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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

= Major Waller has evidently come back
from Samar with blood in his eye.si- The
major is a bad man to have on the other
side, and we do not envy the position of
those whom he charges with a conspiracy
to ruin him. While General Chaffee re-
fleets humane public opinion nfhis eoun-
try when he holds that Major Waller was
altogether too swift in dealing out ven7
geance to the treacherous scouts; there is
a widespread feeling that in samar the
question was whether the Americans in
tended to- permit the natives to do all
the exterminating. The natives began the
work at Balangigan, but it was quickly
brought: to an end BY the severe measures
of Smith and Waller. 1t should be noticed
too, that Major Waller says that, with the
exception of scouts, the 500 or 900 natives
who met death at the hands of his com
mand died in battle. There were no mas
sacres of harmless, unoffending natives.
Armed enemies who refuse to sur
render were killed. That, we believe, is
something that happens in most wars.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNA

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for the city election. The issue would
then be plain and clear and there would
seem to be no reason to doubt the adop-
,tion of the submitted charter The only
new thing would be separate elections,
and certainly after our recent experience
in this atty there can be no formidable
objection to separate elections Thou
sands Of republicans voted for the re-
publican candidate two years ago simply
because their support of him was sup
posed to be for the good of the state tick
cts. These same thousands would have
welcomed chance to vote Independently
of politics on mayor, and will be willing
to adopt such an amendment as will de-
liver them from the alternative presented
two years ago.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
THE BoRAx CASE

Though the decision of the supreme
court yesterday in what has come to be
known as the borax case makes it lawful
to use borax and other chemicals in pre-
serving meat sold in Minnesota the court
makes no attempt to decide the borax
question itself. e.. ~ ..~
The court distinctly says that 1t dis
tion as to whether the law against the
use of preservatives "was intended to or
or has covered all food products. And
the court answers that the law is defect
i've and does not cover all food products,
though such verbiage does actually occur
in the act. The court holds that the ex-
clusion of chemical agents as preserva-
tives applies only to milk cream, butter,
cheese and other dairy products. j.
The court goes further and points out
pursue in formulating pure food laws. The
legislature has no authority to forbid the
use of all chemical agents in the preser-
walton of food, but it has the power tc
Eprohibit the use in food products of al
kinds of chemical agents which in them.
selves or by injudicious application are
deleterious and injurious to the consum-
ers of the treated food. This power may
be exercised as time and experience dem.
onstrate the necessity. ..
| While the court has decided the case
without any reference to the fitness O.
borax as pure food preservative the de-
fendant's counsel collected large mas:
of information of an authoritative nature
| tending to show that borax as used il
preserving meat is not harmful to tht
human system. The weight of medica
and scientific opinion in the leading ma
| tions seems to be in favor of borax. -
| But at present there is very genera
public prejudice against borax, which onl.
time and experience can overcome. If. i
really Is a valuable and innocuous preser
yative it will in the end be recognized a
such. In the meantime the .discussio,
and information that have been brough
out by the case decided yesterday have
doubtless, had the effect of, imparting,-
judicial tinge to public opinion on~t tn;
subject. It will be generally adrnitte,
that it has ait least been shown that Their
are two sides to the question. .~-.,.- p.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
The WEEK IN BUSINESS

The president of one of the leading coal
roads was quoted this week with refer
ence to the great distributing factor of
the present BUSINESS Situation, the labor
controversy in the anthracite region.
Tho greater part of what he said was not
especially important in itself. but he
closed with the statement that there can
be no settlement until the miners go back
to work Internationally.
i 1t is unfortunate that utterances of this
sort should continue to go out, so
emanating that they may be taken as
indicating the settled policy Of the
operators to stand against any attempt at
a compromise Every day brings reports
of new disagreements, most of them hap
PLY local strikes not involving many men.
From the fact, however, that there are
disputes in SO many places 1t Is evident
that the spirit of unrest is at work. The
country is unusually prosperous with
many Industries taxed beyond capacity.
Money is plentiful and the people have
more of 1t per capita than ever before.
Any willing man. may find employment
and wages-on the WHOLE are higher
than for years. With these conditions it
would seem that this should be a time
for conte tmcnt, yet it is not entirely So
Unreasonable as are some of the demands
of the workingmen, there is something
to be said for the general cause Of labor
An important consideration, and one
rarely given sufficient weight by employ
ers, who look askance at an increasing
wage scale, is the increased cost of liv-
ing Dun's index figure. which is 2
jnretty reliable guide, shows that while
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

when they resume operations 1t will be
with such improved methods that they
will employ one third fewer men than
they have In the past. They say that the
purpose is to pay the remaining two-
thirds one-third more wages. II this is
true the change will eventually greatly
improve the conditions of the men who
are retained. What to do with the other
100000 will be problem. 1t would be =
blessing to them if they could be trans
ported from Pennsylvania to the prairies
and forests of the northwest and placed
on their own farms. Most Of them would
then be better off than they ever can be
in the damp, unhealthy mines. ;,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
GROWING CORN EXPORTS

In the growth of the exports OF corn
from the United States to Europe may be
seen an Increase of the dependence OF the
European nations upon American food
supplies. In 1891 the United States ex-
ported 30.768, ,214 bushels of corn. In 1900
the expectations had increased to 209 ,348,-
273 bushels, of which Europe took 1s2,-
519,7S5 bushels. We are accustomed to
think of corn as a domestic food and
feed crop, not as a great staple of export,
but including wheat in the kernel and in
fleur we sent to Europe last year not
more than > 100, 100000 bushels, or some
30,OO00O0 less than of corn.
The indications are that corn has more
promise than wheat as an export crop.
The European peoples are just beginning
to- use corn. The Belgian bakers now
mix rs rer cent of corn flour with their
wheat flour. Thus corn flour s1persedes
wheat flour to some extent. Then, too,
while wheat flour is too expensive ever 20
becomes an article of food for the teeming
millions of Europe that never put their
teeth into white bread, corn flour 1s
ness. 1t will take time ito teach these
people that corn and corn products are
good foods, but once they are convinced,
the market for corn will vastly expand.
The Belgian people are further ad-
vanced in appreciat tion of corn than any
other European people, Consul Winslow
at Liege reports that in 1901 the per cap
ita consumption of corn in Belgium was
two bushels. If the per capita consump-
tion of the rest of Europe could be
brought up to this figure it would require
], 400 ,O00, 900 bushels to supply if. or about
three-f -fourths Of the entire product of the
United States.r "a -. :.
It is expected that Europe will take
more than. 300 ,Ooo, 900 bushels of American
| corn this year. - 81.
In view of these figures it may be con-
fdently' assumed that the expectation ot
corn has scarcely begun. >,. ... ......
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
BUT WHAT OF THE BoER.

Chicago Journal.
A cheer for the Briton who wins the fight,
A crown for the king, plume to the knight,
And hand to the hearty yeeman;
A cheer to the Briton who wins. but yields
The fields to the men and the men to the
fields,
For he is a generous foeman.t
But greater cheer for the broken Boer,
Who stood to his guns when defeat was sure
And the world looked on unheeding;
Who found in the courts of the earth no
friend,
Yet struggled on to the bitter end,
Breathless, beaten and bleeding.
Aye, cheer goes up for the men who win.
And the drum and the cannon long shall din
Their riotous celebrations,
But deeper cheer for the men who choose
In liberty's cause to fight and lose!
For OF such is the hope Of nations.
Edmund Vance Cooke in Chicago Journal.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

When Mr.. Hill sailed for Labrador on
his yacht the other day he told New
York reporter that his "trip had nothing
to do with the resources of Labrador or
with the building OF railroads up there.
have enough railroads now.v This is the
first authoritative statement that Mr
Hills railroad appetite he's been satisfied.
DIFFERENT PARTY TO DEAL WITH
ST. Louis Globe-Denaocrat.
An interesting statement comes from Lon
don to the effect that a-South african syn
dicate, consisting of former associates of Ge-
ell Rhodes, has bought properties in Alaska
on the Klondike boundary, where they pro-
pose to- invest $1,000, 900. AS the boundary is
not yet finally settled, there is a chance for
international friction in that quarter. The
dominion of Canada has urged far-fetched
and palpably manufactured claim to a sea
port for the Klondike, contention plainly
based upon the fact that such a port would
be extremely desirable and profitable to Brit
ish America. Mr.. Rhodes associates have
had considerable experience in edgng their
way, by jameson raids and otherwise, toward
1.-The absorption of gold mines; but il they try
any peculiar strategy on Uncle Sam they will
find the proposition different from their ad-
vance on and capture Of Kimberley and Pre-
toria,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
, COLoRADO'S "HEALTH FARM"

Inc World is last getting over the old
notion that a consumpt1ve is doomed
man. It Understands pretty we'll, now,
that in cases that are not far advanced
health may be restored and preserved un-
der certain conditions. Sometimes these
conditions are to be found in outdoor life
in the home climate; sometimes 1t is bet
ter to seek health by permanent or long
continued residence in another climate.
Both are attended by great difficulties to
persons dependent upon their own efforts
or those of others for support: =,
Colorado is one of the most favored To-
calities for consumptives, and it's people
-keenly feel the desperate plight of the
consumptive who goes there without
means Of support. He either fails to get
the hoped for benefit because of overwork
at unsuitable occupations, returns before
a cure is effected or becomes an object OF
charity
It is not surprising then to find that
the Colorado Y. NJ G. A. has established
near Denver Health Farm. y This farm
is designed to furnish the required out-
door life and occupation that are impera-
tive if the consumptive is to be restored
to health Sixty acres of land have been
bought and more will soon be purchased
The Colorado people feel that, inasmuch
as the consumptives for whose benefit the
farm is established will come from all
parts Of the country, the expense of main
tanning the farm should be widely dis
tributed. Ten thousand dollars have al.
| ready been realized Contributions may
be made for the building of tent cottages
which cost about $3.50 each, for the gen
eral expense and maintenance fund, or tht
expenses Of individual invalids may bs
| paid by interested persons. Each invalit
or someone for him will be required t.
| pay certain sum for quarters. board ant
/ attendance. If he is able to do any worl
on the farm he will be credited with it.
! The plan is praiseWorthy IN its object
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

There is a good deal of talk in Wash
ington about President Roosevelt endan-
gering the future of his party by his
straightforward methods. There need be
no anxiety on that score If what people
ihereabouts are saying to-day about his
special message of yesterday is to be
taken into account. From this viewpoint
Roosevelt is likely to be the salvation OF
his party. The people always admire a
man in public station whom they believe
to be actuated by his convictions OF, duty
and never think more of him than when
he stands by his convictions in the face
of such opposition as now confronts the
president in the Cuban matter. ~rg
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
The NonpareiI Man
Casually Observed.

Casually Observed.
The excitement at the city haul is so great
that the police have ordered the saloons to
remain open all night.
Rev. G. L. Morrill's new book is out. The
ease and familiarity with which Mr.. Morrili
handles the Latin quarter shows that he
made q careful study of the financial system
of France.
Now is the time in the interest of good
government to come out and tell all you
don't know.
If you are thinking Of going to Europe to
see the Alps why not make 1T Colorado and
the Rockies? AS between the home grown
mountains Of the glorious west and the can
ned hills of the effete monarchies OF Europe,
there can be little choice,
A phantom boat is fooling around the Chi
cago river. Almost anything may be ex-
pected of aSriver that flows backwards
Major Waller compares hades and Samar in
a way that is uneomplimentary to the latter.
But nobody has to go to Samar unless he
wants to.
The reichstag at Vienna had boxing
match yesterday, Herren Wolff and Schoe5
nerer handing a few to each other to the
great joy of the gallery. Circuses at Vienna
stand but small show when the reichstag is
in session. T.
The Y. M. C. A. moonlight excursion was
nearly ruined at Elizabeth, N. j., by an
edict of the officers of the association prohib-
iting hugging on that occasion. This is
cruelty. = N -
|, When the Ormsby quadruplets were born
in Chicago, Ormsby pere heard of it and few
the coop. Mrs. Ormsby took the quads to
the museum to earn a living by exhibiting
them, and the father showed up there yester-
day and gave each of the children a nickel.
Generous soul!
In the very successful kitchen shower given
Mrs. St. Leger, Of saltwater avenue last
evening, was that justly celebrated compiH-
tion Of Information without which no kitchen
is complete, entitled Receipts, Good and
Bad, by Bunch of Fairies" The recipe
for seed cake is acme worth the price OF
the compilation. "Take one pint flour, three
inches of butter grated fine, cup of milk
and two bad eggs. Mix and beat to- stiff
jelly, adding one pint selected canary seed
Strain through a cane seat chair and bake
in warm oven"
The story that Booth Harrington will re-
tire to his farm and tickle the soil is causing
much interest in literary circles 1t is gen
orally agreed among litterateurs that farm
ing is glorious sport; that all you have to
do to get good living is to slap few
seeds into the earth and sit around and
wait at your leisure while they germinate
There Is Inodicum of truth in this%view
but 1t is not the whole truth. Farming
when you can own the place and fat bank
account, has its pleasures when you car
hire three or four men to do the farming
If one has no money and is his own farmer
it is different: Getting up at a.. m. ma,
be all right to go fishing, but when it has
to be done to act as valet to the cattle ant
| to saw a cord of wood, it soon loses its charm
and one longs for restaurant fare and canned
| stuff once more. The city never looks 81
| good to litterateur as it does after he ha!
| put in hard days work plowing eight!
acres, milking 210 cows and saving core
| and half of wood.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
MAY "BURsT THE TRUST,
Indianapolis Jo1rnal

1ndianapolis Journal
People in the east who are the victims Of
anthracite strikes and trusts are considering
the substitution, of oil for anthracite coal.
Lists have been made which show that oil at
80 or 80 cents a barrel is as cheap as coal at
So or $3.50 a ton. As crude petroleum at the
wells iii Texas costs but few cents barrel,
the chief factor in the cost is the transporta-
ton. The one great need is the means of
shipment If Texas oil should take the place
of anthracite at exorbitant figures, it will not
be the first time that the greedy and unscru-
pu1ous have 'oYerreached themselves.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

Colonel Kitchener, brother of General
Kitchener, predicts that in a few years
the Beers will take up arms again. There
is much in the history of these remark
able people to give substance to: such a
prediction. Whether they rise again or
not will depend largely on opportunity.
If the British should become involved in
a. disastrous and weakening foreign War,
thevBoers would not be of the stuff their
fathers we're if they ldid not again raise
the standards of independence.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
THE BoERs COT THE "s1LLER,,

y '7-I-I NEW II OfK IIfnes. ="
w. Bourke Cochran was asked what he
thought Of the surrender Of the Beers
WELL he said 1T reminds me of a feud
between an Irishman and Scotsman They
had many hard battles, and each claimed the
victory.
:" Sure an ye'd better give in an aeknowl-
edge loike a man that I've thrashed you,
argued Patrick after each encounter. I
= :" 'f1oot, mon, was Sandy's invariable re-
joinder, you could ma lick lad
But Sandy was long headed and when
Patrick declared he would giye five dollars
II he could make Sandy acknowledge he was
beaten, the Scotsman said:
/" PUT the siller in my hand, mon, an I'll
surrender. You can ha' a tn glory If you II
gi' me tn consideration.''
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

Experience is a hard as we'll as the
best master. But it has a. very stupid
pupil in Minneapolis. ), 1t has taught Min
neapolis earnestly and rubbed it in, but
still the city voted to have some more of
Ames. The question now is whether the
dose we are getting this time will teach
Minneapolis to use some sense in choos-
ing public officials. go
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

The friends of honest butter will be de-
lighted WITH !: the decision Of In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Yer
kes that no artificial coloring
matter can be used in oleomargarin
in any way without making it subject to
the practically prohibitive tax of 10 cents
a pound. Commissioner Yerkes has SEN
sibly concluded that he is interpreting an
anti oleomargarin law, with the empha-
sis on the "anti.". -,- .~. .,se.-# -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

The comparative newness of Minnesota
as an. agricultural state, although it is
now the greatest wheat-producing state in
the union is called to mind by the death
in Chicago On Tuesday of E. B. Drew, who
raised the first crop of wheat in Winona
county in 1852. AS Winona is one of the
oldest counties in the state, Mr.. Drew
came pretty nearly being the first wheat
raiser in Minnesota outside of that raised
by q few traders and soldiers. ....-
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

will impose protective duties against
countries outside the em&Es provided
there shall be within the empire trade as
free as that Within the American states.
That would mean that England would be
the manufactory of the empire and the
colonies the mines, the harvest fields. the
forests, the ranges,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
KINDRED SPIRITS, PERHAPS
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
Apropos of President Roosevelts gift of .
full set of his published books to the pope,
it is recalled that. in his early life Joachim
Pecci was mighty hunter of birds and beasts
and insects, His gun and his net were the
only dissipations he permitted himself. and 1t
1t calculated that even now. though nearly q
centenarian, when he looks over the Roose-
Welt pages. about field and food and game,
he will recall with zest the exploints of his
youth,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
THEY USUALLY DO

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
And in the observance Of Flag Day, den Z
forget Betsy Ross, whose dainty and patri-
otic fingers made the first flag of the United
States. Betsy was true woman. The con-
gresional committee had determined on six
pointed stars. but Betsey determined on Ave-
pointed-and five-pointed they were, and are.
And they do say General Washington cussed
a little bit when he saw the deviation from
the original plan. But Betsy--bless hsrl-
was a woman. and won out
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
Cuba,s. Coming Minister.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

st. Louis Giobe-Democrat
Cuba's first minister to the United States
will soon reach his post in Washington. Eng
land is the only other country which will
have Cuban minister for the present. Ne
other old world nation has recognized the
Cuban republic, but possibly others will do
so before long. The United States has for
mally introduced Cuba into the family OF
nations, and it would seem that the rest OF
sthe world ought to welcome her. but the
rest of the world, it is evident, believes that
Cuba, by the voice of her own people, VIII
soon ask for political union with the United
States Probably the world Is correct in this
assumption. s-. .-, ..-
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
Won't Go Hungry for Awhile.

.- Indianapolis News. 4-- I -
The coal opertors are reported to have said
that they could hold out indefinitely. I'm
doubtedly their profits have been such in tbs
past that they will not suffer for things to
eat and clothes to wear. 1t may, indeed, be
q long time before they can be driven to re-
lnquish their contentious through personal
necessities. ..E -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
Not a Bargain in Real Estate
. Milwaukee Sentinel.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
Great Britain now has holdings and
spheres in Africa that, aggregate 100000
square miles The surrender of the Boers
has given John Bull undisputed title to 167,-
466 additional square miles of territory; but
when the cost In human life and coin OF the
realm is counted, the land is not what could
be called bargain in real estate. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
Necessary Things Come High.

Memphis Commercial Appeal
The courage and colnpIacency Of the sturdy
British are most admirable. After spending
s., lis, 600 900 in giving the Beers what they
were fighting for, they are congratulating
themselves over their great victory This is
something like a man paying 81 for Ave-
cent sack of peanuts and then shaking hands
with himself because of the splendid bargain
which he had made.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

That railroad men may not misunder-
stand it is worth while to remark that
this Sir Thomas Shaughnessy we read
about in Canadian papers, attention being
particularly directed to the "sir," is
none other than Tom or 'tRed" Shaugh-
messy of other days in Milwaukee. --,E.,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
speaks for the Country.

New York Mail and Express.
Congress speaks for the country in pro-
vidng good administration for the Philip
pines instead of the government of proela-
nations coufiscations and assassinations"
which the Anti Company 0imited) would like
to see installed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
PrOper~ Place for Hero.

Cincinnati Times-S Star.
Kitchener would do well to stay away from
England for some time to come Heroes pro-
verbally look bigger at safe distance than
when seen face to face.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14
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Now and Always.

Rochester N Y, Herald.
Secretary Root will be supported 10y public
opinion when he starts out to enforce his me-.
ton that army officers who get drunk whiis
on duty should be bounced out Of the serv-
ice rather than retired on half pay