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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
Canadian Trade and the Tariff.


A Canadian correspondent of a con-
temporary makes a point that has long
been, considered by the advocates of
reciprocity with Canada as being the
last and determining card in the game
if the United States should be forced
to- use it. He suggests that the United
States should abolish Its tariff on all
Canadian goods. Regardless Of the
fact that Canada still taxed our goods,
he thinks that there would be such a
movement Of Canadian products to and
thru the United States that within a
short, time Canada would be compelled
by the interests Of her people to take
down her tariff wall ,..-s III. sss
e There isalittle doubt that the United
States could, by its own action, tend
to. bring. about a. great Improvement
in the. business relations between the
two countries. But 1t is scarcely within
the range Of the possible, within the
nexh twenty years at least, that we
should abolish the tariff on Canadian
goods without. a trade Of some sort,
tho to do so In the. event of the fall
ure of a trade would doubtless be wise
policy. ;st Il. "A a.s.S5 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
THE SMART SET IN JAPAN

Douglas Slade in October Smart Set.
The smart set in Japan does not know
its own mind. The Japanese are arrogant
enough to prefer their own institutions to
those of other countries: at the same time
they wish to join the great powers and.
to do this, they must accept the fashions
Of the hated west. For in their hearts
the Japanese do hate the west, tho they
are sharp enough to see that no nation
which does not wear trousers can be, a
great power. So in Japan there are two
:breeched; and as there are many apanese
who practice several religions, so are
there many who, live two lives.
The official smart. set the set which
ernbra ces ambassadors and cabinet min
listers and politicians and civil servants
generally, wear trousers, in public: But
follow home the immaculate field marshal
or pompous courtier, and within, five min
utes you will find him minus breeches or
knee breeches, and comfortably enveloped
in a. lximono, probably squatting on the
floor. The Japanese who wear European
dress do not like to wear it, on the con-
trary, they are. as anxious to he rid of it
as is a fat woman of. her stays.
Those who know the court only would
imagine Japan to- be far more foreignized
than it.really is: The great politicians and
a: few other great nohlemen live in foreign
houses, use foreign furniture, give dinner
parties in the: foreign style, eat with
knives and forks, sit on chairs and dress
like Christians in Sunday attire Then as
Iishaver said the emperor requires that
European dress: be worn at. his garden
parties-of which he has at. least d two
every =year-a cherry blossom party and q
ysanthemunl party. ". s:g .s4 atc (.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
Secretary Hays Great Work.

Henry Loomis Nelson, professor and
journalist. who is generally against
anything that the rest of the people
favor. is loud In his praise Of Secre-t
tary Hays successful management of
the alaskan boundary dispute The
president comes in for some praise,
too, because he gave Secretary Hay
free hand to settle the dispute. 81
Mr.. Nelson points out that Secretary
Hay has disposed of a question which
was a constant source of irritation of
the relations between the United
States and Canada, question which
might possibly have ultimately led to
war between Great Britain and. the
United States. He has settled it, too,
in the best possible manner, for it was
a settlement by agreement between
a third power. 40
The Alaskan affair is merely one
more in long list Of notable achieve
ments by Mr. Hay, achfeveme nts that
doubtless entitle him to rank as the
worlds greatest diplomatist. What
other living diplomatist has accom-
plished SO much as Mr.. Hay?lz. :, ~
:. It is worth while to say in passing
that MFR. Nelson is convinced that the
boundary settlement will, have IA
vorable effect on the betterment of
trade relations between the United
States and Canada. He thinks that
Canada, after recovering from her dis
appointment at having lost her case
will find in the panhandle of Alaska
one more reason to desire an end OF
trade conditions which make the
boundaries of the two countries in
tolerable to those who are most in.
terested. q 49, ~ b.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
At THE, THEATERS
BiJou--W ard I and yVokes In - Pair OF
Pinks.''

8iJou--Ward and yvokes In "a Pair OF
Pinks.''
Ward and Vokes have taken leaf out
of Koko's book this season and have a
little list of offenders who are held to be
deserving of apartments in their thoroiy
modern jail, which. to quote the hosiery
model. is equipped with 'open work
plumbing and all other conVen1ences.
Firstaon the list is the composer OF 'dla
watha,' who is consigned to. cell and
promised forty lashes on the bare back.
Next comes an actress who has dared to
present a clean play on. Broadway and
who is at once sent to the insane ward
When she has been disposed of one OF
the wardens- opens and reads a letter:
please cancel my order for one OF your
best cells-Doc Ames.'' .'Well, what do
You think, Of that?' he queries, and the
audience laughs it's approval. /
The Ward and Vokes show this year is
like the circus, bigger and better than
ever before It has been called "A. Pair
of Pinks." and tho wholly lacking In plot.
serves to amuse and thus fulfills its mis-
sion, for Happy Ward and Harry Vokes
have no other ambition than to be con-
sidered captains of the fun industry. "A
Pair Of Pinks'' is a nondescrlpt affair."
announced on the programs as a new
offering of music and fun, Is and perhaps
that designation is as exact as any. Mu-
sic there is in abundance, the linking,
lifting music that follows you out of the
theater, and it is welt sung, the chorus
being =the. best that--has Aappeared% on
Washington avenue in long time, AS
for the fun, it is wholesome, must OF It,,
tho there is. an occasional coarse joke IN
I the first act that might well be omitted.
Following his custom of several years
past, the junior member of the firm mas
brought the family with hinr the names
Of Margaret Daily Vokes, Lucy DAILY, Vinle
DAILY and Will Daily all having place upon
the program. However, the Days are by
| no means to be classed as excess baggage
! for they can all danee,if they can't sing.
l.. Attract Like "a Pair Of Pinks' must
rely for success uponzatfe ability of the
company and the caliber of interpolatec
specialties. The company, in the present
/ instance, is Capable, and the. specialties
! entertaining. Moreover, the songs are
! written up to the minute, one Of them
the Root song, containing a reference
| to the coming Observation-Disclosures game
The best things! on the song list are
when Linda Smiles, and 1.-THE Maiden
Left in Hongkong,'' both Of which ough1
tc become popular. 4 Another pretty thing
tho less catchy, is the ballad: duet; IF
| Had YOU ."5 - -
The show girls are. modishly and at.
| tractively costumed and wear their gowns
| as tho they were used to them. ..
| ia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
Train Time to Chicago.

No doubt the people Of Minneapolis
were considerably surprised the other
day to learn that one of the Chicago
railroads contemplated the abandon
ment> of the present tWelve-hour
schedule to Chicago and areturn to the
old fourteen-hour time card; and no
doubt There was much disappointment
and disapproyal Of this purpose.
railroads between Minneapolis and
Chicago have as fine equipment as any
in the country Some of them are
doib le-tracked for a large part of the
distance. No finer trains run any
wheresin this country than those be-
tweeffs, these: two cities. The distance
by. the short lines is about 400 miles.
On twelve-hour' schedule the speed
averages a little over thirty-three miles
an hour not including stops. The fast
trains make few stops, so that, with
twenty miles added and the necessary
stops included, the average speed is
probably less than forty miles. The
proposition to return to the fourteen
hour schedule means lowering of the
average speed to thirty miles, stops
not included.
9 This is progress backwards, and ir
view of the. circumstances does not
sr.s.n1 to be justified. It is to be hoped
that the other roads will not follow the
lead Of the Milwaukee, and if they dc
not. Of course, that company will be
obliged to retain it's present schedule
The shorter schedule is a great con
xenience. to, the travelling public, par:
tiel1larly in the matter of starting from
minneapolis, and the earlier hour o.
arrival iii Chicago affords better con
nections and more time for the trans
action of business inathatsci
In these days when the tendency @
things is toward more rapid transit
RETURN to slower schedules is$not wei
coined by the public unless it seems t
be- required by due regard for safety
and I'm view of the service given OF
other lines in different parts of tn
country, there seems to be no ssucl
justification here for this backW we
step. If we did not believe. thatsth
railroad companies were prepared t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
"A Sign.

& It is extremely doubtful whether re-
publican leaders appreciate how gem
eral is becoming the conviction that
the high tariff age for the, United
States has passed. and that the time
has come when the interests Of the
people demand a lower tariff. Every
wherefyou can find manufacturers ex-
pressing themselves as favoring. a re-
;duction in the tariff the very same
men who thought a few years ago
that it could never be made high
enough. They want to sell their goods
in foreign markets, and they are salts
fled that if they can compete there
with foreign goods they need not have
any great fear of losing, the home
market. ss..+ : s &c.
If the republican leaders are follow
ing the reports Of the numerous asso-
Citations of manufacturers that are de-
claring in favor of genuine reciprocity,
they cannot long maintain their stand
pat policy without, secret misgivings
as to it's wisdom and it's outcome. AS
a sample, take the National <Associa-
ton of Agricultural Implement and
Vehicle Makers, which held it's con-
vention in Cleveland last week. It
adopted resolutions favoring reciproci-
ty with Cuba, Canada and other coun-
tries and very strong general lower
tariff and reciprocity resolution, Of
fered by. Mr.. O.yW. Johnson of Racine,
Wis. After reciting the need of lower
tariffs and asserting that reciprocity
Johnson resolution concludes as fol
lows: 49, .-. "
Whereas, It would now appear as the
thigh protective duties had to a large ex-
/ tent . accomplished their purpose in de-
Velopment and that a more moderate tariff
should now suffice to maintain our indus.
trial supremacy and that reasonable" con.
| cessions can safely be made with a view
of augmenting and extending our foreign
trade; therefore, be it 4.> -
Resolved, That we urge upon congress:
the faithful performance not only of the
repeatedly expressed, but the implied
promises contained in the republican plat
forms and the utterances of the republican
leaders who have favored reciprocity b!
ratfying treaties already before them
and thus encouraging the negotiation o
other treaties equally desirable, and t.
carry out the. policy of our late lamentet
president, the Honorable William McKin
ley who SO ably advocated the principles
| Of reciprocity in his last public address,;
When manufacturers, : protected
manufacturers, adopt such. resolu
ton with only two negative votes il
a large convention. what can the re
publican leaders expect of the con
| slim =,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
I Football by Invitation.

The proposal emanating from the
University of Chicago that all uni
versity athletic contests in the west
shall. be so organized as to make ad-
mission to games by, invitation in
stead of. purchased tickets will
probably never amount to anything
outside of Chicago. 1t requires only
an infinitesimal reduction in the price
of crude oil or; an equally small in:
crease in the price of refined oil to
provide Chicago with an end
Of athletics. But in. other institu-
tons endowments have to be secured
by laborious days and nights devoid Of
ease, and when obtained will not be
spent on anything that is capable Of
paying its way. .r.~ ..=> = ..;.:.
r. The invitation idea would make it
impossible to apply the Chicago plan
in state institutions even If the endow-
ment were secured. A state uni
versity would have to open the gates to
all corners without distinction as to
race, color or financial condition. On
the occasion of a great game the free
for-all contest that would result would
be dangerous to life and limb. The
board of athletic control of the Uni
versity of Minnesota has enough
trouble in distributing tickets at sales
without taking up the appalling task
Of distributing Invitations in a manner
perfectly satisfactory to everybody,
After all what is :the matter with
the present system of asking the peo-
pie who enjoy college athletic sports
to maintain them 2 That is what
the charging Of an admission at the
gate comes to. = . +,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
"Pushful Joe's" Campaign.

George Wyndham, chief, secretary
for Ireland in the Balfour cabinet, last
week announced to his Dover constit-
uents that he was thoroly in accord
with the Chamberlain and Balfour ifs
cal policy. Wyndham declared that
he was a champion of free trade and
not a protectionist and was ready to
fight for it, but it would be like ZEN
tering the contest in a night gown to
discard the policy of retaliation. He
stated as to "Pushful Joe" that he
had gone ahead to reconnoiter the
path Wyndham's position is GER
tainly a peculiar one He says he:is
ready to fight for free trade and yet
is thoroly in accord with Premier Bal
four and Chamberlain, who intend to
make the policy Of retaliation protect
British industrial and agricultural in
terests so far as such policy can and
that it is protection pure and simple
they cannot deny. &Wyndham made a
protectionist speech while declaring
himself an ardent fighting free trader!
Z If "Pushful Joe" has: many such adj
herents as George Wyndhana,. he will
have to keep. his m orocle eye. sharply
upon them. 1t looks as If there was
fighting intention in the new Unionist
Free Food league, Differed by such
influential liberal unionists and con-
servatives, recently in close alliance
with the conservative party, as the
Duke of Devonshire, Lord Goschen,
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach and G. T.
Richie, recently chancellor. of the ex-
cheuuer in the Balfour cabinet. -.
The Duke of Devonshire was much
before the public as the Marquis OF
Harrington when a liberal. :, He. went
from under Gladstone's umbrella when
| the Grand Old Man. brought forward
| his home rule bill in behalf of Ireland
providing for a separate Irish legisla-
ture He! became the leader Of the
liberal uhionist party and when Lore
Salisbury retired last year, he became
leader Of the house Of peers and en-
tered Balfour's cabinet as lord presi
dent of the council. The duke is con.
scfentiously attached to the free trade
policy and no doubt is prepared tt
make strong fight. ~. -....- =
Mr.. Wyndham, who has the distinc
ton Of introducing and promoting the
Irish land bill which gives promise O.
removing: Irish unrest mo doubt in
tends to wait until 'sPushful Joe" re
]. turns from his accommodating expedi
ton. It is evident that Mr.. Chamber
lain has the toughest campaign befor'
him that he ever experienced, not ex
cepting his hard work in South Africa
trying to pacify the Beers and tn
Afrikander Bund. The influences ar
rayed against the preferential polio,
and the imperial zollverein policy t
which the preferential policy is in
4 tended to be an Introduction, are yer,
I strong. British domestic trade inter
ests largely favor the retaliatory pol
,|sicy for obvious reasons, while the ele
4 ment engaged ,in7foreign trade believe
4 it will fare better under presen
I conditions, while retaliation5 begets re
taliation andsa slannming Of doors b
Ethe subject Of retaiati ~ ], .s>s$ss:f-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
CAUSE AND EFFECT

r% Saturday Evening Post.
DR.. Francis r. Lane, until lately direc-
tor of the high schools of Washington, is
fond of repeating the following extract
from a composition submitted to him for
approval during the days when he. was a
worker in the school teaching ranks. Tho
extract runs as follows: 5 &.
Beings are divided into names. accord
ing to that which they feed on. The lion
cats f1esh--the lion is scarnivorous. The
COW eats grass-the. COW is herbarious
s#S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
Burning Ashes.

>. A friend of the writer forty years ago
built a cone about three feet in diameter
and the same height, Of dry hardwood
ashes, buried a red hot coal in the top of
the cone; and in about twenty -four hours
the whole cone was red hot
The writer once lived in house with
an ashpit built against the brick wall.
The pit was about four feet square. One
morning, when making a fire. he emptied
an ashpan Of hot ashes in the pit. The
next day, in passing he felt hot air com
ing out Of the pit, and upon examination
he found the ashes in the pit red hot to
the bottom except about four inches in
front, which had been wet by rain.
John ]. Janney.
912N Second avenue S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
MONDAY EVENING,

make this time, sa4tf we did not know
that they spent large sums of money
in the Improvement Of their tracks
and in providing superior equipment,
the demand for the maintenance of the
faster schedule might be less strongly
Insisted upon but under the circum-
stances we can see no necessity for
making progress backward in this im-
portant matter
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26

The Worcester (Mass:0 Spy tells of an
editor who was such stickler for his own
ideas Of spelling that he refused a plow
company's advertisement because the
company insisted on spelling It pillow:
But 1T was inconsistent enough. to. allow
the advertiser to, write that he inelosed
his. check, instead Of insisting that he
spell it cheque. 81 1srs.e &. fsys;
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a HAPPY MEAN !.

SFta e Langdof IN: ID Republican.
Come to think Of it,: North Dakota is
a peculiar state in many respects. The
western part of the state is. after irriga-
ton and the Red River valley wants drain
age. Both sections are after. So, 100000
which is claimed as North Dakota's share
out Of the s16,OOQ,000 now on hand. While
these different sections are afflicted with
opposite Ills. us fellows in the middle are
strictly 1t, because we need. neither irri-
CATION nor drainage, but are perfectly
contented with ( what nature provides
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26

The sample canvass of the residence portion
Of Minneapolis 1.-TWO biz cks of which The Journal
published daily for the past Year, shows 7,076
residences canyassed-
Journal subscribers .......... 5,642
Tribune (evening) subscribers. 1914
Tribune (mOrning) subscribers. S32
The canvass of NINETY-THREE apartment
and fiat buildings showed
Journal subscribers .......... 1922
Tribune (evening) subscribers. FOG
Tribune (morning) subscribers 1873
4, The canvass of NINETEEN leading office build.
1ngs showed regular subscribers to the daily
papers receiving their paper either at the office
or their home:
Journals 2,153
r-ribunes (eyening) ... 1913
Tribunes (morning) $50
The canvass of the two afternoon trains to
Lake Minnetonks on the Minneapolis & st,
Louis and Great Northern railroads showed:
Journals. 451
Tribunes (evening) .......... 46
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
GpED AN EXTRA TURN
Scottish American.

SCOLLlSn american. - = q.
z An old-country coupe had been pre-
sented by their son with a beautiful alarm
clock. The son gave his father all the
necessary information as to how to get
the clock to work properly and to ring
at the proper time. Everything went all
right for a few weeks, and the old couple
got lodger who wanted to be awakened
at the same time as his landlords On the
night of the strangers arrival John com
menced to wind up the clock, as was his
wont, when his wife said to him:
John, ven better gi ed an extra turn or
twa the NIGHT. Ye. ken it was twa tae
wauken the morn instead O. ane,'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26

well informed about western Canada as
any man. but at the same time.it was
rather a ponderous Joke. Possibly it was
intended to irjure the Canadian Pacific,
unmindful Of the fact that the same shot
would hit the innocent inhabitants OF
western Canada.
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NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
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satsfaetory-some Comedies for Private Theatreas

with mighty hands and arms. and Will
for work as great as her biceps muscles, :"
and she, credited with the ability to lift
and carry a barrel of flour! In The
Fruits of Toll" the author says: The
sea is tameless; as it was in the begin
ming it is now, and shall ever be-mighty,
savage, dread, infinitely treacherous and
hateful. yielding only that which is wrest-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
THE MINNEAPOLIS Journal.

Y 1t really begins to- look asaif MINNEAPOLIS
and st. Paul were really getting big and
wise enough to pool their interests. It
would be almost impossible now to stir up
such intercity rows as were possible no
longer ago. than 1895, when Minneapolis
actually contemplated annexing the cap
sjtol 8ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26

Mr.. Hartman says that his railroads
have spent s1o4,o 900 getting ready to-
handle prosperity, and that, therefore, we
are going to have PROSPERITY vet awhile
longer. This may not he logic, but it is
a good guess.