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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

2 per cents, at rates which would neces-
state the payment of considerable differ
ences in cash to the holders Of the old
per cents, the 3's and SIS. The new gold
2 per cents are considered the very best
basis for the issue of notes by the national
banks and could be utilized this autumn
to increase circulation, If there is any
tendency to stringency.
So far as the treasury is concerned, it's
resources at present would seem to be
ample, for, notwithstanding the repeal OF
the war revenue tax law by congress, the
customs and internal revenue receipts
show increases. since July /, and the
banks throughout the country being in a
stronger condition even than last year,
and the condition Of the foreign exchange
market being unfavorable to the further
shipment of gold at present, there would
not seem to be any good reason for fear
ing trouble in the money market this
autumn.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

So much attention has been directed to the cultivation
sugar clamor about it's interests
by the known insurgents Boxers
that rather disappointing to find how Insignificant in
dustry The sixth volume Of the 1900
just issued puts down in cod hard figures the facts about
sugar bees in the United States zae2' S.
There 6000O00 farms in the United States. OF
grow bees and 90s Michigan Utah
has 1853 and the remaining 5000 distributed Cali
orna Colorado Illinois, Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New
Mexico, New York Oregon Texas Washington and Wscon
that these figures compiled in 1899
there has since been considerable increase Sup
posing 100 the would
insignificant the
10000 acres,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

1t may be asked what need is thereto
fly into a rage against the comparatively
few detractions Of Charles Dickens? His
literary fame is secure. 1t easily extend
ed beyond his own generation and into
the twentieth century The test of an
authors popularity Is the continued de-
mand for editions of his works. People
never sedulously call for books they do
not read. We decide as to the popularity
Of an author by the reading bestowed
fame is found to be unimpaired. New
editions of his works are constantly ap-
pearing. There is no decline in the loyal
ty to Dickens. Sayings and characters in
his novels are to-day familiar as house
hold words" Micawber, Uriah Heap,
Fagin, the Jew, Oliver, Twist, Pegotty and
her bursting buttons, little Dora, the
marchioness, Mr.. Pickwick and Sam
Weller and other characters in the novels,
are appreciated as keenly to-day as they
were by the generation In the last CEN
tury who laughed or wept over David
Copperfeld," Great Expectations
'Oliver Twist, "Our- Mutual Friend
Little Dorrit'' or "The Posthumous
Papers Of the Pickwick Club" Dickens
is, indeed, unforgettable. Swinburne is
probably right when he calls him "the
greatest Englishman Of his generation -
and Hall Game unquestionably detects
the secret of his success when he says
that it is due to his love Of humanity in
all its classes and in all its aspects, but
most of all, in its suffering, under oppres-
sion, under the dark wing of fate and
the great mysteries of God" i
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26
The PRESIDENT LAUGHS LAST

Congress adjourned without rec
iprocity tax law on the statute books.
The insurgents went home, saw the peo-
pie, began explaining. and a funny thing
happened. Instead Of glorifying in their
victory over the president, nearly every
man Jack Of the nineteen insurgent sena-
tors found occasion for telling his con-
stituents that he was in perfect accord
with the president that the president
was the greatest statesman, scholar and
parrot since Lincolns s time and that while
certain other republican leaders were
against Roosevelt he, the orator of the
occasion, had supported every measure
which by any hint or indefinite intimation
had seemed like a Roosevelt measure.
No American president has more thor
oughly and completely spanked a cabal of
congress by the shingle Of popular scorn
than President Roosevelt spanked the
beet sugar insurgents. Cuban reciprocity
the Roosevelt kind, not the insurgent
rebate kind-is as certain to be law as
congress is to meet next December-Wil-
liam Allen White in McClure's.
In the above paragraph Mr.. White has
neatly hit off a condition with which we
are all familiar, Minnesotans especially.
While our senators have not been very
obtrusive with explanations, our members
Of the lower house. except Mr.. Eddy, who
doesn't count any more, have fairly made
themselves hoarse explaining that they
were with the president and for every
thing he wanted, that the Cuban recipro-
city hitch was just a mere insignificant
matter Of detail and that at the approach
ing session Of congress everything will be
| mended, patched up and vanished tc
please everybody. These speeches have a
fine, devoted ring, that greatly impresses
| the auditor. After the explanation is over
he goes out and wonders why men that
swear by everything the president does
failed to pass the only measure before the
last session Of congress that the president
thought worth while backing by a specia
| message.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26
THE WRONG HAT
London Tit-Pits


At Scotch weddings some years ago It used
to be the custom to batter the hat of the
bridegroom as he was leaving the house in
which the ceremony took place. On one of
those occasions newly married couple
relatives Of the idegroom-determined to
carry out the observance Of this custom ia
the letter. ~ -. -...
The bridegroom heard them discussing their
plans, and dispatched messenger to the car
riage-whtch stood waiting-with his hat
some time previous to his departure. Then
donning the hat of the male relative who had
plotted against him., he prepared to go out
to the carriage.
No sooner had he got to the door than his
hat was furiously assaulted and almost de.
stroyed. He walked out of the house amid
the laughter Of the bystanders and entered
the vehicle; then, taking the battered hat
from his head, he threw 1t into the hands OF
its proper owner; exclaiming: Hey, Nc
Dougall, there's your haiti and donned his
own amid the cheers OF all present
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26
ADJUSTMENTS
The FaWcett c.

The Fawcett Company In "East Lynne"
It is easy to excuse or, at least, to palli-
ate shortcomings in the matter Of scenic
environment in summer stock productions,
yet good nature can go too far, and when
the manager of a stock company attempts
to foist upon the Minneapolis theater-
going public so palpably absurd produc-
ton as that Of East Lynne" it is time
to call halt. Last night Sir Francis
Levison was arrested on the Metropolitan
stage and made his exit into the wings
accompanied by an English bobby" Just
forty-nine seconds later Richard and Bar
bara Hare appeared and announced that
Sir Francis had been tried for murder,
convicted and sentenced to transportation
for life. There was no change Of scene
and no attempt to produce any illusion of
time. Sir Francis trial was completed ere
1T could have been begun. AbSurd1ty
could scarcely 60 farther.
There is little need at this time to at
! tempt any criticism of EAST Lynne" as
play.\ It's dialogue us vapid, it's situa-
tions strained, and it lacks continuity.
When Clara Morris elected to present this
stage story some years ago, she discarded
the English version and had made an
adaptation from the French which was at
once pronounced a decided improvement
over the original. Had the old play pos
sessed even the slightest merit Miss Nor
ris could have made it success, yet she
| dared not attempt the task
There is matter for congratulation in
just one phase of the present production:
1t has served to reintroduce Miss Olive
Oliver, a. woman of magnetic personality,
an actress of good ability and a Mime
apolis favorite withal. Miss Oliver is cast
in the dual roles of Lady Isabel and Nine.
| Vine, and she almost succeeds in making
the audience forget the obvious artificial
ity of the characters. Her best scene was
at the: deathbed Of her little son, where
| her stimulation of frenzied grief was real
| istic In the extreme. -. --'
Francis x. Hope was the Archibald
| Carlyle, and did as well as could be ex-
pected In wholly impossible part. Alex
| ander Kearney chose to play Sir Francis
as a comedy role, and the audience evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed his Interpretation. Miss
Rose Swain as Barbara Hare and Miss
Madeleine Liggett as Wilson were: reward
ed with frequent applause. Both are Min
neapolis girls. u. S. Lawrence.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26
TREASURY AND CURRENCY NEEDS

It Is reported from Washington that
Secretary Shaw has made up his mind to
continue, for the present, the policy he
has maintained ever since he came into
Office last March, of refusing to buy bonds
to put more money into circulation, even
in view Of the large amount of additional
currency needed to move the enormous
crops which are harvesting or soon to be
harvested. He has wisely increased the
deposits Of government funds in the ma
tional banks to considerable amount
and proposes to release $20,000,0 900 to $685.
OOO, 900 more for circulation in this way If
necessary.
The secretary holds a cash balance in
the treasury of over $200,000,000, and
about $125, 100000 Of this is on deposit in
national banks and available. The forced
purchase Of bonds to relieve the money
market has, in the experience of former
secretaries, had the effect of raising the
price inordinately and often in attempting
to relieve threatened money stringency
the government has found that the money
it has paid out for that purpose has large
ly gone into private boards and savings
banks and has furnished inconsiderable
relief to the money market generally.
At the present time there is no ground
for any pessinistic views of the money
market, and, although it will take a large
amount of money to move the crops, the
west is not as dependent upon New York,
and the east for funds as it used to be,
and large percentage Of the necessary
money will come from that section. Ne
braska bankers say that the crops of that
state are taken care of with Nebraska
money, and that is the case to con-
siderable extent in other western states.
During the last five years of great pros
perity, there have been large accumu-
lations Of wealth in the western agricul-
tura1 region, and farmers have become
loaners Of money instead Of remaining
borrowers, handicapped by mortgages.
The prosperity of the farmers has IA
vorably affected the commercial resources
of the towns and cities of the agricul-
tural region. Z. -- ......'
The controllers report of the condition
of the national banks, on July 16, showed
western and southern states Of S125, 5,646,-
| 401 in one year. "-.s A"='.
| AS some $500, ,OOO, 900 to $1,75O, 600, 900
in wealth will be added to the resources
| Of the farmers ands others through this
years crops, the business outlook con-
| tinues most promising, while it is evident
| that the increase of business and capi-
| talistic investment will require an in
creasing amount of circulation, even al
lowing for the enormous volume of busi-
ness done by checks. through the clear
lighthouses. The New York Journal Of
| Commerce says it understands that Sec
retary Shaw will, if there is urgent need
for more money for business, reopen the
refunding propositions Of the gold stand
ard law, under which three classes Of
| bonds can be exchanged for the new gold
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

After a merry trip around the circle
that represents its opinion on the Cuban
reciprocity question the Tribune again
turns up this morning with the conviction
that the matter is a very serious one, and
with reference to "our solemn pledges to
Cuba This time the only way the
Tribune opens for the insurgents out OF
their fix is to pledge their people that
they will vote right in the next session of
congress. But don't despair, dear insur-
gents, the Tribune will tell you to-mor-
row or next day that your offense was in
significant, venial, a mere unimportant
-matter of trivial detail.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26
IN a NUTSHFLL.....
Statistics Of the Beet Sugar Industry

the beet farmers realized $3323
40. The value Of the made from these bees
s7,222,5s1. .l =+ s2s- -Se~eS- fSs@~.
Though in time the beet production become
large exceeded In by many minor
The sweet potato crop is worth s2o000000
Irish potatoes yield $ssoOoO0o Onions
the yearly value of 6000000 There planted
with cabbage than in beets, nine times
in unclassed vegetables There
tobacco the value of the
times much is given to beans sugar
the yield is worth twice much.
given to peas and the value of the is 100000 The
worth twice much sugar
and nearly ten times farmers interested
On half as many devoted to beet
valuable of hops is annually raised. ."..
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26
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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26
"FROM TIME TO TIME

Secretary Shaw, in his recent speech III
Vermont, declared that "every man IN the
United States, republican or democratic
believes in changes in the tariff from time
to time as becomes advisable through the
progress of our industries and their
changing relations to the commerce of
the world
But he emphasizes the word lad
yisable." Who shall declare whether
tariff changes are advisable?. Is the
question to be decided by a republican
element opposed to any tariff revision or
adjustment, a republican element which
believes that In certain schedules the
duties are too high and represent over
protection and a violation Of the true
rule for imposing protective duties,
viz, to lay an amount Of duty on the
imported article equal to the difference i'll
cost of production between the American
and the foreign article, that being the
true measure of the duty to be laid on the
free trade democrats?
: Obviously, the only fair and impartial
treatment of the subject is to eliminate
the tariff from the field of partizan poll
ties, by the creation of department OF
commerce, like that proposed last winter,
on which action was suspended, with a
bureau Of non-partizan experts to whom
shall be committed for calm, cold-blood-
ed business treatment the settlement Of
all reciprocity treaties and tariff ques-
tions arising from time to tine,' de-
terminng if it is advisable to make any
changes in the tariff on account of the
progress of our industries and their chan
ging relations to the commerce of the
world. Sometimes it may occur that a
reduction of a duty will help our trade and
it would be advisable to effect reduction.
It does not seem to occur to the do
not touch the tariff element that the
tariff is touched every day by the customs
division of the treasury department. Re-
ductions of per cent are made on duties
levied on goods imported and utilized by
our manufacturers in their products ex-
ported. The boards Of appraisers decide
upon the meaning of schedule terminology
and determine whether or not it applies
to imports invoiced and whether invoice
valuations are correct or not. 1t is moth
ing new to reduce tariff duties when lad
visable." 1t is constantly done under
our drawback system and there Is nc
outcry against it, is there? Why should
anybody be afraid to let the tariff be
changed from time to time" by cold
blooded, Unconditional, non partizan
strictly business body Of experts? II
would surely be great relief to the coun-
try.
Would 1t not be possible to organize a
board of non -partizan experts to adjust
the tariff in that way, or are we sc
fanatically fond Of dragging everything
into politics that we would prefer to i'm
pair our own trade and bid for foreign
retaliation and proclaim that it is inpos.
sible to find group Of business men who
can be brought to handle a purely bust
ness question in a strictly business way.
Neither tariff nor finance ought to be
shuttlecocks for political bulldozers. The,
are business questions for mature bust
ness consideration 49, =. ,.... = '
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

The Minneapolis journal has great
deal to say about the trusts that have
their headquarters in New Jersey, but has
any one heard it so much as peep about
the Minneapolis flour trust?-Warren
Register. .:..
What is the flour trust? Did you ever
see it or see any evidence Of it's existence.
Or do you infer that there must be such a
trust from the fact that the cash sales
of wheat in Minneapolis, the wheat bought
by the millers, are at prices two or three
cents higher than the market speculative
price?
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

learn and inwardly digest, as the prayer
book puts it. I want you to promise to
take me to Hazard rocks this afternoon
A shade fell on the mans face. She
went on hastily: i've wanted to go all
summer, and now summer is almost over.
You promised you would take me if was
very, very good, and, oh, it will be so
lovely to scramble along the shore and
find long strands of strange seaweed and
come upon unexpected pools full Of jelly
and star fish! Please take me. I will be
good"
Her eyes were shining and her cheeks
pink with excitement as she bent toward
him pleadingly.
The man hesitated as if fearful of pain
ing her by refusal. He seemed solely
intend in watching the whitecaps in their
mad race for the shore. Then he said
bruskly: "No, won't take you. 1 ought
| never to have promised, and SO I take it
back. You are quite too foolhardy to ven
ture In SO dangerous place. You would
be sure to fall on those treacherous, Shiny
| rocks, and then there would be the devil
to pay. If the tide should catch us, there
would be no hope.''
Betty's chin quivered like child's, and
the tears were shining through her long
| lashes.
Davis felt swift compunction for his
hasty words. Il honestly don't think it's
safe to take you, Betty, or would. Prom
ise to forget about it, and we will go fo1
a sail on the Petril or anywhere else al
your pleasure. Come, show me that yo,
can be reasonable little girl" "Li
| Betty might not have resented his faith
erly tone If a gay voice had not rung ou
behind her:
What are you two fighting about, a.
usual? Give me an explanation" Ant
she laughed rather maliciously. 1t wa
Mrs. Neville, the source Of Betty's heart
aches for the last weeks.
The girl rose impetiously. II have moth.
ing to explain" she said icily. "Mr. Davis
can tell you what he pleases. 1t is moth,
| ing to me-
Davis looked after her with a frown o1
| annoyance. 1t was really unpardonabIe
for Betty to behave rudely. She was toe
old for such childishness. 1t was quite
| true that they had quarreled almost con-
stantly for the last weeks; he forgot that
it was only since Mrs. Neville had ap.
peared at the hotel.
The young widow sank back in a rock
ing chair with a little laugh. She looked
unusually pretty this morning, and as the
man looked at her admiringly his frowr
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

The complaint Of the North Dakota and
Montana cattlemen that the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern do not supply
them with enough cars is not surprising.
A lazy or scornful Indifference to the de-
mands Of patrons who are at your mercy
is not rare in human nature. Why should
the traffic department. Of either road
''tear it's shirt to forward the cars when
1t knows that the proceeds Of the traffic
go into the same strong box, no matter
which performs the service? Mr.. Hill has
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26
THE KING AS "A GUARDIAN
London Tit-Bits.

------ IOuUOlI ------
q It is not generally known that King Ed
ward, since his accession to the throne, has
become the guardian of the children Of the
Prince and Princess of Wales, and OF his
other grandchildren, over whom he has COM
plete control, the rights Of their parents be-
ing superseded. This was decided to be law
nearly 200 years ago, by a majority OF ten to
two of the Judges. The right was frequently
used by the Georges, who had a habit of quar-
reling with their sons. Before members Of
the royal family marry they will have to
obtain King Edwards consent or the mar
riage is void. George III. managed to secure
this power by means of the royal marriage
act, in consequence Of his brothers marrying
subjects, to his great annoyance.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

President Roosevelt's speech at Boston
yesterday is sure to make every right
minded, patriotic American think more Of
our president. His treatment of the trust
question is bound to enlarge the conf
dence of every reader of his remarks In
his trustworthiness as a national leader.
Theodore Roosevelt is a big man. If he
were not he couldn't have made that
sDeech
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-26

tation facilities and in the production of
labor-saving machinery, and develop
ments in chemical science as a factor Of
industrial progress, is set forth with
much ability. The Introductory chapters
relate to the nature and natural condi-
tions and human control of commerce.
The United States and dependencies oc-
cupy about l4O pages out Of 325 in |the
book, and there is very interesting ac-
count of the resources, industries,
products, transportation facilities, COM
merce, etc. There are some omissions In
the book. For instance there is no mem
ton OF the great Assouan dam and reser-
Volr in Egypt, one of the most important
aids to agricultural and industrial de-
velopment in that country or in Africa
generally. The book is we'll illustrated
and contains many useful maps, as those
showing the commercial regions and
highways Of the world, the distribution Of
races, domestic animals, etc. AS to the
latter, the statement is made, somewhat
contradictory to the theory of growing
cattle scarcity, that there are nearly
as many cattle in the United States as
men, women and children; no other coun-
try except India has half as many"
Among the illustrations are many relat-
ing to the various Industrial processes.
Folly In the Forestry Carolyn Wells.
author of the Folly" books. Philadel-
prica<
81. Illustrated by Birch.
The success of Alice in Wonderland
has led many writers of children's bookS
to effect that style, without the ability to
attain 1t. This story relates the wander
ings of a little girl who encounters varfous
birds and animals who figure in history
and myth, like Pegasus. Bucephalus, The
Phoenix, Dick Whittington's Cat, The
Sphinx, etc. Miss Wells has a large Gift
of exaggeration and is, withal, rather hu-
| morous in her delineations and doubts
less, her stories will please many children.
but the modern child, generally, is not
captivated SO much by wonder tales as the
| child of the elder day. The modern child
sees SO many things in actual every day
life, reduced to the familiar and common
place, which formerly would be accounted
marvels, that he is not addicted to any
excitement over the wonder tales Of mod.
ern writer's for youth .-..,.
Commercial Relations of the United States
With Foreign Countries. Vol. Issued
by the Bureau Of Foreign Comm cree,
| Department Of State. Washington:
T. Government Printing Office
This volume includes the commercial re-
lations Of our country with South and
Central America, Mexico, Canada, New
foundland, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Poly
nesia, West Indies, with a valuable review
of the commerce of the world In 1901, and
! a statement Of the share of the United
States in it; also tables of values of for
1 eign coins and currencies foreign weights
and measures, etc. A considerable por-
| tion of the book is occupied by reports OF
consuls in various foreign countries Many
! of the latter are of real present value.