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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
We're Nearly ALI Workingmen.

The American, nation is nation
of toilers, with agriculture we'll in
the lead. A recent census bulletin
discloses the interesting information
that over SO per cent of the persons
engaged in gainful pursuits get a liv-
ing from the soil, "a per cent are en-
gagged in manufacturing and mechan-
ical pursuits, Is per cent in trade and
transportation, IA per cent in domes-
tic and personal service (mostly wom-
en- and 3.5 per cent in the profess
sions. Of the 80 per cent more than
one-half are farmers, planters and
overseers, and about two-fifths agri-
cultural laborers.
The significance of these figures is
increased by the statement that the
number of Americans who toll is
slightly more than one-half Of the to-
tai population over the, age Of ten
years, and nearly two-ffths Of the
total population of all ages.
OF the number Of women employed,
80 per cent are in domestic, and per-
sonal service, 2S per cent are engaged
in manufacturing and mechanical
pursuits, Is per cent in agricultural
pursuits, per cent in trade and
transportation and s per cent in the
professions. More than two-thirds of
the women engaged in agricultural
pursuits are laborers; more than
three-fourths Of those in the profess
sions are teachers and professors;
nearly four-f1fths Of those engaged in
and typewriters, clerks and account
ants, and of those engaged in manu-
featuring, more than one-fourth are
dressmakers. f.
Among the men, &C per cent Of the
single, "a per cent Of the married
| II per cent Of the widowed and SO
per cent, of the divorced, are EN-.
=, ployed; while. of the women, those
having employment constitute 81 per
cent of the single, 6 of the married
80 of the widowed and SIS of the di-
vorced. ssa at> :.:E' ati3s ag
There has been a good deal Of com.
plant on. the part of certain people
| because of their belief that womer
were rapidly and successfully invad
ing the field formerly occupied exclu
sively by men. The census figure!
do not justify this complaint in. any
large way. The total number of n1er
| employed at gainful pursuits in tn,
country is 23,753,836, while the tota
number of women similarly employed
is 5,319,397.
4 If the census bulletin tells us any
I thing Of value, it is that we are
nation of toilers, and that the mum
Der of idle rich and well-to-do is no
nearly as large as one is sometime
inclined to think it is after readin
the published accounts of the doing
Of these people.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
The Bugaboo of Imperialism.

There is no greater bugaboo in the
present campaign than the bugaboo Of
imperialism, which has been raised
by the democracy. Their attitude re-
garding the administrations opera
tons in the Philippines is wholly in
sincere and will not stand the test of
argument. It has been assumed in
the hope that it will secure votes for
the democratic candidates, and vet, if
Judge Parker were to be elected, he
would not in the slightest degree de-
part from the policy of President Nc
Kinley, which President Roosevelt has
so faithfully carried out.
The presidents speech Of accept
ance, delivered yesterday at Oyster
Bay, puts the Philippine question be-
fore the country in it's proper light:
We have established in the islands a
government by Americans, assisted by
Filipinos. We are steadily striving to
transform this into self government by the
Ftlipinos, assisted by the Americans
The islands nov have a larger share
In their own government than they
have had, and this Is to be increased
from time to time as the islanders
show capacity. The great majority Of
officials Of the islands are already ma
tives, and we are now providing for
Legislative assembly. Time and pa
tience are required for the working
out of the Philippine problem. and as
the president well Gays, sit would be
manifestly unwise to declare what our
next step will be until this first step
Ca legislative assembly, has been
taken and the results made manifest
How absurd is the partizan demand
that we make definite announcement
of our purpose to withdraw from the
islands when contrasted with the ad-
lninistration policy.
Speaking Of the political independ-
lence of the islands, which is one Of the
demands of the democracy, the presi-
dent says:
| At the present moment to give political
| independence to the islands would result
/ in the immediate loss of civil rights, per-
sonal Liberty and public order, as regards
the mass of the Filipinos, for the majority
| of the islanders have been given these
great hoons by us, and only keep them be-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
The Popular Advertising Manager of the
S. S. S. Company.

: Charles M. Rucker, the dean of big
advertisers in America, is a member
Of the firm of the Swift Specific COM
pany and the Bradfield Regulator
company, two concerns which spend
annually in advertising over three
quarters of a million dollars. His
opinion, coming from one well quail
fed to speak on the subject, is valu-
able and interesting. He says:
THE large and successful Ameri-
can advertiser works along the most
exact lines. The placing and main
tenance of newspaper advertisements
on a large scale has developed into a
science. People who have studied adj
vertising- for many years have found
that the more carefully the work OF
advertising is done, just so proportion
ately will the results be more salts
factory.
Advertisers have tried every meth
cd imaginable Of drawing attention
to goods for sale, and the result has
been that today the newspaper stands,
by wide interval, ahead of every
thing else as the greatest medium.
The newspaper goes into the home
as a welcome visitor, and the adver-
tisements therein are perused by
readers already prepossessed in their
favor on account of the advertising
article appearing in a creditable and
trustworthy publication.
"All other conditions being equal,
the, great body of newspaper readers
in a district will more generously
support an evening newspaper than
they would one published in the
morning.
'The most successful advertiser of
the future will be the one who applies
the. most care and scientific principles
to his work. The medium must be
the best, the results must be care
fully weighed and the newspaper
space of the adver- ,isenent must keep
pace with competitors to insure sue
cess and to these requirements be-
lieye the great advertiser of tomorrow
will give most attention.
Does advertising pay? 1 know
that it does, and it does SO most EN-
phatically The merchant who does
not advertise is not up-to-date. He
is behind the times. Why, even In
Atlanta, the home town and place OF
manufacture of Swift's SPECIFIC, we
carry as much advertising as we do in
! proportion in other cities, and sun
every man, woman and child IN At
lanta knows of our preparations.
THE merchant who would ride IN
the band wagon of success must ao-
IvertiSe.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29

"As we We're saying when we were in7
terrupted,' there are compensa tons fof
almost everything. And of course this i'm
cludes vacations. There are compensa-
lions even for vacations. And there are
compensations for travel on sleeping cars
What Emmy Lou calls AN intimate
friend, boarded a sleeping car in the east
at IL pm. The berths were all. made up
and the lights turned down and all was
quiet save for the sound of slumber IN
Lower 4. Whoever Lower was, he was
catching a little .repose.
Did you ever watch grandpa when he
started to Single the barn? He would
first get up on the roof and rip the shin :
giles off with the spade. That was almost
exactly the sound made by Lower 4 in his
sleep. And he made it regularly and I'M
interruptedly.
AS the party who boarded the car was
preparing to retire, sleepless gentleman
pushed his head out from the curtains,
looked across at Lower and remarked:
THAT fellow doesn't seem to be suf-iS
fering from insomnia much
At exactly 4:25 am. the baby let go.
There is almost always a. baby On the car
at night. Mother is usually taking him
"up to grandpa's'' or down to Georges"
to show him off. It's tough on grandpa
and George, but they pretend to like it.
AS I said, at 4:25 a.m. baby explodes,
His little cry is SO fierce, SO full OF
malice, wrath and all bitterness that 1t
starts the paint on the car. The roar and
rumble of the train takes a back seat. It
cannot compete.
Yet even for this there are connpensa-
tons. # you think it is hard to be
aroused by baby's tom-toming at 4:25
a. M, what do you think it must be for his
little mother, who knows that not only is
she awakened but everybody else as well.
You can drop back into sleep again when
baby is thru. Mama has to stand by.
Speaking of the person Of the noisy
sleep, our friend watched the berth in the
morning to see what kind of a person he
or she was who could sleep so openly in
the ear of the public. The humorists
have taught us that under these circum-
stances it is usually some delicate blush
ing girl who parts the curtains and comes
from her modest retirement into the gar
ish light of day. Such was not the case
with Lower 4. It was simply a coarse,
large man with. big shoulders and
sturdy two days beard growth 1t was
great disappointment.
Starkweather people have been worked
this year by a patent medicine scoundrel
I who agreed to cure any disease and to
give six months treatment for a GER
tain amount, the money not to be paid If
a cure was not effected. A negotiable note
was taken for the amount and was trans
ferred to an innocent purchasers hands
as soon as possible. A guarantee to cure
was given but it did not prove to be
| very valuable document to the holder.
| While in many cases cures failed to ma
| ture, the note never did and it had to be
| paid. This is not pleasurable incident
1 in a sick persons life.
| If you are going to take medicine 1T is
better to stand by some old reliable doc
who treated grandpa for rheuma tics forty
years ago. A. J. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THJNK
PeddIers'%, Licenses.

To the Editor of The Journal
It has often been a source of specula-
ton by many people in this city why the
grocers' association has taken such great
interest in the peddlers' LICENSES. A short
time ago they made the claim that as the
peddler paid little or no taxes rent for
busincssnouses, they should be more heav-
lily licensed, which has accordingly been
done by an accommodating city council.
Having accomplished that much for the
regular peddIer they have now given their
attention to the gardeners and farmers,
with the result, according to the recent
supreme court decision, that the producer,
the man who pays both personal and real
estate taxes, the man who is the very
foundation Of the prosperity Of this coun-.
try, is guilty of a crime if he sells the
product Of his labor from house to house,
unless fortified with a $125 license, which
is simply prohibitory to most of the small
growers who sell their produce in that
manner.
What is the easonsofs all, this? It has
never been charged by the consumer who
has been able to buy freshHfruit and vege-
tables direct fromsIh grower that they
are. a nuisance, as some of our wise law
makers seem to fear. The only reason
is that the grocers association, by a sys-
tenn of restrictive legislation, hope to dis
courage competition and Roblige the con
suners to. patronize their members, in
stead of doing business direct with the
producer. sa 81
At times, owing to an overloaded mar
ket it becomes necessary to dispose Of
produce to the best advantage possible,
as in the case Of Mr. Jensen, farmer,
who brought a load of seventy baskets Of
cantaloupes on the MARKET and by -
O'Clock had only succeeded in selling six
baskets. It was either throw them away
or deal directly with the consumer He
chose the latter. with the result that the
courts held that he had broken the law.
Too bad but no doubt the families which
obtained the melons were satisfied. If it
IS considered necessary to have some sort
of supervision over producers who sell di-
rect to consumers, Whysgnot make it a
nominal amount, the same as the milk
linen? - s2ssS.s.ta Fair Play.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
UNCLE SANS HEAVY GUNS

At Sandy Hook are United States
Sam does heavy trainingafor war. Firing
lately from big guns has been tremendous
" heavy, the decorations being severe
enough to shake the earth clear up to
Staten Island, a distance Of fifteen miles.
On the lover shore Of Long Island and at
some places along the Jersey shore houses
broken windows are cracked, and there
is general smash-up, when the big guns
are fired. It is a disagreeable reminder OF
war. Shots are fired at sea and when they
explode in the water the ocean is for a
few seconds dotted here and there with
geyser fountains
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

The Story of 1.-THE Three R's.'-The
origin of the famous political slogan of
twenty years ago-"Rum, Romanism and
James G.. Blaine in his struggle for the
presidency in 1884, is the subject Of an
uncommonly interesting article in the cur
rent Harper's Weekly. Frank w. Mack.
who was present when the momentous
phrase was uttered-with no realization
of its dangers-by Rev. DR.. Burchard,
tells how Blaine received the three RS"
and Of their immediate and disastrous
effect on his campaign, for his defeat
at the polls by the maddening trife of
1000 votes in New York state was directly
traceable to the effect on the voters of
DR.. Burchard's memorable ALTERATION.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
The. Dishonest Berry Box.

Speaking of the cost Of living, it
has. been observed that the bottom
of the berrybox is getting higher
every year. If there ever was a cheap.
swindle on the American h householder,
it is the architecture of the little bass
wood boxes in which. Strawberries,
raspberries, cherries and blueberries
are displayed for sale. They stand
so tempting, their elevation holding
bright promise Of an honest quart or
an honest pint, and giving no hint or
suggestion of the outrageous false
bottom which cuts off full third of
their capacity.
OF course we all know better: The
dealer who sells, us berries does not
quart. To this extent the law pro-
tects US. The dealer will sell by. the
box, but not by any kind Of measure,
dry or liquid. When we buy berries
we know very well that the bottom
of quart box is only two inches from
the top, and that the box would hold
at least half as much upside down
as it does when mendaciously upright.
So why this standing object-lesson in
deception?
The trouble is that there is no fixed
standard for contents. The man with
the smallest box can sell the cheap
est. There is competition between
dealers and competition between Sec
tions. No one dares to inaugurate
a reform for fear the public would
not appreciate it. Housewives would
be inclined to take the deceptive
boxes at the lower price, not having
figured out the difference in contents.
Since there is no remedy in the
natural law of trade, it seems that
the only way is for the government
to indulge in little paternalistic
legislation and regulate the size of
boxes. An effort was made to do this
at the last session of the legislature,
but it was stopped by the protest of
Minnesota producers, who argued that
it would place them at the mercy Of
outside competition. It seems that
the state is powerless to regulate the
size Of boxes brought into the state.
To shut out Original packages be-
cause of their size would be to re-
strain interstate commerce. There
fore a state law would only regulate
homegrown products and injure the
local industry.
Why shouldn't congress take a hand
in this, and require that all produce
shipped from one state to another
should be in standard size packages,
with the capacity plainly marked on
the outside? Surely such a common
sense measure could not be defeated
by a "blueberry lobby"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
OLD PHYSICIAN SAW NAPOLEON

Dr., John Henry Floto, a physician Of
Oakland, Cal. is dead at the age OF 81
years. DR.. Floto. who had practiced med
icine for over sixty years, was born in the;
Prussian town of Hoxter, and distinctly
remembers seeing Napoleon pass thru
there on his way to MOSCOW in the spring
of 1912. He was never confined TO his bed
until three days before his death, when he
was suddenly stricken with bronchitis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
Assassination of Won Plehve.

It Is doubtful if the American peo-
pie will feel any regret over the as
sassination of M. Won Plehve, Russian
minister Of the interior, apart from
that regret which must always, in the
minds of. civilized people, accompany
disregard Of the law. The murdered
man seemed to sum up in his own life
the horrible and unspeakable brutal
tiles and atrocities Of the Russian des-
potism.
Not a native Of Russia, nor origin
ally lacking in humane and kindly
instincts, he gave himself over, after
he had been intrusted with the high
office which he last held, to a policy
of such extravagant cruelty as must
at times have put to blush the men
who were advising him. With the
zeal Of recent convert, he went to
extremes not before thought Of, and
that part of Russia's record during
the past few years which has aroused
the indignation Of the world is di-
rectly traceable to his fiendish pol
icies. ...a-.. ...-s
So good an authority as Andrew
D. White, twice American ambassa-
dor to ST. Petersburg, in speaking of
Won Plehve, holds him responsible
for the overthrow of the liberties of
Finland, "the most wicked thing in
the history Of the past two centuries, "
and for the Kishineff massacres.
These two things have caused Won
P1ehve, as Mr.. White we'll says "to
be regarded with adherence by the
whole world" Mr.. White has been
familiar with Russian conditions since
the Crimean war, but he says the
present situation is the I:lost desper-
ately bad in all Russian history, and
1t has been brought about by an ex-
ercise Of despotism more unreason-
able, cruel and short-sighted than
anything In recent history outside OF
the Turkish empire.
The most regrettable thing in con-
nection with the assassination is that
1t will probably lead to additional
cruelties and brutalities toward the
Firms, it being supposed that the as
sassin Is a man Of that nationality
It may also lead to bloody reprisals
4 of various forms all over the empire
and PROSTATE and suffering people
will probably feel afresh the resist.
less impact Of the iron heel Of ire.
sponsible power
Politically, the assassination may
have important results. M. Won Plehve
was prominent member Of the Rus
sian war party which has beer
strongly opposed from the beginning
by the best Russian thought. officia
and nonoffieial, and his taking of
may do something to change Russian
policy in the far east by changing the
balance Of power at home. Socially
g and economically the assassination
will as we have said above, for the
present bring only an increase of sor
row and Of suffering to the Russian
people. Their lot is a most unhapp!
one, and the civilized world will hop,
that assassinations like that of Vol
PIehve, while regrettable in them
selves, may hasten the coming o
Aurora's harbinger to a land owe
which hangs the unutterable black
ness of long night Of agony ant
despair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
SUSPENDERS

Suspenders are a necessity for most
men, because only one man in 324 has
hips to support trousers by means of a
belt alone. This being the shirt waist
season, we are to come In contact with
perspiring mortals who wear suspenders
as belt adjuncts. There is now in the
market clever button and pin that
enable a man to wear his suspenders
underneath his shirt, and every hipless
one should have a set.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
sousA,s FRENCH DECORATIONS

John Philip sousa, the conductor, has re-
ceived notice of his promotion from Off
Ger de pAcademie Franchise to Officer
de PInstruction Publique' Of France. The
new distinction gives Mr.. Sousa the gold
en- palms and rosette of the French acad-
received this decoration He is, also a
member Of the Royal Victorian order of
England, having been decorated by King
Edward VII. three years ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29
Grand Trunk Engineers.

- They have been greatly exercised
in Canada because so many .Ameri-.I
cans have been employed in the en-
cheering department Of the Grand
Trunk Pacific. It is alleged that while |
large numbers Of Americans have
been employed on the surveys for the
new transcontinental line, competent
Canadian engineers have been COM
PEELED to leave the country in search
Of work. A commission has been
for some time taking evidence on the
subject, and an order was issued de-
porting several American engineers
who entered Canada under contract
with the Grand Trunk Pacific.
There has been some bitterness in
the Canadian press in discussing this
subject, and there has been "a deal Of
uncalled-for disparag cement of Ameri-
can engineers by the. Canadian press
and disparagement of Canadian en-.
gineers by the American press. Part
of the opposition to American engin-
GERS springs from the ancient preju-i
dice against the Yankee that Is as
deeply rooted in parts of Canada as
Z
prejudice against Englishmen is in
other part of the opposition is wholly
free from prejudice. The Grand
Trunk Pacific is to be built in part
by the Canadian government and the
rest is to have the financial backing
of the government The people that
pay the taxes ought, it is urged. to
supply those who will draw the sal
efficiency.
If Minnesota were building a state
railway it would be expected, without
laying Minnesotans open to charge
of prejudice against the engineers Of
other states, that SO far as possible
Minnesota residents should be the
engineers. There seems to have been
no objection to- the employment of
Americans here and there on the Grand
Trunk Pacific, but it is alleged that
Americans received the preference
right along because they were Arneri-
cans, the chief engineer being an
American, as Is also G. M. Hays, the
general IQdHdSSI VI Iile SAcllu Ullh.
If such is the fact no fault can be
found with the Canadian engineers
for making an emphatic protest. IT,
on the other hand, there are not
enough competent engineers in a
country having SO small population
as Canada, patriotism should not be
made the means of giving responsible
positions. to persons not qualified to
fill them.
The park board has decided, as al
ready announced. to extend the concerts
at Lake Harriet beyond the period orig
tnally agreed upon with Director Ober-
hotter. While the concert engagement at
! the Harriet pavilion has not been f1nan-
cial success, the board is content to bear
a still larger deficit If necessary in ordep
to maintain that excellent attraction at
| the lake. Unquestionably the board has
/ been unfortunate in the arrangement Of
! the pavilion. It is we'll built and attrac-
! tive architecturally, but not well designed
/ for the purposes for which it must be
used. How 1t can be adapted satisfac-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-29

Philadelphia authorities are prosecuting
dealers who preserve" their milk. The
charges against the dealers were met in
nearly every case by the statement that
1t is the farmers who used the poisonous
preservatives, and the convicted men COM
piained loudly of persecution" Agents
of the dairy and food commission there
upon collected samples from sixty-five
diaries before the milk, had reached the
dealers, and in every instance found that