The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-24
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william Alien White'S Lightning. - Inc
Kansas editor has unbottled large stores
of scathing English for civic dishonesty
and the civicaly dishonest in an article
in McCiure's for September, entitled
Roosevelt and the Postal Frauds" The
article Is about as picturesque display
Of word lightning as Is oftsn seen these
days Among other things, Mr.. White
says:
But when civic honesty Is as forceful In Amer
lea among the whole people the sentiment Is
against anchastity for instance, when civic hon
esty is backed by sentiment for which people
are willing to sacrifice their personal comfort
and pay extra taxes to maintain, then, and
not before, will personal honesty become the
best policy for governmental officials. To bring
about such a condition means more for America
than the adjustment of tariffs or the establish
ment Of any kind Of currency. The people seem
to realize this, and just now they interested
IN problems of production and distribution Of
wealth only In a casual way. The real interest
In American politics is in the moral uplift in
the administration of the existing laws given to
the country by President Roosevelt. The most
important manifestation Of this is found in the
way he cleaned up the corruption he found in the
postofhce department. The president s
attitude was from the first of angry abhor-
renee for the alleged thieves. He went at the
investiga ton terrier goes after a rat.
It is really too bad that there isn't
that relating to Machen, that "artist in
graft
Ida M Tarbells article on Standard Oil
this month deals with the price Of oil.
Presidential Campaigns Come High
Walter Wellman gives some figures in Sue
cess for September. He says he has good
authority for the statement that Mr..
, Hanna spent $4,000, 900 as chairman Of the
republican committed of 1896. Where does
this money come from? Mr.. Welman
says:
'"There is little doubt that, If 1t had been
deemed necessary to compass the defeat OF
William j. Bryan, twice as much could
have been raised. So great was the alarm
among men Of means over the danger
which menaced the standard of values that
all Mr.. Hanna had to do was to write
down on slip Of paper the amount he
| thought a bank, a corporation, or an in
dividual should pay, and in nearly every
instance the assigned sum was promptly
checked to Cornelius NJ Bliss, the treas
urer Of the committee. The largest sub
insurance company, and amounted tt
/ 5000, 900. One railroad company gave
500, 900. Eight or ten railway companies
subscribed one-fourth as much each
Probably a hundred or more banks anc
trust companies sent their checks for from
! ten to twenty thousand dollars apiece"
! Other features Of the magazine arr
jackson. the Democrat; Roosevelt, the
Republican,, by Alfred Henry Lewis, ant
! Educated Men In Politics. by Altor
I Brooks Parker, democratic nominee fol
!. the presidency,
Russian Officials Live by, Exactlons-
N. T. Bacon in the September E5ookIovers
| Magazine says: TT Is an accepted par
Of the Russian system that officials shall
live by exactions. Six years ago a Sc
cret official report to the car on the dis
content in Poland gave official extortion
as the main cause. and recommended tina
/ the salaries of officials should be mad,
sufficient to live on. and that they shoult
then be held strictly responsible. TIL,
cars own copy Of this report was stolel
/ for the London Times, and bore note OF
the margin in his handwriting saying
This is to be done as soon as the treasur,
shows the necessary funds Seldom i
ever does the Russian government try t,
recover losses by peculation.'
i Three strong men of the age, strong IL
iwidely-differing degrees Minister Witte
Boss" Plat and the late G. f. Watts
are the subjects of three most interestin,
articles in this number Beyond its obvi
Gus timeliness, N. T. Bacon's estimate O
! "Russias Ablest Statesman is in realit,
/ a we'll ba lanced and we'll informed resum,
:. of the state of Russia's internal affairs
. much more valuable than columns Of wa
news.
Ants as Seasoning for Sandwiches
1 Ants, writes Ernest Thompson Seton II
Country Life In America for September
are available for food when one is lost il
the North Woods. They are usually tt
be found dormant in dead and hollow
! trees, sometimes in great numbers. Bear.
and flickers eat them in quantities, ant
I have met with men who claim to have
/ done SO, but I never tried them mysel
and suspect they are unpleasantly acid
Professor e. B. Southwick, however, says
I in my early days, when chopping wood
1 have often eaten the frozen black ants
j The forrnic acid in them made an agree
able relish to the pork and bread sand
4 Mnch that formed my lunch. =
Mr.. Seton or Professor Southwick vii
have to show u.s.
i Country Life for September is superb,
Illustrated and full Of good reading fol