The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-08

tested. Conditions in the Philippines and
in Cuba cannot;be fairly compared.
Our Lumber Industry.
The lumbermen Of the upper Mis-
sissippi valley. the men who make
boards and sell them by the million,
feet, are In session to-day in Mime
apolis. They are met for their annual
heart-to-heart talk over business con-
ditions and problems. They will talk
about last years productions, this
years supply of logs, the trade OUT
look, and that interesting sheet known
as the price list, commonly used by
the trade as a basis for cutting prices.
In the past few years the relations
between the lumber manufacturers Of
the northwest have been getting
ply Of white pine timber is dwindling,
the best stumpage is all taken, and
| big operators are no longer engaged
| in a fierce rivalry for timber tracts.
The white pine mills have competi-
ton they never knew a few years ago,
and are drawn together by mutual
interest against the yellow pine mills
of the south, the hemlock manufac-
turers Of Wisconsin and the increas-
ing supply of fir and cedar lumber
from the Pacific coast.
| For the present they have no oc-
casion to complain, and no bitter re-
grets in reviewing the past year. There
were plenty of calamities threatening
the ruin Of the lumber business in
1903. Labor strikes, floods. crops
| drowned or frozen, came one after the
other to reduce demand and furnish
weapons for those astute bears of the
lumber market, the line yard opera
tors. After all, the years business
measures up on almost equal footing
/ with the banner year of 1902, and if
/ wet weather had not caused some
damage to crops last fall, the, great
record of the previous year would
have been outdone. The gentlemen
billion feet of lumber, which is pretty
fair. for one years business, thank
you.
The outlook for the present season
4 is just as good. It is a presidential
election year, and tradition DEGREES
that business shall fall off on these
i quadrennial occasions of excitement
but this year the election seems fore.
z. gone conclusion, and business is no.
going to be depressed by the almost
certain prospect of President Roose.
velt's success. There is no reason tc
J, fear that our northwestern lumber.
men will shut down any of their saw.
mills this summer for lack of a mar
;. ket We all want lumber and mus
. have it, and that's their business.
It is perhaps not difficult to account, for
: but the fact is nevertheless very unfor
I, tunate that just when charity is mos
| neededi it is less liberal and responsive. Jus
now when the demands upon sthe AS
ISOLATED Charities are heavier than the.
| have been for several years, the revenue
Of that organization are falling off. TIL
!. receipts from large subscribers show n
material decrease, but among the NOR
moderate contributors the subscription
: are less prompt and less liberal than 70
several years past This is explaine
. doubtless by the fact that when people c
. moderate means find money not quite s
u easy to get they reef their purse strings
little closer against numerous demand
: and among them the demands of the poe
3 and needy. It should be borne in nins
]! however, that it is just at such time the
generosity is most needed and serves til
best purpose.
The spectacle Of p. A. Gunders, forme
. employee Of the public examiners offic
= at work in the headquarters Of r. C. Dunn
4 throws more light on that certificate
character letter than many columnc
Z explanations. Mr.. Dunn's managers shoul
have had the discretion to keep the ma
= in the background, for his own sake
70 well as "the looks of the thing. ..
n Frank NJ Eddy's interview in the sMi1
+ nesota Politics to-day will be read wit
q interest. Who could have made those owe
!, lures for combina ton ION three differel
a occasions? Mr.. Eddy says it was n
= Judge Collins or his friends, but he d
parties making the offers will consen
Must we remain in the dark?
ic The office Of governor is a very exaltt
id position. It calls for a high type of ma
lr We can hardly associate with the office
l. governor Of Minnesota the sentiments u
id tered by Mr.. Dunn at the Union Veteran
IS meeting, with respect to the old veteran
r. at the Soldiers Home.
e An American woman is going to S
4 Petersburg to persuade the car to st,
N fighting There must be a mistake som
de where. The car doesn't seem to ha,
ut, done any lighting unless sinking his on
ne ships may be called fighting.
tie $500 = -
We feel like congratulating Dr. Harpe