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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
Tuesday Evening,

tpublicity, and not secrecy, will win
hereafter, and laws will be construed by
their intent and not by their letter,
otherwise public utilities will be owned
and operated by the public which Gre
ated them, even tho the service be less
efficient and the result less satisfactory
from financial standpoint. - The ut
terance of such a sentiment on the part
of railroad president is marked in
dication Of ability to read the signs
of the times as well as an exhibition
of real desire to be guided by the
facts Of the situation rather than by
some time-worn theories as to corporate
power and by sadly mistaken notions as
to the proper attitude of a corporation
official toward the public. 1t is worth
good deal to have something of this
kind find a place in the message OF the
president of the United States. Presi-
Dental messages are not always popu-
lar reading, but the message which
Theodore Roosevelt sends to congress to-
day will be read by millions of people.
They will be more anxious to know
what he has to say-more eager than
they have been about the message OF
any president since the war. -...
The president continues his plain
speaking when he takes up the matter OF
railroad regulation, and the attempts OF
the government to abolish rebates and
determinations. He tells congress that
here is an abuse which they must abol-
| ish. The message is a strong lndorse-
IL
ment of the proposition to clothe the
Interstate commerce commission with
sufficient power "where given rate
has been challenged and, after full hear"
ing, found to be unreasonable, to, de-
eide, subject to judicial review, what
shall be reasonable rate to take its
place; the ruling of the commission tc
take effect Immediately, and to obtain
unless and until it is reversed by the
court of review The president is evii
IDENTIFY much impressed with the neces
sity of intelligent and effective regula
ton, for he says that such a provision
sis the only alternative to an increase
of the present evils on the one HAND
or still more radical policy on tn.
other.'
The message discusses the question O:
irrigation, the preservation of forests
the advancement of agriculture thru thu
department devoted to that industry
and gives considerable attention to tn
Indian problem, for the consideration O.
which the president has recently select
ed Mr.. Francis E. Leupp. immigration
and naturalization are discussed from
the standpoint of the effect of immigra
tion upon our citizenship and upon GU
wage earners, and some finely expressed
sentim en- may be culled from thi
message on the essential qualities o
"good Americanism which, the presi
dent says, els a matter Of heart an
conscience, of lofty aspiration, of SCUM
common sense, but not of birthplace o
creed.',
The interests Of Alaska and the othe
outlying possessions receive attention
while special consideration is given t
the necessity Of persisting in our polio
of strengthening the navy. Some o
these matters it will be interesting t
take up in more specific detail at ar
other time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
The Short Session Opened.

The short session Of the fifty-eighth
congress began yesterday with the
usual formalities, but brief as was the
session of the house, several hundred
bills were introduced and among them
a number relating to the tariff. :.
Congressman Lowering brought in a
few bills embodying his scheme for
tariff reduction thru the liberaliza-
ton of the present drawback system;
another bill provided for the delega-
tion Of the problem to a tariff COM
mission. Such propositions, as shown
by history, mean long delay, while the
commission, at large expense, arrives
at an opinion which congress may or
may not accept. The public, certainly,
would regard the reference Of tariff
Legislation to "a commission as an at
tempt to evade an obvious present
duty, certainly a duty incumbent upon
the fifty-ninth congress. ..
| The time is past when extreme pro-
tectionists, (who are in effect construc-
tive prohibitionists) can charge mod
crates with the advocacy Of free
trade,' because they demand the par
ing down of the tariff law until it as
sumes the shape Of a legitimate pro.
tective tariff. This carries with it
the ample protection Of American in,
dustries. The principle of genuine pro
lection is that protective duties shall
not be levied in excess of the differ
ence in the cost Of the foreign-made
and the homemade article, which diff
ference includes the betterment OF
American labor wages and social con
ditions over the foreigner. This is the
measure of protection upon which re
publicans are numerously taking thei,
stand today. .- ...s.
The adherents to this process resent
the charge that they are "free trad
ers,' for they are the champions of
real protection. They do not contest
against protection, but against prohi
bition. It requires no commission tc
put the tariff law on the strictly legit
innate basis. It is very simple oper
alton, within the power of the ways
and means; committee, to go over the
schedules, do some sums in subtrac.
ton and knock off duties in excess OF
the difference in the cost Of producing
the foreign and the domestic article.
Congressman Babcock recently de-
clared that the original text Of the re-
publican platforms definition Of the
measure Of protection read: The
| m "a s1ra of profoofior should oo,,o1 o1
ways the difference in the cost of pro
duction at home and abroad" but that
the standpatters" worked into the
text the words cat least, = making the
reading at least equal the difference
in cost Of production at home and
abroad Babcock rightly contends
J that the party does not believe in a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
THE MAGAZINES

Is the Pulpit Declining ?-After a thoro
investigation of the question, els there a
decline in the ministry" Everett P. Tom
linson, in the, December Worlds Work, a
gilt-covered and gilt7edged number, says:
There is no real "dearth'' of students for the
ministry. There is slight backset at the pres
ent time, but it Is not greatsas has occurred in
other years. and reports Of attendance of students
In the theological seminaries, when compared
with similar reports of twenty five years ago,
shows marked and marvellous increase. In some
quarters there is deterioration in the quality
OF students, but the reports are not altogether
unanimous. There Is a marked change in the
sources OF supply. The west and south provide
much larger proportion of students than the
east. I
The chief causes keeping young men from the
ministry are the poverty Of the calling, the fear
of the lack of intellectual and moral freedom, the
conviction that the petty outweighs the larger
in the work, and the suspicion of the present
beneficiary system which casts blight over
greatest obstacle.
There is a practically unanimous report of a
higher type of life and of more Christian stu
dents In our colleges than ever before. n
. Philippine Problem as Seen by a Fill
splno.-Juan Sumulong, a member OF the
honorary board Of Filipino commissioners
to the St. Louis exposition, and a profess
scr in the Manila Law school, in a very
interesting article In the December num-
Der OF the North American Review ex-
pounds '.The Philippine Problem from a
Filipino Point of View" Sr. Sumulong
sets himself to deal with the argument
against granting independence or auton-
Iomy to the Filipinos which represents the
people OF the archipelago as an accidental
combination of elements without mutual
affinity, and ready to damage or destroy
each other. What we commonly call "the
F1lipinos, he contends. are the seven
millions Of Christian Filipinos, with little
regard to the remaining six hundred thou
to keep the tribes divided for convenience
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

IS ne Value OF the Amateur Spirit; Its
Power to lnfuse Vitality Into Dead or Dy-
Ing Profession allsm. -Profes thoro-
ness is all right, nay, more, it is absolutely
essential, to the highest achievement; but
It cannot do without the amateur spirit.
Ihats1s the valuable truth emphasized by
Bliss Perry, editor f,2The Atlantic Month
ly, IN his recently published book of es-
says bearing the title The Amateur Spirit.
he insists that we need more than dilet-
tanteism, that we need professionalism,
II we are be great as a people; but
we want Professionalism purified by the
reagency Of that spirit which works at its
work for love Of it, He puts it thus, which
ought to make one wish to read the book:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
CHRISTMAS DON'TS
AT THE POSTOFFICE

Don It forget that many of the drug
stores in the residential districts are
postal stations, where stamps and
money orders are sold, mail weighed,
letters and packages registered and pos
tai information given.
Don't do up a parcel with such poor
wrapping paper or in such fimsy man
ner that the wrapper may be easily torn
and separated from the contents.
Don't fail to put. your own name and
address, preceded by the word "From, -
on the - upper lefthand corner Of every
Don't fail to, give the full address
street and number Tor box), town, city,
county and state Of destination.
Don It mail parcel without previous
ly weighing it to ascertain the amount
Of postage. required.
or other articles of merchandise in
packages Of printed matter unless you
prefer to pay the higher rate of post
age on the whole.
DOM seal or wrap parcels in such
a manner that their contents may not
pay letter rates Of postage
Don't use one and two:cent stamps
for postage on heavy packages. Use
| the larger denominations. It saves
you trouble in affixing them and saves
time and work in the postoffice.
Dou u uIdll packages Oh the StTeeG
letter box or they may never reach the
postofice.. Package boxes are provided
at convenient places.
| Don It use tags or labels exclusively
for addresses, as they are liable to be-
come separated from the packages.
seal up pscfa5gas eaIds
Rev ea9ds and mark tRem s1
to only books" OF printed mat
ter as the sealing will subject them to
| letter rates of postage. 81
Don't hesitate to write any form Of
presentation or "Merry Christmas, -
| 'sHappy New Year. Compliments of
the season. or. any writing of that
kind-of an impersonal charaeter-W1t5
for in the postal regulations.
Don It fail to register valuable letters
and packages. The government insures
their safe delivery and the extra cost is
but eight cents.
Don't mail sealed packages of mer-
chandise to Canada and Mexico. The
| rates to those countries for such matter
are the same as in the United States,
viz, one cent per ounce when unsealed.
Don It mail parcels Of merchandise to
foreign countries without making spe-
cial inquiry concerning the regulations
governing foreign addressed mail mat
/ ter.
Don't mail iewelry and coins to for
eign countries. They are positively
prohibited from the mails.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Of government. But so essential Is the
fundamental unity Of the tribes that they
united in common cause against Spanish
rule, and later against American subjuga
ton. The aspirations Of a great majority
Of the people may be summed up as fol-
lows: the immediate establishment Of a
government for Filipinos by Filipinos,
with the aid Of Americans; the future in
dependence Of the country; and either an
American protectorate or an international
guarantee securing the inviolability of
Philippine independence.
This is only one from the many in
teresting and valuable articles in the De-
cember Review.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

A trip to Europe and an automobile are
offered to any subscriber who will solve
the Roosevelt matrimonial problem. Miss
Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter Of Eliot
Roosevelt and niece of Franklin Roosevelt
is to marry the son Of Mrs. James Roose-
welt, who is a. half-brother to J. Roosevelt
Roosevelt, and whose half niece, Miss Hell
en- Roosevelt, married a nephew of Presi.
dent Roosevelt. These facts being as they
are, how much did Great Grandfathe,
Roosevelt get for cOrdWood?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Financial circles are discussing with in
terest the news that an ever-open bank
Is to be established somewhere along CEN
trail Broadway in New York. The or
ganization will be known as tho First
Night and Day Bank and Safe Deposit
company, and it will receive deposits ano
cash checks twenty-fo hours daily
Those who skin night owls for living
will find it handy to deposit their money
after midnight.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

The United States now has nearly one
fourth of the worlds stock of gold The
total is estimated at Oo,0Oo,0o0, OF
which about half is held in the banks and
public treasures The United States holds
gold to the value Of $1,000, OOO, 900, of which
$3.50, 900 is in the vaults of sub
treasures and national banks. These
figures are eloquent of Americas f1nan.
cial independence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

tariff in excess of the difference in
cost of production, and at least, !
meaning at the lowest degree,
would seem to. make the party delib-
erately open the way into the objec-
tionable prohibitive duty workshop.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

"ParsifaI' Is drawing poor houses in
New York this season. The work has been
torn from it's natural setting, and tho
great run Of the first season was possible
because it was a novelty. Now that the
new has worn off, the public tires of It:
1t is a work not designed for public
amusement, outside of it's own Wagnerian
enYironmen 49, -. 80, !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

In all the seasons list Of fatalities and
serious injuries from football there is not
a single player on first class, properly
trained team. The victims have been boys
with little experience and training. Just
SO 1t is that nearly all persons drowned
are those who cannot swim: If field sports
are to be prohibited because they are dan
gerous, what laws must we pass to stop
hunting deer and skating on thin ice?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
a BLOW AT RuLLFIeHTINa
ST. Louis Star.

The Institute of Social Reforms Of
Spain has decided to ratify the absolute
prohibition Of bullfights on Sunday thru
out Spain. This resolution is considered
as the coup de grace to bullhghting, as
bu1lfights on weekdays would not pay
the promoters.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Senator Fairbanks told his Boston au-
dience that the task of tariff revision
would tax all our patriotism, which led
the captious New York Evening Post to
say that a great many other things will
have to be taxed to meet the nation
budget - ....> E.- -. r."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Football was. a poor game for the spec
tators in the east the past season The
big teams were all composed Of big fell
lows who moved slowly and were re-
stricted to mass playing. The public likes
to see the man with the ball occasionally.
In recognition of this feeling Harvard is
reviving the "association game" with its
running and kicking features. That looks
like a move in the right direction
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

These new governors seem to want the
best talent they can get to fill official po-
sitions. Douglas of Massachusetts, is said
to have decided on General Nelson A..
Miles for adjutant general. Such chief
ought to raise the standard Of the bay
state militia. 81. ;r..-l t:;..>
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Again the proofreaders are up against
a nice, juicy presidents message. People
used to lay messages aside to read at
their leisure, and so never read them.
President Roosevelts message cannot be
so treated. The president says things.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Bishop Potter has not yet stated
whether he takes that tablespoonful OF
brandy three times a day. We fear the
worst. '~a..~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

The private war at. zeigler, ILL.,, in
which Joe Letter and the miners are en-
gagged is disgrace to civilized state.
Both sides ought to be suppressed: Z e*t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

The spirit with which we confront the ma
tional tasks Of the future should have the So
briefly, the frmness, the steady effectiveness
which we associate with the professional
Yet is it not possible. while acknowledging and
cutivating the professional virtues, to free our
selves from some of the grosser faults of the
mere professional? The mere professionals Gu
pidity, for instance, his low aim, his timeserv-
ing, his narrowness, his clannish loyalty to his
own department only? How often he lacks
Imagination! How Indifferent he may show him
self to the religious and moral passion, to the
dreams, hopes, utilities, regrets of the breath
ing, bleeding, struggling men and women by his
side! = To counterfeit all such prOvin-
ciality and selfshness, such loss Of the love of
honor in the. love of gain, one may rightly
amator, the imam who loves; the man who
works for the sheer love of working, plays the
great complicated absorbing game Of
nd 5f for the the ss Sss me s sa S?
the man who is ashamed to win If he
cannot win farly-nay,s who is chivalrous enough
to grant breathing-space to~aTrival, whether he
win lose. a%
What Mr.. Perry says OF national tasks
applies with equal force to individual
tasks and to life duties. =, It applies to the
man who has got into the work in life
that he has most cared for and to the one
who has not The amateur spirit viii
come a little more easilysfor the man Wht
is in just the work that$his tastes prefer
Inc OCnef IudIl Will nave u lOOA lOI llls
1ovable in his work. But if he looks HI
will find it Crowded. Of, course, the worl
be fit for man at alD. The amateur spirit
joined to professional thoroness, will make
better and happier! people Of us.
i Mr.. Perry's essays should win Wild
reading, and Mr.. Perry receives GU
thanks for taking UP his, pen in; so goot
zeashtep, nisa'a # net:
A Book Book About cbb falsftHasy FOR the Christ
mas Season.-Prose and verse and pic
lures relating to- Christmas are gathered
into Theodore L.. Cuyler's Our Christina
Tides. The prose is by DR.. Cuyler, AM
the verse by various poets and singers
One admonition of Dr. Cuyler's; whic1
shows the spirit that pervades the book
is this:
Those good people will exhibit the most of tn
Esprit of our Blessed Master who practice Christ
mas giving and cheerful, unselfsh and zealou
EChristmas living thru all the crcling year.
The book is decorated in keeping wit
| the season also. I'D. $500
| The Baker & Taylor Co.. New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

The Crookston Times refers to the pres
ent state labor commissioner as John
Mcdonald" The spalpeen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

. President Diaz has just taken on Mexico
for the seventh time. The third term
bugaboo never bothered Diaz.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Gilbert Hubbard says a college diploma
is not much good. Neither Lincoln nor
Hubbard had one. s,'..... Eli
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

The Mrs. Chadwick case shows that
sometimes we get pretty aged before we,
get this matter Of correct banking down
to a science.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
OLD WAY TO GET RID OF MONEY

Duluth Tribune.
Many an idle boy has evinced his first
willingness to work after his first talk
with the only girl. Ovid we'll says: LET
the man who does not wish to be idle
fall in love-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
WYATT A MOMENT"
Nehra ska. State Journal

: - NebrasKa State Journal.
Russa's answer to the presidents in
vitatton to a peace conference is, in eff
feet, that as "a rule she believes in peace,
but that her peace principles are tempo
rarily in allegiance while she settles with
Japan.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Go to the International Cafe. 1927
Fifth street S, for American and Chi
nese cooking. Excellent food, good SER
vice, pleasant surroundings.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Women of the French Court.-Geraldine
Brooks tells the stories Of ten Danes and
Daughters Of the French Court, in a book
of attractive contents and appearance.
Tho writing of "a period when there was
much well Known at court that was not
fit to print. she tells of women of dignitied
character. There are Mines. de Stael
Recamier, Roland and, Lafayette. and
others. The book makes pleasant. reading
and is safe for the "young.'" The picture
it gives of Nine. Roland's girlhood, fo1
example, is delightful. IA j.
Manon had been urged by her father &c
marry a certain tradesrnan. She did not
love him and would haVe none of him. Hell
mother also sought to encourage the
match. She told Manon: "You will have
him in leading strings, my dear"
Manon pouted and dropped her eyes, lingering
| the border Of her mothers apron. "But I do
/ not want husband that must be led she pro
| tested. He would be too unwieldy child. -
7 u Her mother smiled. j. "You are "a funny girl
Manon,''' she said s.Yeu will not have a mas
ter, yet you will not rule. - ig8 <.'Tf&;4#
Thomas Y CroHell.h& Co. New York, ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

Even the drouth cannot dry up tlie:|
dust r.. .. +. .tE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
chiIei,e Oues+ for -Ailca The AeroIne o+

chId's Quest for Alice, the Heroine Of
the Wonderland ACCOMPLISHMENTS Bur
ges Smith. tells of the adventures Of an
other little, girl, Harriet by name, in a
childs book called Looking for Alice. Har-
:riet sees a little girl at the bottom of a
we'll. She is sure it is Alice whom she
has greatly longed to see. So she goes
to the bottom Of the we'll after her, and
that is only the first step in the journey.
Illustrated.
Lothrop Publishing Co., Boston.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

a ALI papers are continued until an explicit order
Is received for discontinuance, and until all ar
rearapes are paid. .......
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

NEW YORK OFFICE Tribune building,
g. D. A. CARROLL Manager.