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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
The CoIored Man In Business.

To the Editor of the Journal.
In q recent issue the following item ap.
peared in your editorial column:
"a negro business exchange is being
tried in New Orleans. This is bad bust
ness. One mans money ought to be as
white as another's, anywhere"
That is very true and sensible. "One
mans money ought to be as white as an
others But in too many instances,
both north and south, such is not the case.
The exchange Of which you speak Is not
merely being tried; it is a well-estab-
lished institution: it represents every or
binary commercial enterprise carried on in
large cities. Among it's members are
wholesale merchants and dealers IN all
branches of trade. Its officials are men
of ability and integrity; it is meeting with
great success.
One of the notable features of the great
inaugural parade in Washington, March
q, was the "Colored Commercial club of
Pittsburg," headed by a colored band of
fifty-two pieces, which they brought with
them. They received an ovation all along
the route. Now this ''Colored Commercial
club of Pittsburg'' is made up of negro
business men Of that city, who are en-
gagged in all manner of commercial pur
SUITS so diversified that the colored peos
pie of Pittsburg need not spend one dol
lar with white merchants if they did not
wish to.
In a large southeastern city, colored
people We're so pushed aside, discrimi-
mated against and ill-treated in the big
white stores that they formed a stock
company and opened a thoroly equipped
department store of their own. The re-
suit is that now the big white stores of
that city are employing negro clerks in
order to get their share of the colored
trade. So you see prejudice is like
fyD0 SyUnri-ff hnt
American prejudice is very hard thina
for the negro now-but it is going tc
make him immensely rich-just as tho
old-world prejudice made the Jew rich
With the negro it is only a matter Of
time. F. G. Thomas.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
Important immigration Work.

w. G. Gilbreath, commissioner of
agriculture for North Dakota, evidently
appreciates TIL ournal's cam
paign for advertising the inducements
which the northwest has to offer set
tiers. In connection with three other
newspapers situated in the central Mis-.
sissippi valley, T h g j Journal is car.
rying on an extensive campaign for pub.
licity which ought to be of immense
is bringing to the attention Of investors
and homeseekers the agricultural, live.
stock and dairy and other resources of
the country, the adaptability to staple
crops, the favorable conditions for sue
cess in livestock raising and dairying,
as well as the numerous opportunities
offered in the business centers of the
northwest and in the smaller towns for
industrial and mercantile enterprise.
5q 4 In appreciation of this well-conceived
and regularly carried out scheme of
advertising, Commissioner Gilbreath
furnishes to the page devoted today
to the state Of North Dakota an in.
terestlng and suggestive article bearing
upon the attractions of that state for
the homemaker. He sets forth condi-
tions and supports his statements with
facts from the experience Of the past
twenty years which justify the enthu-
siasm and confidence so generally prev
alent among the people Of that state.
North Dakota is only part Of the
great northwest, whose advantages it
is the purpose of T h e J ourn al to
bring to the attention Of hundreds of
thousands Of people during the present
year, but it is one of the prosperous and
rapidly developing sections, and is. de-
serving of the fair and moderate pre-
sentation of its claims which Mr.. Gil
breath makes. The fact is that the
northwest was better advertised twenty
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25

will become law. The senate has
passed the bill by Senator Ward, Civ
ing municipalities local option in the
right to exclude bucketshops. The
smaller cities of the state are anxious
for this measure, which is expected to
pass the house, while the senate will
kill the Erickson bill. The Wells bill
need not be considered seriously, and
the grain men of Minneapolis have no
occasion for alarm. The legislature is
too we'll acquainted with the nature
Of legitimate grain business to destroy
it by any such drastic and useless legis-
lation, 49,. .as.7 l&
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
Colleges Running in Debt.

Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell,
Columbia, Pennsylvania and Dartmouth
are reported by the New York Sun to
be facing serious financial problems
thru living beyond their incomes. Har-
ward, Yale and Princeton alumni are
making strenuous efforts to raise en-
dowment funds for their respective col
leges, which will enable them to make
both ends meet. But in the meantime
several Of the greater colleges Of the
country have been compelled to cut the
salaries Of professors, to drop courses Of
study and otherwise pinch in order. to
avoid serious deficits. The only
present way Of making even at the
end Of the year is to depend upon
gifts, an uncertain source Of revenue.
Dartmouth solved her financial problem
at the beginning of the last college year
by rejecting $50 applicants for adj
mission. Other colleges arrived at the
same end by raising the entrance fees.
It seems rather remarkable that in a
country as rich as this university like
Harvard should lack for means to do the
work it is bound to undertake to main
tain it's position as university. There
is enough money spent on higher edu-
cation in this country to take care Of
all the necessary colleges well. The
spectacle Of some Of those which are
recognized as indispensable lacking for
funds may raise the question whether
there are not too many colleges. Are
not college funds scattered over too
much territory?
This query naturally brings up the
discussion whether the great or the
small colleges are the most needed. The
defender of the small college will not
admit that even with inferior facilities
for scientific work the smaller college is
inferior. It will be claimed for it that
lin character building and manhood de-
|veloping it really goes ahead of the
larger schools, where the student and
the faculty cannot enjoy those close per-
sonal relations which are the soul Of the
little college.
Whether Harvard or the small school
best performs it's function Of educating
the youth will depend to a great extent
upon how we define education.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
THE WESTERN MOTHER

She walked behind the tagging mules.
That drew the breaker thru the soil;
Hers were the early rising rules,
Hers were the eyes Of wifely toll.
The smitten prairie blossom'd fair
The sod home faded from the scene;
Firm gables met the whispering air,
Deep porches lent repose serene.
But with'rin brow and snowy tress,
Bespeak the early days of strife;
And there's the deeper wrought impress
The untold pathos of the wife.
Oh western mother. in thy praise
No artist paints nor poet sings,
But from thy rosary of days
Gods angels shape immortal wings.
will Chamberlain In National Magazine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
Encouraging Business Outlook.

All reports indicate that the railroads
Of the west will have a spring business
in volume large beyond anything ever
known. Even the traffic men them
selves, always hopeful and always pre-
dieting good times, are surprised at the
enormous tonnage offered, and some
fear is already expressed that if the
season runs along as it has opened the
roads will be swamped before many
weeks. That all the western roads are
short of equipment is generally ad-
mitted, and this seems almost impos-
sible in view Of the millions Of dollars
expended for new rolling stock and the
thousands Of pieces added during the
past year. The business Of the coun-
try has grown at even greater rate
than the roads could provide for, and
with one notable exception the COM
panies have made great efforts to keep
up with the increase, but have barely
managed to do it. The exception is
found in one great system, the name
Of which will occur to any shipper who
reads this comment. This road, I'M
fortunately, is dominated by the in
huence of spectators to whom big
earnings has been the most important
consideration during the past year.
Reasons for the good railroad out
look are numerous. Principally they lie
in the fact that country stocks of mer-
chandise are light, that farmers in
many localities are anxious to get sup
plies in hand before spring seeding be-
gins, and that there is an immense
amount Of building planned. Such re-
ports as this must be gratifying to
every business man who looks forward
to maintenance Of business activity and
good times. While the railroads are
doing so much business there cannot be
much recession. Moreover, it is true
that with all the rush the old earmarks
of the boom are not present Rather
it is legitimate business; pressure of
merchandise seeking an outlet from the
great manufacturing centers represent
ing almost entirely goods sold to locali-
ties where consumptive demand waits
for them.
With this there is an influx of new
blood for the west and northwest, all
records having been broken in the arri
walls of immigrants for last week. The
northwestern roads that carry these
newcomers into the unsettled portions
of the country will probably have the
largest business Of the kind ever known
General reports of commercial and
Industrial conditions are satisfactory
There are no labor troubles of impor
lance as yet, altho it will be surprising
if none develop, for there promises tc
be demand for labor that may create
demand for greater compensation. Or
the whole, however, the outlook is fol-
spring season favorable in all lines
of trade.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
Issue Is Not Dead.

The state senate killed the antipass
bill yesterday by a vote Of "a to 26. In
SO doing, the senators may have labored
under the delusion that they were dis
posing Of the pass issue. The fact is,
that the antipass campaign has just be-
gun. It will not end until passes have
been abolished, at least for public Off
Gals. The sentiment of the people
at large favors the abolition of the pass
evil, and it will make itself felt at the
next primary election, when the voters
come to nominate q new state senate.
The thirty-four senators who voted
to kill the bill unshriven will find their
vote rise up next year like Banquo g
ghost, to confront them as they 20 be-
fore the voters for reelection. Their
constituents are very likely to judge
their entire records by their votes on
this bill. In a sense this is unfortunate,
because handful Of senators who are
generally independent and fair in their
action are recorded against the bill,
while few broke away from the
famous combination and are recorded
with the minority. However, the vote
in the main is good index of the gen.
eral attitude Of the senators. We re-
produce it for reference purposes.
These senators voted to kill the
measure:
Buck, Calhoun, Campbell, Collier, Col
lester, Comstock, Cowan, Dart, Dunn,
Du Toit, Durant, Everett, Frater, Gjert.
sen, Hardy, Harrington, Hawkins, Hor-
ton, Laugen, Laybourn, Mausten, Nc
Nance, Morgan, Peachey, Pugh, Rieke,
schain, Schultz, Shell, E. E. Smith, w.
A. Smith, Stephens, Stone, Torson-34.
These voted to overturn the railroad
committee and place the bill on general
orders for discussion and amendment:
Alley, Barker, BATE, Benson, Brewer,
Cole, Dale, Eberhart, Fitzpatrick, Jep'
son, johnson, Lord, McGill, MCGOWAN,
Naeseth, Nichols, Peterson, Putnam,
Schaller, Somerville, Sundberg, Thomp-
son, Thorpe, Ward, Wilson, Witherstine
l-26. ..-
Senators Cook, Swedback and Wood
were not present.
The antipass question will come be-
fore new state senate two years from
now. The newer the better.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
No Ground for Alarm.

The house committee on general legis-
lation has done queer thing in report
ing the Wells bill for passage. Some
weeks ago the committee reported IA
vorably on the Erickson bill prohibit
ing bucketshops, and the, bill passed in
the house. The Wells bill was intro-
aduced, like another two years ago, as
a sort OF "backfre.' It prohibits
all option trading, and would prevent
the legitimate sale Of grain for future
delivery, which forms the basis of
trading in the Chamber Of Commerce.
Now the house committee has sent the
Wells bill out to follow up the other.
It is not likely that either measure
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
The Conversation Bore.

1t is strange that all the writers on
what is good conversation have con-
tented themselves with defining it by
negatives. The most they attempt is
to show what is not good conversation
Macauley's social speeches are not con
sidered good conversation under the
modern standards, nor will DIR. John.
sons didactic monologues measure up
to the "complete conversationalist. y
Whether it shall be the give and take
Of fippant remarks or the exchange of
wise saws between masters Of science is
another unsolved question.
The late Canon Anger, whose lecture
on conversation has just been published
in the Cornhill Magazine, would lead uE
to think that the first and perhaps the
only consideration is to avoid being q
bore. The bore is the assassin of con
versation, inasmuch as he kills off the
good takers, drives them into guinness
or forces them to fly the field entirely
He is Of two kinds, the artless bore who
does not know he is, and the tried and
true professional who knows he is and
who would not be a bit hurt if you tolo
him SO. Under these two heads are many
subdivisions, viz: The bore who is re-
minded Of story; who had an expert
ence Of the same kind in his youth
who has travelled; who mistakes the
Importance Of the trivial events Of his
| daily existence.
Whether the bore should be cured OF
endured is still mooted question ir
society. The presidents are nearly al
in tho direction Of heroic endurance
But as society becomes more compli
Gated and it becomes necessary for more
people to be heard on more subjects
there may come change in the attitude
of the suffering many. We are in an age
Of curbing trusts, and wherefore should
not the fellow who grabs all the con
versational air in his vicinity be curbed
Shall we legislate vehemently against
the men who merely absorb the chances
| to. get rich and let those who chase u
Ioff the conversational grass 80 scot free
Not if well-directed efforts toward
bringing about free competition in talk
can be made effective. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25

The revised code is now hangingllike
milestone about the necks Of the
state senator's, impeding their progress.
Yesterday an adjournment was taken
without reaching vote on single one
of the long list Of bills on the calendar,
or without considering single measure
in committee Of the whole. It was not
possible to hold an afternoon session
because the judiciary committee needed
the time to work on the code. Next
week the code will occupy the entire
time Of the senate, and other measures
must wait. Final adjournment comes
only three weeks from next Tuesday
and the outlook now is that many bills
of more or less merit will be smothered
by the weight Of the code. The senate
and house will not have time to give
them proper consideration. " -"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
The Sinking Fund Raid.

The plan to lift a cool 100000 out Of
the sinking fund to pay the alleged
claims against the city for over-assess-
ment does not commend itself to the
business sense Of the community. Altho
the claim is made that the 100000 was
volving fund at a time when the revolv-
ing fund did not need the cash and
should now be paid back in order to
help out the fund is made confidently,
yet it is of doubtful application to the
present case. The original revolving
fund act contemplated that from time
to time its excess funds should be
turned over for investment and for a
specific purpose, namely to pay off the
revolving fund bonds as they matured.
This 100000 is the only amount ever
SO paid over and the claim that it never
became properly a part of the sinking
fund is hardly tenable in view Of the
fact that it has been invested by the
commissioners for ten years and is ap-
plicable to the payment of revolving
fund bonds whenever they shall mature.
Nor is it certain that all of the over
assessments are owing by the revolving
fund. A part of the deficit at least is
owing by the water fund. To charge it
all now to the sinking fund is merely
to seek an easy way to pay debts. The
aldermen have been paying these debts
in installments by special levies, but
they evidently have begun to realize
that every special levy cuts in upon
other revenues, for there is limit be-
yond which the board Of tax levy will
not 90 in assessing taxes against the
city. It would seem to be better bust
ness policy to ask the council to con-
tinue this method Of payment or else to
save the amount out Of the water and
revolving funds themselves.
We are assuming, too, that we owe
this money. The Pillsbury decision did
not say that the city owed anything to
people who had been heretofore as
sessed. It went only SO far as to say
that the method Of the city in making
special assessments was wrong and must
De cnanged. A1Jer the decision some OF
the citizens who were interested in the
return Of alleged over-assessments
pressed thru, the legislature bill maxi
ing it the duty of the city to make the
returns. This The city has for several
years been doing without ever having
taken steps to ascertain whether the
law compelling it do so was valid. It
would seem as tho the city should take
proper steps to ascertain it's rights and
duties before it tries to wreck the
theory Of the sinking fund in order to
avoid worry for administrative officers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
The AntIpass Bin.

TO the Editor Of The Journal.
1t 10 pleasure to see one Of the great
daily papers take the stand h e ] o u r
n a has in regard to the Peterson railroad
bill. Our members OF the legislature shy
badly whenever the bill comes up and
offer amendments with the idea and hope
that the bill will be 50 mutilated and
handicapped that it will never pass. I
presume the public Is expecting too much
when they hope for the passage OF this
bill; men who never pay fare themselves
can not be expected to be very much in
terested in what others pay for transpor-
tation. You have no doubt often COM
pared the sleek, well-groomed Individual
who rides in the observation car and flash
es pass on the conductor with the poor,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
MN the Long Boz.
-'E oaure's walk. shoot folly II fHes."

.Wlth the. Long BOW.
shoottop
now pretty nearly got our brow
from think how they the limit that
sonal tax item.
Isn't somebody up bicycle tag robbery
The with daylight drive away the
telling
southern
problem printed page day
solved by Charles and George Bliss both the United States
than two minutes and Mr. Bliss got the same answer three minutes men
assistance whatever from Hicks Almanac
contemporary grace beauty chivay'
OF It's community consprd IN recent soclabe dull Murpheus
fled the hidden land of Dreams while Bacchu presided amid the
e' j.; Th ' +h 'Uso i Th tat so or T p
upon
with inspiring vocal and instrumental One feature however,
ing Doctor Rose exhibit his gift He would
inspiration and cebut he is very modest For shame Doctor to hide
Then the could have lacked little perfect social enjoyment
Since Mayor James Howard Bay
municipal laid,
nest the municipality Mark Knowon being appointed poet
of the Bay suddenly burst into inspired after this fashions
/ 4#* Do you know little im'
| .s He's the lad that's full Of vim, 49,.
| Who would rather fight railroad than to pray.
No matter in what line, -
.'* And now he is the
| Mayor Of Tonka Bay
If get too full Of BOOZE
And feelin inclined to
| And the marshal wants to take his way;
| Call up Jimmy the phone,
! He will send him home alone
| He do it.; he's the
Mayor Of Tonka Bay
|
He don't throw extra style,
| But genial smile,
| And with all he has happy winning
You will find him slow,
| He's 'la-la,' don't you know7
| He's daisy, he's the
| Mayor Of Tonka Bay.
Of this he issued proclamation
calling the The laureate said
to have made his under Of the darkness.
!
purchased gngaway his
books mpementa The
Arthur that Eddie much further than Red
York and and checks from Europe
officially Quarrich
the sleuth of his 2-shiling box "A. J. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25

Japan is going steadily ahead on the
construction Of her warships in foreign
yards. These new ships cannot be
used in the present war on account Of
the rules Of neutrality, but instead of
stopping work on them, and using the
funds tor present needs, the Japanese
government goes ,resolutely forward,
Minister Hayashi pertinently remark:
ing that they will be ''needed after the
war in preserving the peace in the far
east.' The brand Of peace in the
orient Is going to have Japan's name
blown in the bottle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25

Representative Timothy D.: Sullivan
of New York picturesquely tells his
constituents how little the people of
Washington think Of representatives.
"The people over in Washington, he
remarks, "don It think any more of a
congressman than they do of wooden
Indian in front Of a cigar store. Why
they hitch horses to congressman. Too
many congressman are Of the hitching-
post variety Of man. They never get
anywhere.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
saturda Evening,

years ago than it is today. The immi-
grafton movement which settled the Red
river valley caught the attention of the
entire country. Since that time COM
paratively little has been done to adj
vertise the attractions Of this section.
While printers ink and devices Of all
kinds have been employed extensively
in exploiting the resources Of the south
west, of California, and more recently
of the south, it is now the northwest IS
turn and the northwest's opportunity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
PLAYTHlNGS

The streets are full of human toys,
Wound up for threescore years.
Their springs are hungers, hopes and joys
And jealousies and fears.
They move their eyes. their lips, their handsi
They are marvelously dressed;
And here my body stirs or stands,
"A playthfng like the rest.
The toys are played with till they fall,
Worn out and thrown away.
Why were they ever made at ALL
Who sits to watch the play?
Edmund 0essa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
BOOK NEWS
AND GOSSIP
THE UNEASY CHAIR

RUSSIAN lsMTWENTY-FIvE
YEARS AGO AND NOW; A NOVEL OF
THE DAYS OF ALEXANDER Ii.-With
the Russian terrorism Of today kept fresh
IN mind by everyday reports of violence,
one has a ready made standard by which
to measure the strength CT that storm
which had It's climax in the assassination
Of Alexander II. When the measurements
are made it is plain that the storm OF
today Is the more violent, and has come
nearer to sweeping away the ruling power
and casting another into it's place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL,

began firing while he was on his knees
he would jump up quickly and give di-
rections to his troops. Prayer cannot
possibly do the mayor Of Philadelphia
any harm, and it may do the ministers a
great deal Of good by putting them in a
frame Of mind to do their duty as citi-
ZenS 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25

Somebody has handed President Roose.
welt a legacy Of $4,000. 1t beats all how
some folks luck keeps up. Now, there
was Bryan, he lost the presidency twice
postage