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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-16
ADVERTISING RATES,

Lacals, 10 cents per line for FIR d
sestfon cents per line for each iD3'-
sion after
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
Timely Topics.

Three timely topics were discussed by
Mr.. John Washburn, retiring president
of the Chamber Of Commerce, in an ad-
dress to the chamber yesterday. They
were bucketshops, corners and reci-
procity with Canada. The war on bucket
shops, Mr.. Washburn said, must go on,
corners In grain must be prevented. and
the duty on Canadian wheat be removed.
These are all excellent recommendations.
Bucket shops and corners are prob
lens that the chamber and similar Or
CARNATIONS must work out for themselves,
but the removal Of the 25-per-cent duty
on wheat calls for congressional action.
That duty cannot be removed until pow
erful pressure is brought to bear on con-
gress. The Chamber Of Commerce ought
to enter upon systematic course of
congressional education on this subject.
1t will probably take long time to make
congress see this question in the proper
light and the less congress is labored with
and informed and prodded, the longer,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
Method in This madness. y

Former Governor Lind seems to think
that the gross earnings law to be submit
ted to the people is bunglingly drawn: On
the contrary it was very carefully framed.
1t is made wide enough in scope to
reach all the gross earnings of railways,
including some that are not at present
reached, because they can not be ap-
portioned on the mileage basis heretofore
used. Moreover, the present method of
computing the states share Of gross earn
ings for taxation purposes has made 1t
easy for the railways to juggle the figures.
Just how this is done is too complex a
matter to discuss here, but remembering
these facts and the certainty that the new
basis will give increased revenues in some
places and from some forms of business
to offset decreased business from other
sources, the superiority of the new to the
old law Is obvious. If in actual operation
it should turn out to give a less revenue
than was calculated on the rate can be
increased later. But there is no reason
to believe that the proposed 4 per cent
rate will yield less than the present per-
cent rate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
Great Is Alaska.

1t is now demonstrated conclusively that
Alaska has an inexhaustible supply Of coal
that can be mined easily and cheaply;
that it is the greatest mineral bearing
country in the world; and that, over i'm
mense areas, both soil and climate are
admirably suited to the successful and
profitable pursuit Of agriculture. Will
some one please rise and state what is to
prevent Alaska from becoming one of the
most populous and richest sections of the
United States? - Seattle Post Intel
ligencer.
This fable teaches that sometimes a
gold brick is genuine. 1t also teaches the
wisdom of taking. any old piece of terri
tory that comes salong and investigating
afterwards. If we had Investigated Alas
ka first. we might not have had it to-day.
The act of Secretary Seward in purchas-
ing what was supposed to be a barren
stretch Of glaciers and swamps Is likely
to turn out to have given us our greatest
national storehouse of minerals of value
and utility
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Will L. A. Rosing get the Swedish re-
publican vote?
This is just now the burning question
of the campaign. Tremendous efforts are
being made by the democratic managers
to line up the Swedish vote as they did
two and four years ago. There is danger
in this for the republican ticket, espe-
cially for Governor Van SAINT. With a
great Swedish detection, and a light vote,
his reelection would be in serious danger,
to say the least. -
Democratic leaders say that Rosing will
get as much Of the vote as John Lind did,
and in some localities more. They base
their claims on reports from their workers
in all parts Of the state, and on the theory
that the work being done is bound to
bring the votes. = --. ,
Republican committeeman laugh scorn-
fully at the proposition They say Rosing
is not known, that he is not representa-
tive of the Swedes, and that the Swedish
voters refuse to be stirred up over him
They were enthusiastic over John Lind
because Of his ability and his reputation.
He had been a prominent republican, and
in 1893 he won aany republicans who
thought he was stu with the party at
heart. He lost good many in 1900, when
his two years record had demonstrated
his entire conversion to democracy. His
vote fell off noticeably in strong Swedish
counties like Goodhue, Isanu and Kandi-
yohi. Party feeling brought thousands
back to vote for Van SAINT, and those who
chung to Lind did so from personal admi-
ration. II
They do not know Rosing, many OF
them. Those who do, know him as a.
democratic campaign manager. To vote
for him is to bolt, and this fact is plain
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
A Reciprocity Awakening.

The great interest shown by the ma
tional convention Of implement and vehi-
Gle makers in reciprocity with such coun-
tries as Cuba, Canada and France is an
indication OF the very important rein
forcements the tariff reform sentiment Is
now receiving. So long as American
manufacturers were not interested in for
eign markets they wereopposed to tariff
revision except for the purpose of i'm
porting raw materials cheaper. But the
growth Of such splendid industries as
those represented at the convention that
adjourned yesterday has attained to such
4 magnitude that not even the vast do
mestic market of the United States salts
Ees their requirements.
They have. or can have, machines to sell
DO every country in the world. Canada and
Cuba appeal to this interest because of
2heir proximity and the great agricultur-
n development the one is experiencing
and the other is sure to have. France APP
peals strongly because it is rich mar
ket, which Americans have as yet been
able to make but slight impression upon,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
Sparks Flew From Every Wheel.

Missabe, Oct. Ex-senator Nelson ar
rived here last night via the Handcar
Limited at 1850, in time to deliver his
political talk to the voters Of this county.
The senator had hold of the machinery Of
the handcar when it appeared on the
horizon and was pushing it along at a
break-neck speed. Sparks were flying
from every wheel and the senator's back
and shoulders were seen rising and fall
ing like the travelling beam on one Of the
old-fashioned river steamers. At every
crossing the senator let out three loud
yells Of warning to teams, "Whooooop!:
,Whoop! Whoop!' Once cow appeared
on the track quarter of a mile ahead
but the speed was so terrific that it was
too late to stop. The throttle was pulled
wide open and the handcar was making
an easy eighty miles an hour when the
COW side-stepped- and escaped, but it
nearly strained her milk. There was
great excitement in town as the shandcar
came up the grade. Anvils were fired, a
few cans Of beef exploded and the bell
in the Methodist church rang SO violently
that the steeple was tipped over. The
senator ia the first speaker here this year
who has not announced his passionate and
deepseated love for the workingman. It
is feared that this natural oversight will
lose the party some votes in northern
Minnesota. = 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
A Wholesale Lecture.

The United States Investor. in its issue
of Oct. II, takes three pages to read the
whole country pretty stiff lecture. It
takes the anthracite coal strike for it's
text and discoursing thereon, concludes
that the strike had its origin in disrespect
for law, that it was marked by unlawful
acts, that the governor of Pennsylvania
was slothful in enforcing the law, that
the mine operators may have been will
fully violating the law; that people have
been lawlessly talking about, expropriat-
ing the mines. and that, in fine. the whole
situation is one that would never have ex-
listed If vicious laws hadn't been made,
good ones .fiouted and the community be-
come lawless.
This is little strong. but there is
something in It: something In 1t
for the business man. who signs
petition to governor asking. him
not to- enforce law, something in it for
the workman who seeks to help the pur-
pose Of a strike by violence, something in
it for governors who don't use all the
power in their hands to preserve order,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
To-morrow's Great Game.

There will be some hours Of nervousness
In Minneapolis -morroW-and then
some hours Of deepest gloom or greatest
low. From the University of Nebraska
there has come husky agile and pee1y
football eleven that has everything to gain
by beating the Minnesota eleven on Nor
throp Field tomorrow afternoon. 1t IS 10
be opposed by an eleven that has every
thing to lose in the game and whole lot
TO hold For three years now Nebraska
has dreamed of the day when her foot
ball warriors would triumph over those
of Minnesota. A clear defeat OF Mime
sofa tomorrow will give the University
of Nebraska a standing In western col
1eee athletics that 1t has never had and
has long wanted. 1t wants to be recog-
nized as among the big 'uns' Of western
universities. and long step towards sucn
recognition would be a victory over Min
nesota tomorrow. Besides, the Nebras-
kans have two bad defeats to avenge.
On the other hand, this game will fairly
he the life or death of the Minnesota elev-
an for the rest Of the season. Defeat py
Nebra ska Will put Minnesota dHloll6 h1lo
second raters this year. 1t will be taken
by the public to foreshadow defeat by
Wisconsin and possibly by Illinois, too.
through the rest of the sea-
son handicapped by that loss OF
spirit that comes from defeat In
critical contest The Minneapolis public
will be apt to lose interest in the team;
the season may, therefore. turn out imam
cially Improbable, and that means that
the University Athletic Association Will
be in straits for a year or two.
The stakes are thus seen to be big.
Nebraska must win to progress, Mime
sofa must win to hold her own and to
retain hope of championship honors this
season. The elements Of intense excite
ment, of great joy and profound depres-
sion are here. OF course Minnesota must
win. There will be thousands out to see
the game who won't permit anything else
to happen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
Trouble for Trusts.

A Pittsburg correspondent Of the New
York Journal Of Commerce and CONNER
cial Bulletin tells a story that shows how
hard it is to keep up actual monopolies
of manufacture, even for the biggest
trusts.
The steel trust has sought to prevent
competition with it's own finished product
mills by holding up prices Of steel to
about the same figure that it asks for fin
ished products. This worked very we'll
FOR time, but it drove a number of Sec
ondary process steel mills to build their
own steel plants and make their own
steel Owing nothing to the trust for
this compulsion to increase their plants
they had no respect for the trust price
schedules and went out and got business
at prices that have now compelled the
trust to cut rates. Some of the little
mills that don't make their own steel will
have to shut down, now that the steel
trust is selling the finished product SO
much cheaper and is not reducing the
price Of raw steel, but the other mills are
an q position to give the TRUST all the
worry it wants.
The shrinkage in the percentage Of tin
plate production controlled by the tin plate
trust shows how competition still man
Ages to assert itself. When it was organ
1zed this trust controlled 80 per cent Of
the business; now it has only 60 per cent
10 many are the new independent mills.
The National Tube trust is in much the
same fix. Its monopoly has been so
much clipped that now, in order to get
enough business to keep its mills run
ming, it has to reduce prices.
1t is not recorded that any Of this COM
petition Is ruinous either to the trusts or
TO the independent mills that are set
ting the pace. Both are getting plenty
OF business, but the trusts, in order to
get their share, have had to take some fat
slices off monopoly rates.
All of which again demonstrates that
the trusts are formed wholly for the pur-
pose of giving the consumer the benefit
Of the numerous economies manufacture
on a large scale permits.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

Of his offer was hard blow to his pride.
Her assertion that she would rather die
than marry him might have deferred a
weaker or a stronger man, but 1t had no
such effect on Clancy. He was more
than ever determined to bend her to his
will.
Back of it all was McGovern-always
McGovern. Her words had been wild, but
it was because he had threatened Nc
Govern. Get rid Of McGovern-that was
the first thing to do.
He would show her that he, Clancy,
was not a man to be baked. He would
tame her. The thought pleased his mood.
What did she see in McGovern any
way? He wondered that she stuck to
him now that he was gone. Perhaps he
had not gone far? Perhaps she heard
from him? Perhaps-and he writhed at
the thought-perhaps she had gone away
to meet him now?
The next morning Clancy reported sick.
To the surgeon who examined him he said
that the wound on his head (where Shorty
had struck him) was giving him trouble
again. The weather was hot, the man
heavy eyed and listless, and the surgeon
advised him to lay off for a few days.
He applied for leave and received the
required permission.
That afternoon, in citizens' clothes,
Clancy took the train for Millville. He
did not know exactly why he was going
or what he was to do on his arrival In
his heart he did not believe that Maggie
had gone there to meet Shorty. 1t was
unlikely that McGovern would pick out
this little mountain town for hiding
place. 1t was still more improbable that
Maggie would go to him If he were there
she was not that kind of a girl.
Clancy began to see that he had per-
nnitted his imagination to make a fool
Of him, and yet-and yet Maggie was
there, and he could not drive the image
Of McGovern from the background of the
mental picture.
At any rate, he would see the girl. He
would tell her that he had come because
he could not help it; that he wanted to
be friends with her again. She would
be impressed 1t was not every day that
a man travelled hundred miles to see a
girl, particularly when he had been
treated as he had been treated.
He began to think that he was doing a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

Suppose the mayor of Minneapolis had a
tax department that had put in eighteen
months Investigating the assessed valua-
ton Of city real estate and had then sent
to every property holder in the city who
had been unjustly assessed an exact state
ment Of his overcharge, together with rea-
sons proving conclusively that it was an
oyercharge, accompanied by advice to go
before the board of equalization and COM
plain vigorously. That is what Tom john
son has been doing in Cleveland, and that
is why life has been burden to the board
of review of that city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

wider and deeper recognition Of the sac
redness Of the marriage VOW, and pro-
test against the fippant attitude Of many
toward it, The appeal Of the pastor OF
the Baptist Temple, Brooklyn, is to the
highest ideals both of manhood and
womanhood. The thoughtful reading OF
the book by both young and old cannot
but have good effect.
A BALLOON ASCENSION At MIDNIGHT. BY
George Eli Hall, with silhouettes by Gordon
Ross San Francisco: Paul Elder and Morgan
Shepard.
The day is coming when automobiing
will be tame sport, automobile clubs Will
no longer be swagger and aero CLUBS
will be 1.-The thing among those who seek
the latest and most intense thrills. A
forecast of this time IS given In this little
but attractive book. It is a story Of SEN
saticns, promenade on the crest of a
forest" brobdignagian leaps from the
lower to frozen upper air. The story was
originally published in the San Francisco
Argonaut.
LIVES OF TWO CATS. By Pierre Lott, trans
lated by M. B. Richards; nlustrat tons by G.
Z. Allen. Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 30
cents net.
The book is new one in the Young
of Heart Series" and Is a charming
sketch of two household pets, one born
and reared in France and the other
brought from far-away China, a stow
away, by the author. The cats are two
models of catdon. Only once do they
quarrel and that is upon the discovery OF
the French pussy that she has a rival in
the affections Of the household, and then
the heather Chinee" pussy shows the
better nature. But Pussy White, as the
French pussy Is called, discovers that the
heather tabby has friend at court and
henceforward treats her with due respect,
later becoming her closest friend The
book is interesting for old and young
alike not more for the interest 1t arouses
in two attractive pets than for the glimpse
it gives, or may be supposed to give, into
the hon1e-life of the author OF An Ice
land Fisherman" naval officer and lit
terra eur.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

It would be hard to imagine unpopular PROPOSE
ton submit to the voters Minneapolis than issue
But when the city such propositions
popular In February 1870 when Frank Mead
city clerk the people voted $2500 OF bonds
at cent to aid In the construction of the Minneapolis
ST. Louis Railway which then the Minnesota
Western There 9S in favor Of the issue and
only l13 against it, these when big issues Of bonds
at per selling good premiums per cent
Minneapolis bond would look like a gold mine ..
circular issued o. M. Laraway, agent for sale
bonds" calling of investors the
the $1250OO, number of interesting
about the city of that time Although the bonds voted
1870 1877 that Mr.. Laraway the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
IN A NUTSF1ELL..
'~~ '@ Voting Young

Of them the market In 1877 the valuation OF
the city $2175000o; it estimated have 100000
people, the outstanding bonds amounted $9710OO
The rate Of taxation rs mills %<~#55 d. E<4 a.
Under the the railroad company was
to $4,000 Of the bonds when it graded roadbed
from ST. Anthony to White Bear Lake. when it had
its grade from Minneapolis Shaopee $4,000 when the
shal be running to Merriam Junction. $31 600 when
the road bed is built fifty miles beyond Junction. $31 900
when the road graded to the Iowa line when
1.-The shall be running to the north line Of Iowa. All
of this accompanied by the provso Of the
bonds should be issued until at least 100000 the capital
stock Of the had been subscribed least 40
cent thereof paid in and used In construction of
the road +"&-&' "a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
The NonpareiI Man
CASUALLY Observed.

Casually Observed.
The indianapolis Hoss Show March"
Is appearing in the Indianapolis papers
You can almost hear the orchestra whin-
ney for oats.
An Irish member insulted the premier
yesterday and so parliament was declared
open in the good old way.
Soft coal may be all right in its place,
but in a rickety old hot air furnace it is
about as much out Of place as an electric
fan at the north pole.
Mr.. Mccall called at this office to-day
to deny that he was murdered. Attempts
were made to show him that he was mis-
taken, as his body had been positively
identified by his friends, but he went
away apparently unconvinced.
If any Of the Colombians think that
Rear Admiral Casey Is the mighty
Casey who famed out they will dis
cover their error.
After all the Chicago Woman's club
should be commended for not trying to
butt in and settle the strike.
Will the coal barons drop prices next
year? Well, not very far.
A corn king" has December corn in
his safety deposit bin in Chicago. The
various kings ought to hold a national
convention and point with pride.
Several citizens stayed out till a. M.
last night to see If the moon got safely
out of the penumbra. Their wives after
wards discovered that the moon had been
chewing q Glove.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17


In Nicaragua it is a crime to be out of
work. A laborer who is without an en-
ployer may be imprisoned for twenty days.
The law distinctly says: "All laborers
must have an employer" A law of that
kind requires a complement that every
employer must have laborers, and that all
employers must have as many laborers
as there are. in the country. Why
wouldn't such a combination Of laws be
good way to keep prosperity up, and
labor and capital always engaged in pro-
duction? -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

and Is country that IS willing to ,ex-
change trade opportunities in France for
Americans for trade opportunities in the
United States for Frenchmen:
The believers in lower tariffs and reci-
procity will not hereafter be mere theo-
rists and sentimentalists. The changed
conditions are dividing the ranks OF
those who once fought soljdly for a sa-
cred and rigid tariff-except it be to add a
few courses to the top of the wall.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

Judge MCGEE is very fond Of memorable
or obiter dicta. The judge isn't really
himself unless he can get good chance
to excoriate some wretch about once a
month. He got a chance the other day
at a wife deserter and declared In good,
round invective that that sort of vermin
ought to be publicly whipped-under due
legal process. of course: AS means of
expressing a state of mind we all SYM
pathize with that deliverance as good,
but as a serious suggestion it will hardly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

Much interest in reciprocity with Can
ada has been aroused among Minneapolis
millers and grain merchants. 1t is graft
flying to observe that they are also deeply
interested in irrigation. OF the two, the
latter is at present the more tangible.
Reciprocity with Canada is at the end of
a long, hard road. But simply turning on
the water in Montana will give greatly
increased wheat yield in natural Mime
apolis territory on the southern side of
the international line.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

Marie's popularity is amazing, as some
one else has already said. She has SO
taken the Britons that one of them has
searched for and found key. to prove
that she wrote the works commonly at
tributed to William Shakspere. This
coming on top of the wonderful sale Of
her latest book,-which, by the way, bears
some resemblance to Hall Gaines 1.-The
Eternal CITY, as pointed out by w. L.
Alden in the New York Times Saturday
Review--bids fair to turn Maries head
or would seem to be sufficnent ground FOR
turning even q well-balanced head. It
all makes great advertising for her, and
perhaps. that pleases her and her pub
fishers most Of all.
But that key to Shakspere's authorship
is too good to be suppressed. II Marie
were little older-but who knows how
old she is?-it might have great weight,
Tor 1t requires no 6oo-psge cryptogram Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17

The more trade, the more wealth. The
American implement makers want to
trade with the people Of all the world,
and they are willing to give those people
as good chance here as they will give
the implement makers there. That is the
true principle Of reciprocity. Some people
think reciprocity means getting foreign
markets, without giving anything in re-