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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
Our System of Taxation

TO the Editor of The Journal.
An editorial in this evenings Journal
speaks of our system of taxation as this
farce of a tax SYSTEM Our system of
taxation seems to be as short of friends
as CRATER who has been found out
Everybody says it is farce and a fraud
and what ."everybody'' says is generally
so. It doesn't seem bclievable or possible,
for instance, that a William Waldorf AS
tor can draw millions of income from this
country and not pay one cent year for
the support Of the national government
Yet such is the fact.
Since the opinion seems to be about
unanimous that our system of taxation is
bad, why can't we get rid of it? Is there
such thing as an equitable system Of
taxation that will work? Couldn't or
wouldn't T h e j ournal give an out
line of what such a system ought to be-
or offer a prize of moderate value for
essays on the subject, the prize to go to
the writer whose scheme is approved by
the editor? I would offer as my contribu-
ton to such symposium the system Of
taxation evolved by Henry George In
Progress and Poverty and called the
single tax, of which good deal has been
said and written, but none too much. This
system fills all the conditions of "euui
table'-it lays no burdens on productive
enterprise or useful labor, confers no spe-
cial privileges, and incidentally tho most
important 1t will give the producer easier
access to the earth and thus abolish in
voluntary idleness and increase the pro-
duction of wealth and the general we'll
being of the people. Under this system
nobody could draw millions of revenue
from the country without contributing to
the support Of the government.
No function Of government can be so
welded for veal or for woe as the power
of taxation; and SO long as we are under
the yoke of a system that is referred to
as farce and deserves it, it is clear
that agitation is in order, and lots of 1t.
-E. G. Erickson
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

These glowing accounts of Dunn meet
ings, where the facts did not justify the
reports given in Dunn papers. are BEGIN
ming to lose their usefulness. They are
coming back now to the localities where
the meetings were held, and seeing how
the facts have been overstated iii their
own case, the readers are said to be. be-
coming suspicious of all other reports of
great enthusiasm at other places over the
fort to fool somebody that cannot be sue
cessfully worked a great while. Some
BODY is pretty sure to catch on.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

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Shoots 100 Miles.-The inventor Of the
new American gun is a man named
J. Hamilton Brown tho the work of con-
structing a 2six-inch experimental piece is
in charge of Colonel John M. ingalls,,
retired, U. S., A. IAN artillerist of high
standing and reputation, says Everybody's
Magazine for November. Despite the in
credulity of contemporary gun-bunders
Colonel ingalls, and the officers with him
assert that this six-inch gun will throw
thirty miles a projectile weighing 100
pounds which will pierce a six-inch steel
target. A ten-inch gun of this construc-
ton, with a powder-chamber of IA, 259 GU
bic inches and using $50 pounds Of
smokeless powder, would hurl a 600-pound
projectile a distance of fifty-nine miles.
Increasing this ratio, sixteen-inch gun
would have an extreme range of more
than 100 miles,, and equipped with such
coast-defense rifles, England and Franco
could shell each other across the channel.
The same magazine tells Of a man-pro-
PEELED torpedo, the invention of the Here
shoffs. J.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
The weather man is OVERRIDING it
Taft s Mission.

The president s idea of sending Sec
rotary Taft to Panama to smooth the
ruffled temper of the Panamans caused
by the friction between their authori-
ties and those of the canal strip is an
excellent one. In business one personal
call is worth a dozen letters. In per-
sonal misunderstanding go,l face
to face talk will clear up more diff
culties in five minutes than a year s ex-
change of formal letters.
"Let's talk it over,'' the president
says; and so he sends Secretary Taft
to Panama clothed with ample authority
to assure the people Of the little re-
public that the United States has no
intention of causing them hardship thru
its ownership Of the great canal that
has been the bright hope Of all the peo-
pie of the isthmus for these many years.
Secretary Taft 8 success in the Phil
ippines, the profound confidence he sue
ceeded in inspiring in the breasts of
the natives, augurs success for his mis-
sion to Panama. He will be able to re-
veal in his person exactly the attitude
of the American republic toward the
little national infant Of the isthmus. In
his great, good-natured, easy-going man
ner he will reflect the generosity and
liberality which the big republic de-
sires to exercise toward the little one.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
A Cartoon Explained.
To the Editor of The Journal.

To the Editor of The Journal. g.
We call your attention to the incon-
gruity of the Tribune's cartoon of Thurs
day. We suppose Dunn is represented as
the engineer. Why is he placed on the
fremans side Of the engine? The straight
track, according to: the cartoon, is the
democratic, and the main line" is the
crooked one, or the switch. We do not
like the republican track if it is crooked
and if the cartoon showed the end Of
these tracks, we think the straight one
would be the safest. We are represented
at the switch stand as Republican Oppo-
sition to Dunn which we will get safely
turned and locked before election day. We
would label the flagman asleep as the
unpatriotic partizan. who thinks less Of
his state than he does Of his party.
Several Travelling Men.
Montgomery, MIMI, Oct. 20.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD

The Prayer Of all Original Editor at a
Deathbed-A Short Story OF Unusual
Strength.-"Dan Black" is a shorts story
character who deserves to live. He was
first introduced to the world Of readers
in the Booklovers' Magazine. He won
favor with the people Of the world into
which he was introduced by Seymour Ea
ton thru the magazine, and there was a.
demand for his story in more permanent
form. This demand has been met in a
tasteful little volume bearing the title
Dan Black, Editor and Proprietor.
Dan Black was the editor Of the North
ern Yankee News, a weekly published in
a northern Michigan town early in the
seventies. He was original, sincere. fear
less. At the hotel at which he boarded
was waitress who was loVable,a every
ounce. every inch, every minute" driven
by misfortune to the position she held. She
was accused of a serious theft. and be-
Heved by many In the town to be guilty.
The charge threw her into a fever which
threatened her life. Dan Black believed
her innocent She was believed to be
dying, and he had gone to her bedside.
She wished her mother to pray but her
mother had not yet arrived from her
home. In sheer desperation Dan prayed.
His prayer was hardly one for death
bed. Yet, despite it's vengefulness, its
'aWfulness,' under the circumstances, 1t
receives "an1en" from the reader. 1t
will spoil nothing for the reader if it is
given here in this meager setting. Here
it is:
Lord God Almighty, this is Dan Black,
miserable sinner. Heaven and earth are full
of thy glory, but this Sodom and Gomorrah is
full of damned scoundrels Make me thy ser
vent oNdo Thy work These thirsty hounds
have chewed the life out of this poor, helpless
girl; crucit1ed innocence to save the law sacri-
for s 'fss killed s1ss money s,a; killed
for selfish !: grced.&s killed Tom Gulsch
ito protect a sweeter 1ffesand to thee the
trouble and at thy word. God. Ill push
hot bullets thru every murderer who is mixed
up in this awful crime And to thee be the
power and dominion forever. Amen. -
The prayer thus placed loses some of it's
forcefulness and appeal. In the story it
is just the prayer that might be expected
from the character, under the circum-
| stances. Tie story is certainly one of the
strongest that has come the way of The
Uneasy Chair for long time.
Missouri Kansas War in Romance by
| a Twin City Methodist Minister, Formerly
a Minneapolis Pastor.-Rev w. K. Mar
| shall, in former years pastor of this
city and later presiding elder of the St.
Paul district ofsthe Southern Minnesota
Methodist conference, hass2Written "a ro-
nance of the heroica:days of Kansas" a
story of the days Of John Brown and
Quantrell and of border warfare. 1t bears
the name The Entering Wedge, and the
| leading characters are New England
! SchOOlteacher who went to Kansas to aid
| in keeping the state a free state, and a
| Missouri Shareholder. Both are represent
| ed as having been high types Of character,
but the Shareholders slaves were an OBJ
| stacle In the course Of true love.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Governorshp Vote of 1900 Good Basis
for Figuring Probabilities at the Conn
Ing Electlon-Dunn Likely to Gain Over
Van SAINT In the North, but to Lose In
the Central and Southern Sections.

In figuring on the coming state election.
the best basis for comparison is the vote
for governor four years ago, the last
presidential year. In that year there was
also large republican detection on the
state ticket, and Governor Van SAINT de-
feated Governor Lind by 1884 votes, altho
President Mckinley carried the state by
II, 40.
portionment but an analysis of the vote
Of 1900 shows that Van SAINT carried six
Of the present congressional districts, and
Lind the other three. The pluralities Civ
en- by the districts were as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

Frank Taylor, an aged citizen of Brook
Ign, who claims that he has been cured
of dyspepsia by eating nothing but grass,
is getting some unpleasant notoriety. He
has just declined an offer of $1O0 a week
to lecture in a museum" Mr.. Taylor
has become so accustomed to his diet Of
grass that regular" food does not tempt
him. One reason Of the success of his
diet Is the perfect mastication required.
If the world would take kindly to the
idea it would not matter so much if
the wheat crop was smaller. than usual
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
BOOKS RECEIVED

DA NBLACK, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Story by Seymour Eaton. philadelphia: The
Library Publishing company.
THE ENTERING WEDGE, Romance Of the
Heroic Days of Kansas. By William Kennedy
Marshall, author of Bud Cincinnati: Jen-
nings g. Graham.
THE HEAVENLY DYKES Poems by June E.
Downey. Boston: Richard G. Badger, the
Gorham Press. Price 81.
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aries which they are not always able to
collect Such condition is not attrac-
tive to a young, college-bred man who,
tho unselfshly earnest for the church, Is
human, with ambitions for the comfor-
table home that his abilities ought to
earn. The result is the repeated state
ment that the inferior men are going
into the ministry.
: And yet it is doubtful if there is a
field for practical achievement in America
as large as that offered by the Protestant
ministry,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
Friday Evening,
without FORGETTING entirely one's use
fulness and public life.

An oleomargarine organization has been
formed to work for the repeal Of the
10-cent tax. One Of the arguments used
is the alleged existence of a butter COM
bine by which the big creameries are said
to be getting control Of the butter bust
ness. The question will probably be
threshed all over again before the next
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
Warm Clothing for the Destitute.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
AS the winter is approaching, I would
like to remind people who have garments
for either men, women or children, that
they will not be likely to use any more, to
send such garments to the Salvation Army
headquarters, old city hall Or, if the
army is given notice, it will gladly call
for them. The Associated Charities or
any Of the missions of the city will doubt
less be glad to accept such clothing.
.-.%F -Arth11r Maachen
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
AT THE THEATERS
Metropolitan RunaWays."


"The Runaways' is aptly named for
the piece has particular destination or
plot and is simply a frolic of big party
of sprightly girls in brilliant raiment, as
sisted by some clever, if not over-nice
comedians When first produced it was
called Chow Chow which is likewise
fairly descriptive,
The chorus is bevy of winsome las
sizes, who rOmp gaiy about disappear
ing only long enough to change their
gowns. The damsels, attractive as they
are, would not last long in grand opera.
They made one or two bad starts, but
contrived to catch the pace under the
conductors vigorous baton, and invari-
ably made a strong finish.
Arthur Dunn, who is pretty near the
whole show, is a genuine comedian. With
the exception Of Franz Ebert, he is the
smallest comedian in the country, but one
of the greatest funmakers. Everything
he does is funny; his undulating swagger
his irresistible smile and his bizarre attire
with his natural geod-humor, combine to
furnish laughter ard amusement every
moment he is in. sight. Nature made
Charlie DoX a foil to Dunn. whose COM
plete antithesis he is. Clarence Harvey
as the fake military hero, reminds one of
Eddie Foy, and is fairly successful as 4
fun maker.
The role Of Princess Angelcake is taken
NY OlduyS SOltIldIl, uuIIilS the 1illleSS
Blanche Wayne. She is a singer of talent
and her duet with Thomas E. Whitehead
Lieutenant Cray is the most effective
musical number in a production not no
table for its musical strength. Erminie
Earle. is also out of the play, and her
role is acceptably taken by Bessie Frank
lin. One of the favorites is Salla RAN
DALI the Red Cross nurse who is fair to
look upon, and a charming singer. Her
song and turn, with w. z. Meeban in the
song%@If 1 Should earned several re-
calls..-h
The Althea twins. newspaper reporters,
proved to be most versatile artists They
sang and danced and went thru some re-
markable acrobatics.
But it is Arthur Dunn. after all, who
makes the piece real entertainment. His
back talk is bright and original His
song, "a Kiss for Every Day in the
Week." with the six Junos, is the hit of
the play. "A. Edsten.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

wheat. The moment it began going to
this country there would be something
doing at Liverpool, and the prices at
that market would tend to advance.
Consequently, no large amount of Cana
dian wheat could come to this country
this year, even if there. were no tariff.
The result would simply be that the
Canadian farmer and the American
miller would be benefited. while the
American farmer would not suffer. II;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
GERONIMO AND HIS DAUGHTER

Geronimo. the Apache chief, living in
ST. Louis, is about to receive visit from
his daughter, who lives in Arizona This
will be the first time he has seen her
since his capture by the United States
troops, eighteen years ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

M. P. Griswold of Appleton, Wis,
became so deeply interested in the fac
tional contest of the republicans of that
state that he cut his throat when he
heard of La Toilette s victory in the
state convention.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
Minneapolis, Oct. -. : iioA

There are few able-bodied paupers in
Holland. A tract Of public land con-
tanning 5000 acres is divided into six
applying for public relief is sent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

Salaries and Opportunities of Clergy
men.-Some clergNmen receive $1,000 a
year for their seftsfces, when the church
is large one situated in a growing city,
says Lesiie's Magazine for November.
Those in the smaller towns have yearly
salaries ranging from $500 to s1.200-sal-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

If the Chicago & Alton road had not
been equipped with the block system of
operating trains a frightful calamity would
probably have occurred on that road Sat-
urday when a freight train broke in two
near the town Of Odessa, Mo-, and sew
eral cars were left standing on the track
before a fast express train. Because of
the electric signal the engineer Of the ex-
press train knew that there was an OBJ
struction in the block he had entered and
he stopped his train a minute before it
would have crashed, into the freight cars.
Why should not the block system be
forced on the railroads by law, if they
will not adopt it voluntarily?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

It is reported that there is man in
Chicago who understands the Colorado
political situation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

Blaneys best melodrama, Across the
Pacific" will be the attraction at the
Bijou next week. The popular little come
dian, Harry Clay Blaney, is the central
figure Of the production.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
Another Trial for Ames.

After the evidence disclosed to the
public in the recent trial of DR.. Ames
we have no doubt that, however weary
he may be Of this noisome scandal,
every citizen who entertains in his
heart spark Of civic pride and who
thinks that the good name of Minneap-
oils is something to be honored and pro-
tected from becoming by-word and
an object of public reproach, will, on
second thought, commend the judges of
the district court for deciding-unani-
mously, as we understanding proceed
Immediately to a new trial.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

Nat M. Wills, the tramp impersonator
and star of "a Son of Rest is entertain-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

tsVivian's Papas," the. original Ameri-
can comedy. by Leo Dietrichstein, in
which Blanche Ring and Rich and Har-
ris' comedians will begin a half week s
engagement at the Metropolitan next
Thursday, chiefly concerns Vivian Rog-
ers, a fascinating show girl, who amuses
herself at the expense of two middle-aged
men -about-town, impersonated by Harry
Conner and Thomas Burns
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
Foyer Chat.

A delightful treat is promised in the
presentation of the English farcical COM
edy success, who's Brown" The owns
ers have organized a splendid comedy
company and with the aid of Mr.. Morris
as the first funnlaker, the laughing fea-
lures of Who's Brown will be eXempli-
fed at the Metropolitan Sunday evening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

AS already remarked, this violent at
tempt to borrow trouble from a future
campaign to add to the assets Of the
present one, is in itself an eloquent con-
fession Of the weakness of Mr.. Dunn =
case before the people.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-09-16
ANOTHER AMUSING PUZZLE
How to Make Fragile Pendulum
Which Will Prove Surprise
to All Who See 1t.

You know, of course, that if you fill
tumbler or goblet to the brim, or little
above the brim-for you can pile up"
the water a little bit by pouring very
carefully-and then press large card
down tightly on the top of the filled glass
with one hand, grasp the glass with the
other. and turn it upside down, you can
take away the hand that holds the card
without spilling drop of water. The
card will stick to the edge of the glass
as if it were glued there, and it will hold
up the glassful of water.
You know, too, that it is the pressure
of the air that supports the card and the
water. The air presses upward on the
lower face of the card with a force of 10
pounds for every square inch of surface,
and as the top of the glass measures five
or six square inches, there will be pres
sure of rs or 80 pounds to hold up the
card and water, which weigh only about
half a pound
1t is only the size of the mouth of the
glass, not the size of the whole card,
| that counts. because on the outside part
of the card the air presses up and down
with equal force, and so has no effect.
Now, as the force of the air is many
times stronger than is needed to lift the
water, suppose We make it lift some
thing else in addition, say the heavy
g,ass.
To do this, press the card on the full
glass as before, but instead of inverting
the glass life up the card by two opposite
| m md n
card is very stiff you may succeed in lift
ing glass, water, and all in this way. but
the card is apt to bend and let in little
air somewhere, which, of course, spoils
the trick. Here is better plan.
Make a little hole in the middle OF
the card pass cord through the hole
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-09-16
UNCLE QUOTED SCRIPTURE
Reminder to the Soldier Was, "It Is
More Blessed to Give Than
to Receive"

AT the second battle of Bull Run"
remarked a member of one OF the New
York posts, the famous Thirty-fifth
regiment, from Jefferson county, N. Y,
suffered terribly, and efforts were i'm
mediately made by the friends at home
to fill it's thinned ranks. Among the
first to spring to its rescue was one Au-
gustus Buel, who was famous as hunt
er in John Browns tract, and distin-
guished for being a capital fellow and an
excellent marksman. His uncle, Deacon
Weatherby, met Gus day or two after
he had enlisted, and said:
"'Well, Augustus, | understand you
have enlisted in the Thirty-fifth?"
"'Yes, uncle, | have was the reply,
and am to start for the regiment to-
morrow morning.
That's right my boy; that's right,
continued the deacon, 4 am very glad
you have enlisted, and you have my
prayers and blessings. And now, Au-
gustus, boy let me give you little ad-
vice. When the order is given to ad-
vance on the confederates, want you,
my dear boy, to remember the Scriptural
injunction, 1T is more blessed to give
than to receive.'"'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-09-16

new commander in chief to the chair.
Both were applauded to the echo. 1t
is thought that nothing can keep Gen.
Shots out OF the Office in 1905.
Gen. Blackmar has had an interesting
career and has an excellent civil war
record He was born in Pennsylvania
in 1841 and was fitting for college when
the civil war broke out. He relin-
quished his studies to enlist in the
Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry, serv-
ing with that command at Antietam
Stone River, Chattanooga, Chicka-
mauga. Lookout Mountain and Mission
ary Ridge. He was promoted through
the noncommissioned grades, then COM
missioned second lieutenant and trans
ferred to the First West Virginia vet
eran cavalry, one of Gen. Clusters IA
nous regiments. 1t was while holding
this position and when only "a years
of age that he performed the act which
has made him known as gallant SOL
dier the country over. Near Five
Forks. April 1, 1865, Blackmar was or
dered to form new line at critical
stage of action, while the men were be-
ing pressed back. He carried out this
instruction, and then, without. orders,
advanced the line. calling upon the
color-bearer to follow. The call was
repeated and the line advanced, the
charge was made and the enemy routed.
This audacious and brave action was
witnessed by Custer, who promoted him
on the field to captaincy, and since
the war an order has been issued by
the war department granting medal
of honor to Gen. Blackmar for gallantry
in action. Participating in upward ol
30 battles of the war, he remained al
the front until Lees surrender at Ap-
pomattox, being then provost marshal
| of the third division of Sheridan's ia.
nous cavalry corps.