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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-17
DESTRUCTIVE Politics

- Reliable reports from Cuba supply the.
most distressing proof of the accuracy of
the statements of the economic condition:
of the island made from time to time by
The Journ al and other. papers sup
porting reciprocity with Cuba. In answer.
to the allegation OF the "insurgents' that
Cuba was prosperous and hence In no
urgent need of reciprocity. which could
therefore we'll be made catspaw in do
mestie politics.; 1t has been maintained
that the prosperity was more seeming
than real and was due to temporary con
ditions
These conditions were that besides the
thousands of men employed in railroad
construction and paid with foreign money
other thousands were at work on the
sugar plantations in preparing the pres
ent crop in the hope Of reciprocity and to
save the fields and factories from the
ruin OF idleness even at some loss.
Now that the sugar crop is finished, the
true condition ofthe island appears. In
one district nearly $4,000 men, so the Chi
cago Record Hera1d's correspondent re-
poA VS. 0dSC DoCu olSCudIS ou. AuS ucu
usually retained for plowing and clean
ing the fields and doing other work
preparatory for the next crop, have not
been kept this year.
These discharged men will become
Migrants, What else can they become
without money and employment?
5"Vagrancy," a Cuban paper truly says,
"means vice, robbery. incendiarism-
in one word. hrigandage." - +
After brigandage will come tumult and
insurrection, order will give place to- dis
order, and the fair ediflce of ,self-govern-
nent we have helped the Cubans to erect.
will fall to pieces. So
Primarily, the United States will be re-
sponsible for this catastrophe. For the
sake Of beets we are now engaged in un-
doing the work for which so. many soldiers
gave their lives We are sordidly undo
ing what the soldiers braveiy wrought.
What was the use Of San Juan.
Ell Caney, the fever trenches of San
tiago, three years of magnificent po.
litical and industrial constructive work.
if 1t is all to be undone by a miserable
difference of opinion In congress? :.:5
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THE INSURGENTS CHANCE

II the insurgents are willing to see JUS
tice done to Cuba provided they can find
some means OF keeping the sugar trust
from being the exclusive American bene-
fciary thereby they can prove 1t by ac-
cepting the house bill, refined sugar diff
ferent1al and all. Some of them appear
to be willing to do so, notably Judge
Morris *.
II the insurgents are willing to rebel
against majority rule in the party Ia
congress and obstruct legislation. let
them go "a step further and by votins
with the, democratic minority give us
some legislation. There is little doubt
that a measure which deprived the sugar
,refiners of all protection ON refined sugar
would be welcomed by the American
masses. -r..
They would then stand chance Of get
ting cheaper sugar.
1t Is true that the blow would incident
ally hit beet sugar, too, since 1t would
tend to lower the price of all sugar.
But as the insurgents have often AL
legged that it was not so much the cause
of beet sugar that made them weep as
it was to see the sugar trust grown SO
fat and arrogant and that after all they
were merely fighting for true tariff re-
form, here is their chance.
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IN KANSAS, OF COURSE

Out in Kansas none but the rapid get
the fair and itsseemss to- bes the general
rural opinion that they only deserve the
fair. Out there, SO the veracious CORE
spondents relate. rich farmers are quite
willing to throwein=their@ heiress daugh-
tiers, good looks and all, as premiums on
hard and efficient work by the hired. man
Yesterday a husky, horny handed, broad
shouldered son Of rural toll won In fair
and public competition the hand of TIE
daughter of the owner of 500 broad acres
Of. wheat by. doing yeoman's service in
harvesting the crop.
Inducements to labor such as high
wages, luxurious quarters, meals with the
family, etc, having often failed to lure
the coveted farm hand to the Minnesota
farm it may Nbe advisable to try the Kan
sas plan of Gaping all rewards with a
beautiful heiress,
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snHaTING TIFF TELEGpApH

Copyright. 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
Lazily Linyard watched the blue-coated fig
ure toiling slowly up the hill from the sta
ton. Who. he wondered. had sent a town
messenger out to Woodcrest? He was half
tempted to rise and meet the lad. but the
june day had an eneryating breath, and, be-
sides, the note might be for Clifford
Clifford owned Woodcrest, and Linyard had
only run down for the week end. Presently
the boys slow feet crunched upon the gravel
walk. Clifford stepped out through the libra
ry window.
"Bet tho cigars it's for you, Walt he 'sug-
gested, "or, letter still. from Jane Burton. .
Linyard flushed, though he tried to speak
carelessly as he said, I'm take you, for
there's no such luck -
The boy was at the step now, and both men
reached out their hands.
For Mr. Walter Lnyard,'' the youngster
said as he reached out a square enveloD adj
dressed In a hand that caused Linyard's heart
to beat fast.
Clifford chuckled. II win he declared.
And lanyard, deep in perrsal of his letter,
could only nod assent. The eager face turned
to blank establishment. however, as he read.
When he reached the familiar signature. he
began and read it all over again, and then
burst out:
This Is quite beyond mev'
ANY way can help, old MANI
lanyard thrust the letter In his hand. and
this is what Clifford read:
Town, June 5.-My Dear Mr.. Linyard: For
give me for my refusal to answer you when
you did me the honor week ago of asking
me to marry you. / will have to explain
the peculiar position in which i am placed.
When made my debut in society. last fall,
my aunt. who. as you know. has been both
father and mother to me, made me promise
that would accept NO proposal until the
end of my first season, and now that my sea-
son sol is ended I find myself n dllem n15,;
cannot decide. You are one Of the seven.
I. have therefore, decided to leave the de-
cision in the hands of fate and the enterprise
of those who seek my hand. I am leaving
on the American liner to-day, and will &C
cept:the first proposal to reach me from one
of the seven. - te
Letters similar to this will be delivered
half an hour after the steamer sails, to the
other six, SO that you may all have an even
chance 1t rests with you. Faithfully
yours, Jeanette Burton.
& Clifford handed back the letter, with a low
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EpE5 w SARGENT.

whistle. Cant say I blame her much,
though" he remarked '.She was by far the
prettiest debutante of the season; and the
chaps OF our set are so much alike it's hard
to choose between them. Going in to wiz? %
Linyard nodded, then squared his shoulders
reassuringly as he said, I'm going to cable
Queenstown to catch the steamer in the chan
nell
THAT will be nice returned Clifford reas-
suringly: "By that time she will have had
time to write letters to four of the other five
telling them the lucky man got his wireless
telegram aboard at Nantucket"
Liny ard gritted his teeth. Then he turned
to his friend desperately. .'See here; I've sim
ply. got to get my proposal in first. How can
I do it?''
But Clifford sat there in brown study.
Suddenly his friends face frightened. Lets
go bluefshing on the ARIEL he said quickly.
And Clifford, with the light of sudden under
standing, nodded an assent!
Late that afternoon there commotion
on the bridge of the New York. Not far
ahead a schooner yacht acted as though bent
on self-destruction by persistently getting in
the steamers way The first officer reached
for the whistle cord.
AS the hoarse notes doomed out across the
water the yacht displayed signal flags for 81
want to speak to you,' and a minute later.
with engines stopped, the huge steamer lay
to.
New YORK, anOy! nalieu the ydcHtsindn
through the megaphone SIS Miss Burton on
board?"
There was a wild scramble among the pas
sengers lining the rail. Presently slender
girlish figure mounted the bridge.
This is Miss Burton shouted the first
officer, indicating her with hts trumpet.
Clear and sharp came back the reply: This
is Mr.. Linyard. / want to know il she will
marry me?'' =.
A cheer went UP from the crowded deck.
Then the answer rang back as clearly, She
says she will"
'"Tell her will leave on Saturdays steam
er Thanks and goodby.
A very much Disguised officer reached for
the indicator and pulled it viciously to full
speed ahead -
On deck the Ariel. Linyard turned joyfully
to his friend. "Jim. - he said fervently,
there are times when schooner yacht beats
even wireless telegraphy. Let's go below and
offer up a libation to my engagement
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The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed.

Casually Observed.
! Lying out OF tia a horribly risky bust
ness. E6H ss# 49,
Baroness Halkett, formerly Miss Stokes of
New York. has secured "a divorce from the
baron. That noble gentleman kicked her.
;r~x.
King Edward recovered so quickly that
there is a suspicion in London that his .schili'
was an excuse and went" with the queen
SO that Eddard could get a t,lrnbler of hot
brandy with "a little stimulant tn 1T i'm the
shape of sugar. s
Harvey on .'Bombshells's is the title of a.
neat little study made by a local police cap
tain ssszss ". .ss z5=..t
The national hodse yesterday decided not to
go into the Bee Taylor case. Never stick
out your tongue and wrinkle your nose at the
man who pays your salary.
One of the lady reporters of "a local paper
secured a, vigorous scoop on her hated con-
Temperatures recently by going behind the
scenesska art the Met and telling what the
play actors did there To secure. a similar
scoop III anot her field the religious editor Of
this paper was sentsout to loop the loop. to-
secure a short wrfte-up OF the sensations in
Yolved In that enjoyable sport.
Arrived at the Big Oval with the black
mark down it's center for the wheel to follow,
ifit felt 50 disposed. it was seen that the field
was already occupied. The Fat lady from the
loop to reduce her flesh. The starter trem-
bled Wsibly and the perspiration stood out in
beads on his forehead assthe heavy lady shot
down into the mankiller. There was a swish
of skirts. smothered scream, twinkling
Of calves, and the aeshy lady came out right
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LITERARY NOTES

Little, Brown & Co., Boston, announce La
ftte of louisiana: by Mary Devereux, au-
thor of From King to Colony. Also. "A
Maid of Bar Harpor,'' by Henrietta G. Rowe,
a story of Mount Desert.
The Macmillan company announce old
field; Kentucky Tale of the Last Century,
by Nancy Huston Banks
Tales of Destiny is a new volume OF sto-
,ries by Miss Elizabeth Jordan, which the
Harpers have just issued. Tfey announce,
also, a new novel by Will N. Harden, entitled
..sAbner Daniel. story of northern Georgia.
The centenary OF Dumas will be celebrated
next month, and a life OF the great novelist
has been prepared, with the assistance of the
Dumas family. by Harry A. Spur.
The fifteenth annual report of the inter-
state commerce commission for 1902 has been
issued by. the government printing office.
cloth bound.
The Thistle of New Rochelle. N Y. says
of the close identity of Ella Wheeler Wall
cox's Laugh and the World Laughs with
YOU and that of Colonel Joyce: 1t is quite
possible that Mrs Wilcox and the colonel
were then in communion. through the wire
less psychological realms. each one mistaking
the other for their favorite invisible muse
Possibly.
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and domestic commerce In the leading
manufacturing states Of the union, the
argument being that. II labor and capital
are to be continuously and remuneratively
employed it will be necessary to extend
our markets for our surplus products
throughout the world through reciprocal.
trade agencies involving mutual tariff
concessions. This principle regards the
interests of all our industries and those
of the nation as whole. which should be
consulted In preference to small group
Of special interests TIE league is organ
lied to win and is working through its
branches and doesn't scare worth "a
cent" when the false cry Of free trade
Is raised to prejudice people against It's
work. 3
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Reports from Rome are to the effect
that Governor Taft lis encountering no
great difficulty in arranging for the with
drawal OF the friars from the Philippine
islands, but that the division of the
moneys to beSpaid for the land raises a
grave question. which must be settled by
the church authorities among themselves.
However, that. does not concern the
United States or the insular government,
Once the Troublesome .friars are with
drawn the interests OF the United States
in them and their subsequent doings
ends.
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~ These figures show gratifying growth,
but the growth is not SO symmetrical as
it might be. The increased number of
women employed is not encouraging, and
even less so is the growing number of
children under. 16 employed in the fac
tories
AS might be expected, the larger pro-
portions Of women and child labor are
affecting the wages Of men. While the
total wages paid men increased 21.8 per
cent the total number employed increased
is that average wages are lower by
small margin than they were ten years
ago, if it is assumed that the figures aof
the census afford basis for fair compare
son. There is some doubt about this. At
any rate the percentage of decline is SO
small as not to be great cause for anx-
iety. ~ ..ts
. But there can be no doubt that actual
wages are lower now than ten years ago.
1t makes little difference to a wage Garner
whether he is paid 81 now as against 50
ten years ago ii he can buy, more with 81
now than with So then. But the fact is
that more could be bought with 81 ten
years ago than can be bought with that
sum to-day. This fact may throw light
on some present labor troubles
Yet it does not appear from the Hg-
ures that capital has gained what labor
has lost Average salaries have evidently
declined much more than the average of
mems wages. andsthe wages OF women and
children have slightly increased. Profits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-17

Mr.. Eddy thinks the state convention
should either approve or censure the Min
nesota delegation for their action in the
Cuban reciprocity matter. The platform
makers at that convention will have q
hard Job, for they cannot indorse the DEL
.egat1on without condemning the adIninist
'trat1on and cannot indorse the adminis-
tra't1on. without rebuking the delegation.
Perhaps they will do neither The situa-
tlon is decidedly interesting. Meanwhile
there is moral obligation, which the
president sets forth SO we'll in his mes
sage that remains unsatished.
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The barbarous murder of seven soldiers
by ladrones shows the true character OF
the few providers in the Philippines that
still have arms They are mere criminals,
mere. disturbers Of The peace, having ne
relation To the late insurrectton except
that they are in part among the effects
Of that movement. They will he dealt
withlEby the civil authorities and will
doubtless pay the penalty Of death for
their crimes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-17

The grand jury's probing of the mass Of
political corruption in this city has finally
reached the mayor. and DR.. Ames was
called to the bar OF the court to-day to
answer an indictment brought upon the
evidence which TIL Journal showed
last Thursday was likely to lead to his
arraignment-the testimony Of two
county commissioners that he had att
tempted to bride them to elect his private
secretary to the Office of sheriff to fill the
recent vacancy. This is a different field
OF operations from that in which the de
tectives already indicted and the chief
were caught. but 1t shows that the grand
jury is disposed to earn the everlasting
gratitude OF this community by making
its work thorough and complete while it
has the matter In hand.
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In connection with all this talk which
we hear from Washington about the
president dividing the party and creating
discord within the ranks Of republication
by his insistence upon Cuban reciprocity
1t might be just as well to take into ac-
count the fact that the majority of the
party In congress Is With the president,
and thegfnal analysts Of responsibility for
dividing aherparty sis not likely TO place
the blame upon one. who acts with the
majority 4 ... NJ :. Is
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Another step in advance in labor or
ganization was taken in Chicago when the
Chicago Federation OF Labor decided to
take steps to create board of arbitra-
ton which will be empowered to settle
disputes between labor organizations. 1t
seems that strikes sometimes occur be-
cause one class Of men do work that
another union thinks should belong only
to Its members. This is move that
should be agreeable to employers be-
cause 1t removes at least one cause Of
strikes, cause with which the employer
has nothing to- do. though he has to suffer
the consequences.
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How business Administration
Helps Business.
Eden Valley Journal.

Minneapolis should reform its police force.
detective force and mayor, or the country
people who go to the cities will buy their
tickets to st. Paul. It is no crime to rob
countryman in Minneapolis, and the police
help the big NIT men, do it. Anes cant
move to Indiana too soon, and it would be
well for minneapolis if he would take his
brother with him.
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It is reported in Washington that sena-
tor Elkins thinks he is a presidential
possibility, hence his activity and prom
inence In the opposition to Cuban rec
iprocity. Before Senator Elkins can be-
come very formidable candidate he will
have to find some other person who
agrees with him.
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cannot be larger than they were because
the cost of materials has increased by a
greater margin than the. value of the
products.
The producer of raw materials seems to
be the gamer by the changes Of the de-
cade. II further analysis Of the figures
shows that the tariff has any large part
in raising the price Of these materials
the census report may yet be the basis
OF some judicious tariff revision.
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STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURING

Z A summary Of the statistics of the
manufactures Of the United States, soon
to- be given to the public, shows that
these industries advanced during the last
decade much more rapidly, than the pop
ulation, which gained 20.7 per cent. Some
of the principal facts brought out by the
census are shown in the following table:
Increase
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!, Senator Knute Nelson yesterday put
the London dock charges bill through
the senate. This is a most just measure,
but it Had some determined and runrea-
sonable. opponents. But as is usual with
any measure advocated by Minnesotas
senior senator it went through. May it
have as good luck in the house
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When dishonest policemen are caught
in the coils of the law honest policemen
should get their due. Don't forget that
there are many Of the latter. sl.u =.
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They Mourn for the Mules.

Adrian Democrat.
We will now sail into the stagnant times of
peace, when q mule will only be mule.
Think of the thousands of our mules whose
tough bones are bleaching on the hot plains
Of Africa! Our corn fields sadly wave their
cara. - :
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Norbeck has fed. And fight is confess
sion. = The sodinis are surer than ever
that they have done enough for the ad-
mintstration.
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It begins to appear as II business adj
nainistration isn't in It for a minute with
a business grand jury.
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NEW BOOKS
"A Maid of the Wildwood. BY George W.

A Maid OF the WiIuFoON. by GeOTSe w:
Louttit. Fort Wayne, Ind: The Colonial
Press. - =, -
This book enlbcdies romance Of the mid
die west in the early years of the last cen
tury An Indian massacre of white settlers is
detailed ana the survivors of one family are
separated and taken off by various Shawnee
Indians, one of them, a boy, being adopted
by a tribe with great ceremony. He and a
young squaw became attached to each other.
The adventures of the hero are Interestingly
described, with incidents in which General
Harrison and Tecumseh figure, and finally
the hero turns up in Washington at the time
of the British invasion and burning of the
city, having found the missing members of
his family who had escaped the massacre in
Indiana, and ne nnarries the Indian girl who
had befriended him and to whom he had
been faithful through all the yicissitudes OF
those troui'lous times