The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-11
What the Editors Say

= VIII the Minnesota legislature pass
the bill which forbids private banking
Tnere is strong pressure being
brought against the bill on the ground
that the restriction of loans required
by the state banking law would be IA
tai to many industries in the state. To-
Gated In the small cities, and which
depend on the private banker for
funds. Our legislators ought not to be
innuenced In the slightest degree by
that argument The system is totally
wrong in principle and that should be
enough to condemn 1t. Two years ago,
when similar law was before the
Iowa legislature two prominent pri-
vate bankers appeared on the scene
and helped to defeat the bill. They
have both become bankrupt since that
date. In fact twenty private banks
have gone down in Iowa and ten in
Minnesota in two years. with about
dozen suicides. The private banker
is just as honest as any other man
and feels the disgrace of failure just
as keenly. but no one man or one fam
lily should be trusted with the money
or other people to use without legal
restriction and supervision.-Le, Roy
Independent.
The Journal-Press has been a con-
slant supporter of the board of con-
troll idea, but has always insisted that
- " ao a AiiASlahC " put TIE
institutions under its financial super
vision Without desiring to cast any re-
nect1on whatever upon the members of
the board, we have sort of notion
that Cyrus Northrop knows more
ABOUT the management of the state
university than all the members of the
board or control. past, present or fu-
ture. And that's all there is to the
whole question, when you get down
to bedrock.-St- Cloud Journal Press.
There Is no girl SO generally wanted
as the girl for general housework She
Is wanted everywhere, I'm town and
country. and can't be obtained for love
or money for the sole reason that So
ciety, whatever that may be, has placed
the brand of degradation on the one
employment woman is especially fitted
Tor, and which falls to her lot just as
soon as she gets married. It's queer,
anyhow. that Ii should be all right to
take up this work for some man with
out pay as his wife. and all wrong to
do 1t as an employe.-Larimore Pio-
neer.
Minneapolis is rightly exercised over
the delinquency OF a policeman who
roDDed the till of a branch public libra
ry which he was permitted to use for
warming station at night The full
iiSof Oh the law VIII be dealt him. But
not less severity should be visited upon
those senator's and representatives in
congress who use their shelter of public
ONCE FOR public loot The big grafters
are the ones who should be pursued
with most zeal.-Goodhue County
News.
Chattel mortgages should be handled
In precisely the same way that real es-
tate mortgages are handled. They
should be filed in a county office in
stead OF town clerks office and the
sales under them should be published
There Is no reason in equity or common
sense in treating these two forms of
ophgatlon on different plane or meth
oc--Wheelock's Weekly.
AS sample of diplomacy please con-
sider for moment the findings of the
commission appointed to investigate
the North sea incident. The cornTnis-
sion finds that Admiral Roiestyensky
was fully justified in sinking the Eng
ish fishing boats, but that Russia must
pay for them.-Ortonville Herald
Star.
While the legislature is at work on
the Iuli measure standards ft mfght
tackle the strawberry box A bowling
constituency wants a full box that will
nll a full stomach, and cream on the
side Let us have what is coming to
US along the line-Prfnceton ITnion