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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-17
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-17
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That our work on Shirts, Collars. Guns.
Flannels. Blankets and Lace Curtains
is unequaied our reputation national.
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1876 Main street.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
CARS ARE HARD TO GET
Local Lumbermen Also Have Trouble
in Getting Loaded Shipments
Started.

The difficulty in securing freight cars
for lumber shipments is getting to be a
serious matter locally. The MISSISSIPPI
Valley Lumberman thus discusses the sit
uation:
'"The freight blockade in Minnea polls is
proving a serious menace to the trade.
Cars loaded are held in the city several
days before they are pulled out to their
destination. After the cars are loaded
some of the big lumbermen watch them till
they are made up in regular trains, and
then they telegraph the consignees that
thei" shipments are on the way. A few
months ago it was safe to notify them
when the cars We're loaded, but under the
present arrangements nothing is certain
till the car is actually on it's way. It may
be held over only few days, and it may
be a week. In some instances, premiums
have been paid to get cars Immediately
when they were wanted This practice
has not been general, however, and it is
hoped it never will as the railroad COM
panies would probably take it into their
heads to raise tariff rates on lumber, feel
ing that they had the shippers the hip.
The car situation has not shown very
many signs of improvement the past few
weeks, and none is looked for by those
who have studied the conditions till next
year."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
HEADED FOR MINNEAPOLIS
Line from Iowa Falls May Give Kansas
City Short Gut

Line from Iowa Falls May Give Kansas
City Short Cut.
Special to The Journal.
Iowa Falls, Ia, Nov. Pas the COM
pletion of the Des Moines, Iowa Falls &
Northern railroad between this city and
the state capital approaches, public inter-
est naturally turns to the intentions of the
company relative to the construction of
the line northeast from this city 1t has
been planned to extend the line to the
northeast to connect either with some
through line running to Minneapolis and
st. Paul or to build an independent line to
the twin cities. Two preliminary sur
Veys have already been ruin to points in the
northern part Of the state. These lines
terminate at Mason City and Charles City.
There has been considerable discussion as
to whether or not traffic arrangements have
not been contemplated with the Milwaukee
to handle north bound business It is fig
ured by some that if either the Chicago
Great Western or the Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul should secure control of the
roa'l it would offer a shorter cut for the
business Of either Of these lines to Des
Moines and thence south to Kansas City
for western and southern outlet and
eventually become link in short line
between the twin cities and Kansas City,
That plans fo.' a northern extension of the
Des Moines short line will be formulated
and put into execution early in the spring
is generally conceded although the officials
of the new road refuse to divulge for pub
LEGATION any Of the plans that enter into a
northern outlet for their road. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

In Guntons Magazine for November, Clinton Rogers
Il think it
he that the affairs Of city attracting
much attention other phase Of political activity
city, state national This recognition i'm
porance and position Of municipal affairs Mayor Low is
second in authority and other official in the
United States with the single exception Of President
velt He controls the destines of employees and Off
Gals and has the distribution OF budget and
affects directly and poeny the lives Of people"
Inasmuch Mayor Low elected to overthrow Tam
and, to give New York good government
the people of the whole country intensely interested in
the campaign he made almost much interested and
in his work task has been difficult
chiefly because elected partizan fusion
is, therefore, backing of compact we'll
be based entirely
merits of his administration, and it takes time to
meritorious administration and it impossible
to sangune disorganized supporters
is likely to dissatsfy than he please
national partzanshp
of the things he needs Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
IN A NUTSHFLL.....
Situation York. Which Full Of Promise

municipal party that will organize to stand
by hnand his work. regardless of party attachment in the
usual It is hoped that the Citizens Union will sup
this organization
The Low administration has not escaped criticism, but
it is criticized for things would have
dsregarded in it's that its
It is impossible, too for
estimate Mayor Lows administration except
comparative basis He compelled to take conditions
strive gradually to improve thenl He had
keep thescity running with the old machine and
endeavor while In operation
s% Mayor Lows difficulties is to
be the police force New York
Is with few exceptions made
to-day under Tammany:y Under the LAY"
it was impossible this force introducing
men, must proceed by the gradual process Of
reforming the members Of the force. - r..
not expect too much too from the Low
Mr.. Woodruff, for it is working for
reforms to do with mems opinions and sent
but slowly. Low has
to change excite the desire higher standards
is the reformers, then indeed has he
ceede
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

crease Of inequality: Of social conditions,
have engendered economic and industrial
problems which are to be settled by who'll
ly rational means The political socialist
strength has rapidly increased because the
leaders think that, by getting control Of
national legislation, they can legislate the
millennium into existence, as thought the
French socialists in the. days Of Fourier
and st. Simon. In 1896 and 1900 the ten
dency toward a strongly centralized patri-
archal and paternalistic regime received
wholesome checks. If it appears stronger
in 1904 it will be dealt with as have been
the theories Of free silver and limitless
grist of shinplasters. The United States
government will take control Of things
affecting the public only with respect to
those which are obviously Within its prov
ince, but it will interfere, as it has right
to do, to right injustices and wrongs to
the public interests; as in the case OF
grasping trusts and palpably unjust dis
examinations in transportation rates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
"Subs" For Secret Tariffs.

Another explanation is offered for the
proposed advance in freight rates. Rail-
way men say that when injunctions were
issued against the leading western COM
panies forbidding them to name secret
rates or allow rebates it was necessary to
file every secret tariff with the interstate
commerce commission. Many of the roads
had secret tariffs on many classes of
freight, and consequently every cut Of a
private nature became an open and pub
lished rate, which compelled all other lines
to meet the reduction. AS a result fully
1000 secret tariffs were filed by the western
lines during the season and became low
published ones. Now the railroads propose
to withdraw practically all of these tariffs
and restore the rates to the higher basis
of one year ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

The sudden suspension Of the inquiry by
the commission on the coal strike natur-
ally raised the question everywhere:
whats up?" The Journals Wash
ington correspondent says that they have
come to the conclusion at the capital that
the operators have suddenly become anx-
ious to make terms because they have
found that the miners attorneys are pre-
pared to lay before the commission and
the public facts with regard to the coal
roads combine which they and other trust
people cannot afford to have come out just
at time when congress, under the direc-
tion Of the president, is getting ready to so
afteryall kinds of unlawful combines. The
whole trust family are said to be interested
and to have taken SO much alarm that
pressure from all sides, has been. brought
upon the coal roads tozsettle out of court
The theory is at LEAST plausible. "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

with the result that even in Minneapolis
there Is complaint, while In the, east,
where the situation is critical, there are
miles Of cars bearing some proportion of
perishable goods, that the roads are un-
able to move off promptly.
In the northwest the complaint is still
heard of weather unseasonably mild.
Some lines of fall and early winter mer-
chandise are dragging little in conse-
quence. There is just a trace of holiday
buying, and in the staple lines merchants
report the demand running even more
than ever to the choicest articles.
Manufacturers have had to contend
Der Of lines. Hardware men have ex-
rerienced slight decline in demand for
material entering into the construction Of
buildings as is natural at this time. The
iron situation remains Very strong.
The wheat market presents much the
same features. Statistics have changed.
The visible supply Is larger, stocks in
Minneapolis are somewhat larger, and re-
ceipts at primary points have been show
ing some increases, yet as the figures
bear upon the situation they are fully
as favorable to price maintenance con-
sidering that we are now along close to
Dec. 1. Were it purely matter OF
statistical influence the position Of wheat
wrul: not be hard to define, but recently
the manipulative influences Of Armour and
other large operators have been felt in
Chicago, and the trade is inclined to
watch the moves in that center with the
greatest interest for the present Mean
while the local mills are consuming a
great quantity Of wheat, the seaboard is
close to a free export basis, and Duluth is
selling wheat to go abroad from time
to time. For the week the exports of
wheat and flour were 5,277,672 bushels,
compared with 4,44o,16O bushels in the
week previous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
DAILY DIVERSION

The Report Was Correct.-Sir Wilfred
Laurier, the Canadian Premier, was on a
speechn1aking tour Of Ontario during the
recent bye-elections in that, province and
the Province of Quebec. The elections
were bitterly contested, and efforts were
made both. by the liberals and conserva-
tives to- stir up race and religious
prejudice. A Quebec liberal, whose &C
quaintance with Sir Wilfred was only pol
itical, sent this telegram to his leader:
Report in circulation in this country
that your children have not been baptized.
Telegraph denial = ."
To which dispatch the premier sent this
reply: 3 : ~ >
Sorry to say report is correct
Which created no little concern till it
was discovered that Sir Wilfred, has nc
children.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
TO SEE THE MAYORS
A Rural Visitor Who Thought the Whole
Collection Was on Exhi.

''Where are the mayors?' asked a gem
tleman in coon skin coat, with a gen
eral suggestion of Blooming Prairie in his
makeup, as he paused in the ante room
of the mayors office in the new city hall
this morning. =. .. 49,.
"You mean the mayor, don't you?"
asked Secretary s. P. Jones, in the CHEEKY,
obliging manner which has become char
acteristic Of him since he became city
official. .-.-
mo, street. was the emphatic response.
II want to see all of 'em, the hull outfit.
come in to see all the sights"
In vain Mr.. Jones explained that there
was only one head Of government in Min
neapolis. When he believed he had made
this point sufficiently clear the stranger
took him by the arm and led him gently
but firmly to the entrance to the magnif1-
cent waiting room on the swing doors of
which was stamped in bold characters:
MAYORS OFFICE"
That's the fault Of the man who put on
the LABEL said Mr.. Jones. "He got his
apOstrophe In the wrong place.
well, I'll be hornswoggled,' replied the
visitor. Blamed if I didn't think they d
fitted up quarters here for all the living
mayors Of Minneapolis. Room enough,
amt they?"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
The Law Not to Blame.

Some OF the county commissioners are
finding fault with the law which pro-
hibits the transfer Of money from one
the present situation with respect to the
district court, which must suspend in
few days for lack of money, an excuse
for calling for radical amendment of the
law.
The trouble is not with the law at all;
the trouble is with the administration Of
it. Before this law was passed the county
commissioners were asking for large sums
of money for one purpose and expend
ing it for another. Thirty thousand dol
lars, for instance, for roads and bridges
Of which only seven thousand was used
for that purpose, while the balance was
diverted to other uses. OF course, such
practice led to extravaganza and not
only to unjustifiable use of funds appro-
were met with an annual deficit, reaching
in one case as high as $4,000. Further
more, up to the passage of this law it had
never been known exactly what the rev.
enues of this county were. The commits
sioners had not been required to account
for them. But under the operation of
this law now existing it has been found
| that these revenues amount to about
900 year. 49,
The requirement that no money must be
transferred from one fund to another is
right and should be adhered to- The law
is not too rigid. 1t provides for an emer-
gency fund. 1t does not say how much
| that fund shall be. 1t assumes that the
| county commissioners and board of tax
| levy will exercise business Judgment and
make It, big enough to: cover" all prob
able exigencies, but a plumbers bill oc-
curing in the ordinary course of bust
ness should not be regarded as an emer-
gency; the emergency must be real -,
The situation in which the district court
finds itself at the present time could not
be anticipated, and the heavy expense. ir
connection with the municipal trials has
tcreated an emergency which the emere
gency fund should contain enough money
to meet. An emergency fund OF $4,000
would not be an extravaganza. Putting
/ that sum of money into the emergency
fund does not necessarily mean that the
money is to be expended unless it is actu.
ally needed to meet an actual emergency
The use of such money must be for 9
purpose that will stand investigation.
This fund would have contained enough
money at the present time. to meet the
emergency in the district courts If the
county commissioners had exercised gooo
judgment in their. annual estimates WE
do not know how true it may be, but
it is charged that some members Of the
board are so hostile to the present law
that they were quite willing to have the
emergency fund made too small, hoping
that some such embarrassment as the
present one might arise to create preju.
dice against the law. This charge may
be unfair, but the criticism that tn.
commissioners do not exercise good bust
ness Judgment with regard to the size o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

The republicans Of the fifth district have
not been pa rt1ularly anxious that Hen
nepin have the speakership, but it viii
probably puzzle them good: deal. to find a
reason why Hennepin man, picked :" by
outsiders, good, square, capable man,
having at least as good a show of success
as any other candidate, and as well quail
fed, should not have the unanimous sup
port Of his cwn district delegation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
THE PRESS AND .1HE&cAmeAlen
Alexandria Post News

, .. 80 - Alexandria Post News :
This state campaign which has just
closed has necessarily been a short one.
Before the result Of the primaries was
known and the political workers had re-
covered from the surprises and stress of
that preliminary campaign, it was act. l.
and there was but thirty days left to placs
before the people, the issues of the state
contest. To do this the chief reliance
was placed upon the country press. The
:, city press did not. thoroughly. wake up
until within. the last two weeks and one
! Of the leading city dailies the Mime
,apolis Tribune, IS still asleep. During the
entire campaign so far as we have been
able to find. not one word was said by it
editorially for the head Of the state ticket
The other dailies and especially the Min
neapolis Journal did splendid service to
the party.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
A Step Backward.

The Wall Street Journal calls attention
to the fact that the Burlington will
henceforth suspend the publication Of
monthly reports of net earnings. 1t cites
the fact that the Great Northern does
not publish it's report periodically and that
recently the Northern Pacific has taken
the same course. This means that no re-
ports will be made except annually cover
Ing properties embracing 10000 miles or
railroad and earning. $780, 100000 year.
the largest Individual system of railroad
In the United States. '"
The Wall Street Journal regrets this be-
cause stockholders in railroads are en-
titled to statements OF earnings at reason
able intervals, and the general practice
has produced these statements mon hly.
That is a good reason but it is not the
best one. The public is entitled TO kno"
from time to time what the stocks OF these
railroads holding public franchises are
earning. That is one of the objects OF
publicity demanded with respect to all
public franchise corporations as means
OF regulating them and protecting the
public against abuse of the privileges with
which they are endowed. The policy OF
the merger roads In withdrawing from the
public this information is directly con-
trary to that which IS supposed to
make for the public welfare and is cal
culated to throw more suspicion upon
the merger deal, and to stimulate the
feeling of hostility toward it. Further
~ Po,> fI,a r>,1t,l IN
to know whether the railroads combined
are drawing more than fair rate of earn
ings from the traffic which they carry
an exceedingly important fact because Of
Its bearing upon the matter of rates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
th-Western Promotions.

Promotions by the North Western roa
have been made az follows:
l.. .Goebemann. appointed acting superintendent
of the Minnesota and Dakota divisions with
headquarters at Winona; J. f. Cautiilon, assist
ant superintendent of the same divisions: ]. D..
Cuttridge, trainmaster of the Wisconsin division
with headquarters at Milwaukee; William Walli-
headquarters in Chicago: s. H Brown. assistant
superintendent of the Madison division. with
headquarters at BarabOo W. NJ. Wells assistant
ion with headquarters at Fond du Lac; c. J..
Quigley, assistant of the Galena division, with
headquarters at Chicago: W. w: Williams. train
master Of the Minnesota and Dakota divisions
with Headquarters at Huron, S. D., f: B. Biodg-
EFT. chief train dispatcher of the Wisconsin, di-
vision, with hearquarters in Chicago: F. OBren.
trainmaster of the Minnesota and Dakota diYis-
ions. with headquarters at Tracy. Mimi: George
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

The Norwood Times contributes to the
democratic post mortenn. In reply to the
Faripault, Pilot, which lays the, defeat Of
Rosing to Bryanism, the the Norwood editor
says that. the democratic ticket lost votes
by "catering to the gold element and load
ing down the ticket with men who bolted
in 1885,. Referring probably, to Robert
A. Smith of st. Paul. one Of the few demo-
Gratis who has succeeded in being elected
to any good office in Minnesota in the
last two years. ,.x, =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

Now that the city and county officers
have become accommodated In the mag
nihcent new city hall and courthouse,
isn't it about time for the attendants on
both sides Of that building to be required
to pay little more attention to their per-
sonalh appearance? It is hardly worth
while to expend millions on fine buildings,
decorate them extensively and furnish
them well and then allow the elevator men
and other attendants to be as careless of
their personal. appearance as some of
them have been up to date.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

the emergency fund seems to be just Ger
tainly,. if they had asked for two or three
thousand dollars more money for that
fund.- there would be no trouble now, and
the money would still have been in the
county treasury if this emergency had
not arisen.
We believe the taxpayers Of Hennepin
county will stubbornly resist the throw
ing down Of the bars which this law has
erected, and a return to the old loose and
worse and wasteful methods Of doing
business. There is no trouble with the
law. All it requires is a little more sense
in it's administration. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
KILLED BY LANDSLIDE
w. n. Mckee, Steam Shovel Engineer Of
the Rock Island Road, Meets
Sudden Death,

w. H. Mckee, an engineer on the Rock
Island roads steam shovel at work
near Inver Grove, was instantly killed
in a landslide Thursday. Seven lAborels
were also seriously injured at the same
time.
Mckee had charge Of the shovel and
had just gone into the pit to adjust some
Of the machinery when, without any
warning, the banks caved in and the
man was buried beneath several tons of
earth. He was thrown against the shovel.
the sharp edge of which pierced his brain,
killing him instantly. He is survived by
his wife and one child. 1870
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

There are reports of disaffection and a
split in the Hennepin house delegation
over the speakership. Wonder what a
Hennepin delegation to the legislature or
to a republican state convention that
could stand together on any proposition
would look like. 1t was hoped that we
had a delegation Of that kind this time.
Perhaps we have. We shall see.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
AS TO SHORTENING. coLLEeE TERMS
SIS ~. -. Chicago News. - = =

I, Thissis a young mans age and undoubt-
eddy there is going to be such revision
of educational courses as will enable the
young man to get at his work sooner.
But 1t will be a serious mistake to suppose
that there can be a forced growth of mind
or body without injury. Growth requires
why the college student on his tardy en-
trance into business life often progresses
farther than the self poised independent
unit" who has started at 16 is that he
then is fresh and vigorous where his com
spetitor is premature exhausted and
doomed to stay in a rut.