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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
Decline in Exports.

=. One important consideration with ref
erence to the future financial situation
is the matter Of our declining exports.
The january trade statement is at hand
and it is not a good one. We are buy
ing more abroad than usual, and selling
less; indeed, the balance for, the past
month was the smallest for many years.
We sent out merchandise to the value
Of $123,000,000, which was an excess
over our imports Of only $25,0O0,OO0.
Last year the January excess was close
to $60,00O,OO0. ...-..
The summary, which is unfavorable
not only for January, but for the year
past, is due more to the loss Of foreign
trade in -four and wheat, than to any
other single cause, as we Of Minneapo
lis might reasonably have expected
since we have heard much about the loss
Of foreign -four trade by the mills. We
sent out in seven months only $52, OOO,
900 in breadstuffs compared whit $104,
100000 year ago, and $3.50, 100000
two years ago. Our cotton exports also
have been lighter, totaling 1857 100000
against $275,000,000. r:
We know that the causes Of shrink
age in the breadstuffs item were mainly
natural, altho in some degree artificial
We did not produce much wheat last
year, and our own consumption is in
creasing; and we have gone pretty
much on the theory that from our croI
we have nothing at all to sell, and, in
deed, it is yet matter for argument
in the grain trade as to whether OF. not
we have However this may work Out
in the final showing, we could in any
case have done little business, for oul
prices have been very high.
Other causes appear in the decline
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
The Senate Is Obdurate.

The decisive defeat of the bill re-
moving all educational institutions from
the board Of control seems to mean that
the university Is doomed to stay right
where it is.
There is no use crying over split milk,
but if three or four senators who yes
terday voted for reconsideration Of the
Peachey amendment had only voted
against that amendment in the first
place, it would never have swamped the
bill by its added weight. The bill
stood much better prospect of passing
in either house if it had been confined
to the university and normal schools.
When amended so as to remove ten in
system at one stroke, it bore too much
the appearance of. an assault on the
board. ~.
Whatever the enemies of the board of
control may think':or say, the board is
now a fixed institution. It has proved
it's efficiency in the management of in
situations with inmates. That it has not
been as successful in handling educa-
tional institutions is no fault Of the
system, for it is spreading three men
out over too large a territory.
There is still measure Of hope in the
future action of the house on the bill
presented by George E. Rerley, but the
combination in the senate seems strong
enough to defeat any remedial program
at this session. The best prospect for
the university is in the election Of a
new legislature in 1906, which may look
at the problem Of education with a
broader vision. o. 49,:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
Uncle Sam g. Victim Also.

There is something in the Bible about
beam and a mote and about the rela-
tive duties of the beamer and the mo-
fist. Here is the government OF the
United States calling violent attention
to the trust beam in the public eye
when 10! there is a mote larger than a
grain of mustard seed in the govern
ment own optic.
The United States, sovereign and
great, having territories and dependen-
cies and dominion over the islands of
the sea. the United States which defed
England, licked Spain and made Ger
many tumble from it's imperial perch
in Venezuela-the United States is the
victim of trust. -.
The government, today, cannot buy
armor plate for its battleships without
paying tribute to a combination which
has raised the price per ton to figure
that is known to be extortionate and
in restraint Of trade. The. price of
armor plate was fixed by a combina-
tion of the Carnegie Steel company and
the Bethlehem Steel company, which
are of course now absorbed in the United
States Steel octopus. The price is any
where from $445 to $500 a ton, while
naval expert constructors have proved
beyond question that it can be made for
$197 ton. In spite of these facts
the government has never built it's own
armor-plate works, nor has it succeeded
in breaking the trust.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
Taking the Governor s Advice.

1t is not always that the suggestions
of governor are given serious con-
sideration by the legislature, but the
lawmakers seem disposed to pay some
attention to the recommendation in the
recent special message of Governor
Johnson. Yesterday bill was intro
duced in both houses to add to the
force Of the attorney general and in
crease the salaries Of his assistants. To-
day bill drawn by the attorney gen.
eralt at the request of the house COM
mittee on public lands was read before
the committee. It includes the propo-
sition for a state timber board indie
pendent Of the auditor. The additional
machinery provided by this bill is
rather cumbersome, and to build such a
system up at this late datesis good
deal like locking the stable after, the
horse is stolen. However, it is not too
late yet to provide an efficient check
on the conduct of state land business.
AS for the other measure, giving more
help to the attorney genera. if ought-bY
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

s 3 . + , ~ 2. &
This coddling of the saloon by men
whom we have reason to believe are
not really in sympathy with it as an
Institution, is difficult thing to I'M
derstand. For instance, that amend
ment to the Clark ordinance passed by
the. city council last night. The priv.
|Iegeo of recovering license money with
out thirty days notice in the event
of desire to go out Of business, may
in many supposable cases practically
nullify the original ordinance. .
Why should the council devise ways
and means. to make it as easy as pos
sible for men to get into the saloon
business? The theory Of the liquor
license is that it is restrictive. 1t is
intended to impose penalty on any
one who goes into the saloon business
The saloon is a bad thing. The fewer
we have the better. If there is loss
of few dollars involved in the sacri
flee of a~license, that is not inconsist.
ent with the theory on which the license
was issued, and we. cannot see why
good men in the council should be sc
awfully sensitive about it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
Evolution or Revolution?

J. Evolution or revolution? Is this the
alternative before the people of the
United States?
The trust domination Of this country
is going to stop. The only question is
whether it will stop by an evolution
which will bring order out Of the pres
ent economic chaos, or by revolution
which will bring about a new order of
things. 1t is not suPposable that the
people of America, who fought the whole
power Of England over a question of
unjust taxation, will submit perma-
nently to be robbed of the fruit of
their labors by combinations formed in
the teeth Of the law. They will either
have the trusts dissected and their
hides hung up as a warning to the fu-
ture, or they: will separate from their
present economic ideals. just as they
separated from their political ideals
when they broke away from England.
The stream of. economic exchanges is
being INSTRUCTED somewhere We know
now that the beef trust has built a
dam across the stream at one point.
We know that the Standard Oil COM
pany is building another. But we know
that these illegal societies are but mani
festations. They are. manifestations of
greed, but what is the basic greed Of
greeds is veto be. determined. 1t will
probably be found that a number of
influences have contributed to the gen
eral result, and it will be Of material
use to trace these influences as far back
as, possible Notwithstanding to apply
the medicine. The Standard Oil, the
beef trust, the INSURANCE combine, are
the blossoms, of the lsystem., We want
to Study each weed Saas~we kill it, in
the hope 2!of carriyiag, at the origin Of
the species. This y y a Work Of patience
and endurance. Itn.hasr room, for it's
Lawsons and KANSAS legislatures, but it
also demands the services Of an emf
nently scientific, well-balanced and
patient mind. The solution will not all
come from one person. There is a
chance for every honest man to contrib
ute something Of value. b..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
but bread stuhs affords the most import

but breadstuffs affords the most import
ant illustration.
Our balance Of trade this year is like
" to move backward close to $500 ,QOO,-
000.. Some day we will feel this: In
stead Of present easy monetary condi-
tions there may come stringency such
as we have experienced in the past It
would be folly to borrow trouble over q
factor, the effect Of which cannot in any
case be felt for some time to come, but
to the student of conditions the change
now going on is Important and cannot
be passed over.
Reinsurance comes from the fact that
we have plenty Of corn to sell, and are
now sending it out at the rate of about
100000 bushels a day. An item like
this will count up Snoticeably on the
other side in short time. Moreover,
we are every day drawing closer to the
time Of sowing the new crops, and that
we will have better returns this year
than last in our leading food cereal is
not an unreasonable expectation.
Our manufacturers are also doing a
better business, and foreign contracts in
equipment are unprecedentedly large
The big export commodities !. like
wheat, corn, or cotton, make so great a
hole in the total when adversely affect.
ed, that important gains in exports OF
manufactured articles do not show, yet
it is in gains in foreign sales of manu-
featured. products, rather than Of raw
! materials, that our greatest prosperity
| lies. -..E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

Paid 1t ALL ''Open Wide the Doc
pass Me Not, @, Gentle Savior
Doors and windows of many hou.
We're thrown open and men and won
heard the sacred names used in pra,
and praise, instead of in blasphemy
One sobbing woman in dance hall sa
Il wish those people had not come.
cannot bear to hear the songs my de
mother used to sing"
After passing thru this region Of vi
midnight. meeting was held in the c.
tbs theater. The building was packed a
damned till long after the new day +
turned.
Friday, Jan. 20, was a day of praye
The doors of every church in the c
were open. The mayor. by proclamati
requested che suspension Of business q
even the Estate legislature adjourned
observe the day. All schools were clos
and a general hush seemed to fall W
the entire city. 1t was, however, at
monday meetings that the city lifted
head In prayer, even some of the sa1oc
were closed. Three great auditoriu
were crowded to the doors.
DR.. Chapman's discourse ct the Tai
7 Grand was the strongest Of the campai
Its theme was Redemption" and
text, and They Sang a New Song"
Chapman spoke to 5000 people in Bied
wolf and to almost 1000 people in
Coliseum hall. while DR.. Ostrum spoke
almost 1000 at Curtis hall. The "migf
est work I have ever SEEM wired
Chapman to his eastern friends.
Mayor Robert Speer said: 1.-THE {
| of prayer was splendid triumph for
evangelists. 1 heartily commend tn
meetings. They mean very much for
good Of this city"
| Now that the Protestant pastors Of
city have heartily extended an Invita-
to DR.. Chapman and his colleagues, Y
have accepted it, to engage in sim:
gospel campaign, cannot we confider
expect similar results? r. ]. Creswel
| Minneapolis, Feb. 10.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
With the Long Boo.
-''Eye natures walks. shoot folly as II kHs

For other but for US to forget it is divine
opportunity knocking peoples DOORS the
has the whole front Of his house knocked out II
accordance with the ideas oser Hopkins
the school Of Oxford university
that NOTHING in the world ACCOMPLISHED nv man more than 40
Minneapolis has chlorofomer member of
should of health whom will be comfotab
dispatched
49,
Grafton nosing
Boa de Cgo somewhere Central America where the bananas
having snap covering
BEDS which the weather country demands
with little fringe but during the unheard Of sample
hvers rugs table spreads The North Dako
will doubtless Boia de Carriage
all right for people, Graftonia good enoua
for white people .. =.
AS the rink the other day when nupte
only other badheaded floor
good deal than left An ped aquain
skating exploded Everybody stopped going all
once and left him high and like ef with Kinks his hand
mirace -:
He had skated for fifteen twenty years but passing thru
town and of the little roleee
The skating peculiar psychological phenomenon You find
self infected by before know and then You flo
around dreams and nothing fill the aching void but
periodical
jolly swinging swayng crowd full Of life and of the subjective
rhythmic notion
A. F. Adch manager of big oil company Brooklyn
divorce suit his wife Ad brings along
her the love letters written by hubby another lady and the other
replies. These epsles eahrug
attorney everybody had bad laugh them In addition this
printed length few of the New York papers, One of papas
tiers full a terrible
Darling, you real naughty little girl
at pet had my erans on IS for my darling think love
baby too much and can for darling
feelng-I can't tell how I feel toward my baby
know it is all love that makes feel you.
feel mad sometimes darling, slap you
you. little then little. hope before long,
that meet baby without being
night darling until tomorrow night From loving to be-
This awful read aloud in spread
papers calculated author plant
Dearly beloved, literary like
That letter probably sounded all
but read by msentmna lawyer
hohair rubber, would of
fitness of things feel like double breasted
"A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
Union Depot Wanted.

To the Editor of The Journal
The suggestion recently made by E. P.
Savage of this city that in considering
grade crossings also plans should be pro-
posed for union depot of adequate
'size and to be built somewhere near the
present union depot" has been read with
pleasure by all having the identification
and welfare Of our growing city at heart.
Let us have grand union depot, as Mr..
Savage suggests and let such a PROPOSE
ton be placed before the respective rail-
road companies, when the matter of grade
crossings is considered. Such depot
should be built on scale and in a style
so as not alone to relieve the crowded and
unhealthy condition of the present union
depot, but to be an ornament to the city.
Let the city council urge the depot ques-
ton as it urges the question of grade
crossings. "A sMinneapolitan.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
A Plea for Equal Justice.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
I plead for equal justice to the liv
and the dead. In. a communication fl
New Ulm in your esteemed paper of F
II I read that 'citizens have been arou
to anger" because Asa P. Brooks had b
examining a hotel register in Minneap
to find out whether there was any tr
in a rumor which might have a bear
upon the New Ulm tragedy. Since tn.
is a possibility, if not strong probabil
that circumstances may lead, to the C
Viction of an innocent man, should
every fair-minded citizen desire any
vestigation which would throw light u
a case which is shrouded in myste
Why suppose that nobody could posi-
have anything against DR.. Gerhard
cept DR.. Koch, who certainly had II
reason to harbor feelings that would l.
to murder? -JustitL
Red Wing Feb. 90
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
The Brighter Side.

Every week; every day, almost, brings
its announcement of the Inauguration
of some important new enterprise call
ing for money, and the fotation of a
new loan. The railroads are continual
ly putting out more bonds to provide for
extensions and betterments, and states
sand municipalities make issues from
time to time. Where bonds are known
to represent intrinsic worth or high
commercial or government credit they
find ready sale. It is not unusual to
hear of issues of $lO,OOO,OOO or $780,
100000 being taken up in short order,
and one wonders, sometimes, where
all the money. comes from that seeks
investment.
Light upon the matter may be OBJ
tanned from a glance at the statements
of savings. We are not inclined to
think Of America as the home of peo-
pie especially noted for thrift, rather
the conventional notion of the American
Is of one less inclined to save, and for
illustrations Of wealth thru slow ac-
cumulation we usually turn to European
countries, moro particularly to France,
Yet the Americans are a mighty nation
3of savers.
:! The savings banks of the world con-
tain $10,500,000,000, representing 3d.
$4,000 depositors. The savings banks
of the United States contained, at last
reports, $4,000, $4,000, accredited to
100000 depositors. Thus the United
States with less than 9h per cent of
the population represented in the re.
ports for the world, has 20 per. cent of
the savings. It would appear, therefore
that we are a forehanded nation, not
only In the big things Of commerce and
fnance,f but in the little things as we'll
and If. a rainy day is to- come not all
our poor people or people of moderate
means are going to get caught.
Besides this money in the savings
banks there is a mighty stream flowing
into the offices Of the life insurance
companies. The banks and the insur.
ance companies turn largely to bonds
as investments, and it is estimated that
thru these institutions and individual
investors, not less than $1,0OO,OO0,O Ot
goes into bonds every year. Being linn
tied by law as to manner of investing
the money intrusted to them for safe
keeping, the savings banks are large
purchasers of bonds. This represents di
rectly the money Of the people. +
Recently a great deal has been hearc
of the trusts, especially the Standard
Oil company, and, with an array oil
stupendous figures representing the
wealth of a. few men, and showing al
aggregate yearly income for these me1
Of appalling size, seeking reinv estment
many: readers have no doubt asked
themselves how long it will be before {
few men will practically own the coun
try. y.
It is true the more vicious Of tn
trusts have fourished in wonderful de
gree, have torn down opposition AM
ridden over the law and the rights O.
the people. It's true that from ruth
lessness in finance and. from commercial
rapine fortunes. so great as almost t,
stagger one have been built up in !,
generation, and these things are calcu
lated to breed. pessimism in the mind O
the conservative and socialism IN tn
radical II 80 5s
But these evils are not Inherent il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
The Survey Is Coming.

Chairman Burton of the house rivers
and hafbors committee made his word
good, and the river and harbor bill,
as it passed the lower house of con-
gress. contains: provision for the survey
of the upper Mississippi for the pur-
pose Of ascertaining the cost Of secur-
ing a six-foot channel.
= The provision for this survey is a
victory for the Upper Mississippi River
Improvement association, which has
made such a persistent plea to- congress
that some concession was at last forced
from the guardians of the national
purse strings. The survey is entirely
satisfactory to the friends Of upper
Mississippi Improvement. In fact, it is
an essential first step to the compre-
hensive scheme that is in view.
/. Now if some Tom Carter does not
talk the whole bill to death in the
senate, the first step will be taken to-
ward making the upper river "a real
factor in transportation. With. the
Mississippi open to barge navigation
from Minneapolis to. the gulf, there
would : be a general 4readjustment of
railroad rates which. alone wouId save
shippers and consumers. vast sums of
money. In letter to A. L. Croker,
the local member of the executive com
mittee, a noted authority on water.
ways, Captain 5Alonzo Bryson of Dav-
EXPORT, Iowa, states his belief that the
improvement Of gulf ports, which re.
suited in low export rates for corn
added 10. cents. a.. bushel to the value
Of the grain crop Of the middle west
With deep waterway to the gulf, the
further results are incalculable. 7
This is no idle dream
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

The disease, menace in soiled money is
worrying the house committee on bank
ing. In, these days of corporate greed, a
good many of us have to squeeze our dis
ease menace so hard before letting go
that the germs are killed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

The cost Of profanity under the Con-
by William Nye, was not SO much after
ALL The Roosevelt dam in Arizona cost
81, LAT, 900. 1t must have been said short
ly after the arbitration treaties came
bac
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
WHAT OF TopAY7

We shall be so Kind In the after-lwhile,
But what have we been today7
We shall bring to each lonely life a smil
But what have we brought todayf
We shall give to truth a. grander birth,
And to steadfast faith a deeper worth.
We shall feed the hungering souls Of eartl
But whom have we fed today7
We shall reap such joys in the by and b:
But what have we sown today?
We shall build us mansions in the sky,
But what have we built today?
, TITS sweet In Idle dreams to bask.
But here and now do we do our task7
Yes, this is the thing our soul must ask.
What have we done today ?'''
Nixon Waterman in Christian Intelligence
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
Homeseekers' colonists' Excursion

The Northern Pacific Railway will.
the Homeseekers' round trip excurs
tickets to points in Minnesota, No
Dakota and Manitoba, on every Tuest
during March, April and May; and
points in Montana, Idaho, British
1umbia, Eastern and Central Washing
the first and third Tuesdays of the So
months.
The Colonists', one way, e1curs
tickets will be on sale daily, March
to May 18th, to points in Montana
the West.
The Minneapolis City Ticket office
at the corner Of Nicollet and Washi
ton Avenues.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

: Rojestvensky' victory over the trawlers
has been officially reported from Paris.
The Russians are credited with larger
number of hits in this engagement than
in any other Of the war. In fact, they
made nearly as many as an opera bouffe
star at dress rehearsal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

It Is a shame to see the papers talking
of the handling of money as tending to-
ward the accumulation Of typhoid, tuber-
'culosis, hay fever and housenlaids' knee.
weeks in the belief that it was a friend.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

The finding Of Gthe North Sea commits
sion seems to- be- that Rojestvensky was
justified in firing into. the British fishing
fleet, if hes:Was really scared. 1t would
seem to be easy for the admiral to prove
the latter point
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

At last Japan has begun the imitation
of Russian methods of war. A contractor
has been caught putting shiplap roof
on a barracks and charging for mahogany
with "soft velvety finish"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

She used to write sweet ,lullabes
For various monthly magazines;
All, they We're full Of sleepy eyes
And droning notes Of fairy queens.
She used to reel them off with ease,
They brought her gold, and also praise;
Now there's baby on her knees,
That makes her wonder at its ways.
= $sEaTu aF ~
She's writing lultabies no more, .
Her Inspirations gone somehow;
Such fancies as oshe had before
Keep ever distant from her now;
The lullabies she used to write
Have lost their charm, for while she sing
Her baby bowls with all its might
!, How strangely Fate arranges things.
--S.sE: Kiser In Chicago Record.He1aldi