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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
Republican Leaders; Take Warning

The conference Of the conservative as
sociations at Sheffield, England, yesterday
showed how irretrievably the unionist
party is split on the tariff question. Mr..
Chaplin was forced to withdraw reso-
luton thanking Joseph Chamberlain, the
former colonial secretary. for his patriotic
efforts and expressing approval Of any
practical scheme to promote closer COM
mercial and political union of the empire
The party which but yesterday seemed
unassai1ably entrenched in power In
England Is now divided against itself and
rapidly losing its grip. d..
There should be lesson in this for the
republican party in this country. Firm
as now Is it's hold on the >reins Of power
it may be loosed If the party does moi
move with the times.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

our own exports of wheat are 23.ooo,oo0
bushels under the corresponding period
last year, and that wheat is piling UP at
Odessa, where stockslast week showed the
remarkable increase Of 4,720,000 bushels
This is all bearish. but the market has
not failed to respond to it, and for a day
or two nothing new has developed on
the bear side, while reports favorable to
price maintenance have not been entirely
lacking. There Is disposition to believe
bull news will now predominant for a
time. Exports are picking UP, receipts
are not heavy, demand from country mills
Is keen, and there is everything to indi-
cate that the local milling situation will
improve steadily, and that more -four will
be produced and more wheat consumed
from day to day. -g,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
The Romance of Irrigation.

In some ways the settlement Of irrigated
land is even more interesting that the set
tlement Of new lands that do not require
irrigation. In the humid regions the
farmer merely converts the soil from wild
to regulated production, but in many Of
the irrigated regions he converts the de-
sert into fruitfulness. Where there was
no vegetation he produces it in abundance:
One Of the most rapid and striking con-
versions of this kind has recently been
wrought in the Imperial valley In Califor-
MIA. This valley is the site Of the old
hundreds Of feet deep. Until recently,
however, it was not even supposed to be
fertile with an abundance Of water. Three
years ago a 60-nile canal was built to
bring water from the Colorado back to it's
old delta. Two years ago they began to
let the water flow. Already so, 900 acres
Of the brown desert are producing wheat,
corn, alfalfa; kaffir corn, sugar beets, milo
maize and vegetables. No wonder that in
contemplating this marvellous transition
from sterility to fertility, from wilderness
to civilization, a newspaper correspondent
should write: 50
There is, at least to the mind of the
easterner, something a bit romantic about
this two-year transformation of a desert
as large as one-seventh Of Massachusetts,
into a luxuriant farm land, and in the
| change Of a vast tract from an unknown
| space, hardly furnishing sufficient interest
to a jack rabbit, to land that has towns
with electric lights and railroads, and an
export of 10000 carloads of produce From
day to day men are f1ocking into this re-
gion, bringing with them soap and schools
churches and linen collars. From all parts
Of the world they come, hopeful of thu
future richness Of this country that is
younger =, than the chickens which are
brought here. Men have followed the irri.
cation, crops have followed the men
| towns have gripped the bare face of thu
land In the center of the crops, and. "a
| roads have beaten tracks to these towns
Driven. the arid tract recedes with Its
! cactus blooms, it's sage brush and the half.
| hearted green of the grease wood, witt
It's sun-basking lizards and lonesome
| coyotes. Thin lines of water thread acros,
the level plain; in their flow Is the grea
| economic romance of irrigation-the sub
ugat1on OF the Imperial desert.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
PHYSICAL SIDE OF. LITERATURE
London Granhic

.-
Apropos of the sadly early death of NJ.
CASTOR Larroumet, French contemporary
raises the question whether there is any
thing in the nature Of literary pursuits
that makes against longevity. The an
swer is, of course, that essentially there
is nothing, but that incidentally there may
be great deal. That the actual worry of
composition wears out the frame prema-
turely is more than the facts warrant any
one in saying. In every age and in every
country literature has been well repre-
scented by hale and hearty veterans Lee
you've, Mommsen, Tolstoy, Tennyson,
Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes and
George Meredith are the most obvious
names on list that every reader will be
able to supplement So long as it is pos
sible to compile such a list without even
stopping to think, the most bitter enemies
Of literature can hardly class 1t with un-
healthy trades. Poets; dramatists and
novelists seem on the average to live long
er than millionaires, and insurance offices
have no reason to refuse their premiums.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
st. James Gazette.

st. James Gazette.
The old German philosopher with his
declaration that man is the product Of all
that he has eaten, is one Of the men Of
the moment, as is shown by our anxious
correlation Of national physical decadence
with the present appetite for shoddy and
tasty food instead Of the plain and sub
stantial fare Of our lusty forefathers. That
there is something in the comparison none
will deny, but how Its truth is borne
out by stern statistics comes as surprise
to even the inquirer
BE good animal is Herbert Spen-
GERS first recipe for. success Ancient
and modern history both show that it Is
the peoples with big appetites that inherit
the earth. In the struggle the ascetic
goes under, and the power Of the trencher
over the races that govern shows itself
In the tendency of all empires to become
epicurean. Rome and Britain are exam
pies in point.
That the nations that feed well come
first is remarkably proved by figures.
Compare the daily expenditure per head
on food with the exports of a country and
you find the people who eat most work
more: <-~T%
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
The Independent and the Primary

The Independent and the primary.
The Springfield (Mass) Republican
voices the discomfort Of the Independent
voters with the Luce primary election law
which has just been tried in Massachu-
sets and Is drawn on much the same
lines as the Minnesota law. There as
here the Independents object that the law
has no place for the independent voter and
puts a premium on hard-and.fast partt-
zanship In politics. From the independ-
ent's point of view the law is backward
step. Under the old caucus system he felt
privileged to attend each year the caucus
of the party he felt like affiliating with.
Thus he had an influence on nominations
Now he has no influence on them because
he cannot vote without declaring himself
democrat or a republican, whereas he
may be neither. ..., .. 49,.
OF course the easy answer is that 1t is
not fair that men who are not party ad~
herents should take hand in electir:s
party leaders. The Republicans reply to
this is that it is not right for the state to
go to the great expense Of primary cleo
ton If it's privileges are not to be open to
all it's electors. The Republican thinks
that If the parties are to put the expense
and management of their caucuses onto
the state, they should be prepared to &C
cept insistence that the primaries must be
open to all electors.
We do not know that this argument has
been enunciated so clearly in Minnesota.
but it expresses what many of our voters
of an Independent turn of mind have
deeply felt, viz, that it is not right to turn
them away from an election conducted
and paid for by the public. Whether be-
cause Of the intensity and prevalence of
| this feeling, or because Of the tacit agree
ment among the politicians to ignore the
provision of the law that calls for an
nouncement Of party utilization, it is, or at
least was last election, a provision more
honored in the breach than in the observ-
ance. Men went to the polls and voted on
the assumption that they owed nothing
to law which sought to deprive them OF
what they regarded as right.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

There is almost a direct ratio between
the daily cost of food las given by Null
halD and the above figures of foreign
trade. The nature Of the food eaten has
also striking relation to national char
acter. In his remarkable address to the
British association five years ago, Sir
William .Crookes pointed out that wheat
is the distinctive food of the dominant
races, Of the Anglo-Saxons and Teutons.
and emphasized the danger Of exhausting
the wheat-growing lands by our reckless
Wastage of nitrates. Inversely is the fact
that third Of mankind lives on rice and
is markedly subservient to the eaters of
wheat. The Chinese and Hindus are wit
nesses. Japan, by its rapid rise to power
is an exception, which proves the rule,
for with the ayoWed intention of national
improvement the Japanese have added
meat to their hitherto almost purely vege-
table diet. =, '. ..f,
The vegetarian can gain little support
for his gospel OF Covent Garden from a
study Of the position of the hesh-eati ting
nations. The Australians, eat more meat
than any other people. The average corn
stalk consumes no fewer, than 276 pounds
Of meat a year, or 51s pounds a week.
Contrast this with the Italians paltry
one ounce of flesh per diem, and there is
fact that goes far to explain the
strength and energy which have raised
eAiAe1 JILL SSIll0-
ment to a sturdy and. advancing common
wealth. The climates, it may be noted
of Australia. and Italy are fairly similar
| and the colonist has been aptly described
as an Italianated Englishman.
| The same energy aud fuel are found ir
the United States. The Yankee eats three
pounds of meat week, and it is his ex.
ira energy that enables him to hustle Johr
Bull, who eats two pounds five ounces o.
meat a week: Indeed, the nations seem tt
rank according to their butchers bills
France eats ~ pounds Of meat per heat
per week This is a trifle more than the
German, who however, has been out
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Under the new franchise law only 1000
Of the 5000 negroes who formerly voted
in Richmond have succeeded in getting
their names on the poll lists, and the pro-
portion will be about the soma +hruo,,+
the state. The negro thus being elimi-
mated from politics.. Virginia republican
leaders are counting on a considerable ac-
cession of whites from the democra tic
ranks They will probably be disap-
pointed. The force of habit is not to be
broken at once, even when its cause is re-
! moved. +. 1924 =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
The Autumn Foliage.

The cold, wet summer and fall have had
the effect Of producing an unusual color
ing in the autumn foliage. This is not
the autumn of the orange Colds, the fam
ing scarlets and the rich crimsons. 1t is
rather the autumn Of the modest yellows
and pinks with only an occasional flash
of warm color.
Viewed from distance, a grove of
naples colored as Dame Nature has been
pleased to use her pigments these Octo-
Der days is not usually so impressive as in
other years. 1t has a faded, washed out
appearance. The ardent hues that seem
to try to make up for lack Of warmth in
the. suns rays are not there to give a
landscape impression of titanic dashes OF
color on hillside and summit
Entering the forest with this disap-
pointment Of the distant view a great sur
prise, delicious treat, is in store. The
day is cloudy, perhaps, at any rate In
the deep woods it Is almost gloomy You
turn a curve in the path, and it seems as
tho the sun had suddenly broken thru the
clouds. Involuntarily you look to the sky
but your eyes are caught by the rea
source Of the golden radiance, so lumin.
Gus and yet so mild-a great hard maple
which, from the vivid dark green of itsel,
Of q few days ago, and many Of It's >fel.
lows yet, has turned into mass Of mel
low golden leaves which illuminate the
pink and green forest roundabout with
a calm, soft light, a light which In Its
purity and placidity suggests a halo ant
causes the woods wanderer to feel that he
is entering some blessed sanctuary, some
adorable retreat from the turmoil anG
fierce lights Of the woodland so he is.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
THE MINNEAPOLIS. JOURNAL.

OF all who believe In non partizan munic-
ipal government. The Tammany game
seems to be winning. and there is danger
that New York municipal politics will
completely revert to an affair of the reg
ular political parties which means an
affair Of loot and spoils.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

AN INVITATION is extended to all to VISIT
the Press Room, which is the finest in the west.
Goss Presses, with total capacity of 14Ao0o
eight-page journal an hour. printed. fo1dea
and counted. The best time to call Is from s:1o
to 4:3O p. m. inquire at tho business Office ana
be directed to the visitors gallery. OF the Press
Room.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
JuDIcloUs FLATTERY
c,ioyolond pair naolo,.

Prisoner, have you anything to say in
your own behalf ~
Only this, Judge. It comforts me to
know that one wise man on the bench can
undo much of the mischief wrought by
twelve idiots in the jury box
Whereupop. fudge. gave him the min
tmum sentence. sS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

There were seven men in a gang of
thieving tramps that tried to escape from
sheriff's posse in Wright county. One
was killed, one was MORALLY wounded
and all the others received bullets Min
nesota doesn't exactly consider herself a.
wild west state, but cowboy land can
hardly beat the Wright county record.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Fusion in politics sometimes has bet
ter purposes than methods. It is at best
a cumbrous affair, and when it begins to
go to pieces it goes pretty fast. Yet the
pitiful spectacle presented by the fusion
forces In New York city to- day. is cause
for the profoundest concern on the part
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Here the government has gone to the
expense of hiring an expert to demonstrate
boy at the circus could have told it so,
and proved it by the elephant.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
BOY ALREADY NAMED

.swhere are you going in such rush,
New boy at our house.
Gee! this is the twentieth, isn't tt7.'
Yep"
well, where are you going7s
ITO wire to Roosevelt. S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Alderman Rand is simply Irresistible.
Colonel Rogers couldn't do anything else
after being fed on the brand Of taffy the
confectioner from the sixth carries around
with him ready for instant use. ,-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

The JournaI would be glad to re-
ceve by mall, or otherwise, the names OF
all persons who were readers and SUD
scrIbers to this paper when 1t started
twenty-five years ago this fall, or who
became subscribers during the first year
Of Its existence. and their present ad-
dresses.
Tho ourn a would also be pleased
to have the names Of men living who
were newsboys In Minneapolis twenty
five years ago, and their present ad'
dresses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Those heroes of peace, ancient and hon
orable artillerists Of London and Boston,
are having a grand old time fighting over
in Boston the wars they never knew.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Boston had a bank consolidation the
other day that is of interest to the whole
country. The, old, Suffolk National bank
was absorbed by the Second National
The Suffolk was founded as a state bank
in the second decade of the last century
and became by a natural process Of
growth the center of the Suffolk banking
system, which is so often referred to in
the present. day discussions Of assets cur
rency. The Suffolk acted as redemption
agency for all the banks Of New England
which chose to keep a, fixed deposit with
it without interest and provided in addi-
ton current funds for the redemption Of
their notes. This practice had the effect
Of making all note-issuing banks keep
themselves in readiness: to redeem their
paper upon presentation by the Suffolk,
and conferred on general business the
great benefit, in those days of paper
money, Of giving a par value turnout New
England to all the notes Of sound banks
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Mr.. Eddy, the st. Paul Dispatch candi-
date for governor, has announced a very
good platform. It does not appear, how
ever, that he can hope to defend copy
right on it. There isn't anything in it,
that is, particularly new, and very little
that is not subscribed to by the great
majority Of the republicans OF the state.
The state convention may want to bor-
row that platform Of MI. Eddy next sum
mer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
WHERE SHE SCORED
Chicago Tribunt

The Man-Didn't you promise to love,
honor and obey me?
The Woman Didn't you promise to en-
dow me with all your worldly goods?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
That Wright county sheriff mad

That Wright county sheriff made a
foolish misuse of word yesterday and
suiting his action to the word, got the
worst of it. Gentlemen, you are under
arrest" he said to gang of hoboes whom
he found dining on stolen goods in a
freight car. For reply the hoboes covered
him with their revolvers and held him
prisoner till he was rescued by the citi-
zens, Of South Haven. The sheriff Of
Wright county will use the word gen
tlemen' with more respect for It's real
Significance hereafter It's a good word
and such abuse of it as he was guilty Of
almost deserves the consequences he suf-
fared.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
The watervil1e Advance saws.

| Governor Van SAINT has rebuked dem
ocratic paper for suggesting that he might
be candidate for United States senator
against Senator Clapp for reelection. 1t
| is now up to our able junior senator to re-
| ciprocate." Charles B. Cheney,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

The Turks are creating a wilderness in
Macedonia and calling it peace :;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Is 1t not possible for Hennepin county
for once in its political career: to effect
practical organization with unanim1ty of
interest and uniformity of purpose, which
can send solid delegation to- the next
convention, uncommitted EXCEPT in favor
OF its own. local candidates?'' i'-,.,D
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

developing line of cleavage between the
Heatwole machine and the supporters of
e. T. Young: u: ...&. o..
Northfeld News-It will be entirely proper
for those papers who favor the candidacy Of
Ed Young for attorney general to give his legis-
lative record. His votes and talks and official
connections will either work for his good or to
the contrary. To the ienorant the fullest infor-
nation is always refreshing.
Appleton Tribune-Joel Heatwole's we'll known
position as the special champion of the railroad
merger, makes him especially fitted to furnish
the information himself If there is anything
wrong, he is close to the source Of it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

The state tax levy is two-tenths of a
mill higher this year than last, but the
increase comes from the special levy for
the agricultural school, authorized by the
legislature last winter. 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Frank. M. Eddy spoke at the Wright
county fair yesterday at Cokato, and made
his talk political and personal from start
to finish. He made another pronounce
ment on the subject Of tariff revision to
do away with the shelter to monopoly
and declared in favor of a constitutional
amendment giving congress authority over
trusts. .-~- .--.--.. -. .--..-E .-...'.
Touching on state matters, he declared
for, equal taxation, economy in expendi-
lures, purchase Of all state supplies with
in Minnesota, drainage of all swamp lands
in the state, and the reelection of SEN
ator Clapp. 49, 80
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-28
COURT SELLS WILDER MILL
AT RAINIER FOR $4,000

Judge Frazer performed the unusual judicial feat yesterday
selling lumber MILL The property comprised plant
Mill and Lumber Company Rainier and knocked
w. I. Reed for $4,000.
The before the argument of
removal of Buod D Sigler, company which
motion filed several days ago by
The receiver appointed several months ago
between Reed and his
Wilder Recently the sale of the mill property
appointed day and hour accepted bids
the sale down. the confirmation
sale by the and the balance in thirty days Charles K Wilder,
the brother Wilder was the successful bidder the
of $4,000 He failed however comply with the
the sale by paying receiver
things necessary complete the purchase.
After waiting his patience exhausted Reed filed pet
ton asking for the of Sigler
he did properly report of to
alleged Wder interest at the sale was merely to puff
up the price, and that he bidder
Judge w NJ Cake appearing behalf Gardner
K Wilder explained Judge Wilder honestly
ceived word from his people Honolulu informing
not want to into the lumber business here
w Wilbur attorney for Reed after hearing this other
plantations stated that Reed had been rightly would
have purchased the property given opportunity
Counsel said his client willing to enlighen the
Reed question by Judge Frazer whether
willing take the mill asked and granted pv
ge OF cng the the sale and Immediately following
from memoranda prepared by him at the time
him by Charles Wilder $500 $4,000 Reeds
over and above were merely dummy BIDS as Wilder had real
intention of purchasing the mill Arguing from this standpoint Reed
maintained that his bid of the legitimate bid
ought to have obtained the property for that
I have worked lifetime acquire that property and think
entitled rights the hands of the court said Reed He also
asserted that the mill because being shut neglected
depreciating value After further
the fictitious bids
Judge asented Judge declared the deal closed
will have to pay the receiver $1,000 cash. which he said he would do
at
Judge Frazer Mr. Sgler appeared
good faith and declined order his removal but the will
have much do winding up salary
been $500 month will be reduced and its fixed hereafter
There is still logging plant Grays River and other
dispose of-Oregonian l.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-28
Nearly a Political Tragedy.

What might have been a serious local
disturbance, with a sorrowful ending,
was averted this morning by the
prompt action of one OF our prominent
citizens.
About 10 a. m. handful Of poll
ticians were standing near the corner
of King and Fort streets, discussing
the merits of their several candidates.
Painting their virtues in glowing COL
ors, until one of their number took
offense at a supposed insinuatton rela-
tive to a family skeleton. The discus
sion waxed very warm, several blows
were exchanged, and the argument
gave promise of being a lively one,
until a bystander proposed that the
subject under discussion be submitted
to arbitration, and be peaceably set
tied. the warlike aspirants for political
laurels agreed, and Bath the Plumber
was called, and decided that the Doug
lass Patent Closet was the best on
earth.