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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
Literature Slowly Strangled !?

A good many people have been giving
themselves periods of indescribable an
guish over a statement going the rounds
of the press that our beloved country is
not producing any frst-class literature,
or very little of it.
The other day, at the Princeton uni
versity commencement, Henry Goddard
Leach, in his address on '"The University
and Literature" declared that Specialize
ton in modern university instruction is
| 'one-eyed devil, in whose clutches litera-
ture is being slowly strangled," while our
popular literature is stepped in the col
oring watts of a sordid commercialism and
was read because, in it's mirrors, men
see the reflection Of their own faces and
| lives. This statement is certainly highly
complimentary to the realistic quality Of
the fiction of the day. But surely Mr.
Goddard cannot place the seal Of his con-
demnation upon such books as 'The Pit"
and ''The Octopus whose talented young
author intended them to keenly reflect the
sordid commercialism and grasping self
ishness Of the speculative activity Of the
day, and make the very operators, who
Ii are always keen to read such fiction, see
and study their own faces in the portray
ais of such literature. There are in these
and didactic purport.
/ The age Is certainly one strongly marked
by commercialism-a. lot Of it very self
ish; but, as every ages literature reflects
the tendencies peculiar to it, there is
nothing surprising in the literary coloring
of our own. Yet indeed, we are not in
this country totally given over to life in
the grain and stock pits. The American
people read much other literature beside
realistic fiction. There never was a period
| in our history when there was such an
emphatic call for biographical, historical
/ scientific and other literature character
lied as serious This is the testimony
of the leading publishers. This fact, O,
tendency. can only be nationally explained
on the ground that the people want such
Serious literature. 1t Is not published
for English consumption. It is printed
land sold because Americans want It,
Specialization in university instruction
! Is not .'stranging literature" There is no
, frst-class university in this countr,
t where there are not given the wides
! facilities for studying the English Ian
u guage and literature and history, and tn,
i Literature Of other nations In the Uni
/ |yersity Of Pennsylvania, for instance
) there are libraries of vast extent relatin,
; to German, French. Italian, Semitic an,
8 other literature. Harvard, Yale and otie
. universities are similarly jealous to slim
8 lulate the literary spirit. It is absurd I
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

became apparent over reports Of dry soil
in portions of the Dakotas. Nowhere has
there been any important damage and
good general rain soon will insure safety,
but naturally some anxiety is shown.
On the bull markets and advances in
wheat prices this week Europe has fol-
lowed reluctantly and the foreign markets
have shown no disposition to catch our
enthusiasm. This is quite natural, since
early i1r the season we advertised the fact
that we were to raise an enormous crop,
and this impression having taken root
abroad is hard to eradicate, yet as time
passes it becomes more and more clear
that we are not going to have anything
phenomenal in the way of crop results
and that Europe>is going to need all the
surplus wheat we may have to sell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
A Two-Edged Sword.

The more the Chamberlain scheme for
the revival of the protective policy in
Great Britain and Ireland Is studied, the
less there is to commend it, from any
view point except that of the British ag-
riculturists, but they are now so small a
part of the popula ton that in shaping ma
tional economic policy the good Of the
manufacturers must first be considered.
1t is true that the British colonies see in
the preferential aspect of the policy
great benefits for themselves, and doubt
less these would accrue to them at first
but after the British agriculturist got his
first taste of protection, after an
abstinence of fifty years, he would soon
demand protection against the colonies as
we'll as against the outer world.
In view Of the vast wheat raising posi-
bilities of western Canada it may be
frankly admitted by Americans that after
a decade or two Of discrimination against
the United States our wheat raisers would
be without a market for an immense sur
plus. Such condition would spell ruin
to a large portion of American agricul
ture. The total exports of the United
States last year were 1882; 0O0, 900; of
which Great Britain and Ireland took
| s549, 900, 900, or more than a third. If
| this great market were to be closed or
partly closed to America by a British pro-
| tective policy, stunning blow would be
| dealt to American agriculture. industry
| and commerce. But there would be an
| other side to the situation. The United
States is one of the United Kingdom s
best customers, though we buy only about
a third as much from as we sell to it. The
| $166, 900, 900 worth Of goods we take from
| the United Kingdom are largely paid for
| in our exports of agricultural products
! If these products were no longer taken
we would cease to buy British goods
| we couldn't afford them, and Great Brit
ain would lose an export trade worth now
four times as much as the Canadian
! trade.
Then, again, a British tariff on food
stuffs would increase the cost of manu-
| featuring in England. At the same time,
the agricultural depression the British
tariff would bring to this country would
! make living cheaper than ever and lower
the prices Of wages and the cost of manu-
featuring. The consequences would be
that the United States would invade the
markets of the world as a manufacturing
ma ton in a way that would make the ex-
listing American invasion seem petty
British manufacturers would be heater
in every competitive market in the world
On the other hand, the tariff revision
sentiment is rising high in this country
and soon or late. in some way, our pres
ent tariffs will be greatly lowered, thu
making this a better market for British
manufacturers, unless a reaction in Eng
land should prevent revision here.
: It is an awful responsibility that Mr.
5 Chamberlain is taking on his shoulder
9 when he seeks to reyolutionize the trad
: Of the world 1t is impossible to forese
4 all the consequences that may flow from
5 such an effort, but it is probability tina
n some Of them would be far different iron
g Mr.. Chamberlain's antieipations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
Morgan on the Canal.

Senator Morgan yesterday expressed his
views upon the present aspect OF the
Panama canal question in a forcible way.
He is still the most ardent advocate OF
the Nicaragua route In the country, but
he believes that the talk Of eXpediting the
canal construction by giving aid and COM
fort to the states of Panama and Cauca,
who are credited with the purpose OF Sc
ceding from the United States Of Colombia
and negotiating treaty with our govern
ment for the canal construction, is folly.
Morgan does not recognize the possession
of such dictatorial powers by President
Marroquin thru the Colombian constitu-
ton, that he can ignore the congress ana
ratify the treaty himself, If that BODY
elects to ignore the treaty. He regards
our government as bound to await regu-
lar ratification of the treaty by the Col
ombian congress and, If it fail to ratify,
the alternative Nicaraguan route must pc
secured. Mr.. Morgan might have added
that article IS of the canal treaty pro-
vides that the treaty shall be ratified and
exchanged within eight months from the
22nd day Of January, 1908, which gives
the Colombian congress until September
% to ratify. Under this clause, agreed to
by Secretary Hay and Thomas Herran,
the Colombian commissioner, we cannot
proceed to any minatory process or ex-
ercise the alleged right Of eminent do
main" or encourage secession move
ment in Panama and Cauca, or turn to
Nicaragua. We are bound to walt on the
leisure of the Colombian statesmen until
| Sept. %. If they choose to dawdle until
| dawdling. We can repudiate the treaty
If we do not care about maintaining our
| good reputation as a treaty-keeping ma
ton, but, until the Colombian congress re-
fuses to ratify during the period allotted
by the treaty we can take no action of 8
| legitimate kind.
1t is not consistent with President
| Roosevelts utterance upon the subject Of
the canal to assume that he proposes tt
ignore the treaty negotiated by Secretar,
Hay and Senior Herran, and push thing:
in the bullying way Such purposes a:
have been credited to the Roosevelt ad
ministra ton in relation to this canal bust
ness would, in execution, embroil us will
the whole aggregation of Spanish Ameri
can republics. Heretofore they have re
garded the United States with more o
less jealousy. This has been manifesto,
at every Pan-American congress which
has been held. 1t was notably deyelope
at the recent PanAmerican congress
which sat in the City Of Mexico. Spanish
American antagonism was shown durin
our war with Spain, when there was no
q republic from Mexico down to TIER
Del Fuego, which did not reveal stron
sympathy with Spain. .r...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

ground for new competitors in the future.
The experience Of the sugar trust will be
taken as supporting the contention o.
those who have always maintained tna'
the competitive principle is bound to as
sert itself sooner or later. This may DC
the case, but nearly twenty years IS
long time to wait for the benefits OF com
petition to arrive. Possibly there Is nc
short cut, but eighteen years of trust
control is long period for one gen
Grafton to stand. S
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

The Galveston News correspondent may
have misquoted Grover Cleveland, but he
certainly seems proof against the ex-
presidents charge Of violation Of
confidence. It is surprising how fire.
quently public men discover afterwards
that they were talking to representative
Of the press. not as such, but as a per-
sonal friend,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

June 10, 1909 will go down to history as
a red letter day in Minneapolis The su-
preme court yesterday decided that trees
have some rights that house movers are
bound to respect. Hereafter the lordly
house mover cannot cut or remove their
branches without securing authority from
the park commissioners. This doesn t
mean, either, that the house moving bust
ness is ruined and that Minneapolis will
never again see old shells moving thru its
streets. - 80 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

Mayor Haynes wants everybody to read
the council reports, and the charter COM
mission is inviting the public to attend
it's meeting next Tuesday evening. The
intentions of both the mayor and the
commission are highly commendable, but
we fear it will be long time before peo-
pie study council reports as they should
and the man who ought to attend charter
commission meetings will make himself
heard after a charter is: drafted.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
THE DOCTORS MISTAKE


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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
POOR RIcHAR SAYS


to wild
of
off anlins
him I !.
Of
pitchers and rob me- It is necessary m me to keep
from these thieves?
I'll warrant that as long
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

talk Of specialized instruction as one-
eyed devil strangling literature. or OBJ
structing the development Of literary
genius. The term literature can never
be legitimately applied to novels exclu-
sively, altho some wiseacres seem to think
Bic can. Ms 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
YOUTHFUL DEDUCTION
New York Times

New York Times.
Marcus M. Marks tells the story Of his
four-year- boy, who, noticing for the
first time lock Sof gray hair on his
fathers head, asked:
Papa, why are some Of your hairs
gray Ii
Thinking to drive home q moral lesson,
the father answered.: Papa gets a gray
hair every time his little boy is naughty. :
The child seemed lost in thought. but
after a short pause, said naively:
We'll then. grandpapf must have had
awful naughty boys.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

The good news that the Montana MUIR
derers, Hardee and Skinner, have been
killed while resisting arrest la somewhat
dimmed by the lynching at Glasgow of
one Of their pals. How much better 1t
would have been had the whole gang
been legally exterminated instead of only
ioll ,r ! ! . !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

If we were on the verge of war there
would be justification for the use Of force
in releasing the cruiser Galveston from
the control of the local court at Richm ond,
Va, but as it is, the wisest course is to
let the Virginia courts correct their own
mistakes .s. r.. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

Jett and White, the Jackson, KY, muir
derers, were so fortunate as to escape
conviction this time, but the fact that the
next trial will be held in Cynthiana, Har-
rison county, one hundred miles from
Jackson, makes it probable that the cow
ardly assassins of Marcum will at last
swing on the scaffold. In the meantime
remember it to the credit of Kentucky
that the prosecuting attorney did his duty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
Kansas CITY Journal.

80 :
What is the capital of Indian terri
tory? Nearly all the Biographies give
Tahlequah as the capital But, accord
ing to Tams Bixby, chairman of the
Dawes commission. Tahlequah is not en-
titled to that honor. It is simply the cap
ital Of the Cherokee nation and each Of
the remaining four nations has capt.
tai of its own. Muskogee for the last
several years has been used by the COM
mission as the seat Of government for
the whole territory
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

The Mississippi river seems to be get
ting more than it's usual share Of small
boys this spring, Many of these young
lives would be saved annually If there
were convenient public swimming baths
in the river. .s5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

AN INVITATION Is extended to all to visit
The battery of presses consists OF three fourdeck
Goss Presses with total capacity nt 81 sai9eS
and counted The best time to call Ia from R'l6
to $50 D. M. Inquire Mt the business oItce ana
be directed to the visitors gallery, OF me fFess
Room.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

The low railroad rates to Chicago follow
fast upon the heels of reduced running
time. We have had to walt a long time
for reduction in either, but railroad
men seem to be trying to pay up their
a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
Casually Observed.


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philosophy thus: ~
In case OF touoe3 Jump 1or the jug
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June ISL
1908 carried 70 per cent more advertising than the
daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June lst
1908 carried IA per want advertising than
the daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal from January lst to June lst
1903, carried per cent more advertising than the
Sunday and Daily Tribune combined.
The MINNEAPOLIS Journal out Of 5706 residences can
vassed had 1864 subscribers the Evening Tribune
1157-the Morning Tribune 748
The Minneapolis Journal in 81 apartment and flat build
ngs canvassed had 1880 subscribers-the Evening
Tribune 1885, and the Morning Tribune 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

THE JOURNAL is published every evening
except Sunday, at 47-49 Fourth Street South
journal Building, Minneapolis, MINI.
Mgr. General Adyg. Tribune Building,
Tribune Building.
W. ". JERMANE. Washington on. 4hf hin,i;o,r.
Representative. 40 fost buiidins'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
WHO HAS SEEN THE couRTq
Kansas City journal.

Kansas City Journal.
If some of Mr.. Folks convicted boodlers
do not soon reach the penitentiary a
mighty cry will go up from the people of
Missouri: Whats the matter with our
supreme court ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
Protection by Freight Rates.

In THE Story of Grain of Wheat" ;.
Mr.. Edgar makes convincing presenta-
ton Of the case for flour in the dispute
regarding discrimination against flour and
in favor of wheat The arguments in one
form or another have, Of course, all been
heard in Minneapolis before; but as Mr..
Edgar brings out the tendency Of the
present treatment of flour by the trans
portation interests to restrict flour mill
abroad, we begin to perceive that railway
rates may be, and are, manipulated so
as to constitute protective tariff for for
eign nations. Some time ago r h e
Journal discussed the question of
tariff revision by railway rates. showing
that the favor shown by transportation
lines to thru shipments from abroad is
often such as to neutralize the tariff so
far as supplying parts of the United States
is concerned. AS a consequence, some
industries that appear to enjoy a large
share of protection really have none, ex-
cept in a limited territory. Now. the ia
voring of the expectation of raw material
protecting the foreign manufacturer quite
as much as a duty levied by his govern
ment. The English millersA are protest
ing against the repeal of the grain and
flour duties called out by the Boer war,
but they can much more easily dispense
with that protection than they can with
the protection American railways give
them by hauling wheat so much cheaper
than flour.
In view Of our excessively high tariffs,
! American consumers can look with com
placency upon Determinations that tend
to make holes in the tariff WALL but nc
section of our population can be pleased
with a transportation policy that arti.
1 fcially gives to the foreigner what be-
i longs to the American. AS great food
producing nation, the United States is en-.
i titled to all Of the advantages that it,
position gives it. 1t does5not enjoy these
Il advantages if it permits to be exported
products that can be worked up here int
a finished form at least as cheaply a.
anywhere else in the world. Such a poll
cy merely serves to maintain abroad
: milling industry that really has but
) small place in such a country as Englan,
and deprives Americans ofs the manifol,
benefits that flow from the industrial
processes that convert wheat into f1ou
ready for the market. The most profitabl
foreign trade is that in finished products
Every bushel Of wheat shipped from tn
r United States ought to go in the form o
l flour. 1t is of rauch greater benefit t
, this country to sell abroad 100000
barrels of flour instead of 20,OO00O0 barrel
of flour and 10O,000,OOo bushels of whea1
which roughly represents what we ar
!, doing now. The only thing that stand
t in the way of a much larger flour expor
], tation than we now enjoy is the Ameri
, can transportation man. We can't kee
England from establishing retaliator
tariff, but we ought TO: be able to- kee
E him from helping to make it higher.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
HIS STRENUOUS. TRAMP,

A strenuous person named Roosevelt
Was asked in the park how his roosevelt;
.On this outing he said,
SIT has grown very raid.
But wish you could know how my roosevelt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
THE MISSING LINK,

''And 30 Professor Gustayus has at last dis
covered the missing link. Where did he find It Z
s.uudar thA bureau. undeystand.'.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

The Granite Falls Tribune approves O
the suggestion of Ed Weaver of Man
kato for governor, and says: South
western Minnesota should keep that bal
rolling
as=E CHARLES r Cvhenev
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

The first break In the ranks of the 1908
legislature came June II, when John Tay-
lor Of lie Sueur, democratic member for
LIE Sueur county, passed away. Mr.. Tay-
lor was only able to attend part of the
with cancer of the throat
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

There have been persistent rumors that
Justice Lovely of the supreme court would
not ask for reelection, but he has not
given out that impression in his home
city The following paragraph in the AL
bert Lea Tribune is significant:
'"The indications are that all three SUI
preme court judges whose terms expire
a year hence will be reelected next year
and it is doubtful if better men could be
secured, even if an effort was made with
| that end in VIEW
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
CAPITOL OF INDIAN TERRITORY

Charles B. Cheney,