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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

will drop into any school room In the
city. With only few months training
children who were thought by. their par
ents to have little or no musical ability,
are reading easy music and singing easy
wrote songs with evident pleasure and
appreciation Drawing was the next sub
jeet to receive the attention of a special
supervisor. The system OF instruction is
practically the same as that USED IN bos-
ton and several other cities and the results
have been most gratifying.
In the matter Of physical drill, there are
few cities where as good results have been
obtained. The teachers are assisted in
this work by a talented. supervisor, who
combines in his course Of training military
drill and a course of physical drill and
cal1sthenics The results of this work are
most marked in the walk and carriage OF
elder boys and girls outside the school
room The. military drill also contributes
in marked degree to- the discipline Of
the schools. Five. or six hundred pupils
in one building are assembled and dis
missed without friction or disorder, the
pupils themselves looking after the or
~
ganization and movements Of their fel-
low classmates. One Of the most inter-
esting sights Sone would wish to witness
has several times been, seen in Winnipeg
when the schools have turned out in a
general parade four or five thousand
strong and differed almost entirely by
the pupils themselves, mar ching thru the
main streets of the city with the regular
ity and discipline Of veterans
l The latest addition to the school work
has been the introduction of manual train
ing for boys from the fourth grade up
wards. Every boy in these classes spends
half a day weekly at the bench, each pro.
vided with a set of carpenters tools, con
structing different articles from the work
ing drawing placed before him.
| This work, at first begun as, an expert
ment, has now become a permanent fac
tor in the education of every boy in tn
senior grades Of the city schools. Sim
liar schools. for teaching domestic sci
ence to girls are now being considered ant
: will doubtless soon be established. Thi
will make the course of instruction il
the common schools Of this young bu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

edif1ces. Shipments are daily made to
points over 1000 miles distant, so extern
sive is the range of country supplied
from this we'll stocked central market.
The complete railway systems radiating
from winnipeg afford great facilities to
the retailer in the province and terri
tories for the securing of his stocks at
short notice, and experience has shown
that the retailers and country merchants
take full advantage of these opportunities.
The railway corporations recognize Win
nipeg as one of the principal wholesale
depots of Canada, and deal with its
wholesalers on that basis. While it is i'm
, possible to give In detail a full list of the
lines Of goods handled by the wholesale
and retail trade of the city, it will be
sufficient to make a general Statement
that all the wants of mixed community
are supplied.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
Mmvelouy Rtggr.e5SQftbe 2oung Giant

people who have built UP: this western
country. Young as Winnipeg is. 1t not
only provides a sound common school edu-s
cation for every child of school age with
in its limits, but it also has provided
excellent institutions for training In the
higher branches Of education. such as
pharmacy, arts, law and medicine and
within Its college halls are to be found
students whose homes are scattered al
most from the shores of the Atlantic to
those of the Pacific ocean In glancing
over these different institutions it would
seem fitting to give the. place of honor
to the common or public school system
In 1871 the first public school was es-
tablished in Winnipeg with thirty-tive pu-
pills in attendance and at a cost Of 1898
for current expenses. Last year lao
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

vigorous city as thoro and complete as
that obtainable in cities that have had
centuries in which to establish their edu-
cational institutions.
Included in, the public school system is
a well equipped high school or collegiate
institute, with an attendance OF upwards
Of 500 pupils. This forms the link be-
tween the common schools and the untver-
sitv and prepares students for matricula-
ton into art, law or medicine; also 1or
certificates as teachers in the public
schools. Education in this department IS
also entirely free, the school being under
the regular school board and supported
entirely out of public funds, the same as
| the lower schools.
University Education.
PROBABLY no feature of the educatlonal
advantages Of this new country IS more
remarkable that the facilities offered 1of
biaher or university education. This is
largely owing to the generosity OF d1l
ferent religious denominations who estao.
i 1ished colleges in the city as soon as the
/ settlement Of the country began in earn
est. The sEpiscopalians, Catholics, Pres.
/ bvterians and Methodists each establishes
colleges primarily with the view OF edu,
eating young men for the ministry in the
i immense territory then being opened 10!
settlement Later each of these colleges
broadened the work and gave to all tn:
4 advantages of an undenominational uni
yersity training This paved the way TO
the formation OF a university board which
was granted full powers to confer degree
j in arts, law and medicine. A grant Q
$50, 900 acres of land for university purpo
ses was given to the board to form an en-
y dowment fund. The four existing col
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

Les
Winnipeg. the capital, city Of the prov.
ince OF Manitoba, the bulls eye Of the Do
n1inion and the gateway to the great Ca
madam west, occupies a position UNIQUE
In the sisterhood Of great cities. This,
the latest candidate for metropolitan hon
ors is a city Of wealth, culture. and popu-
lation where twenty-five years ago not
O. single street lost itself on the prairie
and where the old stone fort of the Hud-
son Bay company was the sole indication
of civilized man.
To-day in place Of the fertile, but bare
prairie there has sprung up. a city OF
nearly $4,000 population, a city modern In
every respect, and a city which will ere
long rank up with the most progressive
communities on the American continent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

The city is governed by a council con-
sisting Of the mayor and twelve aldermen.
These are elected entirely Independent Of
council remain in office as long their
services are deemed efficient, some Of the
most valuable having been In the city's
employ for nearly twenty years. The pol
Icy of successive councils for some years
has tended toward municipal ownership,
and the results have been very satisfac
tory The city owns its own waterworks
street lighting plant a stone quarry capa-
Bile of producing thirty car loads of
crushed stone daily, also Its own asphalt
plant. In fact. it was the first city In
America to own a municipal asphalt plant.
The streets are all built under the engi-
neering department by day labor, and the
cheapness with which the stone can be
produced from the city's quarry, has made
An interesting statement compiled by the
city engineer Of Buffalo shows that out OF
q list of folty-four cities In America, Win
nipeg lays its asphalt pavements at the
lowest cost, after reducing specifications
and cost of asphalt to Buffalo specified
lions and prices. This is a victory fol
municipal ownership that older cities
might well copy. They may have a bat
tie similar to what this city had, but the
results may prcye equally gratifying. Sim
liar results have followed the acquiring o
its own waterworks and street lighting
plant The cost has been materially re
duced and much more efficient servic
maintained. !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
VOLUME OF TRADE

In the matter Of volume Of trade, it
may shortly be stated that Winnipeg
stands third1on the list of cities Of Canada
according to the bank clearing house re-
turns. For 1899 the clearings in Win
nipeg were r$107.7s6,s14, an Increase Of
1888 per cent over the previous year. In
1902 the clearing house returns increased
to $1ss, ,oos, or 4O.3s per cent over 1901.
The chartered banks represented in Win
nipeg show a total paid-up capital of
over $40,000,00O, with a reserve fund of
$50; 00O,0 900. The principal loan companies,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

.leges affiliated with the university and
the present university building was erect
ed. This centers the work of instruction
In science for the different colleges and re-
lieves them from the necessity Of each
providing costly equipment for teaching
the science course. All the other work Of
the course is taught in each of these col
leges. The enrolment of students in these
colleges last year was about 500. repre-
senting nearly every province Of the
dominion. The colleges are still main
tanned by the different denominations, but
the science building was erected from the
proceeds of a small block of the lands
granted to the university board. The bulk
of the land grant remains and will in a
very few years form an adequate endow-
ment fund. Affiliated with the university
is we'll equipped medical college, with
an attendance yearly of about 100 stu
dents This college is maintained almost
entirely from the fees paid by the stu
dents. It was established by the lead
ing medical men Of the. city. who also
form the teaching staff. ut had its strug-
gle for existence in the early years, buts rs
| now well established and the course OF
study compares to advantage with many
of the long established eastern colleges Of
4 continental fame. O. ~
other Educational Features. 4
In addition to these there are several
private educational Establishments thai
| must not be overlooked. A college OF
pharmacy was established four years age
and has a regular attendance of about
forty students. A ladies college begun
two or three years ago has already nearl,
1 200 patrons. The convent school main
tanned by the Catholic church has a splen
did building, a competent teaching stat
and it's fame as an educational institution
las known thru all the west. Lastly Win
nipeg has a we'll equipped and most sue
cessful business college with regula
attendance of upwards Of 200 stu
dents. Taken altogether the commo1
Schools the colleges for higher education
and the group of other private institu
) lions make the city Of Winnipeg an edu
i cational center NEST remarkable for $
t young a CITY,:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
BUILDING OPERATIONS.

81 A fair index of the healthy condition OF
business is the activity in building opera
tions. Last year there were erected in the
city 97s buildings of which a25 were dwell
:ings, the remainder being warehouses and
other commercial buildings The total
cost Of these buildings reached upwards OF
two and a, half million dollars. This year
permits have already been granted for the
erection of 1872 buildings at; an estimated
cost of s2,o0o00O. Similar activity pre-
walls in public works carried on by the
city Last year the city constructed four
miles Of asphalt streets, two miles OF
macadam, seven miles Of sewers, ten miles
of plank sidewalk, four miles of artificial
stone. walk, besides laying several miles
of new water mains. This activity is not
the result Of any special boom on inflated
conditions but it is the result of healthy
business growth which is bound to cons
tinue as the city. is sure to- remain the
commercial metropolis of the immense and
RAPIDLY selling prairies Of western Canada.
Being the wholesale center and the base
! Of supply for this large and fertile coun.
TRY where there will be in a few years
thousands of>people where there are now
Hess than hundreds, its stability and cons
tinued. growth and prosperity are beyond
any question Of doubt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
MARKET ADVANTAGES

One Of the first advantages; an intend
ing settler in a new country Should care-
fully look after is the proximity to a
ready market for his produce, and in
this respect the district around Winnipeg
is the most favored In the western part
Of Canada. To have a city of {. $4,000
population within one, two, or three hours
drive Of home, is, OF itself, an advan-
tage that in western Canada can only,
at the present time, be found in the Win
nipeg district. Winnipeg being the COM
mercial metropolis Of Canada west of
Lake Superior, and the railroad center
as well, the farmer, in addition to having
a large local market here, gets the lowest
freight rates prevailing in the prairie
country to the eastern Canadian and Eu-.
ropean centers of consumption, which, in
word, means the highest cash price for
all that his farm produces.
| But 1T is not in selling alone. that the
Winnipeg market offers special advan-
tages. In the city the farmer can pur-
| chase his household necessities, his cloth
ing, machinery, implements, lumber, gen
eral building materials, and other supplies
other city Of Canada, having the same
4 population can the purchaser of mer-
5Ichandise find more varied stock Of goods
of every class from which to select. In
.Ishort, for either sale or purchase market.
q few if any cities of $4,000 population Offer
such advantages as are to be found in the
Manitoba capital. But in addition to the
local market of, the city, it should be
noted that Immediately to the east lot
the Winnipeg district exists the large ane
ever increasing market of the gold mines
Of the Lake Of the Woods and adjoining
iregions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
GROWTH OF POPULATION

BY no better means can the permanenc
and successful growth of Winnipeg be
shown than by review ing the population
statistics Of the past twenty-five years:
In 1870 the population of the village OF
Winnipeg comprised but 215 souls In 1873
it had risen to 5000; in 1885 to 22,3i6; IN
1893 to As. 900. and in 1903 to $4,000.
In 1881 the total assessment value OF
the city was $s.196,435; in 1900 the as
SCISSORS returns showed $4,000. 600 and the
returns recently made public give total
of $42, 900, 900 for 1908.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

3 Winnipeg is not only the commercial
capital of the vast extent of country lying
between Lake Superior and British Column
bia, and north of the international line,
but it is the center for the federal offices,
situated therein. The head immigration.
lands and timber offices Of the Dominion
government for the west are located here.
The principal custom house, registry of
shipping, excise weights and measures,
food products examiners, coal oil, electric
light and gas inspection, postoffice In
spection, grain, flour and hide and leather
inspection, intelligence office. receiver
general, government savings banks, and
other offices for the Canadian northwest
are placed In the city on. account OF It's
importance and central position. Winni-
peg is also the provincial capital, and in
consequence the Manitoba legislature,
government departments of agriculture
and statistics, attorney general, public
works, treasurer and provincial secretary
i with the registrar general Of lands, have
/ their official headquarters within the city
/ limits.
4 f#Ine superior courts q Ae1u iAs. = W1
entails the attendance of the principal bar
risters and attorneys Of the province
With other government institutions the
institute for the deaf and dumb is placed
here.
The regular troops on duty in< Manitobs
4 are in barracks In the city; and the vol
unteers, with headquarters here, cove
{ corps of cavalry. field artillery, and tn,
], line. The head OFFICES OF the Hudson Ba.
s company Tin America) the great LAM
companies, and in a word all the grea
4 corporations doing business In this coun
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
LIVE STOCK TRADE

There is already a pork packing esab-
lishment in the suburb Of the city, which
in the season, runs at it's full daily capac-
ity Of 500 hogs.
Cattle are shipped in to the Winnipeg
stock yards from all parts of Manitoba and
the northwest territories, and made up
into train loads for export. An immense
abbatoir is completed, having great daily
capacity, and is arranged to slaughter
and chill the meat for direct shipment to
eastern Canada and Europe. The largest
cattle exporting firms of the west have
their headquarters in the city.
! Ample cold storage capacity for daily
produce, etc. to meet all present wants
exists and all future requirements win be-
| PROMPTLY met.
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

The problem of providing adequate edu-
cational advantages in a rapidly develop
ing community is always difficult one.
It is a problem. however, that the city
Of Winnipeg has solved with credit and
with that liberal spirit peculiar to the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

factories, and, as q result, indications
point to investments in new branches Of
industries in the city. The city has three
daily and many weekly and monthly
newspapers and journals.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES

Various industries are already estab-
lished in Winnipeg, including furniture
and upholstery; brooms: and brushes; oat-
meal, flour and grist mills; awnings, tents
and mattresses; bookbinding; carriage
works; soda water; breweries; meat cur
ing and packing; bricks and tiles; boiler
confectionery and bakery products; coffee
and spice mills; harness and saddlery;
marble works; tinware, sash, doors and
boxes; saw mills; cigar factories; oil mills;
plumbing and gas fitting; tanneries; soap;
etc. Inquiries are constantly made Of the
Board Of Trade. by foreign and other
capitalists, as to the necessity and feas-
IibNity OF establishing additional manu-
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There Is no difficulty in obtaining fire.
wood in almost any direction in the
twenty five mile belt around Winnipeg.
except on the open prairie lying for some
distance to the immediate west and north
west OF the city. Any number Of first
class farm lots can be purchased, on which
exists more than a sufficient quantity Of
timber suitable for firewood. South, be-
tween the Assiniboine and Red river; east
and southwest, along the Red river and
its tributary streams; north and north
east, may be found an abundance of
wood in the form OF bluffs and islands,
interspersed with areas Of rich open
prairie land A railroad, the Manitoba
South Eastern, now extends from the city,
which taps immense areas Of timbered
land some thirty or forty miles southeast
| from Winnipeg. Native coal is supplied
| to farmers at all railroad stations in the
district at moderate prices.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

amounted to $156,734 in the Winnipeg
office; and according to the last report
obtainable, 5,669,S72 letters and 1884
post cards were actually mailed at this
office during one year. Over 1.250,00 lets
tiers and cards alone were delivered thru.
out the city by the official carriers In
1897 the city inland revenue collections
on malt, spirits and tobacco amounted to
s411, O37; in 1899 to $5os,5S6, and in 1909
to $637,SS1.
Some $40, 900, 900 bushels of wheat Of the
crop of 1902 were inspected by the gov-
eminent inspectors stationed at Winni-
peg in the three months following the
harvesting Of the crop. During the year
| 1902, As, 651 800 bushels were inspected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14
The City Of East America.

Newspapers, joking about the
growth of American cities, have in
verified geography, and said that the
State of Illinois is situated in Chi
cago. The jest of one age becomes
the truth of the next. A professor
at Columbia University has predicted
that there will one day be a con-
tinuous city from northern Massa-
chusetts to Virginia.
The aus of this possible result is
the trolley car, which not only con-
meets towns, but makes it convenient
to live in the outlying districts be-
tween towns. City life in America
is an economic necessity, not an ex-
preston of our natures. We are Sc
gregative. We like land about our
houses. AS soon as it is possible to
have u homes far from the CEN
tres, and still do business in the
city, the centrifugal tendency of
Americans will send us away from
the cities to live.
When trolley lines cut through ev-
cry corner of well-peopled States, So
ciety is likely to spread along the
tracks, to thin out evenly instead
of hiving in swarms of a million. In
another century the prophecy may
come true that the inhabitants Of
the thickly populated eastern coast
will be continuously and almost
equally distributed. There may be
an unbroken city from Maine to
Virginia.
Then shall a mans address be,
"John Robinson, Boston District,
Massachusetts, City of East Ameri-
ca"? But that is running the idea
to extremes.-Selected
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14
The "Iowa Idea" Shelved.

The Iowa Republican platform mas
for two years favored such changes
in the tariff from time to time as
may become advisable through the
progress of our industries and thelr
changing relations to the commerce
of the world" and has favored, tu r.
Their, "any modification Of the tarln
schedules that may be required ~
prevent their affording shelter 70
monopoly" This plank, which Is
termed the "9owa idea" has been
ardently supported by Governor
Cummins, of that State, and was
the immediate cause of the retire,
ment of ex-Speaker Henderson Ir2g,
Congress last fall. The idea has OeS5
widely discussed for a year ana
a half, and is Endorsed by a T 72Pg0
number of Republican papers "nol
the State Convention met again ,o od
July 1, this plank was droPPe1o do IrG
a substitute adopted which IS loohSa
upon as a compromise utteranGO.
The platform, it is said, was o[IGrr
ally drafted by Governor C9n nnnres
but was modified after confersrRRe Re.
with Senator Allison and ounce lit
publican leaders Of the 0t''''
erary Digest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14
Peonage in Alabama.

The United States Secret Service
has brought to light a condition of
peonage in Alabama which is worse
than slavery. Under the guise of
conviction and Imprisonment for pet
ty ofenses, the colored people have
been forced into a state of servi-
tude for which they could find no
redress. After a conviction upon a
trumped-up charge has been secured,
white men have paid the fine, and
have compelled the prisoners to sign
contracts, the contents of which we're
to them unknown, but which provid-
ed for working without pay for a
series of months. If they attempted
to run away, bloodhounds were put
upon their track and they were again
punished for violation of contract,
and were condemned to a longer
period of bondage. The main con-
Wet camps are in the vicinity of
GoodWater, and in them the unfor-
tunate negroes have been found
crowded like cattle, and suffering
from lack of food. They have fire.
quently been whipped when they
showed a spirit of INSTRUMENTATION,
or have failed to render their full
quota of work. Sufficient evidence has
already been secured to indict Rob
ert N. Franklin, who is in jail await
ing trial, being unable to obtain bail.
Warrants for the arrest of other Of
tenders have been issued; and those
who were responsible for this awful
condition of affairs will doubtless be
punished to the full extent of the
law. The penalty for this ofense is