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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
CAN A COMPETENCE Be SAVED?

That was an interesting discussion in
e j u na ! yesterday, by local work
men, of Andrew Carnegie's proposition
that it is possible for a workman to sup
port himself and family in comfort and
save something for the declining years of
life. Some of them thought it was pos
sible by practicing the greatest thrift and
self denial for a workman. on from 81 to
81 per day, to save enough to support
himself after his working days are over.
Others thought it impossible.
1t all depends on the Individual. The
workman who has the money mak1ng in
stinct united to thrift will not long re-
main a workman at a small wage. He,
like Mr.. Leighton, will eventually get into
business for himself, or will make paying
investments. He will save enough to get
little capital for that purpose, but his
bare savings would be Of little avail II
they were not supported by business sa-
gacity. -,- T. .i...-s ~
Leaving out Of consideration that kind
of man and taking into consideration the
average man who has no exceptional bust
ress ability or is not endowed with that
superabundant energy which enables
man to plan investments and enterprises
after he has worked nine hours day, the
problem is not so simple. Mr.. Leighton
saved 81 day when he was getting 81,
this when he had a wife and two children.
It is out of the question for the vast ma
jority of worknen to think OF saving
any such proportion of their wages. If
man on from 81 to 81 per day can save
SO cents per day he is doing well-mean-
ing the margin over and above those ex-
traordinary expenses which may so sud-
denly deplete the savings Of the thrift
est. In ten years man might save 81, 5OO
at that rate. If he is able to work thirty
years he will have saved $4,000, which
with interest during the saving, may bring
the total sum up tc $4,000 This would
yield an income of $3.50, which is scarcely
competence for old age. II he choose to
draw on the principal at rate deter
mined by his life expectation at so he
might live very comfortably :.
But this threadbare old age has been
gained at the expense Of thirty years OF
sacrifice; thirty years Of deprivation;
thirty years of loss of entertainments,
comforts and luxuries; thirty years Of
narrowing concentration on the huge task
of saving. When the capacity for enjoy
ing and apDreciating the best of life has
gone by the saving man comes into his
competence and finds that it is SO slen-
der that none of the things. he has gone
without have been attained after all. He
has spent thirty years to keep himself out
of the poor house in his old age. Not
very inviting prospect, is, it, 49,.
1t is far from us to decry a habit of
thrift, for it is the foundation of wealth.
Every man should spend less than he
earns. But what does it profit man if
he concentrate himself all his life on
saving a few dollars and in the evening of
his days finds that the only reward of his
sacrifice is death in his own house? Is
is not better to save something as we go
along, but not to sacrifice all the good we
may get from our money to goal that is
after all so inadequate?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
The COURSE OF BUSINESS

The leading feature Of the week has
been the declining tendency Of the grain
markets. Not wheat alone, but all cereals
were affected. 1t was natural and very
decided reaction from the extreme bullish
sentiment that had ruled for some time.
In Minneapolis the May wheat option sold
to 75Ac compared with S05sc on the late
bull turn. Four months ago the heavy
loss in the corn crop began to be en-
phasized, and together with very bad
feed conditions, continued damage reports
from the southwest, and the feeding of
wheat to live stock, this corn loss has
remained the great bull argument. This
week witnessed it's passing and the COM
Ing ON Of new leading factor. Ali in
terest is centering upon winter wheat.
Conditions in the southwest will very
largely determine wheat values from now
on. More rain Is needed in the southwest,
and some nervousness has already been
felt over the winter wheat prospects, al
though to date conditions are favorable.
The northwest leads all sections in rel
alive degree Of activity and during the
week demand for all the staple lines has
been good, being especially felt in dry
goods and in agricultural implements.
Minneapolis continues showing bank
clearings far in excess of last year, and
for this week made gain Of ALP per
cent the figures showing $14, 941 ,504, COM
pared with $10,5SS, $685. last year. This
gain of 41.2 per cent here compares with
moderate gains in other western centers,
and decreases in New York and Boston
For the whole country the clearings were
$2,435, 1853 063, a decrease of 6.7 per cent
OF this total 1864, ,765 was in centers
outside New York. -st:. va.
With American furnaces forced to their
utmost capacity, this country is now i'm
porting iron. Some of the independent
wire and tube mills have been compelled
to go abroad for material, owing to the
inability Of domestic plants to furnish
steel for delivery within the next six
months, except to customers having long
time contracts. Seven thousand tons were
contracted for in England this week. and
as much more in Germany. AS plans for
spring building are gradually unfolded it
is becoming evident that the demand for
structural iron this spring will exceed
all calculations, which makes it the more
probable that the Importation Of iron will
grow steadily in the coming months.
Hesitation has ruled the stock mark ct.
Wall street apparently has but just begun
to realize the Importance Of the suit of
the state of Minnesota now pending in
the supreme court, as a market factor. II
traders in stocks are in any degree dis
appointed over the half -heartedness Of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

The sugar beet raisers Of Nebraska say
that the beet sugar manufacturers are
bagging all the profit in that state. and
leaving nothing for the farmers. There
fore the beet raisers don't care if reci-a
procity with Cuba is adopted. They think
that if it were the sugar manufacturers
might give them fair share of the prof
it's. If the benefciaries of the sugar:
tariff cannot agree among themselves,
they cannot expect other people to be
very deeply interested In their cause.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

Poultney Bigelow has broken out In
Chicago again. Poultney is a living eX-
ample of what 'front.' man can make
by talking emphatically whether he does
or does not know whereof he talks. One
of his most glazing inaccuracies Is mis-
reference to the American consular
service as decadent An hours investi-
cation would show him that the service Is
more efficient now than at any previous
times in it's history. =, f...s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
RATTLE WITH A COW

Terrified by an electric car at Limoges the
other day, a cow broke away from its drives
and. according to the London Daily Nails
correspondent, made desperate efforts to reach
boy who climbed lamp post to escape its
fury. A company of soldiers were called out
and charged the cow with fixed bayonets, but
In the conflict two of the soldiers were dis
armed, thrown to the ground and trampled
on. Two shots were fired at the desperate
beast, but it still showed fight, and it was
only after a policeman had plunged bayo-
net into its body several times that the excit-
ing conflict. which lasted an hour. came to
an end.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

remainder of the fund came from the in
come on the permanent university fund
derived from lands) the sales OF certain
lands, mineral leases, etc. Putting the
attendance. at S,4OO, it cost the people Of
the state little over $14 to pay for the
years education OF each student. That
is cheap enough, isn't 1t, for higher edu-
cation?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
ZONE OF MY sons"

the man he mad quarreled with HE hates
me worse than Poison" he explained, ..but
don't believe he will say that l am not
good man. ''What!' said the man referred
TO when the other employer came to inquire
about the applicant you don't mean to sag
that he gave me as a reference" HE did"
But he has said some bitter things about
me- He admitted that, but what do you
know about hm?'' well, he was the best
man We ever. had in this house. Why,
then, did you let him go?" Because so long
as We kept him e had need for presi~
dent and board of directors" That is
-enough-that is precisely the kind OF III al
I want"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

y President Francis says that he was
misunderstood in Washington yesterday;
that he did not mean to say that the
St. Louis exposition would be postponed.
On the contrary, he says, 1t will be held
in 1903, according to the original pro
gram.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

public they may thank the men who are
trying to put through the railroad COM
bine in the northwest, and who have so
stirred up public sentiment as to make
for hesitation and lack Of confidence,
thereby operating to keep out investors
for the time at least, and leaving the
market largely in the hands of profess
SIGNALS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
AN EyILLY-DISPOSED ROOF
Hongkong Daily Press.

Hongkong Daily Press.
The Tartar general of Canton has been
troubled by an evil influence in his yamen
which in one month caused the death of mis-
wife and daughter as well as of FORMER
Tartar general. A flung shut professor was
finally called in. He looked over the city,
and decided the evil influence was the roof of
the library of the government school for
foreign languages. The roof, which was Q
peaked one. was at once removed, aud is now
being replaced by flat one
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

At last Chas. A. ToWne has ar
rived in Wall street. He now has
offices on that street of iniquity
and has become a part of the very
community that perpetrated the crime
of rs. Look not upon Texas oil
when it spouts, oh We populists and silver
republicans, for it is tempter greatly to
be dreaded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

The Tribune can have the privilege of
printing the "Nonpareil Mans" verse the
n l If it wishes. That will make it
unnecessary to wait a week or two and
then credit it to the Nebraska State
Journal, or some other paper. The verse
will be just as, good if taken first hand,
you know -. .,ef Il. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
THE FLYING BROTHER

Roswell Field Chicago Post
The good Methodist brother who, led by re-
ligious excitement into the belief that he
could fly, struck and overturned coaI-on
lamp in his attempt. did not profit bG,careful
reading of the scriptures. Only those who
have no oil in their lamps should fnd 1t
necessary to fly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
How Dividends Are Paid,

How Dividends Are Paid.
When the evening ghadows gather
Over avenue and street,
And Is heard the cheerful clatter
or thousand homeward feet,
Then it is the tired fat men,
Like their countrys banners, flap
AS they stream out in the street car,
Hanging gaily to a strap.
Cheerful is the meditation,
AS we cash our bits Of tin
That the kindly corporation
Is so free to gather in,
That the yearly interest payment,
: -Four percent, or five, mayhap,
Is extracted from the fat man
Who is hanging to the strap.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

At the rate wolf stories are coming in
from Wisconsin and Minnesota, Ernest
Seton Thompson will have to revise his
statements that there are no authenticated
recent instances Of wolves attacking men.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
They Marvel mt Uncle.
Boston Globe.

Congressman Loren Fletcher Of Minnesota
finds himself much talked about just now.
He announces that he means to vote against
the Hepburn bill, or any other isthmian canal
proposition Except construction by prtzata
enterprise) that may be presented before Won.
gress.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
In Lighter Vein
Money Not the Only Standard.

Money Not the Only Standard. -.
Il would like to- see more in the papers
about success in life that does not consist Of
making a pile, said a business man the
othe: day. The tendency of our times IS
all wrong on this queJtion of wealth. Tn
consciously, perhaps, but nonessthe less eff
fectvely we iEstinctively size up'9za man
in these days according to his accumulatons.
his rate of accommodating or his prospects for
doing So When we read in the papers. about
the solid men Of the town, we don't think of
the brainy men, the men it is pleasure to
talk with, tae well-read men or even the
acute and schcming politicians. We think
OF the men of wealth Leading citizens
Is a phrase that means the possessors Of tn
leading bank accounts. Now there are other
qualities that go to make a man desirable
to the community besides those that qualify
him for the pursuit of gain There are some
great wealth producers in this city that, as
men, are despicable. Now. understand, IN
not one Of the added brain crowd that
despises trade and all that I'm in trade my
self and I'm hot after every dollar that rolls
within grasp Of my fingers. l think that
much of the genius of our age is in trade.
There's something after all in what Profess
sor Triggs saying about ShakGpere being a
Rockefeller if he were alive to-day-or the
other way-or whatever it was that he said.
But [ understand that my friend in the next
office who has miserable time making liv
ing is just as good a man as | am even if
am getting rich while he gets poor. l can't
get the pleasure out Of a book that he does.
don't appreciate art music. I am goins
through the wcrlc losing half the .sensuous
and intellectual enjoyment that he gets. 1t
takes all kinds Of men to make a world and
all kinds of men ought to be recognized by
the world. But to-day We give scanty recog-
milton to any except men who have talent
CT genius for getting rich
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

When you claps student friend on the
shoulder and see him jump two feet into the
air you may feel sure that the medical de-
partment has been practicing medicine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

The St. Paul Globe takes pains to-day
to assure us of it's undying opposition to
trusts-that is, every trust except Mr..
Hills railroad trust.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
THE SHIP SUBSIDY MEASURE

The Frye ship subsidy BILL amended in
some particulars. chiefly in the speed
classification and increasing the compen-
sation for carrying mails, was brought
into the senate yesterday by the commit
tee in charge, with recommendation 1or
it's passage. One noticeable change, IN
compliance with public opposition, is the
exclusion Of foreign built vessels admitted
to American registry, from the privileges
Of subsidy. The general subsidy. clauses
provide that subsidies shall be paid pro-
portionate to the carrying capacity Of the
vessel, not according to the actual cargo
carried. This, of course, enables vessel
to draw the subsidy whether she carries
any cargo or not. The advocates OF the
measure claim that the bounty cannot be
paid on the actual cargo carried, because
our government is under international OBJ
legation to pay bounty on exports in for
eign ships if it pays bounty to American
ships according to cargo carried. Under
these circumstances the bill should be de-
feated, for the bounty on carrying capacity
is a swindle. The Frye bill places the
mail steamers and freight steamers in
different sections and omits the clause
continuing the subsidies for fifteen years,
very properly leaving congress to decide
how long the subsidy process shall con-
tinue.
The passage Of the bill is urged on the
ground that it will promote foreign trade
for this country to an amount greatly IN
excess Of the subsidy payments, which will
amount to about $4,000, 600 year. 1t is
evident. howevre, that our export trade has
advanced and increased with a rush dur
ing the past four years without the
stimulus OF Mr.. Frye's subsidy bill. It is
evident that our ship-building trade has
increased to degree unknown since the
ffties. 1t is admitted by the subsidy ad-
yocates that the new movement is rapidly
diminishing the difference between the
European and American cost Of shipbuild-
ing. It is admitted that, when the cost
is. eaualized, American ships can be built
as cheaply as on the Clyde or anywhere
else.
AS we are "getting there" where is the
pressing need of an annual payment OF
3o,UUQ,UUU 10 uelp III lAClA
business? Adequate payment for mail
service is right enough. Germany and
England have built up their merchant
marines in this way. France has been
pouring out subsidies for her .shipown-
ers with a most liberal hand, and admits
that the scheme has proven a dismal
failure. The Frye bill makes extensive
provision for making the merchant marine
a nursery for American sailors; that is,
it requires a fourth of the crews to be
American citizens. This does not really
seem to foreshadow much Of nursery.
The bill does not sem to present many
more attractions than did the former
measure. The latter died a lingering
death. 1t is not propitious time now to
push subsidy legislation when the whole
country is rising against legislative pro-
motion Of corporate power.
The United States Steel corporation is a
trust, in popular parlance. Therefore, lit
tie good is spoken Of it. But fair play
demands that it should be said that there
are MANY evidences that this corpora ton
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
low. 1t would be more sensible to keep the
schools open and close the city haul.

The Woman's Club Of Chicago is doing a
stunt that reminds one foreibly of the Board
of Lady Managers that had splinters in it
in 1893 50 EAgsas
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

Madelia Messenger-It is to be hoped that
the legislature will act speedily and wisely,
and not make long session. Lengthy dis
.cussion IS not liable to very much improve
the bill presented by the commission
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

81 The Standard Oil company deals in axle
grease as side issue and things slip through
the legislature with great ease and facility.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

Of the Nibelungen-Lied had his vul-
nerable spot which Hagen discovering,
pierced with his dagger. The modern,
Siegfried has his vulnerable spot also. no
doubt, but the American people hope that
it will be long before the modern Hagen
discovers it. The kaiser stands above the
storm OF anti-American raving, calm and
serene, for he knows that the storm will
abate it's violence and that his good ex-
ample will work out the legitimate re-
suit in peace.
No man in Germany keeps in closer
touch with the political, educational and
religious movements and developments
in the German empire than does the
kaiser. He administers strong rebuke
to the irate junkers and kartel managers
when he singles out our country as the
subject of his most impressive and dis
tinguished courtesies
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
The Airship.

The Airship.
pretty little pun has been floating around
In local legal circles A while ago a Min
neapolls man Of wealth and renown died and
left a considerable fortune. two of the in
direct beneticaries were lawyers When it
was announced that they had launched
partnership the Wags remarked that it was
an heirship 1T is said, however that It
mas nothing to do with castles il the air.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

The title of Mr.. Bryan's new book is "A
Conquering Nation Yes, we have our
Ratchet out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

The United States Steel corporation is a
trust, in popular parlance. Therefore, lit
tie good is spoken of it. But fair play
demands that it should be said that there
are many evidences that this corporation
is being managed in spirit of fairness,
business and generosity. The latest
evidence of it's liberal management is the
offer to the engineers of it's lake steamers
of salaries about 5000 in excess of what
the men had expected.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

An apocryphal story will stick in history
as we'll as in gossip. The old, old fiction
dismounting and tying his horse to a
fence post and then taking the oath Of
office as President of the United States,
is still doing duty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18

The Pipestone Star and the Slayton Ca
zette agree on two things. They believe that
consolidation Will win. but they also be-
lieve that Governor. Van SAINT has done right
in opposing It, and that he deserves a sec
ond term. Charles B. Cheney
The Delta independent., 1902-09-26
BUB BLES.

"Silence in the court" applies to the
lovemaking of deaf and dumb cou.
pie.
1t isn't at all likely that the "arm.
less wonder" can play the piano By
ear.
The undertaken doesn't make much
out Of people who are buried In oh.
livion.
Should temperance man avoid
matrimony? 1t is certainly an "eye.
opener"
The living skeleton" who fails to
earn a living may appropriately be
sent to the poorhouse.
The clerk at the calico counter sell.
figures by the yard. the bookkeepei
adds them up by the foot.
Soda water drinkers. these hot days
seem to be clutchinE at the last st.aw
to save them from dying Of thirst.
The Delta independent., 1902-09-26
QUIET THOUGHTS.

Kind thoughts are wings which bear
us on to kinder deeds.
1t is true that the busiest man Is
the happiest man. but he often does
not have time to realize 1t.
Love Of ones own family may be-
come cause for blame If it stretches
over into injustice to others.
We bring into the world the germ
of all that we may become, but Its
culture is largely left to ourselves.
Giving advice is, many times. only
the privilege Of saying foolish thing
ones self under pretense OF hinder.
ing another from doing So
The love Of truth for its own sake
is the love of God. Be not afraid to
contemplate with unhinching eye
aught that is. Truth is absolute: lies
are accidental.
Employ your time in improving your
self by other mems documents; SO
shall you come easily by what others
have labored hard for. Prefer knowl.
edge to wealth, for the one lis transi'
tory, the other perpetual.
1t is great truth. wonderful as II
is undeniable, that all our happiness
temporal, spiritual and eternal-con'
sists in one thing. namely. In resign
ing ourselves to God, and in leaving
ourselves with Him to do with US and
in US just as He pleases.
The Delta independent., 1902-09-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Handsome is as the photographer
does.
BY rounding out the years youth
gets fiat.
Love thy neighbors as they love
themselves.
When woman is pleasant to
everybody in the family 1t is a sign
she has company visiting her.
The safest thing for a man to do
who is afraid of getting married is
to fall in love with several women.
The man who never has a word to
say about the excise tax will go wild
when he gets his water tax bill of
81.
A woman's instinct makes her as
sure that burglars have tried to get
in the house as If they had left their
cards.
You can tell an engaged girl by the
grown up clothes she is always max.
ing and a married one by those that
are not grown up.
You can never make a woman be.
lieve that the best way to play whist
is not to measure out the cards as
If she were making custard.
After woman has been engaged
two or three times she gets about an
excited over it as the man does over
going to business every morning.
New York Press.