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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
RAILROADS.
WILL MERGE
IN ANY EVENT
MEANING OF U. S. PARAGRAPH
SENT TO EUROPEAN CITIES.
Trust Prosecutions Have Been
Failures, IT. Says-Adverse Decision
Will Not Prevent Combination of
Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and Burlington-That Is the Infer
ence in Wall Street.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New York, Jan. 4.-The following
significant paragraph was sent this
week to the foreign houses, in
London, Amsterdam and Berlin, by
one of the old and conservative
European houses on Wall street. 1t is
believed to represent almost exactly
the sentiments Of the Hill lawyers and
also of other railroad lawyers who
have taken the Northern Securities
case under considerations:
| 1t may not be a matter of common
| knowledge, but it is nevertheless fact,
that trust prosecutions have been practi-
cal failures. All of the dozen or more
trusts existing at the time Of the enact
ment Of the antitrust statute are alive to-
day. Since then upward of hundred
new organizations have come into exist
ence. From the record of the depart
ment of justice it is learned that the
| United States has been complainant in
twenty-six cases in thirteen years and has
been defeated outright eleven times. In
ten favorable decisions four were against
labor organizations. In the remaining six
strictly trust cases, three were for Of
J lenses punishable at common law. Two
others resulted in forbiddng traffic and
pooling arrangements between parallel and
competing railways, but at the expense
J of calling into being its successor-the
community of interest theory.
In1S paragraph means merely lIlctl
the decision, even tho it be fatty
against the Northern Securities COM
pany, will be of no benefit. 1t will not
prevent the com animation of the three
competing or nOn-competing roads
1t will in no sense beat J. j. Hill. II
may, as in the trans Missouri case
lead to the adoption Of other expedi-
ents, but it will not destroy the intent
of the present company.
The trans Missouri decision out
lawed pooling. In it's place has
) sprung up first the community of in
7 terest idea and second the strong tariff
Z revision bureaus that now practically
{ control the rate situations so far a:
) they effect the trunk lines.
! A prominent railroad owner puts
I the same idea this way:
q You cannot destroy business principles
by legislation, matter how much yoi
} may disturb business itself. The bushes
principle that has made our trade in for
{ eign lands has been the principle of con
! soldation. 1 don't care if every session
} of congress objects, American bushes
principles will carry out their natura
{ trend in spite of every law and ever.
) ruling or translation on law. Hill i
} business man with business principl
I on his hands. He will carry it thru to it
{ logical conclusion, and no court or lay
) or translation of a dubious law will sto
I him. When the smoke clears away Hi
( will be in command-and the north wi
{ some day learn to thank it's stars tina
} it was So
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04

service on the main line of Grand
Trunk.
insspite of these disadvantages
Canadian Pacific shows for the Ave
months Of the fiscal year an increase
of over $2,00O,O00, or IL per cent, in
gross earnings, and has yet to record
the first month in years when the
receipts fell below the receipts of the
corresponding month In previous
certain share of business is con-
stantly being lost, the advance In
the aggregate tonnage moving in the
country more than makes up the de-
ficiency. That this will continue for
some time to come is the protested
belief Of President Shaughnessy,w whose
judgment and conservatism Of speech
are too well known to allow of dis
pute on this point.
In net earnings the company is not
doing SO well by any means. The
advance in the cost of labor and ma
terials reached Canada many months
after it began to be a very real affic-
ton to the American lines, but it is
now in full operation. This company
has escaped several strikes by yield
ing in whole or in part to the de-
mands of the striking men. This
process, unhappily too familiar to
everyone who has followed the for
tunes Of the American lines during
the past two years, has resulted in a
considerable increase in the cost OF
conducting transportation and has al
ready spread to the construction
gangs. Inasmuch as the road has
now and has had for the past two
years a great deal of work under
way, this advance in wages and initia
costs has been Of more than passing
impOrtance.sf
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
CANADIAN PACIFIC CASE
Earnings Not So FavOrable-COndi.
lions Back of Situation.

Canadian Pacific reflects in current
earnings conditions that cannot be
construed as altogether favorable, but
which are quite easy to understand
and are good and sufficient cause
for the lapse in reporting great gross
increases and even greater net in,
creases.
/. The crop is lighter than it was a
year ago, for one thing. Then, Cana
dian Northern is a more active and
better equipped competitor this year
than last for all the wheat that clears
thru Winnipeg. AS this system
grows it's competition cannot help but
divide the northwestern tonnage with
Canadian Pacific more and more. 1t
is perfectly true that the two lines
west of Winnipeg are not seriously
competitors inasmuch as they traverse
two strips of territory some hundred
miles apart. For business between
Winnipeg and the lakes they will al
ways b. competitors. Another matter
of Importance is the failure of the
ocean steamers on the Atlantic to
fulfil the promise of their inception.
Tney have done very badly looking
upon them simply as an investment.
During the past two months, also, the
main line thru Ontario has been in
competition with a greatly improved
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
remedy and is without hope of re-

remedy and is without hope OF re-
Dress
Representative Cooper. like any
other congressman, fully appreciates
the Importance to our industries and
prosperity Of a proper regulation OF
ing, mining, numbering and in short,
in all Industries, are largely depend
ent upon railroad rates. When his
attention was called to the criticism of
the bill as being aimed at the rail-
roads, Mr.. Cooper with some warmth
replied:
Shippers are Wronged.
'"The bill is in no sense Of the word
an attack upon railroads, and cannot
Justly be so construed. No sensible
man has any sympathy with profess
siOnal agitators who denOunce rail-
roads and railroad managers indis-
criminately, but it is fact not to be
denied that shippers are often grossly
wronged thru railroad practices for
| which to-day there is no remedy.
Railroad tariffs are to shippers essen
TALLY a tax which they must pay. The
levying of this tax is in private hands
and for the purpose Of securing divi-
dends. It is no wonder, therefore, if
without regulation or control by the
| government the taxing power is guilty
| of some abuses. Every city enacts or
dinances strictly regulating the fares
/ to be charged on street railways,
! transfers, schedules, etc. There is
vastly more reason why the people of
| the United States, thru the interstate
| commerce commission, should make
regulations and rates to prevent injus-
.tice to the shippers of the country who
are compelled to use railroads in inter-
| state commerce.
There is no danger whatever Of the
slightest wrong being done any rail
road corporation if the bill should be-
come a law. Under decision of the
| supreme court of the United States
a railroad must be permitted to charge
, such rates as will yield it an income
sufficient to pay it's debts, maintain its
! equipment, provide better equipments
and pay reasonable dividends on its
I stock. This rule of law would, Of
course, be taken into consideration by
the interstate commerce commission
in every case brought before it.
Question of Supreme Importance.
II can sum the whole matter in thi.
way" said Mr.. Cooper in reply to {
question:: The railroad business is {
monopoly of transportation and more
over a monopoly which the shipper.
of the country are compelled to use
AS such monopoly the railroad bust
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
HARTMAN LINES THRIVE
Gain of II Per Cent Gross in Five
Months.
G. nl,o

Gain of II Per Cent Gross in Five
Months.
Special to The Journal.
New York Jan. 4.-Union Pacific
reports for November, an increase in
gross Of per cent and in net of 9
per cent. For the five months to Dec.
l., gross increased II per cent and net
6 per cent.
These figures reflect a period of
five months upon which the manage
ment of Union Pacific is willing to ac-
cept congratulations. The showing in
net is not at all remarkable. 1t is
made in contrast with a period dur
ing which the machinists Of the sys-
tenn were doing their best to cripple
the road by the strike. This year.
without the strike, the net would have
that the wages and cost of materials
are much higher. On the whole net
earnings are satisfactory to the man.
agement.
It is, however, in gross that the
road has done better than expected.
picked out the Hartman main lines
for slaughter this year. It was also
prophecied that the Hill lines would
| this year divert even more traffic to
the Puget Sound ports than they took
last year, and would leave Portland
] STANDING SLlll. TOFllaIu Is SILL uOlllS
business, and is securing just about
| it's share of the transcontinental bust
ness. The competition expected from
Mr.. Hill failed to materialize, because
of the light crop of the northwest and
! the new friendly relationship that i:
/ now known to exist between Mr.. Hill
1 and Mr.. Hartman.
Figures for the earnings of Bur
lington and Northern Pacific are no
| published regularly. Your CORE
] spondent, however, is in a position tt
state that the gross earnings Of al
three Hill lines up to Dec. 1 will show
an increase Of about 6 per cent. The
increase in round numbers is $4,25O,
900, making total gross for that pc
II riod $73,25O,0O0. OF this increas,
4 Great Northern supplied less thar
i 100000. Northern Pacific and Bur
1 lington have therefore done well
u Their gross earnings rank alongsid
Of the record Of Union Pacific.
}. Wall street has been guessing wild
of the mark on the northwest for tn
:, past six months. There has beel
neither the falling off in business o
the shortness of cash that was ex
pected. Mr.. Hartman thinks tina
the guesses of Wall street will con
tinue to be wrong for the next ST
months. Lumber trade from Orego
Short Line and ore trade from Unio
and Central Pacific have made up 10
the short grain crop.
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ness has power to levy tax on every
other business. Ought this power to
be unregulated? In my judgment this
constitutes one of the supreme i'm
portant questions before the American
people,
No date has been set either by the
house or senate committees having
charge of the bill for it's consideration.
The railroads will, it is expected, ask
to be heard, and the shipping interests
may also have something to say.
While no program has been arranged
it is hoped by friends of the bill to
start an active propaganda inmedi-
ately after the holiday recess and push
the bill for action at this session.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
New Rock Island Shops.

Moline ILL.,, Jan. "A force of about
200 men began work this morning in the
new shops of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railway company which have been
in course of construction few miles east
Of this city since the middle of the sum-
mer. Between now and April the force
of men will be gradually increased until
about 1000 men are employed. This will
perhaps be the limit to the number Of men
employed until next year, when additional
shops will be completed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
MORE FURS STOLEN

Thieves Make a Raid on a Cedar Avenue
Store.
Thieves broke into the Chicago Store,
425 Cedar avenue. some time between
Saturday night and Monday morning and
stole ten astrakhan overcoats and two cleo
trio seal coats. They gained an entrance
by prying open the rear door.
The police suspect that the raid was
committed by the same gang that robbed
the Zeikes fur store on Franklin avenue
q few days ago. |....-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
Cannon Falls Case Put or.

The Cannon Falls rate hearing has been
postponed again by the interstate COM
merce commission. Other pressing bust
ness is given as the cause. This is the
complaint of Cannon Falls firm that a
discrimination Of from to cents Il
bushel on small grains to Kentucky ex-
lists in favor of Minneapolis, thus cutting
out the Cannon Falls market
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
A TAMMANY SUNDAY

New York Saloons Prosper Under New
Regime at City Hall.
New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Jan. $50 far as could be
learned the police got no tip yesterday as
to what was to be expected Of them in
the matter of the enforcement Of the
liquor law Their guess seemed to be that
they were not expected to be too active.
There was trouble in getting drink.
Anybody who had the price could buy one
and in most saloons he did not even have
to buy a sandwich. The formality of hav-
ing a sandwich on the table even was dis
pensed with in a number Of saloons. This
morning there was noticeable falling off
in the number of prisoners in the police
courts for violation of the liquor law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04

picious- looking men. He said they were
noisy and were insolent when questioned
Detectives Helm and Neary were de-
tailed on the case and found a number Of
local crooks and several other men who
will be closely watched. If they do not
secure work Immediately charges of va
grancy will be made against them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
POLICE ARE WATCHFUL

Suspicious Characters Must Go to Work
or Be "Vagged.''
Detectives have been watching the
cheap lodging houses closely for the last
two days to see If any of the crooks re-
Gently driven out of Chicago are making
their headquarters here.
The proprietor of one Of these places
teephoned to the police department yes
terday asking that officers be sent there
as his waiting room was filled with sus-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
PLATT WILL LEAD

New York Senator Declares He Will Fight
Until He Dies.
New York Sun Special Service.
New York. Jan. 4.-Senator and Mrs.
Thomas G. Plat left the Fifth Avenue ho-
tel this morning for a short sojourn in
Aiken, S. c. The senat tors recent confer
ences with republicans above and below
the New York city line have already, it is
said, produced good results.
Regarding the party differences in the
state Senator Platt SAID before leaving
the city, that he would continue to devote
himself to the welfare Of the republican
party, land keep the leadership until I arm
dead"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04

Winter Shoes at Cut Prices.
"A great many short lines and odd
sizes in winter footwear being closed
out at big reductions. Nickel Plate
Clearance Sale.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
WHY BURT QUIT
He Says 1t Wasn't Because of Eric.
ton with Hartman,

H. E. Burt, retiring president of the
Union Pacific, says that his resigna-
ton was entirely of his own volition
and purely for personal reasons. He
says. also, that the story that he re-
signed because Of friction with r. H.
Hartman, chairman of the board OF
directors, is without foundation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04

Buy Shoes Now.
Winter shoes going at reduced
prices during our clearance sale.
Nickel Plate Shoe company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
fine UNDERWEAR
THE HOME MADE QUALITY
WITH THE EXPERT DESIGNING AND FINISHING.

In buying muslin wear you do your
self a great injustice if you do not
look here before you purchase.
Hundreds of ladies have said that
we sell at about half the price other
stores ask for equal quality.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-04
WANTED IN KENTUCKY
William Wagner, Charged with Larcen,
Is Arrested Herewith OPP
pose Extraditlon.

William Wagner. colored man, was
yesterday arrested by Detective John Nor
issey on a warrant from Bardstown, KY.
Wagner came to Minneapolis with wo-
man who had escape from the Indiana
reformatory. but who was returned some
time ago. Wagner says he will not leave
without papers and that he will fight ex-
tradition. He Is wanted on a larceny
charge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
HINTS TO GIRLS.

What a hostess calls rocks" though
the name is wrongly suggestive. are de-
licious little drop-cakes sure TO bs found
Oh her five-o' clock-tea table. They are
made from one cupful of sugar. two
thirds Of a cupful OF butter. one and one
half cupfuls of -four. two eggs. one pound
each OF chopped English walnuts and
dates or raisins. one teaspoonful of CHINA
mon, one of cloves and one Of soda dis
solved in hot wafer Drop oy teaspoon
fuls. as they run easily. on buttered tins.
and bake. They are almost as rich as
fruitCake. and improve with age.
A young woman who wished to utilize
the handsome silver drinking-cup Of her
childhood took it TO silversmith and
had the rim opposite the handle widened
out into a spout. when it served on her
afternoon try as a cream pitcher. II in
the future she should wish TO pass it on
70 a child Of her own. it VIII be easily
restored TO its original state.
An esteemed correspondent sends a SuE-
sestive paragraph TO this department
In Il certain young girls writing desk Is
a little volume that she greatly values.
II is a blank book into the pages OF which
she has copied little poems that please
her-stray bits Of newspaper and maya
zine verse. much Of it touching the beau
tiful-thst. unless preserved at the time.
would be thrown into the wastebss ket
and thus destroyed. Short. pi;hy quota
lions from her favorite authors. clever
tossts. and witticisus. go TO make up a
valuable book. --Harper's Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06

specting to see some ole friends, and
what do you think? l want in hell tall
1t war jist forest fire, but, boys it
saved my carcass, fer jist at this time the
boat he'd stopped a movin'
Il pulled in the line, an there wuz a
salmon, seven feet three and half inches
long, dead as a door NALL The water had
got so hot frum the fire. and he goin' so
fast tibet before he could turn round and
git back he had billed to a turn.
MY pipes out-gimme a match.'-Rob-
ert McWade, Jr., in New York Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06

There are lo0oo heat units in a pound
OF average coal. chunk as big as a
mans fist which, il properly expended.
VIII give fraction over - horsepower.
That pound OF coal will do as much work
always If properly exPended-as ieo men.
putting forth their mightiest efforts. for
four milutes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06

By the Great Horn Tout, ] war freez-
to death What should / do, Jump
erboard; Mo- That eagle would git met
~ where I was, No, Id freeze to
ath. Suddenly the eagle TUX a squirt
d got its nose over the starni 1 makes
1Iick lep an grabs it by the neck. but
toes got caught under the starn seat
held me fast. Thar ! wuz, stripped
l. wit hall my body over the back
IL. boat a-noldin' on to tibet eagle.
. 81 WIZ a-hyin', the boat wuz a-hyin',
wuz hair flynn, half hoatin' and
OK near hull fruz, I cudn't git one or
Soon l hear the roar of the falls
&c my time had come, fer that sal
Iuz maxim dead fer EN-! We would
b.; bwn together, Nearer and nearer
ID the roar, l could see the edies
bids as we rushed through them!
cte every moment to be dashed agin
eek, When suddenly tibet air boat be-
TO jump upward. And the bird and
eli down'ards. felt me ankles crack,
me trusty toes held on.
The eagles body was under the water
+ came pourin' down on US. exceptin'
mouth. which was open. gaspin' fer
ath. Higher and higher We went til
denly we war in smooth water agin.
d a-goin' at top speed
Boys, tibet air salmon he'd elm them
falls.
Ny body stood out over the end Of
boat as stiff as a tiagpole. Wuz l to
this way? Suddenly 1 begins to feel
rmer. l thought sure l was freezin'
good, cause you allus feel warmer
en- you're about TO friz 1t kept gittin'
tier and hotter, SEE I. I'm dead an
lrin' t'other place, The heat Iimbered
up. ! pulled myself back into the
1t, still holdin' on to thet eagle.
2ected him to make fight. but nary
sht-he war dead. Its mouth bein' open
: we wuz towedd up them falls it got
rowned.
suddenly somethin' red hot landed on
" back. The water was hissin' an a
Hin all around me. I knew then I wlIz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
FISH STORY WITH THRILLS

fehling his pipe, the old trapper con-
ped, You know, boy allus' carry
IT old gun o. mine, wherever l goes
l wuz sayin', I wuz out dshin' fer
SIS, when lookin' up into the sky
US keeps an eye out fer squalisTI secs
bald-headed eagle swoopin' down right
me. Seizin Old Ben, aimed straight
the critters heart. Bang, went the
{ gun! Thet air eagle WIZ hit! Down
er the water he Topped wuz jist
put ter pun over ter git him, when
E of the fish lines 1 had overheard
nmenced to run out, TUX hold on it
tried to pull in. But nary an inch
I'D l bulge it It's salmon says l.
d maxim the lire fast to an eye bolt
rad / settled down fer a good smoke.
q know -salmoni An the only way is
let them pull an tug till they gifts
ed; then you kin yank them in. Sud
lty the boat began to move; thet air
mon was pullin' the boat; jest at
1t air moment I heerd a noise behind
/; looked an there wUz that eagle a
rAi OdttH Inc N0bS+ my non SbOOr Oh
:, fer a wounded bald-head eagle is
iss than a grizzly.
L grabs Old Ben agin', but jist as
u about TO take aim, the doggoned
at took a student plunge ahead. and
l fell into the bottom and overheard
IS the old gun. l cud have cried, but
IRE WANT any time, fer that eagle
s a comm fer me, Iickety split
He war only usin one wing; my shot
/ bruk The other Things wuz a git
mighty warm; tibet salmon wuz a
lin me through the water like a loco
ltive
The sweat WIZ d bubblin' on my fore
ad, fer tibet eagle wuz only a few feet
ckt Closer and closer he came. l cud
ar him breathin, cud head the wind
istlin' through his pin feathers. Boys,
war turrible, Somethin' must be did.
lid it. l tore of my moccassions, my
ats, my coat all my clothes. THROWN
ch of them aforesai darticIes at that
racious 'bald-head', hopin' to gain lit
time. But, boys, we wuz goin' so fast
II the wind tore EN- out of my hand
ore We cud say Jack Robinson
To the 'pelt. stood 1, jist as mater
lde me The wind chilled me to the
trrow and I soon begin to feel numby
over.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
BONES. BONES, BONES,

WaNTrp-ss cars 4 bous<. all pay
good cash p-ice. Erlte me n E@eE
1ss Indiana 2vea2e. Kansas CITY. No
S-gs
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LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MGR.
CHANTS.
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