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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
THE MAN OF THE HOUR" A
NOVEL FULL OF THE AMERICAN
SPIRIT AT ITS BEST
SO keep fair thru faith and prayer
A virgin heart in work and will.

So keep 1 fair thru faith and prayer
A virgin heart in work and will
The words of the ancient Galahad
might well be those of the industrial CAL
ahad whom Octave Thanet (Miss Alice
French) has made the hero of her ex-
ceptionally strong and thoroly American
novel The Man of the Hour. Inheriting
from mother given to altrustic dream
ing desire for the redemption of hui
mainly, 'JohnnyIvan" Winslow became
AN adVenturer in benevolence,' making
OF his great purpose in life an aims in
stead OF a religion, to paraphrase the
author. One hundred thousand dollars,
left him as part of the estate Of a
father OF Puritan descent and of wealth
won as an Iowa pillow manufacturer, en-
| abled Johnny-Ivan to experiment in be-
neVolence as means of .redeeming MAN.
KIND. The suffering toilers Of the CEN
trail west with, Chicago as a center offered
ready material on which to test his the
cries and bestow his money. In the end
he learned: There are some problems in
this universe too big for any one man.
y ~ They can't be solved by ma
chinery. They have to grow out Of their
tangle. All that can be done is to start
the growing right and tend it PATIENTLY
At least, that is what he wrote to prac-
teal, precious Peggy, the heroine Of the
story, after several years spent in futile
efforts to prove his early theories.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
Give the Mayor a Chance.

To the Editor of The Journal.
AS one Of the business men Of this
city who induced Mr.. Jones to become
candidate for mayor; as one of those
who, irrespective of political affilia-
tions, helped elect him and as one of
those who, having succeeded in nomi-
mating and electing a mayor who, in
every detail and respect is eminentlv
satisfactory and highly cred1table. I
beg to heartily endorse your position
toward those who are now endeavoring
to embarrass his administration by i'll
advised interference.
Mayor Jones is a straightforward
man, possessed Of sound judgment and
fed to handle problems of municipal
government in practical manner. If
the short-haired women, and the long
haired men will let him alone he will
manage the saloons to the satisfaction
of the public and the benefit of the
city.
During the decade we have had a
few first class men in the position of
mayor. They will all testify that dur.
ing their term Of office they were in
cessantly harassed, nagged, and worried
by the self-styled "good" people; the
half-baked, irrational, unreasonable, in.
experienced, theoretical and narrow.
minded PERFORMERS who urgently de-
manded that the millennium be brought
to pass instanter and by the only. pos
sible method-which was their own
They found the interference Of this
class of busybodies a greater menace
to real and permanent reform than the
opposition OF the liquor dealers.
Mr.. Eustis, one OF the. best mayors
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
A Cunning Railroad Dodge.

The Santa Fe railroad has been MAX
ing canvass in several western and
southwestern states and is able to an
nounce that the shippers are generally
opposed to the government interfering
with the rate-making by railroads. -
The Santa Fe railroad, which appears
to have had some experience in politics.,
has taken most cunning course in con-
Quoting this canvass. It stated'the ques-
ton the shipper was to answer in such
a way that it expected not one would
answer in the affirmative, and yet it
finds that only 70 per cent have an
swered in the negative. The question
was put by the Santa Fe railroad in this
form: !
- Do you favor giving the interstate
commerce commission the absolute pow
er to fix all interstate rates and to
establish the relation of rates between
! localities? =
That was pretty clever when the ques-
ton before congress and the country is
whether the interstate commerce com
mission shall be given power to alter q
|
unreasonable and with ample opportu-
nifty given the railroad to be heard and
to appeal from the commission to the
courts.
The shipper who would answer that
/ question in the affirmative is the ship.
per who would also answer in the af
firmative if asked whether he favored
the government ownership of railroads
The shipper who answered it in the neg
alive might still be heartily in favor OF
the principle Of the Esch-Townsen5
bill and Of the doctrine of rates laii
/, down by the president in his message.
1t would appear, then, that the Santa
Fe's clever work has resulted in demon
strating that there is nobody in favo-
Of letting things alone. If it had hat
the courage to ask the question whethe
the shippers opposed any increase in tn,
powers Of the interstate commerce com
mission it might have obtained a unani
nous negative.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
That Mileage Law.

A Swift county subscriber Of T h e
Journ a has favored us with copy
Of the Benson Review, containing a
letter by Senator H. w. Stone, in which
he defends the transferable mileage
bill from recent criticisms in T h e
Journ a and other newspapers. The
gist of his defense is that the purpose
of the law was laudable, that mileage
books should be transferable, and that
merely because it has been evaded by
the railroad companies, the motives of
the legislature in passing the bill
should not be questioned.
If Senator Stone s. bill had actually
resulted sin4 reducing railroad fares
The Journal would not have hest.
tated to give him proper credit. This
paper has not questioned the motives
of the author Of the bill. The fact re.
mains, however, that the law has not
accomplished anything, and T h {
Journal does not claim any special
credit in saying IT told you So.
When the railroad companies permitted
the bill to pass without the semblance
Of a fight, it was evident to any OBJ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
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Board of Tax Levy.

The local board Of tax levy will be-
gin it's sessions next week, but mas
much as it will be some days before it
will receive the county valuation from
the state board. there will be plenty of
time for the board to examine carefully
the estimates of the different city and
county departments and form an idea
of the comparative value of the va
rious demands for cash.
There is undoubtedly feeling that
because Of the growth and prosperity
of the city some things should be done
more literally than heretofore; that
building operations, such as the con
struction of some new fire stations and
the addition Of room to the city hos
pital, should be undertaken. There are
increases in the force Of men in the
city's employ asked for, particularly
in the police department..
None of these projects are in them
selves unreasonable, but they must al
be viewed in the light of the fact that
the tax levy last year was pretty steer
and that the business public is not il
love with the idea of &oing higher
They would rather see the rate drop E
few notches, even if the aggregate taa
! collected were not thus materially al
tered An excessively high tax rate
and based on rather robust valuation
is not a good advertisement for thu
city, even if you can truthfully say
that the money is being put into public
improvements which will make the cit.
more attractive from every standpoint
It is the custom of the board of ta1
levy to take these things into thought
full consideration, and we cheerfully sub
scribe to the belief that it will do 81
this year. ... r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
The Public Schools.

Speaking of the crowds that attend
The fair, they are as nothing in i'm
bortance to the crowd that will assem-
Bile in the public school buildings today.
Something like forty thousand children
will gather at the different buildings,
but such is the system observed that
Ibis tremendous army of active human
Ety will be all absorbed and taken care
BIZ in a few hours, and by tomorrow
The public schools will be running on
The schedule of an express train and
with the gertrude of clock. .
The mere organization Of the public
Bchools is a magnificent achievement,
but when it is considered that the or
Eanization is but a preliminary and
Necessary step toward the real work of
he school, which is to transform infants
into adults and to lay down the
lines upon which the next generation
hall conduct their lives, the undertak.
ing is seen in its real immensity.
The material side of the public school
Hstem is evidenced in the fact that
he school board is forever building
Iepairing and adding to it's equipment
Ind that with all it's activity it is never
lutte even with the demands upon its
Ingenuity in financing the job.
New seating room for nearly one
thousand pupils has been provided dur
be- this busy summer, and yet the su
Ierintendent and principals will moi
InoW for several days how far short
hey will fall Of being able to give
free desk to each applicant for edu
htion. The system is constantly taxed
5 its Limit and the limit apparentl,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
Not bad for Minneapolis. -

st. Paul has increased more rapidly
In population than any of Minnesota 8
other large Cities ST. Paul IS increase
Is 40.6 per cent; Duluth's little over
40 and Minneapolis 35.6.
I Now, it behooves Minneapolis to
hustle harder than ever from this time
on. st. Paul has begun to gain on her,
and if that is permitted to continue it
is only a question of time when st.
Paul will be not only the capital, but
the first city of the state in population.
Duluth News-Tribune.
The foregoing extract from an edi-
torial headed "Bad for Minneapolis, /"
and full of airy jests at the metropolis,
will convey interesting intelligence to a
good many people. It would be sad
+ for Minneapolis if true, but fortunately
it ism true, and it would be interest
ing to know by what process the Duluth
/ contemporary arrived at such results.
The state census records, from which
such conclusions are usually drawn
show that Minneapolis gained 1926
people, or 1912 per cent in the last five
year period, while st. Paul gained only
$4,000 people, or 81 per cent. That
doesn It look as tho St. Paul were
gaining on Minneapolis, does it?
The Duluth paper is five. years be-
hind with it's editorial In the period
from 1895 to 1900, st. Paul apparently
4 gained faster than Minneapolis. Incl
dentally it may be mentioned that Du.
I luth lost over 5000 in that same five
/ years. The new census tells differen
story. The percentage figures givel
by the News-Tribune furnish sort O.
clue to it's method. They are evidentl,
I. based, most inaccurately, on the growt]
! of the past ten years. The Minneapoli
growth since the state census of 1885,
was 69,l4l, or 1873 per cent. The ST
= Paul increase was 56,733, or 4O.4 pc
cent. Without questioning the accu
racy Of the St. Paul count, it is evi
dent that the capitol city will neve
overtake Minneapolis by gaining 1900
less people in each ten-year period. I
there was any question about it, tn
comparison for the last five years woul
- be a plain indication of the presen
tendency. The most recent figures sho1
this city gaining almost twice as fas
as the twin.
It is impossible to say where tn
News-Tribune got it's percentage Q
gain for Duluth as "a little over 40.
The 1895 population Of the sidehi
city was 1896. The 1900 census CAV
it only $1,000, and in 1905 it he
pulled up to 64,937. The, rate Of il
crease in five years has been 226, an
in ten years it has 9.3 per cent. On
would have sto bark back nearer to tn
days of Proctor Knott to find ga litt]
over 40 per cent? Before the e
teemed News-Trib undertakes the jo
of arbiter for the twin cities, it's editc
should take brief course in nigh
school arithmetic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

server that they held the trump cards,
and that the measure was regarded by
them as an antidote to the agitation
for reduced passenger fares and abol-
ishing passes. Even il. the law became
effective, it was only a makeshift at
fare reduction, and would not benefit
the occasional traveller, while it would
be gold mine for ticket scalpers.
For that reason The Journal ops
posed it last winter. .
However, the railroad representatives
knew the bill would never accomplish
anything, and SO permitted it to pass.
They merely stamped their books in
Interchangeable and went ahead.
Senator Stone blunders when he
makes this statement: s.
The editor of T he J ournal says
n that the law is no benefit as it does
not compel railroads to issue mileage
books at reduced rate, and all the
railroad had to do to get around the
law was to stop issuing mileage books.
Had the bill passed compelling. rail,
roads to issue such mileage books, as
the editor would have it, then the law
would have been unconstitutional and
of no effect whatever.
r. Journals point was that the
law was unconstitutional if it included
the compulsory clause, and absolutely
worthless without it, as time has dem
onstrated. However, as the law is 9
dead letter, it is hardly worth further
discussion. t-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
The English Postal Telephone

The British postofficc department.
has bought the lines of the National
Telephone company, the purchase to be-
come effective in 1911, on the. date
when the company's license expires. AS
part of the bargain the National
Telephone company is meanwhile to
grant INSTRUMENTATION with the pos
tai telephones wherever desired. The
purchase Of the telephone lines is made
on what is called 'tramway terms y
and includes nothing for good will Or
future profits.
The press generally approves the pur-
chase on the theory that the telephone,
like the telegraph, should be under ma
tional control The fact that munich
palities are gradually establishing local
telephone companies is pointed out as
something which should be guarded by
the government What the relations
of these municipal lines to the national
postal line shall be is question for the
government to answer, the general opin-
ion being that cities should not expect
to set up telephone lines without pro-
viding for free REORGANIZATION
with the national lines. The realiza-
tion Of this may prove not 50 easy,
since the municipal lines would either
have to sell out to the postoffice or else
do great deal Of telephoning for the
postoffice free Of charge.
The interesting fact IS that by this
purchase the British government is
fully committed to form of state
socialism which has not yet made any
progress in the United States. There is
as yet in this country little demand for
national telegraph and none for a
national telephone system. But the
British postoffce is not like ours, over.
crowded with problems Of merely de.
livering the mails. It covers a small
compact territory and serves it, admir-
ably. 1t can afford to go into expert
ments like the parcels post and the tele
phone business because it can see tho
outcome and can reasonably figure OF
a profit from its operations. The United
States postoffce is in no such state
It covers an immense territory, much Of
it non-paying territory, and it's exper1
ments with fast mail service and FREE
rural delivery have shown that it ha
enough on its hands for years to COM
in putting these enterprises on bust
ness basis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
The SUNDAY Saloon.

To the Editor Of The Journal
In reading your editorial in Mon
DAY g > u n |, entitled What s Best
in the Long Run?'' and those preceding
it of a kindred strain, I have had per
slstently presented to my mind the
suggest compromise and expediency
when dealing with the liquor business
when it comes to law enforcement
We expect the mayor and other ex-
ecutive officers to observe very care
full their oath of office touching other
matters, other men and other businesses,
but when it comes to enforcing the law
as applied to liquor dealers we expect
the officers Of the law to hedge and
compromise instead of enforcing the
law, in a straightforward way.
Why should it "embarrass the may
| orr to ask him to perform his plain
duty? Why should he be more en-
barrassed when we ask him to do his
duty. as sworn official when a law
breaking saloonkeeper is involved than
when the offender happens to be thief
Or highwayman3
When you take into consideration
mark) business Of the saloonkeeper pro-
duces, according to the most reliable
statistics obtainable, rs per cent of
the crime and pauperism Of the coun.
try, is it not reasonable that the
Sunday law should be enforced9 Why
should the saloonkeeper have seven
days to ply his home -desolating trades
Mayor Jones was elected to enforce
the law, not to judge and discriminate
as to what law should be enforced. He
is more than "captain of the organized
better sentiment of the community
He is the executive head of a great
municipality and as such should enforce
the law whether it applies to ministers
or saloonkeepers.
When the mayor fails to perform hi
plain duty the Home Protective leagu,
or any other organization or individual
is justified in making the attempt.
-, -. ~. Stanley B. Roberts,
Pastor Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

of the Standard Oil Company A biog-
raphy Of Napoleon written in England at
the time of the ascendancy Of the great
emperor would be of little value as an ac-
curate account Of the career and the pur-
poses of that historic parsonage, but, to-
day, 1t would have g. value as expressing
a certain phase Of the Napoleonic legend.
That is the only kind of value which Mr..
Montague attributes to Miss Tarbelps
work-that is to say, he regards it as i'm
portant as stating, In popular version, the
present phase of the legend of the Stand
ard Oil company, inasmuch as in it she
has interestingly combined fact, rumor,
common reputation and current fiction
regarding that great industrial corpora
ton
The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
In speaking Of the rumors of trouble il

In speaking Of the rumors of trouble in
the coal trade, President Mitchell says:
"There can be no lasting peace or
tranquility in the anthracite region until
the United Mine Workers Of America are
recognized as a contracting party by the
employers and an eight-hour workday is
accepted 49,
The present wage and time agreements
in the coal industry expire next April. It
will be we'll to lay in your 1907 coal before
that date. There may not be any trouble,
but you will feel better with that ex-
pensiye hole in the basement filled. Y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

!. Loomis says no president ever strove
more earnestly and persistently to get
lgood men into the public service than
Mr. Roosevelt, and, he might have added,
mo president has ever striven more siren
hously to get bad men out of the public
servjce
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
THE MAGAZINES

Standard Oil Legend.-Mr.. Gilbert H.
Montague, the author of a recently pub
lished work on 1.-THE Rise and Progress Of
the. Standard Oil Company" contributes
to the September number Of the North
American Review an interesting and sug-
gestive article, which. he entities ."The
Legend Of the Standard Oil Company"
The article Is, in effect, a critical exam
nation Of Miss Ida M. Tarbell's History
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

4 When the Japanese contemplate the
peace treaty they must regret that they
had not imported some American swear
words into their language. This is no
time for throwing chrysanthemurns.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

The Boston Herald mourns over the
failure of certain rich man to make the
requests in his will which were expected
of him and adds: But his great property
will pass in large measure to hands which
are believed to be as generous as his"
This ought to reassure the public on the
subject ..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

There once was chap named Depew,
With a grin and a quip
He grabbed fee and tip ..t
His work it was coarse, would it dew?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
rises with each effort to conquer the

problem.
Nearly all cities encounter the same
difficulties. Minneapolis comes as near
solving it as any other. The city has
the advantage of system of schools
which is untouched by politics and OF a
corps of teachers which has the conf
dence of the community and which in
return is giving it's best efforts for the
development of education in the best
lines. While people may have their
complaints, these are few and far be-
tween in the vast constituency served.
1t is matter for congratulation that
the school year starts under most ia
vorable auspices. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

There is real estate excitement in Chi
cago because the Montgomery Ward
building extends over the street line half
an inch. Mont always got little more
than his share. .~ s-t-= II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

William Travers Jerome would rather
be district attorney than fail to be mayor
and there William Travers Jerome shows
considerable advance upon the quality of
sense evinced by his shrieking admirers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

The Boston Globe (dem.) is trying to
get even by saying that when the presi-
dent arrives the people will have to look
at him thru smoked glass.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

Mr.. Britt and Mr.. Nelson, who are en-
gagged for little forceful argument in
California next Saturday night, have re-
fused to apply to The Hague tribunal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

A New York janitress captured a bur-
glar with the aid Of her mop. With a
good-sized mop a woman could wipe up
the average South American revolution.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

The department Of commerce says that
we consumed 100 100000 pounds Of
prunes last year. Paste this up in your
boarding house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

Pop now once more may freely speak,
= And loudly air his homely knowledge.
No more he's called down twice per week
Since daughter has returned to college
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

:, The Cripple Creek gold output has
again reached two millions month-the
figure touched before the strike. Colorado
does not need an artificial price for silver
to be-like Mr.. Riley-"doing quite well. ;"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

The Toxic Jill was much wrought up
over the peace terms. The lack Of in
demnity was severe jarjar for the
Hit 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

We look to see the kaiser go up in an
airship soon Has not his great and good
friend been down in a submarine?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

In Germany great deal of damage
has been reported lately from the large
moths which infest diaries and live on
butter and milk
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06

The theatrical season is opened and
Mr.. Shakspere will get rest,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
Composing Music.

=
Please tell me whether the composer Of
a song writes only the air, or if he also
composes the accompaniment. Is copy
right always secured before sending to
publisher? &C. B.
Albert Lea, Aug. 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
Lea, Aug. 81.

He generally writes the music, too, If
he can. If you wish to retain the publ
cation rights it is we'll to secure a copy
right, from the librarian of the congress
sional library before sending copy to pub
Usher.