The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-02
THE MAGAZINES

T. ? r i K. X
Financial Provincialism Of West Gone
THE financial provincialism of the west
is gone. Greater New York is merely the
capital of the seaboard states that read the
New York morning papers the day they
are printed. The booms in the west-and
there are three or four of them in opera
tion--are made not with New York money,
but with western money. Kansas City,
Chicago st. Paul. Denver and Los Angeles
have their own capitalists, who know their
own country. They won't invest money
foolish.y. The mining boom in Idaho, the
irrigation boom in Arizona, the real es-
tate boom in Salt Lake City, the farm
land boom in Kansa Sail these activities
are unknown in New York. They are
independent movements Of the people.
They will go on. even tho all the trusts
perish, and all the villas at Newport
close. This is the way William Allen
White writes of the rise of the west as
financial power under What the West
Thinks of Wall Street Now in the Nov
cember Household Number''--and very
attractive one--of that enterprising
weekly.
A Business Predctlon-The November
number of The Manual Of Statistics Sup
pement does not look for "a wholesale
slump such as followed the stock mark e.t
Z.
and, in fact, for the entire winter, the
outlook would seem to be for a much
quieter general trade than has been noted
for some years past at the same time.
| The Automobile In War-That is the sub
| ject OF an interesting paper in the wholly
| interesting December number of Outinu
| The conclusion. of the writer is that ..bub-
| bles in war or for military purposes ara
! as yet only playthings, tho they seem tc
have their uses asN"tractors'' in European
| military affairs. These tractors have
come to stay and will play hereafter 3
4 part intermediate between the railway an6
the draft horse.
A eabys Adventures-"The Baby's Ad
venturous Day-and Mine, in ST, Nicho
| las for December is a tale to make olt
and young laugh. 1t is by that unweary
ing yarn spinner. Cyrus Townsend Brady
VINO seems neither to weary himself no
others by his much story telling. An
other exceedingly interesting thing in th
same delightful magazine is that tellin
OF quaint signs in London. The maga
zine is one that will be waited for wit
lmpatience by those who have not read il
Apple Blossoms for Christmas-Numer
Gus and novel suggestions of interest t
lovers OF flowers are to be found in tn
I Ill
Flowers. for Christmas is the title {
suggestion as to how to secure appl
blossoms for Christmas decora tions ]
is easy, too
Almost Unknown, Great, Ancient Tenn
| pie-Reccrds of the Past for October. onl
recently received, contains an article O
the Boro Budur temple of Java, of whic
this is said:
Wnen we consider the mighty mass {
, masonry. the extreme hardness of tn
, lava, and the great extent and endless va
rlety of the basreliefs, it becomes
question whether any architectural re
mains now existing can compare. in til
amount Of labor expended, with thes
wonderful ruins In the interior of Java
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