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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
Praise of the Money Lord,

If your faith in trusts or the inevitable
goodness Of great riches Is waning, turn
to an essay by Frank Basil Tracy on 1.-THE
Bugbear Of Commercialisn," in the Janu-
airy Gunton's, and have your unfaith
washed away in the clear waters OF belief.
Mr. Tracy welcomes with genuine enthusi-
asm the complete domination of .Aneri
ca by comm ercialism. Until five years
ago. he exultantly says, we were doni-
mated by the state and literature, but
within the past five years the money
power has come into it's own and has
raised US into national greatness. The
money power is now on top because 1t de-
serves to be. because it has accom-
plished so much. 1t has given us growth,
wealth, factories, markets, employees. It
has turned the people toward industry
land has made this no longer POLITICAL
brawling, sectional people, but a nation
serene in the arts of peace CONNER
cialism has made Of us q nation OF work.
ers, eager, resolute, daring Wealth
and the wealthy have been the source Of
most Of our reforms; they have given US
our libraries. art galleries, schools, uni
versities. social settlements, philanthropic
and charitable institutions. The money
power is back of some Of the noblest
movements Of. the age.
In his enthusiasm Mr.. Tracy goes 50 far
as to affirm that success in getting money
is the only genuine tangible success in the
world. All other success is matter OF
dispute or Of very tenuous title. But the
man who has money, has money; and II he
started in life without any, his success is
patent, undisputed, applauded. II our
present age has lost in grace, poetry, es-
thetics and music, it has gained in
strength poise, serenity, knowledge and
honor-and the man with the dollars
did It, 49,
Altogether Mr. Tracy sings. a golden
song Of the goodness Of riches and the
excellence OF their possessors. It IS rather
difficult to answer him because he says
so much with which we all agree There
never was an age when material goods
were so keenly appreciated and 50 zeal.
ously struggled for as this. We all want
to beTrich, and in our hearts we all fee
an ardent admiration for the man who
enters into this great game Of modern life
and snatches down one Of the COLDER
prizes. It is also true that it is the &C.
cumulation OF wealth that has made i
possible for civilization to unfold so rap.
idly and amazingly in the last few years
But IL we were all SO inclined to adore
concentrat ted wealth and Industrial con
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
President Roosevelt Is such a force

President Roosevelt Is such a force in
our government that foreign governments
are choosing ministers to Washington
who are his personal friends, counting on
accomplishing more by personal influence
than by formal diplomacy. Friendly per-
sonal relations count for much in some
Of the largest affairs OF this world,
whether in business or politics: It Is
human for men to mix friendship with
reason. Every business man knows that
he tends to favor in transactions the man
he likes. The personal equation will al
ways count.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
SATURDAY EVENING,

"a farmer raise a tree. orchard
Congressman John F. Lacey of Iowa. in Guntons
zine "only state nation may live long enough
forest."s 3I sz$.ss IS; szs 5S#
1t is estimated that there is Of merchantable timber
standing United States
feetenough rate consumption
That Is equivalent to saying
sort Of numbering continues at the
United States outside OF the national
exhausted within fifty years
Here and there signs Of change wasteful
economic unbering large Texas said
largest numbering corporation in the United States
treat Its forests perpetual supply
cutting trees and protecting big
in Maine owning
system Of cutting by which hopes keep
pulp mills in perpetual supply from its
Minneapolis lumberman, opery-
tons conducted in Minnesota California announces
forestry principles will
California holdings. ~. "....
the United
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

Litteraire of Geneva,
Switzerland, o n
American literature
translated for the
Literary Digest), in
which he dwells, up
on our Literary in
feriofity,'' declaring
that "the only kind
Of literature that is
recognized is the
novel-perhaps the
dramatized n o v e !
should also be in
cluded-a n d t h g
short story, The
classics are read, he
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
DAILY DIVERSION

:: Wei TrInmed.-A British veteran Of
the Boer war was discharged from the
army in a hapless condition; he had lost
a leg and an ARMAND one eye was gone.
In his distress he was obliged to solicit
aims on London street. One day an
Irishman who spied him showered coins
upon the unfortunate man with both
hands. 81 'ssrZaS: -, q. = 70 T.@-
"Why do you do that?" demanded by
sstander. Don't you see that the man is
a British soldier-a foe to 1reland?"
IT do retorted the 1rishman. But
he can have all I've got. He is the first
Englishman I have ever seen that was
trimmed up to suit me- - p.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

vantagcs OF soliciting business and In
yiting immigration, and the Great North
ern has just planned to send lecturer
throughout the east equipped with a
stereopticon and with a good story to tell
about Minnesota and the northwest. This
kind Ind Of advertising may be expected to
bring good results. Not enough Of it is
done. = z.5H5 S5E55s5 ~ 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
THE MAGAZINES.

Frank LesIie's has some Interesting
features, as Commander Peary's illus
trated paper, Hunting on the Ice, en-
bodying some of his experiences In north
-ern Greeland and Grinnell Land. musk
oxen being the favorite game. There is
a very readable illustrated paper on the
poultry. industry of the United States by
F. J. Haskin; paper on the personal
peculiarites and work of Chamberlain
the Bri9kh colonial secretary, and a
study of w. H. Crane by E. F. Edgett
with picture Of the author in the role
of David Harum. There are some good
stories by Robert Barr, Will Ratcliffe and
others New York: 141-147 Fifth avenue.
The Forum contains special articles by
Professor Lewis Haupt on ''Waterways:
An Economic Necessity and by T. F.
Willard on 1.-The Passing Of the American
Indian the first showing by formidable
facts the important part which improved
waterways take in the national economy;
the second reviews the blunders OF the
government in its handling Of the Indian
question and discusses the status of the
five principal civilized tribes of Indian
territory, representing the tangible rem
nant of the aborigines of this continent
| who are to be merged in the union. Very
| interesting papers are a good sensible and
conservative review of the financial fea-
lures of the past year, with some warning
notes, by Alexander Noyes; a review Of
American politics, by Henry L. West and
Maurice Lows review of foreign affairs
| in which, among other points made. he
enlarges upon the evident ambitious de-
signs of Germany in Asia Minor, through
which German capitalists are building
| railway to the Euphrates.
| The Engineering Magazine, besides val
liable papers on foundry and mine man
agement, effect of wind pressure on
structures: economy in design and opera
| ton of isolated electric plants, contains
a notable paper on Panama canal con-
struction. showing the advantage of the
summit level project adopted by the
| isthmian canal commission, which in
wolves the making of a deep lake extend
| ing up the valley of the Chagres river,
| which would impound the floods of the
upper river and enable ships to traverse
| the lake for some distance, as part of the
| waterway. The plan will make two
canals and an intermediate lake. all
| three about the same length. New York:
120-122 Liberty street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

The beet sugar men have given their
consent to a Cuban reciprocity treaty.
This may appear to some public men suf-
hcient reason for favoring such treaty
At any rate, let's have the treaty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

Charles. w. Johnson denies that there
is school book combine. We wish there
were a romantic novel combine which
would raise the price to a prohibitive
point. al u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

The Minneapolis rental board rises to
remark that owners OF fats have lost
money; wherefore rents are to be showed
up. It is now plain that nat dwellers are
about to lose money.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

In Minnesota last year 100000 acres
Of land produced s4s,ooo,ooo worth Of
wheat At that rate-only about 50 an
acre--it begins to look as II our Mime
sofa farmers could raise something else
to better advantage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

]: The teachers in the public schools have
indorsed the state song written by Pro-
lessor Ellsworth for The Journals
song contest With the song approved
in the schools and sung by the children
it is bound to flnd its way to general
favor g
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

This temperature may not be as balmy
as that of some more southern chimes, but
there is no occasion here to Worry about
the bubonic plague. - 49,. e. .5..,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

That street car that tried to run on two
tracks at the same time probably caught
the idea from the plan Of giving one seat
to two passengers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

There is a world Of hope In these lig-
mite br1quette tests. They may mean
freedom from fuel bondage
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

Last month the Norwegians celebrated
the 10th birthday anniversary of Bjorn
stierne Bjornson. deemed by some of his
admirers to be the founder of the national
literature of modern Norway. Ibsen would
probably dispute the correctness of that
estimate Bjornson is, doubtless. more
widely read than 1bsen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
Books and Authors
A FRENCH CRITIC

Albert Schinz of Bryn Mawr college, a
frenchman who resides in this country,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

It is again reported In Washington that
Major Edwards OF Fargo Is slated for ID
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

AN INVITA- TON is extended to all yedders
/ at The Journal to msH its Press Room, u1a,ch
is the finest in the usst The battery Of
presses consists of three Jour%deck Goss
Presses wath tota! capacity Of l44,000
eightpogs journals an hour. printed, folded
ard counted,
The best t,me to cali is from 5:l5 TO
$50 p. nj. y. >s
Inquire at the Business Office and be directed
10 the ,asilo,s' gallery Of ks press room.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

We are now exporting bath tubs to
europe Has Europe been going down
to the crick all these years?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

of increase = is maintained through the
present year, the stimulus to trade should
be great, as also perhaps the stimulus to
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Montgomery. Ala, June a.-The decision
by Judge Thomas G. Jones OF the United
States Circuit Court, that the Alabama con-
tract law of 1891 is unconstitutional is de-
State to break up the infamous peonage
system. which has grown into proportions
of actual slavery. and under which hundreds
of negroes are held in bondage to-day.
Under instructions from Attorney General
Knox, Warren S. Reese, United States Dis
trict Attorney. has taken up the matter
with vigor. and every legal machinery the
Department of Justice can put into action
will be employed to break up the evil and
TO punish, 80 far as possible. the men who
have been holding negroes In involuntary
servitude and infiicting upon men, women
and children torture and suffering equal to
the worst ever told of in the old slavery
days.
Alabama's contract law. which has fos-
tered peonage for eighteen years. and which
Judge Jones has declared is the most repre-
hensible kind of class legislation, makes
it penal offense for any person who has
entered into the contract to labor for an
ether person to abandon that contract with
out the other persons consent and without
an excuse held by the courts to be valid.
II the laborer enters into another con-
tract without notifying his employer of the
first contract that, too, is penal offense.
Laborers in Alabama are practically all
negroes. and to the colored race exclusively
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
The Republic Bureau.


Washington. June 2n.-Systematic violation
of the law prohibiting the admission of con-
tract foreign labor has started a new and
rigorous investigation by the Treasury De-
partment.
+. p. Sargent. Commissioner General of
Immigration. to-day completed the Stats
tics of immigrant arrivals for May. which
shows that all previous records have been
eclipsed. 1t shows that Of the 81. 5l4 immi
grants landed last month there were g.. 7os
from Austria Hungary 37.73s from Italy,
Sicily and Sardinia: 1887 from the Russian
Empire. consisting of Hebrews. some Of
whom left on account of the kishenev mas
sacre.
The records also show that the character
of immigrants is steadily declining and that
recent legislation and new rulings by the
departments to raise the standard have not
been effective.
Specific violations of the contract labor
law are now being Investigated at New
York by order OF Commissioner General
a Hamburg American steamer arriving
there May q. which had 900 immigrants
on board. mostly Russians. Rcumanians.
Greeks, Galicians and Hungarians. With
Few exceptions. these immigrants were IN
der contract and sent to cattle ranches and
farms in the Northwestern States.
The investigation now being conducted Is
intended to show IL immigration agents are
operating on the other side and secretly
violating the contract law by shipping large
numbers of Huns. Slavs. Greeks and Rus
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

see. She asked me If she could see. l told
her 1 could not see through her eye far.
She then crawled behind the brush pile and
lay down and never got up any more. They
beat her over the head with a pistol again
and she died.
This case got to the ears of the Tallapocsa
County Grand Jury. which happened to be
in session in Dadeville. and it started an
investigation. The plantation owners were
summoned, with orders TO take with them
the negro witnesses.
The owners handcuffed and shackled the
negroes together, warned them that If they
did not testify the woman died 4 natural
death. they would not live to reach the
Courthouse. and drove them into Dadeville.
The negroes believed their masters. They
testified as they had been ordsred, and the
case was dismissed by the Grand Jury.
LABORERS BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Authentic cases of actual buying and SELL
ing of negroes have been uncovered. In
one case the laborer was sold for $40. His
purchaser worked him year, trumped up
a charge on which the negro was committed
for another year, and then sold him for
that year for $50
One method of holding the negroes in slav-
cry is to induce them TO try to seek free
dom. negro serving for a year. for ex-
ample, is allowed during tie last month OF
his term to see that the watch over him Is
apparently relaxed. He tries to run away,
is promptly caught. convicted of this penal
offense, sentenced to pay a fine he cannot
meet. and goes back to slavery for another
term.
Still another method is to induce laborer
to borrow and spend dollar. Payment is
demanded andI he cannot pay. At once he
is hauled to court for obtaining money
under false pretenses. and his conviction
brings with it three years. of serviture-
three years for borrowing one dollar.
The promoters OF this negro SLAYER cam
not be punished under Alabama laws. The
only hope of reaching them is through the
United States statutes and to this the Fed
eral authorities and the Federal Grand
Jury are now devoting their energies.
Twenty-Five men have already been in
dicted for violating Federal laws relating
to peonage. kidnapping and the constitution
al rights of citizens. Against these twenty
two men eighty indictments have been
found. 1t is promised that this is only the
beginning.
To the credit of Alabama, many of her
best white citizens are aiding the authori-
ties. shey believe the interests of the State
require the abolition of peonage. They fear
exploitation of the atrocious system will
bring about renewed agitation in the North
for the restoration of negro suffrage and
keep the race question to the front. They
want the Alabama contract law wiped out
and the legislature which meets next Sat
urday. will be urged to repeal the measure.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
United States. England and the
Netherlands Sever Dipio-
matte Relations.
DIPLOMATS ARE DEPARTING.
Powers Are in No Hurry to Treat
With Nation Created by AS
SaSSinatiOn - Internal
Troubles Unsettled.


Washington. June ea.-The United States
Government has adoptsd an attitude SINH
lar to that of England toward the new Ser
Wan dynasty.
1t will be in no haste to recognize a gov
eminent created by assassination in the alb
sence of some exhibition of disposition to
punish the guilty, Therefore, Mr.. Jackson.
who. besides being Minister to Greece. is
also United States Minister 10 Servta. will
not present his credentials to the Govern
ineht oil hlfS Ieter al present.
III tac'' these credentials have not been
prepa'eu ne mad credentials 10 hinS Alex
ahdeF' "hich ne hau never presented ana
ne Was "t'"a4iy on ms way from -a9heiss
10 heis'"ue at me tlliie Oh ASSASSINATION oil
the hlhs' TO when he was ABOUT to pre-
ms Pape
ENCIi-A-Sb sen tRS hELaIloNS-
Belgrade. June 2J.-G=eat Britain has
broker, off dinlorna,fc relations with Servia
NJ, 80
Inc liltsh Minister. Sir IL r BonhaFn,
VIII leave here Alonda. for England The
Consul OF Great Eritain will take cbarp. of
,,:..,
hl1''sh interests.
The alarmist reports regarding alleged
events AT cons+,n-iro,,r, ars da1Iheratalv
-,
''tohc'Cteu' ana circulated win the con-
nivance of the Servian officials. with the
inject of 6ivartir,- N. .+..ntio, of .t,, voc.
-, 49,. -, - ~ IN Pso
l'ie iSoiii 'ile hoSu!e cfitiofsn OF events IN
= NNa.NN fr
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
CIRCUIT JUDGES TO RETIRE
FROM APPELLATE BENCH.
Moore. Holder and burroughs Ask Ill
inois Supreme Court for Relief
From OverwOrk.
REPURLIC SPECIAL.

1SEfJ BLlC SlESial.
Nashville, H., June 20.-In all probability
Judges Moore. Holder and Burroughs OF
this judicial circuit will be excused from
work on the Appellate bench. They have
requested the Supreme Court to grant this.
Judge Burroughs of Edwardsville has an
nounced that he will retire from the APP
pellate bench with the completion of his
present term. For a number of years he
has served in this official capacity in the
Springfield circuit. This is the largest APP
pellate district in the State. and Judge Bur
roughs was kept from the Circuit Court
the greater part of the time.
In addition. Judge Hartzell. one of the
retiring Judges. was i'll greater part of
the time and served but little in his official
capacity.
This combined with Judge Burroughs's
absence and the ever-increasing docketS in
ST. Clair County. caused the work in this
circuit fall behind. 1t will take the COM
bined efforts of the incoming Judges. work
ing full time. to bring the dockets up to
date. - !.
Judges Burroughs. Moore and Holder
have deer1cd II a justice to their Circuit
Court constituents that they devote their
entire time to that work.
1t was suggested that Judge Burroughs,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
AGENTS ARE FOUND IMPORTING
FOREIGN CONTRACT LABOR.
Officials the Treasury Department Discover Violation
of the Law by Steamship and immigration
Investigation startedNumbe Foreigners
and General Character Decin

SLAMS to this country. with the understand
ing that work will be given to them. 1t is
cooperate with these agents. Only a few
DAYS ago the Bureau of immigration OBJ
tanned evidence of large consignment Of
Another practice In violation of the immi-
grafton law is the temporary exchange of
money between steerage passengers, so that
pennilesS immigrants are enabled to show
sior.
Notwithstanding the protest against the
Roumanian Government by Secretary Hay,
the Roumanian Hebrews are focking to this
country in steadily increasing numbers The
large increase in immigration from Hungary
is ascribed to the unsettled conditions in the
Balkans
The immigration Bureau to-day issued a
comparative statement of immigration In
the last few years. These are the figures
from January l. 1901.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
A SHOCK
Must BE Avoided IL Possible.

Shock to the mind brings some most
disastrous conditions to body and nerves.
Then 1t is that food, powerful food, can
best show its power. As an Illustration, a
woman of Covington. o., says: One day
my husband, while about the house. dropped
dead without moan or sroap or warning of
any kind, and, coming into the room,
found him lifeless. The shock and the ter
rible anguish that followed were so great
that In a weeks time l had lost apparently
all my flesh and the skin became shriveled
i was SO weak that 1 reeled and staggered
about, with no strength or will-power to do
anything.
LAS time wore on recovered just a little
but not enough to make life worth the liv-
ing. One day read about poor, skinny
little baby being restored TO flesh and
health on the food Grape-Nuts, so 1 re-
solved to try 1t. / gained from the first box
of Grape-Nuts and still more from the sec
ond, and after using the third package
had strength and energy enough to go to
housekeeping. something 1 had never ex-
pected to be able to do again.
THE improvement continued steadily and
I am still gaining flesh and strength"
Name si7en by Postum Co.. Battle Creek
Mich.
lady famous for her dainty desserts ex-
plains that she learned them from the lit
tie recipe book she found In the package of
0rape-Nuts.