The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-11

Nicholson argues In paper, How to Ctrb.
the Trusts that inasmuch as the complaint
is that railways build up trusts by giving
them large transportation fayors, the nation
alization of the railways Is the practical
remedy, which would not prove any more
inconvenient to the public than has the
naturalization of the German railways. Mr.
Whelply writes on American Control OF
Englands Food Supply and shows that the
stoppage of our bread and wheat exports TO
England would raise prices In Europe
enormously and England would be threat
ened with famine. Forty per cent of Eng
lands $4,000, 100000 of importations is food
for her people and the United States fur.
nishes 60 per cent Of this. or s540.0o0, 600. A
war with the food exporting nations would be
a calamity to Great Britain, for the country
lives from hand to mouth. That country once
declined to consider 5 per cent preferential
in favor Of colonial products. The subject
has been recently brought up again and the
government will discuss it with the colonial
premiers in July, but the great bulk OF the
bread and meat trade is held by Americans.
Mr.. Whelpley thinks il England now favors
her colonial products by preferential tariffs
1t would cost the English consumers so heav-
lily that no political party would father the
policy. ~
: The Worlds Work admirably covers tha
leading topics OF discussion, and with It's
possessor, month after month, q most valW
able hand book of the time-spirit. In thu
June number, for instance, the very up-to-
date question of the consolidation of banks
is amply discussed, including strong argu-
ments in favor of branch banking and asset.
secured currency. Ut is shown that foreign
banks are allowed to have branches in this
country and do business, as are the state
banks. The interests OF the public schools
are regarded in Confessions of a City School
Superintendent "a Model School," by Pro-
fessor Russell of Columbia University, and
in Bertha Knobe's admirable illustrated pa
per, 'Beautifying the Public. Schools. " There
is an interesting illustrated paper on the
peach growing Industry, and G. w. Ogden.
writing on the price. of beef, makes good
argument ito prove that beef has risen in
price because our population has outstripped
the cattle supply. In paper on The Fu-
.ture of American Shipping, by Arthur Geods
rich, finely Illustrated, 1t is nationally con-
tended that our merchant marine will grow
with the growth Of our foreign trade and the
demand for ships will bring increasing actiy-
ity to our shipyards.
The Century yields necessary space for por-
traits and text about the royal family OF
England, and is quite brilliant in stories and
sketches, notably Harry Edwards The Ad-
ventures of a Parrot; Weir Mitchelfs IA
Ghost Of Glory and THE Overlooking rbf
Heffy,'' story Of the postal service. A
feature OF interest Is an account of the asd
OF bloodhounds in this country. Formerly
they were used to hunt runaway negro slaves
and now they do good service in the detea-
ton of criminals. Excellent reading touch
ing the drama is found in Lucy Fuiier's
The Humor OF the Elder sothern,'. with
: Illustrations; IA Note on L'Aiglon. by
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. and the second part
of y. n. Stoddart's The Recollections OF
Player = full of intensely interesting remi-
niscences OF Edwin Booth, Dion Boucicault.
Laura Keene Mrs. John Wood. Lester Wal
lack and others. In The Triumphs Of Amer
lean Bridget Building" by Frank w. Skin
ner. will be found q very entertaining de-
scription of some OF the great explorations
1of american mechanical ability all over the
world.