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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
Features of Business Situation

Looking over the business situation
from the northwestern point Of view,
a. number Of favorable features ap-
pear, one of which is the termination
Of ,yeriod Of railroad blockades and
car shortages. Along with tonnage
offerings somewhat lighter generally
and better weather, were other recent
incidents working for relief, as for in
stance, the temporary closing of the
local flour mills.
The roads have been taking advan-
tage Of these things to get into better
condition.. The situation to-day with
reference to prompt and efficient rail-.
road freight service, is better than for
months and is improving daily.
Such decreases In the business of
the roads as have occurred in the west
and northwest occasion. little surprise
and draw. no complaint. Decline is
looked for every year withGthe: opening
of spring. The hardest winter the
roads have experienced in many years
Is past Even yet there are conges-
tons Of freight In the east and COM
plants of shipments delayed, but the
situation there Is righting.
Conspicuous In the northwest is a
feeling Of optimism spreading around
more and more and likely soon to per-
wade all lines of business. There is
the belief that a good season is in
sight OF this there Is always the
hope In the spring, but this spring it
Is q stronger feeling amounting almost
to conviction. It takes It's rise in the
grain trade; and Is based upon expecta-
ton Of bountiful crops. There is
every reason why q prosperous year
should come around The farmer is
ready to start the good work. He asks
only favorable conditions, only a fai,
show, and he'will make the land yield
UP it's Increase to benefit all. ~
Aside from our own section and
With reference to activity at large. the
most favorable thing In sight IS the
Improvement in. steel. Thes yea1
opened with only twenty-five per cen
of the furnaces Of the steel corpora
ton In operation. To-day eighty-fv'
per cent of furnace capacity is being
used, and Instead of predicted prio'
demoralization, there are, recent re
ports of large pig iron sales at ad
vanced figures. 7t'e i, - 49, -.
Just a month more will bring tn
date considered the most crucial Of tn
year in, the labor world. The countr!
is sleading up to- it with; the out1ool
clear. OF all UNCERTAIN factors labo
is most uncertain and thirty-da:
period may develop anything, but to
day. the country is freer from dispute
and, threatened outbreaks than OF
any like date for years. Last year tn
lossestiinlf this country from labo
troubles fwere great almost beyon'
compu tattop, In eastern strikes in
volving unskilled labor almost 1000,
men We're idle for long period, an,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
A Modern Instance.

We hear good deal about the cur
tailment of opportunity in these days
of trusts and combinations, and
there Is no doubt a good deal in it.
Nevertheless the fellow who has the
stuff in him is very likely to find
some way to bring it out. ,ly - :
Ben l.. Winchell, who has just been
elected president Of the Rock Island
railroad, began railroading as a clerk
in the office Of what was known as
"the Joy lines in Atchison in 1875,
He was only IA years old, but within
five years he had become chief clerk
In the passenger department of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
road at Kansas City. Two years later
he became assistant general passenger
and ticket agent. - In 1895 he was
made general passenger agent Of the
Colorado Southern. Three years later
he went to the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco road as general passenger agent
The following year he returned to the
Colorado Southern as its vice presi-
dent and traffic manager. =. mi 900,
| Just twenty years after he became
chief clerk Of the passenger depart
| ment Of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Memphis road, he returned to that
company as it's president. In 1901
he was elected vice, president of 1.-THE
consolidated st. Louis & San Francis
CO and Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis system. In 1903 he was
made traffic director of the Rock
Island, and in 1904 president.
| Mr.. Winohell is only 43 years old.
And the beauty Of it all is he has
'tdone this on merit; Nobody could
jcommence much lower down In 3 the
scale of RAILROAD management than
he did as q subordinate clerk; in Atchi-
son in 1875. He has come up the
SCALE OF advancement because he had
THAT in him which railroad owners
and directors wanted, and in giving il
out heSdidn't watch the clock.
T. Two things are strongly characters
tic Of this man. One Is remarkable
business capacity. and the other is
lunusualS personal charm, gentle.
lmanliness. courtesy ana consideration
for others. Nobody ever felt sore be-
1cause Ben Winchen was forging
1 ahead. He never did It atthe expense
lof any one else, but solely on his owr
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
6ALLADE DIES DANES $50.
DU TEMPS JApIs

..ss.ss.@- latter Yillon, via A, Lang y -e,. Il.
Nay, tell me now up what strange stafr
The ebon Rachel dwells to-day:
Where sec1able Ida btdes,. and where
Sadie, her sister, whfles time away:
Whence answers Marg'r her sleepy Yea
at a. M when the whistles blow I.
Unreasonable she as maiden of clay:
Nay, but where is the last years snow7
Where's wasteful Betty, that brought mnch c.re
On frugal housewives, and wild dismay7 4 -
Where's Hsping Ella, whose Friday fare
Was "thoup and thordith'-a nice display?
And where's Irene, with whom for aye
Our silver Of in sack did 70
When she got hers twas her blithe, free
50 way-E,s. sss5s4ss. ~. 80 -
Nay, but where is the last years. snow7 s.
6 Nay, hut where is the last years snow
Where's that tail Jane with voice go rare
3 Or raw? For hers was no siren lay!
Where's Jones' who her mistress things yyorId
wear? r. $500 e y
Della and Dinah. oh, where are they7
{ Amelia. whose English must still betray
Her shire. who went into trade's? All. no.
Married or single, no man may say:
Nay, but where is the last years snow2
Wife, all this week thou need'st not pray.
+ Nor yet this year, the thing to know;
Where is the maid that will come and stay9
( Nay, hut where 10 the last years snow7 .ass*.
| -E. A. Barnard In Ldppincotts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

Tacoma as manufacturing and ship
ping city of the great Pacific northwest
has been forging ahead by leaps and
bounds. The story told to-day by a, staff
correspondent of T h Journ will be
found Of much interest. Tacoma has been
built on liberal and broad lines. and her
foundations rest upon resources so varied
and fruitful that her destiny can be clear
" fOretOld.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
trict will take any other position with

trict will take any other position with
respect to reciprocity and reasonable
tariff reform than substantially that
occupied by both Mr.. Hay and Mr..
Fletcher in the campaign Of 1902
not If he expects to be elected.
It is no doubt true that such an
attitude toward the tariff does not
accord with the notions of the stand
patters,'' who have the upper hand
in republican councils just now; but
it is quite evident that it is not so
offensive in all quarters of republican
ism as it is to the Iowa champion of
high protection, for Mr.. Hay is now
the occupant Of a very honorable and
very important federal office conferred
Eby appointment since the campaign
of 1902. = .s
In assigning causes for Mr.. Hays
defeat in. the primary campaign, the
l'truth-teller will recite the facts that
he lost votes thru fear that a vote
for him might contribute to the nom
ination of third candidate, who final
lily came in third in the race; that
| his campaign was not as literally
financed and as we'll organized as il
should have been, and that the chief
reason was that, having been out OF
politics for a good many years, he
twas not generally known-which is
material disadvantage under oul
primary system in campaigning agains
an incumbent of the office at stake
These are facts which may as wei
be recorded, since the matter has beer
so grossly misrepresented in politica
literature of national as well as loca
circulation. -. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

TO sound for the civic pride Of an ap-
parently shameless citizenship that was
Lincoln Steffens. purpose In his singing
articles on municipal corruption in Nc
Clure's Magazine shortly after the Ames
grating came to light in Minneapolis. Mr..
Steffens so declares, at least in a volume
gathering together the articles mentioned,
under the title The Shame OF the Cities.
Ihese articles are Tweed Days in ST.
Louis" 1.-THE Shame of Minneapolis y
The Shamelessness of St. Louis pitts
burg; a City Ashamed philadelphia;
Corrupt and Contented,' Chicago; Half
Free and Fighting On" New York; Good
Government to the Test"
Mr.. Stefens, as a result of his sounding.
finds ground for hope, for he dedicates his
volume thus: -. G- ~
This little volume, a record of shame and yet
OF self.respeet, disgraceful confession, yet. a
declaration Of honor. is dedicated In all good
the cities in the United States.
'This is not a book" says Mr.. steftens
in his introduction. ''It is collection OF
articles. Done as journalism, they are
journalism STILL" " .zz,-.59. Z - -. -.
After that there is little left to the re-
viewer to say, for that covers the method
| Of treatment of The subjects. and the ar:
ticles have had a wide reading. The in.
PRODUCTION. however. says things" about
1.-The typical business man." On this type
| the author bears down hard; in this way
for example,: g.. ~ ~ ,.s.- 7. -
The typical business man IL a bad citizen; hi
| is too busy. If he is q big business man
and very busy, he does not neglect, he Is busy
with politics, oh, very busy and very business
| like. I found him buying boodlers in st. Louis
defending grafters. in Minneapolis, originating
corruption IN Pittsburg, sharing with bosses IL
Philadelphia. deploring reform in Chicago, ant
beating good government with corruption fund
| in New York. b.. -. -~-e-'.- '..
|
| But there Is hope, not alone despair, in tn,
commerctal1sm, OF our politics. If our politics
leaders are to be always lot Of political mel
chants, they will supply any demand we ma.
| create. All we have to do is to establish
steady demand for good government.
And that puts 1t up to" the citizens Q
the cities, to whom Mr.. Steffens dedicate
his collection of articles"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
ANY MERGER BUT HILLS
Devils Lake IN. D.l Inter-coa,,

Devils Lake IN. d. Inter-Ocean.
II test case had to be brought r. o..
taol1sh the constitutionality and effective
ness OF the Sherman antitrust law, what a
pity that really harmful trust was not
attacked instead Of as harmless one. In
steaa OF singing out the Northern So
cur1ties company, the object of which No .
to procure cheaper and more unifor1,o
charges for transportation, how much
peter for the country If the attack had
oeen made upon the International Far
vester company, which has arbitrarily
raised the price Of their products a little
more. each year and destroyed all COM
petition, or the Standard Oil comnonv AZ
the steel trust, or the cereal food fakirs
VINO force grocers to handle their goods at
loss, and many other combinations that
are forcing up the price Of necessities
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
SkYScRAPING WAVES

Many careful computations have been
maze OF the heights to which ocean waves
may rise in furious storms. rThe A+Isn+io
has been amazingly tempest tossed in This
turbulent winter, but when the captain OF
an ocean liner reports that his vessel
safely outrode salty skyscrapers soaring a
hundred and twenty feet above the sur
race OF the average level Of the pillows he
compels one to gasp for breath.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
The Tyrannical Customs-House

Persons who have much occasion to
cross the frontier of the United States
think that they have a grievance
ors, tho recently they have not been
so unnecessarily strict and annoying as
formerly, Many Americans have had
an experience not greatly unlike that
Of ME-. Joseph B. Sargent Of New
Haven Conn. A bill has been intro
duced into congress to refund to Mr..
Sargent money illegally taken from
him by the customs officers and re-
store the property they took from him.
rs Mr.. Sargent was returning from
Mexico in very poor health. He had
in his trunks b some, Mexican drawn
work in: linen, intended for presents to
his immediate family, the. same hav-
ing. been. purchased at a cost Of SIS
American money. On reaching the
t frontier, at Laredo, Mr.. Sargent told
the American customs officers that he
did not know whether the linen was
dutiable or not, but nevertheless the
pieces were seized on the ground that
he had not declared them. He then
stated he would rather abandon the
property than wait until 1t was ap-
praised. Finally the officers took the
goods, and Mr.. Sargent left with them
his name and address and a memoran-
dunn of the cost. Notwithstanding
this, on his arrival at San Antonio he
was arrested for attempted smuggling
and was released only when he had
paid $40. Later. on his arrival al
New Haven, the United States mar
| suit. This. was all Mr.. Sargent coulC
stand, and he has petitioned congress
for redress and will probably get it.
1t is absurd that this great and rich
country must make such disturbance
over the few articles that traveller
may bring with them for presents OF
personal use upon returning from for
eign countries. Mr.. Sargent has, done
a general service in bringing his case
to the attention of congress, and it il
to be hoped that his courageous cours'
will result in some reduction Of the an
noyance to which innocent traveller
are often subjected to at our frontiers
The judge in the Bennett will case ha
accomplished. something which the old
line democrats have not been able to d.
tho they have been trying for years. 8 III
told Mr.. Bryan to sit down, and he mad
him do it. &c., 49, -. !"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
RRYAN's LACK OF LOGIC
Sioux City Journal.

Sioux City Journal,
Inc moral of the merger decision az
colonel Bryan sees it is that the peonIa
should now take control of the trust
prosecuting machinery away from PrezI-
cent ROOSEVELT and Attorney General
Knox and give it to the democrats. That
doesn't look like sound logic to any man
who has ever had the hiring ~ on ansj
neer. If you have a balky piece Of ma.
chinery, and you finally find man who
can make 1t go, the natural desire ia to
hang on to that man. That is the real
logic OF the merger prosecution, and that
is the way most persons will see It.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

AN INVITATION is extended, to all to visit
tue Press Room. which IL the. ilhest In the west
The battery Of presses consists of three four.
deck Goss Presses. with a. total capacity OF
LA, 900 eiEht.page Journals an hour, printed.
folded and counted. The best time TO call Is from
and be directed. toSthe visitors' gallery. "a -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
FRANCES HEART IN RUSSIA

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader.
There is at least one good reasor univ,
France should exhibit a.. warm friendships
for Russia in the present war. Russia has
borrowed the sum of $1,000, 900, 900 from
the french people, and the scriptures de-
clare that, where your treasure is. there
will your heart be also. - 'o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
THE CELESTIAL SURGEON

II have faltered more or less 8
In my great task of happiness;
II I have moved among my race
And shown no glorious morning faes; II
II beams from happy human eyes
lave moved me not; ii morning skies,
Books and my food. and summer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart in vain: 3vs &C
Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take5s5 %
And stab my spirit broad awake: 10 III
sterspsoH
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

merit. When you are citing boys to
examples Of what a lad may do If he
wants to hard enough, tell them about
Winchell. There's a real live modern
instance not taken out Of book, and
it isn't out of reach.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

The South Dakota delegates are pledged
to "vote for Hearst for president first,
last and all the time The Hearst man
ager who made that contract was GER
tainly very businesslike.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

When the bribegiver and the bribetaker
are marked with the same ared-hot brand
ing-iron Of public condemnation, there will
be fewer of both on the political range.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

VIII find The Journal on Ole as follows:
LoNDON-U. s. Express Co., 80 Strand; Amert'
can Express Co.. Waterloo place.
DENMARIK-U. 8. Legation. . c :" 81 n.s,-
dents visiting Paris can have their mat or
telegrams sent care of this BureEu and the
same will be forwarded to them or held ZOE
their arrival. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

Mr.. Lind was expected home month
ago to help head OF the Hearst boom,
but for some reason did not come. He
may have put it off too long.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

Bald Knob mountain in Maine has
dropped out Of sight Somehow that re-
minds one Of Rathbone, because he ought
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

Demagogocracy is the New York Worlds
new name for the yellow peril some-
times described as Hearstism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

Let's see; just what IS It Judge Parker
stands for? We don't seem to have nos
Xina,7 s5ss 5s5E5s2f-z ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

France and its branches ing 1903 was 1S 435, $685..
The number of notes in circulation on Jan. "a,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
MAGAZINE. MEANDERINos

Journal Cartoons In AustraIla-The Re-
view Of Reviews Of Australasia, edited by
Henry Stead and published in Melbourne
in it's February number prints one Of
"Bart's" cartoons. It Is that showing IN
Gle Sam bearing off the north pole, with
banners attached labeled Greenland"
Newfoundland and Hudson Bay" The
legend below is: will 1T come to tl1is2"
The feature Of the number is trio Of
character sketches Of the members Of the
war commission, who are called "the most
notable men in the empire"
Spring Announcement Number Of Tho
Lamp-Books for spring and summer are
to be found named in The Lamp for
April. The list Is q long one. There is also
a survey Of spring fiction in the number.
The frontispfece is a tinted portrait of
President Eliot Of Harvard, and the lead
ing article is IA Favorite Of the Floren-
tines,' the fair and famous Stmonetta.
"a Japanese MILDLY. 1.-THE April St
Nicholas has specially timely article In
"a japanese Mildly written by Teiich
Yamagata, being recol1ections OF his serv-
ice in the mikado.s navy. The writer is 8
nephew of Marquis Yamagata, field mar
shall OF the Japanese army, and was re-
Gently an ensign In the Japanese imperial
navy With young Americas interest In
| the war, this article ought to make the
April ST. Nicholas popular The frontis-
piece of the April ST. Nicholas Is a half
tone reproduction from Copley print OF
Dorothy" as winsone a little lass as
ever sat for her picture. The original por-
trait was by Lydia Field Emmett
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD

The Typical Business Man. As Lincoln
steffens Found Him Out In investlgat-
ing Municipal Corruption In American
{ cities-caricature Of Bliss carmar,,
/ Poet and crItIc-some Forbidden Es.
says Of ToIstoy's.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Opponents Of Hearst Say They Are Sure
to Carry Hennepin County for Parker
John Lind's NisIt Next Week Will Start
the Parker Men to Work-Frank zins
the Anti-Hearst Candidate In the Sixth
-Jaynes Notsa Candidate for Attorney
General.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02

The judge in the Bennett will case has
accomplished something which the old
line democrats have not been able to do,
tho they have been trying for years. He
told Mr.. Bryan to sit down, and he made
him do 1t, E'..- .-.tr'~f -. II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-02
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The Russ to the Jap-Bring on another
bottle.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-04

The decision of the United States
supreme court in awarding the lover
lap lands" to the Northern Pacific rail-
road, will affect almost 1000 persons
in Clark county, Wash. The contested
grants comprise all the odd sections in
the northern and western portions of
Clark county, most of it being fine tim
Der, grazing and farming land. On
this land the government has issued
1895 patents, and many of the paten-
tees have made their homes there for
years, besides improving the property.
The suit has been bitterly fought
through the courts for the past ten
years, and thousands of dollars have
been expended to defray the costs. In
addition to this expenditure, should it
be impossible to make the railroad
company select other lands under the
lieu land act, the settlers must suffer
the hardships of buying their land
over again from the company or forfeit
their farms and the improvements.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-04

The annual report of the Western
Union Telegraph company shows SO,-
100000 messages transmitted. $29,00O.-
900 earned; net revenue $4,000. 00U and
a surplus of $13,000,000.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-04
Newspaper Man Found Dead.

Washington.-William S. Daniels,
of the St. Louis Repub.
lie. was found dead in his Office here,
having been asphyxiated. The gas
had been turned on by ac-
cident. Mr.. Daniels, who was 43 years
old, was private secretary to First AS
sistant Postmaster General Stevenson.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-04

A young man often stays up nights
to learn things that cause an old man
insomnia because of his inability to
forget them.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-04

The following official dispatch has
been received at the japanese legation
at London
A number of the enemy's cavalry ap-
peared at point 200 meters north OF
Pmgy ang, Korea. Our infantry fired
upon them, causing them to retreat" "