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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
The Packers Strike.

What looks like !. a very serious
strike has been called by the em-
ployees of all the big packinghouses
contest will suffer, but the innocent
and unoffending public will, as usual,
be called upon to undergo hardship
on account Of a "private' dispute.
The farmer and the cattleraiser
will find the price of his stock depre-
themselves in hard straits to live
without income. The employers will
find their profits wiped out and the
future of their business seriously af-
fected. The public will likely have
to 20 without most Of it's usual meat
rations and will have to pay several
prices for what it does get. It will,
perhaps, get little automatic re-
venge by discovering, thru enforced
abstention from meat, that 1t is pos
sible to live and be happy with little
or none of it. The fisher and poul-
rejoice and be happy and lay in large
bundles of profits.
After awhile the strike will be set
tied, and the public, which had to
suffer as much as if it were a party
to the strife, will foot the bills. The
price of meat will be kept up for a
long time to make up for lost profits,
and the public will have to pay for
any increase Of wages the men may
get from their strike.
It would have been easier and sim
pier to have marked up the price at
the start. The public will have to
pay anyway. And yet it's "none OF
the public's business" .~.-
There was a time when politics
was none Of the public's business
Perhaps the public will decide some
day that it has some business with
great industries, virtual monopolies
whose management SO vitality af-
fects it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
coLoRING sILkWoRM cocooNs

French scientists have discovered by
experiments that silkworms may. be made
to produce cocoons of almost any desired
colors. AS the ordinary white, yellow or
green was known to vary with the food.
this was colored artif1cially and worms
eating dyed privet leaves yielded cocoons
Of corresponding red, blue or other col
or. Plants have been similarly colored
by food, some blue French beans exhibit
ed in London few years ago seeming to
have resulted from chemical popularity
Of the soil.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
MINNEAPOLIS Slandered.

The Philadelphia Ledger must have
at least one very inaccurate reporter,
or else Mayor Weaver Of Philadelphia
has been extremely careless in the use
g of names of cities when talking of the
"trip Of the liberty bell. The follow
ing is from the Ledger of recent date
and purports to have been written
after an interview with the mayor,
when he returned home:
Sunday In the West.
The mayor found in his two western
trips that Sunday was both day for wor-
ship and enjoyment Citizens there go to
church in the morning and in the after
moon and evening enjoy themselves as
they see proper. This Sunday freedom Is
said to have impressed him more espe-
cially on the trip thru the west with the
liberty bell. In Minneapolis he was espe-
cially struck with the manner of observ-
ing Sunday. The mayor of Minneapolis is
a saloonkeeper, who conducts music hall
in connection with his saloon. The liberty
bell party was in Minneapolis on Sunday.
Mr.. Weaver, after meeting the mayor Of
that city, went to his place Of business in
company with "!lembers of the council
manic committee. He found in the saloon
and in the concert hall members of the
best families Of Minneapolis. He seemed
Ito be impressed with the novelty of being
lin saloon and concert hall on Sunday,
and members Of the councimanic COM
mittee say he made no unfavorable COM
ment. H..
In the first place Mayor Weaver
and the liberty bell were not in Min
neapolis on Sunday. s@ =
In the next place, while the mayor
of Minneapolis will not be accused by
anyone who has lived in Minneapolis
during the past two years, Of being
laws regulating the liquor traffic, it is
Il hardly necessary to say that he is not
saloonkeeper. The conditions which
Mayor Weaver is reported to have de-
scribed do not fit Minneapolis, but it
is possible that they may apply to Mil
waukee, where the beer garden Is said
to be the Sunday afternoon resort of
a great many people Of position and
influence. Mayor Weaver probably
spoke of Milwaukee. NsAt any rate the
Ledger has inexcusably slandered Min
neapolis, for even if Mayor Weaver
was careless, too, the Ledger editors
should have known better and should
have corrected the error before it got
Unto type. The Ledger will be ex-
pected to apologize, while Mayor
Weaver could with propriety disavow
any intention to speak so unjustly OF
a city where ne was SO generously en-
tertained.
We haven't anything to brag of rim
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
THE UNTAMAeLEz ZEBRA

South African native traditions have it
that in the long forgotten days the zebra
was a domesticated animal and was held
in complete subsection by its master, man.
In modern times several attempts have
been made to train this hardy beast Elk
periments at the London geological gar
dens indicate that zebras can be readily
made serviceable. There are innumerable
herds Of zebras running wild in South
Africa, and if they could be broken to doe
mestic use their subsection would solve
problem which for generations has been
a puzzle to the best experts. For the
zebras Of South Africa are immune from
the tsetse fly and the horse sickness
which has lately been ravaging Rhodesia
and other portions of the continent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
NEW Works. HORSE CARS

Until quite recently New York wat
made the laughing stock Of every stran-
ger who came here from western cities,
because Of the numerous horsecars in use
on crosstown lines. Two years ago 1t was
stated that these dinky little cars would
be done away with as soon as possible.
Since then there have been many changes,
electricity supplanting the horse, until
there are but few Of the old-time horse
cars left. Those that remain are regarded
as "iokes" as it is well known here that
they are kept in use more for the purpose
Of retaining franchises than for any other
reason. There is scarcely a horse-ca
line. In town now that hasn't a nearby
competing electric line. Passengers are
so scarce on the horsecars that when
they do board them conductors and dri-
vers seem to feel it incumbent upon them
to keep up a pleasant conversation thru
out the trip.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
FEAT OF A LEGLEss MAN

Up hundreds of steps from the bottom
to the top of the Washington monument
the other day tof1ed a 1egless man. He was
T. M. Ferry of Pennsylvania, veteran
Of the civil war, in which he lost both
his legs in the service of the federal army
He had not been in Washington since the
close of the war, and Immediately upon
his arrival he went to the Washington
m monument Electrical elevators run to the
summit every thirty minutes. Mr.. Ferry
did not wait for the elevators, but made
the ascent upon that portion Of the thighs
which have served him as feet since both
legs were amputated. It took him nearly
an hour to make the ascent He came
down In the elevator
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
CHURCHES FOR LoUNGERs AND
i'll. rr ... TRADE

At one time the naves of English
churches We're the resorts Of idle loung
ers, the gentry affecting much to walk, to
see and to be seen in the various edifices.
But the scenes which took place in Paul s
walk. In st. Paul's cathedral, London,
became scandal. The cathedral was
termed "at once a thorofare, market
and a fashionable promenade From an
act passed In the reign of Queen Mary,
dealing with this abuse, 1t would seem
that beer, bread, fish and flesh were vend-
ed there, horses mules and cattle driven
thru the building and, according to an
old writer, the midst Of the cathedral
was the scene of "all kinds Of bargains,
meetings, drawings, murders, conspira cies
and the font for ordinary payments OF
money" 1t should be mentioned that no
difference was made when the service was
going OH.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
ROCKEFELLER RECOVERING HAIR

S. John D. Rockefeller attended the Sun
day school Of the Euclid Avenue Baptist
church last Sunday, that being his first
appearance there in several months. All
who saw him were amazed by the great
change in him. Not only has his face lost
its former pallor, but the hair is growing
all over his head, and the famous finan-
cier looks ten years younger Mr. Rookie
Teller told the Sunday school pupils that
he felt better than in ten years. As usual,
he was faultlessly attired, wore a white
rose in the lapel of his coat and had
smile for everybody. He went from class
to class to shake hanfH; with the boys
and girls, for he is superintendent of
the school in addition to being a menabes
of the congregation
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

proprietary remedy, no matter
how excellent or deserving, rarely Or
never achieves success at once.
Granted merit, success is a matter of
time, pertinacious and judicious ad-
vertising, skillful management, and.
above ALL working capital. With
these, however, success is certain.
This Lightning Medicine Co.,, Of
Rock Island, Ill. had again been COM
PEELED to increase it's capital from
100000 to $4,000, in order to sup
ply the demand for Mulrs Grape
Tonic, manufactured by them.
Mull's Grape, Tonic has been be-
fore the public but a few years. The
company started with a cash capital
of $4,000. The men at the helm
had thoroly satisfied themselves of
the merit of their product, and were
sure that a trial Of it would convince
others. They were business men, who
did not expect to reap a fortune, at
once, and when the demand for their
preparation made it necessary. they
readily + increased the capital of the
company. Since January, 1904, the
demand has trebled, making neces-
sary complete change in the origi-
nal equipment. =
The history of Mulrs Grape Tonic
is but a repetition of nearly every
great and successful proprietary rem
edy While it is true that some have
achieved success without adequate
capital, it has invariably required
years to accomplish what might have
been done in months, had capital
been freely furnished as demanded.
Nearly, if not quite as essential to
success in this line as capital, is man.
agement, shrewd, cautious, econom-
ical management man at the head
Of affairs who knows his business, who
is not afraid of work, ready to take
responsibility in emergencies, and
ever on the lookout for the interests
Of his company, such a man is inval-
liable. The Lightning Medicine Co.
has been most fortunate in this re-
spect. Mr.. George J. Gruber, who has
held the position with the company
from its inception, has been the prime
factor in the success of Mull's. Grape
Tonic. Mr.. Gruber's advertising
methods have helped him to succeed.
They have been methods of dignity,
enterprise and courage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

concede republican success in Della
ware, in Idaho and Montana.
All these chances are remote, how
ever, and 1T comes down to the ques-
ton Of whether Parker can carry all
the doubtful states.
In these states campaign funds are
valuable assets, and have been known
to change the results. It Is conceded
that Parker will have fully as liberal
a fund as Roosevelt. He is entirely
satisfactory to the trust magnates,
and even the heavily protected manu-
featuring interests can see no real
danger in his election. The stand
patters" with no politics but their
business would be quite willing to see
a democratic president and house,
with a republican senate. Such con-
dition would mean abandonment Of
all tariff legislation. It would also
mean comparative safety for the
trusts, as far as new legislation went.
The republican party Is pledged to
trust regulation, and If it remains in
power can hardly escape carrying out
that pledge. No matter how strongly
democracy was pledged to such a
course, it could not be carried out
unless the republican senate agreed
to it. ..--.... --
So the interests that can afford to
supply large campaign funds may be
expected to support Judge Parker lib
orally, and republicans may as well
make up their minds that there is a
hard contest coming in the doubtful
states. There will be very little evil
dence Of it in this section Of the coun-
try, where a trust-made candidate on
gold standard declaration cannot
hope to poll even his party strength;
but just because everything wears a
rosy hue as to the national ticket in
Minnesota, republicans must not as
sure themselves of a walkover in the
nation at large ,...1. ...s.. . . 9 .-.s.,.a.
Judge Parker has a fighting chance
to win, and the interests which pro.
cured his nomination will see to il
that the chance Is improved to the
utmost.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
OSTRICH FARMS PAY WELL

4 Ostrich farms are a good investment.
The plan now generally adopted in South
such as Angora goats or sheep, the stock
selected being the best suited to the nat
ural heritage OF the farm. There are
twenty-three varieties and classes Of
feathers. New Zealand, California and
other places come into competition with
South Africa, but the South African
feather is the most graceful Of oil, altho
the feathers from the north can give those
from the south points in hardness OF
plume or fiber. Prime and blood feathers
range in value from $25 to sits a pound;
feminas sell between $40 and !. 500 q
pound and bayocks run from $40 10 $50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

All the states in this doubtful list,
since 1892 on national questions
Parker's nomination means the return
of gold democrats to the party, and
these states must be considered on
the basis Of 1888 and 1892, rather
than 1896 and 1900. They always
went for Cleveland, except New York
and Indiana in 1888. New York Is
admitted to be a doubtful quantity
this year, and conditions in New Jer-
sey and Connecticut are similar.
West Virginia would be. safely re-
publican but for the possible effect of
Davis nomination for vice president.
I The man of 80 years and forty mill
ions will make an effort to carry his
own state as a matter Of personal
| pride, and must be conceded a fight
ing chance of success.
Indiana went for Mckinley four
years ago by $4,000 votes, and with
Fairbanks on the ticket ought to be
held by the republicans, but men
familiar with political: conditions
there say that Parkers nomination
will mean the return of thousands of
former democrats to the fold, and
will SO reduce the republican margin
that it may be classed as doubtful ter
ritory. Roosevelt should carry the
state, but the democrats will have a
fighting chance.
Parker must carry the five states of
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
West Virginia and Indiana, in order
to be elected. If he loses any one Of
them he is beaten, unless he makes a
break elsewhere in the republican col
umn. His managers will claim a
chance to win in Colorado on account
Of the labor troubles, and they will
see in the packinghouse strikes an OPP
portunity to carry Illinois They hope
for continuance Of republican dis
ruption In wisconsin that will give
! Parker the electoral vote of that state
1 on a fiuke. They will also refuse to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

The promise Of judicial hearing for
political suspects before they are hustled
off to Siberia is more important as an in
dication that Russia is beginning to re-
alize to some extent how the public SEN
timent Of the civilized world condemns
the cruelties and injustices Of her bureaus
cratic system and to feel that the sympa-
thy Of the civilized world is worth some
thing just at this time, than it is that the
promise will be so executed as to correct
any Of the abuses of power which have
filed the pages Of history and fiction with
tales of revolving cruelty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

Pennsylvania has law for licensing the
year the Carnegie institute of that state
slaughtered and skinned 10000 birds. The
game commission has now decided to is
sue no more licenses to scientific bird
butchers until the legislature shall have
established a limit of the number that
may be killed for the advancement of
science. Such wholesale slaughter Is GER
tainly not necessary for the advancement
Of science, while the effect upon agri-
culture is almost certain, If continued, to
be disastrous
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

The first annual report of the Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine company (the
Morgan steamship trust) shows its net
earnings were very little over $4,000, 900,
on floating debt, insurance and income tax,
there is just ss55,295 left for distribution
among the holders Of the company's $1O2, =
299 100 (par value) Of shares. The divi-
dend would be scarcely three-tenths of /
per cent, and none will be declared. The
men who hold the shares might be spoken
Of IS aquatic sports.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

w. J. Bryan's declaration of loyalty to
the democratic ticket will doubtless set
the pattern to the anti-Parker leaders in
Minnesota and other western states. Like
Mr.. Bryan, they ilYfprotest that it is
a very u1lsavory dish sof crow, but will
find certain things inS$the platform and
the issues on which they can stand and
oppose Roosevelt. IA
This is the current1 1}ak of the men who
were Hearst leadern the. city and state.
Their success M tfH :e Convention con-
test has given sonfsf F. these democrats a
prestige, and the2l are determined to
profit by 1T. For tl4is reason they will
remain regular. s,.- ~, II
I'VE have been roasting the gold demo-
Gratis for eight years because they bolted
Bryan" said one of the local Hearst
leaders today. ''Now we will show them
that our ideas Of party loyalty are strong
er than theirs. We do not like the ticket
little bit, but we will stand by it, re-
main regular, and give them another whirl
If Parker Is defeated, as think he will
be, 1t will be our turn next time"
These organization leaders admit that
they will not be able to swing all the
rank and file of the democracy to vote for
Parker On the surface, with a very few
exceptions, the democrats of this state
will support the ticket but when thew
| Roosevelt electoral ticket, not only as a
protest against the reorganization control,
but because they believe in Roosevelt
Colonel w. w. Williams says he sent no
telegram to st. Louis asking poll Of the
Minnesota delegates on F. G. Winston fol-
| governor. If such telegram was sent 1t
| was a mistake to lay it at his door.
| Sixth district democrats are talking OF
| nominating G. E. Vasaly of Little Falls.
the able editor who defeated John Lind
for place on the resolutions committee
| at st. Louis, to make the race for cor
| gress against Buchanan. Vasaly is strong
at home, and they predict he would carry
Morrison county against his townsman.
Senator Clapp, as chairman of the re-
publican state convention, has called a
meeting Of the candidates for tomorrow,
| to confer on the appointment Of a new
state committee. It is conceded that
Candidate Dunn will be allowed to name
the chairman of the committee and several
of its members, but the other candidates
Will also get representation, and If Sen
! ator Clapp acts on advice he has re-
ce1ved. he will consider himself one of the
candidates, and see that there are some
staunch Clapp men on the ticket to look
after his own interests. The most likely
selection for chairman Of the committee
IS said to be Senator E. B. Hawkins Of
Blwab1k. Mile Bunnell and c. A. Morey
OF Winona are also discussed Joel F
Heatwole is said not to desire the place
After his turning down in Rice county he
prefers to remain power behind the
! scenes rather than come out in the ope1
and be target for his political enemies
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
4 A UNIQUE CELEBRATION

A unique celebration which will be re-
peated next year. has been held in McGin-
MIS- park, Christiana, Pa. 1t was called
Last Leaves" because of its being a re-
union Of sixteen men Of the neighborhood
whose ages are over the allotted three
score years and ten. Their united years
are 1864. The oldest man was Brisbin Spi-
Ter, now in his eighty eighth year, who Is
also the oldest foxhunter in Lancaster
county and still follows the hounds on
horseback The exercises consisted Of
literary and musical program, fully Ave
hundred people being present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

In the face Of a great calamity like the
loss Of life on the General slocum we are
The work Of reinspecting the New York
steamboats,, which was begun last week
under the order Of Secretary Cortelyou
will be watched with interest. The first
vessel examined passed muster in good
form, her fire. lighting and life-saving ap-
paratus being fully up to requirements
Probably most Of the vessels subjected to
this supplementary examination will be
found to conform to the regulations They
have had some time TO fix up, too.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

The mem'ry Of the noble hearts that slumber Ii
the DUST
Aye, shrine it with life's purest things-a higH
and holy trust,
Fine Color Work Promsed.-Colorx
printing will be a. feature Of the August
hction) number Of Scribner's. In addition
to its colored cover by Ivanowski it will
have a colored frontispiece; an amusing
series Of drawings by Mrs. Preston
printed in colors and drawings by Guerin
and F. w. Taylor, printed in tint.
''Let us be thoroly American in our mus
nicipal art, writes Irene Sargent in the
July Craftsman, mot narrowly and ag<
gressivey so to point which provoke4
ridicule or caricature, but consistent, pa
triotic and loyal. Lessons may be learned
from foreign towns, but the French Hotel
de Vile or the German rathaus has no
place In our public squares The interior
decorations Of the Franciscan missions Of
the southwest are the subject of an in-
teresting paper by George Wharton James.
There are ideas for the workman of every
craft in the special departments, and the
design for the craftsman house is artistic
and convenient
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

AS the result of enforced cleanliness in
Cuba following the Spanish war, there has
not been a case Of yellow fever in Havana
for two and half years. In short
time more lives will be saved thru this
one cause alone than were lost during
the entire war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

Parker Is the only democrat who has
been elected to q state office in New York
since 1891. if the Chicago Tribune is cor
rect That certainly was a good reason
for his nomination, for the democrats
must have New York to win. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

this side-door city, but Sunday Is prob
ably as we'll observed in Minneapolis
as in any other place of equal i'm
portance in the country. The patrol
limits regulation contributes greatly
to this result.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

The Ontario government is talking Of
making women the political equals OF
men. New Zealand. too, has given the
Maori women the right to vote. In Min
nesota they are favored still more by be-
ing relieved of all the bother and re-
sponsibility and contamination of contact
with the worst phase Of American life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13

Foreigners are being naturalized at
tremendous rate in New. York. The vot-
ing population by next fall will be in
creased by $4,000 to 10000 in the city
alone. How is this great army going to
vote? Perhaps Tamnany knows