The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-07
A. Government Gazette,

" a. VOVeTumenC GdZeLJe.
There is disposition to view the
move for the publication of an official
gazette at Washington as savoring of
monarchy, an imitation of s,thes,court;
guides Of Europe. Some Of our anti
imperialist fellow citizens are- :begin.-.
ming: to look pessimistic again, and
there is even danger that Edward At
kinson may emerge from his Aladdin
stove to denounce the proposition. i a.
The court guides Of the old. world
are customarily printed to give informa-,
ton of the whereabouts and the pres
ent occupation of the monarch. Where
the ruler of the state is also the head
of the church and the dictator of society
the people want to know about him and
the court guide is published, not be-
cause the king, is determinedsethat, he
shall not=beSlost sight Of because
kings nowadays find it advantageous to
do about what the people ex pect:t EN-
to do and one thing the people expect
is accurate information as to how the
emperor enjoyed his breakfast. ~
An official gazette in America is a
very different thing. It would be
convenient place to stow announcements
which now are offered to the Asso-
ciated Press and carried by that or
ganization, if it has the space and con-
siders the matter of sufficient import
an"e. The point is that the Asso-
ciated Press does not have to make a
record for the government, whereas an
official gazette would. :!
2 There are hundreds of documents7
notices, orders which are made by
heads of departments in Washington,
of which the public gets no notice, .ex-
cept as it bumps against them in deal
ing with the Washington bureaus.
These could be gathered into a govern
ment publication, and when indexed and
filed would make comfortable, asset
for. any firm or corporation doing
large business with the government, =
The main danger in the publication of
such a gazette would be that heads of
departments would. abuse the privilege
Of printing. It would become like 1the
Congressional Record "a scandal, :.e It
would be necessary. to have some one in
charge who would not be .amenable to
influence in permitting improper or un-
necessary publications. Perhaps the
best way to print government gazette
would be to let the contract to some
responsible printers and let them make
what they would out of Advertising
space. 49,. t:.:...-s 49, ~ ~.--.
|. Cassie Chadwick's assets have been
gathered up and finally. tabulated and
they amount to $4,000. Her liabilities
amounted to s2.ooo,0oo. so that the pro
portion Of each person who filed claim
against her estate will be seven tenths
of a cent on. the dollar Cassie is in pris-
on and the exposures She was to make OF
people high in finance who had "basely
deserted' her have not come. The last
| has probably been heard Of Cassie
Chadwick until some other fraud shall
arise with whom she can be compared
On his birthday anniversary Russell
Sage made rough calculation of the cost
of shoes and ciphered out that they eat
up money in criminal manner If it
We're not for the cost: of shoes each man
in this, country would have at least SIS
in cash for each year of his adult life.
This at compound interest would at sixty
furnish each citizen an annuity of s499.
Mr.. Sage regrets that earlier in his, life
he had not studied the extraordinary
waste in shoes. -.
The Providence Or. ~ Journal observes
Congressman Brick of Indiana says that
the way to meet deficit In the nationa
income is to quit spending SO much
money. It is evident that he is a yer,
| new member Mr.. Brick is not a new
member, but he has some of those ideas
regarding economy that grandpa used t
inculcate.
kalamazoo looks pretty good to rail-
road tie tourists. Mrs Alnira Kramer
J. u i E