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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
QuR CUBAN ARMY

Our police force in one important par
ticular closely resembles the Cuban
army. The officers are rapidly becoming
more numerous than the high privates.
Some figures are presented to-day from
the pay rolls of the department which
may cause good deal of amusement,
the situation in the department is 50
ridiculous and absurd-but the truth
must be told Out of 225 men altogether,
the largest force in the history OF the
city, 70, or about one-third, are officers.
In other words, in our police department.
it takes every third man to tell the other
two what to do, and what he ought not to
do. Never before, probably, were there
so many private watchmen employed,
particularly in the residence districts.
So many men have been rewarded by the
mayor for distinguished gallantry on the
political field that there are not enough
patrolmen left to do the regular patrol
work of the city. The attention of an
interested public is directed to the arti-
Gle in another column, which gives the
figures in detail. ..
The mayor will probably undertake to
explain these figures by stating that he
doesn't care if the nabobs in the better
residence section are compelled to pro-
vide their own police protection. He is
looking after the poor man. This argu-
ment would answer the purpose better il
it were not for the "big mitt" peculiari-
ties of this administration. But ever
taking the poor man in his residence
he is Disseminated against there in ia.
vor of his more fortunate neighbor. Ir
December, 1900, with which comparison:
are made, there were fifty patrolmen il
| the central precinct; to-day, 3S. In thu
East Side precinct the reduction has beer
from 27 to 20. In the North Side from
% to IA; in the eighth ward. from IA tt
TO- and in the South Side, which is NOR
distinctively the poor mans quarters
from % to II. In other words, the Soutl
Side has suffered from this reduction il
the patrol service worse than any othe
part of the city. And next to it is tn
North Side.
These figures are presented not in tn
vain hope that they will have any bene
fetal effect or. discourage the mayor i
his policy of rewarding his politica
henchmen by giving them easy and we'll
paid jobs on the police force, but simpl
as another evidence OF what an Anne
administration means.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
OTHER PEOPLES NOTIONS
The Chinese Boycott.

To the Editor of The journal:
THE persistent effort to boycott the Chinese
restaurants on lower Nicollet and vicinity 10
a piece CT narrow prejudice and rank MUS
tice our labor organizations Will 90 wei toj
not stand SPONSORS for 1t is gratifying tol
know that the municipal court brought tnel
hammer down hard on the miscreants Whoi
wrecl,ed one of these restaurants few days
ago.
Rut the keeping Of pickets out on Nicoiletj
in front under guse of labor organlzauont
is too thin disguise to deceive those VINO arsj
tng,rmed as to the true inwardness of thei
movement, which is inspired by Few jealous,
restaurant keepers in that neighoorhooo' VINO
want no competition. They seem 10 ACT On
the icea that the world is not wloe enough !
for all. and the only thing for the mot
wanted to do is. to get off the face OF the
earth. How long this sort OF outrage Is toi
continue remains to be seen. and VIII IN q
large degree show whether we are really y
civilized community. am not especially an
ad,nirer of the Chinese and am glad that the
neople OF the coast nave succeeded IN the re
enactment OF the exclusion law with attte
annex. but in even the coas, cities there u ne
hostility 10 Chinese restaurants. we snouio
not be more strict than the Pharisees 50
long az the Cinnamon are here, they must %
considered as rightfully and entitled %
derent treatment They have some sood
qualities; they are honest. Industrious. self
supporting law-abidng and in many respecu
the .unerior of much of the influx from ltaiys
Poland bohemia and other European eoua.
tries that are downright criminals and pau
| ners. and yet filter, into the community with
out any opposition: :. !.
Again. II favor labor organizations: 1t u
tho only way to meet .organ imitation OF capital
and secure better wages and treatment; but
it will not do toishut our eyes to the e1cesses
connmitted By organized labor; that must Dc
crowned, on, the same as conversions OF pow0
by capital. .s<i+.ss ssSss,s
| Then again, these organizations cannot az
ford to ignore Justice, because It Is sure 10
hurt rho cause they stand for primarily.
In The present instance would commend
to them the righteous words OF Governor AM
drew, the war governor of Massachusetts: =
know no. wha. record OF sin awaits me IN a
the world to come, but this know. tnas
was never mean enough to hate another man
because he was Ignorant, because ne Wa
4 moor or because he was black.
| ~ 3d. ma " s sss-E. D. jackson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19

Montana stockgrowers' want the gov
ernment to establish a system OF pubic
lands classification that will take account
Of lands that are neither agricultural nor
mineral but are specially adapted to graz
ing. and then arrange for leasing Them
It is strange that our government did not
adopt some such system years ago. Every
other country with large, unoccupleo
area of arid lands has system OF leas-
ing them. 1t is not good policy 10 sell
the large tracts required for grazing, out
there can be no objection to leasing them.
The further suggestion made by the stock
growers that lands for sheep grazing be
separated from those for cattle grazing is
a good one 1t would tend to put an end
to friction between the two kinds OF stock
men. - .r@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
The NonpareiI Man
Esaw Buck and the Buck. Saw,

Whether the West Concord, Mimi, Enter
prise clipped the story from an exchange or
wrote it in the office, it is impossible to tell;
but in either caseSit is an interesting story
to read aloud in the home circle. 1t is about
a farmer who had hired man named sEsaw
Buck The farmer wanted some wood sawed
and bought ANEW bucksaW for Esaw Buck.
When he returned he hung the buck saw for
Esau Buck on the Saw buck by the see-saW.
Just at this time Esau Buck saw the old DUCK
in the garden eating cabbage, and when
driving him from the garden to the barn
yard, Esau Buck saw the buck saw on tho
saw buck by the see-saw, and Esau stopped
to examine the new buck saw. Now, when
the old buck saw Esau Buck looking at the
new buck saw on the saw buck by the see
saw, he made a dive for Esau, missed Esau,
hit the see-saw, knocked the .see-saW against
Esau Buck, who fell on the buck saw on the
saw buck by the see-saw. Now, when the
old man saw the. old buck dive at Esau Buck
and miss Esau aud hit the see-saw and knock
the see-saWs against Esau and Esau BUCK
fall on the buck saw on the saw buck by the
see-saw, he picked up the ak to Kill the. ola
buck, bat the buck saw him coming ana
lodged the blow and countered the old
mans stomach, knocked the old man over the
see-saw onto Esau Buck, who was getting
up with the buck saw off the saw buck by
the see-saw, crippled Esau Buck broke the
buck saw and the saw buck and the see
saw Now when the old buck saw the COM
pleteness of his victory over the old man and
Esau Buck and the buck saw and the saw
buck and the see-saw, he quietly turned
around, went back and jumped into the gar.
den again and ate up what was left OF the ole
mans cabbage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
MEAT PRICES

There is no topic which interests the
housekeeper more just now than the price
of meat The rapid advance in that ne
cessity has raised live question as to
the cause In some Guarters'the cCnclu-
sion has been reached that the beef COM
bine is altogether to blame. For in
stance, in Kansas City, one OF the import
ant packing centers of the country, hgures
are offered to show that the price OF
dressed meat has advanced out OF all pro-
portion to the live article, .-
Investigations made here seem to show
that Minneapolis is>probably suffering less
than most other important cities in this
regard. Peculiar conditions obtain in
different localities and while the facts
indicate the employment of very arbitrary
means by the associated packers, there
appears to be little discrepancy between
the advance in the price Of dressed meat
over the advance of live stock, due &C
count being taken of the difference in
weight between the live and the dressed
carcass.
OF course, it does not follow that the
advance in price of the dressed meat
should be double the advance in
the price OF the live animal, al
though the dressed carcass may repre-
sent only half the weight of the live ami
NAL because the by-products take care of
the discrepancy in large measure, and
these by-products presumably have en-
joyed a corresponding advance.
Just how long these high prices are to
prevail it is difficult to forecast nor do
the experts agree. Owing to the short
age in "stockers," that is the animals
suitable for fattening, the supply may not
soon overtake the demand although this
result may doubtless be fastened in some
measure by reduced consumption. This
reduced consumption is noticed in many
places, although the dealers here assert
that up to the present time they have dis
covered no material dimunition in the de-
mand for meats in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
A CURIOUS CAMPAIGN

Is it net very preposterous to organize
a. society for the exclusive purpose of re-
constructing facts of history and tradi-
ton touching Aaron Burr and biograph-
ically presenting him as a pure minded
patriot who had his country's good in his
heart at all times? Yet the partizans of
Burr are entering upon just such effort.
They have organized the aaron Burr
Legion and have elected Mr.. Charles
FELTON, Pidgin correspondence chief
at Boston. Mr.. Pidgin opened the le-.
gion's campaign last year by writing
story entitled "Blennerhassett.' very
weak attempt to wllitwash Burr, and rep
resenting him as the victim of political
malice. The Legion announces that Mr..
Iidgfns book was not intended to be
complete defense of Aaron Burr: it was
written as an opening argument only"
If that is the opening argument" the
Legion certainly CAM make much progress
in reversing the public judgment against
Burr. 1t is fimsy as an Opening argu
ment.' The Legion proposes for itself
ing a photography of all printed works
relating TO Burr and will secure the
writing and publication in newspapers,
periodicals, pamphlets and books of mat
ter tending to remove the lobliquy or re-
flute the calumnies cast upon the name Of
Colonel Aaron Burr during the past one
hundred years, and to orovide for the
delivery Of lectures, addresses and ora
lions designed to secure the same end"
More than this: The Legion announces
that it proposes to take '.all proper and
legal measures to secure the expunging
from all reading books end other text
books used in the public schools of Amer
lea of that portion OF the speech of Will
liam Writ during the trial of Aaron Burr
at Richmond, Va, which relates to the
alleged intimacy of. Colonel Burr and Mrs.
Blennerhasset.' The Legion also proposes
to have expunged from school textbooks
| in this country any epithet or reflection
upon Burr's patriotism. Having accom-
plished this formidable job, the Legion
proposes to erect grand monument to
Burr as g patrEt of patriots and an ex-
traordinarily exemplary citizen.
1t is most probable that this effort &c
reconstruct the character Of Colonel Burr
will fail. Mr.. Pidgin,s initial actor
promises nothing in results. The book
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19

The people Of Manitoba are finding out
what it means to be deprived of the ad
vantages of a great, independent railway
system. The Winnipeg Tribune estimates
that On the little item Of fruit rates alone
1t costs the people of Manitoba $25, 900
bundled out of the province When the
Northern Pacific was operating it's own
through line from Minneapolis to Winni-
peg the fruit rate was $40 or 500 less than
it is now. And the people of Manitoba
bought 400 miles of railway and guaran-
teed a lot Of bonds in order to get cheap
er rates than they had!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
GENIUS AS CHILDHOOD RESTORED

In his delightful Life of ;Robert Louis
Stevenson" Graham Balfour quotes Bau-
delaires definition of genius, as the, pow
er of returning to childhood, and asserts
that if Stevenson's claim to genius is to be
based on any single, gift,it is this quality
in him which most deserves recognition.
"He bad no vast memory like Scott
unusual extent with his own emotions and
sensations, and the events of his past life,
and what remained in his mind preserved
it's freshness and a lifelike sharpness of
outline. Although Stevenson had that
capacity for infinite painstaking which
Carlyle called genius, Balfour seems to
think it less important in Stevenson's sue
cess than the gift of being as a child.
How profound a truth there is in
Baudelaire's definition of genius is APP
parent, to anyone who will recall the SEN
sations and dreams of youth. It. is not
all illusion that there are no times like
the old times, no sports like the old
sports, that the world was happier. Youth
is the time Wnen the senses are unJadeu
and keen, when we perceive and UNDER
stand and imagine as we never do again
The colors are not so bright to the eyes
of the man as they were to the boy Of
ten. Sounds are not so impressive, sc
suggestive, so appealing. The imagina-
ton is active. 1t makes up for lack Of
accumulated experience. 1t is the larger
part of life in the earlier years. Every
child is a great novelist. The prosaic
business man who can hardly imagine
himself doing anything that he is moi
doing was one time splendid builder o.
castle in Spain, q mighty warrior 8
great king.
] All, what days were those when W,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19

went forth to Stay Indians, to clear the
forests of wolves. Oh, the Joy Of those
exploring trips through the old ravine!
Alas; how little of those dream fabrics
can we recall, how poor are the traces of
the sensations we felt!
But in Stevenson all these recollec-
tions, the power to return to childhood,
were strong To the day Of his death he
was in touch with 1.-The boy walking by
himself in the black night and exultlng
in the consciousness of the bull's-eye be-
meath his coat" The vehement emotions
of the boy were always his. II that be
not genius it is a priceless part of genius.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
The COURSE OF BUSINESS

The week was marked by sharp rise
In prices of food stuffs, by favorab BILE
weather for trade, the adjustment Of the
minor labor troubles that were brewing,
an increased interest in crop prospects
and the widest burst Of stock speculation
since the panic of May 1901.
Nearly every leading food product, in
Guiding flour, meats and dairy produce,
advanced in price. The cost of living has
increased, and has reached another high
point. The packers combination has been
credited with forcing the advance in
meats. 1t may be that prices have been
arbitrarily advanced BY the so-called
meat trust, yet in the main actual condi-
tions have caused the higher range. The
full effect of the short corn crop and gem
eral southwestern drought Of last year is
now being felt. The country has produced
less food than would ordinarily have been
the case, while the people in the enjoy
ment of prosperity are, on the whole, liv
ing higher and consuming more than ever
before.
Distribution in the jobbing lines was
accelerated by favorable weather. Farm
work is progressing and building opera
tions are getting under way. Demand for
structural materials of all kinds is very
active. Country roads are in better con-
dition, which helps for country distri-
button s..
Exports have been lighter, but this is
of no special significance, as the falling
off is shown in corn, Of which our country
has none to spare this year, and in iron
and steel, in which it is impossible to fill
home requirements
Negotiations for a peace conference
with the suggested possibility OF an early
settlement OF the Boer war, have been
sustaining the sentiment in London against
the issuance OF the new British war loan
which bears heavily. London is hopeful
and this finds reflection here. Early in
the week the powerful clique of the west
ern operators who have been predominant
Of late in the stocsemarket, forced the
elimination CT a campaign for the con-
troll OF the Louisville g. Nashville rail-
road. AS concomitant to this Southern
Railway developed the greatest activity
the exchanges in this stock, in enc cay
reaching the unprecedented total of 900,
600 shares. With the market bordering
upon conditions well calculated to turf
into panic, the leading fnarciers made
haste to announce that there would be NJ
corner in Louisville C Nashville, as il
Northern Pacific a year ago. and tn;
helped to allay fear. The bull marke
carried up prices all around, and ever
such ncndividend and ordinarily neg
lected stocks as Wisconsin Central mad
material gains. E
Some of the Boundaries with contract
for pig iron for future delivery mad
some time ago, have been reselling, tn
profit from the advance in price provin
too. tempting to withstand. The marke
on the whole is comparatively quiet as t
new business, the capacity is taxed fo
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19

their patronage? We. could easily. take
the edge Of this sentiment if we should
do something to give the Canadians sub.
stantial proof that we appreciate their
trade. At present they are forced to
buy tof us by the logic OF convenience,
lower prices and better goods. Yet this
great trade is not drawing the two coun-
tries together, as it should 1t would be
different if the present business-is- bust
ness, relations were tempered with aslittie
good will.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
Notes From the Field.


/ 1t has arrived at Fertile: MINI, The Fer
tile! journal says -. ;;ttThe same ola spring IS
now upon us in full blast. The birds are
with us in all their od-t time glory, pouring
forth their melody on the balmy, air.
The Halstad Reporter marvels over John
X. Hage who was shot through the lungs
and came around two weeks afterwards TO
shake hands with the boys as If nothing had
happened.
A local writer on a Carver county paper
SAYS he ATTENDED the alumni of Mr. r. D.
iMaaek's scholars since 1897 in Norwood Fiji
day evening"" After writing up the event in
good shape, he concludes thus: ITO say we
had a good time is putting it mildly. ara no
here is hoping that Mr.. Mack and all OF his
scholars may live, TO celebrate the alumni OF
his scholars in 1910"
When the Monitor and the Merrin1ac had
their little naval occurrence on the Atlantic
coast, back in the sixties, Ole J. johnson OF
Morris was one Of the parties who helped 10
break a large hole in the Confederate IRON
clad He has just been penstoned Ny CRATE
full nation for his services
One day last week a young lady who had
been visiting in Mantorvlle got aft the. train
at Eden, desiring to go to Dodge Center
"What train shall I take?' she asked Con-
ductor Jim Dimmick. Take No. 4, going
south,'' said Jim. Along came the train, but
the young lady looked at it with a cheerful
smile on her beautiful face and let it pass.
Mr.. D.snmick,- seeing her tstill there, CUES
toned her as ito why she did not take the
train, Imagine his surprise when she said:
t"Why, you told me to take No. 4, and that
engine was No sf," and pretty pout and
fearful face showed the conductor what an
unmitigated scoundrel he had been in not
taking her gently by the hand and leading
her on board.
A j. Russell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
OUT OF JAIL TO VOTE
Pittsburg Post.

Wheeling, w. Va.-John Kyne, q saloon
keeper of Martins Ferry, was convicted last
week of Sunday selling and was sentenced to
thirty days in the county jail. He was re-
moved to st. Clairsville and placed in the
custody of Sheriff S. S. Foreman. Monday
he came home to vote and worked at the polls
in the interest Of certain candidates.
The grand jury, in session to-day, found
an indictment against Sheriff Foreman. Fore
man admits that he allowed Kyne to go upon
his promise to return, but says he did 80 be-
cause of number of telephone messages that
his wife was critically Ill. Kyne fulfilled his
promise and returned to Jail. 8
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
HOW to Get at Them.

Nebraska State Journal-There is nothing
in the proposition to set the Sherman act inl
motion against the "beef trust" because tho
sherifts and constables will find no visible
combination or trust organization to arrest.
The way to destroy the alleged trust Isl
pointed out already by the federal court thatl
brought an injunction against certain rail-
roads in the west to prohibit certain rates.
that were about to be established, making
unjust determinations in freights. stop the
practice of giving special rates or rebates tol
The hacking establishments of certain local..
ties. enforce the interstate law against dis
examination so that all individuals or corpora
tons engaged in the manufacture OF meat
products shall be given an. equal chance az
the market, and the trust will fall OF Its
own weight in few months. Competluon]
in this business has been killed by the ma
nipulation of railroad freight rates
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
PROBABLY SPACE ENOUGH

Philadelphia Times
One day last summer two small boys were
playing near the country road at Overlook.
A young lady approached them saying:
Little boy, can you tell me if can get
through this gate to the pike?'
Ons Of the boys replied:
'Yes'm; i think so. A load Of hay went
through Ave minutes ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19

President ingalls, of the "Big Four
says that one-man ownership of railways
is intolerable. And still there are ad
vocates of the merger idea who can't see
why common people without a share, of
railway stock should be afraid of the one
man SYSTEM a. So
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
No BILLIARDS AT THIS SCHOOL

The playing of billiards by students has
been prohibited by the State Agricultural col
lege Of Oregon. The action was by resolu-
ton of the faculty and makes suspension the
penalty of violation of the rule In making
the announcer ent in chapel, President Catch
said an examination of the college records
showed that so per cent of the failures in
class work were by students who frequented
billiard halls.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
American Enterprise.

Springfield Republican-British sef-conn'
dence has been given another severe shock IN
the appearance of American enterprise and cap
ital to finance the London underground rail-.
way project. This means more than the mere
floating of the undertaking financially. It
means the use of American material in the
building and equipping Of the road. 1t be-
comes an American enterprise, in short, ana
the London newspapers are again busy trying
to harmonic the situation with their claims
that the British commercial and financial sd'
premacy has not been shaken very recently.