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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
;. Give Posterity the Square Deal.

III AS America reached the stage where she may
: talk of density Of population? We have three
million square miles in America proper and eighty
million people, Twenty y-seven to the square mile
is not density. But nearly one-haf of the people
live in cities where they occupy scarcely any space
at all. The people Of Minneapolis are eight to the
acre. The people Of Greater New York average
about two hundred to the acre. This leaves many
less per acre to the4 great outdoors of the
country But not all the acres which lie beneath
the stars and stripes are habitable Leaving out
those which are unavailable the population Of rural
America is not yet twenty to the square mile. A
square mile is $40 acres, so@there is no apparent
crowding. = f@.# @.| ="
Calculations Of the total population this country
would sustain run all the way from twice the pres
ent number to ten times. Think Of ten times
eighty million Americans living in the present
America proper Think Of 100,O00'OOO voters 1t
is possible, it is probable, that the great-grand-
children of some Of the present citizens In America
may be voters in country like that. Let us not
say that they will not be able to sustain free 1nstl
tutions in such swa1ming country lest we convict
ourselves of pessimism. The fathers OF the re-
public would have trembed could they have fore
seen republic stretching from ocean to ocean and
containing four times as many electors as there
. were inhabitants at the time Of the revolution.
T. Our duty is not to doubt their ability to main
tain free America, but to take care that we hand
them on an America clean and pure Let us give
posterity square DEAL ',7'a.- r.. -.. - ~ r. +
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Greatness and Povertv.

~ HE president of the French academy Of fine
L arts has recently warned artists against mar
ryipg sIf you marry rich, he said to the Students
'you will be caught in special whrl fatal to hon
est toll toward perfection. If you marry poor you
must paint for money, not for art.'' -,
It depends somewhat ON the man. The artist
who is drawn into social whirl merely because his
wife has money is probably too weak to travel far
toward perfection The artist who marries poor
generally has the best Of it, since in the possession
OF a home and Of some to stimulate his amb-
tion he has something which more than compen-
safes for the drawbacks Of poverty: ,:.
Erskine, the great lawyer, began life soldier.
He married and had children and an income which
poor compared with the needs of his family.
He conceived the idea Of becoming a lawyer. He
has left an eloquent and pathetic account of his
feelings when he tried his first case. The lawyers
against him were experienced, able and cool. Ers-
kline was nervous and half afraid. He all but broke
down in the beginning Of his address to the jury
but says 81 felt as tho my children were tuggng
at my gown and saying, tNow, father, is the time
to get us bread''' Under the stimulus of this idea
he pulled himself together, went on and made a
speech Which marked him as the coming jury law
syers Of Great Britain He never complained that
his early marriage and early poverty held him
down. In fact it was the prime motive in his de-
sire to get up in the world. Without family he
might have been always content to hang about the
barracks and play soldier. What is it Burns says
s: |'Such muving things as wives and weans
T. Wad muve the very hert o. stanes.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Policyholder's Letter.

~HE letter of "Policyholder,' published today
"A in Th Journal, we must say has no ap-
plicaton to this paper, tho the writer includes
Journal in his list of newspapers which are not
giving the insurance question fair shake
The position Of The Journal has been from
the first this:
First-The system Of insurance is not in ques-
tion. The soundness Of the principle OF old-llne
insurance. with adequate premiums IS admitted
Il is good either for protection or investment
Second-There is little or nothing in the claim
that insurance premiums are too high. They must
be high enough to be perfectly safe, and all the
surplus aside from the reserve should come back
to the policyholder in what called dividends.
. Thrd-These dividends should be credited to
the policyhoders every year and should be accepted
! as a liability by the company.
Fourth-There is no question of the solvency OF
any of the companies under investigation. They
will continue in business and be better than ever
when this investigation is finished.
Several of them have already begun internal
reforms which will result in substantial gains to
their policyhoders The Journal has never
believed it possible that would in any consid-
cradle numbers sacrifice their insurance because OF
the Investigations now going on.
The insurance Investigations is not an mvestl-
cation of insurance with a view to discovering
whether it is a safe and sound system OF invest
ment. It is an investigation of the acts OF certain
men high in the insurance business who have been
proven the wrong in the right place. The out
come of this investigation is to be the thrustng out
of the harpies and their replacement with men who
will be the servants, not the masters, of the COM
panes.
A great deal has been written about the neces-
sity of divorcing Wall street and insurance. The
one simple effective way to do this IS to abolish
the tontne gamble. When the companies have nc
extravagant surplus to play with, Wall street will
soon lose interest insurance. When the Armstrong
committee makes it's report, which Mr. Hughes Will
undoubtedly write it will be found that the com
mittee is agreed upon the proposition that 1nsur
ance is not trial at all, but that certain men are
on trial before the public and ought to be on tna
before jury. 1t will undoubtedly recommend more
stringent protection Of the assets of the companies
and more economical administration, to the end tha
the poicyhoders shall get full returns in dividends
and: if we mistake not, tontine contracts will bt
prohibited
The situation regarding insurance is distinctl!
optimistic. There is nothing to discourage the pol
icyhoder for the future, and everything to indicate
that within two years he will see tangible returns
in increased dividends as the result Of the pubi
exposure Of the past few months
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Enforcing Political Laws.

THE statement from Mayor Mcclellan that his
L campaign for mayor Of New York cost him
nothing deceives nobody. It is possible that Mr..
Mcclellan spent no money! but the fact does not
raise him above the moral grade Of other candidates
who spent money and spent it literally IF Mr.
Mcclellan spent no money, money was spent for
him, and money that Mr.. Mcclellan would scorn to
handle. Tammany does not wage campaigns on air
nor On promises to pay. It dsburses hard cash and
lots Of it. -~'*>.-*..~ a&&@'"a~ .>'>>7
The subject of campaign expenditures is a diff
fcult one to cover in any law looking to limita-
tion of the amounts expended. Candidates may
make technically correct reports of expenditures
which really most dishonest reports, since they
say nothing Of money spent in their behalf. Itzis
these sums which corrupt the ballot, when it is cor
rupted, because they are nearly always handled by
the lowest class of political heelers. Some way
must be found to gather in complete statistics Of
political expenditures including those of candidates,
candidates. friends and retainers and campaign
committees. =: 20
Such laws have been enacted by many states;
but in the old American way their enforcement is
made dead letter because Of that sporting sense
which makes our people yearn to be known as game
losers Nobody wants to take office for which
his opponent apparently received plurality Of the
votes, no matter how he got them. This attitude
is false one since it is not primarily the question
of who shall obtain the office that is involved, but
the purity of the election itself in which all cit
zens have an equal interest g.
We have an idea that if the laws against exces
sive expenditures for campaign purposes were en-
forced once and shining light in politics turned
out in disgrace there would be honesty in
politics than there is
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Wall Street Catching On.

r Attest news from the financial center indicates
H that Wall Street is rather worried about the
presidents attitude in the matter of railroad rate
regulation AS the presidents stand has been known
for some time there would to be little occasion
for surprise and alarm. The report appears, however,
to have gone around the street that the Roosevelt
idea has come to be accepted by majority Of the
members of the senate. This would make probable
favorite senate report any rate bill submitted by
the house.
Wall Street has its ideas as to how the country
ought to be rum and it expects the house of repre-
sentatives to go counter to them at times. The
house and radicalism are associated in the minds OF
many eastern fnanciers. But the good old slow
moving conservative senate is always there to choke
off anything that may seem too severe. Wall Street
and the senate better acquainted than Wall
Street and the house. Usually the senate may be
trusted not to do anything rash, certainly not to
do anything in hurry.
Right up to date the street has refused to attach
full measure of seriousness to the rateregulation
program. Knowing the president we'll the street
ought really to have known that he would scarcely
commit himself to proposition he did not intend to
see thru. But Wall Street lives too much within
itself grasp the full weight of sentiment upon this
question the country One may not find very
hearty Endorsement of the Roosevelt plan along
Broadway or in the railroad offices, but there are
some millions of people in the country outside of
New York who are in full sympathy with the pres-
dent railroad policy and the senators probably
know the feeling Of the people better than most Of
the fnanciers
Without doubt the Forthcoming legislation will
be used by the market manipuators club to
hammer down prices of stocks AS many stocks are
highly inflated anyway, this club will do as we'll as
anything. Yet no legitimate value will be disturbed
either in the street out Of it. If anyone thinks
that the president is out to put handicap upon the
railroads, to stand for legislation affecting their
prosperity or the prosperity Of anyone, he may as
well get rid of the idea at There abuses to
I be corrected. That is the basis for the move.
M If the rate regulation. becomes stock-market
factor, however, it will not be surprising to hear
every kind Of vicious motive attributed to the
trainers Of bills and supporters Of the president,
and many dire things predicted but the country will
feel no bad effects, tho few Wall Street bears
make money scare in the market.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
LET WE'LL ENOUGH ALONE

Don't disturb the bow-legged bulldog that is gnawns
at bone, .-3 -: -
Don't disturb sleeping tiger for amusement of your
own, ...
Don It disturb a mule to witness how it's hind legs
may be shown; s~..~.a.z. So.
They live longest who remember to let well enough
alone tr
Don't disturb the bird that MARBLES gay ditty in
the tree, Ill.,. ~. -
And the bumblebee goes humming: EtKindy do not
bother me;'' ..a.z..x--. -. .=s5sse
When the baby's sweetly sleeping do not bother it
to
What the unproclaimed condition of its appetite
may be.
Don disturb the gun that rusty but discreey shy
away;
Tho its trigger may be missing, let the poor old
weapon stay
Where your greatgrandfather put it, they live long
est who delay
When it to hunting troubles they may find
some future day.
Don't disturb it when you find peaceful stick Of
: dynamite,
Don't disturb the lowbrowed bully to see whether he
will fight,
Don't disturb the busy burglar whom you hear down
stairs at night,
For the world is full of promises and the future may
be bright.
Chicago Record-Herald. |,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Editorial Section.
Do People Like Hurnbug?

u 81 I. BARNUM once said, t!The people like to be
humbugged : and the saying has passed into
proverb. 1t has become a matter Of common belief
that the people actually enjoy being defrauded At
the same time nothing is so palpably untrue. No
body likes to be humbugged and nobody knew it
better than Barnum He knew that the people liked
to be startled with new strange and untoward events
or spectaces and he knew that this public yearning
gave great opportunities for humbug. But Barnum
He spent thousands Of dollars to f'make good.o If
ever he did descend to fraud he got and took his
punishment. i ...eE.~ T.
1t would appear that Barnum' s remark was only
half statement of the truth and therefore lie.
People do not like to be .humbugged. The merchant
who advertises great bargains takes mighty good
care to have the bargains there. He knows that if
he does not the people will not answer his ADVERTISE
ments the second time. The politician who makes
promises tries very hard to make good on them,
knowing that If he does not the people will be
unlikely to trust him again. The preacher who
horseplay in the pulpit the chance of losing his
audience He finds that his usefulness in the COM
munity depends not much on the amount Of noise
he makes but on the amount of character he repre-
sents. w. .'.:::.- ~ -. s.~-
The world is so full Of instances of the love of
the genuine that it is piece of folly to be led from
the path Of rectiude in business, in politics or in
religion by the false aphorism ''The people like to
be humbugged.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

The grand opera season in New York recalls a
local papers opening Of the Minneapolis Auditorium
In New York 'from footghts to roof" says an
observer, tthe great auditorium ablaze with the
flash of jewels and the interplay Of the delicate tnts
of precious fabrics Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt 8
gown was of bright red silk vened with chiffon. She
wore diamond shoulder bars instead Of shoulder
STRAPS -
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

81 President Benjamin Ide Wheeler says he has never
objected football because it was rough but because
it is too highly specialized for the average student
Ben may be right. We have idea that the saver-
age student would stand about well in football
game apple woman in Cossack charge.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Gage E. Tarbell suggests that the proper life in
surance reform is to be found in complete pub
licityD Wonder how he found it out.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Emperor Menelik sent lions skin to President
Roosevelt This is fine for the president but. it is
rather rough on the lion ,f -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
THAT. RUN DOWN FEELING.

Kansas City Journal.
Automobiling is recommended by physicians
health bracer, the theory, probably that it is the
pedestrian who has that run down feeling
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

The New York publishers, Quick, Sellers & Co..
announce the following books for young people:
tELuck and Pluck; or, the Boy Grafters of New
York ,, and !Little Rolo Learning to Write In
<E - .
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Hetty Green is 70 years old and has more than
$4,000 ooo. Yet she would not enjoy evening
at the skating rink! = ,.'-.-.. -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Bishop Turner of the African Methodist church
saws he has for the supreme court and the
bers just sneak into heaven without any help from
him. That is not nice way for a man who has his
ticket to act. -. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Speaking of the allied fleets jaunt up the Bosporus
Eu enforce financial reforms Turkey, what is the
atter with the convoy of proxies with which Admiral
Tawson promises to sail into Mr.. McCall's kiosk in
Aprils
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Seventytwo to six! In games they would
stop it before it reached this point. .1-
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Notwithstanding Boston has two three candi-
dates mayor pledged to municipal ownership, the
car companies go right ahead cording them up the
back platform.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Senator Foraker's manful effort to bring about
what the president desires without bringing about
what the railroads do not desire has a selvidge of
DathOs
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
SAD WHEN SERIOUS
Kansas CITY journal

Kansas City Journal.
The more Mark Twain discusses politics seriously
the more the public is impressed that he is at his
best when writing humorst.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Perhaps Mr. Murphy could now answer Jerome's
question, 'Where did you get it? The solar plexus
is very the spot where it happened .-*--
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

The coal operators deny trust purposes in their
organization. 1t is probably literary affair, meet
ing to vote the six best books of the month and
the like. :.'-. 80: -.%E
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

The republican party in New York now looks on
Senator Depew about the city of St. Paul regards
the idea Of an ice palace. @.' - ...e<-
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Has St. Paul been stealing football advertising
and lying about the location of the gameY Hurry up
that Y: M. c. A. building.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
IMPERTINENT CURIOSITY.

Detroit News.
Nothing SO sore1y disturbs the average Michigan
to ask him questions about matter
of genuine public moment.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

e. Mr.. Taft wants to dig the canal that whale
can swim thru. Every who doesn't have to
pay for it will feel that way.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

Again the testimony shows George W. Perkins, vice
president of the New York Life, in his little act of
shaking hands with George W. Perkins, vice president
OF D. P. Morgan Co., and leaving little change in
his palm. George is wonderful performer.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
SCALE OF INSURANCE UNION

Indianapolis News.
The Metropolitan Life, it seems, likewise paid the
union scale to it's higher officials.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

It is claimed that coffee drinking in England
is the cause Of may nervous disorders other coun-
tries When you travel take your coffee with you.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
THAT GANG MONUMENT.

Philadelphia Record.
That monument to Quay will have to serve for the
panp
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-08
GOING NORTH SOON
F
SYSTEM

The following are all top-notchers:
LOUISVILLE. Ky, (Neterans reunion)
One cent per mile rate. Tickets on sale
June 9, 10, Il and y, good to return
July 10.
TORONTO, CANADA (On the Lakes
One fare pIas $500. Tickets on sale
June Is, l9, q and p, good to return
August 81.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-One fare plus
$500. Tickets on sale June 10 to D,
good to return June %.
AsBURY, PARK, n. J. (Sea Shore)One
fare plus $3.50. Tickets on sale Iuue
2S, %, so and July l, good to return
August 81.
BALTIMORE, MD.-One fare plus 81 90
Tickets on sale July /, and 5. good to
return August 81.
BUFFALO, \. Y.-One fare plussS2. 90.
Tickets on sale July 7, and 9, good re-
turning August 4.
You travel on the FINEST TRAINS RUNNING
OUT OF TEXAS. HARVEY DINING SERVICE.
THROUGH SLEEPERS AND CHAIR CARS.
ELECTRIC FANS. c. ". STRAIN,
General Passenger Agent,
Fort Worth, Texas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-08
The Lazy Fisherman.

A good story was told yesterday
on a law but inventive fisherman
who spent Saturday night at Bet
tison's fishing pier, and who plan
ned to FISH and sleep at the same
time. He threw his line and set his
pole and then rugged up a bell
which would ring as soon as fish
took his bait After getting his
continuance i'll working order he
drew up a cot to a position near his
pole and lay down for a nap. Just
as soon as it was discovered that he
was well into the land of dreams
and was hauling out the big ones
without having to rebait his hook,
some of his companions slipped
quietly over to his bell arrange
ment and attached thereto a long
string. Getting DaCK about twenty
feet they gave the string several
jerks and jingled the bell loud
enough to make the sleeper think
he had got hold of 4 ten-pounder.
He jumped from his cot and rapid
w reeled III his line and found that
his bait was still intact. However,
he was satisfied that his invention
was working all right and, after
putting his line out again, lay down
for another nap. No sooner had he
closed his eyes when the string was
jerked again and he was up instant
ly to pull in the fish This time his
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-08

bait was gone and he never doubt
ed that a big fish had just had a
narrow escape. This was kept up
at regular intervals throughout the
night. the result being that the
lazy man had but little sleep aud
never caught a fish. Unless he was
told of the joke after 10 O'Clock
last night this ANNOUNCEMENT will
be his first information OH How
a successful invention failed to
work. Galveston News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-08
RIO GRANDE RAILROAD.

Leave Brownsville,daily. ..-.-5 p. II.
Arrive Point Isabel daily $50 p. II.
Leave Point Isabel daily i a. IN
Arrive Brownsville daily. $50 a. III.
AUG. CELAYA.
Pres and Gen. Man.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-08
Worlds Largest Grain
Elevator Finished.

Final tests of the Canadian Pa
cifc's new grain elevator plant at
Fort William, Ontario, have been
finished, and it is now ready for
the reception of wheat. 1t will be
able to unload and store So, 900
bushels per hour, and to load into
ships at the same time at the con-
tinuous rate of 100, 900 bushels per
hour. It's storage capacity is g.
600, 900 bushels Railway World.
w. F. Sprague at La Coma, in
addition to his immense cattle in
terests has two or three hundred
acres in cotton and corn, and from
present indications his fine cotton
gin will be kept busy for some time
when picking season begins. Hi
lalgo Advance.
Old newspapers for sale at THE
HERALD office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-08

Old newspapers for sale at THE
HERALD office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-08

THE editor of the esteemed
BROWNSVILLE HERALD saws ne has
juss tasted pulque for the first time
and that it IS very good. He also
says that there are SIX thousand
pulqbe plants growing at Point
Isabel, the seaport near Browns
Vile, and intimates that oceans Of
the drink will soon be on sale.
We Just wish to say TO the editor
OF THE HERALD that we have this
A. NJ. wired Our friend and COM
padre, the editor Of the Alllali Eye,
the facts concerning this great dis
co7ery and that if THE Herald
will announce the time and place
the manufacture Of pulque gets
under full Roadway we will pay
him a friendly visit. IF he fails to
comply with this request we shall
feel very much hurt and besides
this. we snail feel that he IS not
extending that hospitality which
one member of the profesh IS eX-
pected to extend to another when
he has found such q good thing. -
Laredo Times.
The Times man may consider
himself favored with a standing
invitation TO all the good things
Brownsville may have to offer and
in case the pulque has not sufi-
cient funyza to suit his aesthetic
tastes we'll 0erhaDS-
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