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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
ABOLISH PASS SYSTEM,
Yoerg Would Crush What He Consid
ers ThrottIer of Trade.

Representative Anthony york has a
scheme to do away with the pass evil
in its entirety, and as means to that
end wants the legislature to prosecute
an investigation of the books and en-
ployes of the several railroad compa-
MES for the purpose of ascertaining
the extent Of system which he says
he thinks may be throttling trade.
Yesterday, in the house, Mr.. Yoerg
introduced a resolution setting forth
that 1T has come to his ears that mem
bers of the legislature have nothing
like monopoly on passes, and he fears
that the passes are passed around
with laVishness which may Indirectly
result in raising the prices of TRANSPORT
tation of freight and passengers.
The introduction Of the resolution
yesterday was promptly met by notice
of debate given by Representative
Armstrong, Hennepin, which will delay
Its consideration until Tuesday. The
house membership at large is not in
clined to take the resolution seriously
and It's consideration is expected to re-
suit in the exchange of a lot of hot air
only. Yoerg's resolution:
whereas, 1T reported in the neWspa-
pers that President c. S. Mellen, OF the
over his signature, stated that passes is
sued to members of the legislature have
in the past frequently been used to the
serious damage of competitors in trade
causing unjust discrimination;
And. Whereas. 1t is reported that the
Northern Pacific Railway company, has
heretofore issued passes to others than
to members of the legislature;
And, Whereas, 1t is apparent that
passes, issued to. persons other than mem
bers Of the legislature are likely to have
been used to the serious damage of bust
ness competitors and resulting in discrim-
ination and preference;
And Whereas. The, travelling public
cles carried by the Northern Pacific Rail
way company are entitled to know to
what extent this discrimination and pref
! erence exists and the effect thereof on
the cost of transportation and of the ar
ticleS consumed;
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved by the House
of Representatives. That a committee of
nine members of this house. composed of
one member from each congressional dis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
PAST WEEK IN TRADE.
Pretty Much Everything Favorable
but the Fuel Supply.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say: Fuel shortage is still the one
seriously disturbing element in the in
dustrial situation. Transporting IA
cilities have been diverted from other
merchandise to the disadvantage of
shippers, yet iron furnaces are unable
to secure a sufficient supply of coke
and many other manufacturing plants
are closed because Of inadequate coal
deliveries. Mines are more fully Oper-
ated, but there is no prospect of nor
NAL conditions until spring. Exetrme-
ly low temperature during the past
week stimulated distribution of heavy
clothing and other seasonabIe goods.
Retail trade was accelerated by the
customary clearance sales, especially
in dry goods and kindred branches
Travelling men are sending in large
orders for spring goods, the volume of
advance business surprising the GUS
tomary amount for this time Of year.
Quiet conditions in the iron and steel
markets do not mean dullness or di-
miniShing consumption, but merely the
oversold condition of furnaces and
mills. together with great uncertainty
about keeping plants active on day
to-day supply of fuel. Inquiries are
numerous, especially in structural
lines, but makers are not ready to &C
cept bids under the future appears
more definite.
New plans constantly come forward
for large office buildings, notably in
the West, which means vigorous con-
sumption of structural steel, and the
demands from car builders are phe-
nomenal. Practically the entire ca
pacity Of the leading plants Is already
booked for six months, and at many
concerns the last half of the year will
bring no idleness unless orders are
cancelled. Eastern manufacturers of
footwear are fully employed on spring
shoes, but new orders are light for
later delivery, although Western job
bers purchase freely of fall samples
Quiet conditions in leather have been
succeeded by an increased demand for
hen1lock sole and standard upper, shoe
manufacturers placing liberal orders
Last weeks slight recovery in the hide
market was not sustained
Dry goods trading has increased in
volume, buyers arriving in greater
numbers. and the prospect favors still
more activity in the latter half of the
month There is little disposition to
anticipate wants in the cotton goods
division, but immediate needs have evil
IDENTIFY grown more pressing. In the
wooden goods division the opening Of
piece dyes was made at an advance
but not as much as come sellers an
ticipated.
Only moderate fluctuations have &C.
Cured in the great staples, with the
tendency upward, and u conspicuoflsly
firm tone In evidence. Higher prices
have been charged. for refined sugar
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

ing DR.. Babcock handed down his list
of committee assistants.
The committee on legislative expense
had not made a formal recommended
ton and thereby presented an avenue
of attack on the committee on rules. A
member of the Hennepin delegation
rose to inquire about a recommended
ton from the legislative expense COM
m1ttee, and strikers on both sides at
once prepared for action. Entirely un-
ruft1ed, the speaker calmly announced
that the appointments would be held a
few minutes while the legislative eX-
pense committee prepared a recon-
mendation. The recommendation was
forthcoming and the following ap-
pointees began drawing pay yesterday:
Assistant clerk judiciary committee, II.
p. Stock! appropriations, Miss May
Gibbons; railroads, A. H. Vernon; en-
rollment, H. w. Severus; engrossment,
Fred Ricort; taxes and tax laws, w. H.
Yale; general legislation, L. o. Hongen;
insurance, S. S. Smith; corporations
other than municipal, Guy Halgren;
general clerks, George La Frond, w. L.
Robinson, A. F. Frambach; page, Arris
Kelley.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
INDIAN AS PATHFINDER
EQUALS SOME ANIMALS
Horses Can Usually Find They Way
Unaided.

OnaIded,
The remarkable ease with which GER
tain animals and some savage races
of men can find their way through
traclIless country, and often through
territory which they never have trav-
before, has occupied naturalists
psychologists for ages, and no
the oughly adequate explanation Of
the power has been made.
Bates, the explorer, tells of one of
his journeys in South America when
he and two companions, one a Portu-
guese traveller and the other a ten
year-old Indian boy, had penetrated a
primeval forest for two days, during
which time the boy did not appear to
pay the least attention to the route.
At the end of the second day, both
Bates and his Portuguese companion
were bewildered completely, and had
to confess that they were lost. Finally,
without expecting any real help, they
asked the little Indian if he could find
the way out. Without the least hesita-
ton, he pointed in certain direction
and said that they would find their
camp straight ahead.
They doubted it, as they boy pointed
in a direction exactly opposite to that
in which they expected to find it, but
they were agreeably disappointed, for
the camp turned out to be just where
the boy said it was.
Horses are famous for being able to
find their way. Zurn, the naturalist,
tells of one that had worked for a mil
Ter. When it became blind, he sold it to
a farmer about fifty miles distant. One
day, some time after it had been sold,
its owner drove along a road that pass
ed the mill. AS soon as the blind horse
reached a little side path that led from
the road to its old, home it turned into
it and tried to trot to the mill.
Subsequently, experiments We're
made with the animal, and it was found
that no matter how the horse was driv-
en-, from what direction it approached
the road, or under what circumstances,
it never failed to turn out of the main
road when it came abreast of the little
side path.-Indianapoli News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
GIVES EARTH SHAPE OF PEAR.
English Mathematician Offers New Theo-
~ of Worlds CONTINUATION.

]. H. Jeans. one of the greatest mathe-
maticians that Cambridge university has
produced In recent years, contributed a
paper at the last meeting Of the Royal
society in which he made novel sugges-
tons in regard to the figure of the earth.
He said there was probably a time when
the rigidity of the planet was so small
that the confguration was pear-shaped.
The transition from a pear-shaped jelly
to a steel-like sphere had taken place
through a series Of ruptures. Neverthe-
less traces Of the pear-shaped cOnfgura-
ton were still discernible. England. he
said, is the center of a hemisphere which
is practically all land. This hemisphere
represents the blunt end of a pear. It is
along the boundary of this hemisphere
that earthquake attempts at the read
justment of form are and were most FREE
quent.
Tracing a circle about the globe,'' he
said, lat a greater distance from England
as the center. we pass over q region Of
the very deep seas Of the Pacific, South
ern Atlantic and Indian oceans. Along
this circle there is a waist of pear. Final
~, at the antipodes of England, Australia
is the remains of the pear stalk"
If one accepts these views the existence
OF large tract of land about the south
pole becomes more doubtful than ever.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
THINK THEY ARE BUNcoED.
Barker's Constituents Say City Fuel
Dealers Use Queer Measures.

If the coal famine continues working
after the bill introduced in the senate
yesterday by Senator Barker, of Isanti
becomes a law the surveyors general of
logs and lumber and their assistants
Will encounter an extra delivery Of
prosperity.
Senator Barker's measure would give
the surveyors general Of logs and lum-
Der in all cities of over $4,000 inhab-
itants authority to assume control of
all shipments of wood, edgings and
slabs for the purpose of scaling the
same. The inspection fee for this work
is 80 cents a car.
Senator Barker in explaining why
an Isanti senator is introducing a meas
ure concerning st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Duluth pointed out that his con-
stituents were dissatisfied with the
present system of receiving the wood
shipments in the cities. He said that
his people do not believe they are re-
ceiving fair treatment and for this
reason want all shipments of wood in
spected and checked by the survey de-
partment
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
REPORT MADE TO ORDER.
Babcock Steady Through Attempts to
Head Off Appointments.

Speaker BabcOck yesterday nipped
in the bud a third attempt to make
trouble over his organization Of the
house by holding up his appointments
for a few minutes in which time the
committee on legislative expense sent
in a recommendation for such appoint
ments as provided under the rules and
thereby shutting off the argument
which was all ready to be tapped.
The rules, as reported by Judge Will
sons committee and adopted a week
ago, provide for the appointment Of
certain clerks and assistants upon the
recommendation of the legislative ex-
pense committee. Bills are before the
committee and they are ready to COM
mence their work, SO yesterday morn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

trict be appointed by the speaker of this
house to investigate to what extent such
passes have been issued and how used
and the result of such use, if affecting the
cost Of transportation of passengers and
freight in this state and make report
thereof to this house with all convenient
speed. And that they have the power to
send for and require the attendance be-
fore them of all persons and require the
production of all books, papers or writings
necessary
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
RAILROAD TAX
IN THE HOUSE
Continued From First Page.

from such sale or collection of taxes
only before redemption.
The passage of Senator Dale's meas
ure in its present form would compel
cities the size of st. Paul and MinneapO-
lis to lose a large portion of their rev.
enue which would be turned into the
county fund.
Senator Dale explains that his bill is
primarily intended to apply to the
country districts and he will not Wig
orously oppose amendments to exclude
the larger cities from its provisions.
The bill is intended to relieve the
strain on the county treasurers, who
at the present time can barely avoid
disagreeable muddles in their efforts
to apportiOn properly the money which
comes in at all times and in amounts Of
VARYING size.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

and raw grades are firm, but weakness
is the feature in coffee, owing to ex-
cessive supplies at all points.
Failures for the week numbered 267
in the United States, against 334 last
year and 80 in Canada, compared with
40 a year ago,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
In Doubt.

Herbert calls on me every evening !"
said the conf1ding girl. Don't you think
that is a sign he really cares for me?''
q can't be sure answered Miss Cav
enn, whether it indicates that he is In
love, or that coal is scarce at his house
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

AT noon yesterday the house, on mo-
ton of Representative Hugo, Duluth,
adjourned until IL o'clock Tuesday
morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

Representative Morley yesterday in
troduced in the house a bill providing
for the appointment of two additional
boiler inspectors. Each congressional
district is entitled to a boiler inspector,
and while the congressional reappor-
tionment bill increased the districts to
nine, there was at the last session no
provision made for the appointment Of
more than seven inspectors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
Bank cIearInqs.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-The following ia
tle,. compiled by Bradstreet shows the
bank clearings at the principal cities for
the week ended Jan. Is, with the percent
age of increase and decrease as compared
with the corresponding week last year:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

Representative j. B. Kelly, Dakota
county, fathers, in the house, bill
authorizing the city of Hastings to is
sue bonds in the sum of $4,000 for the
extension or installation of a water
system.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
Pig Iron.

Everybody agrees that the pig iron
market is quiet An inquiry is in the
market for $4,000. gray forge for cast
iron pipes, deliveries to begin in Feb
ruary, but that inquiry stands solitary
and alone for it's class. Several re-
quests are present for 500 tons and
there are a few for carload lots up to
100 or 200 tons. The makers Of South
ern iron held meeting in New York
late last week and are reported to have
fixed $3.50 as the minimum price Of
No. foundry for the first half of the
year. 1t was currently reported, how
ever, that with orders already on hand
the furnacemen expected to obtain
higher prices during the whole Of this
period. AT present $19, Birmingham, is
considered the minimum quotation for
No. 2 foundry for shipment during the
first half of the year. For deliveries
during the second half $3.50, Birming-
ham, would be. accepted but there is
no business Offered at that figure.
No Extensive Contracts.
The present inquiry is entirely for
deliveries expiring In June or earlier,
later shipments Interesting neither the
large nor the small smelters Even for
nearby uses the jobbing foundrymen
are not buying. AS rule they have
not made extensive contracts for cast
1ngs as yet this year, and until this is
done they are not covering. A consid-
cradle number Of the foundries are re-
ported to have been closed during the
past few days, various causes being as
signed, among which may be men
toned a lack of fuel, a desire to take
inventory, the necessity of repairs, af-
ter steady operations for a prolonged
period, etc.
There are some prospects that the
two Chicago furnaces which have been
idle for many months because of the
coke famine, will start up within a
very few days. The coke supplies are
still inadequate, but there are some in
dications that receipts may increase in
the near future. The. present demand
for pig iron, what little there is, is now
mainly for Lake Superior grades.
There is a decided scarcity Of charcoal
irons, the price of which has advanced.
Otherwise Northern irons are an
changed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

Representative Swanson yesterday
introduced a bill providing for an an
nual appropriation of $4,000 for the
maintenance of the state experimental
farm at Grand Rapids, and an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the erection of a
dwelling house on the farm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

ing other items than clearings. %*Not in
Guided in totals because Of no comparison
for last year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

Representative John Oleson, of Chi
sagO county, one of the prominent
Fourth district house members, is con-
fined to his room at the Merchants
His illness is not considered serious,
and he is expected to appear on the
floor of the house next week.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

Representative Deming, Hennepin,
stands for a house bill for a uniform
negotiable instrument law, similar to
that which has appeared regularly for
several sessions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

A bill providing for an interest rate
of 4 per cent on state land contracts
was yesterday introduced in the house
by Representative Craig. The bill is
similar to that fathered by Jacobson
at the last regular session, except that
it makes the 4 per cent rate apply to all
existing contracts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
Orders for Building.

In those. lines Of metal which relate
to structures the outlook is bright.
There has been little doing in large
office building work. this week, but the
miscellaneous trade throughout the
West is in receptive mood and many
small orders have lately been placed.
Pipe makers are doing a business that
is entirely satisfactory and notwith-
standing the advance in nails Jan. the
nail makers report a heavier tonnage
sold SO far this month4than for the cor
responding period Iast-year.
For most lines of finished product the
market has all the indications Of stead
mess and this is conducive to free pur-
chases. But there is little buying ahead
and the current trading represents very
accurately the curTent requirements
at a season when coInparatively little is
expected.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

A bill carrying an annual appropria-
ton Of $4,000, to be expended by the
forestry board for the purchase Of
lands and planting of trees thereon,
was yesterday introduced in the house
by Representative Sander, Sibley coun-
fxy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17

Mr.. Deming, Hennepin, yesterday at
tempted to clear up the statute revi-
sion committee report situation by
moving that the report be called from
the house select committee and sent to
the judiciary committee, as had been
done in the senate. The senate action
was taken several days ago, and in the
face Of a concurrent resolution from
the house for a special committee, but
with a high regard for senatorial dig
nifty, the house told Mr.. Deming he
should wait until the senate formally
notified the house that it has ignored
the concurrent resolution.
bill approprfating $4,000 to Beda
Wingstrand, an employe Of the st. Pc
ter hospital for insane, who had hand
crushed in a laundry machine, was in
trOduced yesterday in the senate by
Senator Johnson.
A bill to arrange a more compact
circuit for the judge of the First ju-
dtcial district was introduced in the
senate by Senator Schaller yesterday.
A bill authorizing cities of 1000 or
less to issue certificates of indebted
ness not to exceed $4,000 for water
works purposes was introduced by
Senator Smaller, and is intended for
the benefit of Hastings.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-17
NORMAL CONDITION
IN WESTERN METAL
MARKET
This Is Rapidly Approaching
and Activity Is Slowly In
creasing-Goo Contracts
for Steel Bars Closed
Bright Outlook for Build
ing Material.

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The Iron and
Machinery World, successor to Iron and
steel, the organ of the Western metal
trade, Will say in it's issue tomorrow:
The Western metal markets are ap-
proachlng normal state. In January
there Is usually little trading. There
has been comparatively little during
the past two weeks. But the activity
IS slowly increasing. 1t is most mark
cd In those lines Of finished iron and
steel, which go to consuming manu-
facturers, including bars, sheets and
plates.
For bars and sheets particularly
there has been an Improvement. In
bars the implement makers usually
contract from July to July, but a num-
Der Of manufacturers have contracts
expiring Jan. 1, and they are now re-
neWing, commonly for six months. Sew
eral good-sized contracts for steel bars
have been closed this week and con-
siderable interest has been taken in
iron bars also. One maker has closed
several contracts, exceeding 1000 tons
each. The railroad companies are
among the inquirers for bar material
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