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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01

view of the easy-going habit we have
fallen into Of not holding our con-
gressmen to account, it is only natur-
al that this lnalady should thrive.
Th e o u n q | has no interest in
attracting attention to Mr.. Lind, but
as this paper. like many others in this
state believes in reciprocity with Cam
ada, it is only right and proper that it
should devote some space to men and
measures that are seeking to advance
it. We believe that majority OF our
people believe in reciprocity with our
northern neighbor and have long ago
got to the bottom Of the ancient fal-
lacy as to the dangers of Canadian
competition in agricultural products
which Mr.. Volstead purposes to resur.
rect. Yet with two or three excep.
tons our congressman have chosen tc
IGNORE or CONTEMPORARY oppose
Canadian reciprocity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
LANcAsHIRE's MOCK MAYOR

A tiny I1anca shire hamlet elects a mock
mayor each year. The residents Of the VIII
iase find great entertainment in rnasquer-
aiding as 'the ancient borough Of Wor-
ston.'' With splendid seriousness the can
dates issue addresses. and all the resi-
dents Of the neighborhood are supplied
with voting papers, the women voting as
we'll as tho men. The duly elected mayor
always assumes the style Of privy coun-
cilor and tho rank Of knight. The
holder Of the office for several years has
been 'tle Right Honorable Sir William
Rulcock." q laborcr. He has his robes
OF Office 3 gorgeous cooked hat and huge
brass chain and badge. The corpora tion
meets at the village inn, and there ponder
oIsiy discusses such moving questions as
tie repainting OF finger posts. At the
coronation Of Edward this mock borough
had its civic retoicings, aid forwarded an
address to the king, who acknowledged it
SIS courteously as he did the congratula.-
tons OF London or Edinburgh.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
Changing Grain Routes.

The trend Of grain export routes 15
plainly away from the Atlantic to the
gulf ports. In 1903 New Orleans SUI
perseded Montreal as the second grain
exporting port Of the continent and
closely followed New York. Galveston
advanced from seventh to fifth place.
In wheat exports alone New Orleans
stands first and Galveston second, and
New York drops to third place.
The improvement of the Canadian
waterway system will likely have the
effect Of making Montreal more and
more Of a wheat export port, especial
~ if the production Of wheat in the
Canadian west shall grow as rapidly
as now seems probable. But it is not
likely that much more American grain
will go thru Montreal than now. The
indications are that hereafter there
will be very little northwestern spring
wheat for export except in the form
Of flour. The gulf ports are already
drawing grain from points in Me-
braska, and hereafter very little grain
produced south Of Minnesota is likely
20 find it's way out Of the country by
Atlantic ports.
This radical change In the grain
route has attracted much attention
from the trunk lines. The Railway
World, however. tells them that there
| is no use in worrying about the mat.
| ter, as it is consequence Of
geography rather than rates. The cen
ter of the great wheat producing area:
Of the country this side of the Rocky
Mountains is now nearer to the gull
than to the Atlantic.
Examine these figures: Nebraska Il
now raising about 100000 bushel
Of wheat annually; Kansas about 80,
100000; Oklahoma, 20,000,000; Mis-
souri,, 50,000.000; Texas, 100000
These five states are producing abou
ons-third Of the total American wlea
crop. They also constitute the rex:ol
in which thsre Will probably be tn
greatest increase Of production in tn
naxt few years. They all ore or 500
will be tributary to tho gulf.
AS this change in trade lines IS &C
companied by the industrial r.hab
tation Of the south and ITS agriculture
salvation thru the high price Of cettor
it may be safely predicted that fror
now on the routes Of comm erca in thi
country will rapidly shift in reapect
many commodities from east and Yves
: 20 north and south.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
FlNANCIER AND MIRTHMAkER

American financiers who, when in Lon
don have had occasion to meet the urbane
vet extremely businesslike secretary of the
Bank Of England, We're surprised to learn
the other day that in his leisure he wrote
stories that fairly dubbed over with the
spirit of childhood. Between K. Grahame.
important factor in the management of
''The Old Lady on Threadneedle Street."
and Kenneth Grahame, author Of 1.-THE
Golden Age and Dream Days." there
would seem to be the wide gulf existing
between poet and banker--always except
ing my old friend, Edmund Clarence Sted-
man. If the attempt Of q lunatic to as
sassinate the bank secretary had not
drawn wide attention to that financial fac
totum, with consequent publication of his
biography, the fact that mirthmaker and
money handler were one person would
have been known only to q chosen few
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
Great Record for
January

The Minneapolis Journal has
again demonstrated right to its
title of 1.-THE Great Daily of the
Great Northwest, - having car
ried in rs issues in January 1,3l1
columns of PAID advertising,
while it's nearest competition car
ried 1872 columns, or nearly 50
per cent less.
By eliminating Objectionable
advertising, which The Journal
would not carry, from the amount
of it's nearest competitor, The
Journal carried as much adver-
Using in it's 26 issues as it's COM
petitor carried in it's rs daily and
and five big Sunday issues.
AS TO CIRCULATION.
During January The Journals
circulation showed the gratifying
daily average of
61,463 Copies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
IOWA FARMERS AND RECIPROCITY

Senator A. B. Funk in Spirit Lake Qowa)
Beacon.
The governors inaugural address, in so
far as it relates to international trade re-
lations, is addressed directly to Iowa farm
ers. The friends Of this issue can easily
afford to leave it's fate in the hands of
farmers jury. If reciprocity be against
the western agricultural interest Iowa
should have none of it, for prosperity in
Iowa GIBBS and flows in response to agri-
cultural conditions.
In speaking Of Iowa's relation to the
protective system the governor tells the
plain truth in the statement, 1.-THE bene-
fits she has derived have been very great
but largely incidentally An able and hon.
est western senator once said to the wri-
ter: Tt is practically impossible to write
into the schedules any figures that will di-
rectly affect the price of grains" This
matter is logically controlled by the world
market. No honest man familiar with
conditions and markets on both sides of
the Canadian border will assert that the
free admission of Canadian grains would
materially affect the price in the states.
Most Of all, if difference exist, It should
be upon the article Of wheat, for wheat
! is nowhere in the world more easily pro-
duced than in Canada. But the few cents
difference in our favor at times is largely
due to the closing Of water transporta-
ton and the consequent shipping conges-
tion in western Canada. The farmer who
| believes otherwise permits himself to be
| deceived by Misrepresentation.
| This as to the direct application of
| tariff duties to the products of the Iowa
farm. Now as to the incidental benefits of
protection that have been Every great"
as the governor says OF inestimable value
| to the farmer has been the home market
a large and uniform demand fer the
! things produced by the farmers within
| easy reach Of the farms. In this sense
Iowa farmers attend with interest the
growth Of every city, the legitimate devel-
opn1ent Of every manufacturing interest
the steady pressure of home consumption
toward the limit Of home production. Tt
the point necessary to the protection OF
the factory against foreign competition
higher prices for goods needed .on the
farm have been cheerfully paid. 1t is graft
flying to know that thru this policy many
manufacturers have finally been enabled
! to enter successfully into world competi-
! ton, a fact that intelligently suggests
changing conditions and different tariff
| treatment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
Rivals in Dishonor.

It is no longer Chicago and New
York, but Chicago and Philadelphia,
that are rivals. The distinction the
two cities aspire to in friendly emula-
ton is the dishonor of being the
worst city in the world. The current
issue of Public Opinion presents the
arguments of champions of the respec-
tive claims of the two cities. A writer
in the New York Sun declares that
Chicago lis undoubtedly the wicked
est city in the world" Gustavus
Meyers, writing in the London Ma
tional Review, asserts that 'Phfladel-
phia now holds beyond possibility of
dispute the ignoble palm of being the
most corrupt city in the world"
This competition for dishonors is
not based upon the same grounds.
The Suns correspondent advances the
claims Of Chicago on the ground of
the prevalence of violent crimes in
that city, while Mr.. Meyers valiantly
contends for Philadelphia on the
ground that no other city'in the world
is so regularly, Systematically and eff
fectively looted as Philadelphia. Says
Mr.. Meyers:
All other American cities have made dis
| tinct progress toward D. something ap-
preaching higher civic ideals. Alone Of all
! the great, at least the largely populated
| cities Of the world enjoying the benefits
of electoral laws, Philadelphia has been
retrograding year by year, and finally
reaching such depth Of iniquity as seems
scarcely possible.
Says the Suns correspondent:
Chicago murder record has ever been a
black one. but the figures for this police
| year are appalling. So far as such crimes
go, 1903 is certainly her. black banner
period. In 1902 1876 murders were ad-
mitted by the police to have occurred
here. while many fractured skull case
at the hospital docketed "cause of acct
dent unknown" might we'll have beer
charged up to sandbags or to bludgeons
But merely those cases reported in the
newspapers for 1908, up to Dec. %, num-
| bered 15S
Concerning crimes Of violence Other
than actual murder, have been utterly
unable to get complete statistics. Fig
ures are lacking, even of the many case:
of highway robbery accompanied by as
saults. Such episodes are almost com
monplace>in Chicago. Their number woult
not if it could be correctly ascertained, b,
found to be much less than two day TO
every day upon the calendar. w ~.
This is a dispute that ought easil.
to be settled without doing injustice
to either party. Philadelphia shoult
cheerfully concede that Chicago is tn
worst city in the world, judging &C
cording to the prevalence of violen
crimes. On the. other hand, Chicag
should just as cheerfully concede that
judged by grating and general pub
, lie corruption, it is not in the sam
class with Philadelphia. Really it
impossible fairly to compare the tw
: cities. Each is supreme in it's ow:
chosen field Of iniquity.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
A MACEDONIAN AMAZON

Katarina Arnautova, Macedonian
woman. has participated in a great deal Of
fighting during the insurection against
Turkey. A correspondent describes her
as about &c years Of age, of middle height,
well set up and strong looking, with blue
eyes and brown hair, which she wears
long, but done up under her black fur cap.
She wore also a gray tunic of a military
cut and metal buttons, leather belt, gray
trousers and leggings Of a dull, violet
colored wool. A whistle for giving signals
was attached to her watch chain, and in
her pocket she had some poison wrapped
up in paper in case she should fall into
tho hands Of the Turks. She said she had
been in six important engagements and
others of less Importance, was good shot
and knew of five Turks that had fallen
before her rifle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01

Voltaire once paid some pretty compli-
ments to man. who. Voltaire learned sub
sequently, had expressed a very poor opin-
ion of the great iconoclast. Thereupon
the philosopher remarked that both OF
them had been mistaken. Not so, how
ever. with Bryan and Rockefeller. When
the radical leader and the prince OF
monopolists met the other day. each
smiled and said to himself, II was right
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
BOOKS RECEIVED


THE w1ND-swEPT WHEAT. Poems by Mary
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Richard e. Badger. The Gorham Press Price
$1.25.
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By R. Clyde Ford, Phi. D. Boston: CHM &
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A BUSINESS WOMAN
Successful, American.

Madame Patti whose final farewell tour is
likely to prove very favorable, has her own
way of dealing with manag gers. On one &C.
casion, years ago, the late J. H. Mapleson
found himself in difficulties, the receipts
not coming up ia his expectations. Mad
anne Patti refused to don the costume for
her part until the fee was in her hand.
Mr.. Mapleson gave her half the sum due,
on account. Thereupon tho prma donna
put on one shoe. Finally. with prodigous
efforts, the manager collected the bal
ance Madame Patti put on the other
shoe and the performance proceeded. Patti
is a business woman.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
THE MAGAZINES

Digest Of Governors Messaees-The
New York state library bulletin No. .S5 is
a topical digest of governors messages,
covering all the states and including re-
lated topics in the presidents message.
Two other bulletins are issued annually
by the New York library-Summary and
Index Of Legislation and Review Of Legis-
lation.
Entertainment for Sportsmen-outine
for February is out with long list OF
good things, including Thru the Rebel
Country Of the Moors,'' by Albert H. Dan
forth, as leader, and Sam Houston
by Emerson Hough as an attractive fea-
ture.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01

I, must exercise awhile"
He called for the news Of these troublous
times,
And perused it while he ate;
He read of the list of daily crimes,
And the struggle DER Korea's fate.
He read on farther in panied surprise
That changed to an angry frown;
'What, Minnesota the banana belt!s
Now that's where they turn me down."
He packed his grip, with a farewell nip.
AS he locked up his icy throne,
And he fied him south on his vengeful
trip
To make poor humanity groan.
what changeful, ungrateful world he
thought,
"'Twas there they once loved me so,
''That for me most beautiful palace was
wrought,
"And they cried for ice and snow"
He arrived at night and found he was
right
His luck took a downward grade;
No stately ice palace cheered his sight,
Nor welcoming torchlight parade.
His old-time friends were tucked in bed.
And his plans he quickly made;
Those recreant hearts soon qualzed in
dread
For house-to house visit he paid.
The gas froze up, the water pipes burst,
And the furnace fires died before day;
Oh! the slaughter was great, most sad to
relate.
Nearly every mans hair turned gray.
Then the Cold Wave frowned on the sup
| plant crowd,
what has anyone got to say?"
The plumber and coal man breathed gen.
thy aloud,
please, sir, we would like you to stay
Frances +. MalIou.
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6l,463 Copies.
Same Old Ames.

A lifelong characteristic Of DR..
Ames has been his abilityto make mis-
takes at critical moments, SO that his
political history has been a series of
attractions. and repulsions. p, Remark
able for his ability to enlist sympathy
land admiration without cause, he has
been equally remarkable for his abil-
ity to turn them into luminosity and
contempt by objectionable blunders
and offenses.
At this moment he is again travel
ing the So me old circle. 1t is unde-
niable that thousands Of eminently re-
spectacle persons in this community
who have all along been convinced of
the doctors guilt il. connection with
the police graft cases, have hoped that
the broken old man might in some
way be spared the last humiliation of
imprisonment in the state peniten-
tiary. Many who thought it would be
unwise and inconsistent for them to
express such q view, considering the
potent force for wrong-doing the for
mer mayor has been in this cOmmun-
ity for years and their own belief in
his specific guilt, secretly hoped that
the old man might get off, in some
way.
They were secretly relieved when he
did get off, thru, what after all,
comes mighty near being a technical
ity and in no way indicates him. But
a day had not elapsed before these
persons were beginning to feel
,el, >F
characteristic brazenness the doctor
began to talk about 'vindication" and
hint at a return to politics. Instead
of behaving himself quietly and mod
estly as became a man who had had
such q close call from a well-deserved
prison sentence, he began to threaten
and to vaunt and to talk foolishly
about a conspiracy against him. Sim
ultaneously every enemy of public
welfare in this city, every law violator
every CRATER began to hold up his
long drooping head and resume the
cynical smile with which the grafters
used to regard people who talked OF
reform and good city government
Then came the proposition to peti
ton for the pardon Of Norm Kins
and Fred Ames, whom no technically
or it's equivalent was able to keep gu
of prison.
Has Minneapolis thus soon forgo
the riot of graft and bribery and fou
collision between theft, robbery ant
prostitution and the executive depart
ment of the city government tina
hourished only two years ago!
There is no hope that such an un
blushing petition will ever receive Sc
rious consideration, but this city ough
to be spared the shame of even see
ing one presented. III e j ourn a
here serves notice that it will oppos
such a petition and the petitioner
name of the city it will seek to bran
them with the public shame they de
serve.
It appears that T II Journa L
position has been somewhat misunder
stood because it stated the well know
fact that many people in Minneapoli
were gratified over the escape Of tn
former mayor from term in tn
state prison. To correct this misaI
prehension, TIL e J our ma wishe
to state now and here that it deplore
the failure of justice in the Anne
case.
We believe that it is the most griey
gus blow the cause Of public moralit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Chance for New Soclety-It Could Be
Called Society for the Prevention OF
the Publication of Rooks-Such So
ciety Could Censor Books Of Poetry and
Gull Out the Bad-some Geographical
Readers.

t1e publication OF Books-Such so.
ciety Could Censor Books Of Poetry and
Gull Out the Bad-some Geographical
Readers.
How would a society for the preven-
ton of the publication of books do? Or
could not the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals take up the matter,
Tor the publication Of many books is
cruelty to many Of the human species of
animal. Such a society would not attempt,
of course, to dam (please note how the
word IS spelled) altogether the flood of
books, but would try to see that only
worthy books were allowed to come out.
The publication Of any book falling much
below certain standard of excellence,
whether of prose or poetry, would bring
upon publishers and author punishment
like that which ought to be meted out to
one who will trim up a kitten
with pair of shears to make it conform
to his ideas Of cat beauty. There would
be a punishment, too, for persons respon-
sible for letting a book, containing more
than certain number Of typographical
errors or misspelled words, get out, espe-
cially if the errors were serious. And
that brings us to a case in point.
1t is the little book OF verse, The Wind
Swept Wheat, by Mary Ainge de We're,
better known as Madeline Bridges
There are some fairly good things in the
IIlle VO1u1ne DuC there are others Which
would better have been omitted. So
ciety of the kind mentioned above would
doubtless have recommended such for
omission before allowing the book to come
! out. 1t. would also have insisted on some
| changes of spelling-ths, for example:
| l muse alone: broken prayer
| Lost i'll sigh, breathes from my heart
| May all good angles guard her where
| Her pure life moves from mine apart.
| If that We're the only one such error it
could be forgiven, but this could hardly
, be overlooked.
The quality of the authors better work
| is well shown in this from the title
poem:
Dreams, than sleep,
Fall the listening heart and lull its care;
Dead years send back
Some treasured unforgotten time.
All, long ago!
When and sky We're sweet
! In happy noon
We stood breast high mid waves Of ripenet
grain
And heard the wind make music in the wheat.
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st. Louis also is having an antispitting
crusade. By mistake prominent business
man is to be arrested. We have seen
prominent business men Of Minneapolis
spit on the sidewalks. A mistake may be
made here.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01
CONFESSION WAS IRREGULAR
IrOOuOiS Chief.

An Ohio man confessed to five murders,
but the judge. at the solicitation of the
murderer's attorney, gave the man a new
trial because the confession was irreg-
however, no question as to the regularity
of the murders.