viola Allen is to present her great
success I'm the Palace of the King at the
Metropolitan for three nights and Wednesday
matinee, opening tonight Very few dramas
nowadays have such variety Of incident ran
ging from delightful comedy and captivating
love scenes to thrilling outbursts of passion,
as this play in which Miss Allen has made
sucf, an enormous hit. Miss Allen is given
excellent support by fine company of sew
enty people, The scenery and costumes are
magnificent.
Andrew Mack, one of the most graceful, in
| telligent and we'll schooled of legitimate light
comedians, will be seen at the Metropolitan
| the last half of this week in a new play by
Theodore Burt Sayre entitled tom Moore"
Mr.. Mack is supported by strong company,
and performance of the highest standard
! may be locked forward to. Seats are now on
| sale. TO.
| "A unique entertainment is promised at the
! I.yceum next Friday and Saturday evenings,
when the Elks will put on their big minstrel
! and burlesque show. Seats can he obtained
to-day at the Metropolitan Music store.
Clyde Fitch's play, 1.-The Climbers which
| had a remarkably successful run of 200 nights
/ at the Biiou theater, New York, last season,
will be presented at the Metropolitan for four
nights and matinee, commencing next Sunday.
| For next week at the Bijou, high-class
vaudeville will be the BILL and Manager Theo.
IL. Hays promises one Of the strongest organ
ziations Of this order seen in the twin cities.
| Eddie Ihrard and Jessie Gardner will pre-
sent their skit, 1.-The Soubrette and the Cop.'
The 'RoZinos eccentric comedians, will be
| seen in their billiard table act, The Harmony
| Four, a celebrated quartet will be heard.
| George H. Wood, the famous monologue art
| st will contribute turn, while Mr.. and Mrs.
| Alfred Kelsey sure to delight in their
| farce, ''Uncle Fneus." La Favre's dogs,
| cats and monkeys will perform new and en-
1 pertaining tricks. Vermette and Dionne will
| introduce some startling feats on the hori-
! zontal bars, and Miss Dolly Rathbun Chesley,
| who is quite we'll known locally, will be
! heard in new ballads. The animated pic
/ lures, showing number Of the scenes and in
! cidents of Prince Henry's visit to America,
are sure to prove treat
! AL H. Wilson, the German singing come
! dian. opened weeks engagement at the
Bijou yesterday in The Watch on. the
/ Rhine The production will be reviewed in
4 this column Tomorrow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

And still national prosperity keeps up.
The cotton mill workers of New England
now get a 10-per-cent raise. Slowly but
surely wages seem to be adjusting them
selves to high prices.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

The American Iron and Steel associa-
tion has completed the compilation OF the
figures for the year 1901. All records.
were broken. The production Of Besse-
mer steel ingots reached the enormous
figures of 8,713,S02 tons, against 6,6s4,00O
tons in the previous year. The steel rail
mills turned out 2,S36.273 tons, compared
with 1851 .921 tons in 1900. 1t was in all
year Of unexampled prosperity for the
entire industry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
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The Rush to BROOKLYN.

The average cost of home In Brook
Ign is $1,000; the average cost Of home in
Manhattan is nearly three times as great.
Eighteen per cent of the families In Brooklyn
own their homes, and only 6 per cent in
Manhattan The tenement house population
of Manhattan is about 20 per cent of the
whole, while in Brooklyn it is only 40 Der
cent. It is no wonder, therefore that Brook
lyns population has increased with marvellous
rapidty. 1t has gained nearly 100000 in ten
years. This increase has been so rapid THAI
the transportation facilities could not keep
pace with it. When the bridge was built,
nearly twenty years ago, the city had about
500 600 inhabitants. Now it has 200 900 and, OF
course, the structure is unequal to the de-
1nands upon it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31
The Police Must ReDOrt.

NO one doubts the intention of Police Com
missioner Partridge to do his full duty, but
It is alleged that, in spite of all that he can
DO. the police force is proceeding much the
same as it did under Devery, and that not
only are laws against gambling and Sunday
liquor selling not enforced. blu. the police
are collecting blackmai much as before. How
to eradicate this evil is the question. 1t is
reported that District Attorney Jerome and
Commissioner Partridge have agreed on a
plan of reform, and that their first attack will
be on the rank and Ale. These will be
charged with neglect Of duty for failing to en-
force the law. This will be hard on the
man on post" said the district attorney, but
l believe it will have very salutary effect
The rank and file, who are simply creatures
of a system, will refuse to be made scapegoats
any longer. When the captain gives them
practically to understand that they must turn
in reports that there are no violations Of this
or that law on their posts they will rebel, IL
they find that this course leads them straight
into danger Of dismissal from the department.
by the commissioner