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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
seattle's DR.. Ames,

Z Seattle is the latest American city to
undertake municipal house cleaning. It,
is dealing with sort Of Pacific coast YER
sion Of DR.. Anes. A private letter says
that the Anies regime at the worst was
never so bad as the Hayes administration
In Seattle. -. 8 fsts: .It4
s After Hayes had been indicted by the
grand jury for malfeasance in office, he
said:A IT the grand jury has indicted me,
itmay as well indict every man that voted
for me. told them how would run the
town, and have done just as promised" "
There is sting in this remark for many
Of. Seattles best citizens. Business men
in, our western cities are apt to become
victims OF the delusion that a wide e-open
town Is a good business town. J At such
times they vote for a mayor who promises
them business administration he
meaning, and they understanding, by that
term wide-open town with a loose rein
for vice. These good citizens do not look
forward far enough to see that such an
administration, from encouraging the vi
cious, soon becomes vicious itself and
feeds on graft
DR.. Ames, we believe, has made; some
comments on his own indictment and ar
rest in much the same strain as Mayor
Hayes effort to put the people of Seattle
In the same boat with himself. And in
| what DR.. Ames has said there is about as
much sting as in Hayes words. While
DR.. sAmes did not promise the people 3o1
Minneapolis exactly the sort Of admins.
tration he gave them, none but the most
unsophisticated, or those who were pur.
posely blind, did not know that he woul6
give the city a discreditable administra-
tiorLs< 1t was not in him to give anything
I,else. d Can a. stream rise higher than its
4: j:sa,ro,o = ; & r
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
The yellow Terror"

The conditions in China are approa ching
in some degrees those which three
years ago led to the wild carnival of
blood which Mortified the civilized world
and compelled the leading civilized pow
ers to unite for the rescue of their minis
ters and legations in Picking.
Our state department. relying on Mr..
Roc1hills optimistic view Of the situa-
tion, is not inclined to believe that there
Is any danger Of renewal Of the Boxer
disorders. or that the movement of Prince
Tuan and his associates will take on a
f1enacing aspect. "... - 4.tl...I
The French government is taking steps
to protect French interests from the
brigands in southern China, where there
does not seem to be adequate government
force to keep order.
In 1900 the imperial government proved
to be in league with the movement
against foreigners. 1t aided the siege and
assaults upon the ambassadors minis
ters and members of the legations Of the
powers, who held out with great difficulty
through June, July and half Of August
when they were rescued by the allied
forces, who had to fight their way UP from
Tientsin. It was a singular spectacle
Of the 11elplessness Of the mightiest pow
ers in the world, defied and Knocked by q
country which has been bullied an6
swindled and coerced for sixty years b,
the western nations, some Of whom have
freely annexed Chinese territory anG
looked upon China as territory to be hat
FOR the pre-empting. ts.;.
The proceedings to drive the s.foreigr
devils into the sea, in 1900, began will
i the disturbances in Shantung provfnc,
with series Of outrages on Christia,
families In February missionaries ii
I Shantung gave warning from the intina;
I tions they had from the native convert
that northern China would soon be in
blaze Of insurrection and every fcreig,
interest would be annihilated and ever.
foreigner would be driven out Of Pekin,
and Tientsin. The Boxer uprising cam
and the empress dowager, believing tina
4 favorable time had come to carry gu
{ the plan Of her favorite, General Tlng
Fuhsiang, to drive all the foreigners int
the Yellow sea. gave her blessing to tn
Boxers and did all she could to aid then
and ordered the imperial troops to tax
part in General Tungs program.
This woman, TIE -Hsi. is the sam
treacherous creature ste was N 1sol
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
The Six Commissioners.

The jour- al has an anonym Gus
friend in Winnipeg who kindly supplies 1t
with arguments on the Canadian side Of
the Alaska controversy. One of the mat
ters he has recently called our attention to
is Sir Wilfrid Laurier's public statement
in the Canadian house that none Of the
American Alaska commissioners, are ac-
ceptable to the Canadians; Turner and
Lodge, on account Of previous assertions
of belief in the American case, and Root
because he is an active member of the
American government. Fl
The Canadians do not think that the
American. commissioners are, in the Ian
guage Of the treaty, impartial jurists of
eminence.'' We have previously given 1t
Lodge is a lawyer and historian Of emf
nence, though Secretary Root is, as a Lon
don paper called him., zone Of the ablest
men Of the Anglo-saxon world and a
lawyer of great attainm ents; though Sen
ator Turner is lawyer and judge OF long
experience, they hardly fit the meaning OF
the phrase impartial jurists OF eminence. !"
They are eminent, they. are learned in the
1aw;s but while wesbelieyeH they Will be
impartial judges, we concede that they
were not chosen from the environment the
quoted phrase suggests. =, -. IT, ,..--. ,--
At the same time, we are convinced that
Sir Michael Herbert was apprised of the
names Of the probable American members
of the commission before he signed the
treaty. While the British members Of the
commission are not men of greater ability
or greater eminence than our members
they may all be we'll described as "im'
partial jurists Of emlnence.' These mer
are Baron Alyerstone, lord chief Justice o
England; Justice. Armour OF. the ,supremt
court at Ottawa, and Sir Louis Jette, lieu
tenant governor Of Quebec. But as th'
proof Of the pudding is in the eating, w
shall know more about the impartial1ty o
all the commissioners later. -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

The salary OF $4,000 a year for the may
or was fixed when this city had about
$4,000 people. It was liberal then. Ten
thousand would be no more liberal now.
Under a, new charter, with the power
which he should possess, power COR
responding to that OF president Of a big
corporation, and required to give his en-
tire time to the job, $4,000 would not be
too much for the city Of Minneapolis to
pay to the kind Of man who should be
elected mayor. The right kind ofsa man
would earn It. AS to the present bill
and the present situation $1,000 Is very
poor COMPENSATION for what Is reuuired.
whether IT would be wise to increase tn.
salaries of mayor or aldermen Under the
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
Enpland's 8 Proud Boast.

We have heard much about the decline
OF England, and in a relative sense the
old country is declining. It Is not that
she is doing less than formerly, for her
trade continues to expand, but that other
nations, notably Germany and the United
States, are doing more. At the forty
third annual meeting Of the Association
of Chambers Of Commerce Of the United
Kingdom, Lord Avebury (Sir John Lub-
bocl) after remarking that the kingdom s
foreign trade had now reached the glgan-
tic total of $4,2so, 900, 900, said that it
spoke much for the skill and energy OF
British manufacturers that those OF
scarcely any other country were prepared
TO compete with them on free and even
terms.
; This is a proud boast, but there is much
substance to it. What nation but Eng
land throws her domestic market open to
the manufacturers of the world and then
manages to compete with fair success
against nations which keep the domestic
market as a reserve for their own manu-
facturers? It certainly is amazing that
this nation, which has to contend against
hostile tariffs in every part Of the world,
even in its own colonies, was able last
year to add $4,000, 900 to it's trade.
The comparison on this score between
the English manufacturers and our own
Is not complimentary to the latter. Our
manufacturers are, thrown into convul-
sions of fear at the slightest suggestion
of that tariff revision which. justice cries
for, while the Englishmen with their own
home strongholds open to foreign com
nlercial invasions, are able to more thar
hold their own. Yet in all the elements OF
successful manufacturing; except chear
and good labor, they are Inferior to US
having neither the machinery, the dones
tic raw material, nor the immense home
market our manufacturers have. .l
1t is impossible to contemplate these
facts without concluding that American
industries would prosper under such re-
duced tariff schedules as the long-suf
fering consumers now demand and will
have. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

The postoffice department is now going
after the fakes and frauds that do their
the department will devote more time to
such illegitinate enterprises and less to
harrassing and annoying, with it's .arbi-
trary bureaucratic methods, publishers
who are conducting a legitimate business,
it will make a big improvement. In the
meantime it is pleasant to see that the
courts are doing their best to drive the
postoffice department back into its
proper channel as an administra-
tive branch Of the government. Some OF
its cfficials are Of the impression that
they are lawmakers
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
The Germans In Brazil.
the Editor Of Tho Journal:

To the Editor of The Journal: sSI
Some months ago The Jour
printed communication or statement of
Emery c. White in which was expressed
the opinion that a powerful German senti-
ment and influence are growing up in
South America an despecially in Brazil.
Among the distinguished people who
honored our city at the convention OF the
National :. Educational association last
summer was the president Of Mackenzie
college in Sac Paulo, Brazil, Horace NJ
Lane, M. D., etc. American born, this
gentleman spent some years in early life
in that republic. He returned to this
country and the practice OF his profess
sion. He was not long to remain, and was
called to the presidency Of the institution
In manner which made it practically i'm
possible to decline. In the twenty years
he has been In office the college has
grown and prospered and now numbers
over 500 students In various departments
DR.. Lane has co-operated heartily with the
public authorities, and his plans for the
public schools of all grades have been
adopted His graduates are filling numer-
Gus public stations. All this to Introduce
the statement that there may not be an
other man in all Brazil so competent to
give an opinion on any ma tiers Of public
concern. ~
sent Mr.. Whites statement to DIR.
Lane, who replies as follows:
Mr. White is wrong as far as Brazil
is concerned Most of the Germans in the
colonies are naturalized or native born
Brazilian citizens. The Brazilian
is ultra patriotic; in fact, very Jacobin.
| '"The present minister of public works
and agriculture, DR.. Lauro Muller, Is OF
pure German parentage, and represents
the native anti-foreign party. In COM
merce the German merchant is a. pushing
fellow and is crowding out the English
| manufacturer, but he is little interested
in the political plans of his imperial mas
ter. The few American lines of goods in
Brazilian markets cannot be pushed out
and in many instances German houses
| represent American manufacturers.
"Mr. White classes all the Germans in
| South America under one head, which is
| absurd. The Germans who emigrated to
Brazil, like those who went to the United
States, looked for a place better than the
Vaterland) and found it. They have
no hankering after the old land or laws.
There is no danger Of Germanys taking
| any part Of Brazil with the consent or
! connivance of the German element here.
Mr.. White is not we'll informed on Bra
lillian matters.
The testimony of President, Lane is so
definite and his character as witness IN
the case SO high that venture, to COM
| municate his statements through T h e
O IL rn a to the public. ..at =
| William w. Folwell.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

The treasury board of application in
passing on the question of duties on wood
pulp imported from Ontario and Quebec
seems to have rendered just decision.
Quebec imposes tax on pulp wood cut on
crown (government) lands but allows a re-
bate on such wood made into pulp with
in the province. Ontario prohibits the ex-
portation of pupwood cut on crown lands
The commission decides that. Quebec has
virtually imposed an export. duty on pulp
wood, and sustains the collectors retallia-
tory imposition Of an additional duty OF
2b per cent on Quebec pulp. AS to On
tario; however, the board holds that there
is no export duty on pulp wood, and re-
verses the collectors ruling applying a
retaliatory tariff to pulp from that prov
ince. The decision will, however apply
unequally to American paper manufac-
turers who draw their pulp supplies from
Canada. Those who get them from On
tarfo will have an advantage over those
who draw on Quebec. With respect to
Quebec the decision is an advantage to
American pulp manufacturers, whether
they make their pulp from American tim
ber or from Canadian importations. AS
American pulp manufacturers could not
get at the Ontario crown pulp wood any
way, the imposition of an additional duty
would be purely retaliatory. 1t would
tend to keep Ontario pulp out Of the
United States but would give the Amer
lean pulp and paper combine an additional
hold on prices. @
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
BREAKING 1T GENTLY.
Springfield Republican.


At a fire in Chattanooga hotel recently
the lives of the guests were saved by the
clerk sending out warnings over the room
telephones at midnight, according to the
Springfield Republican. We can imagine
that it would be something disconcerting
for guest to be abruptly awakened with
an announcement OF this sort, and some
times it might cause more casualties than
the blaze. A nice, pleasant, brea knight
easy sort Of method may come in vogue.
Suppose this: ~ =: - -.-s.
Hello, ALL -. =. 80 -
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"Yep." -. s,~"-> : - -s-;LN' !FS>''7'
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"Gone to bed YETI, - '' ~ -
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''That's all right. How re you feeling?"
"Sort o. so-so." =. .1t>.. = :.
That's good, Feel equal to hurry
up slide down the fire. -
''Well, I might, II I had to- Say"
E'.All right; that's just how 1t stands.
You wiggle into your clothes now, and
make record doing it. You see. the
hotels on fire. and-and--gee! Don't talk
like that, mister, there are ladies in the
next room. Good-by." f'->--
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

Wood cleaned and paved Santiago, but
,that Is no reason why he should be given
credit for the sanitary regeneration of
Cuba. Didn't Ludlow clean Havana long
before Wood was governor general, and
didn't Carpenter clean Puerto Principe
and Sanger Mata,lzas? General Wood
made sasgood goVernorsof Cuba but much
OF the coi1structive work was done before
he came into the offce, and scores OF his
associates did the work forswhich he has
naturally received the credit. These facts
may explain why some OF the army Off
GERS do not love General Wood. .,-s'':'
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
MISTRESS MARCH.

You're a Grabbed crone and crusty,
Mistress March! -.
Vibrant Is your voice and gusty
AS you sweep down highways dusty, ~
Swaying with abandon lusty
Brittle boughs Of oak and larch;
Yet we hail you herald trusty. I
Mistress March!
For: despite your storm and singing,
Mistress March,
Hints you bear OF buds upspringing,
Silver sounds Of wild birds singing,
Flash Of swallows, f1eetly swinging
When the bite skies overarch
Bless YOU for your message bringing,
Mistress March!
Hilton r. Greer, in Lippincott's Maga
zine for March. >5,1t ssT 4
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

Attention is called to the interesting
communication from DR.. w. w. Folwell in
which he quotes DR.. Horace M. Lane,
president of Mackenzie college in Sac
Paulo, sBrazil, as saying that there is no
danger of GerInanization ofgany part OF
Brazil, DR.. Lane even goes so far AS to
say that the first generation of Germans
born in Brazil are more patriotic than the
Brazilians OF Portuguese descent. DR..
Lanes testimony is contradictory to that
given by a number Of other observers, but
he seems to be able to speak with author
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
"BooM" HOLDS AS TO "cHEAP
Madison (S. d. Outlook. u.

Madison (S. d. outlook. -:
The movement of home seekers from
the east to the Dakotas will continue this
season despite the fact that the impression
prevailed that the boom was over. The
inquiry for lands now, however, is largely
for the cheap lands Of the north and
central portions Of the state and North
Dakota. The indications are that North
Dakota will have a larger influx Of innri-
grants than last season. the inquiry be-
Ing generally for lands that can be bought
at from IS to SO per acre. Meanwhile
the higher priced land moves slowly
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

Major Pitcher, in charge OF the Yel-
lowstone national park, supertiuousy in,
forms the public that President Roosevelt
will not be permitted to hunt in the park.
Who ever thought that he would be? The
president would never dream Of doing so.
American presidents have never assumed
that they kad the privilege Of violating
laws --s-.ZA- -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
Save tho Lakes.

There Is bill in the legislature to pro-
hibit Ice companies from cutting ice from
lakes lying within the corporate aimits of
cities of the Minneapolis class.
The bill ought to pass. : = = :
= r h e J o u n a showed yesterday in
the case Of Cedar lake that while the
drying up Of that lake is not? due en-
>tirely or chiefly TO the cutting of ice> there,
the ice cutting contributes very materially
year. Now, unless We want all these
beautiful lakes In the city limits to become
mud holes, as Cedar lake is becoming for
various reasons, one of which is the ice
cutting, we must put stop to the lifting
of several inches from their surface every
year by the ice companies. .a1 -
There appears to be no existing right or
grant under which the ice companies take
liberties with the contents OF meandered
lakes, and it seems to us that they have
presumed quite long enough upon the pa
tience and good nature OF the public in the
enjoyment Of privileges to which they
have no right. Not only are the lakes de-
prived Of a considerable portion&of their
contents, and thus gradually dried UP by
this ice cutting process, but the waters
| are polluted inexcusably. by the deposits
of manure every year. The residents In
tthe Calhoun district say that twenty tons
| is a moderate estimate Of the amount 81
this filth that now lies upon the surface
Of Lake Calhoun. Z, .gns=s ~ . y aszaa II =. -.
The American custom Of grabbing what
belongs to the public. for private benefit
so long as the public does not object is tt
blame for this improper use Of our Mime
apolis lakes, and it seems to us that it i.
| TINA "a rtoro II '-.-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

present scheme Of city government is y
not hesitate to say that we think our pres
ent mayor is earning more than he is paid
for in money. but the larger question is
whether an increase should be made under
the existing charter or whether 1t should
be referred to: the charter yet to be sadop-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

The rule OF the street car company that
a car cannot be stopped even by the con-
ductor, after It s.hastleft one. crossing till
1t: has reached the next,sis likely to cost
the company big pile OF damages some
day. 1t has already made thousands OF
people very mad. ..-.r
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
WASTING GOOD WINE.
Aberdeen ls. D.l News.

Aberdeen (S. D.) News
The Kansas senate has passed resolu-
tion favorlngs the substitution of water
for wine in christening the new battleship
Kansas. This action may have been taken
because Kansas is a prohibition state,
and maybe because the senators do not
believe IN wasting good wine in that man
-..-ls.E1. 4. e.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

This may not be al appropriate time
to mention it, but now that public atten-
tion has been directed to General Wood by
Rathbone's SANDERS, 1t may as well be re-
marked that as good man as General
Wood Is, he has received much Of the
credit that belongs to other men; and that,
too, through no fAult of his. General
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

1.-The man who knocks out Roosevelt for
the nomination for president, granting
that such a thing might happen, because
Roosevelt is not amenable to Wall street
influences. will have a. fine time getting
elected. Just think what the people Of
this country would do to him. -, a, .
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
SOUTH DAkoTA's LARGEST ACRE
AGE.

Advices from over the state are that
farmers are getting ready for seeding,
which is a reminder that a particularly
hard winter will soon, yield to the APP
proacla OF spring. 1T is. believed that
South Dakota.s largest acreage OF small
grain will be sown this year many new
corners having broken ground for crops.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

Mr.. Cleveland says he is coming west
as an advertising agent for tariff reform
Mr.. Cleveland has always stood for tariff
reform; perhaps he expects tariff reform
to stand for Cleveland now. e., Fl
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

Here is another argument that settles
the school question: st. Cloud has abol-
ished fads; therefore, let not another
descending sun see the Minneapolis
schools haven't. =,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24
so SOON FORGOTTEN.
Richmond Times.

This is the kind Of weather that makes
the people advance good-road. J. theories,
that they will not try to put in force next
lsummer when the roads get smooth.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-24

There Is a bill in the legislature to pro-
hibit Ice companies from cuttingsice from
lakes lying within the corporate aimits of
cities of the Minneapolis class.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-10-02
R-I-P-A-N-S Tabules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind

The j-cent packet is enough for usual occa
sions. The family bottle go cents contains Il
supply for a year. All drugg lists sell them.