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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
tains an unusual number Of timely fea-
lures Including the following: -. 81.

tains an unusual number Of timely fea-
lures, Including the following:
1.-THE Making of a Modern Treaty Of Peace, !"
Review Of Reviews, story of the Portsmouth
conference. with Illustrations Of the makers Of
the treaty; ~ How st. Petersburg Received the
News Of Peace by W. T. Stead, editor of
the English Review Of Reviews, written from
the Russian capital during the first week in
September; "Japan's Elder Statesmen and the
Peace, !" by Adachi Kinnosuke, and other features
OF, like interest. -#T 50
Open-Alr Reading Rooms. - "The
Lounger" in the October Critic tells of a
new plan adopted by the New York
library authorities:
1.-THE East Side is to be congratulated
It Is patient. sincere, and keenly appre-
clatlve; knowing Just what it wants
following an idea with untiring zeal
what wonder the schemes of the workers
reach a successful end. First the i'm
proved geography and width Of streets
giving new lungs and life to the neighbor-
mood, new baths, clubs, parks, settle
ments, gymnasia, open-air Fairgrounds
and now open-air reading rooms on the
roof of the last completed branch of the
public library known as Rivingtor
Street Branch"
The October Critic holds much of in.
terest to the literary. The Lounger is al
his best and his chat is followed by spe.
cial articles Of a kind to attract many
readers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
TOASTED NEW JUDGE
Friends of Judge F. v. Brown Give a
Dinner in His Honor.

Judge Frederick V. Brown, the new
Judge on the district bench, was guest
Of honor at banquet at the CONNER
cial club last night, the hosts being
friends and former business associates.
Following the banquet, which was
served in the Flemish room, Professor
Conway Macmillan introduced the
speakers. Those replying. to toasts
were: John T. Baxter, Charles R..
Fowler, former Mayor James Gray,
Judge William A. Kerr, W. T. Fraser,
Wallace G. Nye, former Mayor James
G. Haynes, J. D. Shearer and Presi-
dent Fred R. Salisbury of the CONNER
cial club. E. J. Westlake, in behalf of
the gentlemen present, presented Judge
Brown handsome cut-glass set with
silver salver inscribed with the
names Of the donors. Those present
were: Arthur W. Armatage, George
J. Backus, Frank M. Barnard, Fred E.
Barney, John T. Baxter, Edward P.
Capen, Murdoch s. Nicholson, Arthur
B. Chamberlin, Charles M. Cooley, Dan
lei Donovan, William T. Fraser, Charles
R. Fowler, Herbert s. Gilkey, William
4. Gordon, James Gray, James C.
Haynes, Frederick N. Hendrix, William
A. Kerr, Levi L. Longbrake, Wallace
G.. Nye, Conway Macmillan, Fred E
McKusick,. Warren M. Horner, Amass
G.. Paul, George F. Perkins, John II
Riheldaffer, Fred j. Sackett, Fred R.
Salisbury, James D. Shearer, Q. O. Tol
| lefson, Edward F. Waite, William B
| Walters, Ellis J. Westlake, Marti1
| Whitcomb, John H. Van Nest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
AUTO STOLEN WHILE
OWNER SEES SHOW

Thieves stole Chauncey R. Lamb s
auto from in front of the Orpheum thea
ter last evening during the performance
and it has not been found. The police
in both cities have been looking for the
machine and expect to find It today.
It is a 50-horsepower Thomas Flyer.
body. The number is S46. Several
autos have been taken. recently by anna
teur chauffeurs, who have taken a spin
about town and then left the machine in
some vacant lot.
Mr.. Lambs auto, with four men in
it, was seen about 40 O'Clock last night
on the Minnetonka road, speeding to-
ward the lake, and the carriage caller
at the, Orpheuma, says the man who
large diamond ring, so it is thought
some of Mr.. Lamb s friends are hav'
ing fun with him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
another objection is that uniformity @
soundness could not be maintained.

another objection is that uniformity OF
soundness could not be maintained.
Clearing house certificates he looks
upon as confession of the weakness
of our system which ought never to be-
legalized and the effect Of which, he.
believes, is to create distrust abroad
and prevent the keeping of interna-
tional balances in our banks. The
clearing house certificate is an adver-
tisement, as he describes it, of the eS-
istence of a state of stress which for
bodies calamity. The clearing house cer-
tiicate has met serious emergencies on
several occasions, but it is at best s
makeshift which the government can
not afford to indorse.
Mr.. Shaw's remedy is increased bank
circulation, subject to tax heavy
enough to retire it promptly when it
has served the purpose of the ener-
gency and when the demand for It
will no longer justify the payment Of
the tax. He would have this additional
circulation authorized to the amount
of SO per cent of the circulation based
upon government bonds. He would
have it guaranteed. by the government,
the guaranty to be provided by the
tax resting upon this additional issue
during it's existence. Retirement he
would provide for by the deposit of an
equal. amount of money, in the treas
ury, the actual bills to be taken in and
destroyed as fast as they come to hand.
There is nothing particularly new in
Secretary Shaw's plan, or in his views
in regard to the necessity Of an elastic
currency, but it is worth while to heed
the warning which he utters and to
| recognize the fact that the splendid con.
ditions Of prosperity which we now en-
joy may be seriously, if not disastrous
ly, disturbed by the existing defect in
our monetary system. What he pro-
poses is the one thing needful to per-
feet our system of currency and make
it adequate to our needs at home, while
at the same time strengthening conf
dence abroad. '"'-S I
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Depew as a. Business Man.

Referring to Carnegie's statement
that a college training units man for
business the New York World says:
Yale claims ,Chauncey Mitchell De-
pew. If his university training untitled
him for business so much the better. It
is depressing to think what might have
happened if DR.. Depew had really been
fitted for BUSINESS Lila
DR.. Depew has not claimed an exclu-
sive franchise on doing business. It is
If Plato had walked into the Equitable
but it did not require talent to do that.
IF Plato had walked into Equitable
building and asked for money in pure
Greek the chances are he would have
gotten it. The fact of the matter is
the floor was Uttered with money and
it was necessary sometimes to sweep
the old stuff out in order to make room
for the new. money coming in. 1t is
scarcely to- Dr.sDe pew's credit that he
got some Of this money.
The real test Of Ohauncey as a bust
ness man came when attempts were
made to separate him from the profits
of his transaction with the Equitable
Then he fell down. They took the
| money from him in baskets and carried
| it to Buffalo, where they planted it in q
marsh named Depew. Chauncey never
got any good of it. Rockefeller always
gets the good Of his money. He taintt
| it and gives to the heather, or buys ex
pensive wigs with ribbons attached
J Never any Of his swag has found til
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
DE- VETS NEPHEW IS
ARRESTED AS REBEL

Berlin, Oct 4.-Andrew de Wet,
nephew Of 4 the famous Boer general,
Christian. de Wet, has been arrested at
his residence in suburb of Windhoek,
German Southwest Africa, with four
other Beers, accused of plotting to
overthrow the German rule in southwest
Africa and to create a Boer republic.
Andrew de Wet, who is a merchant of
Windhoek, is described as having ar
ranged with the rebel natives to make
common cause with them. About fifteen
thousand Beers are said to be in Ger
man Southwest Africa, one-quarter of
whom are organized. Considerable guam
titles Of arms were seized at De Wet IS
house. Altho the arrests occurred Aug.
20, nothing was reported by cable to
the newspapers, doubtless on account of
the censorship. -.'n II
Andrew de Wet married a. daughter
Of Prussian army officer. - ,<.z.z.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
MILLIONS IN TAXES
PAID IN NEW YORK
journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. = =
New York, Oct. 4.-Colonel David
Austen, collector - of taxes, has made
public the amount of money paid into
his office Monday for taxes. His off.
cial table shows a slight falling off
from the sum received on the first day
for paying taxes last year. Property
owners who pay on the day the taSs
books are opened receive a rebate of
1 per cent. Every day in October car
ries a rebate, but the percentage gets
smaller by fraction each day.
The total received Monday was $14,-
9,123.51.
Some Of the larger payments were:
William Waldorf Astor, 100000; the
Vanderbilts, $1,000,000; Consolidated
Gas, 100000; Andrew Carnegie, $780,
600; August Belmont, $125,000; New
York Central, $350,000; George Ehret,
100000; Interborough Railway COM
pany, $4,000; John D. Crimmins, $685.
600; Goelet estate, $4,000; George
| Gould. 100000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
PREFERS DR.. COOL
Committee Suggests Pastor of Fowler
Church for Presiding Elder.

Protest against the appointment of
Rev. j. B. Hingeley as presiding elder
of the Minneapolis district was filed
with Bishop w. F. Mcdowell when he
was here Monday en- route to the con-
ference. .- "a -
A committee representing Lake, Wes-
lev. Hennepin, First and Simpson
churches waited on the bishop. In
cidentally the appointment of Rev. DR..
P. A. Cool to that office was suggested.
The representatives of Hennepin and
Wesley churches made recommended
ton against the appointment of Rev.
DR.. J. S. Montgomery to Fowler church
because they feared it would unsettle
conditions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04

sERio-coMlc POLITICAL PHlLos-l
OPHY OF A FRANK TAMMANYITE.-
II is hard to take Plunkltt OF Tammany
Hall seriously. 'Plunkitt Of Tammany
Hall is a series Of talks by George
washington Plunkitt a sachem Of Tam
many Hall. These talks were delivered
from the New York city hall bootblack
stand, and compiled by William L. Rior-
don. It Is hard to take them seriously
because Of their grotesque absurdities,
their absolutely astounding confusion Of
patriotism with selfshness and the utter
" naive egotism of their author. Mark
Twain could have made nothing funnier
OUT or the same material. Yet these
same talks have serious side. To the
idealist patriot they must seem simply
appalling What weapon is to be used
against such dense selfishness and such
masters OF practical politics?" ss
George Washington Plunkitt Is a mil
lionaire with a large margin. His money
was made as a member of Tammany. He
boasts of his record Of filling four pub
lie offices in one year and of drawing
salaries from three of them at the same
| time. He, furthermore, boasts that much
OF his million and more was made by
"honest graft Let him explain what
he means by honest graft: -H.@
Ny party's In power in the city, and it's
Wen, I'm tipped off, say that they're goiu
| to lay out a new park at certain place. Fl
see my opportunity and take 1T. I go to
that place and buy up all the land I can In
| that makes its plan public, and there is rush
to get my land, which nobody cared particular
| Amt it perfectly honest to charge good
price and make a profit on my investment and
| foresight? +. -.."
In this case t'tips'' are foresight
| How would we like it if the Judges of ou1
| courts acted on the same principle, anC
speculated on their decisions before they
were handed down? Plunkitt would
doubtless say, ''That's what judge gets
his job for ~ is II <y4s
In Plunkitt's philosophy colleges dom
count except for bookWorms; they won
make statesman. Neither will oratory
| The only things that do count in making
statesmen are marketable goods''-votes
He knows because they are what HI
| used in becoming; statesman"
| Civil service reform Plunkitt regard!
as the curse Of nation. LET me tel
you,' he says, "that patriotism has beer
dying out fast for the last twenty years
| Before then when a party won, It's work
| ers got everything in sight. That wa
somethin' to make man patriotic"
Y The above are glirnpses at the funda
mentals Of Plunkitt's political philosophy
They miss much of the humor Of tn
mans bizarre and original style, 70
while he is serious enough, he has a sens
4 Of hunor and loves to- gibe, the unpracti
cal and does It with the Sdeftness of
master There are stores Of humor an
Of pointers" for layman and for poll
tician in Plunlkitt's talks.
/ Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
LAKE AMELIA NOT WANTED
Park Board Denies Request for Boule-
ward Around It.

Lake Amelia will not be taken into
the park system Just at present. At
the last meeting of the park board
it was generally agreed that Lake
Amelia was an attractive body Of wa
ter and that it would be a desirable
acquisition to the Minneapolis park sys-
ten, but on account of lack of funds
the board could not take up the matter
at this time. The petition requesting
the park board to secure land and lay
out boulevard around this lake was
therefore, denied.
The offer of Mr.. Hillman and others
ato donate several acres of land at Port
land avenue and Forty-frst street was
refused on account Of the expense of
draining the land and making it avail
able for park purposes.
Superintendent W. M. Berry was in
structed to rearrange Wilson park at
Hawthorn avenue and twelfth street
so that the walks will conform to the
footpaths of the pedestrians who cross
the park. Mr.. Berry was also instructed
to secure twenty-five new boats for the
Lake Harriet feet. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
Just What Is a Franchise?

It is true that the taxing authorities
of this state have failed to avail them
selves of this means for properly in
creasing public revenues; but a priv.
lege Of exemption is not to be based
upon such an official dereliction.-
Justice Jaggard 8 opinion in Western
Union tax case.
This is plain language from the SUI
preme court. The "official dereliction''
referred to means the failure of taxing
authorities to reach the franchises Of
corporations. In the opinion from
which the quotation is made, the court
holds plainly that existing laws are
sufficient to reach the intangible or
franchise value of any corporation,
whether it's home is in Minnesota, or
whether it does an interstate business.
In the latter case, it may be taxed on
the proportion of it's franchise value
that is represented by it's Minnesota
business.
This opinion has an interesting and
direct bearing on the contest about to
be made for taxation Of foreign cor
porations. SThe Wv sterns Union case
was raised under 81 separate law, but
it contained no specific: authority to
| assess telegraph: franchises, and the
court holds that this power was con-
veyed by the general tax laws Of the
state. All property must be taxed I'M
less exempted, and the franchise or
intangible value of corporation is
Just as much subject to tax as it's real
estate and visible personal property.
1 The court is not specific, however, in
4 it's definition of franchise, and when
it comes to manufacturing corporations
the state authorities may strike trouble,
While it is plain that a company may
be taxed on the value of its property
! in different places ''united in use,' it
is. not SO clear that it's full capitalized
value can be assessed as a franchise
The mere privilege Of doing business
lis. not franchise, as we commonly I'M
derstand it. Common use restricts
"franchise' to the privileges and mo
nopolies enjoyed by corporations which
operate public utilities. It is still al
open question, under the supreme
court 8 decision, whether manufactur
ing corporations engaged in selling t.
customers in Minnesota can be assessed
on a "franchise. It is plain, how
ever, that the whole matter should b.
taken up and a judicial ruling secured
# additional legislation. is needed t.
reach elusive property Interpretations
then the sooner we know it the better
A few more Illuminating decisions will
show the legislature just what may b
lacking in our present laws.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
THE MAGAZINES

High Estimate Of the Cars Character.
An opinion of Emperor Nicholas quite
at variance with the popular notion Of
the man is printed in The American Re-
view of Reviews for October. 1t is by
w. T. Stead and contains the following:
revelation awaited the American ambassa-
dor when he first met the emperor at close
quarters. He found himself face to face with
sovereign who was, in the first place, a thoro
gentleman and therefore a man Of his word,
who spoke simply, clearly and frankly as man
to man. In the second place, instead OF find
ing the weak, nervous, irritable creature, brok-
en- down by threats Of assassination, menace
Of revolution and the terrible disasters of war,
he found man In perfect health whose COM
posure was absolute, who faced the situation
like statesman with calm, clear common
sense. And in the third place, he found a mon
arch who reverenced his conscience as his king,
and who without phrases or protestations was
evidently only afraid Of one thing-of doing
anything that he felt was false to his duty OF
dishonorable to his country Y ,.s..s5 p
The October Review Of Reviews con-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
SCHOOL ENROLMENT
IN ST. PAUL SMALLER

While Minneapolis shows an increase
OF ,25O in the public school enrolment
for September compared with the same
month last year, st. Paul's enrolment
shows a decrease of Al.
The total enrolment at the end of
the month was 24,190, while a year ago
it was 24,23l. Superintendent A. j..
Wilson is surprised over the showing,
but expects this years figures to sur
pass those of last year in a short time.
There had been one week more of
school when the last years totals were
taken than there was this year and this
may account for the unfavorable show
ing.
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A Question Of Method.

Enforcement Of the pure food laws IS
one of the most difficult tasks ever i'm
posed, for the reason that ingenuity OF
manufacturers is always keeping pace
with the vigilance Of the chemists and
inspectors.
A blow to the work Of the state dairy
and food department has been struck
by Judge G. L. Smith in the municipal
court. He has announced that whole
salers must be brought in, and that he
will not fine retailers for selling i'm
pure foods unless they refuse to tell
where they wero obtained. At first
glance this seems just and reasonable
position, but it appears to have been
taken without full knowledge of the
facts.
Retail grocers do not enjoy being
hailed into court and published as ven
ders Of illegal food articles. They
have threshed the subject out with the
state department in the past, but the
commissioner has found that in no
other way can adulterated food articles
be kept from the public. It would be
easy to deal with the wholesalers if
they all lived in Minnesota. Those
who have headquarters in the state are
| closely watched, and have come to be
| careful in observing the letter and spir-
it of the law, as a rule. The bulk of
! the illegal foods found on shelves Of re-
| tail stores come from wholesalers out
| side the state, who cannot be reached.
In nine tenths Of the cases such whole
sale dealers pay the retailers fine, and
the grocer seldom loses any money oil
rectly by reason of an arrest. It is
the notoriety that he objects to, main
ly, and this is unfortunate. 1t is
plainly necessary, however. to search
the shelves Of retailers if the public is
| to be protected from impure foods, and
if the wholesale dealer cannot be found
himself: then the only thing to do is t1c
assess fines against the retailer. 2S@s
The department is generally Tlenient
and allows plenty Of time to get rid OF
an illegal article, but too much patience
would be an injury to the. consumers
uC c1ouIoO1 ou1O11o PACoNAAo Ill AAANSb HAS
pared food articles are not only fraud
but menace to health. A small guam
tity Of preservative taken in one fooc
article will hurt no one, perhaps, but g
dose of coal tar dye, salicylie acid OF
chemical favoring repeated OTTER
enough, cannot help but injure diges
tion.
| Professor Shepard Of South Dakots
has published a menu of three meals, al
u the articles served being in com1p on use
i which includes forty doses Of harmful
dyes and preservatives to be eaten i,
one days food. Ono does might not d.
harm, but how about forty9
It is clearly the duty of the state au
thorities to keep such slow poison
!: away from the homes Of Minnesota, b,
the best policy they can devise, and i
is the duty of the courts to give; ther
intelligent cooperation. ;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
The Defect in Our Currency
system,

In his speech before the Ohio Bank
ers' association at Cleveland last week
Secretary Shaw called attention again
to matter, which, in the feeling Of
security which our general prosperity
has engendered, has dropped out of
sight. The secretary brought to the
front as something which cannot be
ignored the fact that our currency sys-
tenn, while in many respects the best
in the world, contains one serious de-
fect-it is not elastic. Our money sup
ply does not adapt itself to condi-
tions. The volume does not expand and
contract according to the demand. This
has led to trouble in the past, and the
secretary thinks it will lead to trouble
in the future, because he is not hopeful
that legislation necessary to meet the
requirements of the case can be ex-
pected until we have gone thru some
more experience to prove that legisla,
tion Is necessary.
We have a sound currency based on
the gold standard.z :. From that stand.
point it is as good as any in the world
but the volume remains rigid and. fixed
whether the demand is light or heavy
During certain months Of the year, par.
ticularly in the spring and early sum
mer, there is more money on hand than
the country has use for. The deposi
tories are apt to be overloaded with il
and the abundance leads often to I'M
wise speculation and unsafe employ
ment in various ways. Then. comes the
II fall season of crop moving and large
quantities Of money are needed for the
5 many heavy transactions incident to thu
gathering and the marketing and thu
distribution Of the crops. The supply
Is often inadequate. Money,rbecomel
icarce and conditions of danger arise
indeed, the secretary thinks that W,
ire not unlikely to have panic grow
hg out Of these: conditions at almos
3 i my time-not such panic, of course
is we had in 1898, affecting the qualit,
If our money, but state of embarrass
nent and alarm from lack Of supply.
This condition Of things he woul'
lave remedied and he discussed the va
ious proposed remedies. What is popu
arly designated as s'asset currency
le discards. He thinks that would meal
nf1ation which might be dangerous
ASSET currency is supported only by tn
olvency Of the bank issuing it, an,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
DRILL FOR CHICAGO POLICE

Come, all ye coppers.. get IN line,
s Let every one go get shine
And drill, We coppers, drill
With shining stars upon your breasts,
Get ready and stick out your chests,
And drill, We coppers, drill.
With helmets on your heads, begin
To learn to march with toes turned In,
And drill We eoppers, drill;
Keep step and never make q break
And every one must keep awake,
And drill, ye coppers, drill.
With clubs beside you, march along,
The pride of all the staring throng,
And drills, We coppers, drill;
Come, all We coppers, get In line
With shines, the finest of the fine,
And drill, We coppers. drill. rssPa
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