The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-01
What the Editors Say


If Hon. A. L. Cole succeeds in having
something done to have the state OF
Minnesota, through appropriate legis-
lation, to help immigration into the
state, he will have done something to
his great credit. 1t is pity to see
thousands of men and women, some of
Inc best brain and Drawn of the state,
settling across the boundary, when the
North Star state has yet millions of
acres of unopened lands, when lands
are to. be had at fair prices in most
parts OF the state, and when advantages
OF school and church can be realized
tnat II will take years for Northern
canada, In spite of it's resources, to
equal The legislation may benefit land
agents, but 1T is poor policy to oppose
IL Tor that reason, for the state and
people as a whole will benefit through
the influx of new settlers and the de-
Yeiopment of now waste 1ands.-Little
Falls Herald.
Farmers of the East learned long ago
that large farms, as rule, are not so
profitable as small ones Increased
population, the growth and spreading
out of towns and villages, trenched
upon broad acres, which become too
valuable for farm purposes and COM
PEELED their shrinkage. But the result
was astounding. Heavy, better and
profitable crops were raised. Fifty
acres produced as much labor as a hun
dred did before. The labor expended
on the larger quantity concentrated
upon the smaller gave more satisfac-
tory returns Besides, the farmers life
was not one of continuous drudgery;
ne had more leisure and more oppor-
tunitles Farmers here are making the
same discovery. Farms are getting to
be smaller but not less profitable
Red Lake Courier.
Adjt- Gen. Fred B. Wood, of Austin,
is receiving a large number of letters
and telegrams of congratulation upon
his appointment. Everywhere the gen
eral goes he gets the glad hand, the
hrm grip and the good will of ALL The
dream of his boyhood days, to become
great soldier, has certainly been
realized in a larger sense, perhaps,
than he expected, for he has attained
position with high honors and great
responsibilities. AS military man his
career and Endorsement has certainly
been the best evidence of his ability
Grand Meadow Record.
Most American students are salts
ned that the fixed short-term execu-
i've suits American conditions better
than the European plan. Though less
advanced 1t is salable. A fixed term of
four years is long enough. At the end
or 1t the official should go to the peo-
pie for their approval Of his past and
a new commission for the future No
change is needed, but when one is
made it will be in the direction of
making the presidential office more re-
sponsive to the public will than it is
noW.-Duluth News Tribune
The insurance companies are going
TO succeed in doing a work that fire
ordinances and public sentiment have
hitherto failed doing. Agents of in
Surance companies have received notice
that hereafter a fixed charge must be
made for permits to keep fire works
Tor sale, and the charge is so stiff that
1t will probably absorb all the profits
OF the business. Merchants will be
discouraged from laying in stock for
another year.-Litchfiefd Review.
That old Listener in the Window Re-
porter had religious fit last week, and
all went to heaven. I am awful glad
he stopped when he did, because I
would miss him If he got inside, and
then have hunch that he might be
sent back, as understand they don't let
anyone from the Second congressional
| district of Minnesota pass through the
golden gates unless he bears a Nc
Cleary tag.-Le Sueur News.
The economic, the political, the busi-
ness problem of the generation is the
regulation Of great industries which
now force the people to pay them
profit which amounts to hundreds and
thousands of times what the man of
good average ability can make in his
business. The taking of such q profit
is every whit as much a holdup as that
or the night prowling bandit.-Bemidji
Pioneer.
The Republican supreme court of
Colorado, like a ferocious demon, is
trying to send every Democrat to- Jail
that 1t can lay it's hands upon, but 1t
doesn't take notice of the fact when
big Republican politician is found deep
enough in the mire of election frauds
to send him to the penitentiary. They
are not in business for that purpose
st. Cloud Times.
Van SAINT is again in his clement
that of playing to the galleries-all for
the purpose of perpetuating his official
life. Van SAINT for United States SEN
ator to I'LL the place once occupied by
Senator Davis! Oh, what fall was
there, my countrymen! : Preston
Times.
May the Lord deliver us in the year
or our Lord 1905 from primary law
which applies to all state officers. Bet
ter pass a law leaving all present Of
ficeholders in Office for life and giving
to their children the right of succession
without contest-Preston Republican.
OF course there's going to be another
attempt made during the coming leg
iSlatiye session to "emasculate' the
board Of control. We await the result
of the bombardment with bated breath.
-Glenwood Gopher.
A number of Republican organs that
steadily support government by trusts
are now bowling about the exactions
of the infamous paper trust. What is
sauce for the goose, etc.-Duluth Her
aid.
The farmer has long been supposed
to be the most easily swindled mortal
on earth, but hereafter 1t will be the
Ohio bankers who will wear the hon.
ors.-Windom Reporter.
Who attempted to bribe Haskell7
Who "smited' Billy Patterson MAN
kato Free Press.