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Significant Points in Knox's Letter,

study Of Attorney General Knox's let
ter to the committee chairmen leaves a
deep impression of the sincerity and f!xity
OF purpose OF the administration in dealing
with the trust question. Though the relief
measures proposed by Mr.. Knox are not so
detailed as those of Senator Hoar's bill
and Of other measures, they are yet, in
some respects, almost radical While the
general purpose in view Is proposed to be
attained through extensions of the inter-
state commerce law, it is intended to
eradicate rebates and to shut UP in their
own states concerns guilty Of local dis
examinations in prices designed to destroy
local competition.
The attorney generals letter abounds in
statements that are no less than startling
when we consider the conservative and
prudent source from which they originate.
The assertion that as much capital has
gone into Independent concerns in the
last two years had been consolidated
III the last twelve years reminds us of the
tremendous vitality Of competition in a
lair field. Is it not significant that during
the last two years the unjust and ruin
Gus practice Of giving special rates or
rebates has been less practiced by rail-
ways than at any other time in their his
tory? With the highway to the market
open to all men or the same terms who
can doubt that the volume of capital in in
dependent undertakings will grow even
more rapidly in the future than in the
immediate past? 49,.
How oppressive has been the burden of
secret rates and rebates which unprivi-
legged business concerns have had to bear,
is saliently brought out by the following
astounding passage from the attorney
generals letter: =, ,,s:s.- -. --y
believe the rebates and kindred adj
Vantases granted by carriers to large on
orators in the leading Industries of the
country as against their competitors in
many years amounted to sum that
would represent fair interest upon the
actual money invested in the business Of
such operators.
Think Of the plight Of the company, in
dividual or firm that attenps to compete
with one that has such formidable un-
fair advantage. 4
Another sensational statement by the
attorney general is that inasmuch as cap
italization of consultations has usually
been made on the basis of earning power,
much Of that capitalization is based on
secret railway rates and rebates, 80
that enormous volumes Of capital stock
represent nothing but unfair advantages
f,h fai in Cd riy Ia
It is not possible to read Mr.. Knox S
letter without realizing that the admins
tration is out for blood on the trust
question, and that when the president
talked regulation Of trusts, he was in
dead earnest. Some senators say they
took the presidents speeches as being
purely "poIiticap' and not at all standing
for any potential intention. These sena-
| tors are of the same sort that talk reel
procity for "political' purposes, but leave
their reciprocity behind them when they
enter the senate chamber. They are out
Of date, and if they do not modernize
themselves they will be borne out of Of
flee by the votes Of men grown tired OF
shams in politics. 49,,
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will learn much moro readily than under
any other circumstances, and your teacher
will cost you less.
TERSE AND EMPHATIC
vvoz.s-- Mt
Washington Post.

I s - 4
When the republicans in the Eighth con-
gressional district Of Texas held their con-
vention recently they appointed a com s
mittees on resolutions This committees
retired and after a brief struggle reported
a platform Of four planks, which may be
summarized as follows:
'First-We are sorry Mckinley was
killed.
'Second-We are gratif1ed that the
wise, intrepid, and knightly Roosevelt Is
president, and we are for him first. last,
and all the time: you bet.
'Third-The Philadelphia platform is
good enough for US.
'Fourth-We hope to elect repub-
lican congressman to hold up the hands Of
our broad and vigorous young presi-
dent .
This is model platform. No wasted
words, no struggling after the unobtain-
able.
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An Operators Plant.

To, the Editor of@The Journal:
Relative to the recent wreck on the
Grand Trunk railway don't you think 1T
would be a. good time to look into the
matter and find out what an operators
life is, and the average princely salary
he gets as compared with the section
men Common 51abor) and the engineers
Some Of the latter cannot properly COM
pose an ordinary message to save their
lives, to say nothing of the average Sec
ton mems ability. = Is -
In all probability this unfortunate
operator in the Grand Trunk affair had
the privilege of coming on duty at $3.50
a. m, acting as operator, agent, baggage
man, transfer man, express man, man
ager Western Union business janitor
chase five or six switch lamps, push snow
from the platform, see that brakes were
properly set on all cars side tracked at
his station, sell tickets, probably getting
"Good Night: from the dispatcher at
10 or 1880 p. M, and, not by any means
a rare thing, work all night in case OF
wreck. Can he kick for eight hours
rest like the train men, engineers or Sec
ton men? Oh, no. If he is not on hand
to send weather at 1880 a. m. he will
hear from it by wire with. the ad-
monition ''Do not let this gross viola
ton Of rule 95s7s occur again. For all
this he will get all the way from $45
pei IAOAL1 " gov, pei 6SItlIl6 HUE
rake off from the express amounting to
three or four dollars, then he can have
the privilege of paying his bond out Of
this bit from the express company. He
must look spick and span in an up-to-
date uniform furnished by himself, no
matter whether his children's toes peep
out from the ends of their shoes or not,
and is he ever asked to come up to the
general offices on New Years day to ac-
cept surprise? @E " .E Il. g..-sr
I think this Grand Trunk man needs
sympathy, for unless his dispatcher is
really a. man. he will doubtless swear
Mr.. Operators princely job away, and
give him the credit of having killed all
those unfortunate people, as there is not
an operator in the land who does not
know that the deal the Grand Trunk man
put his foot in Is a common thing on all
roads, but seldom pans out like that did
7 would suggest that you give the mat
ter a write-up, and would call your at
tention to the fact that if operators on
all roads were paid according to the re-
sponsibility placed on them, &C.
cording to their intelligence and
not expected to work twenty hours per
day 365 days per year and be infalliblc;
in fact, rate them just a trifie above
common labor, and there would in all
probability be fewer such horrible wrecks.
4f }.t Zone Of Them
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The Governors Message.

Governor Van SAINT had a good deal to
say to the legislature to-day, which is a
reasonable excuse for the length of his
message. Perhaps special interest centers
in the work of the board of control. The
and the governors recommendations in re-
gard to it are discussed by themselves in
another place. The question of tax legis-
lation, the, gross earnings law and the
amendment Of the constitution increasing
the powers Of the legislature with respect
to tax legislation are also matters of prime
Importance. The governor calls attention
to the necessity of more liberal constitu-
tional provisions with regard to taxation,
recommends the re- submission Of amend
| ments for that purpose, and that until
such amendments have been adopted no
effort be made to make material changes
| in our tax laws. He would also have con-
curing popular approval, such as the
gross earnings law submitted on separate
ballots to be deposited in separate ballot
boxes, in the hope that by thus calling
particular attention to these matters a fair
expression Of popular sentiment may be
obtained sss55#
The governor also calls the attention OF
the legislature to the language of the pres
ent gross earnings law and urges par
ticular care in the construction Of any act
| intended to increase the rate Of gross
earning taxation. in order that such in
crease may not be defeated by ambiguity
or any other defect.
The governor reviews the history Of the
proceedings in the case of the state
against the Northern Securities company
and points out that 50 per cent Of the stock
4 Of Northern Pacific and 80 per cent Of TIL;
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est approach being Russian holding 1898
Gold in outside circulation toaled $s7esesss2 Dec
and fell to $913,371, 619 i.
The national bank circulation, which 1885,
747,1s4 May 81 went up 1884, s54 514 May 81
October had the largest bank cearings
and June the lowest-$S, 217 167,796 s
October led the months in government revenue with
$51 262, February brought column
with s41,159 739. 4l Ell *sS SS%8#a zST5s ##@
In July the government spent money than in any
other months56 S1s5e7 while in June it least
s3s, ss7 1850. %S A##- T@4@z y
October led in exports with $14317s752 and June was
lowest with $50 254,
| September imports ,s19707 and June was
lowest, with $72 705,104 4S+5 Il isl Sltf
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The Board of Control.

The governor is very enthusiastic over
the states experience with the board of
control system. THE wisdom of the
adoption Of the board Of control systern,''
he says, has been amply vindicated."
The governor is justified in this emphatic
statement. The board of control has
proved it's right to live. Every line of
predatory criticism of the board and the
board idea, has been refuted by the facts.
One of the criticisms which seemed most
reasonable was that the board of control.
with such a wide field to cover and so
dominated by business methods would be
defective on the humanitarian side Of it's
practice Experience shows, however, that
the unfortunate inmates of the state in
situations have received better care from
the board than ever before. The institu-
tions are undoubtedly better managed
than ever before. There has been great
saving to the state. The result Is that
Minnesota by means of the board of con-
troll takes better care Of it's dependents
than ever before, both from their stand
point and that of the state, and does so
at a much less expense. = - H. IS
Moreover, though the board Of control
has never hesitated to buy goods outside
Of the state when the interests Of it's
trusts could be served by doing so, 1t has
disarmed another sort Of criticism by buy
ing less goods in other states than it's
predecessors in authority. The gross saw
ings Of the boards management amount to
G
amount the cost Of maintaining the board
we find that the board of control has in
one year saved the state $147.OO0.
But more astonishing than these figures
is the fact that under the board OF con-
trail overy state institution has lived with
in it's appropriation, and altogether they
have turned back into the treasury 1854, :
900 that was not needed When We con-
slider that in the last year Immediately
preceding the creation of the board Of con
troll twelve institutions exceeded their ap-
preparations by a total Of 1000, and that
in the year before that five institutions re-
ported deficit of $4,000, the success of
the board Of control is seen to be one Of
the most reassuring facts ina,tne recent
history of public business management
It is no less than marvellous.
II Governor Van SAINTS first administra-
ton had accomplished nothing else, the
honor Of having recommended the board
of control system and Of having so tri-
umphantly applied it would bequite enough
to make it a conspicuous administration.
In conclusion, as to this part Of the
message it is scarcely necessary for US
to say that we strongly indorse Governor
Van SAINTS recommendation that the edl-
cationa1 institutions of the state-5be taken
out Of the scope of authority Of the board
of control and left to their separate
boards. as prior to the establishment Of
the board Of control. .a s=.ss
AS to the duty on coal, we are with old
( Senator Vest If there ever was a duty
that ought to be absolutely abolished,
1T is that same drt on coal, and the pres
ent coal famine ought to be enough to
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stock Of the Great Northern Railway COM
pany has been exchanged for Northern
Securities stock, thus securing absolute
control OF both these railway systems to
the Northern Securities company. He
contends with much force, that no COM
bination or trust is more dangerous to
the public welfare than a transportation
trust, clothed with the power to stife or
remove competition in freight and pas
senger business. He suggests that the at
torney general will have requests to make
OF the legislature with respect to addi-
tlonal legislation on this subject and urges
favorable consideration. .g.s.-
Inc governor points with Ejustifable
pride to the conduct Of the state prison,
and particularly the profitable manage
ment Of the binding Irvine plant. This
institution has been conducted with such
signal success during the past year that
1T has resulted in a saving to the farmers
OF Minnesota on binding twine Of 1905, 900.
AT the same time the state has made a.
profit OF $33, 900 on the business conducted
Ihese are only a few of the remarkable
figures cited by the governor, which con-
stitute Of themselves a high tribute to
the efficiency of the present prison man
agement. ts.
Facts accomplished by the railroad and
warehouse commission are duly recog-
nized. The bureau of labor the depart
ment Of insurance, the dairy and food
commission, the game and fish commits
sion. 611o IN. off
Client service. A matter Of particular in
terest is the service which the public ex-
aminer has rendered under the law au-
thorizing him to examine the books and
accounts Of all corporations taxed on the
gross earnings basis. The effect of his
examination has been to bring into the
treasury Of the. state very considerable
revenues heretofore not accessible, while
the end is not yet. Forestry preservation,
the importance of good roads and the
establishment Of a sanatoriun for con-
sumptives, are other topics upon which
recommendations are made to the legis-
lature. ..-.,
The message Is an interesting and val
liable presentation of public interests as
affected by the state government, and
every citizen of the Commonwealth will
find it Instructive and profitable reading.
A Racine man wrote to a paper to deny
the truth Of it's report that he was very
sick-and dropped dead. Not every man
who indignantly denies the truth Of a
newspaper report concerning himself is
so quickly and tragically refuted. !:
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A Home Of Detention.

TO the Editor Of The Journal:
e. Under this title I notice suggestion
by the Humane Society Of this city Of
a temporary home for children whose en-
tically without means of educa ton
Homes there are where alternate sick
ness and poverty 50 prevail that the lit
tie ones grow up in the untoward at
mosphere which such conditions bring
How much better for these embryo citi-
zens and for the future of society would
It be were an educational place estab-
lished until such time as better home in
f1uences prevail, and failing In this, a
permanent removal from such homes
Hoping that the people Of Minneapolis
will respond to this idea put forth by
a society that is doing much to help both
the humane and brute creation write
this communication.
Harriet Scott.
2e1s Fourth street NE, Minneapolis.
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UNCLE SANS FARM.
New York World.

It will be surprise to most persons
in the east to learn from the report OF
commissioner Hermann of the general land
office that more homestead lands were
given to settlers in 1901-1902 than in any
previous year. s3 e
Uncle Sam still has land enough Ito
give US all a farm. " He gave away H.
4S8,530 acres last year-enough to make
100000 average quarter section, farms
and to support 4 100000 people, including
families and farm laborers. In addition
s6,250,o0o was obtained from land saiea
and fees. Isl ~ IS
e And 900, 1000 acres and more remain
unclaime Enough to last forty i've years,
even at the present rapid entry and set
Element. States rs old as Michigan ana
Missouri still have room for more. Min s
Snescta has q, 600 unclaimed farms Nom
taIa 100000.
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DAILY DIVERSION

All Dead In Boston.-Almost everyone
has heard the story about the Rev. II.
R. and Mrs. Haweis who, while being
royalty entertained in Boston, went about
saying, But, oh, 1t is SO dreadful to come
to Boston now when all the interesting
people are .dead!''
Mrs. Jack Gardner was abiding to
this the other day, and added: eyes, when
we used to give dinner we had Mr..
Lowell, Mr.. Emerson, Mr.. Longfellow,
DR.. Holmes, and SO on. Now we can
simply have the and so ons.''
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AMUS.EEMENTS
Eover Chat

oyer SnaL e. +.
Blanche Walsh in Stariislaus STANCES
new play, ''The Daughterzof Hamilcar,,'
will appear at the Metropolitan for three
nights and matinee, commencing Thurs
day evening. The play is said to afford
Miss Walsh the best opportunity for the
display Of her varied talents that she has
had in some years. The production is
most lavish, both as regards costumes and
scenery, The supporting company is an
exceedingly strong one, numbering over
sixty people, including Charles Dalton.
CAT Cozy Corners the. new play in
which Miss Adelaide Thurston is to be
seen at the Metropolitan the first half Of
next week beginning Sunday evening, tells
Of the visit Of Claudia, pretty and we'll
known concert violinist, to small village
in New York in the summer time, OF her
being loved and welded by the young
Congregational minister, 81. his jealousy
of Claudia's devotion to her art, and the
complications resulting therefrom.
Minstrel shows are. always welcome.
But the most welcome Of all the combine
tions Of opponents Of the black face art
is that of Primrose and Docks for
their names at the head Of q, company are
guarantee OF pure fun and high class
specialties. is 9S.s+
The Still Alarm, = the current Ferris
offering at the Lyceunl, is proving pop
ular and acceptable meIodrama, Next
week the Ferris Stock company at the
Lyceum will present Frank . Harvey's
great comedy drama, Woman Against
Women. At the Tuesday natinee SOU
venirs will be presented to each lady at
tending. SIS Is3f 81 q aV'>
"a performance tonight viii conclude
the engagement "a t Il he metropolitan Of
Suburban. ssssSsss5 .pfss 5s7 81
.'The Evil Eye is pla.yia J, = the = III,
this week. The story itself Is 81 little
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consequences, but the mechanical devices,
the songs. the Jokes and other features
Keep the audience In good hunaor through

y Robert Mantell the romantic actor, will
De seen at the Bijou next week, present a
ing a repertory of his best successes. The
plays will be The Dagger and the Cross
for the opening bill: on Wednesday after
noon only, sThe Lady of Lyons; for
Wednesday and Thursday nights, Mon
bars Friday night Saturday afternoon
and night, "The Face in the Moonlight
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move congress to take the odious duty off.
But the best,our republicans can do is to
suggest that the tariff on hard coal be
suspended for three months. The i'm
nervousness Of congress to the demand
for the repeal Of the duty on all coal is
one more demonstration of the strange
torpor into which that body has fallen
of late years. q l%s Z. -. ~ s.4.}} c.
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! The department Of agriculture intends
to vaccinate grasshoppers for the purpose
Of discriminating them. Here is a kind
OF vaccination thatsthe anti-vaccination-
lists will approve. s< ~
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Lieutenant Governor Jones thinks it is
an attack on him to give the name Of his
chairman of the senate committee on
taxation. Well, perhaps it is. J .ss
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80 80. lie Rire.
s Loyer--Oh. Edwige, my love. When
will you decide to love me? s
+ Edwige Well, let me see. How will
Thursday do2
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A Racine man wrote to a paper to deny
the truth Of it's report that he was very
sick-and dropped dead. Not every man
who indignantly denies the truth Of
newspaper report concerning himself is
so quickly and tragically refuted ::
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5s A performance tonight viii, IS conclude
the engagement at the Netropolitan Of
Jacob Lifts enormous production; .'The
SSubllrfla IA
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The Evil Eye IS playing 1T the Bijou
this week. The story itself Is of little
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NICELY, THANK YOU.

261s Fourth street NE, Minneapolis.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-08

Blue Bird lode, in Book IT, Records of Mines, at page 519.
 Red Bird lode, in Book IT, Records of Mines, at page S1.
 Black Hawk lode in Book r, Rec ords of Mines, at page 517.
 Running Bird lode, in Book F, Rec ords of Mines, page SIS.
 Eagle lode in Book IT, Records of Mines, at page so.
 Black Bird lode. in Book IT, Rec ords of Mines, at page 79.
 All of said books being of the rec ords of Cochise County, Arizona Ter ritory. and in the office of the County Recorder of said Cochise county.
 Adjoining claims are: Nebraska, Upeter, Family, Iron Mountain and Happy Home lodes, surveys Nos. 1605, claimant herein owner, and Sparrow lode, unsurveyed, F. L. Harrington, claimant, on the West; Fredericks- burg lode, unsurveyed, Fred Hedberg claimant, on the South Skukum lode, unsurveyed, Fred HeuDerg claimant. and Wade Hampton lode. Survey No. 343, claimant herein owner. on the East; and Monitor and Scallawag lodes. Surveys Nos. 1859, claimant herein owner, on tte North.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of said Cock Rob- in, Blue Bird. Red Bird, Black Hawk Running Bird, Eagle and Black Bird mine. or surface ground. are re- quired to file their adverse claims with the Register of the United States Land Office at Tucson, in the County of Pima. Territory of Arizona, during the sixty days period of publication hereof. or they will be barred by WIT. tue of the provisions of the statute.
 MILTON R. MOORE,
 Register. 1st Dub Oct 27 1903