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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
New Crop for the Northwest.

Considerable land in the Red River
valley will be sold this year for a crop
Of hemp. This is an interesting new
departure for northern Minnesota,
which was supposed to be too chill an
atmosphere for the hemp plant, now
grown extensively in the valley of the
Ohio river. Experiments were made
last year by an Illinois manufacturer,
and the result was entirely satisfac-
tory. The soil and climate Of north
ern Minnesota were found to be favor
able, producing a luxuriant growth
and a good quality of the fiber.
II this new crop comes to be raised
in any quantity, manufacturing plants
will be certain to follow. The Illinois
man who has been conducting the ex-
periments is said to be ready to move
his entire plant to the new field. Cap
ital will not be slow to enter when it is
demonstrated that the crop can be a
success, for there is an excellent mar
ket in the northwest for rope and
Irvine, and on account of the heavy
freight rates from Illinois and Ken
have clear title to the market. i
tits claimed that the new crop will
pay large returns, but the hemp mis-
sionaries have another very strong
argument for the farmer. They say
that the hemp plant is very exclusive.
When 1t is sown on a piece of land it
quickly chokes out all weeds, leaving
the land clean.f AS land in the Red
river valley grows older, it gets badly
infested with weeds, which always ,ge1
a good start in the wet spring season
A crop that will kill weeds is bound
| to attract some attention.
All movements to diversity the farm
output. of the northwest are Of interes
to the business world. They give the
farmer more strings to his bow ani
fewer chances Of crop failure. The,
| mean new industries, home markets
fewer freight charges, and more sub
stantial prosperity. The man wht
introduces a profitable crop to tn,
northwest is doing public service.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
JUVENILE CRIMINALS
Subject Discussed by Judge Tuthli Be.
fore coneregationaIsts.

SuOJeCC discussed ny JuQSe lutnitt 6os
fore conereeationalsts.
Z Judge r. s.. TuthiIl, Of the Juvenile
court of Chicago addressed the Con-.
gregational club in the First church last
night The brutality of the police in Chi
cago was declared to be fruitful in the
development Of criminals. The speaker
pointed out that it was the habit of pe-
licemen to arrest small boys upon the
slightest pretext and charge them with
the gravest crimes. The idea that GRIM
mails are always the children Of degener-
ate parents or themselves degenerates and
that the criminal classes are recruited
from lowly families is disputed by Judge
Tuthil. The lack of proper Influences in
boyhood is held to be responsible for the
criminal acts Of a majority Of the Offend
ers Of to-day. The juvenile court, the
speaker held, is nothing more or less than
an eXemplifcation Of the fact that the
state refuses to consider the young as
criminal and attempts to shield them
from contamination Or bad associations
while impressing upon them the fact that
the law is their friend and working to
benefit them The speaker declared that
one night in the Harrison street police
station was enough to ruin any boy for
life, .E .-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
INSURANCE COMING In
|. In,
HALFWAY MARK IN AUDITORIUM
CANVASS is RAPIDLY BEING
LEFT FAR BEHIND.

The general auditorium committee held
an enthusiastic meeting last night to
compare notes. Good progress was shown
since the $1,000, 900 mark in the insurance
canvass was passed and no Stacking up
was evident. One agent reported STOOD
for the day. another $4,000 and others re-
ported similar amounts. Among the sew
eral hundred letters sent out were many
addressed to members of the Commercial
club and to leading citizens asking them
to come to the front as soon as possible.
The announcement that the first half of
the insurance had been pledged has land
ed'' a good many who We're holding back,
The more conservative are now coming to
the front with their applications. thus
cheering the members of the committee
and pushing on the good work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
TWO woMEN,s HEAVY INSURANCE

It is a tossup. since the last policy was
taken out, which woman carries the heav-
lest life insurance, Mrs. Leland Stanford,
of California, or Mrs. James Dunsmuir of
Toronto The odds are in favor of Mrs.
Stanford, for she is now rated as insured
for s'over'' 81 zoo, 900, whereas Mrs Duns-s
muir is put down at an even $1,000, 900.
There is no question they are the most
heavily insured women on the American
continent and far ahead Of any of their
sisters in the east. The next nearest is
Mrs Basil n. Duke of Durham, NJ G., who
has policies amounting to s3S5. 900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

Not only does Mr.. Hartman lose in his
suit to prevent contamination of the di-
rectors' plan for distribution of Northern
Securities stock, but the order Of the
court seems to approve that plan. Mr..
share Of Northern Pacific and Great
Northern and be good. This does not seem
to dissolve the merger as effectively as the
Hartman plan would have. done it, but
the government evidently has not lost in
terest in, this case and will have regard
as to the way in which it's decree of dis
solution of the big railroad combination is
complied with.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
Prevention Cheaper Than Punish
rnaT3t

Judge Tuthill Of Chicago presiding
over the juvenile court Of that city,
gave the members Of the Minnesota
congregational club an exceedingly
satisfactory idea last night Of the steps
taken in Chicago to prevent crime by
caring for the children of the street
and protecting them from drifting
into criminal careers. He directed at
tention at the outset to the enormous
expense that the state incurs for the
punishment Of crime-for courts and
juries and prosecutors, jails, peniten-
tiaries and reformatories, police Off
GERS, and all the machinery necessary
to detect the criminal and bring him
to justice. This is rendered nee
essary by the fact that the state pays
so little attention to the other end Of
the proposition-the prevention of
crime. But so long as the state
chooses to expend it's energies chiefly
upon the punishment Of crime rather
than upon it's prevention there will be
abundant necessity for continuing and
even enlarging the expenditures now
made in the suppression of vice, and
in the protection Of life and property
from the activities of the vicious.
The theory Of prevention rather
than the punishment Of crime is such'
sensible, practical, business-like
proposition that it would seem to re-
quire no demonstration. And yet, the
Judge made an effective one by sup
posing a case. Suppose that a bust
ness man were given the contract to-
punish crime and restrain the
criminal. How long would it be be-
fore he would discover, taking the
matter up on business principles, that
it would be money in his pocket to
shut off the criminal supply at the
fountain head? That as fast as he
reduced the number entering upon
criminal careers he would profit by
the saving of expense for the detec-
ton, punishment and restraint of
criminals?
If this would seem to practical
business man to be a sound and eco
nomical method, why should it not ap-
peal with force to society and the
state? Everybody knows that that
is what practical business man
would do and the conclusion that the
state should pursue the same policy,
even from business or financial con-
siderations alone, is inevitable. An
ounce Of prevention is still worth a
pound Of cure, and the cost is in pro-
portion to the quantity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
Parker Will Lead.

Parker is the man. After the ac-
ton of the New York democratic state
convention yesterday in electing a del
convention instructed for Judge Alton
B. Parker for president, there can be
little doubt that the New York magis-
trate will be the nominee Of the demo-
cracy. Even If there were several
possible candidates the declaration of
New York would be powerfully in
fluential in determining the result.
But there are only two candidates, tho
they are candidates in vastly different
senses and ways-Parker and Hearst.
The latter is an absurd impossibility.
He has made much noise and he has
secured some delegates here and
there, but even the democracy is not
so far gone as not to be able to see
that his candidacy Is not worthy Of
serious consideration, except as a
cause of alarm for the welfare of the
party.
All the signs point, to the return of
the democratic party to some degree
| of sanity. The radicals seem to be
| beaten. The Bryan element will not
control the convention. Parker will
be nominated and it is likely that
there will be no reaffirmation Of the
Kansas City and Chicago platforms.
The same forces that are insuring the
nomination Of Parker, who is by all
| odds the f1ttest and ablest available
candidate, will make for platform
/ that will be worthy Of the candidate.
Some months ago Senator Plat of
New York said the democracy was be-
coming sane again and, therefore,
| dangerous. He was true prophet.
| Republicans might as we'll make up
their minds that the democracy is
dangerous this year. The nomination
of a popular New Yorker at a time
when the republican party, in New
York is torn by factions, will cause
the campaign to open with distinct
suggestion of danger for the republic
cans. It is true that Mr.. Roosevelt
l does not need New York to win, but
it is not true that republican leaders
can look with equanimity on the pos
sible loss of the empire state, accom-
panied as it may be by the loss Of the
neighboring states of New Jersey and
Connecticut.
4 We have a fight on orr hands
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

At the meeting of the Philadelphia Five
O'clock club the other day James A.
Tawney got credit for telling the biggest
lie ever uttered in the rooms Of that or
ganization. He said that he stood in the
window Of his grandfathers house on the
field Of Gettysburg during the battle and
that when he afterwards asked General
Fitzhuhgh Lee why he had not destroyed
the house, the general said, II saw you
standing at the window and cried to my
men. don't fire. There is a boy who will
grow up to be member of congress and
will be on the arts and expeditions COM
mittee, and then we will want big appro-
priation for the Jamestown exposition 2
It is understood that the Five O'Clock
club is about to disband.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
TUESDAY EVENING,

much in need OF public improvements,
and it is a rank injustice that money
collected in taxes should accrue to the
benefit Of the people Of the United
States when Alaska needs not only
this money but much more for the
proper development of her wonderful
resources.
Senator Nelson, acting for himself
and other members of the subcommit-
tee of the senate which visited Alaska
last summer, is asking for the return Of
perhaps not much more than half the
money turned into the treasury of the
United States last year by Alaska in
the form Of an appropriation for a
public road to start from Valdez, on
the south shore, with Eagle, on the
Yukon, as it's ultimate terminus. OF
course, s25O,O0o will not build the
road the entire distance, but it will be
beginning and open up the way to
the interior.
Alaska needs a delegate in con-
gress, but the bill providing for such
a delegate, in the anxiety Of both re-
publicans and democrats to secure an
early adjournment, may fail Of pas
sage. Legislation providing for the
establishment Of hatcheries and the
preservation of the important fishing
industries is needed. The safety of
the tens Of thousands Of people who
annually navigate the Alaska waters
demands additional safeguards in the
way Of lighthouses and beacons, and
a more thoro coast survey. Life-sav-
ing stations are needed; more judges
are needed; amendments to the min
ing laws and the land laws are need
ed, while the pitiful plight Of the
natives of Alaska make it a solemn
obligation to amend the game laws In
the interest of the natives and in other
ways to provide for the care Of
these people for whom our gov.
eminent has never done anything, tho
they are much more deserving Of con.
sideration than the Indians within the
boundaries of the United States, an(
in greater need.
All these things the interests o.
Alaska demand at the hands Of con
gress, and, yet, the members of botl
houses are SO ignorant Of or indiffer
ent to the situation that it is doubtful
| If anything can be accomplished a
this session. 1t Is this state Of af
fairs, with a full knowledge Of the oh
| legations Of the government, and o
the fact that the resources of tn
country will abundantly justify lib
eral expenditures in the aid Of devel
| opment that induced the senator from
Minnesota to say something on tn
floor of the senate that will be remem
| beredand which may do more 70
Alaska than hours and days Of regula
and dignified discussion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

The proposition to hold a mass conven
ton in the International auditorium to
talk over and agree upon a candidate for
congress is interesting chiefly for what 1t
suggests as to the dimensions and luridity
Of the row 1t would be sure to precipitate.
after which nobody who was not there
would hesitate to repudiate the whole
husine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
BANQUET FOR BROOKS
Minneapolis Men Will Give Testimonial to
FREIGHT Man.

Thirty or forty leading shippers of Min
neapolis, including many connected with
the milling and grain companies, will at
tend a banquet Friday night for S. o.
Brooks, general freight agent Of the Pere
Marquette with headquarters at Chicago.
When general freight agent of the Great
Western in st. Paul Mr.. Brooks made
many good friends in the twin cities and
the banquet last week in st. Paul and the
one Friday night at the Minneapolis club
are testimonials to the worth Of Mr..
Brooks as traffic man and as a friend.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

railroad company. Minneapolis is a pretty
big business institution herself and is en-
titled to be represented in congress by
a man Of such experience and ability as
other big business concerns require of
their managers and attorneys. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

Short Story by Minneapolis Writer
Miss Frances r. Sterrett of T h e our
n a has a very pleasing little story, "The
Spirit of the Pines in Scribner's Maya
zine for May. It is story of love- making
in the pine woods and mutual surprise
magazine is s'The2 Yellowstone National
Park" by Arnold Hague, illustrated in
colors.
An Essay by Observation-Disclosures for
f. May opens with a, novelette, by William
Farquhar Payson, called stDebonnaire"
! Maurice Maeterlinck who is best known
las the author Of the great play, Mona
Wanna but who is becoming almost
equally well-knowr as an essayist, has a
charming and timely essay on 'sField
Flowers A story with a delightful
/ French flavor is Mary B. Mullett's .'The
| Report from Maxim's,'' in which a new
view is given of the famous Partisan res
taurant. A vivid account of the hold that
Bohemia keeps upon it's votaries is given
by Gertrude Lynch in with the Sub
merged Tenth
| Never Felt THRUST Companies for
! April says of the transfer Of funds for the
Panama Canal:
All uneasiness caused by the surrender Of the
large sum OF money called for by the secretary
of the treasury for the Panama canal payment
has been dismissed by the absence of any disturb
/ ing factors attendant upon the transfer of the
requisite funds The sum of s22. 600 600, the
j proportion required by the secretary OF the
1 treasury from interior banks, has already been
i transferred. while the New York depository
/ banks have also turned over their contribution
of $4,000, 600, all Of which may now be remit
| ted by the government at moments notice.
Attic gold will eventually go out of the country
to cancel the obligation, no appreciate amount
will be exported at present, or at any given
time, some eight or nine months elapsng before
the greater part of the payment will pass ont
in gold. In the meantime. ample credit ar
s rangements have been made with foreign bank
ers to meet any contingencies. more Oppor
tune time for calling for payments could not have
a been selected.
Il Favor Conservatism.-Trade conditions
are not regarded by The Manual of Sta.
fistIcs Supplement as favorable to expan-
tsion For the immediate future the Man
|ua1 advises discretion.
4 A Fiction Golfers Weekly
for April 1s is a fiction number and con.
tains as fiction feature story by Thorn
as Nelson Page.
BOOKS RECEIVED
CONFESSIONS OF MARGUERITE. The stor.
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of the orchestral work, even from purely
mechanical point of view, is notable. Mr..
Schenck is an artist and his baton is a
most effective link between the instru-
ment and the voice.
The principals of this company do not
lean over the footlights and drive home
their conception of a part with a club, al
tho it Is true that one or two carry a
small stick from which they seem to have
some difficulty in separating themselves.
Mr.. Gerhardi won a triumph for himself.
Gifted with dramatic ability of a high or
der, his interpretation of conflicting emo
tiens was remarkably true, He Is lived
Tannhauser with a fine appreciation of
the value of repression. His tonal effects
suffered in the intensity of his climaxes
and occasionally his voice fell a trif1e fiat
but not so as to interfere with his art.
Miss Rennyson's Elizabeth bore a strik-
ing resemblance to her Elsa. She is a
tone artist, sometimes sacrificing enun-
citation for purely vocal effect. And
fshe. gets it, clear even and perfectly
placed.
| Mr.. Marsano outdid himself Save for
a slight struggle with the English tongue,
his Evening STAR song was beautifully
rendered. more particularly the mezzo
voce phrases.
Mr.. Boyle is always dignified mon
arch. There is authority in his every
move, and no suggestion of the comedian
! ne is at Qearf. II. IL. Manning.
SGD Foyer Chat. ~ sj
! Tonight at the Metropolitan verdfs
popular and melodious opera. III Trova-
| tore will be presented by the Savage
| English opera company with Miss. we'll
| as Azucena, Miss Brooks as Leonora, Miss
! lie Brun as Inez, Mr.. Sheehan as Manrico,
Mr. Croft as Count di Luna. and Mr..
Fulton as Ruiz This opera will be sung
again tomorrow night with the same
cast. "Tannhauser' will be repeated at
| the matinee tomorrow afternoon, MI.
| Wegener singing the title role.
| Charles Dalton and Roselle Knott sup
ported by talented company, will be
seen at the Metropolitan the last half of
this week in when Knighthood Was in
Flower
| Viola Allen will be seen as the charm
! ing Viola of Twelfth Night" at the Met
ropolitan the first part of next week,
opening Monday evening. 7 The coming OF
Miss Allen is ever an augury Of a dea
| lightful evenings entertainment
In the presentation Of sThe Little Min
ister' at the Metropolitan the latter hall
of next week, Maude Adams will be sup.
ported by nearly all Of her original com
pany. d
The engagement of David Harum'' a
the Bijou this week promises to be one
Of the most successful Of the season
both from an artistic and financial stand
point.
David Higgins and Grace Atwell will
begin an engagement of one week at tht
i Bijou next Sunday, in their new drama
Il Ills Last Dollar The play is an Amer
lean comedy, written by Mr.. Higgins ant
DR.. Baldwin G. Cooke. "a
Thursday evening Dick Ferris and hi
; company will return to the Lyceum ant
finish their week Of Way Out West
, Next week the company will present
: scenic production of Faust"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

How would it seem. any way. for Min
neapolis to have real heavyweight for
congresses big man, for instance, as il
takes to run one Of our -four mills or man
age bank or do the legal business Of 8
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AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room. which ia the finest In the Wes s
The battery Of presses consists of three four.
deck Goss Presses, with a total capacity OF
~ 900 eightpage Journals an hour, psq fres
B:15 to 1880 o. M Inquire at the business office
6nd be directed to the visitors gallery.
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In 1890 there reported in Colorado 16, $50
ranches. SO, 1874 males engaged in agriculture and
1926 ranch laborers, showing increases for the
decade of 2G3 Z per cent in the number of ranch
es, of 1851 per cent In the number of males en-
gagged in agriculture and Of 293.1 per cent in
the number of ranch laborers
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TRAVELLERS ABROAD

VIII find The Journal on file as follows; ....,-
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can Express Co., Waterloo place.
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dents visiting Paris can have their mail or
kilograms sent care OF this Bureau and the
same will be forwarded to them or hello ZOE
their arrival.
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MINNESOTA POLITICS

Dunn Managers Reply to c. A. Smith
Statement With Bluff Demanding
Proof, Altho They Do Not Deny the
Facts - Congressional Possibilities Be-
Ing Discussed = Hennepin caunty Orr
ganlzations to Be Started at Coming
Primaries.
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This for your comfort when Sorrow appears
To wrenthe with her red thorns the brow o. the
years: - ri
sunlight still streams thru the min Of our
tears,
Wen soon be at home with the daisy,
atlantis Conatitntion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

THE JOY
The joy is in the doing
Not the deed that's DONE
The swift and glad pursuing,
Not the goal that's won.
The Joy is Uni ties seeing,
Not in what we see;
The ecstasy Of vision
Far and clear and free.
The joy is in the singing,
Whether heard no; E5,ys
The poets wild. sweet rapture aS
And songs divnest flow!
The joy is in the being
Joy of life and breath;
Joy of a soul triumphant
Conqueror of death! l
Is there flaw in the marble?
Sculptor, do your best;
The joy is in the endeayor-
Leave to God the rest!
Julia c. r. Dorr, in May Smart Set
NJ. Maeterlinck's new book is called Thu
Double Garden. It will be published simuItane
Ousy in France Germany. England and thu
United States. Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. ar
to be its publishers in this country. 1t will
consist in part of pastorals or eclogues, and il
part Of mystic essays in the authors character
istic style.
The Uneasy Chair.
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! SONG ON THE ROUGH WAY.


This for your comfort the rough way along;
Winter is weary, but summers song!'
Well soon be in Wales where the mockingbirds
throng-s e ssss
Wen soon be at home with the daisy.
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BOOKS RECEIVED

CONFESSIONS OF MARGUERITE. The story
OF Girls Heart. Anonymous. Chicago
Rand, McNally & Co.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

h An investigating committee says that
Senator Dietrich never did it, Perhaps
not, but the fact that he is training with
that crowd is against him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

The paper trust is unfortunate in that
it is milking a crowd that can put UP an
awful 'holler'' without its costing them
very much.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

The name Of Miss Patterson, formerly
Of the United States, is now Countess
Gizycki, which reminds us that the sody
fountain is about due to sizzle.