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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
The Seventh District Farmer.

If the people of the seventh district
really believe what they said in the
resolutions adopted at the Ortonville
convention, with regard to reciprocity,
they are quite right in opposing reci-
procity with Canada.
The resolutions speak of "the pro-
posed sham form of reciprocity with
Canada whereby certain interests for
their own benefit sought to have the
tariff removed from American farm
products and thus expose the Ameri-
can farmer to unrestricted competi-
ton with Canadian wheat and other
products without receiving any COM
pensating benefit in return"
It would be a sham reciprocity
which afforded the Canadian farmer
any advantage on his grain products
without bringing any advantage to the
American farmer. But it has been
generally assumed that the American
farmer would like to get his lumber
cheaper than he can now buy it. One
thing which has stood in the way is
the tariff, and any kind of Canadian
reciprocity would lower or entirely re-
move that tariff: OF course, If the
trict does not care teabuy his lumber
any cheaper than he gets it now under
d 50 protective tariff-in other words,
If he likes to pay that 81 above what
he ought to pay-perhaps nobody else
should make complaint.
But somebody is certainly pulling
the wool over the eyes Of the Ameri-
when they lead him to believe that
his wheat Is not as much exposed to
competition with Canadian wheat as
it would be Under Canadian re-
ciprocity. This matter has been gone
over so often that it seems hardly
necessary to state it again; but the
fact is that the price Of the American
farmers wheat is made In the same
place-in the London market. That
is where both sell their surplus. The
Canadian farmer is in competition
with the American farmer now just as
much as he would be under Canadian
reciprocity.
AS matter Of fact the American
farmer would be giving up protection
which does not protect for the sake Of
Egetting cheaper lumber. That Is the
farmers interest in this question,
while the manufacturer on the Atneri-
can side is certainly not to be blamed
for desiring reader access into the
Canadian Northwest with his pro-
ducts. And just to the extent that he
Ehas that, reader access and builds TIP
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THE MINNEAPOLIs JOURNAL4

cause understood Russia would have
a more serious task to perform IL the
American republic. with Its advanced
Industrial development, was broken up
and Great Britain should be left to
control most branches Of modern In
dustrial development"
While the presence Of that fleet may
have had fortunate result for the
union, and while Americans should no
doubt be grateful for the service rem
.dered by Russia at q critical time, the
fact that this preference for America
was shown not out of any particular
sympathy with the union cause. or out
of love for the great republic, but for
a selfish reason, certainly has an Inn
portant bearing upon our obligation
at the present time. Mr.. Bankers tes-
timony is interesting and timely. |
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NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
How George Washington Might Have
Told the Story OF His own Youth, as
Seen by s. Weir MitcheIi--M Minneapolis
!. to Have a Book Auction With a Second
Folio shakspere Among the Prizes.

Dr.. 8. WSir Mitchels much looked for
The Youth of Washington has at last
been given to the public, tho only in part.
The first instalment appears in the April
Century. DR.. Mitchell's undertaking to
write an autobiography OF washington,
In other words a life Of Washington or a
part OF it as Washington would have told
1t, was task from which most would
have shrink. It is well that work so
difficult has been attempted by one who
was willing to devote so much time to
thoro preparation. It. meant a gathering
OF the facts, getting into Washington's
own attitude as far as possible toward
those facts and a study Of Washington
style so as to set them forth as he would
have done. The first and the last of these
We're probably less difficult Of attainment
than the other. How DR.. Mitchell has
succeeded may be guessed at from the
extract below, tho this first chapter or
these first chapters, being Introductory,
can hardly be expected to be as interest
ing as those to follow
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25

How important was the merger to the
rallroad consolidators is suggested by the
reports OF disagreement between Fill and
Hartman as tosssthe future sof Northern
Pacific, and particularly as to how the
stock should be held. Both sides deny the
existence Of any friction, but the public
is. suspicious, particularly after the break
In Union PACIFIC, and these suspicious
have, the effect Of depressing prices. When
these large Interests were tiea UP in the
merger there was no chance for the rise Of
suspicion of this kind and less opportunity
for bear raids or other manipulation.
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The Journal
Goes Home!
Nonpartizan Judiciary.

There are some surface indica tons
that our primary election law is likely
to be subjected this year to very Sc
we're test. 1t has given us some re-
suits already which have chilled the
enthusiasm Of some Of its advocates,
and it will be very much on trial this
year. st%4sg-,.
One Of the severest tests is likely
to come on the district judgeships
There will be four-or is it five p
vacancies to fill on the district bench
in this county. It is said that there Is
a prospect Of a field of dozen or fif-
teen candidates, possibly more, on the
republican side. There is nothing to
prevent any man who may have as
pirations in that direction from start
ing out with a smile that doesn't
7 come off" until election day, and
hand-shake himself into the acquaint-
ance Of thousands Of voters who may
/ the qualifications Of any Of the candi-
dates for this office.
Unfortunately our primary system
gives the man who hustles for the
nomination a great advantage over
his competitor who may have too
much regard for the dignity OF the
office and too keen a sense Of the
proprieties to make an equally ag-
gressive campaign
This suggests that the fate of this
law Is largely in the hands of the
ordinary voter in whose interest 1t
was conceived. If he fails to exercise
intelligent discrimination and makes
q bad mess of the nominations and
election everyone is likely to become
SO disgusted with the whole PROPOSE.
ton that the direct nomination
scheme will be abandoned.
There is one aspect Of the law tc
which we wish to call particular at.
tention, and that is to the difficulty
! Of preserving under it our rlonpartizar
adjustment of the local judiciary. I'm.
der the convention plan it was quite
possible to make and carry out ar
agreement as to the division Of Judge
ships between the two leading parties
Under that arrangement we now have
two democratic. judges. The direc
nomination plan makes no provision
for any such distribution Of the Judge
ships. We will undoubtedly have {
full list Of candidates to fill the va,
cancies on both sides. There will bt
no chance to restrict the number o.
candidates below double the number O.
vacancies, and nominees on the repub
lican ticket will have national adj
vantage over nominees on the demo
cratic ticket because Of the prepond
erance Of republican strength in thi.
county.
It will then be UP to the people o.
the county at the regular election te
make the selections on a nonpartizai
basis. But this is a difficult thing, t.
bring about. Republican campaigner.
can hardly be expected to advocate
the election Of democrats when theil
own ticket is full of candidates. Can
didates for other offices are bound t.
stand by the whole ticket or else sui
fer as to their own interest. The SIT
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The sections relating to Congressman Vol
stead and reciprocity are as follows;
We commend the earnestness and Wig
or with which Andrew j. Volstead;s the !.
member of congress from this district
has taken up the duties in congress, and
We approve his recent able and lucid
speech in defense Of the rights Of the
farmers of this state against the proposed
sham form. of reciprocity with Canada,
whereby certain interests, for their own
benefit, sought to have the tariff removed
from American farm products and thus
expose the American farmer to unre-
str1cted competition with Canadian wheat
ana other products with receiving any
compromising benefit in return g
No reduction in the duties ON grain
(unless in bond) is olr deliberate demand;
nor do we view with equaninfty a n1easl9
ure now pending before congress to per-
nit the sale Of by products Of Canadian
wheat ground in bond. We regard this
measure as makeshift to be used as an
entering wedge to destroy the tariff ON
wheat. we protest against it's enactment.
In evidence Of our approval Of Con-
gresham Volstead's able, patriotic and
faithful service, we unreservedly recon =
mend his denomination and reelection
Now that it is all over and the dele
gates to the Chicago convention elected.
many protests are being heard against the
practice of sending United States senator.
to help nominate a presidential candidate.
The state press is beginning to take the
same view that was expressed editorially
in L h ourn a ! long before the con-
Vention met, that it is wrong in principle
for members Of the legislative branch Of
the national government to have such an
important part in naming the chief execu-
tive. While conceding that Minnesota's
senate are splendid representatives OF
the state, and perfectly safe as opponents
of the feeling Of their constituents at this
time the DIRECTORS say that it must not
happen again Less than half Of this
weeks exchanges have been looked over,
but strong editorials from this point Of
view have already turned up in the Pres
ton Times, the Pipestone Review, and
the Hokah Chief
The Aroka Union, which has been favor
able toward Dunn, says: .
Think what you please, but the Collins
and Eddy sentiment was the strongest in
the republican state convention-S5 to 36.''
The figures are the vote by which Editor
Pease was slaughtered at the eighth dis
trfct convention, and they are quite prom
inent in this weeks issue of the Union.
! Anoka county democrats have a caIadi-
tdate for delegate at large to the national
! conventions. They will present the name
of DR.. A. G. Aldrich of Anoka, a we'll
known warhorse, for the honor. Duluth
democrats are talking of their genial doc
| tor Mayor Culon, in the same connec-
ton, and his name has found good deal
of favor. Charles B. Cheney.
1 s - u.s. = ~
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his business here at home he becomes
better customer for the American
farmer. The present disadvantage
underswhich he labors as to the Cana
dian market has d iven the American
manufacturersin some cases across the
boundary, and to just that extent the
American farmer has lost from his
market for meats, vegetables, fruits
and dairy products.
SO we are inclined TO think that
when Mr.. Volstead1 stands against
Canadian reciprocity he IL not repre-
senting the interests of his .constitu-
ents; and that the more they study the
matter the less they will be Inclined to
take his view of it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
GOOD eARoAiN FoR ENGLAND

In 1875 it was Communicated to the
British government that the Khedive
Ismail Pasha, being in desperate need Of
money, was willing to sell his 176. 602
shares Of stock In the Suez Canal com
parly at fair price. Disraeli was then
premier, and he didf't hesitate minute
England paid $40, 900 900 for the khedive's
holdings, or at the rate OF $113.6O a share
Since then the dividends on its purchase
have aggregated s24,0OO,0Oo, and to-day
the shares are selling at $500 each. This
shows a profit on the transaction Of s1OS, !
COZ. 900 - a IA. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25

The cartoon supplement to the Montreal
weekly entitled World Wide, a sort of
Canadian Public Opinion, is collection of
about hundred. cartoons from American
and Canadian and English publications.
OF that hundred twelve are by Bart" of
The Jour ,nal, which is about ten
times as many as by any other American
cartoonist. The collection deals princi-
pally with the war in, the east.
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BOOKS RECEIVED

MEDICAL UNION NUMBER SIX BY william
Harvey King. New York: The Monograph
Press, rs West Broadway.
THE ECoNoMICAL BURNING OF COAL WITH
OUT SMOKE, with Especial Reference to the
Use Of Washed Coal BY A. Bement, member
of American Institute of Mining Engineers,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers ana
other societies. Published for private crcula-
ton by Peabody Coal company, Chicago.
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cuMMINs DESERVING OF. SUPPORT
New Sales m ~ Heral

New Salem en- d. Herald.
Governor Cummins Of Iowa is entitled to
the warm sympathy of the producers Of
the west III his fight against the railroad
combine and because he favors the iowa
idea and a modified tariff on many ar
tlcles OF manufacture necessary to sustain
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25

saying the whole question It, is not so
bad as that, tho 1t is bad enough.
There are ten short stories in LesIie's
Monthly for April, as well s,s excellent ar
ticles on The Case for Japan. . The
Chance for an American Singer and
"Coney Island
a Paiatiai Residence. The feature Of
The Western. Architect for March is a
series of large halftones Of the palatial
residence of James A. Patten of Evanston,
ILL.,, showing exterior and interior. Part
second Of E. P. Overmire's "Recollections
of Boston" illustrated, makes interesting
reading. Other features add to the attrac-
tiveness Of the number.
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AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room. which is the finest In the west.
The battery of presses consists of three four
deck Goss Presses with total capacity of
$4,000 eight-Iage Journals an hour, printed,
folded and counted The best time to call Is from
415 to 1870 D. M. Inquire at the business office
and be directed to the visitors gallery.
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Foyer Chat,

Francis Wilson,, resourceful funrnaker,
has been identified with more comic
opera successes than any other comedian.
He. makes grist Of everything that comes
to his mill, knows no such word as fall,
and, with his own jollity, is able to keep
in stirring array his we'll drilled company
Of 100 people. :. Mr.. Wilson with his star
company will present the er-popular
opera "Erminie" at the Metropolitan for
the entire week, comm encing next Mon
day evening. 5tfEf
There will be but three more perform
ances of '"The Sign of the Four at the
Bljou. A handsome souvenir will be pre-
scented to each person attending the mat
inee tomorrow
The attraction at the Bijou next week
will be a fine production Of Theodore
kremer's companion play to 1.-THE Fatal
wedding, entitled For Her Children
Sake - :
with performances tonight and to-
morrow afternoon the Ferris Stock com
pany will close their successful week of
~ Ihelma. The Roosevelt club will oc-
cupy the house tomorrow evening with
their clever Baron Humbug.'' Opening
sunday sunday evening the company, with Dick
Ferris IN the cast will be seen In Howard
HAIRS f5ll great romantic drama. "a Soldier Of
the Empire 10 s.
The last performance Of the Rentz,
santley company will occur at the Dewey
Tomorrow night. Miners Bohemian Bur-
lesque company will hold the boards for
next week. Harvey Parker, the Little
Demon Wrestler, is with this aggrega ton,
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uation becomes very complicated and
the chances for wise and satisfactorily
selections on a nonpartizan basis are
unpromisins.i
We call attention to these facts be-
cause they exist, and because they are
likely to produce results damaging to
the perpetuation Of the present pri-
mary system, unless they are so fully
appreciated and the voters Of the
county are SO clearly cogndzant OF
their own responsibility as to exer-
else their choice at the regular elec-S
ton with more than usual discrtmin-
alton.
We hope for the perpetuation Of a
nonpartizan Judiciary. we see little
reason to expect it unless the matter
Of their responsibility In this regard
is thoroly impressed upon the minds
OF the voters E
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MINNESOTA POLITICS

E4eatwoIe Machine May Abandon Dunn's
Candidacy In the Hope of Creating Di-
version and Heading or cclIlns-Dunn
Managers Holding Continuous Sessions
to Canvass the Situation, Which Is Ad-
mittediy Bad for Their Candldate-voi-
enth. 80. 49, +.
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MAGAZINE MEANDERiNGs

The Overthrow OF Despotism.- April
number OF The 6ooklovers' Magazine APP
peals to q wide variety of tastes. The
articles have a vivid present timeliness.
Talcott Williams contributes clear state
ment Of the real meaning of the Russo
Japanese war. It is not, in his opinion.
a mere war for territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT
at least on the part Of Japan. The
struggle is ultimately to maintain or 10
overthrow the worlds last great powerful
despotisn, and irlcidentally to preserve
Asia for the Asiatics. The second article
on ''The Two Paciics,'' by Harold Bolce,
continues his valuable observations on the
industrial value of the Orient. Lovers Of
art Will find much to delight them in the
April number. There are reproductions
In color, Of five OF the most important
pictures shown at the recent exhibition
held at the Carnegie institute at Pittsburg.
Our Melancholy Pastimes.-There is a
subject to make one look UP. James T..
Ford writes about it in LesIie's Monthly
for April. Among other things he saws: 4
Bourke Cochran has wittily and wisely said
that the. one place in the world into which no
ray of human enjoyment ever penetrates is the
safe deposit vault in which the millionaire finds
himself face to face with his securities. He
might have said, also, that genuine amusement is
IS far removed from all money considerations
the way in which, in this country. the whole
question of entertainment has become closely In
.tertwined with that Of spending money shows
how very far OF the track we have gone in our
ifeverish md uncertain quest for enjoyment.
Mr.. Ford seems rather TOD sweeping In
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TRAVELLERS ABROAD

VIII find The Journal file as follows: 49,.
IoNDON-U. S. Express Co., 80 Strand; Ameri-
can Express Co.. Waterloo place.
pENMARK-U. 8. Legation.
eARI6-Eagle Bureau, SO Rue Cambon. Resi-
dents visiting Paris can have their mail or
kilograms sent care of this Bureeu and the
i same will be forwarded to them or held for
their. arrival.
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The st. Paul Globe says In its obituary
of, the Northern Securities company: 80
"The universal expression Of regret is
that this great conception could not have
been permitted to carry to the end the
work for which 1T was ereated.''s :. :,
And then a paroxysm of grief seized the
entire northwest, all the way from the
Globe office at Fifth and Wabasha, to the
Great Northern general offices at Third
and ROSahel. Il.
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They Must Be Repealed.

The people of the west strongly
sympathize with such views OF the
land laws as Senator Gibson expressed
in the senate yesterday It is irnpera-
tive for national welfare that every
remaining acre Of the public domain
be SO administered as to make the
greatest possible use of it for home
making. All Of the land that is sus-
ceptible Of cultivation should be re-
served for the actual settler, and the.
forest lands should be managed for
the general good and not be permitted
to be made the means Of individual
enrichment to the injury of the public.
The senator succeeded we'll in an
swering the. point often made against
the repeal of the timber and stone
act. the desert land act and the COM
mutation clause of the homestead law
that it would cripple the operation
from irrigation works. The irri-
cation fund Will soon amount
to sso,oOO,0Oo. Such, a sum turning
deal. But at best the present system
is only a makeshift. The time is near
at hand when congress will advance
large sums from the national treas
ury for the building OF irrigation
works on an immense scale. =. Some
single systems will call for the ex-
penditure Of s5o,0oo,00o. When these
larger works that will redeem three
or four million acres are undertaken,
direct federal appropriations are In
evitable. But even if it be otherwise,
how foolish it is to sell public lands
to increase the irrigation fund, when
such sales both reduce the area of
public land that can be irrigated and,
when forest land, diminish the ca
pacity of the natural reservoirs.
The time has come when our gov
eminent must do all in it's power to
make homes for our swarning mill
ions. Last year 40, 900 American farm
ers crossed into Canada because Of
the free or cheap homes that are
still to be found in the Canadian
west. This year $4,000 American
FARMERS will make the same change.
So great is the rush for lands in Can
ada that already the ,homesteads rea-
sonably near existing. railway lines
have all been taken: " Here are our
people OVERT owing into sahothe fs cotl1t-
try, ana still we retain on our statute
books laws that deal with the pub
t lfcs@.lands in the same old, wasteful
| way in which the nation dispensed
| it's public domain when it's extent
seemed unlimited and its capacity: for
population inexhaustible. The time
| has; come for a change. y. +.
| A staff correspondent of TIL e o ur-
mas been visiting Idaho and in to-
days issue, writes of Boise, the capital,
and it's rich tributary country. The pic
ture presented is a pleasing one-a land
Of sunshine, fruits and flowers and the
Staple products Of the soil; a city OF
splendid public. and private enterprises and
a citizenship celebrated for its virility and
INCONSISTENCIES. The next decade will
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THE NONPAREJL MAN
Great Excitement In Salt Lake, City on
the Return of President Smlth-The
Smith Family Turns Out In Force and !:
Gives The Smith Family Yell. =tss.Sgi:

Salt Lake City, Utah, March 1o-This
busy little city was much excited over the
return of President Smith from his ( orr
deal in Washington. The Smith family
turned out in great numbers and gave
the Smith family yell as father descended
from the car steps to the platform. A
thousand young and sturdy voices took UP
the refrain: - - .------- -.
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Irl Hicks predicts hot weather for July
Well, we shall not try to stop it. B
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A young telegraph operator in Milwau-
kee, Wis, gives what is described as a
marvellous exhibition of control of mind
over matter. Coins being placed on a
table, the operator has funny kind of
a fit, whereupon the money moves slowly
across the table to him. We have noticed
money moving slowly away from us, but
never in our direction, that is, in quanti-
ties sufficient to do us any HARM
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Oklahoma is complaining bitterly of its
winter wheat, which seems to be moth
eaten in spots. Plant wheat.
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King Leopold of Belgium maintains the
ground that as a monarch he is above the
law. 1t seems ridiculous to put mere
king on the same basis as our trusts.