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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

Sometimes the railroad manager acts
on the theory that a railroad business is
no different from any other business con-
trolled by private capital. But in Min
nesotas there is rapidly growing up mass
'of railway commission orders and court
decisions that ;leavest no excuse for the
manager to forgets1that railway business
is a quasi-public business, about the man
;agement Of which the state has great
deal to ssay., The latest illustration of
this power Of the state is the decision of
the supreme court sustaining the railway
and warehouse commission order to the
Northern Pacific railway to re-establish
county. Viewing the proposition strictly
from the viewpoint of the interests of the
railway as money making corporation
the abandonment Of the Bluffton sta
ton fully justified. But the com
mission held and the supreme court af.
firms that the public had rights in the
case superior to those of a purely rail
roal nature, and SO the station will be re-
esta b]ished.:- The more fully the prin-
ciple illustrated In this case becomes es-
tablished, the less complaint will there be
with private ownership Of railways anc
the less the tendency toward state own
erShip.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

The Mississippi River Improvement AS
ISOLATION has issued call for convention
to be held in New Orleans Oct. 20. A
New Orleans paper remarks that only at
its source and at its mouth does the
great river flow within any state. Mime
sofa at the north and Louisiana at the
south have peculiar interest in the great
river. The state ought to and no doubt
will be represented at the convention
The time is at hand when the Mississippi,
both to prevent floods and assist naviga-
ton, must be taken hold Of as great
national problem. The growing import
ance Of New Orleans as an export port,
emphasizes the Importance of causing art
to assist nature in improving the great
river highway that runs from Minnesota
to the sea on the south.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
Canada Responds to Fair Treatment.


The reception accorded the New York.
Suns sudden change from carping con-
tempt for Canada to generous apprecia-
ton Is very significant. 1nasmuch as the
Sun was the chief American irritator of
Canadian susceptibilities it's new attitude
has caused some of the professional haters
Of the United States in Canada to look
with more friendly eyes4u upon the big re-
public. This change Is noticeable not only
in Canadian newspaper comment, but has
been individually expressed by Canadians
in letters to the Sun. One of these letters,
federation on preferential idea, and its
advocacy by the British party which has
always been the party of British emnity
opposition to the United States says:
1t still seeks to detach Canada from her
own continent, to attach her to a Eu-
ropean Power, and to make her a mon
arch1cal and ariStOcratic cOunterpoise to
the democracy Of the United States.
The United States is the natural market
Of Canada. Canada, on the other hand,
under reciprocity, would be a very valu-
able extension of the market of the United
shutting Canada out Of your market and
forcing her to produce for market on the
other side of the Atlantic. Her sentiment
and her political attachment naturally go
with her trade. The idea that Canada
could be coerced by the pressure of an ad-
verse tariff, if it was ever entertained, has
been shown by decisive experiment to be
baseless. .a-,vs
Do something in the way Of fiscal con-
cession to show Canada. that Won recognize
In her, not the vassal Of a transatlantic
power, but an American community, your
partner in the destinies Of this continent
Do it in no huckstering spirit, but in a
spirit of kindness and fellowship. You
will presently see the effect. 49, .zt.
The last paragraph of this letter de-
mands special attention. The United
States should seek to encourage the aspi-
rations of the Canadians to be considered
an American community, our partner Sin
the destinies Of the continent" The way
to do that is to drop craftsmanship of
.22-caliber and substitute some 13-inch
craftsmanship. It is not yet too late for
generous dealing with Canada to over
come thirty-seven years of a mistaken
policy Nothing can be more certain than
that the most pressing field for the best
American craftsmanship at the present
| time is not China: or South America or the
Philippines or Europe, but Canada. We
and our descendants will have cause to
| execrate a, policy that tends to separate
instead Of unite the English speaking peo-
pies of the New World, : ''.. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
NEW BOOKS.
A VICTIM OF CONSCIENCE. By Milton Cold
smith i1o5o m

VICTIM OF CONSCIENCE. By Milton Gold
smith. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates &
Co.
The author, besides giving the reader a
realistic view Of family and synagog life
in a community of Jews in the Jewish
quarter Of an American city, details a
most interesting case of acute suffering
thru the state of a conscience overwrought
by a mistaken view. of a case of killing in
SELF defense. The man, Isaac Schwartz
had come to this country with his
bride from Germany and did not
prosper and he became disconsolate and
hopeless, finally borrowing money thru
the rabbi of the community, to go with
the goldseekers to California in 1850. At
the mines he had small success and be-
came partner Of an Irishman named
Sweeney, who left him to look after the
camp arrangements while he went for the
gold. Sweeney told him nothing; was
drunk and abusive and tried to kill the
Jew. Schwartz heard Sweeney digging
hole one night and found. he was burying
something. Subsequently Sweeney as
sailed him and Schwartz defended himself
knocking Sweeney in the head with
pickax. He was Mortified and bound UP
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
The Parcels Post Discussion.

The Commercial Bulletin this week dis
cusses the parcel post question, being
moved thereto by objections which have
been made to- an editorial on the same
subject published in T e ] ourn a some
days ago. The Bulletin naturally voices
the opinion of the retailer, especially in
the country, and the jobber from whom
he buys. The argument is that cheap
parcels post would so stimulate direct
buying by the consumer from distant mail
order houses or city department stores
that the country town distributor or re-
taller would find his occupation gone or
at least that his profits would be seri-
the jobber who lives on his trade will
likely disappear, too, and thus the cities
would be adversely affected 80"
This is a rather gloomy view of the
outlook, and it is probable that it is far
too pessimistic. 1t involves an unreason-
able protest against cheaper and better
service 7 h j u r n a l is not prepared to
advocate a parcels post, but would not
the effect on the country merchant be the
same if the express companies reduced
their rates to reasonable figures? And if
these companies offered cheaper service
would the. country merchant protest?
Would not improved service in express
benefit him well as the mail order
house?
While we fully sympathize with the
views and fears of the country mer-
chant, it seems to us that parcels post
cannot be forcefully opposed because it
would facilitate communication, but rather
should it be opposed on the ground Of op-
position to government intervention in
business that can be satisfactorily per-
formed by private agencies 1t is a grave
question whether the express companies
are now giving satisfactory service 1t
rests with them to determine whether the
parcels post, agitation shall gain or lose
Roadway. E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
Politicians who are in politics for offic

Politicians who are in politics for office
and not for principle look with horror
upon the one-idea man. That is why Gov
ernor La Toilette Of Wisconsin makes so
many enemies. He is not complaisant
individual who takes back in the second
speech what he said in the first; but first,
last and all the time, Governor LaFollette
fights the growing power of great cor
pora tons. He believes with all his heart
that the great present-day menace to the
liberties Of the people and the efficiency of
the state is the power. of railway and
other great corporations. When a man
concentrates one idea,' Governor La
Toilette has done for years, and stands by
his guns all the time, he is bound to make
an impression, bound to become popular
with the masses, at the same time that he
makes enemies among the politicians At
Chautauqua, N. Y, the other day, the
governor addressed 1000 people, and
aroused his audience to the highest pitch
of interest and approval by his state
ment of the evils that infest the nation
and his confidence that his cure for the
evils of democracy is more democracy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
A Cloudburst of Stock Water,

Two Wall street firms failed yester-
day, and some others may go under to-
day. Talbot Taylor, Keene's son-in-law,
was one of the suspended ones, represent
ing the Southern Pacific pool which had
been doomed up inordinately by Keene,
and the latter bold operator Is believed to
be pretty seriously "hit," partly by trying
to carry Taylor.
AS a business necessity, the present
liquidation in Wall Street was needed.
The process Of getting to speculative
collapse follows the same course every
time, with some slight variations. Pro-
ductive activity on large and expansive
scale piles up surplus of capital, and, as
many persons who get hold Of this sur
plusage are not willing to use sound and
deliberate Judgment and invest it in slow
but sure processes Of legitimate business,
they enter the speculative arena and de-
wise methods Of speculation to carry out
the get-rich-quic program. Thus we
have the Fictitious Industrial stock issues,
furnishing speculative opportunities for
awhile, but soon gorging the market with
undigested securities. y"
The lapse of speculation has been indi-
Gated this year, by the collapse Of several
purely speculative organizations and the
unwillingness of the speculative public to
give the United States Shipbuilding COM
pany boost, while the failure of Keene's
Southern Pacific deal, after running up
the stock to 80, is case in point
Do present conditions mean that, before
very long, a shadow is to fall again on in
| dustrial and commercial conditions now
| SO promising? It does not look much like
| it. The refunding operations Of Secretary
Shaw have added some 1914, 900, 900 to the
circulation since April; the period is com
mencing for sales of sterling bills against
the autumn exports Of grain, cotton and
other products and Europe will readily
furnish any funds needed to meet possible
money stringency. The west and south
are better prepared than New York for
the crop-moving period as they have bal
ances to take up there and loans to call
| in which were made in the spring There
4 are no signs Of business paralysis. The
elimination of water in Wall Street has
not put camper on straight business.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

1t is possible that Niagara Falls will
go the way Of st. Anthony Falls, which
operate only when the Mississippi is very
high or the flour mills shut down The
day may come when the mighty falls will
consist of precipice without tumbling,
roaring water, except when the water
power races are closed Already the fac
tories on the American side are using 8
per cent of the rivers volume, and the
additional power installations being made
both sides will treble the amount of
water withdrawn from the river above
the falls to tufh turbines and regain the
river channel thru tunnels It will be
shock to the lovers of nature to have
the great falls thus impaired or destroyed,
but the love Of grandeur is not able to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
HARD TO FIND AT HOME
Great Bend Tribune.

Editor c. P. Townsey, who is visiting
New York. writes to his paper in Kansas
as follows: I'VE had the pleasure of call
ing on Mr.. Vanderbilt few days ago,
but regretted to find him out of town. so
the distinguished looking gentleman at
the gate informed US. I thought he was
fresh duke just arrived, but on asking
him his name he said it was James
Thompson, the man who was in charge Of
the premises during Mr.. Vanderbilts alb
sence. I find it is almost impossible to
catch any of the 400 at home this season.
They are either at some summer resort
or in Europe. The next time 1 come to
New York I shall try the winter, so as
to find people at home"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
POISON IVY

Mature and Science" in June ST. Mich
OaS.
There is but one kind of poison ivy
Qnown to botanists as Rhus toXicoden-
dron.) This has three leaves. Another
climbing, trailing shrub Of the same gen.
eral appearance, on walls and rail fences,
is the Virginia creeper. This is not poi
sonous and has five leaves. It will help
you to remember which is the poisonous
and which the harmless if you picture the
three leaves as the index hand pointing
go: that is, the three leaves represent
ing the three parts of the index hand
thumb, forefinger, clasped fingers Re-
gard the fve-leaved as the thumb and
four fingers of the hand opened in well
come.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

A car famine is on In Kansas and the
farmers, are piling their. wheat UP beside
the railway tracks, and while fastening
to put roofs over it are praying that it will
not rain. No railway system can ever de-
wise means of handling a wheat crop when
every farmer has made up his mind to sell
as fast as the wheat comes from the
threshing machine On the other hand
nothing can keep the farmers from rush
ing their wheat to market when the price
Is good.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

The threshing returns in : southern
Kansas and Oklahoma show that wheat is
yielding only about half what was .ex-
pected. Where thirty bushels to the. acre
was expected, the farmers are getting
only fifteen In the northwest the thlresh-
er may surprise us as pleasantly as it dis
appointed them in the southwest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

hold its own with the utilization Of
power. man may glory in sunset,
but if he has to choose. between it and
food he will take the latter. A water
fall is a display of useless savage
strength; turbine in the place Of the
waterfall means civilization, for power is
civilization.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
Yesterday the national convention

Yesterday the national convention Of the
Furniture Association of. America adopted
resolutions favoring reciprocity with Can
ada At this rate it will not be long be-
fore everybody in the United States will
belong to some association that has de-
clared in favor Of reciprocity with Can
ada. But still nobody makes a move at
Washington. -. t.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

the mans bleeding head with his hand
kerchief and left him for dead, digging
up the treasure, half Of which was his by
agreement, Schwartz returned east with
1000 and went into business and became
very rich, but leading a life of fearful re-
morse and terror, imagining that he would
be arrested, tried and hanged for muir
der. The story of his struggles is blood
curdlng. He tried to satisfy his con-
science by giving away in charity vast
sums, but the bloody fear of Sweeney
haunted him day and night and, finally,
when about to go to the chief of police
and make a confession of his crime, some
thing happened which changed the thick
ness of darkness into the glorious dawn
of peace and JOY, and Schwartz found
that he had become almost a maniac over
the belief that he had committed murder
when he had not and, even if he had
killed Sweeney it would have been a clear
case Of self defense. AS a matter of fact
he and Sweeney met and discovered the
truth. The author has happily introduced
very interesting love episode. and details
the leading features of the Jewish faith
in comparison with the Christian faith
and his pictures of Jewish life among the
humber classes are well portrayed
zEBADIAH sARTwELL, THE MILLER OF
!" 1AoA1hoNo6o1011 by Df. >. rage John-
son. Illustrated. New York: Broadway
Publishing company. Price, 90
DR.. Johnson has produced very en-
tertaining book embodying details of the
life Of the people Of rural village in the
interior of New York state. The central
figure is Zeb Sartwell. the village miller
and postmaster, who is overflowing with
wit Of the genuine kind and an extraor-
binary amount of rural wisdom Zeb's
arguments on religion with the minister
are unique. The description of the rail-
road meeting of the community to dis
cuss proposed railway line and the sub
sequent talks about the enterprise, make
exceptionally good reading The quality
of Zeb's religion Is revealed in his treat
ment of his clerk, who had been syste-
matically robbing him. and there is some
mighty good readin' in the account of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

Zebs daughters marriage and of the baby
she presented to her Jack, and of whom
Fred Bruhn said: ''Py Shiminy! dot vas
fine shildren, Mrs Jack The stories
told by Uncle Zeb crowd the pages and
they are all good. Zeb's philosophy seems
to be summed up in the twenty fourth
chapter wherein he reveals his views on
marriage, which are somewhat old sh-
Toned, but good as gold.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

possible to undertake all the improve
ments Mr.. Scott advises. but the county
commissioners Il. would do well to give them
careful consideration.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room, which is the finest In the west.
Goss Presses. with total capacity OF LA, oOo
e1ght-page our s an hour, printed. Io!dsa
and counted. The best time to call Is from s.lo
to 4:80 p m. Inquire at the business o1ice ana
be directed to the visitors gallery. OF the Press
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
BEFORE IT is roo LATE.
Grand Forks Herald.

The friends of reciprocity with Canada
are active in their effort to secure some
sort Of arrangement whereby the people
of one country may trade with those of
the other without being obliged to sur
mount barriers which do neither of them
any good. There is in each country an
element which fights reciprocity at every
turn. There are industries in each coun-
try which may be injuriously affected by
reciprocity laws, and these interests seem
to have the call just now. The time may
come when the folly of denying to our
selves the. advantage of trade with our
nearest neighbor may be better appre :
ciated than at present
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

Switzerland is said to have cheese on
hand that dates back to 1860. This may be
what YOU detect when the wind is east.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

The Minneapolis Journal from January 1st to June 1st,
daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June LIST,
1903, carried "a per cent want advertising than
the daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June LIST,
1903, carried per cent more advertising than the
Sunday and Daily Tribune combined
The MINNEAPOLIS Journal of 6538 residences
vassed, had 1894 subscribers the Evening Tribune
l368-the Morning Tribune 803.
The MINNEAPOLIS Journal in "a apartment and flat build
ings canvassed had 1858 subscribers Evening
Tribune $780, and the Morning Tribune 1870.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

Having read medical reports on the sub
ject we shudder when our nieces mention
ice cream.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
SATURDAY EVENING,

THH JOURNAL Is published every evening.
except Sunday. at 47-49 Fourth Street South,
Journal Building, Minneapolis, MINI.
Mgr General Advg New 4 Tribun 0ai salld,nx
NJ. LEE sTARkR. Chicago onice.
Tribune Building
Representative. As Post Building
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

The June bride is now doing little
something in a tentative way with the
biscuit question and the mere man she
has engaged for life Job is often just
mean enough to place beside each plate,
while she Is hanging over the hot oven, a
cold chisel, a hammer and a can opener.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

The little boy who recited the bible verse
"whom the Lord loveth he chaseth" made
a hit with the entire Sunday school.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
Casually Observed.

The rumor that the Khan Of Tartary was
assassinated was an error. But man
with a khan opener was captured in the
palace before he could accomplish his de-
sign.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

On the race suicide issue Grover and
Theodore are now "hoss and boss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

while she is hanging over the hot oven, a
cold chisel, a hammer and a can opener.
The east has gone bughouse. Bug par
ties are among the latest social fads. A
scientist provides the insects and gives
them such names as .Libelulla Trimacu-
lata or Melanophus -Femurrubram and
then everybody takes a look at them thru
magnifying; glass. Then somebody at
the next meeting provides a strange bug
to be examined and named. That strange
insect the damfno Americanum, is quite
common there as everywhere.
They stood on the hill top in the STAR
light. The light wind; famed their fore
heads as the curtains of the night were
draped about them in sable folds. The
FURNISHED stars: they had been using Sa-
polio shone like: fairy lamps, and the
night owl who had been reading Barrie
remarked pensively, ..Hoot, mon"
"George,"- she cooed a she struggled
close to his left: side and hung tightly, o
50 tightly, to his arm, .'if I had wings
"haven't always said you were bird"
Then nobody spoke for twenty minutes.
On Sunday July 26 the Harmonic Band
of Waconia is going to blow the foam off
of a band tournament and picnic to be
held at Maetzold's Grove and Pavilion. A
special invitation has been received by
the Nonpareil Man to be present as the
guest of the Waconia Patriot. Happily
we are unable to make connections The
| program includes a baseball game, parade
of bands, band concert and all kinds of
field sports from a Fat Mems race down
to 1.-THE Largest Family exhibit. There
are prizes for all the contestants, the
| tallest couple getting free hotel dinner,
f1,~ 10 70, o1y - -.
prize lady waltzer a perfume tray. One
| of the items in the very generous program
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

The Whitaker family has great 'disap-
pointment in store for it. The Bank of
England is out in an official statement
that there is no 100000 900 in its vaults
waiting for the family to step up to the
window and draw it.. It would be rather
a pleasant sensation to find that you had
5000, 100000 in the bank and didn't know
it and the Whitaker family might be ex
cused for saying Gee Whitaker
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25

SLANG FIT FOR THE SEASON
Baltimore American.
First Gannin-Aw, youse hahn t so warm
Second Gamin--Aw, hain't seen your
name among de heat prostrations yit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
THE NONPAREIL MAN

for which a prize is given we clip entire
from the official program: