The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-01-16

cave, IN unseemly chickering's ana
quarrels.
Jim Hill is an American. Full
up to the brim with American
notions Of commercial empire.
He has made ST. Paul the rail-
road headquarters Of the North
west. If he controls the Bur
lington system, the responsible
and directing spirit OF some
eight thousand miles more Of
road will be there. Is that Of
no value to Minnesota?
In England, everything for an
Englishman. Sell railway de-
bentufes I'M England and Scot
land. Sell government consuls
in the United Kingdom. Incor-
porate steamship lines, with
headquarters in London and Llv-
erpool. Divide the stocks and
bonds among Englishmen. Give
the salaried Offices to English
men. Pay the dividends to Eng
lishmen. Pay rents for official
headquarters to Englishmen.
,ts5
Make a treaty with Portugal or
China and get the customs houses
in the hands of an Englishman.
If an American syndicate Of min
ing spectators tire OF their in
vestments, send an Englishman
to investigate the property, and
if it is "good stuff, buy it with
English money and pay the diyi-
dends into official headquarters
in London. If some American
Touring mill concern is making
more money than it knows what
to do with God save the mark!- buy
up sufficient block of its stock, elect
It's directors and make official head
quarters in London, and send out the
dividend checks from the English cap
ital. It all adds to the volume OF
English business, and keeps London
great. Great is Pitt, great is Sails
bury, great is Cecil Rhodes. Stand
by them to the last ditch That is
English, you know.
The age Of introspection has gone
by for us Americans. Wei have killed
off slavery. We are reforming our
labor customs; we are thrust by cir
cumstances into the field Of world ac-
ton. Three years ago Mr.. Hill him
self thought the trust problem dan
gerous menace to the country But
events have gone faster and with q
wider range than he anticipated. II
was inevitable. He has now gone into
the whirlpool feet foremost. And II
he had not he would have had to Ego
back and sit down. where the Times
would have him. Ii,
The age OF America is at hand.
Minnesota has her opportunity with
the rest. Up to now we have pushed
jim Hill forward until he finds that he
must fight or run. That Is the appar-
ert reading in his statement and adj
dress. What would the people have
him do?
American ships, American banks,
American companies of oil kinds will
be necessary to the carrying on of
the future commercial invasion Of the
world by the United States. We
want headquarters for everything
somewhere in this country. Is this
recent outbreak by the governor of
Minnesota an Indication that when
ever an American company gets a
franchise or d grant Of rights some
where abroad, coterie Of American
and American governors
will fall upon 1t and demand that it
give it up, merely because the. whole
people cannot receive the dividends
In the shape of stock certificates Or,
is II to be recognized, here as well as
in England, that wherever and when
ever Americans get foothold, their
rights will be protected to the utmost,
to the full limit Of the power of the re-
public2
A billion dollar railroad trust.
cries the Times. Well, all the rail-
roads Of the United States about two
thousand miles of trackagel
are capitalized at about twelve billions
of dollars. The Great Northern
Northern Pacific and Burlington sys-
TENS comprise about twenty thousand
miles OF road, or one-tenth of the
whole. Is it unfair that so much
should be capitalized at one
twelfth of the whole? Or, should our
friends, Hartman and Gould, be
given the better end of the bargain,
and freely permitted to adjust their
nrp nnrtias Mt n much hipher' VA iuatiof,