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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
A Statue Of Governor Ramsey.

The State Historical society voted the
other night that Minnesota ought to be
represented In the capitol at Washington
by statue Of the late Governor Alexan
der Ramsey. By an act Of congress, each
state is entitled to have statues Of two
of It's illustrious men in the capitol. The
state is still so young that the time has
only recently come when the subject Of
choosing whose statues should be erected
posthumous one, and our pioneers were
vigorous men.
AS to whose memory shall be 11onored
with one Of the places there will be
abundant room for difference Of opinion,
but none will dispute the wisdom Of the
Historical society's choice of Alexander
Ramsey for the first place. No other man
was so closely related to the history Of
the territory and state of Minnesota from
its first humble beginnings to its great
achievements of half a century after. He
had already served Pennsylvania in con-
gress when he was appointed first gov
ernor Of the territory Of Minnesota in
1S4s. Thus he was present at the very
laying Of the foundations of the state His
first great achievement for the state was
the negotiation Of the treaty OF Traverse
des Sioux, which brought from Indian to
white ownership by far the larger part OF
the agricultural portion of the state. AS
the new states second governor and firs1
war governor, he acquitted himself with
remarkable ability, havingfon his hands
both the states part in the civil war ane
III the suppression Of the Indian uprising
81 1852. Later he served the state witt
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
Books and Authors
ON "a NEW LINE


In England the publishers are increas-
ingly issuing books on profession and
free trade since Mr.. Chamberlain had the
courage to make direct attack upon the
principles of the Manchester school and
Richard Golden. The English periodicals
are bristling with the old, well l-worn argu-
ments. pro and con, which have minis
tered to the protagonists of each policy in
this country thru nearly, the entire term
Of our national life. A London publisher
is issuing a variorum edition Of Adam
Smiths Wealth Of Nations" and many
volumes attacking or defending the Cham
berlain position are meeting the growing
demand Of the public for campaign ammu
milton, for the dissolution of the present
parliament will be followed by general
election which will turn on the question
OF sustaining, modifying or rejecting 'the
policy introduced by Sir Robert Peel in
the forties and until recently regarded by
most Englishmen as irremova BILE. We
can look for a very active publishing busi-
ness IN England, in blasts and counter
blasts on protection and free trade.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
a METROPOLITAN TRAGEDY
New, York Tim es

New York Times
There was a tragedy in his eyes. You
see he was very much in love, was poor
but proud.
He stood facing the girl his face set in
the lines of blank despair.
s. She looked at him. calmly There was
q mild regret in her xpression-nothing
more.
''You promised me faithfully" he said
Not alone In his words, but in the inten-
sity Of his voice, she could read q bitter
reproach.
IT am sorry she said simply. Il did
not know you really cared 50 much. II
you would only wait-if you would only
give me little more time
II have been waiting longer than most
men could bear. My trust in you was
never shaken before. Now, when my
hopes have been raised to their highest
pitch
But lest the reader misunderstood we
will explain that the man was not in love
with the girl to whom he was talking. She
is agent for laundry and has promised
that his laundry would be done that af-
ternoon. Her promise is unfulfilled and the
man will not be able to call on The Girl
with whom he is in love.
Sadly he leaves the office Of the laun-
dry lingering two dimes which will just
pay for a telegram to The Girl, saying
that he Is Ill.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
Mr.. FIELD JosHEs THE PROFESSOR.
Chicago Post.

chicago FOSt.
Professor McVey, of the University OF
Minnesota, If he has been correctly re-
ported, takes very pessimistic view OF
the condition of modern society. He finds
that both men and women are indulging
in club life to the destruction Of the home.
and that we are In a very bad way in
deed He reproves the pulpit for its fail
ure to mix economics with theology, and
laughs at our public men for their igno-
rance of political economy. We dare say
that there is much truth in everything the
professor alleges, and we hope his sphere
of criticism may be extended, in order
that his remarks may have the widest
scope possible. So much attention is paid
to the utterances Of college professors
nowadays that even their little informal
speeches to their classes are eagerly
taken down in shorthand and telegraphed
far and wide. For this reason 1t Is not
necessary that the professor should wan
der far from the academic shades that his
precepts may be listened to and his adj
vice followed. With the growth of our
great universities, and the extension OF
press facilities, much of the important
business Of the nation will be settled In
the classrooms, and the professor will be-
come not only the molder Of popular opin-s
ion, as reported in the newspapers, but
the chief guide, counselor and friend, II
not the actual ruler.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
VALUE OF DIvERsIFicATioN
I.angdon. N. d.. Courier-Democrat

Langdon, N. D.. Courier-Democrat.
Elevator men say that the prospect 10
for 75-cent flax this fall for the producer
of that seed which low figure leaves little
or no profit in the crop. The reason given
for such great decline from that OF
year or two ago Is overproduction. The
oil mills have large stock on hand and
the price OF linseed oil Is low. The only
reason that farmers ever raised the seed
was the high prices of two or three years
ago. The flax crop has helped many Of
the farmers on the Dakota prairies out OF
a financial hole which exclusive grain
raising had brought him to in many cases.
and has given the settler with with first crop
a big start towards prosperity and inde-
ence on the crop for a large profit was
over for the next few years, at least, and,
"a # is a crop hard to handle and OF un-
certain Weld, besides being crop ex-
hausting to soil, it will be something
easily dropped, and less acreage than
ever before can be expected next year
unless there should be a sudden rise In
prices from some unexpected cause.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
THE NONPAREIL MAN

interior. even when 1t was standing by
the curb.
Noting that our accident policy was still
running, we climbed upon the cushioned
seat. The ride out of the city was very
delightful, barring few bursts of angry
speed for block or so where the street
was fairly clear. People looked around at
us and gritted their teeth, but the chuffer
did. not seem to be annoyed. When we
reached the parkway he remarked lightly
1--WE will loosen her UP little here. )"
At this word he pulled out the Nux
Vomica and tremolo stops, stepped on
the double bass pedal and connected up
six or eight octaves of gasolene In the
copper tank.
Instantly there was a difference. The
scenery came up, rubbed against us and
dropped into the rear. There was blur
Of trees and the air slapped you in the
face like a stream Of water. A bicyclist
or two sought the sidewalk, and we de-
tected the sound Of horse remonstrance
as we shot by several carriages.
| The automobile acted like thing alive.
| Arrived at the first HILL it ate it up like
hungry bull dog going thru a Scotch
Collie. The second hill was a more serious
matter, but the chuchu gritted its teeth,
clenched its hands, shut its eyes and.
brea thing heavily, scored a decided beat"
by mounting the incline steadily.
Then occurred an incident for which
we were not prepared In riding down
hills as a boy we had been taught by
/ grandpa to hold the horse in and not to
allow him to run or to stumble. Our
family horse always walked down hills.
| Not SO the chuchu. The auto-crat who
/ was running the car never touched a
pedal. We banged down that hill at full
! speed. We only knew that we passed one
/ excited farmers team, because the air
/ suddenly became charged with green corn.
/ tomatoes and coarse language, and as
suddenly cleared again. Great slabs OF
| scenery were torn off and thrown into the
rear The chuchu seemed to be touching
the roadway here and there just to gather
strength to make mighty leaps forward
That it was exciting, wild, exhilerating
! there can be no doubt. A tirnid man was
| inclined to hang on tight and trust that
all might yet be we'll We looked al
| the back of the chuffer in the seat in front
l of us. It expressed no emotion whatever
It was just plain back, covered with over.
coat. We thought to ourselves: IF tha
hideous human freak has died while sit
ting there and the rest Of US don't know
it, then this whole outfit in about tive
minutes will look like a squash" TIL,
thought was not reassuring.
Il Suddenly the mans back was bent
little. He threw off a few stops ant
pedals and disconnected the gasolene odor
: AS we slowed down little and drey
breath again, he turned around and re
marked:
!, 'she's working like sewing machine.
The next day we saw in the paper tha
farmers horse, frightened by an auto
mobile, had climbed up the side Of Jack
ins & Peterson's four-story brick furni
!; ture factory and had to be taken down b.
means of a derrick. "A. J. r.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
Manufacturers for Revision.

When the manufa cturers Of the United
States begin to clamor for tariff revision,
1t begins to be apparent that congress can
not much longer remain silent on the
subject. Possibly the administration will
off revision until after the elections Of
1904, but 1t will have to come with rush
after that. The Journal has been
shown letter. from which it has author
ity to quote, that is significant Of the
changing attitude Of all but steel manu-
facturers. The letter was written by Mr..
H E. Miles, president and superintendent
pany, Racine, Wis. The following is an
excerpt from 1t:
The poorest woman cannot bake her
loaf of bread without the use Of steel
products, which are 80 per cent higher
than any other world necessity.
Carnegie, and later, F'rick, and then
Schwab. all said that they had no need
Of tariff, yet those who have issued water
securities are fighting to maintain the
steel tariff, and we are charged the same
price for steel made twenty miles from
our factory as for steel made in Belgium
under difficulties. and paying ocean car
rage, tariff ETC.
The present tariff means $50. 900, 900 per
annum excess profits to the United States
| Steel company alone, and 1t means that
the manufacturers must pay this, and
then add a profit on this amount
and charge the consumer about $70,000,-
900 more per annum than there is any
reason in his paying, all because of laws
| long since unnecessary.
1t is impossible to deny that the steel
trust fixes the price Of steel ir the United
| States. Pig iron may go down. but the
price Of steel is unchanged. The steel
trust controls the situation because it pro-
duces much the. larger part of the steel
made in the United States. and because
the tariff Is SO high that it does not have
to take foreign competition into account.
If tho tariff were lower the trust would
have to take foreign competition into ac-
count Possibly it might effect a merger
with foreign producers, but it will be
time enough to cross that bridge when we
get to it. The distressing fact with which
we are now face to face is that the steel
trust is taxing every consumer of goods
into the manufacture of which steel en-
ters.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
Easing the Money Market.

About two weeks ago 1t was announced
from Washington that the secretary Of
the treasury, with a view Of easing the
money market during crop moving time,
which Is now beginning, would deposit
$40, 900 with the national banks Off
cially designated as depositaries Of public
money, that they may be able to meet
without difficulty the special business
demands for funds. The money outlook
is considerably better than it was In June
and July, but the demand will be large
and the New York reserves will probably
be pulled upon vigorously. The secre-
tary is now distributing the money.
Last year, the secretary, in view Of the
lstringency and difficulty Of obtaining gov
ernment bonds for security for deposits
with the nationals, consented, under his
Interpretation Of section 5153 Of the Re-
vised Statutes, to receive from the banks
state and municipal bonds for that pur-
pose, as we'll as governments. These were
received to the extent of from $25, 900, 900
to $30,oo0,00O after judgment was passed
upon their soundness by special treas
ury commission. It is announced now
that the secretary has begun to receive
such security from the banks, and his
action is widely indorsed.
| The question Of depositing with the
banks the customs receipts as well as
rity has been somewhat under discus
sion. These receipts average a million
dollars day. and If they were deposited
with the banks there would (allowing for
the retention by the treasury Of the usual
working balance) be abundant funds for
the relief Of money stringency and for
keeping down of money rates during GER
tain periods Of the year. The charge
that the deposit of the greater portion OF
the surplus money in the banks would
generate debauch. Of speculation and the
unloading Of inferior securities on the
government is preposterous, as the condi-
i tions under which loans are effected would
be defined in the interest Of the legiti-
mate business Of the country.
Secretary Shaw proposes to provide, in
the absence Of special currency legisla-
ton, an emergency fund thru the exten-
sion Of the security for deposits beyond
governm bonds, and he Is to be com
lmended for the course he has taken, al
lit Is perfectly safe and was tried effec.
i lively last year. In his recent speech he
proposed legislation permitting the ma
tionals to issue emergency notes to b,
taxed 5 per cent as long as they are II
6s.nulation, the tax making it unprofitabl'
keen them in circulation a day beyond
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
THE ABSENT sTENoeRAPRER

She's went away! 1t seems rs though
The days was longer than before;
The clock don hsrd1y seem to sc
Since she amt sittin' here no more;
Il wonder II she spends the time
Just Yatchtn' waves dash on the shore
I hope she's awful lonesome there
And frets and thinks Of me all day.
And wishes she was back here where III
She'd hear the things that would say;
wish she'd get all pale and thin
And look as though she'd pine away.
And then doctor'd come and ast
Her what the trouble WAS, and she
Would try to hide 1t. but at last
Shed gasp my name. and then they'd be
"A messenger come tearin' In
Here with a. telegram for Hne.
Sod go rushin to her then.
And when l got there on the run
She'd cheer UP and get we'll again,
And people wouldn't call me Son
Nor Bub no more, but every day
They'd praise the noble deeds done.
IS. n. ,Kyser, ..soffice Boy Lyrics in the Sal
urday Evening Post. lS
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18

The population movement into the west
which has now been going on for abo@
five years shows no signs Of abating. The
first Of this week more than a thousand
neapolis for the northwest, and 5000
passed thru Chicago bound for the south
west. When the figures for this year are
footed up it is likely that 1t will be found
that it has the record for immigration.
The bad weather of this season does not
seem to have greatly affected the move
ment. The movers are possessed of the
cheap land - -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
FRIDAY EVENING,

distinction in the United States senate
Of a century before his death. as secretary
of war.
Not only does Governor Alexander Ram
sey's career make his memory worthy Of
honor. but his character and personality
were such as to. deserve IT.. He was un-
gouestionably OF the. courteous. dignifed old
school Of statesmen; man OF gentleness
as well as OF strength, a man distinguished
In youth. a leader in middle age, the OBJ
jeot Of reverence in old age-a worthy
fgurative father Of Minnesota.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
AT THE THEATERS
Metropolitan Johnny Comes
Marching Home."

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Johnny 4 Comes
Marching Home"
The war play having had It's day, the
comic opera firm Of Stanislaus
STANCE and Julian Edwards in
vaded the field where so many
armed hosts have trod and returned to
their factory with such treasure trove as
the war play writer's left behind. There
were hoopskirts and peg-top trousers and
plenty of well-worn military clothing, in
which to deck the characters out There
were the old, old songs to inspire the
composer, long since bereft of original
ideas. These artihcers, as a matter Of
course, put their northern officers down
where they will surely fall in love with
southern girls, where there will be spies
to purloin important papers, and where
the theft will give the union hero the
inevitable opportunity to leopard his life
and save his southern fancee. But this
is not such stuff as real comic operas are
made Of, and when 1t is overshot with
some rather tawdry patriotic sentiment,
the case is even worse. Me1odrama set
to music-and poor music at that-can-
not be wholly redeemed by hoopskirts.
One naturally expects occasional oppor-
tunities for laughter in comic opera; but
they are rare IN when Johnny Comes
Marching Home
The inane young colonel who persist
entity sings some unpoetic doggerel about
his dear United States gets on one,s
nerves, particularly as he does his sing
ing mostly thru his nose. Nor does his
lady love soothe the irritation with her
thin tremolo. a soubrettish young per-
son rises above the dull level of monotony
in a saucy little song, while the only
comedian in the cast draws unwilling
laughter from the audience by a Sol Smith
Russell makeup, a loudly lugubrious voice
and a strenuous tusse with a hoopskirt
In a livelier environment he would prob
ably achieve some success
The chorus Is small and without vocal
gifts that might compensate for Its re-
pellant lack Of beauty. Much may be
forgiven the musical comedy organiza
ton that provides a sprightly beauty show
in the chorus, but other and more enter
prising managers seem to have cornered
| the pretty-girl market before Mr.. Whit
ney got around. 1t must be said that his
feminine choristers do their best to ex-
tract some fun from the hoopskirts-
which, as you may already have Inferred
are relied upon to furnish the comedy
element s
| r u,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18

Ogden is entertaining the carload Of
Washington correspondents who went out
to attend the Irrigation convention Irri-
cation figures prominently in the program
of entertainment. or course, everything
try including visiting correspondents for
newspapers
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
Casually Observed !.

The man who is planning to take home
a pound Of radium to see how 1t acts.
Will be pleased to note that the price has
fallen to 100000 an ounce. Ten cents
worth would make hunk about as big
as a man feels when he has forgotten the
grocery order. #
& The horticultural bureau of the depart
ment of agriculture is advertising for ex-
pert grafters. Wouldn't that make you
despair of our institutions?
DR.. Parkhurst says that Mrs Nation
is not mad. No, indeed. it is the gentle
man who has his 25c Havana rope sud.
denly torn from between his teeth whose
thought is clouded with anger and sur
prise.
& The Havana tobacco crop has been dam
aged by bad weather in Connecticut, COM
plains the Memphis Commercial Appeal
So long as the autumn leaves hold out
those Nutmeg boys will be able to make
good somewhere between the wrapper and
the core Of the imported perfecto
Lewis Gathman, the inventor Of the
Gathman gun, which was tested by the
army officers year or so ago and proved
to be something of a failure, has invented
an airshtp that he thinks Is going to turn
the trick. An ordinary electric fan, in
verted 50 that the fan revolves horizon
tally, is the basis Of Gathman's idea. He
Z has worked out a machine with huge
fans. measuring thirty six feet from tip
to tip, which revolve at a speed of 260
revolutions per minute, and the rushing
/ air causes the car attached to rise from
the earth. BY securing great horsepower
from his engines, sufficient to cause his
fans to revolve at high speed, he declares.
his machine will arise from the ground
You Will notice that he declares that
It. Will. In reply and by way OF comment,
let us repeat that pregnant word, ''per-
haps."
New York's latest popular melody has
been imported from Paris It is called
"Viens, Pouple, Viens," or Come, Chick
en-, Come It has made furore in
Paris, and promises to sweep "HEE-ah-
Wah-tha" aside,
Alleged friends came around last week
and took us out for a little Red Devil
ment in one of the fastest mankillers
that ever made green horse, full Of oats
and spirit, feel his pulse with his left
rear hoof and then try to climb up or
nothing In an effort to go nowhere The
chuchu was new and bore something Of
a resemblance to the confederate ran
Merrimac, that had the misunderstanding
with the Yankee Monitor in Hampton
Roads except that there was little more
red about it. 1t had large chesty ches
| somewhere out Of sight filled with toot:
and Rockefeller gasolene, and there wa
something always moving uneasily In it
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18

The board, Of equalization yesterday
made up Its mind that the assessors did
not find enough gold and silver plate. SO
1t decided to increase the taxes Of
those who confessed to having plate. just
by way Of encouraging them to believe
that honesty is the best policy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
THE LESSER EVIL
washington Star

Washington Star. # b
Don't you know that you could own
house with the money you spend on
smoking?
Yes replied the obstinate man, .but
maybe the trouble with taxes and assess
ments and repairs would drive me to
drink, and that would be worse y
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18

These are great times for congresses Of
all sorts. There was a congress at Chi
cago yesterday Of the wives Of one man.
The dispatches fail to state what cities
extended invitations for the next annual
meeting.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
action as the secretary OF the treasury
can perform under the existing laws.

F = 4 y !.
John Mitchell continues to demonstrate
his right to be considered the safest lead
er organized labor has In. the United
States. There has been q. dispute between
mine operators and operatives at Novin-
ger, Mo- Yesterday in a conference be-
tween representatives Of both sides. one
Of the miners proposed that the operators
raise the price Of coal enough to give
themselves q good profit and the men I'M
creased wages, regardless of the coal
consuming public. Mr.. Mitchell who was
present emphatically repudiated the sug-
gestion, saying that the miners would not
enter into combination to extort money
from the public. Mr.. Mitchell fully ap-
preciates what some labor leaders do not
the utter helplessness of the labor
movement when public sympathy is not
with 1t.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18

While the board Of equalization is try
ing to get Dan Patch taxed heavy enough,
it might see If the scores of horses in this
state worth from $500 to $4,000 have
been turned in at thorobred rates.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18
Howard. s. D., Spirit.

y IIUWaFu, 3. u, Split. --Z ~.
The Miner county farmer will realize
more money from his crop this year than
in any year Of the county's history. Prices
for all the grains are above the average,
considerably above the cost Of production,
and the yield of every crop is simply i'm
mense The two conditions combined will
stuff the farmers pocketbooks