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"Loans'' to Exposition.

A communication in another column
calls attention, to an editorial para
graph about a. 'loan''- to the Louisiana
Purchase exposition, and takes excep-
ton to the idea that the money Will
not be returned to the government.
OF course, T h e j u rn has no
information on this subject further
than that Of experience. .It"has not
been the habit of expositions to return
money "loaned' by the government.
Possibly the ST. Louis exposition Will
be an exception to this rule. But it it
does not we have no objection to the
"loan'' because we have no doubt the
exposition will do the country great
deal more good than the loan will cost.
1t might be all right for the senators
to deliberately give away such large
amount of money.
AS for appreciation Of the extent
and scope Of the exposition it is prob
able that few people do comprehend
as vet what is undertaken. All re-
ports are to the effect that the st.
Louis exposition is to exceed anything
ever attempted in the show line, and
The 10 u IN a is more than glad to
see it treated literally by the govern
ment and to give it the benefit Of the
free advertising which the publication
of this rather unnecessary communi-
cation involves.
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Secretary Hays Quick Move.

American diplomacy is again to the
front. The Japanese did not strike
at Port Arthur any quicker than Sec
rotary Hay struck for the maintenance
of the American principle Of the open
door in China. Mr.. Hay has invited a
number of the great powers to CO.
operate with the United States in no
tifying both Russia and Japan that
the neutrality and integrity of China
must be respected both during and
after the war. 49,
Just how this rule could or would
be applied to Manchuria is not plain.
According to the American idea of the
situation, Manchuria is a part Fof
China to-day notwithstanding the
Russian occupation. Indeed, the Rus
slams had agreed to evacuate on Oct.
s all of Manchuria not held by them
thru special arrangement with China,
which would apply only to the line~of
the Manchurian railway and the sea-
ports of Port Arthur and Dalny.
It is plain from the geography of
the situation that it. will, he difficult
for the war to proceed without viola
tons Of the neutrality of Manchuria
On the one hand, the Russians can not
march to attack the Japanese In Ko-
rea without crossing Chinese territory
in Manchuria, and it will be impossi-
BILE for the Japanese to endeavor to
cripple the Russians by cutting the
Manchurian railway without crossing
Chinese territory. Yet it is not likely
that Secretary Hay has any intention
of asking other nations to cooperate
in an arrangement to prevent the Rus
slams and Japanese from fighting q de-
cisive war, now that they are at it.
We must assume that the secretary
idea is that the neutrality Of China
proper must be scrupulously respected
during the war, and that after it is
over there must be no partition either
of the region now occupied by Russia
or of other regions, no matter which
combatant shall win. If the Russians
win, they would, according to the pro-
posed understanding, be ousted from
Manchuria outside of their lease
rights. If the Japanese win, they
could take nothing more in Manchuria
than the Russians have That is to
say, they might by right Of conquest,
| take the railway and the Russian
ports. -; '"....
| AS to Korea, that seems to be, a
country that the war dogs will de-
YOUR, the victor taking the. whole of it
It is not conceivable that Japan will,
ever surrender it, once gained; and sc
with Russia-barring, Of course, ir
each eventuaity the intervention OF
other nations capable of enforcing
their DEGREES as to peace terms.
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Paw of Rural Carriers.

p: 1t is reported from Washington that
congress Will vote to increase the SAL
aries of rural mail carriers from $500
a year to s72O- This is not SO much
of an increase as the carriers have
asked for, but it is enough to encour-
age them to keep on with 1heir work
in the hope that they may ultimately
receive better pay. The carriers de-
sire that the present salary of $500 a.
year should prevail for the first year,
that the salary be $720 the second
year, and thereafter $3.50. -
The Journa is in receipt of an.
earnest letter from Mr.. F. H. Cunning
ham, South Omaha, president of the
National Rural Letter Carriers asso-
citation, urging the adoption of the pay
schedule given above and arguing that
| the carriers are giving value received
| for all the money that is expended on
| them. It has been predicted by the
| opponents of rural free delivery that
within a few years, at the present rate
of increase. in the number of the
routes, there will be $4,000 carriers
| drawing not less than $30,000,000 a
year. Mr.. Cunningham points out,
however, that $4,000 carriers would
| be serving rural population of
25,00O,OOO, and thinks that the bene-
fits ~accruing to such a population
would be we'll worth the money. 1t
seems to us that the increase in the
revenues of the postoffice following
the general utilization Of the mails by
millions of people who have had little
use for them in the past, would go a
long way toward meeting the addi-
tional expense. ...---.
That the present rate Of pay is al
fact that about one in every four of
the carriers resigned last year. AS Mr..
Cunningham says, many of the car
riers have lost money in the service
and others who have invested their
capital in horses, wagon, harness and
other equipment are now hanging or
only because they hope congress will
come to their relief. When you come
. to think Of it, $500 a year is not much
of a compensation for giving youl
. time and the use Of your horses ant
, wagons for six days in the week. naak
, ing daily drive Of about thirty miles
) Doubtless the incidental income from
the personal services of one kind ant
another the carrier is-permitted tt
t perform, considerably increases thu
: net earnings on many routes. Blu
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Genera
Bristow has even recommended tina
n the privilege of conducting a petit.
J. business ION the side, be withdraw
# from the carriers.
t II h e j o u r n a wishes to go o.
+ record as favoring an increase in tn
y salary Of the rural mail carrier an,
n as opposing the proposition that hi
t. activities be confined solely to his du
y ties as a carrier. 1t is a. great con
It venience, we are assured, to the rura
}, population to be able to avail them
: selves of the services Of daily. mes
y senger to and from the nearest ,1narke
z town. This incidental benefit Of til
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San Diego.

Attention is called to the page in
this issue devoted to San Diego, Cal.
We have no doubt that the facts about
San Diego and it's great port therein
set forth will be surprising as we'll as
interesting to our readers. With such
a. harbor, a resourceful country back
of it, the Pacific ocean before it, the
Panama canal about to be built, and
an era Of tremendous activity in the
Pacific trade just beginning, the peo-
pie of San Diego are justified in pre-
dieting a great future for their city.
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81, Copies.
The First Battle.

The first. days fighting appears to
have been a sad one for Russia. State
ments as to the names and number of
the Russian ships damaged in the jan,
anese attack on Port Arthur vary, but
a dispatch from st. Petersburg con-
cedes that three battleships and two
cruisers have been rendered useless.
Add to this the cruiser and gunboat
destroyed at Chemulpho, and there is
a total of seven Russian WarshipS rem
dered hors de combat. There are ru-
mors of other Japanese successes, but
what is certain makes a very good
showing.
The extent of the advantage gained
by the Japs thru the extraordinary
success of their first attack is two
fold. Before the attack the Russian
fleet in the east was superior to the
Japanese in the number of battleships
and the total tonnage of ships of the
misunderstanding and armOred crulS-
ers. 1t is now inferior in the number
of effective battleships and in fighting
tonnage. Thus before there was an
opportunity for a decisive fleet en-
gagement the Russians have been de-
prived of the advantage they had
gained navally by putting off the day
Of war for five months. ~,
The other advantage gained by the
Japs is that of prestige and self-con-
fidence-the flush of victory. The
other side of this advantage is the dis
advantage the Russians are under
from having been SO roughly and HUI
miliatingly handled in the first meet
ing of the hostile navies. The nerve
of Russian officers and men is prob.
ably woefully demoralized.
After these sea victories it is natural
to assume that the Japs will be az
easily victorious on land, but here i
is quite possible to make q mistake
If reports are to be believed, the Rus
slams were quite as forehanded OF
land as the Japs have been on sea
and have probably already occupi
all the strategic positions on the Ko
rean frontier of Manchuria. It is no
likely that land victories will be wo1
by either side without hard and te
dious marching, maneuVering anC
fighting.
The war has begun dramatically am
alertly, but it may drag out TO
months and years. Now, that diplo
macy has been superseded by fighting
the stakes have become vastly large
than they were. To all the question
previously at issue are now added tn
consequences of victory or defeat
Russia must put forth herculean eff
forts to prevent defeat, and Japa
must fight to the last cent and tn
last horsepower Of energy to escap
the same outcome.
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BAGDAD
A slave I slept-a sultan awoke.

A slave slept-a sultan awoke,
In a midnight dream. - -s ,
All; clad in purple robes and ermine, cloak
And crown agleam
Of gold and sparks Of gems that flashed
like fire:
ruled Bagdad, Al Raschid's town Of spire
And tower and dome,
OF synagogue and mosque. Down many a
walk 49,
chose to roam
Disguised, as did Haroup., to hear the
talk ~ i
OF men at home. 49,. i,
/ heard and saw soft ni,1sicandE fair maid;
And in the nave
OF murky mosque the Moslem knelt and
prayed,
To laundering harps by dark eyed dam
sells played;
| AdOwn the wave r,
OF turbid Tigris, boats like phantoms
swept;
Enchanted down the fowery bank ]
= 80; strayed. Is -
And laid me in the perfu1ned palm trees
Till. lulled by dreamy song. I, Sultan
And woke a slave:
+ -r--s -sr Unknown.
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MAGAZINE MISCELLANY

Our Precious Ruins-Dr. J. Walter
Fewkes in Records of the Past for jan
uary complains of the wholesale destruc-
ton of prehistoric monuments in the
southwest. He says that, failure to stop
this destruction has perhaps been the re-
suit of lack of knowledge of the ruins and
their value. So he gives long article,
richly illustrated, showing what the ruins
are and what study Of them may lead
to. He says: 'No government in the world
has SO great an opportunity to render a
lasting service to present and future gen
ethnology and archaeology as that Of the
this service is equal to the opportunity"
Geographers to Meet-The executive
geographical congress-, held in, Berlin in
1899, having. voted to convolze its next. SEES
sion in Washington, says the National
Geographic. Magazine, the National Geo
graphic society, as the organization re-
sponsible for the management of the ses-
sions in the United States, will welcome
the eighth congress and its friends in
September, 1904. On the invitation Of the
National Geographic society, the follow
ing. societies join in welcoming the con-
gress :. The American Geographical So
ciety,s the Geographical Society of Phila-
delphia. the Appalachian NJ curtain club,
the Geogra phical Society Of the. Pacific,
the Sierra club, 1.-THE American Alpine
club, the Harvard Travellers club, the
Geographic Society. of Baltimore, the Geo
graphic Society Of Chicago the Geograph-
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Great Record for
january.

The Minneapolis Journal has
again demonstrated right to it's
title of THE Great Daily of the
Great Northwest" having car
ried in 26 issues in January l, 81
columns of. PAID advertising,
while it's nearest competitor car
ried 1872 columns, or nearly 30
per cent less. '.-...
By eliminating Objectionable
medical advertising, which The
Journal would not carry, from
the amount of it's nearest COM
petitor, The Journal carried as
much advertising in its. 26 issues
as it's competitor carried in its
26 daily and five big Sunday
issues.
AS TO CIRCULATION.
During January The Journal S
circulation showed the gratifying
daily average Of
81, 463 Copies.
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A significant feature of the opposition
to Collins is the attitude of the, Globe.
The Globe cannot come withinaa mile OF
the truth when talking about the contest
between the republican candidates for
governor This morning it prints a story
to the effect that Collins is to withdraw in
favor of Van SAINT, for lack of support
This is very coarse work as everybody
knows that Collins stands an excellent
chance of nomination, and knows, too
that the Globes preference among the re-
publican candidates is Dunn. About fifty
years ago newspapers were rather ex-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
THE FORAKER BILL
!. 1t Is All Over.
baltimore News.

I b
The little furry in national political talk
produced by Senator Foraker's introduce
ton, on Friday last, Of his bill to take
the starch out of the interstate commerce
law and the antitrust law seems to be
about over. OF course, the significance OF
the affair, in so far as it had any, was de-
rived from the intimacy of the relation
between the Ohio senator and President
Roosevelt. Mr.. oraker's denial that the
president was in any way concerned in the
matter, or. was even spoken to about it,
would of course have little effect in put
ting a stop to the spread of the idea that
it is an administration proposal; but when
Attorney General Knox not only emphatic
ally disclams for the administration any
knowledge or approval of the bill. but re-
cords his objections to it's purpose,and the
reasons therefor, on the grounds Of law
and public policy, it may safely be said
that the matter is disposed of, and that
little or nothing will be heard from It
again.
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ical Society of California, the Mazamas,
the Peary Arctic club.

Kansas City Architecture--The Feb
rua1y number of the Architectural Record
appeals strongly to many different inter-
ests and to various regions of the coun-
try. One of the most interesting chap
tiers is description of the development
of architecture in Kansas City, written in
a popular vein by Frank. Maynard Howe,
and illustrated handsomely. The pictures
are necessarily an important part Of all
the articles appearing in this magazine.
Kansas City's architectural status and
tendencies, the influences that have made
her what she is. are graphically related
and sometimes caustically criticized.
( Civic Art Inv Northern Europe-A study
Of street, fixtures, street advertising,
height Of buildings, floral decorations and
color schemes is to be found in the
Municipal journal and Engineer for Feb
ruary. These are subjects that have just
begun to be seriously considered in Ameri-
ca. Some valuable hints might be OBJ
tanned, especially as to street advertising,
from these papers in the Journal. They
are illustrated. The magazine Is one fol
lovers of civic art and students of civic
questions to study.
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SinqIe Tax In .a:NutsheII.


In iy0ur issue Of the 9Th inst. John J.
Janney tells Of a meeting addressed by a
single taxer. which took place in Cos
luIabns, Ohio, where he says The &received
this answer to a hypothetical question;
ana asks. whether 1T was a. proper an
swer: 3. - :.
1--WE will serve you as we served the
slave holders. They had no right to their
slaves and we took them from them, and
you have. no right to your land, and we
take that from you" rs:sj -
From the standpoint Of the single taxer
that was certainly not a proper answer.
Henry George never proposed to take land
away from anybody, except in condemna-
ton proceedings as now, when the land
might be needed for some public purpose.
Mr. Janney's proposition which he says
called forth the above answer, is in sub
stance this: Having lived for many years
from the proceeds of his labor applied to
certain land, he wants to know whether
under the single tax regime he could
thereafter live off the labor of another
man. In other words, he wishes to know
whether he and other men. can, after the
adoption Of the single tax share in the re-
suits of production, without taking any
part in such production either with brain
or hand. =
NV reply would be that he would find it
exceedingly difficult to do so. First, he
might Deg LTOul IICSo VIII llSI IdhCll pal I
in production. Secondly, he might steal
from them. 5- -
The plan elaborated by Henry George
and others, and which for want of a bet
ter name, is called the single tax plan, in
it's fullness aims to secure to those who
take part in the production Of wealth the
entire result of their labor, and to cut off
the numberless schemes by which, under
the forms of law, some men divert into
their own pockets the proceeds of the labor
of others. At the same time SO many nat
,lral opportunities would be thrown open
to labor and capital, that no man need
ever be at loss for a chance to employ
either his hands or his accumulated say
ings. TO tell how and why these results
would come about would require some vol
umes of space, but If. Mr.. Ja1lney really
wants to find out, and will Danish from his
mind the notion that some people ought
to live off other peoples efforts (withou1
their consent), he can find the volumes
necessary for his purpose. in any good
library. A M. Goodrich.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. g. 1904.
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
People who have things to say to the pub
lie that ought to be said are invited to
use this COLUMN. But the space. Is linn
Ited, and all communications must be
"boiIeda down" as much as possible.
. Three. hundred words is safe limit.
The ST. Louis EXPOSITION,

L =
To the Editor of The journal. '-.
I wish to call your attention to
short paragraph found in the editorial COL
umns Of IT h e J o u rn a Of Feb. 3 re-
lating to the, voting by the senate of
loan to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
company Of s4,6O0,0O0. You. say:
'They may call it a loan, but never
again will the vaults Of the treasury de-
partnent see it, .,s<
! 4. Where or from whom did you obtain
this information? Or have you been in
formed that there is nothing in the con-
ditions Of the loan which requires a re-
payment? Furthermore, do you suppose
that men serving the government in the
capacity Of senators would deliberately
give away such a large amount Of money?
The conditions of the loan bind the ex-
position company, to repay this loan at
the rate Of 40 per. cent Of total exposition
revenue each month after June 1. And
are, we to understand that in your opinion
the! total revenue " Of the exposition will
not be sufficient to meet the, obligations
Of the loan? 80 49,
It appears that either you do not APP
preciate the extent and scope of this
greatest of universal eXpositions, or you
are placing yourself and your valuable
newspaper in the "knocker's'' class. The
Minneapolis Journal has for years been
considered the best and fairest newspaper
in the great northwest, and that it should
begin to knockl the greatest international
exposition ever held seems decidedly out
of order. Such little articles as you pub
| lished in Il h J o u r n a Of Feb. 8 serve
only to convey the very wrong impression
to it's readers, that the st. Louis expo
stion is gigantic scheme Of robbery,
and will naturally do a great deal of in
justice-indeed, injury-to the fair. Very
| respectfully
i < "A Former Resident of Minnesota.
Il st. Louis, Feb. 6. 49,
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missouri Is observing wistfully the es-
forts Of Minnesota to find profitable IN
vestment for some s2o,ooo,ooo of trust
funds. Missouri is still paying $250,00O
annually in interest on indebtedness
which may meet the Minnesota idea of a
good investment" sioux City Journal.
+ The great trouble with Missouri is that
it wasn't settled by the right kind Of peo-
pie. Missouri would be .. a pretty good
state yet if it could get rid of about SO
per cent of its population. -.
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AT THE THEATERS
Eoyer Chat.


performance tonight will terminate
the. engagement of Charlotte Tittell and
company in 1.-THE Cavalier" at the Met
ropolitan.
IA Homespun Heart Hal Reid's melo-
dramatic story Of country life, will be
presented at the Metropolitan for a period
of three nights and Saturday matinee,
beginning Tomorrow evening, by capa-
BILE company. An attractive feature will
be the introduction of vaudeville special
ties by Nellie O'Neil and the Otora family
of Japanese acrobats.
De Koven's latest opera, 'The Red
FEATHER comes to the Metropolitan for
four nights. beginning Sunday, with it's
original company and the star, Grace Van
Studdiford, for whom it was written.
At the Dewey this. week Rose Sydell's
company Of vaudeville and farceurs delight
patrons of the popular playhouse. A
ladies' matinee will be given Friday. Ten
high class vaudeville numbers appear with
this aggregation ~.
A special matinee will be given on Fri
| day, Lincolns birthday, by the Foxy
Grandpa company at the. Bijou, headed
by Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar.
"The Factory Girl" new comedy
drama, which has achieved marked sue
] cess in the east, will have its first pro-
ductien In this city at the Bijou, COM
mencing next Sunday.
! Another packed; house saw Dick Ferris
and his company in Nat Goodwin's great
success, when We Were Twenty one
last night. The second matinee of the
week will be given tomorrow afternoon
. An extra matinee will be given Friday
Lincoln's birthday. Next week the com
pany wilt be seen: in Mark e. Swans .clev-
J. err comedy, Whose Baby Are Yeu.''
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rural mail service is at times almost
as important as the main service.
the pigamist, was found gui

Hazard, the bigamist,. was found guilty
This result is fortunate. The case pre-.
scented features extremely repulsive to all
right minded people, and society will be re-
lieved by the disappearance of this rascal
from public view. He may be useful at
Saltwater; he does not seem to have the
necessary qualifications to entitle him to
his liberty in this community
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pected to misrepresent political situations
in the interest of preferred candidates and
do it boldly and in theggface Of the plain
much out of date. very crude and very
ell 't"%'t s'"-f
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The little Japs fight 'like a house afre."
They are so sudden that the big clumsy
bear cannot put up his dukes" for de-
Tense in one quarter before they have at
tackled him somewhere else. The Japan
csc are doing the kind Of fighting which
wins against overwhelming numbers. -
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Bede must have been joking when he
asked the board of pardons to give Cole
Younger an unconditional pardon. But,
anyway, the board will take it as a joke,
unless is chooses to consider It an insult,
for which it might be justified in view
Of the way in which Younger has violated
the conditions under which he was per-
mitted to leave the state.