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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
RESTORATION OF WHAT?s

From Picking come reports that the
doWager empress has garrisoned in the
city several thousand Chinese soldiers
who fought cordially with the Boxers for
the humiliation of the "foreign DEVILS
and has gathered about her her former
advisers in Chinese policy. Upon the re-
turn of the court to Picking the young em-
peror, Kwang-Su,' played second fiddle
during the ceremonies, Tsze- Hsi-An TAX
ing precedence in the Offering of incense
to the gods and in receiving the foreign
ers. .... r.. ~ .....--s.. rvs,
The curious thing about it is that our
own government has, with the other for
eign powers, practically recognized the
claim to priority made by the infamous
sisted the Boxers in their bloody cam
paign and ordered the imperial troops to
help them. 1t was TsZe-Hsi-An who
sent honeyed cable message to Presi-
dent Roosevelt the other day and it is
evident that our government ought to de-
eide who is the legitimate head of the
Chinese government, Kwang-Su or Tsze-
Hsi-An. If all the powers would agree
to formally notify the dowager empress
that they only recognize the acts of the
emperor as official and decline to hold
official intercourse with her and if the
action was thoroughly understood by the
Chinese people, the bloody handed crea-
ture would be forced to retire into OBJ
security.
The Chinese are known to have little or
no real respect for women in positions OF
power and influence, but they were Obliged
to submit to the long regency of the
eastern and western expresses, obtained
by them through fraud and murder and to
the usurpation of the present empress at
ter the death Of her colleague, and con-
tinued after the present emperor arrived
at his majority and undertook to rule
his own empire. The Chinese under the
rule Of the empress regents of the Man
chu dynasty have never been satisfied that
either the eastern or western empress
was, as an occupant of the Dragon throne
direct mediator with heaven. They
have, however, contented themselves witt
sporadic reyolts and have never been able
to unite, because they lack the nationa
feeling, and radical differences in dialec
separate the people of even adjoining
provinces.
The weakness of the Chinese, in fact, Il
+ that they cannot get together in a com
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
Our Trim to Europe.

Monte Carlo, Jan. 3.-Dear Ones at Home:
We decided not to go to southern france
after all but we did come on moments no.
tice direct to Monte Carlo, where the Prince
of Monaco holds his court We are, stopping
at the Sparghetti, delightfully."- located on the
shore overlooking the Baltic, whose blue wa
ters so famed In song and story lap the
rocky shores of the bay. We went first to
the Hotel de Peanutti but were not pleased
with the accommodation, the rooms being
small and sitting. we changed to the
Sparghetti on the Rue de Macceroni, facing
the Pitt palace The prince is said to be
delightful gentleman socially, making
everyone feel right at. home in his domains.
We have not met him yet. j., 1888.
The financial department of the nation is
said to be ably managed, the bank OF Monte
Carlo being Institution of worldwide
fame. The secretary Of the treasury IS here
known the croupier, calm, self contained
individual who takes in and pays out thou
sands of dollars daily without change OF
countenance.
Financial affairs seem to be managed in a
strange way here. We visited the bank to-
day 1t seems to be very different from the
First National bank at home, where we keep
our money. Everybody seems to 7be ex-
pected to step up and contribute, but as no
one asked us for our contribution, we stood
one side and got away without paying.
Suicides, which is set aside by the prince
for German balons, French counts and Rus
sian noblemen to commit suicide in. 81. AT
almost any time of day or night, five or six
noble personages may be seen committing
suicide here and we must say that they do
it in most gentlemanly way without scandal
or publicity Of any kind. - Is
We have lad the suspicion once or twice
that the place is run on the wide open plan
and it panied us excessively to see that IL
quors were sold openly ~. ..Ss&5E#SSzs ts
Count de Beezwaxisti of Poland, "a charm
ing gentleman, told us that the prohibition
party had never carried Monaco and had in
fact no influence whatever in the govern
ment. We asked the count if the prince was
a democrat or republican and the counts
shoulders went up under his ears and his
long silken aristccratic .mustache went. dowr
as he replied that be, thought he, was an
antinomian: We are going to look this VI
in the dictionary whenS we get home.
We met Ethel Jones}on the street yester-
day. She appeared delighted to see us and
said we ought not to miss seeing Rome. OF
course, she said, it was way behind the
| American. cities: 100 years at least, but il
| was so cute. Love to all the folks, Lucille
Mary L. and Margaret. g.-
| "A J. Russell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
FRENCH BANKING METHODS
The Century,


was studying the mechanism OF the Bank
of France under the guidance of one OF the
officers. We went into one great room in the
old building in which there were ECO desks
Enclosed in wire cages, all empty at the mo-
sment, 1 asked what these were for
"These cages are for our city collectors,
T was told ''When q small merchant Dor
rows from the Bank of France he does not,
as with you in America, borrow bank
credit and have his loan merely added to
his balance on the books of the bank. With
sus the merchant, when he makes loan, gets
the actual money and takes it away lie
.nrobably has no bank account with U.S. He
writes no checks. When the loan IS due ne
does not as would be the case in your banks.
come in and pay his Indebtedness with
check: instead of that we send g. collector to
him. and that collector is repaid the loan IN
actual currency. Two hundred men start out
from the Bank Of France every morning tc
collect matured loans. Several days each
month it is necessary to send out 4CO men
and on the LIST and 18th of each month 6Oe
collectors go out
These collectors were uniformed men carry
ling leather pouches in which they nave the
matured notes and which are later filled witt
currency as the collections are made IRON the
banks borrowers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
A MOVEMENT THAT MAKES FOR CAN
ADIAN RECIPROCITY

The persistent efforts Of the Canadian
government to induce immigration into
the Canadian west, efforts that are this
year more strenuous than ever, are bear
ing fruit. 1t IS estimated that already
40, 900 American farmers have found new
homes in Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta
and Saskatchewan. The Canadian boom
ers and land men, who are now holding
out nightly to northwestern audiences the
advantages of western Canada, have set
the mark for this years emigration at
$1,000. The chief aim of the Canadian
emigration policy at present is to get emil
grants from the United States. Eastern
Canada does not send its population west
fast enough to accomplish much, emf
grants from Europe are not Of the most
desirable class SO far, and there is no
doubt in the Canadian mind that the
western American farmer is, the best pos
sible human material for the develop
ment Of the new country.
With 100000 Americans on the farms
Canada. with more to follow, that region
will go ahead with leaps and bounds. 1t
will become great producing and con-
Stunning country, the trade of which is
we'll worth having Moreover, these trans
planted Americans will not take kindly
to the tariff wall that shuts them out from
intimate commercial relations with their
old homes and their accustomed markets.
Thus this great migration Of Americans
into Canada will tend to pull down the
tariff wall on both sides. We do not need
/ to consider now what will be the effect
on the future political relations between
the United States and Canada of the flood
ing of the Canadian west with Americans,
but the effect on tariff and towards reel
procity will soon be very evident and very
considerable. ---
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
A DEPLORABLE TENDENCY

Addressing the graduates from the
grades into the East. Side high school yes
terday Superintendent of Schools Jordan
deplored the fact that less than one
third of their number We're boys. He
attributed the small proportion of boys
to the lack of interest in the public
schools manifested by the fathers. This
cause does not account wholly for the
small number of boys who enter the high
schools or keep on through the higher
grades, but it is doubtless potent one.
In the matter of continuing at school
or entefing business at too early age
the influence Of the father is mulch strong
er over boys than. is the influence
of the mother. If the father is indif-
ferent or Is favorable to "a natural boyish
impulse to break away from, the re-
straint and discipline of the schools, the
chances are that the boy will consult his
own inclinations rather than his true in
cied but nom existent freedom of life out
side the schoolroom. IA. "a s Z go"
Moreover, even where the father would
have the son continue in school he is re-
sponsible for the sons aversion for fur
Their school life. The parents failure to
feel or. at least, to show a keen interest
in the childs school work deprives him of
a stimulus in his work and also Of a sym
pathy that would klndle or enhance in
terest in school and arouse ambition.
There Ought not to. be vacant high
schol seat in Minneapolis. The high
school accommodations are none too large
if the parents would only recognize the
duty they owe themselves and their chill
dren to make every effort to permit and
compel the latter to use to the fullest
possible extent the blessed opportunities
for free education provided by a generous
ri
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
s.. SUGAR AND EXPANSION

The sugar planters of the Danish West
Indies strongly memoralized King Chris
tian of Denmark in favor Of the
cession of the islands to the United States.
In doing so they put their finger on
the potent force that, sooner or later,
may draw all the West Indies under the
control of the United States. They say
that unless the islands are annexed they
will be ruined. Already they are producing
sugar at a loss Nothing but access to
the American market can save them. They
rates them from Porto Rico, where, under
free trade with the United States the
sugar industry is going forward with leaps
and bounds, and know that their only
Salvation is to be put into the same
economic and political category with that
island. 49, -.. .... +. .@s-.. az.
The European system Of bounties for
the manufacture of beet root sugar has
proved almost the death blow of the cane
sugar industry in all countries that for
merly relied on England for a market. In
Porto Rico and Hawaii the industry is
prosperous, because they have free access
| to the American market. It will continue
| to languish in Cuba unless it gets, at least,
a preference in the American market that
will enable it to compete with the bounty
sugars Of Europe. In Jamaica the indus
! try is dead and the people impoverished.
Hence an American connection has been
the dream Of the West Indies, because it
would afford them entrance to great
market protected against the sugars of
Europe. "
But now we are embarrassed by the
growth of the domestic beet root sugar
industry. We, are no longer able to hold
out so much hope to the wretched West
Indies as once we were, without curtail-
! ing the market for our home producers OF
beet sugar. The capacity of the Danish
islands is not great enough for the sugar
question to be an obstacle in their case.
| But what Of Cuba, what of Jamaica, what
of Haiti and San Domingo, which, one
Of these days, will be clamoring fol-
American protectorates in order to be-
come prosperous? Yes, and what of ou1
own Philippines?
| With respect to Cuba the natural op-
positionasof the domestic sugar men to the
granting OF concessions we are morally
bound to give, is very grave obstacle il
the way of rounding out our work in thai
island by adding prosperity to inde-
pendence., Without wishing to asperse the
beet root sugar industry, which promise.
so much for the west, it must be admitted
that it was started in this country at 8
most unfortunate moment, from the
standpoint Of the policy of expansion II
entering upon sugar making ourselves We
have deprived our tropics of large factor
of mutually beneficial trade with u.s. Thu:
we have made more difficult our path, fol
the political repose of those regions is in.
dissolubly linked with economic satisfac'
tion.
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''The ChippeWay Herald" is the name of
a. bright little weekly paper that has lust

"The Chippeway Herald" is the name of
bright little weekly paper that has just
been started at White Earth agency on
the White Earth Indian reservation. 1t
is to be devoted to Indian and especially
White Earth interests. It promises to
keep out Of Indian politics and not to in
dulge in gossamer theories about solving
the Indian problem, but to go on helping
to solve it. o. H. Lipps, the able and en-
ergetic superintendent of the White Earth
school, is in charge Of the publication.
It is likely that it is the realization Of one
of the ideas of Simon Michelet of Mime
apolis, who is the agent at White Earth.
There ought to be good field for such a
newspaper, considering that there are
about 5000 Indians on the reservation, in
Guiding several hundreds that have been
educated in the government schools. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24

1t is manifest from the disclosures Of
the interstate commission that congress
men, who are continually voicing their
anguish over the growth of monopoly, are
without excuse if they ignore the phase
Of monopoly making set forth by the in
terstate commerce commission few
big firms get enormous advantages in
transportation which the mass Of ship
pers cannot, under the reign of railway
rate discrimination, obtain. The inter-
state commerce law was intended to pre-
vent this inequality. 1t has not done it,
but it can be amended SO that its orig
inal purpose can be carried out. The
remedy is in the hands of congress.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
TAXPAYERS LEAGUE SCORES AGAIN

The supreme court aff1rms the decision
of the lower court to the effect that the
receiver of the Minneapolis Police Depart
ment Relief association must return 10
the city all funds received from the city
instead of paying them over to the police
men who were members Of the associa-
ton at the time it was dissolved. The
city had been paying into the Police Re-
lief association money to be used in con-
nection with the money paid by the mem
bers for relief, in cases OF distress or
emergency, Of members Of the department
who were also members Of the associa-
ton. The articles distinctly specified for
what purposes the relief fund was to be
used.
The wholesale discharge Of policemen
by Mayor Ames last year removed from
the department a number of members of
the association. 1t was, therefore, de-
cided to dissolve the association, and the
members undertook to divide the money
in the treasury among themselves, and
they would have been allowed to do this,
so far as the city authorities were con-
cerned. In fact, the city authorities spoke
contemptuously of the effort to save to
the city money which the city had paid in
for specific purpose and which was about
to be diverted from that purpose. Private
individuals, however, interviewed, and the
courts, have declared that the money paid
by the city cannot be diverted from pur-
poses for which it was originally in
tended; that it does not belong to the
members except upon the conditions on
which it was given, and the association
having dissolved, the money must be re-
turned to the city. -
This means a saving of from $4,000 to
$50, 900 which must be credited to the Tax
Payers League. The Tax Payers League
is earning it's salary. The existence of
this association has been justified many
times over by the results Of it's action in
working for the protection of public inter-
ests, in connection with the management
OF both city and county affairs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
THE HERO

Hail to the hero!
Decked out in blue, red and gilt, as in war
paint
Rejoicing like savage in long head Feather
and gold shoulder fringes-
Proud to commit with these adornments all
the crimes for which he would be dis
graced and punished as "a felon without
them
Modestly bearing on his breast star and
ribbon which say II am hero as
plainly as the beggar's placard says II
am blind
Admitting that he obeys orders without think
ing, and thus proclaiming his complete
abdication Of conscience and intellect
Hail to the hero
o shade OF Cervantes!
Come back and draw for us another Don
Quixote to
Prick this bubble of militarism as you pricked
that other bubble Of knight-errantry.
The world yearns for your reappearing
Come and hail the hero! \
Ernest Crosby. in Boston Transcript.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
LITTLE HOPE FOR CUBA

Gloomy reports come from Washington
regarding the outlook for reciprocity with
Cuba. Congress seems to be completely
under the control of selfish interests, ter
rif1ed by the DOGGY of the sacred Dingley
tariff law and incapable of viewing any
great economic question except from the
standpoint Of local interests. Every little
protected industry from Maine to Cali
fornia that is afraid that it will lose few
from congress-, but the great mass Of the
consumers of this nation whose interests
are universal are not thought of at all;
and Cuba, which we poured out blood and
money to save, is now to be left to ruin
that the protected interests may have
likely to come to pass-a frantic reac-
ton against the tariff In general, and the
annexation of Cuba. a.
One of the arguments being used against
any tariff preference for Cuba is that the
sugar estates of that island have largely
passed under the control Of Americans and
are in the power of the sugar trust: It is
represented, therefore, that to reduce the
tariff on sugar is to put money into the
pockets of the sugar trust. 1T might be
lightly answered that to keep it up is to
put money into the pockets of another
sugar combine. But whether the sugar
plantations of Cuba are owned by Ameri-
cans, Spaniards, Frenchmen or Cubans, 1t
is the great industry Of the island and
| directly or Indirectly, supports the major
part of the population. Shall we DELHI
erately ruin the masses of the Cubans
| that we may keep a few Americans from
| making some more money?
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! DaiIy New York Letter
Slick work on Wall Street.

Slick work on wall street..
Jan. 24.-Captain Titus has the men of his
Wall street bureau hunting for a crook who
is rather above the average in his ingenuity.
The swindler follows delivery boys into
brokers' Offices and watches their deliveries
of stock. He makes note of the places where
the check in payment for the stock is not
ready for the boy Then he goes back to
these places half an hour or so later and
asks for that check if it is ready. The
check is showed out to him through a pigeon
hole by cashier, who cannot see him and did
not see the boy whom he is impersonating.
Once in the possession of the check the
swindler, with a celebrity which astonishes
those who have investigated his movements.
dashes out and makes certain alterations in
the check by means of chemicals. He never
| increases the amount of the check but usu-
ally decrease it. In one instance he reduced
a 50, 100 check to 500. Then he grasses the
name in the face Of the check and makes it
| payable to the bearer and gets it cashed.
| Great Is Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
| Three carloads of tanbark were dumped
| in front of the Theater Republic to keep the
| jar from Mrs Patrick Campbells ears the
other morning. AS the street cars approached
| the motorman damned down the brakes an6
| slowed up and refrained from ringing the
! gongs. The ill-manHered little boys who exc
out existence crying .'Exter. Exter!" were
gagged. The cries of the babies on the biocl
were stifed with paregoric. Even the detec
| tives wore gum shoes. The barkeepers ovel
| at the Metropole and Rossmore cafes shoop VI
| the cocktails and gin fzzes with mufHed ice
| In city hall officials are asking: who CAV,
Mrs. Campbell permission?" Captain Glib
son, head of the street cleaners, did. TIL,
president Of the Manhattan borough threat
ems to turn out the bureau of encumbrance
| to clear the tanbark away. Mrs. Campbell
| is getting a great "ad'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
PUGET SOUND KNOWS
Portland Oregonia:

L
The fact is that the community OF interest"
principle, as grated upon Mr.: Hills hrst and
unexce ptionable undertaking, is as delete
rious to the territory concerned as 1T is re-
puenant to the universal conception OF public
noIIcv Puget sound knows as well as Min
nesota does what competitive railroad effort
means to community and the certain effect
Of monopoly is seen in California hatred OF
the Southern Pacific, which persisted. IN spite
Of the tireless energy and stupendous ex-
nenditures of the road to develop the state
and multiply its land and water transp {,
tinn facilities. 1t is to be hoped that official
activity and popular distrust will pursue
these amalgamations Of competing lines until
thew are abandoned in favor of the compeu-
tive regime formerly in vogue We hear a
great deal about unwise and suicidal compe-
tltion. That, to be sure, is to be avoided.
But there is competition that is neither un-
wise nor suicidal. 1t is not only the life OF
trade but the sole protection the consumer has
against extortion.
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Tammany beaten and out of power, with
Manhattan under the partial control CT Hills
friends, and the Brooklyn democracy freed
from its enforced alliance with Tammany, Mr..
Hill seems to be in full possession of thu
field. 1t Is true that his restored leadership
comes at time when the party prospects are
not very inviting. 1t seems an almost hope
less task to rescue the state this year from
the republican party. But He'll is keeping
close watch on the situation, and he VIII
improve every chance that offers. There are
three things that may operate to his advant-
age. One of these is possible revolt OF
republican voters in case Justice Is not done
to Cuba and some advance is not made to-
ward reciprocity. The second is a possible re-
volt of the business men on account of Gov
ernor Odells taxation policy. The third is
possible uprising in this city because Of
odell's denial Of home rule on the excise
rnc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24

Major George K. Hunter of the regular
army, in speech at st. Louis advocated
higher pay and longer terms Of service
for the noncommissioned officers. The
of open formation and group fighting the
noncommissioned officer is the backbone
of the lighting line. Every effort should
be made to attract the best class Of men
to the places and keep them there after
they are found. ~.
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tent that designing, reckless, or thought
less railroad officials may and do now In
jure them?" This from a railway organ
is suggestive. The Railway Age, more
over, advocates pooling contracts where
sharply competitive traffic Is concerned
(that being the only traffic the rates Of
which are complained of under commits
sion regulation and empowering the. COM
mission to prescribe. upon application
and hearing, minimum below which
rates should not be made, IL