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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-31
NO PUBLIC LANDS FOR SPECTATORS.

The practical failure of the Union
Pacific's plan for settling the country
along it's lines, because the lands that
it disposed OF were taken up more
largely by speculators than by set
tiers, emphasizes 9 duty ofwhich con-
gress and the country have been
strangely neglectful. This is the re-
pealof all those laws by which lar ds
are now 50 Obtained, and the enforce
ment Of most rigorous regulations for
alloting land to actual settlers only,
and comforting title on them only when
II. has been perfected By long. resi-
dence. : The cry for many years
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-31
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1908.
Platform.

For direct issue ofmoney by the government.
For public ownership of railroads., express
service. telegraph and telephone lines, and
public utilities in general
For direct legislation.
For tax reforms.
For county option on liquor question in Min
nesOta.
For thorough common school education in
fundamental branches as against university
system fads:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-31

State Auditor Iverson has secured
f'om the general land Office" an order
granting to the state sections Is and
36 in the four townships of the White
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-31
4 ROAD THAT NEEDS MENplNc.

eff you Willmar people can't put
the roads into shape so we can get
over them with a load, we shall have
to change our trading point
This remark was made to the writer
last Saturday by farmer in White
field.
Having just come over the road CO.
ing south from First street to the
boundary line between White6eld and
Willmar, the writer felt that the re.
mark was not made without provoca-
ton. The road in question is certain
" likely to bring out any inclination
q person may have to use profane
language. There is not q road CON-
Jog into Willmar that is more trav-
eled than this one. For almost the
entire distance it is graded, the ma.
terial being either black loan or clay.
Not load of gravel has been used
anywhere. During the rainy spell
this material of course was churned
up into ridges, interspersed with deep
ruts and hollows. Now it has been
allowed to harden in that shape.
There is not over, quarter of a mile
of the entice stretch of three and
half miles on which q person can drive
at trot without running the risk of
being thrown out of the vehicle. It
is firm enough to carry the heaviest
kind of load, but the driver will
have to be very careful to avoid
breakdown.
The fall work is drawing to q close
in many places and marketing is the
next thing on the program. That
road should be put into shape. Some
thing must be done soon.
The difficulty is that the road is un-
der the supervision of the township
authorities and the expense of keep.
ing it up falls on the township. There
is perhaps not over half dozen farm
ers in the township use that road. 1t
is the highway for the farmers of
Roseland, Lake Lillian
and portions of Fahlun. It is more
to the city than to the town.
ship. As long as the present m aterial
is used every heavy or prolonged rain
will make it almost impossible. To
put it into lasting condition it should
be graveled after being smoothed out
again. The contrast between grav-
sled road and a dirt road can be seen
BY going down into White6eld. Long
stretches of grades there that were
yraveled last year were as. smooth
now as if there had not been drop of
rain on them. We submit that it
would be a good idea for the Com
nercial Club to take up this matter
with the town, authorities and see if it
;ould not give them some assistance
20 make this important highway of
business smooth and durable.
But while considering permanent
improvements the matter of putting
The road into good shape temporarily
should not be lost sight of. Any kind
of material to fill the ruts and hol-
lows will do as long as the weather
keeps dry. To leave things in the
present shape will mean q great loss
NO PUBLIC LANDS FOR SPECTATORS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-31
THE ONLY WAY TO SERVE MANKIND
By Count LEO IOLSTOI

He changing of mans conception of the world in
wolves inevitably the changing of the in
which he lives, and the change in his mode of life
not only aids in the changing of his possessions and
of his conception of the world, but still more infu
ences this CHANCE in DIRECTING HUMAN AZ
The National tribune., 1903-04-16
THE MERGER DECISION.

-Four Justices of the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals, sitting at st. Paul,
have unanimously decided that the merger
by the Northern Securities Company of
the Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern Railroads was illegal and void, being
in contravention of the Sherman Anti
Trust Law and subsequent legislation.
The gst Of the decision is in the following
paragraph:
st has been held by the highest judicial
authority in the Nation, and its opinion
has been reiterated in no uncertain tone
that the act applies TO interstate carriers
of freight and passengers as well as to all
other persons, natural or artificial; that
the words in restraint Of trade or com
merce' do not mean in unreasonable or
partial restraint Of trade or commerce. but
any direct restraint thereof: that an agree
ment between railroads which requires
them to act in concert and fixing the rate
Tor carriage of passengers or freight over
their respective lines from oae State to
another and which by that means restricts
temporarily the right of any one such car
rier TO name such rates for the carriage
of such freight or passengers over its road
| as il pleases' is Il contract in direct re-
stralnt OF commerce within the meaning
of the act i'll that il tends TO prevent COM
petition; that it matters not whether. while
acting under such contract the rate fixed
is reasonable or unreasonable, the vice of
! such contract or combination being that
IT confers the power TO establish unreason-
able rates and directly restraints commerce
by placing obstacles III the way of free and
unrcstrained competition between carriers
who are natural rivals for patronage. and
finally, that Congress has the power
under the grant of authority contained in
Federal legislation TO regulate commerce.
| to say that no contract or combination
shall be legal which shall restrain inter
state trade or commerce by shutting off
| the operation of the general law of COM
petition"
This is sweeping and far-reachinc. 1t
upholds the power Of Congress to prohibit
consultations, mergers, trusts and what
ever other transactions It may deem
| inimical 10 the public welfare, and affirms
| the duty of the courts TO review any such
transactions as may be brought to their
notice, and decide whether they will
be permitted. The case has been ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court, but
| there is felt to be little doubt that that
| tribunal will confirm the decision of the
| lower court. The unanimity of all the
Justices strongly supports this expecta-
| ton.
| The decision is received with great sat
isfaction all over the country. Even the
great railroad managers. except those d.
rectly interested in these operations, gen
! orally approve of the decision. which will
give smaller independent lines chance for
their lives, and enable them to make salts
factory traffic arrangements, and continue
to do business proftably. -
] 1t is certainly long step in advance in
The National tribune., 1903-04-16
Total . 1895 So. $50 SO


1t will thus be perceived that there were
1S9, $50 pensioners and S25,o1I. :j39.S0 paid
out south of Mason and Dixon's line dur
ing the last fiscal year: that is nearly one
fifth of the entire number of pensioners
reside south of the line, and they receive
between One-fifth and one-sixth of the
whole amount paid out for pensions. As
the population living south of Mason and
DiXOn's line is only about one-quarter of
that of the country, the proportion paid
out there, considering everything, is sur
prisingly large.
In this connection it may be opportune
to reproduce some remarks we made few
weeks ago about the distribution of pen
sions in the South:
Maryland. 1.1SS.044 population. gets
81. i0S,G00 pension money, or nearly Sl.J0
per capita.
Florida, with her population of J2S.J42,
gets approximately $4,000 pension money
every year. approaching 81 per capita.
Even Alabama, which furnished very few
soldiers, white or colored, 10 the Union
army. gets round half-miilion dollars in
pension money. equal to about 80 cents Il
head for all of her ! ,S2S,6yI population
white. black and mixed. 1t is astonishing
TO see the amount that Mississippi gets
S63u,OOO i'll round numbers. or about 40
cents apiece for her GA, 200 whites and
901. $3.50 negroes.
In round numbers, Arkansas gets ST.
100000 pension money, or a little more
than 81 per head for her ]. Al .J64 people.
Kentucky. with Il population of 2,141,-
ia, gets S4.0i5.726, or nearly 50 apiece.
Louisiana. with 1881 ,625 population
gets SSS6.GG0, or about GA cents a head.
Even South Carolina. the home of Seces-
sion. and which has always made the biz
terest opposition 70 pensions, has put into
circulation in her boundaries annually
over quarter of million dollars. which
is something over 30 cents each for the
537. S01 whites and 1S2,321 negroes who
constitute her population.
Tennessee. which furnished $4,000 men
to the Union army and probably 10000
to the rebel army. receives s2,551 600 pen
sion money, which is about SID for every
one Of her 2,020,GlG population.
Texas. the Empire State IF the South,
which sent over JOG. 000 men into the rebel
army. receives over 81 100000 in pensions.
or about :t;3 cents for each of her 3.0iS, 10
population.
Virginia, the strongest bulwark of Sc
cession. receives the immense amount of
81 1916 600 in pensions, which is nearly 40
cents each for every one of her ,Sj4, 1S1
of population.
Even Georgia. which was one Of the
pillars of the rebellion. and sent probably
10000 men into the rebel army. with sub
stantially none into the Union, gets APP
proXimately 100000 in pension money.
or about % cents apiece for 2,216,231
population.
North Carolina. with population of
1.S93,Sl0, and which sent 10000 men into
the rebel army, receives SJ23G00 pension
money. which is about 81 cents per capita.
Missouri, population 5106.GGJ, gets 81
10000 or something over 50 per capita.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16
PENSION MONEY TO THE SOUTHERN
STATES

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I have
been greatly interested in reading over
your editorial in the issue of April as to
the distribution of pension money through
out the different States, and | write to
ask if you can not get, without much
trouble. the amount of pension money paid
out in each of the different States of the
late Confederacy. 1t is frequently stated
in the Southern press that the enormous
pension payments are drain on the South,
as ell this money goes into the North and
West. l. for one. should be greatly inter
ested in seeing what proportion of it goes
into each of the Southern States.-D. X.
WILSON. Co. Il. 10th Mich. member La
fayette Post. 1IQ, New York City; Rich
inond, Va.
According to the report of the Commits
sioner of Pensions for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1908, there were the following
number of pensioners in each of the South
ern States, and with the amount set op-
poSite paid them:
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has made L number of trunk rail
way lines respondents in proceedings
involving the legality of their local
rates on grain and grain products. and
issued an order requiring the roads to
file answers by AIay /. The Chicago &
Northwestern, Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, Chicago Great Western, Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 st. Paul, Wabash and the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific are
charged with having made large advances
in rates between Missouri River points and
st. Louis, other Mississippi River points,
Chicago and intermediate destinations.
during the last half of 1902, on grain and
grain products originating west of the
Missouri; that such advances operated to
increase total rates on such traffic from
points west of the Missouri River to Chi
cago, and the other points. and that high
local charges between the various points
have been and are kept in force by such
carriers. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
and the st. Louis L. San Francisco Rail
roads are charged with having put in eff
feet class rates between st. Louis and
Texas common points considerable higher
than those in force on like traffic at any
time since the operation of the interstate
commerce law III 1857. 1t locks very
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

Two OF Europe's greatest soldiers
Count Won Waldersee and Lord Roberts
are to visit US this year. Count Won Wal
dersee's service in the Prussan army
dates back to the Revolution of 1913, and
participated more or less prominently
in all the wars Prussia has had since
fllen--the brief little skirmish with Den
mark in 1864; the 'seven weeks war;
with Austria in 1866, and the seyerer six
months struggle with France in 1901.
Lord Roberts has been in the British army
For more than half century, and been
pctive in the innumerable wars which
Great Britain has had in that time most
of which were about the dimensions of one
Of our Indian expeditions. Taken both
together, Count Won Waldersee and Lord
Roberts both saw about as much down
right hard fighting as Gen. Miles in one
bloody fortnight from the Wilderness to
Spotsylvania.- As TO actual war expe-
rience, he can give them both cards and
spades, and then win, hands down.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

resolute battle with disease and over
whelminG exhaustion. The chances are
all in their favor. This is a contest in
which a mans past is everything. i can
see eases in which the scales have been
turned against him by Il single night of
misunderstanding a bully old time he
called it. He probably thought that all
there was of it was that his parents and
the religious people frowned upon it. They
forgave and forgot it, but Nature did not.
She charged up every item in it against
him
IF l could only get them TO eat some
thing complained the Deacon. Otter
bein Kramer is certainly, for Il man, the
best cook that | ever saw. and I've ran
sacked this country fok Things to tempt
their appetite. They'll eat few mouth
fuls, and then their faces will take on Il
look as if they We're choking, and they II
motion it and me out of their sight.
If | could only find something 10 give
them an appetite. l don't know nothing
about the herbs down here. or | might go
out in the woods and gether something.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16
AFTER the failure Of the treaty. TO 9

Aztec the failure of the treaty to cede
the Danish West Indies, n royal commits
sion was sent to the islands to adjust
grievances and reconcile the people there
TO continuance Of the Danish rule. The
commission has returned to Copenhagen
with = heavy heart. 1t found the griey-
nnces there past all remedy by Denmark
The people feel that destiny has united
them with the Americans, and that there
is no commercial salvation except through
annexation TO this country. Continuing
TO hang on TO Denmark means ruin for all
of their industries. 1t is not improbable
that a special session of the Danish Rigs
dag will be called to ratify the treaty of
cession, which is still technically pend,
ing, but must be ratified before July, -'or
it will fall altogether.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16
What comrade Thinks of 81 and Shorty.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l was
telling Comrade Riggs to-day that he was
losing one OF his dearest rights, inasmuch
as he does not read Isl and Shorty''-that
the last three numbers of that unprecedent-
ed story of the war got closer to my inner
most soul than anything else has in long
time. l consider it one of the greatest
wonders of this wonderful century that
anyone can tell the story so true to life
now, after so many years have passed
since such people lived as the characters
delineated in this, the grandest story
ever read. Such recollections are all we
old soldiers have now to live for, and what
will we do when 81 and Shorty say good
bye.-HORACE BAKER, Weatherford, Tex.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

GENERAL ORDERS No. 6 from the Com
mandcr-n-Ch announces important
changes in the G. 4. X. Committee on
Legislation. Comrade Joseph w. Kay
having resigned from the Committee.
Comrade John G. Shotts, Past Department
Commander of New York. is appointed in
his place. Comrade Ivory Kimball, of
Washington. having been elected Com
mander Of the Department Of the Poto-
mae, resigns from the Committee. and
Comrade Naihaa Bickford, Past Depart
ment CommaEdcr. is appointed to fill the
vacancy. Comrade Isaac +. Mack. Past
Department Commander of Ohio and for
many years an active worker on the Com
mittee, a brainy, capable comrade, is
designated as Chairman. which position he
will fill with great credit TO himself and
usefulness topthe comrades.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

Secretary Hitchcock has decided that
Home Guard organizations formed during
the war were not a part of the army Of
the United States. The question arose
over the contested right of number of
the Missouri Home Guards to obtain the
special privileges of soldier in entering
affect many pieces of property on which
proof has been made. 1t is expected that
the decision will have far-reaching
effect
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

A FUNNY row has developed in New
Veterans and the Musical Union. It is
expected that fully 10000 Confederates
will march in the grand parade Mt the
coming National Encampment in that city.
and a great many bands WI be required.
There are not enough white bands in the
city TO meet the demand, and the Musical
Union called in the colOred organizations
to help out.
Then the Confederate Veterans threw a
grand old copperas-breeches fit. They
behind "a niger band" Just why they
went daffy on this is hard for Northern
men to understand, since they were always
more than willing to dance with their
sweetlearts to music supplied by negro
fiddlcrs. But they would die in the last
ditch before they would keep step to
Dixie" the Bonnie Blue Flag" and
Maryland, My Maryland" footed ont by
an ebony cOrnetist, with other decidedly
brunei artists coming in strong on the big
horns and the bass drum. They would
send off to Mobile, Nicksburg, Memphis,
and elsewhere for white bands. Then the
Musical Union had its say, and its say
was to the credit of labor organizations
The colored bands were members of the
organization, and entitled to all the rights
They must be taken, or none would play
Thus the matter stands at time of going
to press, with The National Tribune's
Union.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

: YIRGINIA's new liquor law raises the
licenses from 500 and $500 to $175 and
$3.50, which it is believed will close up
between 100 and 800 of the 1000 saloons
in the State. The Temperance people
strongiy support the law, believing that
the best way to curb the drink evil is by
reduction of the number of drinking
places, and more rigid regulation and
control of the remainder. 1t is made man
datory upon Judges to revoke the licenses
of all saloons which sell to minors or on
Sundag, and to fine and imprison the
offender
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

ENGLAND seems waking to the necessity
of doing something to combat the drink
evil The death rate from alcohol during
the last IL years has increased by AZ per
cent in men and 100 per cent. in women.
In 1892 the drink bill for the United King
dom amounted to the colossal sum of
S704, 600, 600. or s1S.41 for each head of
the population: The charges of drunkenness
heard in the police courts of England and
WALES numbered 1889. There are in
the refugees for the insane 10000 males
and $500 females who owe their mental
decay to the effects of alcohol.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16
WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY APRIL 49, 1908

the way of controlling the trusts and pre-
venting them sitting competition. They
viii probably try to circumvent the courts
by tacit arrangements, but under this de-
cision the courts have power to review
every transaction. and whatever is done
will have to be under the possibility of its
being brought into court and thoroughly
inquired into.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

AN ENGII hIMAN. John F. Fraser, has
been investigating the American manufac-
turing systenl,s and has come to the con
| clusion that the British artisan is superior
to the American workman. but the Ameri-
can manufacturer is infinitely superior
10 his British prototype" He thinks that
the chief reason America is going ahead so
rapidly is not excellence of workmanship.
but ability in administration. In his opin-
ion the first great requisites for success i'll
America is poverty. for he says the big
managers are all men who started very
poor, but We're determined to get ahead.
and have built up immense businesses.
Tn British workman is the best in the
world. Give him time and he will turn out
Il better article than anybody else. Send
him to America. get rid of his sluggish
ness. and he beats the American. But the
American is alert. is not afraid of ma
chlnery throwing him out of employment.
is eager TO invent improvements which
will reduce the cost of production. know
ing that it will he Il good thing for him
personally.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

MR.. BRYAN brings out Gov. VIM. ].
Stone. of Missouri. for good Presidential
timber. His chief recommendations in Mr..
Bryan's eyes are that he will be only %
years old next year, and that he was one
of the chief writers of the Chicago plat
FORM
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

AFTER spending considerable money on
internal improvements. Cuba has still
S2,G3S.000 in her treasury. Quite change
from the old Spanish days. when there
was nothing spent on the island and yet
a deficit of $10,000.000 or more at the end
of every year.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

MrLuALL. the eminent economist. is
figuring on the worlds wealth and puts it
at 100000. COCOON of which the United
States has $10O.0GO, 0C0GG0, or one-fourth
of the whole. He says that the English
are the wcalthicst per capita, having
Si.3S4 per head of the population; with
Scotland ncXt-Sl .2J1: Australia, third,
S1.22S; France. fourth. S1.2l0: United
States. fifth. $1.123. and Denmark. sixth.
S1,1G4. Canada comes next with 500 per
head Of population; Holland, SSIS: Swift
crland, $7S7: Germany. ST4S; Belgium.
$3.50; Argentina, $3.50. The percentage
Of debt to wealth is lowest in the United
States. being less than 81 in 500, while
it is highest in France. where there is 81
Of debt to every IS of wealth. In the
matter of production. Canada leads. with
about SS1 annual production for every in
habitant. The United States comes next
with about $40: France. S5I: Denmark,
sol: Sweden, $50: Belgium. S4i; Germany.
$3.50: Austria. S41. and Spain. 81.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

G.. w. COLLINS. 221 W. jefferson street,
Williamsport, Pa, wants to know the
origin Of the name "Old Glory" as applied
to the United States flag. Nobody knows.
The name was an inspiration in millions
of hearts at once.
The National tribune., 1903-04-16


N. C.-The Ladies Get to the Boys at Last.
Those wonderful Spring days at Colds
boro,
The delugc of splendor from the blue
April skies was a flood OF renewed life and
energy to the men who mad been strug-
Cling for months through the sulleu Win
ter's storms and mud. Every ray from
the bright sun sent fresh vigor into young
manly hearts, and infused them with i'm
patience to be out in the field doing some
thing TO speedily finish up the great job
Of putting down the rebelIion.s
Bringing together the three armies en-
HANGED this impaticuce among the men,
and made them restless for new exploits.
Sherman men, boasting of the Marches
10 the Sea. and Through the Carolinas,
were eager to show their mettle to their
comrades of Schoield's army, whose lau
rels, won at Franklin and Nashville, We're
The National tribune., 1903-04-16

THE predominance of foreigners and the
smalIness of the native element in our
great cities is becoming startling. In New
York only one man in six of the whites
IS native born, and in Chicago but one in
five. The percentage of native whites in
the Seyeral cities is as follows: