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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
VITALITY OF YELLOW RACE
Tt Can Flourish in All Climates-More
Vigorous than White Race,
Correspondence London sneetator

Correspondence London Spectator.
Before the foundations of Rome were
laid there was a homogeneous people
dwelling in China with form of gov
eminent and no mean degree of civil
cation. Rome fourished for eleven GEN.
turtles and became the empire of the
western world, then decayed and passed
away, and her civilization became the
heritage Of others. But China remains
aSa united empire to this day. In this
marvellous continuity in the past kSg
the promise of the future.
1t took the nations of Europe two
thousand years to advance from barbar-
ism to their present position. 1t took
the Japanese, a branch of the yellow
race, a generation to- adopt and apply
all the best results of this long strug-
gle. We are told that when the pres
.ent emperor of Japan was boy, the
sort of training that was supposed to
fit him for the part he was to be al
lowed to take in the government of his
country was making artificial flowers.
He is only now. just over middle age,
arch over an empire with which the
most advanced and most powerful en-
pire Of the west was glad to form an
alliance as with an equal. His navy
has driven the Russian flag from the
China seas. On land the tactics and
| strategy, the endurance, Self-Sacrlfce
and bravery, the care for the wounded
in the field and the splendid hospital
arrangements of the japanese army are
| the admiration of the civilized world
| In the world S history there is moth
ing like the advance of Japan in the
last generation. We see some of the
results of the adoption of the civiliza-
ton of, the west by thirty millions of
| the yellow race. Will any one who
really knows him venture to say that
| the Chinaman is less we'll equipped men,
tally and physically than the Japanesef
What, then, VIII be the result when
the five hundred millions of China fol-
low the example Of their kindred of
4 Japans On the northern borders of
! China the white and yellow races have
been face to face for some time, and
the advantage appeared to be with the
1 white But the tide SOON turned, and
| today the aggressive armies of the
white car, under his ablest generals,
have had to retire hopelessly beaten
before the yellow race. These are the
long shadows which the coming event
the advance of the yellow race-easts
| before it for the information of those
who care to see.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

BOOK TO PLEASE THE, .YoUNe-
STER."-Captain Harold Hammond 8
PInkey Perkins, Gust a Boy" will appeal
with considerable force to the healthy
American youngster, and with the appeal
will go nothing that is unwholesome or
vicious. Pinky, whose s.reaI name," as
might be guessed Is .'Pinkerton," passes
thru a variety Of vicssitudes such as fall
to the lot of many village boys. He has
an affinity" and goes to school to a de-
cidedly overdrawn ..old maid school
teacher with auburn corkscrew cur1s, who
is nicknamed 'Red Feather He has a
bette noir and "a <chum. He delivers an
address Of welcome has valentine
episode, gets punished for stealing hick-
DRY nuts, and gets event. with the Skin
flint" who objects to the theft.
Altogether Captain Hammond has
penned a picture which is not oyerdrawn
nor inclined to the 'goody goody" type.
The author is not a master of diction,
and, unlike the books about boys Of such
authors as Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Mark
Twain and J.. T. qTrowbridge, "Pinkey
Perkins lacks the glamour Of the really
literary production and will not have any
great interest for the grown-up reader.
The book is delightfully."- Illustrated.
III. B. C.
The Century COMPANY. S15o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
RULES FOR FLAT JEWELLERS
Chicago News.

NJ Chicago News.
Do most Of your talking near the court
windows. The <neighbors will be elevated
by your conversation.
/ When you retire take off one shoe, lift
1T high above your head and drop it
hard. Five minutes later drop the other
one.
Let the bathtub overflow and always
have onions for dinner the evening the
ineighbor above is going to entertain her
club.
H II possible, have bare floors In at least
two rooms, and get into the habit OF
pacing back and forth in them after II
o clock at night.
Gentlemen lighting their pipes and
cigars in the Railways should always
drop the burnt matches on the floor and
then complain Of the janitor service.
Your piano should be played only after
10 o'clock at night, when most Of the
people will be at home to hear you. II
they do not appreciate your music it is
because their early education has been
neglected. 49,
Let your small son ride his velocipede
up and down the hall. If possible, get
the family dog to scamper after him. II
the woman in the flat below sends uI
word that she has headache, advise hel
to study mental healing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
The Cuban Experiment.

The election riots in Cuba are at
tracing good deal Of atten-
tion just now. The experiment Of
self government started out with
great promise in that long-oppressed
island; with the guiding hand of
Uncle Sam at the outset and under
the presidency Of Senior Palma rather
unexpected success has been achieved.
The island has been orderly, the au-
thority of the government has been
respected and indications six months
ago were that the experiment of self
government in Cuba would certainly
prove an immediate success.
But self-government is not an easy
task after all. We have to admit here
in our own country from time to time
that it has it's weak spots. Sometimes
these weak spots are found in the ad-
ministration Of national affairs, some
times in state governments and more
often in municipalities. Indeed, if
we were to view self government
from the standpoint of the municipal
ity alone, it is questionable whether
we could establish claim that it is
success; and this is the condition
Of things in this country after genera
tions Of education and experience. If,
therefore, the American people who
have inherited so much in the way
Of inspiration and experience are not
altogether successful in managing
their own affairs, we must not be sur
prised if the Cubans get into trouble
at the beginning, nor shall we despair
of their ability to overcome the con-
dition of unpreparedness under which
they have undertaken the responsible
tiles and difficulties Of home rule.
Cuba is one of the richest and most
inviting islands in the sea. It is des
tined to become the home Of prosper
Gus people. How long it will take tc
establish political institutions and de
velop condition of education and in
tell gence capable of maintaining a pop
ular form Of government remains to b.
seen, but it is to be hoped that the ex
pertinent now under way may not prove
failure. Complete failure would prob
ably involve the absorption Of the islant
by the United States. The interests o:
our own country as well. as Of the Gu
bans require the maintenance there O
a stable government, and it may b
necessary for the United States to as
sumo such relation to Cuba as will
guarantee stability in the island. Blu
even if that should come about, tn
management Of the internal affairs %
the island ought to be, and doubles
will be, in the hands Of the inhabitants
subject only to such restraining infiu
ence against disorder as the situation
may require.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
Taxing Corporation Franchises.

The state board Of equalization has
directed the assessor of South st. Paul
to ascertain the value of the franchise
under which Swift & Co., transact bust
ness in Minnesota, and to place It on
the tax rolls for 1905 as omitted
property" Inasmuch as Swift & Co.
practically own South ST. Paul, it is a
question whether the assessor will take
his orders from the board or from the
packing company. If he obeys the in
structions Of the board, the courts will
soon be called upon to decide the ques-
tions involved. The board itself has
made small increases on the Standard
Oil and on other beef trust corpora
tions, which may be contested and raise
an issue. ~
Attorney General Young is willing to
make a fight for the states right to
tax franchises Of foreign corporations.
Such an effort can do no harm, and it
would at least stir public interest in
the proposition. Former Governor John
Lind does not believe it will succeed
without new legislation, and deplores
the fact that four legislatures have ig-
nored, his recommendations, made when
governor. IS
In an interview in The Journal
today, he states fact that will sur.
prise the lay public. While. the state
law permits taxing any home corpor:
! alton upon the market or actual value
Of it's capital stock, it does not grant
any such power to tax a corporation not
| resident here All so-caued q forei On
corporations are required under thu
Somerville law to file a statement ant
pay license fee, based on the amount
of their capital stock used to transact
business in Minnesota. When it comes
to personal property taxation, however
they can only be assessed for their ma
chinery, wagons, office fixtures, etc
J, The vast volume of business transacted
by the Standard Oil company under
Minnesota laws pays a mere bagatellt
of taxes.
Mr.. Lind does not believe they cal
be made to pay on a different basis
| without the legislation he recon
mended. The attorney general is in
clined to think franchises may be as
sessed now, and is. ready to make til,
trial. It is to be hoped he will ge
the cases in court, and get a judicia
determination. IF the state wins, j
will add vast sums to the taxable val
4 uation, and will secure revenue from
monopolies that have been milking. tn,
state with impunity. If the attemp
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
Vociferous for Roosevelt.

The farther the campaign in Ohio
progresses the more does the suspicion
grow that the republican state ticket
does we'll to lean on the strength OF
Roosevelt rather than upon it's own
merits.
There is a growing impression that
Governor Herrick is not his own man,
but has fallen under the influence OF
the Cincinnati boss. George B.. Cox,
who received such an excoriating from
lincoln j. Steffens recently that he
fairly boiled in his alleged Indignation,
but who, when he had cooled off, took
no further steps to defend himself from
the magazines pretty plain inslnua-
lions Of corruption. ST. =
Governor Herrick is a rich banker,
who was neither a "practical' nor a
= reform politician. He was one of
those social politicians who occasionally
get foreign ambassadorships as a re
ward Of their persistency. He was one
of the syndicate which rescued Gov
ernor Mckinley when he was ruined by
the failure Of manufacturing con-
Germ. From than time dated his yearn-
ing to be governor, an ambition which
was finally recognized two years ago.
Now he is candidate for reelection
and has opened his campaign with a
ringing CALI to the people to stand
by President Roosevelt.
Meanwhile the democrats are sending
out few calls themselves, which have
a tendency to wiring the governor 5
heart. They want to know among
other things why the state last year
paid $4,000 contrary to law for tele
phone tolls, md also how many Of these
bills represented conversations between
the governor and George B. Cox during
& the legislative session. The democrats
have sowed the state with charges that
the republican administration is satur
ated with graft and that it is subser
Went to the Cincinnati boss to shame
full extent. They charge that the legis
lature and governor were aligned
against the people in an effort to give
the state canals to a company in which
Governor Herrick and George B. Co,
were stockholders These canals ART
capable Of being turned into railroad
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

President Roosevelt has a way Of hit
ting the nail on the head. When Senator
Hepburn sent him some clippings from
newspapers which limited to the president
that the forest reserve policy Of the gov
ernment was hurting the republican party
In some places, the president: replied:
when I can properly play to political in
terests I will do So but will not consent
for enc moment to sacrifice the interests
of the people as whole to the real or
farciecl interests Of any individual or any
political faction.,'' The fact of the mat
ter is that the forest reserve policy hurts
some individuals and makes trouble for
some local politicians, but it happens that
we have a president who can look ahead
and see benefit to all the people in it and
this is motive enough for him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
HOW DID We LICK THEE7

III From Sonnets OF the Japanese.
How did we lick thee7 Let US count the ways.
We thrashed thee to the depth and breadth and
height ii
Our men could reach. We licked thee out Of
sight;
We licked thee on the level in every days
Good scrapping; on land we thrashed thee right
And on the sea we sank thee out Of sight.
We are not vain now that we wear the Bays,
And only hope the lesson thou wilt use
In future deals with us who had the faith
That with Bushido we could hardly lose.
And now no more on thee shall we waste
breath
Go home, be good, dry tears-and ifTthou choose
To try again, We Il thresh thee half TO death
indianapolis News.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
An Appreciation.

p The September number Of Vor It'd
contained liberal extracts from Mr..
Chamberlain correspondence from
Sweden and Norway, with the follow
ing Introduction:
cit certainly deserves to be recog-
nized with appreciation that a great
metropolitan paper, The Minneapolis
Journal, this summer sent its managing
editor to Norway and Sweden to study
and report on the compli c ations which
lied to the dissolution of the Union, and
lat the same time obtain a clearer in
tssught into the national characteristics
tiof these two peoples that have con.
attributed. so snuch to the development OF
1.-THE northwest, and won recognition for
Etheir intelligence, their industry, and
s,Western pralrles.
d "We do not know how many thous'
lands Of readers The Minneapolis Jour
tnal has thruout the northwest, but we
Edo know that none Of the great news
8papers has a larger circulation among
3sthe people of our race in this country,
and this has been gained, not only. by
newspapers, but also by the considerable
attention that the paper has given the
Il Scand inauian population in its columns.
Sss;3$x 3 But it was an unexpected regard
land attention, when The: Minneapolis
asJJournal sent one Of its leading and
.ablest men across the ocean so as to
give the whole American people a plain
land unbiased presentation Of the state
%of affairs insthe far north.
$50 And Mr.. Chamberlain has per
3 formed this task with great ability
His letters are reflex of his pleasing
personality, his penetrating power OF
ssaobservance and his truly democratic
spirit The American press could not
Shave sent better representative OF
stAmerican culture and intellectual life
sssAnd as Americans we cannot but con
ssstgratulate ourselves upon the impress
Sion that we know he has made over
there, an impression that. received an
added charm by the company. OF his
esamiable and talented wife. :.
q ttWe hope that he will give us his
Impressions and descriptions in more
lasting form. They are something more
than mere news Of the day, which are
read today and laid asideaand forgot
ten tomorrow. They have a lasting value
and should be preserved in book form
and we predict, that the book would bt
read with intense interest. IN every
f, Scandinavian home in America.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

single plot of twenty-seven acres is said
to have yielded as much oil as would
fill lake of the same area and $50
feet in depth. There is a large amount
of British capital invested in this field,
and the trouble seems to have been less
severe here.
Driving into the valley, which is
famous for its winds, you are met by
a singing shower Of dust and pebbles
like a volley of shrapnel.
The road back to Baku from Bibi-
Eibat passes Ballot Point, the Hnaval
station, where small revenue
steamer usually represents the. Cas-,
plan fleet" of the Russian empire; and
shipbuilding yards and boiler shops,
brings the traveller into the town once
more.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

AN ENGLlSHMAN'S APPRECIATION
OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Dr.. Richard D. Harlan is reciting this
verse to his friends as "An Englishman's
appreciation of President Roosevelt:
A dash Of Lord Cromer, but not very
much of him; .55
A wee bit of Lincoln, but only a touch Of
him;
Kitchener, Bismarck Germany's Will;
Chamberlain Jupiter; Buffalo Bill.
When the verse reaches Oyster Bay Mr..
Roosevelt probably will say Bully!'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
DEAR"

Dear little hands and dear little lips
That come every day to greet me;
Dear little laugh that rings like gold,
And dear little feet that meet me-
-FOUR care-free ways and your dolly days,
And your days as childhood rover,
Will vanish and fade In the feeting years
Too soon will they all be over.
Dear little arms that round me Irvine,
little head close Nesting;
The sweet, sweet dreams that are yours today
+ That come in your peaceful resting.
Your childhood dreams. like sunbeam CLEANS,
a The feet years will sever;
But God keep your heart like the lily bloom
AS pure and sweet forever.
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
ROOSEVELT, JR., AT HARVARD
Cambridge. Mass. Dispatch.

- Cambridge, Mass, Dispatch.
c'o Green as any other freshman and
.brimful Of enthusiasm over the prospect
of college life, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
son of President Roosevelt, arrived in
Cambridge yesterday and spent the af-
ternoon making bright and cheerful the
com rr1odious room in eC1aver1y Hall which
he will occupy this year. VI
Young Roosevelt was accompanied by
his mother, who, with her deft touch
and woman's. taste, assisted him in his
work. He will register as a member OF
the class of 1909. 't4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
BAD FOR THE BUSINESS
Nebraska State Journal.

u :, = NeDraSKa state JOUTHdI. II y
Dignifed presidents, vice presidents
and others couldn't Withstand the temp
tation to use some of the bullying insur-
ance surplus for the transaction of a lit
tie private business on the side. A few
thousand here, a half million there, who
would miss it? Now for the sins of these
men not only must they suffer themselves
but the agents Of these companies all
over the country. And not only the
agents but the worried policyholders who
feel that their interests have been jeopar-
died by bunch Of bunco steerers who
ought to be wearing striped clothes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

The Philadelphia North American, re-
plying to >me structures on Mayor
Weavers Jrm campaign, because it
has decreased activity in stock transac-
that a project for robbing the people Of
Philadelphia under the form of law is
warrantable7 if it will make business
livelyon the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
This curiously resembles the advice to
robbed in gambling joints because it
made the town lively, advice which the
mayor did not heed, with the result that
the streets of Minneapolis are deserted
by toughs and blacklegs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

William Waldorf Astor, before he set
out for his English home, said, referring
to the Russo Japanese war: 1.-TWO ma
tions at war are in the defenseless and
gullible position Of certain English
married couple. This couple will fall out
and cease to speak to one another for a
year or more at a time. They have a
beautiful country house and there is a
certain. elderly matron, a great bore, who
visits them continually Someone asked
this matron which of the pair was always
inviting her. She answered frankly:
Neither invites me, but since they don't
speak, EACH always thinks am the
others guest s-s@s- E. ~ 81 5.-.@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
NOT THE SAME ;
New York Tribune.

u New York Tribune.
The interesting statement made in the
United States circuit court at Chicago the
other day by A. B. Stickney president Of
the Chicago Great Western Railroad
com pany,' that the railroads are at the
mercy of the packers, who gave the rail-
roads to understand that if they wanted
their business they must haul meat at the
packers prices naturally suggests the
query, What would have happened had
the railroads made the reply to the pack
ers which they made without hesitation
to the small shipper?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
THE MINNEAPOLIS journal.
Saturday Evening

fails, it will call attention in a most
emphatic way to the need for new legis-
lation. AS Mr.. Lind demonstrates,
there is no question as+to the validity
Of such law if enacted, and there
seems no good reason why the legisla-
ture should refuse to pass it. 1t is I'M
fair to put our home corporations under
a system of taxation that is not ex-
tended to those coming in from other
states.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
THE WASTE OF WAR
Hartford (Conn.) Courant.

Since the beginning Of the war Japan
has increased her debt from about $780,
100000 to 1881, 900, 900, but of this amount
she has on hand perhaps as much as S175,-
100000 unexpended. In the same time
Russia's debt has increased from 1922,
100000 to about $1,000, 100000 Japan will
probably receive about $100,000,000 from
Russia in payment for the maintenance of
prisoners Of war, and Russia must also
borrow money for her Immediate needs
at home. Japan, therefore, seems to come
out Of the war in better financial condition
than Russia, in spite Of the latter coun-
try's vastly greater resources. '.f $.
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The Century Company.


"GERMs OF MIND IN PLANTs."--R,
H. Frances book bearing this title has
been translated into English by A. M.
Simons. 1t is an argument to show that
the sense life Of plants sis primitive
form, the beginning of the human mind, =
or further, that there is no animation, mo
sudden introduction Of a soul by nature,
but we are all united in the same encir-
cling unity 9.t8
Charles H. Kerr & CO., chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

same honor he would give to crowned
heads but over here where We know
nothing of crowns, we give him the hur-
rah due to a great head, which may be
different.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

Governor Vardaman of Mississippi has
let his Equitable policy lapse with some
Vardamanesque remarks on the subject.
The lapse is good thing for the Equita-
BILE and remarks" cannot harm the COM
pany much after recent events. !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

The Wisconsin courts have recently
held that delinquent taxes are never out
6 1awed. The ordinary CRATER cannot be
prosecuted after three years of immunity
from Indictment, but the tax CRATER Is
ALWAYS in the limelight. Then here's to
the sheriff Of Nottingham, whose eye is
like the eagles. Let him bring them in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30

An Indiana editor secured a pet lion for
his office. After two days in the office
the lion, either hearing the EDITORS re-
marks on poets or catching a few words
Of the language used in the composing
room, died. - al.