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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
Single TAX Out Of Its Shell.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
A. M. Goodrich says in T. he JSo ur n a L
that the answer of the. speaker, at Column
bus, Ohio, given to my question was not
correct. The question was. suppose I had
come to Ohio forty years ago, and bought
a. quarter section Of heavily timbered land
and had spent my time since in improving
and cultivating it, but had put no buildings
on it, but having given forty years of la
Dor to 1t, concluded had worked as long
as any man should be required to work. I
would rent my farm and take a rest. But
just as we had completed the agreement
for a lease, Henry Georges tax gatherer
If you please Mr.. Georges plan being to
tax land at its rental value" Turning
to the advocate Of single tax to whom we
had just listened, asked. "Now what will
you do with me?" His response was
prompt and a little excited: Eve will
serve you as we served the shareholders,
they had no right to their slaves and we
set them free. and you have no right to
your land, and we will take it from YOU
The question asked in Z h e J o u N a !
was. WAS this answer correct?" Mr..
Goodrich says this twas certainly not a
proper answer" for ''Henry George never
proposed to take land away from anybody
except in condemnation proceedings -
When we used to imprison men for debt we
did not do it without condemnation pro-
ceedings,'' but did those proceedings
sweeten the imprisonment? Did they make
the poor man feel any happier in jail? .
Mr.. Goodrich. says, Having lived 70,
many years from the proceeds Of labor ap-
piled to certain land he wants to know
whether under the single tax regime he
could thereafter live off the labor Of anoth.
err man. It is unpleasant to get into {
discussion with an uncandid man. You
correspondent knows that what I wrote
bears no such construction. What
asked. and what wished to know was
could rest by using the profits Of m!
own labor?" Mr.. Goodrich says I couIt
not. If I cease to take any part In pro
duction he says can have no part in con
sumption of the products. He says
could do so in two ways: "First he nigh
Ibeg from those who had taken part in pro
duction. Secondly, he might steal from
Them or he should have added he nigh
Istarve.
I am thankful for your correspondent
suggestion as to how I may find out tn
|intricacies Of Mr.. Georges theory, but
think understand them. My present pur
pose is to explain one point only, and MI
EGoodrich agrees with the Columbus speak
Ter, that my farm would be taken from m
without compensation.
John j. Janney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Argentina and Chile settled their bound
airy dispute without going to war about it
and have erected on the summit of the
Cordilleras, 10000 feet above the sea, and
on the line of division between the two
countries, an image Of the Savior, as a
thank offering for the peaceable settle
ment of their dispute. This is a notable
incident and the erection of the statue. lis
such a Seal upon the compact as shotlld
the future relations between these grow
ing and progressive republics Of South
America
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
The Offending Smoker.
To the Editor, Of The Journal.


I have read Mr.. Chase's article on to-,
bacco smokers. deeply sympathize with
Mr.. Chase. Still, this is a free country.
and kindly suggest that Mr.. Chase
patronize restaurant where smoking is
not allowed. 1t is evident Mr.. Chase does,
not enjoy smoking and is not willing that
other people should. II the gentleman can
possibly endure this great nuisance for
the time being or until the weather mod,
crates I will assure him that I will use
my best efforts in having a city ordi-
nance passed compelling these pesky
smokers to go up above the city in a
balloon to do their smoking.
AS for the ladies and their fear of con-
tamination, why do they drag their skirts
on the sidewalks from one end of the
street to the other, wiping up millions of
microbes and other infections and then
seat themselves in theaters and churches
unmindful of the fact that they are
spreading disease a thousand times faster
than the yilest smoker?
% pron (.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
The Journal
Goes Home.
The Bristow Report.

While, as T he Journal sug-
gested yesterday, the relations of
congressman to the departments and
senator's and representatives that they
cultivate the departments in the in
terest Of their constituents are not
only irksome to the members, but
liable to lead to extravaganza in the
administration of affairs. the congress-
men arc not to be condemned individ->
ually for. trying to promote the inter-.
ests of their constituents with these
departments in every legitimate way.
For this reason the public will be jus.
titled in Withholding judgment on the
transactions recently disclosed in the
latest report Of Mr.. Bristow, fourth
assistant postmaster general. So many
men of high character are implicated,
and the allegations take such wide
and uncertain range as to forbid any
hasty judgment that there has been
conscious wrongdoing. Indiscriminate
condemnation will only defeat it's own
purpose, and while the democrats are
promising to use the report in the
campaign. in the hope thereby Of
changing the result in numerous close
congressional districts, it is at pres
ent difficult to understand how they
can possibly expect to be successful.
In three cases Mr.. Bristow has
found technical, but not wilful, vio-
1ation Of the postal statutes. For the
rest the report deals with wholesale
charges and insinuations against some
of the most prominent and upright
men now in public life.
# Now, as our readers are now aware.
nearly all of the northwestern mem
bers of congress are implicated.
After careful inquiry The Jour
ma is able to say that the postoffice
regulations which these members are
charged with having violated - and
this is the sum total Of the charges -
are Of character to defy comprehen-
sion, and in many instances it is said
that the regulations are not only with
out authority Of law, but in direct VIC.
Z lation Of it. Such fragments of the reg
uIations as could be got together by
1.-The postoffice inspectors who worked
at Mr.. Bristow's bidding, were made
the basis Of the charges against al.
most three-fourths of the members OF
THE two houses Of congress, on both
the democratic and republican sides
and the recent report proceeds in E
+ most sweeping and sensational mannel
sto brand these members as being i'm
plicated, more or less directly, will
the postal irregularities. There is NJ
law saying that a member of con
Igress, at the request Of a constituent
xnust not write the postmaster general
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

In speaking Of the work Of the license
COMMITTEES Of the city council yesterday
The Journal did not mean and did
not say that the forces of moral reform
met with no sympathy from that commit
tee, altho it will be admitted that thru
faulty statement of the matter justice was
not done some members of the commit
tee who have stood squarely for good gov
eminent and who are well known to be
active at all times in promoting public
morals thru their official action. 1t must
be confessed, however, that there are some
members of that committee whose atti-
tude toward the granting of licenses for
Objectionable resorts justifles all that has
been said, and what is hoped for is that
when final action Is taken public senti-
ment will be so focused upon the commit
tee that there will be no occasion to COM
plain Of the action of any member Of it.
Some members of the committee are en-
titled, too to great credit for having de-
veloped the fact that the council, and the
committee as it's agent, Is clothed with
much greater power in this matter of
licenses than has heretofore been recog-
nized: SO that the attitude Of the mayors
office is matter of less consequence than
usually supposed in the treatment of
violators of the law who hold licenses
from the city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

"A staff correspondent in to-day's u r.
n a describes the advantages and re-
sources of the Payette and Snake river
valleys in southwestern Idaho. The story
will, interest the home and investment
seeker, revealing, as it does, the CONVEX
sion Of a portion of the western desert
into an oasis which teens with life and
possibilities for the future. It is, the old
story Of the application to the arid and
unfruitful plain of the water drawn from
mountain Businesses. the quickening of
the parched soil and the springing forth
of the plant life as if by magic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
THE LARGEST GRAPEVINE

The largest. grapevine in the world is
growing in the Carpinteria valley, twelve
miles east. Of Santa Barbara, Cal, and is
called La Para Grande. 1t was started
from cutting sixty zone years ago by a
young Spanish woman, Donna Ayla. 1t is
Its base, and one Of the horizontal
branches measures more than three feet
in circumference. The trellis covers abous
a third of an acre, and sixty heavy posts
support it. The vine produces as many
as, 5000 punches annually, at a conserya-
tive estimate, and in good years many
clusters measure twelve to fifteen inches
in length and weigh six. to eight pounds.
Its owner estimates that In 1895 the vine
yielded ten tons Of grapes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
KAISER WILHELM AS DANIEL

Kaiser Wilhelm, the man of many roles,
is sustaining still another character, ac-
cording to those who have examined the
new sculptured figure OF DanieE on the IA
cade OF the cathedral in Metz. Returned
travellers say they had no trouble in de-
Gliding that the face presented as Daniel
is that OF the reigning emperor. Jnofficiai
newspapers have limited at it but plain
folk talk Of the matter openly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Mrs. Edna L. Smith Of Salt Lake City
boasts that she is one Of the plural wives
of Joseph r. Smith. and she is quite sat
isfled to share her husband with other
wives. In some cases you can't blame
a woman for not wanting to see her hus-
hand yery often.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

cattle raising, by leaving the result
to nature, the time would have come
when the humane passion OF the ma
ton would have put an end to this ap.s
palling cruelty that dots the western
plains with the bodies Of its victims.
But it is fast becoming neither posstA
BILE nor profitable to raise cattle In
the old way. which was as wasteful as
1T WAS cruel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
FROM MAGAZINE MlNTs.

There Is Waste in Haste-The lives of
all great men, show us that there is a
power in repose. that repose, which is a
sign of self~control. Bliss Carman in
The Literary World for March in an es-
say along the above line says:
Haste is the fever of power, a malaria of the
soul. and you will find that the great characters
of the earth, in history or in our own day, are
those who have been able to hold themselves un-
distracted and undismay haste. They
have had that sanity or balance of mind which
could perceive the futi1ity Of hurry and
the ultimate triumph Of serene endeavor. They
never allowed themselves to be fustered there
was nothing in their blood Of the "auttered folk
The Little Pilgrimage Of the number
is to George Horace Lorimer, the author
of THE Letters from a Self Made Man
to His Son.
Where Will 1t Happen Next ?-.sWhat
happened in Baltimore last month is liza
BILE to happen in any other city in the
United States; none is exempt So says
Municipal journal ], and Engineer for
March. Following the above the Journal
discusses the fire and its lessons. Other
features Of the number are "Givic Art
in Northern Europe. z Atlantic City's Ar
tesian Well Supply and Sewage and
Garbage Disposal,
Darkest America.-Under that heading
Kelly Miller. professor of niatherha tics OF
Howard university, discusses the race
problem. He says: There can never be
peace and security and permanent pros
perity, for whites or blacks until the south
develops brand of craftsmanship that
rises above the pitchfork Variety He
adds that the next great need of the
black belts Is moral and Industrial re-
generation. Noted Inns of New Eng
land, = Pleasure Gardens OF Rome" and
kentucky Mountaineers" are other fea.
| lures Of the number.
Printing as al Science.-Why should
there not be schools OF printing as vel
as schools Of engineering? IS the sub
stance of a question raised by The Pro.
lEaressIve Printer for March. The sugges.
| ton is urged for careful and serious con.
sideration. The Printer gives q practica
ldemonstratipn OF what skilled printer,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

The two largest audiences Of the week
witnessed the Ferris scenic production of
'.Parsifal' at the Lyceum yesterday att
ernoon and evening. Opening next Sun
day evening the com pany will be seen In
"Chimmie Fadden." Miss Laurette Allen
absent from the cast for six months. viii
return in the role of Mrs. Murphy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Minneapolis and st. Paul are going to
have a building on the model street at
the, st. Louis fair. The city builders will
go long way before they find better ex-
ample Of the model retail street in cities
of 100000 to 100000 than Nicollet avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

LECTURES ON COMMERCE. Delivered Before
4 the College Of Commerce and Administration
4 of the University OF Chicago. Edited by
Henry Rand HATFIELD. Chicago The Univer-
sity OF Chicago Press. Price 81 so net
THE MAN WHO PLEAsES AND THE WOMAN
WHO CHARMS. BY John A. Cone. New York:
Kinds Il Noble.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Japan's refusal to send the war CORE
good military tactics. but it is hard on the
newspaper men who have their pencils
sharpened AMI are anxious to make a,
charge on something besides their expense
accounts. /.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat.

The entertainment furnished at the
by the vaudeville company
headed by Fanny Rice Is pleasing local
theater patrons and there was large aud !.
fence present at the first matinee this aft
ernoon. The same bill will continue thru
out the week
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Russia is said to be deferring the heavy
land fighting: purposely till April when she
expects 20 have more men on hand to do
the fighting and the weather will be less
severe. But what about the little Japs?
They may not decide to await Russia's
convenience. They have a ''nawsty' way
of getting busy on their own account just
when the other fellows aren't looking
There will be something doing before
April, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

ri I =. 3. . Z. < s
The Man Who Pleases and tine Woman
Who Charms is little book that seeks to
teach proper conduct in polite society not
by telling what to do and what not to do
under certain circumstances, but outlining
the underlying principles. These are dis
cussed upon the following as a basis:
The personal elements which are most condu-
Give to our influence over others are, in a broad
way: Good manners, pleasing voice. the abil-
ity to converse well, personal neatness taste in
DRESS tact. good morals, culture and refinement,
physical beauty and intellectual force
In relation to the matter OF dress for
men there is this: The well dressed man
is one whose clothes do not make him the
object of comment. either because they
are snowy or shabby. He never goes t.
the extremes Of fashion," This reminds
us of one Of the Letters of Self Made
Merchant to His Son. which says Gee
something that won't keep people guessing
whether you follow the horses or do bucl
and wing dancing for a living"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK

People who have things to say to the
public that ought to be said are invited
to use this column. But the space Is
limited, and all communications must
be "bolIed down" as much as possible.
Three hundred words Is safe limit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Among the features OF lyon, Yonsop,'
are the singing Of the T.umbermen's quar-
tet and the Introduction of Swedish folk
songs in the native tongue by Nelse Erick-
son
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
900

Most Of this went home! The
journal reaches the most
homes Of all classes, and is the
clean family circle paper Of
the Northwest. It is the paper
that is preferred by readers
and advertisers alike.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Fay Davis is the central figure in Henry
Arthur Jones comedy, withdrawing
Julia, the offering at the Metropolitan
for the half week commencing March IL.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Joseph Murphy, the noted comedian, has
been delighting Bijou audiences this week
with Kerry Cow" Commencing to-mor-
for the remainder of the week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

I Russia has not been taking the sensible
way to obtain a large, intelligent and
happy population. Wages in Russian fac
tories are cents an hour and upward.
There are thousands who receive only go
cents a day for ten, eleven and more
hours work. No man can feel his bosom
swell with patriotism on 3Oc a day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
WEDNESDAY EVENING,

or one Of his subordina asking him
If certain allowances can be made Tor
office rent, light and fuel, ETC., Tor
buildings occupied for postoffice pur-
poses. On the contrary, that such re-
quests may be made in entire good
faith it will be easy to understand.
That they may at the same time
violate some obscure and perhaps UNI
authorized regulation Of the postofhee
department, is also apparent from
what has become known since the re-
port was made public.
The Journa has no inclination
to shield any member of congress who
is guilty of wrongdoing, but 1t feels
that it must have something more con-
vincing than the Bristow report be-
fore proceeding to make Up its mind
that there has been wholesale and
shameless disregard Of the elementary
principles of common honesty on the
part Of the country's conspicuous
public servants. as that report implies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

The Japs have discarded the typewriter
Is an engine of war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
A MODERN ROMANCE.

He?
She!
He-?-? Il?
She turning her lovely prohle)- 49,
He (persistently-! !???!
She (tearfully)-?
He ((passtonately)-!! ~!
She (blushfngly) ~
He Gapturously)-! HILL!
Town Topics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

TRAVELLERS ABROAD
Will find The Journal on file as follows:
LoNDoN-U s. Express Co.. 30 strand; Amer1-
can Express Co., Waterloo place.
DENMARK. 8. Legation. -
PARIs-Eagle Bureau, IS Rue Cambon. Resi-
dents visiting lar,s can t ha9e ras,s ana the
same will be forwarded to them or held FOR
their arrival.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
BOOKS RECEIVED

can do in the way OF printing in the
number at hand
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
Quality
Quantity
CLEAN Advertising.
CLEAN Advertising.

During February The Journal
made another great record
1859 columns Of CLEAN adj
vertising in rs days, against
1889 columns of ALL KINDS
of advertising of it's nearest
competitor in Is week days
and four big Sundays.
The Journal refused more
than SO columns of objection
able medical advertising in
February.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

WASHINGTON BUREAU.
w. w. Jermane Chief Of Washington
western visitors to Washington invited to
make use of reception room. library. sta
tionery, telephone and telegraph facilities.
Central location, Fourteenth and streets
NV.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

& DR.. G. c.. Sheldon, one of the leading
physicians of Wisconsin. asserts that APP
pendicitis is catching. Well. we have al
ways been a pretty good runner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
HOME Circulation.

During February The Jour-
nails daily average circulation
was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

4 P. S. L. writes. in to know what the
Pan-Slavs. are, The PanSlavs are that
branch OF the Russian people that turn,
out such quantities of those large brass
pans that the art stores soak you ST for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

If the five Mrsesses. Joseph F. Smith
all want an Easter hat at the same time,
we fail to see why the idea Of polygamy
does not receive a tremendous wrench in
the house of it's friends. Can anybody ex-
plain this?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

1t is very discouraging in the south to
make. all preparations for a lynching and
then, have the governor break in and
stop 1t. .rsy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

If the five Mrs. Joseph F. Smith all put
their heads out Of the window in house
cleaning time and cry out to Joseph to
beat it a little more on the other side.
where does the polygamous idea get its
strength
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

"A quart of whisky weighs two pounds
TO see some men carry it, you would say
that the burden weighed two tons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Editor Wells tells how the North Do.
kota Editorial association now touring
Mexico nearly lost Editor Patterson kS
an alkali desert. He got off the train
somewhere in Chihuahua Ito mingle q. few
with the scarlet blanketed Mexicans. and
while he was practicing his newly ac-t
CURED Spanish vocabulary on the as
founded populace the train pulled out.
Pat caught the rear car, but the yesti-
sbule was closed and he hung ON by his
eyebrows and toe nails until the train
stopped forty miles further along. He
made low gutteral sound and was
brought into the car, wonderful sight
He was: covered with sand and alkali at
least three inches deep, and his mad was
up. 1t took at least half an hour to iden-
tify him. Finally enough sand was
brushed off the outside and washed off on
the inside to discover: thatsthe object was
not a native but our own Patterson You
can't get him to step off the car now at
meal time even, and we poke food to him
thru the windows on a pole and make no
reference to his mishap. We. expect he
will become reconciled in a day or two
so that We can approach and hold con-
versation with him
Somehow it seems as if the incident
must have reminded Mr.. Patterson OF
house cleaning time -. J. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

Secretary, Of Agriculture Wilson says
that beef ought to be 20 per cent cheaper.
A man who will announce as wise and
platform as this ought to
be mentioned for the presidency.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

DR.. William Porter of ST. Louis ex-
plains that crowded street. cars are a
of disease, because they com
pei SO many persons to stand on the plat
forms, thus breathing fresh air during the
trips. Fresh air! It is plain that the
doctor has not stood next to the little
cigarette dude burning ragweed