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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
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Seived before noon printed In same days Journal.
"seed Gospel" Trains.

-
X The returns are now coming in from
Iowa's corn crop, and one fact is being
noted, that there is an increased yield
in the localities visited by the "seed
corn specials last spring.
The Iowa farmers had practical
demonstration Of scientific farming,
brought right to their doors last April
by the cooperation Of the Rock Island
and Burlington railroads, with the Iowa
Grain Dealers association. Special
trains carrying lecturers equipped with
charts and directions for testing seed
corn, visited thirty-six counties within
q week, and gave thousands of farmers
tirst hand instruction. The results Of
the crop show that they learned their
lesson we'll, and put it in successful ap-
fplication.
5& The origin Of this modern crusade
4 was series Of tests made by the stu
!. dents at Ames on 1900 samples of seed
corn. They showed that IS per cent
4 was dead, and another 10 per cent was
low in vitality, and unfit to plant, leav-
4 ing only SO per cent Of good seed. This
defective seed was clear explanation
OF the imperfect "stand" of corn in
!. 1903, when the average field had only
G6 per cent Of the full number Of stalks.
The average yield an acre last year was
thirty-tbree bushels, and perfect
stand Of corn would have increased this
to about fifty bushels, increasing the
crop Of the state by 153,000,000 bushels,
without counting further improvement
made possible by use Of improved va
rieties and better methods Of cultiva-
ti0n.
Every farmer can test his own seed,
and by throwing out the unfit ears he
can greatly increase his crop, without
increasing the labor Of preparing the
soil or cultivating the field. However,
a good many farmers did not seem to
appreciate the Importance Of good seed.
To bring this home to them, and teach
them how to improve their seed, the
stcorn.gospel specials,' were run thru
the state, and farmers willing to learn
were given the needed coaching in their
business. ...-.... ..-........ .
It is safe to say that this short cam
paign added millions of dollars to the
value Of Iowa's crop this year. II
was good investment all around. an6
the experiment is worth repeating in
Minnesota. Since the rust scare this
summer, the selection Of seed wheat will
be an important if not vital matter
for the farmers in the western ani
northern counties of the state. AL
/. ready wheat raisers are beginning tt
figure on getting seed from sections
that were free of rust, but in doing thi
they run risks Of importing othe
plaques. Warnings have been sent ou
against buying seed from one section o:
North Dakota, where the rust did no
strike, on account Of a plague Of "tum
bling mustard" that damages the crol
in that section, and would be introduced
in the seed wheat.
The wheat farmers will doubtless wei
come every practical, helpful suggestio,
Il on the. seed question, which the stat
agricultural school should be prepared
to give. Why not run some fseet
wheat specialist this winter?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
A FOUNTAIN. TREE

On the Canary islands grows. a fountain
tree. It is said that the leaves constantly
distill quantity Of water that is suffi-
cient to furnish drink to every living crca-
ture in Hero, nature having provided this
remedy for the drouth Of the island.
Every morning near this part of the
island q cloud Of mist arises from the
sea which the winds force against the
steep cliff on which this tree grows, and
1t is from the mist that the tree distills
the water.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

the new issues of the Century company's
Thumb Nails. The charming covers Of
these little books are almost all the work
of Mrs. Blanche McManus Mansfield. In
1892 Mrs Mansfield decorated the Illinois
building at the worlds fair. After a trip
abroad, she established her studio In New
York. Her marriage to Mowbray Fran
els Mansfield, a New York publisher and
importer Of books, soon followed. Most
Of the time since her marriage Mrs. Mans
field has lived and worked in London. de-
voting herself largely to decorative and
medieval illumination of heraldfc designs.
The Century Co., New York. Price. 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

BY the action of the directors Of Stand
ard OIL who have just announced divi-
dend Of per cent, payable Dec. 10, the
dividends on Standard Oil stock for the
current year were fixed at So per cent, as
compared with A per cent last year, 45
per cent In 1902, and As per cent in the
two preceding years. Only $7,ooO,ooo win
be distributed at this time. This is, In
deed, discouraging.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

It is not necessary to go to the extreme
edges Of Minnesota, or to newer districts
west and north, to find good farms at
moderate prices. Some attention is being
paid to developing neglected districts Of
central Minnesota, where there IS still
some wild land with hrst-class possibili-
ties, and prosperous improved farms for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
ARTIFICIAL GEMS

Artificial rubies have been made Of
great size by q famous chemist of Frank
fort, Germany. According to our consul
in that city, one has been produced weigh
ing almost five pounds Unfortunately the
value Is given, which sspoils the story. for
it is stated that this stone sis worth at
least 5000. When one remembers that 2
ruby of. the best quality is worth more
money than diamond, the only, deduc-
ton that can be drawn from our consuls
report is that the product Of the Frank
fort chemist is only a. very poor imita-
tiOn III --sr- .. ..''.-I : - r'..r ...s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
Socializing Tradesunionism.

Inc SOclallst1c element In Mr.. Com
pers' American Federation of Labor is
revealing it's strength at the San Fran
cisco meeting and is apparently deter
mined to force vote upon it's leading
propositions. Heretofore Mr.. Gompers
has steadily opposed the introduction Of
socialistic resolutions, for he is not will
ing that his strong organization, the
largest in the United States, shall be
committed to extreme socialistic tenets,
into which the movement is likely to
run. f''~ r.. y
Already there has been introduced a
resolution providing that special ef-
forts be made by the executive council
to induce congress to enact a measure
designed to nationalize: all the !" trusts,
-Four or five years ago, when there be-
gan a furious zeal for Industrial or
ganization and speculation in indus
trial securities, which played itself, out
in 1902 and 1903, by OVERRIDING the bus
mess, the labor unions began to talk Of
NATURALIZATION, arguing that the capt.
alists who were so diligently doing such
work were leading the way to- the &C.
tualization Of one of the leading planks
of the socialistic platform, which de-
mands that all the instruments of pro
duction and distribution Of wealth shall
be taken over and managed by the peo-
pie collectively in order to kill off com
petition. What sthe Industrial combin-
ations attempt to do for group Of in.
dividuals, who put their capital to.
| gether, the socialist thinks should be
| done for the whole people or g the pro.
letariat,' as many Of them express it.
In this way, too, they think the less for.
tunate people would come nearer get.
ting their share in the distribution OF
the wealth Of the country, which they
claim goes now into the money chests
Of the rich. 81 - >.., .
The extreme socialists couple with
this demand the proposition that the
government shall pension every work
ingman at the age Of sixty to the extent
Of $12 month, provided his wages
have not exceeded an average Of $1,000
a year. Another demand is that oul
present military arrangements be abol
ished, and that the system Of Switzer
land be substituted, requiring all male
citizens to serve twelve years in thu
division called the elite, twelve years il
the Iandwehr and six in the landsturm
This system makes every man able t.
bear arms a part Of the military, ani
liable to service between the ages O,
20 and so years.
To establish the Swiss militia system
to establish a wage earners pension
system; to nationalize all industrial
combinations, and to establish collect
| i've control or ownership Of all product
| i've activities, embodies revolutionar,
| action for which the American nation i
not prepared at present. And, Ger
talnly, the enormous conservative vot
On Nov. 8, last, suggests that the
term "collective CONTROL has no seduc
tive glamor for the American people
The nation, indeed, is not terrified b,
fadicalism, from which it can draw SOM
rational and progressive features an,
utilize them for the benefit Of the ma
tion, but it is averse to the adoption O
[ theories which have never stood tn
crucial test Of long practical applica
tion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
GETTING THINGS DOWN FINE
philadelphia Ledger.

Philadelphia Ledger,
The army and the navy now draw the
line at bow-legged men; the corporations
don't want any kind of men over 35 years
old, and some employers dislike people
with red hair. If this process Of exclusion
keeps up, the list OF the employed will be
extremely select.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
UP TO THE SHIPS

Gardiner Reporter Journal.
The Globe says the government suspects
that airships may be used to ship dutiable
goods over the border. They won't be
likely to until they are able to get over
the border themselves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
MERELY "PETTY" LARCENY
kansas city star.

Kansas City Star.
The public can readily understand and
sympathize with the intense chagrin and
humiliation Of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
when it was discovered that it was petty
larceny which member of his Bible class
had been caught practicing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
a BARE OPERATOR
Judge,

$50 Jack has been specializing in Wall
street. Was he bear OPERATOR"
well, he was very nearly bare before
they got thru with him
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

Nothing interferes with Indian sunn1e
like foot Of snow and a. cold wave. The!
are not eight weeks away.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
The Wheat Market.

: Conservatism worked more to the
front this week in the wheat market,
with the result that prices are ma
terially lower than when the week
opened. December delivery day is
close at hand, and many holders of
December who would not want to take
over the wheat and pay for it, have
been forced to liquidate.
Some time ago it looked as if there
would be a scramble for wheat, but
more recently the chances for De-
cember "squeeze" became less. Stocks
have been accommodating in Minneapo-
lis at the rate of about one million
bushels week, and, for the week end
ing today, the increase was above that.
This makes the total 100000 bushels,
or almost three million more than was
in store here year ago. The closing
price of December yesterday, even after
a 10-cent decline, was $1.11B, while
year ago, with much less wheat here,
the price was S0%c, or 3lAc lower.
Moreover, the Minneapolis stocks
year ago did not reach the ten-mil-
lion mark until Dec. 26, when they
totaled 10,246,000 bushels, while this
year, it is clear that, if the accumu-
lation continues at the present rate,
there will be 100000 bushels here
Dec. 26 next.
Add to this a -four business not so
good as it should be at this time, an
enormous movement Of wheat from Rus
STA, amounting last week to the record
breaking total Of 7,770,000 bushels, the
importation of Canadian wheat by mills
outside Of Minneapolis, and daily
run Of bearish news from Chicago, the
! center of bearishness, and it will
readily be seen how the bulls have
found it hard task to hold up the mar
ket.
The situation is interesting just now
for the reason that sentiment is, on the
whole, more bearish, than at any time
since before the rust struck the north
west wheat last summer; yet sentiment
is shifting thing and it is an old
speculative rule that when: every one is
j bearish reaction always comes.
| Certainly there has been every in
ducement held out to the farmer to sci
his wheat, and aside from the attractive
price, weather conditions have favored
a free movement to market. ...
The piling up Of wheat here is I'm
doubtedly bearish feature, but it il
nowise alters the fact that the coun
try had short crop. If we accumu
late stocks earlier in the season on {
short crop, it does not argue much fol
accumulation later. &5s-' p
. At the moment the bears are il
control and that prices may go lower il
, not unlikely. The local supply situa
; ton is, however, only one factor in :
hundred. That wheat is now accumu
, lating here does not necessarily mea1
that there is a greater northwestern
supply than has been calculated upon
When December liquidation has run it
l course the trade will begin to thinl
more about future supplies, and as it i
long look ahead to another crop, Their
may be less disposition to force price
downward, at least until it is cleare
t than at present that we are to have
!, surplus left from the last crop.
8 "A recent down East guessing contes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

The limit Of the silly season was
reached in election bets In New York
city. The other day a hearse, with one
undertaken on the seat driving. another
lying inside like q corpse, and a brass
band going before. passed slowly thru
the streets Of the Bronx. The man In the
hearse had voted for Parker. This is
rather q gruesome and doubtful form Of
tunor, but 1t may give pleasure to some
minds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

The new governor IS likely to get some
pretty poor advice from Hennepin count,
democrats who didn't elect him. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

Michigan did not elect a solitary demo-
crat to the legislature. In the 1896 re-
publican wave one democrat got in, but
this year the legislature is so unanimous
that it is likely to quarrel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

What tremendous votegetter that
man Fairbanks was. In nearly every
state in which he spoke the majorities
were big. ."s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

The country generally has now a strong
hope OF the civilization of Missouri.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

A recent down East guessing contest
was on the number of feathers on a hen
displayed in a store window. It was
found after careful count that the btddy
your pocketbook. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

paie e reasonable fisus Thsre are
thousands At acres listed III sherpnrne.
steaEns Benton. Morrison and other cen-
tral counties which viii repay the inyesti-
cation Of the homeseeker. Central Min
nesota lands are near to- good markets.
and the soil as 9 rule Is much above the
average. Much Of the land has valuable
timber. giving the, farmer his own fire.
wood. fence posts, etc. There is room for
many new families to establish them;
selves In comfort and prosperity in the
valley Of the upper mississippi.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
JUST MAKING HAY,
Boston Heral,


We don't suppose the Hon. John Hay
objects to old Senator Morgan's onslaught
on him. It helps to make Hay.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
MINNESOTA CONGRATULATED
Boston Globe.

What's the matter with the republicans
out in Minnesota? Too much Johnson.
But we congratulate the state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
MINNESOTA POLITICS

New Attorney General Has Outlined an
Aggressive Policy for the Republican
State Officers and LegisIature-NIli
Make New Issues for the Coming Cam
palen-That Endorsement Of Senator
Clapp. s,. Il: sss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

More Thumb N alIs. Romeo and Jul
|Irving's aAn Old English Christmas are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

A chIIdren's caIendar-EIelen Leah
Reed has prepared calendar for children
with memory gem for each week" 1t
contains fifty-two complete poems-none
exceeding twenty-four lines in length,
with about the same number Of maxins,
or concise quotations in prose and verse
from great authors.
,S H. O. Carter & Co.. Boston. 60 cents
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13
IS PROTECTION "ROBBERY?'

The Democratic assertion thai
protection is robbery" that the
tariff is tax on the American con-
sumner, is best refuted by examin-
ing the effect of protection on the
tin-plate industry. When the Nc
Kinley bill was passed nine-tenths
of all the tin used in this country
was manufactured abroad. Today
the manufacture of tin is one of the
most important of our home indus
tries, contributing millions of dol
lars annually to our national wealth
But this is the least part of the
story, in so far as the tariff is con.
cerned-the price of tin began to 90
down in proportion as the United
States began to produce it, and the
American consumer has never paid
the Mckinley tin tariff anywhere
near as much per pound for tin
plate as he paid when tin was on
the free list.
The last few years of Republican
administration have added untold
millions to the agricultural wealth
OF the country by opening new mar
kets for farm products at constantly
improving prices. The beauty of
the Republican policy of protection
IS that it develops manufacturing
and agricultural interests on paral-
lei lines.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

No one who is acquainted with
Its good qualities can be surprised
at the great popularity of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t not only
cures colds and grip effectually and
permanently, but prevents these
diseases from resulting in pneumo
MA. 1t also is a certain cure for
Group. Whooping cough is not
dangerous when this remedy is
given. 1t contains no opium or
other harmful substance and NAV
be given as confidently to baby as
to an adult. 1t is also pleasant to
take. When all of these facts are
taken into consideration it is not
surprising that people in foreign
lands, as we'll as at home, esteem
this remedy very highly and very
few are willing to take any other
after having once used it. For sale
by all druggists.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

July 1, 1892, the last year of the
Harrison administration, the pub
lie debt was 1925 per capita for
the entire population of the United
States. July 1, 1897, after four
years of Democratic administration
during a time OF profound peace it
had increased 10 1885, an increase
OF one dollar per head for every
man, woman and child in the Uni
ted States. That is a fair speci-
men of Democratic management of
public affairs.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

'Democracy's effort to show tina,
times have not been good under
Roosevelt's administration is a
ludlcrous performance. The com
pilatlon of all the strikes which
nave taken place in the last three
years. instead of showing lack of
prosperity, indicates the country
mas been unusually prosperous.
Strikes are rarity in bad times
Workinsmen demand higher wages
only when business is good. They
are astute enough to know that
they stand better chance of Oct
ting what they want when factories
are flooded with orders than when
they are running on short time.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

Where now would be our inan-
ces, Our revenues, Our domestic in
dustries and our foreign trade if the
Democratic party had succeeded in
1896 or in 1900? Where will they
all be four years hence if a Demo-
cratic president and congress should
be elected next November.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

Judge Parker's frantic demand
that nothing further be said about
Roosevelt's personality is fresh ev-
ldence that Democrats have become
alarmed over the effect of their
assertion that Rooseveltism is the
chief issue of the campaign. The
more Roosevelt's personality is ex-
plotted the more popular he be-
comes. Democrats have been max
Ing Republican votes by the score
III quoting the Presidents utteran-
Ces.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13
PARKER AND THE TRUSTS

AA4>D LIE IL . / =.
trust magnates having furnished
the funds to carry on Parker's cam
palgn, will now be relegated to the
rear. However, Cord Never of
the sugar trust, and other represent
tatives of grasping corporations
have such hold on the Democratic
candidate that they will continue
to control him. Their relegation
to the rear is merely s'blind" to
deceive the people. When Parker
visited New York he told his man
ayers he did not wish his remarks
Oh the trusts "queered," and that
during the remainder of the cam
pai9n the magnates who have been
pa ing and jubilating over his
&c lation should be less open in
th' demonstrations of JOY. He
f'ii r said he could not get close
to people as long as the trust
III ties openly shouted for him
" the judge meant was that his
we ly sponsors should "keep
d. until after election, when
I'll, ould come to the front again.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

Protection has done more for the
American workingman and farmer
than any other policy carried out
by Republicans. If protection is
robbery, y as the Democratic plat
form asserts, the only persons
robbed" are the manufacturers
and toilers of Europe. American
worklngmen certainly do not suffer
from protection. They are the
chief benehciaries of the greatest of
Republican policies. Without a
protective tariff wages would soon
drop to the European level, which
IS from 60 to 100 per cent. below
the rate now paid in the United
States.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

President Roosevelt personally
stands for courage, honesty, decen-
cy, strength and common sense.
AS a Republican he stands for wise
administration of the laws serving
all classes alike. He realizes he is
the servant of all the people, sworn
to act without discrimination.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

The Democratic managers have
compiled list of shutdowns of
mills during the Roosevelt admin
istration. A glance at the list
shows that nine-tenths of the mills
and factories closed were temporar-
lily shut down for repairs. The
list is cake"
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13
''nonkeyed''
with

Having ''monkeyed" with
"Rooseveltism until they found the
buzz saw, the Democrats are now
tempting the foolkiller by reviving
the cry that protection is rob-
berry, Eight years ago the work.
ingmen of this country decided that
protection is blessing, and they
have not changed their minds.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

Polls of the first voters in various
portions of the country indicate
that 90 per cent. of the young men
will vote for Roosevelt. There is
something attractive about the
president and his career that ap-
peals strongly to the youth of the
land
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

Terms OF sale are as follows: One tenth Of
t tsrrea payment cash on day of sale; ten wears
.lne at SIX per cent interest on remaining nine
len Lentns amount bid. No land will be sold for
less than the appraised value
urlher information may be obtained of the
county Treasurer or from the State Land na.
partment. i1"ho De-
BY order of the State Board ofTano Co,,
Rn MOnis, JOHN A. BAGLEY
Chief Clerk
Dated September 2lst. 1904.