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Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01
An Important Question.

This, said the guide, with an i'm pressive flourish, lis the famous Sis tine Madonna by Raphael. It is val ued at close to S1000,0 ,000."
 "Ah!" remarked the American tour ist And does that include the frame?" Philadelphia Press.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01

Some men who are dishonest in poli- ties are honest in business-because they are afraid to be dishonest in business.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01

It is always easier to stand off arc criticise than it is to rush in and help.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01

Sowing wild oats would not be nearly so bad if wives and children did not often have to subsist on the crop reaped.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01

There is something wrong with the man that is avoided by babies and dogs.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01
SHELF HARDWARE WAGON & CARRIAGE HARDWAE

Iron, Steel, Shoes, Coal, Axles, Springs, Forges, Bellows, Drills, hnvils, Vises, Rims, Shafts, Single trees, Poles
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24

source Of much modification and some
confined to articles she fell with or people
she fell on. Her early experiences had
guided her to the art of letting herself go
the moment her equilibrium became dis
placd, and now she could flop down almost
gracefully and hardly break an egg in the
basket. But it was modification to the
flesh, and, considering her size, it must
have been a great modification.
She favored Jefferson. 1t was a full
year since that fall in the road behind
the bakers cart, when, with a cream
cake in each hand, the stepping upon a
round stone and the attractio Of gravita-
tion had launched her suddenly upon the
angular form Of Mr.. Gill as he stopped
over to pick up the nickel she had dropped.
A natural anxiety for the cream cakes
caused a rather heavier settlement than
usual, and Mr.. Gill suffered accordingly
But as he was very polite he accepted
apologies protestingly and after being
brushed off with a broomVtook two more
cream cakes from his stock, sat upon the
piazza with Mary Ann and ate them socia-
bly,, though gaspingly, for his respira ton
was badly affected for several minutes
This was long past incident now and
acquaintance had ripened to affection. JET
ferson's life was lonely. he had a snug
sum In the bank and lately his mind dwelt
largely upon Mary Ann.
Going to be a circus" he announced one
warm afternoon, Saturday. Want to
go?"
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24

once were, and there Is a local estimator
whose reports actually have more weight
here as a factor for price adjustment than
the bulletins the government puts out
still it is doubtful if a move against Mr..
Hyde would meet with the support Of the
Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce.
II Mr.. Hyde has not made a wonderful
success in estimating wheat yields, there
is no disposition here to question his hon.
esty or his fitness for his office in general
mental equipment His has not been an
easy task. Some years ago Mr.. Hyde con-
ferred informally with members of the
Minneapolis chamber regarding conditions
In the northwest, and so far from holding
aloof from suggestion, invited friendly
criticism Of his work and methods. He
was informed by officers of the chamber
that in their opinion a source of error in
the government reports might be found in
the estimates Of acreage in the northwest;
that the department had hardly an ade-
quate appreciation of the development in
the northwest and of the extension Of area
resulting from the magnitude Of the colo
nization movement. Mr.. Hyde accepted
this In kindly spirit and there is reason to
believe that the closer investigation of
shifting conditions in the northwest that
the next report, although probably not in
so great a degree as would have been most
desirable. ..s' :. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24


before the American reading public and
meet the strong competition of American
authors on the latter's own ground. While
the demand for American literature is
unprecedented. notably in first-class fic-
tion, the best English publishers still have
a remunerative hold on our market.
Many American publishers fought
against international copyright when the
subject came before congress. They de-
clared it would minimize the sale of books
by raising prices Of American and foreign
books, repress the popular circulation of
literary and scientific works, and arrest
the progress Of science and the useful arts
among our people, and obstruct the diff
fusion of knowledge and the cause of uni
versal education. Not one Of these dark
predictions has been verified. The law
has encouraged American authorship, and,
under it, the country has made enormous
strides In the diffusion of knowl-
edge and good literature among the
people and the publications of cheap, but
valuable books has Increased instead Of
diminishing. This fact shows how great
ly even very sensible people can be mis-
taken as to their conception of the effects
Of proposed policies, which they have not
studied sufficiently u :
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
The President Keeps at. It.

President Roosevelt loses no opportunity
to remind the people Of the United States
that. the trust is a very great problem,
and also that he has fixed intention to
do all that he can to solve it. In his
Union League speech at Philadelphia on
Saturday the president spoke with ap
proval Of Attorney General Knox's plan
Of curbing the trusts. and added:
1--WE have the power and we shall find
out the way; we hall not act hastily or
recklessly but we have firmly made up
our minds that a solution, and right So
luton, shall be found, and found it will
be-
A little later the president said that
there are great problems ahead Of Amer
lea, both at home and abroad, that are
incident to the nations greatness, but
Americans spurn the doctrines Of distrust,
failure, despair and craven weakness. He
put America in the attitude of a strong
man who takes a certain pleasure no
matter how hard or distasteful the task,
in working out the right conclusion. In
this same manner the president would
have young, lusty, vigorous America look
upon the trust problem. as merely on op-
portunity for one more great work by
democracy. We mustn't say that the
trust, with all it's evils, is inevitable; that
the people must bow to it as something
foreordained and immutable as fate itself.
That is craven weakness. We must ever
keep before ourselves the idea that Amer
lea spells, and must continue to spell,
equality of opportunity. Any industrial
growth that deprives the nation Of that
grand characteristic must be checked and
crushed. 1t is very fortunate that at this
time, when so many professed leaders Of
public thought and opinion are lauding
the trust and proclaiming its perpetual
reign unrestrained, that we have presi-
dent who says the evils of trusts must
and will be eliminated. That kind Of a
president is good tonic for Anericanism.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
Copyright, 1902, by L. c. Mcclure.

Nature had developed Mary Ann on
large physical lines, noteworthy in re-
gard to her pedal eNtremities and hands.
Perhaps her mouth also might be included
in the general extension, but it's broaden
ing effect was somewhat mitigated by two
enormous dimples which were constantly
in evidence. Her hair-well, some people
are sensitive respecting too much descrlp-
ton. We will call it bright in color, with
a tendency to curl.
All in all, which was considerable, Mary
Ann was good to look upon, even as the
gorgeous pumpkin in the glad harvest
days.
So thought Jefferson Gill; who was as
conspicuous for elongation as Mary Ann for
rotundity. He drove a bakers cart along
the outlying highways, invariably hating
at the gate before the cleanly farmhouse
of Mary AIMS father, with the loud cries
Of his vocation.
Not that he effected sales Of any ac-
count, but glass of cool milk was much
to his taste and-other considerations.
Mary Ann was possessed. of what is
known as falling foot To be more ex-
plicit she stumbled easily and apparently
with little provocation. This was a
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
DAILY DIVERSION

Hoh Water Mark on Sandwiches-A
game of poker at Delmonico's had lasted
well into the night when one of the party.
the late Colonel John r. Fellows, ordered
a plate Of sandwiches. The familiar tri
angle variety was served and disappeared
instantly A hungry shout went up for
more.
More sandwiches, waiter said Fell
lows.
yes sab. How many, sah?" returned
the waiter.
..WeH.' said Fellows. with calculating
air. Judging by the size of your sand
wiches and the size of this bill should
say about $4,000 worth =
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24

1T was the little girl who broke the
horses on the farm TO ride. She played
with them as colts, and. with her light
weight, mounted them long before they
were old enough to carry any one heavier.
and yet were too old to be swaybacked.
She tried them first as they stood tied in
their stalls. crawling carefully upon them
from the manger. Later she rode them
at a walk up and down the reservation
road.
She had learned the First Reader Of
the saddle on the ST. Bernard's wide,
slippery back The pinto had been the
Second, and she had then passed RAPIDLY
to the graduation class of frisky calves
and lean. darting shotes. Now, for two
years. all the horses sold at the reserva-
ton by the big brothers had been of her
training, and the troopers vowed that no
gentler, better mounts had ever been in
the service. Her mother viewed the colt
breaking tremblingly, and the big brothers
declared that the little girl would be
buried some day with broken neck. But
the little girl said nothing, and continued
her riding fearlessly. knowing that love,
even with horses. makes all things easy
except the breaking of the blue mare.
Thirteen hands stood the blue mare.
sound, clean-limbed and beautiful, and
the markings of her sharp front teeth
showed that she was but A.. From velvet
W sweeping ldll, iEOil InOttieQ
Group to fetlocks, she shone in the sun
light like corn silk. Her name was black
and waved to her wide chest. and her
heavy forelock hid an inwardIy curving
nose that proved an Arab strain. And
when, after many spirited bouts with the
big bolster the little girl finally won her
over to a soft blanket and stirruped
girth. she showed the endurance and
strength of a mustang, the speed of a
racer and the gait of a rocking chair.
'She was so tall that she could not
be climbed upon, like a pony. from the
upper side of sloping ground or from the
stonepile on the Cornelian bluff. and too
skittish to allow bare foot to be thrust
behind her sleek elbows as a step to her
back, so the little girl invented a new
method of mounting Her nose was coaXed
to the, ground by the offer of a choice
wisp of grass, and. as her neck was low
cred, the little girl carefully put one leg
over her glossy crest and gave her a
sharp slap to start her-when the blue
mare raised her head and the little girl
hedged along to her back. facing rear
ward. Then she slowly turned about!
"Herding on the blue mares back be-
came a pleasure, not a despised duty, and
long jauntS to the station. ten miles away,
for mail or groceries, were welcomed.
The Biography of Prairie Girl ap-
pearing as it does after that wretched
piece of morbidity from Montana Will
serve not only as an. antidote for Mary
MacLane but as a cheering, helpful hope
making book, as delightful as piece OF
fine. craftsmanship. as 1T Is Vaiuaple aS
a document of Dakota.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24

In the last session of the insurgents often
maintained that there nothing the United States
gain commercially by reciprocity with Cuba because in
many lines already the Cuban trade This
assumed that United States could gain nothing
in other that Cuban consumption fixed
quantity Minister Squers Habana (the official SPELL
ing) does not to with this view. Spain and
Canada he supply Cuba with large quantities Of
potatoes onions which should from
the United States In live stock the trade of the United
ought be increased. The iron steel
trade with what it
there to be opportunities in lumber and
reasonable SUPPOSE that prosperous Cuba would
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Looking ahead to 1904. seventh district
politicians are beginning to call for.
place on the state ticket. The place they
want is attorney general, and. the man
they are grooming for the place is Ed
ward T. Young Of Appleton. It is con-
ceded that Attorney General Douglas will
retire at the end of his third term and
that his place will be filed by leading
attorney from the country Districts
Senator Young has never signifed any
ambition for the attorney generalship, but
he has some very warm friends among
members of the bar who admire his abil-
ity and want to see him fill the position.
One of them broached the matter recent
~, and says that it met with a moro
favorable reception, than he had expected.
Some leading men Of the seventh who iii,
not support Young for congress are anx-
ious that he shall not drop out of public
life: and are respons ibles for the boom.
The only other nlah who has been m en-
toned for attorney general is w. J.
Donahower.. at present first assistant in
the office. He is from st. Peter. but has
for some years practiced in ST. Paul. and
has made a splendid record in the office
at the capitol
mi
F. A. Holcomb Of st. Paul, who served
efficiently as enrolling clerk of the last
house. is candidate for e-eIection to
the. post. t.4x -r-C Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24

thracite coal supply was cut off and mining
was practically suspended. The logic OF
this interdependence is that the prosperity
of both parties depends upon their contin-
uous friendly relations. Labor commits no
servile act by admitting a condition of de-
pendence made compulsory by nature.
Neither does capital. Cooperation Is one
way to maintain friendly relations. It
makes the workingman capitalist with a
stake in the business Legal incorpora-
ton is another method, for If conference
and conciliatory approaches fail organized
capital and organized labor may go into
court on an equality and settle any
differences.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
The Nonpareil Man
CASUALLY Observed,


The turkey eleven in the football game
with the farmer was blocked on the 25-
yard line. The turkeys playing after that
didn't show any head. .
DR.. Ohage Of ST.. Paul is having hard
luck with his baths. Just as likely as not
when Dr. Hall gets his garbage sanatorium
running somebody will slap a pickle fac
tory on the river bank and ruin the ap-
proach.
The newest winter hats are showing a
decided tendency to the high crown. The
crown is much higher than the art.
Senator Beveridge is busy trying to head
off vice presidential boom. Yet it might
be a fine position, were the president eaten
by big game. "* -
Loud compla ints are coming in because
this column sized UP George Madden Mar
tin who wrote Emmy Lou as a man.
Any lady with a name like that will get
called "he' in this column no matter what
her sex.
While the telegraph editor was trying to
Go a little work Saturday afternoon from
to 6. thousands Of football cranks came
in and breathed on him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
Another Canadian Trancontinental.

The authoritative announcement, by
General Manager Charles M. Hays of the
Grand Trunk, that Canada is to have an
other transcontinental railway line is full
of interest to all who have kept an eye
: on the recent rapid development of Cana
da. It does not appear to be certain
whether this is to. be a second or a third
transcontinental. Heretofore the Canadian
Northern has been looked upon as a Sec
ond transcontinental route, though at
present it extends only from Port Arthur
on Lake Superior to Erwood, Saskatche-
wan, a distance of 800 miles. The plans Of
this road for its extension to Port Simp-
son on the Pacific, though Yellow Head
Pass are. definite and are rapidly being
worked out, but its Atlantic tidewater
connection, except via the lakes during
the season of navigation, has always been
vague. One alternative has been the
the other has provided for the construc-
~tion Of an eastern connection north of
Lake Superior.
= Those who are in touch with the situa-
ton will not be surprised to find it an
anouneed. later. that the Canadian North
ern has been absorbed by the Grand
Trunk and that as much Of its line as is
already built will form a part of the
Grand Trunk s. transcontinental roads,
There would remain to be built about
1000 miles offline. 1t hardly seems like
ly that there IS a field for another Ca
madam transcontinental to the north of
the Canadian Northern, which is from
eco to 800 miles north Of the Canadian Pa
*ci1ic, after they diyerge from each other
at Winnipeg.
tits dangerous to assert any particu-
lar northern limit to development in west
ern< Canada, but from our present knowl-
edge there would be#little, either now or
in the future, to sustain a line much
north of the Canadian Northern. There
has been some talk Of "A Canadian govern
madam Northern. At any rate, the agri-
cultural developmentSof western Canada is
already far enough advanced to require
for further development one more Ca
madam rail route to the Atlantic
Canada seems, at last, to be pretty we'll
awakened from its sleep of decades, and
we may expect to see in the next few
years boom in railway building and in all
the different forms Of utilizing the eoun-
try's natural resources that will closely
resemble the great activity in the Ameri-
can west between 1880 and 1890.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
Rival Estimators.

The Washington correspondent of T h e
j u n a l has been sending some inter-
esting details Of the controversy between
the statistical head Of the department of
agricultural bureau and the agricultural
statistician of the census Office. The con-
troversy is of double interest in the north
west, for the reason that it bears upon
the accuracy Of figures given out as to
annual yields of spring wheat, and for the
reason that one Of the principals, L.. G..
Powers, chief statistician of the agricul-
tural division Of the census office, is for
mer Minneapolitan. Men whose interests
lie in the grain and milling trade have
watched the matter closely ever since the
beginning of the discussion following the
department covering the wheat crop Of
1899. -
The census department placed the wheat
yield for that year at approximately 100,-
600 900 bushels more than the estimate
that had previously been made by the
agricultural department. Mr.. Powers
had charge Of the compilation by the CEN
sus Office figures, which met acceptance
In grain trade circles the country over. It
became the general opinion that the GEN.
sus report of the 1899 yield is approx
mately correct, and that the previous esti-
mate of the agricultural department was
too low, which necessarily implied some
mea sure of doubt as to the accuracy Of
the estimates made by the agricultural
department.. In the preceding years not
covered by census inquiry. 49,.
The matter has finally reached the stage
where grain. trade sentiment hostile to
agricultural department methods has SO
crystallized into opposition to John Hyde,
the chief statistician, as to amount almost
to a movement in the east to bring about
his removal. #.,.%.t
In no grain market in the country is
there clearer understanding Of the points
involved in the dispute than in Minneapo-
lis, and there are some other points aside
from the question Of accurate figures; and
nowhere is there a greater unanimity of
opinion that the government figures have
been too low. Yet the local grain men
are all in some degree familiar with the
difficulties attendant upon the work of
estimating a wheat crop, and while it is
true that the government reports are no
longer considered as important as they
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24

Peace has come in Colombia. The dove
lighted on board the grim United States
warship Wisconsin, and that grand old
Anglo Saxon, Admiral Casey, made her
feel at home. Casey seems to have been
a little to autocratic at one time in keep
ing the Colombians from getting at each
other with facility, but his cooperation in
bringing about peace will doubtless cause
Colombians of all shades Of political belief
to think better Of the United States than
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
IN A NUTSHFLL.....
Some Late Statistics Regarding the Foreign Trade Of Cuba

much commodities United States
almost entirely viz wheat -four crude
OIL meats, except jerked beef.
For six months of 1902 the United States
per Cuhas imports took "A cent of
it's EXPORTS Practically Of Cubas sugar fruits found
market in United States, so cent of
The total imports for the period
100 and the total amounted to $780,
with the first months of 1901, i'm
and % cent. Both
attributed to the failure Of the United
States grant the promised trade advantages Ex
ports awaiting American tariff
duties imports reduced that Cuban
duties on American goods would be lower.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
The Public Lands,


the interior shows that Of the. original
public land area Of 09,530s840r acres,
s93 93,995,476 acres remained undisposed- Of,
ISL ,63S remain as reserves and 1857
422,;726 have been disposed Of 1t will be
seen from these figures that more than
1000. .oOo,0 900 acres Of land still remain as
reserves or unappropriated. Most of this
land lies in mountainous or arid regiol,s,
but proba bly, 120, 100000 acres, Of the arid
lands can be Irrigated much&sd the
mountainous land Is valuable fols it's tim-
ber and irrigation will give value; toarnuch
arid land that cannot itself be watered.
1t should be the purpose of the govern
ment and of congress and the special
duty of western members to see that
what is left of the public lands shall be
conserved in every possible way for the
benefit of the" masses of the people in
tions.
The secretary makes it very plain that
the plan to withdraw large areas Of the
public land from settlement and lease
them to cattle raisers is inimical to the
best interests Of the country. 1t is a
not be used by the small rancher and
what is fit only for grazing. TO withdraw
the areas the cattlemen wish to lease is
sure to put an end to the taking Of gov
ernment hom mesteads within the limits Of
the United States proper. In this very
1oI 10
original homestead entries and 27,9o4
final homestead entries, aggregating an
area of 100000 acres. If 80, 900 persons
have recently found desirable homes in
this grazing country there is no telling
how many more will find them in the
our eyes here in the northwest we are
seeing thousands of settlers pushing into
North Dakotaasand taking up land far
west Of the 1o1st meridian, with very
fair prospects Of making good" In
Montana it is we'll known that there are
on which cereals can be raised without
irrigation. -+"
Then again the grazing lease scheme,
by cutting off the disposal of public lands
in the arid and semi-arid states, would
put an end to the fund from which it is
proposed to draw for the expenses Of
turning water on to those public lands
which only require water to be as fruitful
Or more fruitful than any other lands
in the republic. ...
The better way is to let the catteman
range his herds on the public domain,
taking his chances that the land he occu-
pies will not be coveted and 1omesteaded
by the rancher and leave the latter free
to take possession whenever he feels
like it, ',..-
The secretary takes strong ground not
only in favor of holding the land for the
people, but also the timber. He wants to
introduce system of care and protec-
ton for all timber on unreserved public
lands, and the land commissioner recon-
mends the abolition of the stone and
timber method Of disposing of public
lands. - ,''~' - y .sT
Henceforth every care should be, taken
to see that government land passes only
to actual settlers land users and that it
shall afford no foothold for monopolies
and great corporations.