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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THJNK
News.Hunory Workmen.
To the Editor of The Journal.

To the Editor of The Journal.
I was a passenger on the 6:10 Great
Northern lake train last evening and at
the short stop we made near the construc-
ton train, which was stationed a few
miles this side of Wayzata, was very
much impressed with the great desire
those poor fellows had for a bit Of news
from the outside world. &
AS the train stopped there was a rush
from the work train and the men, who
might as we'll be a thousand miles from
any city, as far as news goes actually
begged for IAN old newspaper" When
threw them my ] u n a !, which had
bought justbefor boarding the train, there
was a great scramble and the lucky fell
low bore 1t away as a coveted prize. The
last saw of the paper in question it was
being divided among the crowd.
I thought at the time, what blessing
it would be if some one took it upon
themselves to provide these news hungry
men with a few newspapers each day, not
necessarily the latest papers, for news
paper day or two old is just as new to
them as an extra is to us. 1t seems a
shame that men longing for something to
read cannot be satisfied as long as they
are as near the city as they are at pres
ent.
know what it is to long for the news
of the day and no one, unless he has ex-
perienced this feeling, can realize what ii
means to them to receive. even an old
paper, thrown from a passing train
b. Geo. w. Turner.
Minneapolis, Aug. II.
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81"
Kroeger Bros. of Milwaukee has
ness life. It was established by the
brothers, Caspar and Herman
Kroeger, October g., 1883. The begin
ming was modest little frame store
about Is by 20 feet with a stock in
trade aggregating about $500; the
first years sales amounted to
$l,848.67. The growth was not spon-
taneous year by year it grew stead
lily, a healthy, solid, growth. Forty
on at the old. site when, grounds in
the immediate vicinity not being OBJ
tainable, the, firm bought larger
grounds about. two and half city
squares away and erected a magnifi-
cent building of brick, steel and con-
crete construction, four stories in
height and covering 100 by 1852 feet.
1t is, without question, the best
equipped store building in Milwaukee
and power plant. The sales of this
year, to date, are indicative of COM
ing within hailing distance of the
million dollar-sale mark.
Honesty, indomitable energy and a
certain willingness to let the people
know that they have things to sell
are the cause of the great success at
tanned by this firm. Printers ink
was ever literally, yet judiciously in
dulged in, and the bills cheerfully re
ceived and paid. Mr.. Herman
Kroeger, now in his seventy third
year, is still at the head Of and active
in the business of which he is justi-
ahably proud.
When Mr.. G. H. Kroeger, who looks
after the advertising, was asked his
opinion of the comparative value be-
tween evening and morning papers,
he replied: 1.-The evening papers have
brought the best results
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
Why j. j. Hill Is for Parker.

James J. Hills support of Judge
Parker is one of the suggestive feat
ures of this campaign. His desire to
dictate Daniel Lamont as the demo-
cratic nominee for governor Of New
York is another. Both indicate that
trusts and monopolies are not as far
removed from the Esopus candidate
as might be inferred from a perusal
Of the democratic platform. All this
squares pretty well with what is known
Of the forces behind Judge Parker,
and lends emphasis to the oft-repeated
statement that he is "safe.'' He GER
tainly is tssafe'' from trust point
Of view.
It is not certain that. Mr.. Lamont
will consent to the use Of his name by
the state convention, or that he could
be nominated for governor if he were
a candidate. But that is not important
SO far as this discussion is concerned.
What is important here is the fact
that the democratic party has fallen
into the hands Of the so-called con-
servatives Of the organization, men who
are in close touch, with monopolies
and trusts, and whose representatives
have complete control of the campaign
committee. Encouraged by this servile
acquiescence, Mr.. Hill, in his breezy
western way, has come forward to put
another corporation rivet in the demo-
cratic collar.
All of which shows that the demo-
cratic antitrust stand is hollow pre-
tense. The trusts will be just as safe
under Parker as they were under Cleve-
land, and they know it. Mr.. Hill is a
hard-headed business man, and we
don It recall that he ever bought gold
brick. He is supporting Parker this
year for the most practical of reasons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
Relief for the Carnivorous.

Europe seems to have heard all
about the beef strike, for foreign ex-
porters Of fish are sending cargoes of
that food to us more generously than
ever before. One day this week two
large consignments Of foreign fish ar
rived in New York, and the shipments
are now beginning to arrive at all the
principal Atlantic ports. When the
strike came it was found that altho
the supply Of fresh fish was sufficient
for immediate needs, the price went up
thru sympathy with the rise in meats.
This has had much to do with the pres
ent consignments Of fish from that
country.
It has been demonstrated that the
food value of fish is very great. It con-
tains all the necessary elements in only
a slightly less degree than they are
found in meat. If one were to eat a
little more fish than one does meat, for
instance, one would secure exactly the
same results.
. In the northwest, where the lakes
and streams abound with fish, the beef
strike, even if meat were scarce
and it ism Ought not to occasion any
serious alarm or Inconvenience. For a
time, at least, the waters of Minnesota
could be played against the cattle
plains of the farther west, to the ad-
vantage Of the former. Besides, a
more liberal fish diet would not be a
bad thing in itself. Physicians incline
to the opinion that men and women, OF
the cities especially, whose lives are
more or less sedentary, eat entirely too
much meat. The same amount of food
consumed in the form of fish would
satisfy hunger and at the same time
would not overstock the system with
those hurtful elements that abound in
meat diet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Congressman MccIeary Stands for First
Document Sent Out by National Com
nnlttee - Democratic Managers Score
Him for Use of FrankIng Privilege
Davis Files Again From the Third.

The democratic press in the east is Sc
riously criticizing Congressman McCleary
for lending his mailing frank to the dis
tribution of a thirty-page pamphlet en- :
titled What Roosevelt Says and headed
From the Congressional Record
This pamphlet has gone out from the
literary bureau of the republican national
committee at New York, as the first cam
paign document. 1t includes extracts from
the presidents messages to congress, his
speeches on various occasions, and his
books on American Ideals" and 1.-THE
Strenuous Life" 1t goes out in a sealed
official envelope Of the house Of repre-
sentatiyes, bearing the frank of j. T.. Nc
Cleary.
say that this is not only an improper use
of the Thanking privilege but that in this
case leave to print was not granted Mr..
McCleary by the unanimous consent re-
quired. Henry D. Clayton, a democratic
member of congress from Alabama, says
on this point: 80
1t seems that the pamphlet contains what Mr.
Cleary begged leave to print" and not what
was delivered on the floor Of the house. You
Record IL you get leave to print''-eyen Roose-
velt speeches and books. suppose that is the
way the contents of this pamphlet got in the
Record. But 1t is wrong to make these Roosevelt
speeches part Of the Record, because the demo-
Gratis objected strongly and Mr. afcCleary did
not get the unanimous consent required. We
Record open after congress adjourned, because
we knew the republicans would work in such
campaign documents as this pamphlet, but the
republicans had the public printer with them
and did as they pleased., RI AZ
The Faribault Pilot will have to pro-
duce some authority for the following:
1t is reported that some of Bob Dunn's repub-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13

The New York Times, which pub
lished the news Of ]. J. Hills promised
contribution to the democratic cam
paign fund, confesses that it was de
ceived'' into publishing some very
unworthy political gossip At the
same time it states that the informa-
tion came from member, of the demo
cratic national committee. Well, if
he was not telling the truth, what was
his object9 It was bad break, either
way, and such treason should be sum
marily punished. Z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
THE RAT ON EXHIBITION

A successful rat show was recently held
at Cheltenham, England. There were sixty
exhibits of black, gold, gray, white, pie
bald and tan rats. Some agricultural jour
nails, commenting on it, maintain that the
rat has an economic future, and may be-
come a table dainty in England as it is in
China. To many people the show is the
first correction of the impression that rats
are all alike whereas the varieties of
them, all more or less alike in character
istics, are quite numerous. The first dis
play having been a marked success others
will no doubt follow, and the rodent be
studied with increased attention, the pros
pect. however, of finding out anything
good about him being not at all promis-
Ia { s &! 4,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
"cAvlARE TO THE. GENERAL"

"shakspere didn't know much about
Russia when he used the phrase 'caviare
to the general signifying that the pub
lie were not capable of approaching a
play" says a returned tourist. why
caviare is as common in Russia as an ar
ticle of food as potatoes are in America
Vast quantities are eaten by the lowest
elias ses. During the three annual seasons
Iof fasting particularly the consumption
is very great. The people eat it on a
kind of rye bread with vinegar. The
better classes use oil and lemon juice
Sturgeon roe alone is not the source OF
supply The roe of all large fishes is
used, but that Of surgeons is regarded
as thesrbeSt'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
Farming, Amateur and Profes.
sional.

These calamitous stories from the
wheat fields of the northwest are like
ly to give the amateur farmer pause.
The amateur farmer is usually city
man who has had his wits SO sharp
ened by urban attrition that he con
siders that he is amply qualified to
succeed in SO simple a business as farm
ing wheat farming, at least. The
proposition seems so simple. You go
off to the Dakotas or western Canada
and buy your land for so an acre. Tt
costs you S. an acre to get the crop in
the first year, and $3.50 to harvest and
thresh it, OF course, you will not get
less than IS bushels to the acre. Surely
you will not get less than 80 cents a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
Low Rates for Harvest Hands.

The problem Of moving great NUM-
bers of laboringmen from one section
to another, according to local demands
for help, is a serious one. Tt is one
that the railroad companies themselves,
in the interests of the country they
traverse, might find it profitable to
solve. The chief obstacle now in the
way Of free movement is the heavy
railroad fare, which takes a large
share Of the laborers' earnings, and
makes them timid about long moves.
We do not have much to learn f1An
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
MORE USER THAN LATIN

In an English school recently. certain
boy was regularly absent during the hour
in which Latin was taught. The teacher
called on the boys father at whose in
structions. it had been learned he re-
maincd away ard asked for an explana-
ton. I'he father said: Its all right.
During the Latin hour am teaching
Jimmy something that he will find far
more useful han Latin in his progress
thru life The teacher was interested.
ana asked what this subject was. The
father replied: 81 am teaching my son
how to shave without looking glass;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13

bushel. Thus, your income per acre is
$40, whereas it has cost you only $16.50
an acre to buy your farm and take off
the first crop, leaving a surplus Of
$3.50 an acre.
The amateur farmer ignores drouth,
feels certain that rust will not hurt
him, just knows that he can dodge too
much rain, hail can't get him, he is
cut-worm proof; and he is sure to sell
at the top of the market.
The practical farmer, however, after
years of experience, finds that he is
unable to compete with the amateur
farmer. Consider that farmer at
Vernon Center who went into his field
the other day prepared to cut what
looked like an immense crop, and found
that he had nothing except a field Of
straw. Consider those farmers in the
Red River valley who found that be-
fore the onslaughts Of rust, fields that
had promised 25 bushels to the acre
were good for only two or three.
Once in while the farmer has a
year when he knows what it means
to make money easily, but he has more
years when he knows what it is to
make money hardly or lose it.
When the amateur farmer finds this
out he hastens back to the city, the
glamor of actually making wealth quite
lost to his view. In the future he will
let the good old practical farmer
create wealth while he takes his
chances on making a living by monkey
ing around with created wealth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
A REASONABLE WISH

Wayne Macveagh, the lawyer and dip
lomat, has on the outskirts of Philadel-
phia an admirable stock farm. One day
last summer some poor children were per-
mitted to go over this farm, and when
their inspection was done to each of them
was given a glass of milk. The milk was
excellent. 1t came, in fact, from a So, 00C
COW. Well, boys, how do you like it?'
the farmer said when they had all drained
their glasses. Gee! Fine!'' said one little
fellow. Then, after pause, he added, Il
whit our milkman KEEP cow
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
The Little Romanoff.

OF all children recently porn, none
is less to be envied than the son and
heir of the Russian car. His will be
neither life of comfort nor security,
and the imperial authority which he is
is destined to exercise, should fate
ordain him length Of days, will be a
most inadequate compensation for the
burdens which he will be called upon
to bear. His life will be narrow, and
the sun will not often shine in his sky
Brooding care and consuming fear will
be his constant companions, and his
heart will beat to the irregular accom-
paniment Of discord and dancer.
And yet, his coming has been her
aided thruout Russia as an event of
the highest and MOST joyous signif-
canoe. Bells have been rung, TIE
Deums have been sung, artillery has
been fred, the streets Of Russian cities
have been decked with flags as for a
holiday, and the people look upon the
advent Of the little stranger as direct
manif estation of the love Of God for the
strikingly illustrate the strength of
Russian superstition. It is a direct an
swer. to prayer, it is the fulfllment of
Father John s prophecy2 and now that
Russia has son and Heir, her people
are safe and good fortune will surely
smile upon them. 1ff ~ 5|s
Perhaps some such event as this has
been needed to divert the national
thought, temporarily at least, from the
depressing war situation. For two
weeks the Russians at home will forget
the disasters that have overtaken their
arms on land and sea, and will give
themselves over to season Of rejoic-
ing. Out of it there may come revival
Of patriotism that will do something to
check defeat. Stranger things have
happened. The Russian with all his
superstition and ignofapce, is a senti-
mentalist. If he can sbe made to look
upon the little babe9a the Peterhof
palace as a. sign that Russia has the
approval of Heaven in. the present con
fict, the character Of events in the far
east may undergo radical change. 1t
is easy to believe that the hierarchy of
the Greek church, which has been the
controlling factor in bringing on the
war with Japan, will be anxious to in
spire some such belief in the Russian
mind.
Born at an intensely dramatic mo-
ment, therefore, the infant czarevitch
will from his birth be injected into the
politics Of the empire. It is an omin-
Gus beginning.
Judge Parker's mother is out for Par
ker She is practically ''the original Par
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
Business Will Be Good.

Now that the worst has been heard
from the wheat fields Of the northwest,
and we know with greater defniteness
than was possible a week ago how
extensive the rust damage has been, it
is possible to draw a few broad conclu-
sions as to the effect upon general
business of the visitation Of the blight
Already we know that despite the
many bad reports and the scare in the
speculative wheat market amounting
almost to-. a panic, there has been no
great crop calamity in the northwest.
The fact that wheat for Minneapolis
September delivery touched $1.05B,
while milling grades on spot sold
around SLIP, would indeed indicate
calamity were these high figures based
solely upon the northwest situation
But it must not be forgotten that the
first upward move, starting after Min
speapolis September had been down
saround 78c, came from heavy rains
and floods In the southwest that cut the
winter wheat yield materially. The
advance Of almost 30 cents bushel in
the market price of the most i'm
portant agricultural product Of our
section, came, therefore, not alone be-
cause we had lost some part Of our
crop, as many who followed only the
later market developments may have
supposed, but primarily because Of
Light yields in other sections and indi-
cation Of moderate yield for the
country as whole.
AS matter Of fact the northwest
may yet produce very fair wheat
crop with seasonable weather until
harvest is over. We need not hope for
a large yield, but it may run almost
up to that Of last year. Whatever loss
may result to the farmer in quantity Of
yield will be in good part offset by
higher selling prices.
From the Minneapolis business view
point we are principally concerned
with the question of returns to
farmers as affecting the purchas-
ing power of the country. When
the crop has been moved at the
higher average prices certain to prevail,
net results from wheat culture will
probably be found to have been on the
whole not very much under last year.
With this there are bountiful barley
and other coarse grain crops. Despite
the wheat loss, it is likely that grain
receipts at Minneapolis will hold up
well, and that the tonnage offered the
railroads by Minnesota and the Dakotas
will be larger than ever before
The feature this year will be the
spotted condition Of the country Lo-
calities will be found in the rust-in-
fected areas where the season will be a
poor one, and where economy and re-
3trench1nent will no doubt follow, re
acting upon the larger centers. But
other localities will do unusually well
sand the average will be maintained.
The northwest is strong financially and
most of the farmers in the backward
districts are well able to stand an ac-
casional bad year.
The elevator interests will not have
80 much wheat to handle. which is a
bad feature, as Minneapolis has an
enormous carrying system, the full ca.
'pacity Of which has not been used for
several seasons The millers will have
much low grade wheat and not enough
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
Togo S sea-Fight.

Some light is thrown on the results
OF the emergence Of the Russian fleet
from Port Arthur harbor on Wednes-
day, by the cables. The Russian ad-
miral, harassed by the hot fire of the
encroaching Japanese land batteries,
resolved to leave Port Arthur to crum-
BILE under the fierce and unremitting
fire of the Japs and take his chances
with Togo's squadron. This consisted
OF five frst-class and two second class
battleships, six first class armored
cruisers, sixteen protected cruisers and
a fleet of torpedoboat destroyers and
torpedo boats. The Russian admiral,
Without, was more fortunate than Ger
vera in his similar movement from the
harbor of Santiago, tho he lost his own
life in the battle. The fleet got thru,
but reports from the neutral ports, in
which the Russian ships took refuge,
show that they are in crippled condi-
ton and some of them are entirely
unseaworthy. It was running fight
and Togo managed to infict damage
enough seriously to impair the fighting
power of the Russian ships. These, of
course, under the laws of war, must
respect the time limit in neutral ports,
and seek relief in Vladivostok dry
docks, taking their chances Of another
encounter with Togo s ships. Belliger-
ent vessels may obtain supplies, oc-
casionally, of non-warlike material in
neutral ports, and fuel enough to take
them to a home port, but neutral
cannot allow belligerent ship to effect
any war preparations in it's waters.
The Port Arthur squadron might have
been annihilated, but Togo prudently.
avoided a close grapple, which might
have resulted in the sinking of bat
tleship or two-a loss which Japan can
not afford to sustain. The plucky lit.
tie power is still mistress Of the orient
seas, for the Vladivostok squadron
avoids battle and is occupied in prey
ing upon neutral commerce. The Jap
anese admiralty will probably make
special efforts to cut short the useful
ness Of the Vladivostok squadron be-
fore the ships Of the Russian Baltic
squadron, now about to leave for the
orient, arrive within reach. The ships
of the Port Arthur squadron are now
scattered.
So far, the Japs maintain their supe-
riority on the sea. The Russians have
shown themselves very weak on the
rolling deep" They have no Dewey,
Farragut or Perry, no Nelson or Al
cibiades, or Cimon or Coligny among
them They have never figured CON
spicuously' in any considerable naval
battle. At Navarino in the war for
Greek independence, it was the English
and French that wiped out the Turkish
fleet. In the Crimean war the Russian
navy was a cipher. In the Russo Turk
ish war of 1877-78, the sum Of Russian
naval heroism was the sinking of q
rotten old Turkish frigate on the Black
sea. Actual naval warfare hastens the
education of nation in naval maneu.
vering and successful tactics generally.
Russia has had comparatively small
experience in sea fighting, but she is
now getting some wholesome ideas
from the despised Japs. The Russians
may in time get on their sea legs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13

For the first time in number of
years the republican national commit
tee is not going to put any funds into
Minnesota. Mr.. Cortelyou must have
heard something about that pre-con-
vention campaign which led him to
think that the state committee would
pull thru fairly well.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13

Seventy years old now, straight as an
arrow, in complete possession Of perfect
mental and bodily health, President Eliot
of Harvard stands a living example of
what wholesome observance of. the laws Of
health will do for the physical man. DR..
Eliot is the oldest college president in
America probably the oldest in the world.
AS leader of thought his opinions on
social, economic, political and religious
questions are quoted in all the languages
of civilization. He; has been at the head
of Harvard for thirty-five years, and has
brought the university from a small col
lection of struggling buildings to a stu
pendous college of imposing structures;
from a narrow minded, dogmatic school
to one of the most liberal and broad
minded institutions of learning in the
world.