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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
COAL DEALERS IN SESSION
Northwestern Association of Retail
Coal Men Shows a Large
Growth.

, Enthusiasm for the organization was
the theme of Secretary A. w. Morse's re-
port at the opening of the third annual
convention Of the Northwestern Retail
Coal Dealers association in Masonic
Temple to-day. @
President Albert HOLSTER, in his an
nual address, said the wholesalers were
coming more and more to see the equity
Of the retailers claims to a fair profit.
The secretary's report showed that the
membership had grown from TAG to S05.
Criticism of the practice of wholesalers
dealing direct with cooperative farm
creameries was made.
The report of Treasurer G. J. Fullerton
Of Minneapolis, showed a balance Of
$552.1S @
Delos Hull of Oak Park, ILL.,, president
of the National Council of State and Inter
State Retail Coal Dealers associations,
and the secretary, f. E. Lukens Of Chi
cago, made addresses.
President Hull urged that the associa-
ton become member of the council and
send representation to the annual con-
vention next Tuesday in. Buffalo.
| Tomorrow the most important bust
ness, in addition to the reports Of COM
mittees, is the election Of officers to sue
coed President HOLSTER of Manchester,
Iowa, Vice President c. T. LANCE Of Or
tonville, Mimi; Directors E. j. Skewis OF
Inwood, Iowa, and J.. w. Parker of Sioux
Falls, s. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21

sas Nebraska, Missouri and probably the Dako-
tas when they have developed little more.
Butter and cheese are so closely akin In
commercial sense, and in a dairy sense, that
one would naturally suppose they would be In
proportionate quantities where either OF them 10
made Not so. New York makes III, 100000
pounds of cheese; Wisconsin, 100000; Ohio,
is, 600, coo; Michigan, 10000, 900, and the other
states still less amounts. In butter making, the
rank Of the states is: Iowa produces 1922
552 pounds; New York, 115, 40S, 376 pounds; Penn.
sylvania, Ill ,35S246 pounds; Wisconsin, 1o6,-
$50, $40 pounds; Illinois, SO, 54S 1852 pounds.
The dairy business is sort of sheet anchor
for the farmer He depends upon tin time OF
trouble and hard times. He knows that the
product Of his dairy is sort of net profit to
him except for the added labor, and the man
who is raising stock knows that he Will not
raise any less number of calves If he milks the
cows and makes butter He knows that he will
raise a larger number of hogs than he otherwise
could do. He knows that if he milks his cows
and his neighbor does not milk his that the
neighbor will have just much less money.
The banker and money lender knows this as well,
and in every dairy section of the country times
are always better than in other not dairy Sec
tons. Money is easier to get, land values
are higher. the people in general more pros
porous and agricultural conditions are better.
This is of the reasons why Iowa. and the
state Immediately surrounding her, the
wealthest agricultural states of the union.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
IN DEATH.
Mrs. Thomas Murphy Joins Her
Husband on the Other
Side.
She Seems Literally to Have
Died of a Broken
Heart.

Mourning over the deah of her husband
the late Thomas Murphy, ST., with whom
she had lived for over fifty three years,
Mrs. Mary Murphy died to-day of a broken
heart. Since the death of Mr.. Murphy,
which occurred May G, Mrs. Murphy has
refused to be comforted and has slowly
pinned away until this morning, when she
gladly welcomed the approach of the death
angel and was reunited with her life part
ner.
Mrs. Murphy was born in Ireland over
seventy years ago and came to this coun-
try at the age Of Is years. She settled with
her parents at RolWay, N. j., where she
was married to Thomas Murphy, ST., fifty
three years ago. In 1855 they came to
Minneapolis and had resided here since
that time.
Since the death of her husband. Mrs.
Murphy had made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. James Cain, AZ Royalston
avenue. She remained'in deep mourning
and refused to see any of her friends, ap-
parently spending her time in thinking Of
her deceased helpmate. She was not Ill
a day.
Mrs. Murphy is survived by three daugh-
tiers and two sons, all Of this city. The
daughters are Mrs. Cain, Mrs. Fitzgerald
and Mrs. Enpy. The sons are Thomas
and Edward w. The funeral will be held
Thursday at a. m. from the Church of
the Immaculate Conception. Interment
will be in st. Marys cemetery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
THE WHITE CAPS
TAKE The CITY
Continued from First Page.

:
er for many years; Gustaf Holmquist, the
welll-known basso formerly Of Minneapo-
lis; Manager Wingard of Svenska
Amerikanaren, and others.
Mortimer from the South.
Shortly after the din of the arrival Of
the Chicago singers had subsidized, a spe-
cial train over the st. Louis road brought
the Svea Male chorus Of twenty five
voices and about 300 residents Of Moline,
III. Lee Peterson is the president and
Mrs. Edla Lund, a we'll known singer is
the musical director. She holds a unique
position in that she is the only lady con-
ductor In the union and the only lady
member for that matter
About midnight the special train from
Rockford arrived with nine coaches and
were the members of Syea's Soner and
Iyran Singing society, numbering together
over forty singers. Carl j. Hoagland, the
designer, is president of the Sons and
John R. Ortengren is the conductor.
Frank Shela1n Is the conductor for Lyran.
Both organizations stand very high mu-
s1cally and have individual places on the
sangerfest program.
Some time this morning a sturdy band
arrived from Ironwood.! There were only
ten members of the Swedish Glee club
IN the party, but President Joe Peterson
and his mates were seen by all, for the
men from the peninsula wear the biggest
badges in the union.
Miss Martina tombstone, the violiniste.
was In the lobby great part of the morn
Ing greeting old friends. She has attended
several sangerfests and is an immense ia
Fyorite on account of her yivacious dispo-
sttion and high spirits. She was always
the of a. merry throng and was kept
busy for hours to-day in renewing old ac-
quatntances. 3
Probably the greatest event of the day
was the announcement that John Forsell,
the barytone from the Royal Swedish
opera and one of the three soloists Of the
musical festival had arrived Last
evening the local committee had not been
apprised Of the arrival of his boat, and
! they were worrying greatly, for without
him the concerts would be robbed OF
much Of their attraction. 1t seems, how
| ever, that he arrived In New York last
! Sunday on the Butcher Of the Hamburg
American line, and came thru as fast as
| the railway connections would permit. He
has with him much of the music for the
fest also, and is a thrice welcome man.
| Ladies' May Attend "Sexa."
Tits announced bydthe committee or
arrangements for the Swedish songarfes
the. 'sexa,' or informal banquet to b.
given at the Exposition building this eve
ming, that ladies will be admitted to tn.
/ function. 1t has not been customary II
! the past to admit ladies. sss...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
YENEzUELANS
IN A HOT FIGHT

Soledad, Venezuela Monday, July 20
Since p. m. yesterday the battle between
the revolutionary forces at Ciudad Bolivar
and the Venezuelan government army,
commanded by General Gomez, has ragged
madly.
Block after block was disputed, the
government troops entering the city slow
ly All the houses had been barricaded
and the revolutionists had to be forced
out. The city appears as if struck by a
cyclone.
At 7 p. m. the government forces ar
rived near the center of the city. I
Shot Down Fugltives.
At 8 a. M, when the inhabitants of the
commercial section saw the advance of
the government troops, they abandoned
their homes and sought refuge,
crossing the streets amidst a
veritabe hail of bullets Many men fell
At a. m. the government generals de-
cided to push the attack. At 10 the gov
ernment troops had captured the north
side of the Alameda. the public park
The government commanders ordered
twelve guns to open fire on the barbados
of the Alameda and at the same time the
Venezuelan fleet also opened fire.
The soldiers on both sides have had no
food for two days; no ambulances are
being used, and yet the fighting con-
tinues.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
CITY NEWS.
WEATHER NOW AND THEN
Maximum Temperature To-day 81
Degrees; a Year Ago 70 Degrees.
THE JOURNALS
SWEET PEA SHOW.

All amateur flower growers are In
vited to take part in the open compe-
ton afforded by The Journals Sweet
Pea Show to be held on the second
floor of the Dayton Building, ITO MIC
ollet avenue. Aug. S. 6 and z. n Q
Journal and the leading florists
and seedsmen of the city offer 1854 to
be given as premiums in the various
classes of exhibits, which include be-
side sweet peas, asters, dahlias, mas
turtiums (tall and dwarf), carnations,
margueries, verbenas. gladioli. dian
thi (Chinese pinks), and general gar
den flowers. All vases or receptacles
for flowers will be furnished by the
management and no collection of flow
ers will be too modest to receive con-
sideration.
The object of this show Is to pro-
mote the growing of flowers In the
homes and to assist the Minneapolis
Outing association In a noble work.
The beauty Of the exhibits as an at
traction will be supplemented during
the three days with music by The
Journal Newsboys' Band and re-
freshments will be served by the
Christian Endeavor society Of the
Park Avenue Congregational church.
Entries are free and entry blanks
should be filed out and forwarded as
soon as possible. to II. l.. Pathey,
manager the Journal Sweet Pea show.
| All entries must be in by 10 a. m,
Monday, Aug. 8.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
STATE CLAIM HOLDS
Judge Cray Holds That Bankruptcy
Proceedings Do Not
Affect It.
An Important Ruling Made Involv.
ing Surety on State Bank
Bonds,

Judgments due to the state are not
subject to discharge under the federal
bankruptcy law. This important ruling
was made by Judge Cray this morning in
the case of the state against the Farmers
& Merchants State bank, insolvent,
George L. Matchen and Others
The matter came up on application of
George L. Matchen for an order directing
the clerk of courts to discharge a judg-
ment of $24,33S07 held by the state
against him. The application was denied.
Congress is without the power to re-
lieve a debtor of a debt due to one of
the states of the union" says Judge Cray
in the memora ndum.
IF congress had the power to dis
charge the class Of obligations under
which the judgment in question falls, I
can see no reason why it would not have
the power to discharge judgments for
uncollected taxes; and if congress has the
power to discharge all obligations due to
the state, the accepted doctrine that the
various states are supreme except in so
far as limited by the express words Of
the federal constitution, must necessarily
be overthrown."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
FLORISTS TO 60 AFIELD
Their Club VIII Hold Its First Picnic To-
morrow at Excel

The Minneapolis Florist club will picnic
for the first time in it's history tomorrow,
when the followers of flower instead of
flour will gather at Excelsior and spend
the day as picnickers should. There will
be a program of sports for the early aft
ernoon, boat rides on the Puritan for aft
ernoon and evening, and other features Of
a Lake Minnetonka picnic. Trains will
leave the Minneapolis & st. Louis depot
at $3.50 a. m. and 1:45, $40, $3.50 and 6:15
o. M, and returning will leave Excelsior
at Asp, 4:49 and 11:10 p. m.
The Florist club was organized for the
purpose of encouraging Horticulture and a
feeling of commercial kinship among those
engaged in the work The officers are:
T. H. Hall, president; J. Soudin, vice
president; G. F. Rice, secretary, and e.
Maggie, treasurer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
Line TO FORT
OK. D BY LOWRY
Under Certain Conditions It Will
Be Completed Within
the Year.

In response to a letter from A. G. Paul.
president Of the Commercial Club, calling
attention to the necessity of a third inter-
urban electric line by way of Fort Smell
Ing, President Thomas Lowry OF the
street Railway company answers to-day
as follows:
Mr., A. G.. Paul, President Commercial
Club-Dear, Sir: Your letter of the 10th
inst. regarding line to Fort Smelling just
received.
A committee from congress was here
few days ago and I talked with its mem
bers and was assured that the government
would make large expenditures at the
fort am under the impression that ar
rangements are about completed to that
end. If this Is the case, and the govern
ment and others interested. will erect a
bridge which will permit of car line
crossing. we will make this third interur-
ban line, and I gave the committee this
assurance at the time. There is no reason
why this should not be done so to be
completed the coming year, but it will
depend upon others, rather than our COM
pany, to see that this is accomplished.
Very truly yours,
Thomas Lowry, President.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21

mans death, and another was intro
duced by Mr. Hepburn of Iowa. This with
some amendm ents passed the house. In
this shape it was entirely unsatisfactory to
the executive committee of the associa-
ton, and they had it held up. The task of
preparing new national act Is before
the convent ton, Congressman H. c. Adams
Of Wisconsin, formerly dairy commission
er for that state is relied on to do good
deal in that connection, but the commits
sioners of all the states were urged to
work increasingly for the passage of the
bill.
There should be in the new law a pro-
vision regarding weights and measures.
Many articles Of commerce do not weigh
what they are represented to do.
The address closed with a recognition
of the work done by the secretary and ex-
ecutive committee during the past year.
President Bailey appointed the follow
ing committee on. resolutions:
A. H. Jones, Illinois, M. A. Scovell,
Kentucky; j. A. Emery, Wisconsin; J. H.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21

One of the interesting and curious features
of the creamery side of the dairy business is
that in creamery operation there has been about
the only successful instance OF cooperation
among farmers And so cooperation began
among Iowa creameries, and it is fact that can
be established beyond doubt that there has
never been real. bona fde cooperative cream
cry in Iowa that has failed in business. NO one
ever lost a dollar by the failure OF the real CO.
operatiye creameries in Iowa, and think the
same is true elsewhere. About one-third of our
creameries are now cooperative, or approximate
" 80. and the proportion is much larger In Min
nesota; and Of the 9.242 plants creameries and
cheese factories mainly reported in the census
bulletin 1873, about 20 per cent, are CO.
operative plants.
: Not only is the dairy business one of magni-
tude and Importance to the country at large,
hut II is one that is adaptable to wide variety
Of conditions, SO much SO that presume there
ia no one product of the farm that can be pro-
duced proftabIy in so many parts of the coun-
try as butter, and to some extent the same is
true of cheese. I verify believe that man can
make dairy pay, and pay we'll, in every state
and territory of the union except in those arid
regions where animal life cannot be supported at
all But while this may be true, speaking rela-
lively it is not true that all parts of the coun-
try are equally adapted to dairying; nor is 1t
probable that dairying will ever be a large part
Of agriculture in certain sections of the United
states. From Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and
Vermont westward the great dairy states are
contiguous; New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin Minnesota. Iowa, Kan
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s. g. j. -5a 4 q .
dairy business, we allow ourselves to imagine
that the dairy business is very little thing.
This representative of the dairy industry stands
for the largest single line of agriculture save
one. His product. with a value of $3.50. 600, 900.
is greater than the annual value of hogs sold
in the United States $500, O0OoO) 1t is greater
than the value Of all hay and forage CASA, 1885,
s46); it is greater than the value OF all the
meat cattle slaughtered (s419,455, 2o0); 1t is
greater than the value of all the wheat pro-
duced (s369, 945, 32o); it is greater than the
value OF all the eggs and poultry ($2S1.17
O35y; and 1t has cash value almost twice
much as the value of the oats (S217, DOS, 5s4),
sheep $50, ,oOO), barley fS41, ISL, 1922, rye
s($12,29O. 54O), rice ($S.000, 00c) and buckwheat
Isl, IA, $3.50 Of the United States. It far sur
passes the value OF cotton 1890, 900, and is
second only to the value of corn produced $685.
25S, $3.50.
The state dairy associations and kindred or
ganizations Of dairymen are of recent date. The
number of states having dairy associations is
twenty nine. These were organized as follows:
Vermont 1870; Wisconsin, 1872; Illinois, 1874;
lows. 1S5a; Minnesota, 1SzT, EsH York. 1877.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21

The others have been organized since 1880. All
these things tend to show that the dairy indus
try is a thing that has grown up within the last
thirty or forty years, within the lifetime OF
are a large number of products Of the dairy, but
of these butter, cheese, condensed milk ana
milk and cream consumed as such, make up prac-
tically all the value of the dairy products OF the
United States.
value Of total butter made at 1Sc .S28s 6s5, S45
Value of total cheese at Sc .... 2691O, 614
value of total condensed milk 80. II, 1888, 1902
valve Of total cream sold 4, 435, 444
u uets - - 1,2e1, 1853
Value of total milk consumed (esti-
ma TED ~ ',ofo,ioo
nf United States $500 1927 i "a
Skim milk from the creameries at 10 cents per
hundred pounds has value of $25, 900, 900 to be
added to this enormous total of $500, 000,0 600.
We Iowa people are fond of relating the story
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
MAY SALARIES PAID
u. Of M. Professors View With UnWonted
Pleasure the Goddess Of

University professors and instructors who
happened to be strolling about the campus
this morning were shocked by the an
nouncement that a portion of their much
needed salaries was ready for them at the
accountants office. Those who had the
good fortune to be In the immediate vicin-
ity of the university were notified and were
at the window to receive their checks be-
fore the signatures were dry. The others
will get their money by mail.
The checks issued this morning, how
ever only pay up the May salaries, the
June salaries remaining in arrears. The
money just received is the interest due on
the bonds derived from the sale of govern
ment lands AS the amount Is not suffi-
cient to pay off the Indebtedness for the
month of June it is quite possible that the
instructors and employees will have to wait
, until registration begins in September at
which time about $4,000 will be avail
able.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
PURITY IN The
THINGS WE EAT
Continued from First Page.

hand, and expressed his appreciation Of
Minnesota hospitality.
Reviewing the movement for pure food
legislation, President Bailey said that the
general public was slow to appreciate it,
and it was antagonized by manufacturers.
The cause was righteous, however, and
was prevailing over all obstacles Now
the leading manufacturers and merchants
Of the land are cooperating with the
national association, and many represen-
tatives are present
Every one present President Bailey de-
clared, would approve of the movement
for a national food law, and bureau
presided over by a national food commits
sioner. The bill drafted last year and In
troduced in congress by Mr.. Tongue, of
Oregon, was dropped after that gentle
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
WILL STAND PAT
Strikers Have a Session and Issue I
Statement.

Statement.
The 200 striking glassworkers were In
session nearly all the morning and ar
ranged to have committees confer with the
glass firms affected by the strike. At the
conclusion of the meeting the following
statement was given to the press: :.
"This local has declared a strike and
every member Of the local is out. We
are going to stand pat to man and took
in nineteen new members this morning,
leaving but few glass workers outside
the union We will get them In right
away, and then we will have general
tie-up Of the glass houses. Two firms
have signed the union agreement and two
more are about to.
III. Huebner, A. e. Smith, F. Kersten
Neither the Pittsburgh Plate Glass COM
pany nor Forman, Ford & Co. show any
signs of signing an agreement to recognize
the union or to give nine hour day. I'VE
have never paid any attention to the union
and never will,'' said Frank w. Forman
this morning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
THE DAIRY A MINT
Striking Figures Presented by II. r..
u WrIuht Dairy Commissioned, Iowa.

Most everybody that writes or talks about the
dairy business takes extreme view, either
that the business is the only and the
most profitable one for the farmer, or that it
is matter Of little moment. and, indeed, for
a great number Of farmers, a money losing in
stead Of money making occupation. | myself
belong to the optimist class, and believe not
only that the dairy industry of the country is
very large affair, but believe also that. not
withstanding the apparent high cost of produc-
ton, 1t is one Of the most profitable industries
for the individual for the section in which it is
carried on, and for the country at large. Be-
cause the farmer, with his few old cows, Is the
visible and immediate representative of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
DEAL IN SOFT COAL
Mr.. Lowry Interested In Purchase o
3o,o0o-Acre Illinois
s.s- F.. Tract

F. G. James has closed the soft coal
deal in Illinois in which Thomas Lowry
and others are interested. Mr.. Lowry's
name is the only one that is given prom
inence in the DEAL The 500 line presi-
dent said at the time that the deal was
made public, that his road had nothing
to do with the transaction, and he holds
to this statement The purchase includes
10000 acres next to 10000 acres bought
by James j. Hill. The vein is from six
to eight feet deep at a depth of about
325 fet.
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of the first creamery in Iowa, possibly the first
creamery west of the Mississippi. In a shell
tered nook a few miles east of Manchester, al
most thirty years ago, there was erected
small, cheap building. Underneath and thru
it ran the waters of clear, cold brook, properly
called Spring Branch. This rude building and
it's beautiful ideal surroundings is the parent Of
the creamery system Of the west. Twenty seven
years ago western butter was the synonym of
inferiority until the butter from this rude
cry was adjudged to be the best butter exhibited
at the centennial exposition at Philadelphia. Not
a mortgage has been foreclosed on farm OF a
patron of this creamery, and a similar state
of affairs exists among the patronage of every
other successful western creamery, and to-day
Iowa leads the country in the number of cream
cries and the amount of their product.
These figures show the relative Importance of
the states in butter and cheese factories having
more than 100 creameries:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
WHAT WOULD YOU sAYi

Woman's Home Compan1on-
Fitzsmart@Wouid you say yoke of oxen n
blowing or are blowing:
Fitznoodle--Is, of course.
Fitzsmart--Would you sa! the !oik Oh an egg
is white or whitel
Fitznoodle--Is of course. What next?
Fitzsmart-Wel l should say the yoik OF an
egg is yellow.