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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11


once moro here isssthe amen dment. ,It
strikes out all tho present constitutional
restrictions on taxation and leaves the
Legislature free, with the Limitations
provided in this paragraph.
Section /. The power Sof taxation
shall never be surrendered, suspended
or contracted away. Taxes shall be
uniform upon the same class of sub.
2iects, and shall be levied and collected
for public purposes, but public, hurying
grounds, public schoolhouses, public hos
pitfalls, academies, colleges. universities
and all Summaries of learning all
churches, church property and houses
Of worship, institutions of purely public
charity, and public property used ex-
c1usively for any public purpose, shall
be exempt from taxation, and there
may be exempted from taxation per-
sonal property not exceeding IN value
5000 for each household, individual or
head of a family, as the Legislature
may determines: Provided, that the
legislature may authorize municipal
corporations to levy and collect assess.
ments for local improvements upon
property benefited thereby without re.
gard to cash valuation, and, provided
further, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to affect, modify or
repeal any existing law proyid ing fol
the taxation of the gross earnings OF
railroads. -.>,' ..a ..'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11
DR.. HALL, HEALTH COMMITS
SIONER, DEFENDS DAIRYMEN
AND HIS INSPECTION METHODS

While not looking for any contro-
versy with Dr.: H. NJ. Bracken Of the
state board Of health over the milk sup
ply of Minneapolis, DR.. P. NJ. Hall, health
commissioner, says that he is prepared
to meet any and all criticism with facts
which are indisputable. Having heard
nothing from the state board Of health
or its secretary, DR.. Hall does not know
what the specific charges are, nor to
for newspaper statements that sssome
Minneapolis milk dealers have been
charging double price for milk which
it is claimed is worse than the ordi-
| nary milk g..
"There is only one dairyman in tho
city who is charging double the usual
price for milk, and that is John Irwin
Of the Woodend farm,'' said DR.. Hall,
and we are not appearing as cham
t pion. We know, however, that he ex-
ercises particular care to keep his milk
it is better and cleaner than what e
ordinarily sold. =
"I- invite the most careful irspec-
ton of our methods for collecting and
testing milk, and in particular do I
challenge comparisons with the methods
of making meteorological tests en-
ployed by this department and those
under the direction Of DR.. Bracken.
''For the benefit of the citizens of
| Minneapolis I wish to say that the
milk they are getting is unusually
good, with the stress on good. Z This
department has not adopted any bac-
terial standard for milk. and in, this
we simply take the same position as
/ the health officials of New York, who
find that bacterial count is irlprac-
| ticab1e and of doubtful value. know
Of no city which has adopted bac'
DR.. J. F. Corbett, the city bacteriolo.
gist, says his records show that the
milk from the dairy owned by John
4 Irwin is much cleaner than the average
article sold in Minneapolis.
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ATTACKS HILL FIGURES MINNEAPOLIS MILK GOOD
LOTUS SENDS BROADCAST A CIR
cULAR REPLYING TO TILE WILL
MAR SPEECH.

The Minnesota Shippers association
has prepared circular statement, 49,
900 copies Of which are being
sent thruout the state, in reply to a
statement J. J.. Hill made at Willmar,
Mimi, Sept. 20, 1905. This statement
was:
"The state Of Iowa today has an
annual income from her farm lands OF
$500 per acre. In Minnesota it is $4.67.
In the southern tier Of counties it is a
little under $6.''
The reply was written by George S.
Lotus, president of the Minnesota
Shippers association, under the head
ing Of s.tWhat's the Matter with Min
nesota7,' J. =. ~ -.
Mr.. LOTUS says that Mr.. Hill admits
the soil Of Minnesota and it's climatic
conditions are essentially equal.to those
Of Iowa, and hence his statement ar
raigns the Minnesota farmers as occu.
pying a low plane compared to those of
the sister state. They feel Inundated
and outraged by so unjust charge,
and maintain that other reasons exist
for the state Of facts shown. One IS
that the net earnings per mile OF Min
nesota roads averaged $4,000 a mile in
1908, while those Of Iowa at the same
time were $l,79o, according to the rail
IOu0 SGdGtlucuGS VI ulOs CHueRAAAAus
mileage, Minnesota paid in that one
year an excess Of $24,112,O5s in net
earnings, over those paid by Iowa. This
burden fell principally the products
Of Minnesota farms. . ..s.
The; circular then takes up the as
sertion by Mr.. Hill that he has beer
prime factor in rate reductions. i
shows that average receipts of rail
| roads over the country in 1908 were
"A cents a ton per hundred miles. Th'
average on the Great Northern wa
homage, an excessive proportion, con
sisted of iron ore, coal. stone, sand ant
other commodities taking the loves
rates. The much-heralded reduction il
grain rates announced by the Grsa
| Northern last year has brought hardl,
I any relief to the farmers of Minnesota
4 It was due, moreover, to the action. O.
the-Soo line. as the circular maintains
| that any, reduction was made. - -
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Hearst as an incorporation.

For long time it has been mys-
terry to newspaper men how the Hearst
papers avoided prosecution for libel.
The matter published in his papers
ought to be good for a dozen suits a
day and yet there. is scarcely any rec
ord of successful litigation against the
yellow proprietor. 49,. ~. -. ": ~
Lest this state Of affairs should con-,
vince the unthinking that the Hearst
newspapers are always right and, there:
FORE, there is no cause to sue them,
Mr.. Hughes, the republican candidate
for governor, has gone into the matter:
He has discovered that one reason why
Hearst is pursued in court SO little IS
that he has surrounded himself with d
Ebarbed wire ENHANCEMENT Of incorpora-
tons. Litigants who scratch them
selves on one Hearst corporation merely
find themselves up against another, and
no nearer the goal Of damages. Each
Of his newspapers is organized into q
corporation, and each is again protected
by holding corporation which carries
the stock of the first corporation. Mr.,
Hughes has not concluded his investi'
cation, but suspects there is somewhere
a Hearst holding company which stands
between litigants and ali the other hold
ing companies. ss= IL.
+ Mr.. Hughes: has gone further and
;,showed&s that the various Hearst cor
porations evade their taxes by. swear
ing. them off. I. The law officers n ne,
seem, to find the right corporation
Nov these. tactics might be quite il
keeping with the character and atti
tude of a Rockefeller, but they do no
seem to fill the measure Of a reform
candidate, for. governor. whose platform
is that the predatory corporation
must go. y -, as2*F& -
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Government Crop Report.

5 The government report covering the
principal crops, issued late yesterday,
was about what was expected so far as
the total production is concerned. The
! government reserves the right to make
such changes as may be necessary in
s:the final report to come in December.
#The figures submitted yesterday indl-
cate total yield of 73s,00o,0oO bushels
of wheat. There is decided difference
between the government estimates and
/. the private estimates on spring wheat.
7 The leading private estimator found
900, 100000 bushels Of wheat in the three
states, Minnesota, North and South Da-
t$kota, and placed the total spring wheat
s5yield at 3O1, 100000 bushels The gov
4 eminent does not show anywhere near
Is as big a total, but presents figures sug-
costing only 246,oo0,ooo as the spring
wheat total On the other hand the
government finds 492 100000 bushels of
winter wheat or more than the private
estimators could find and so the thing
!. is pretty well evened up, the figures Of
the Minneapolis estimator for the total
,Scrop standing at 745.O00,000 bushels
against 73S,OOO.0OO as the government
figures. :8I
:, The report has not changed the situa
ssSstion materially. It gives a more bnllisi
appearance to the northwest crop but II
that respect has not brought about any
thing new for there has been growing
feeling for some time that the crop
respectfully in Minnesota, is mot as big
Sas first estimates showed and thai
wheat, on legitimate basis, is worth
81 about present prices.
With reference to the situation thu
Il country oyer, there is still the. shown!
of an exportable surplus that must b.
disposed of.
At present the country is sending GU
about 100000 bushels. Of wheat
week, much Of it d,lrum' wheat, bu
wheat nevertheless. If this can be KEEP
up prices are not'likely to go down yer,
much.
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CIVIC ACTIVITIES

The city council of Birmingham, Ala,
: has passed an ordinance designed to ex-
clude bucketshops :! from operating in
: that city, It; makes it unlawful to main
tain an office In the city for the pur-
pose! Of dealing in grain or cotton futures
Or stocks or margins. .::.r,-I.,'.: =
Boston must raise this year $40, 2o4, 900
by taxation, but a rate Of $3.50 on the
thousand will do it., t'@;.: ,
Los Angeles is clearing its streets OF
poles and wires at the rate Of two miles
year Eleven miles have been cleared
already. - - - -: - -. -.
Lady Hesketh has 1cabled from London
her decision. to join. the. other Sharon
heirs in rebuilding the Palace, hotel al
San Francisco. It will cost 81. o0o 900.
Police. Commissioner, Bingham Of New
York wants 1000 more. police at a. cost OF
| $2,616, 600 and "a, gross appropria ton TO,
police OFF, about s15,s9HeSA,; n about -four
times thezbill of Minneapolis for all lex
! penses., sci 4 - III Gys,t4 n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11
The Taxation Amendment.

There is every prospect that the
wide-open tax amendment, to be voted
on Nov. 6 in Minnesota, will die of mani
ton unless active measures are taken at
once to inform the people and to arouse
their interest in the proposition. 1t
must not be forgotten that every fail
ure to vote on the question is a vote
against the amendment, which must
have a clear majority of all votes cast
at the election before it becomes part
of the organic law Of the state. =.
There is no doubt about the adoption
of the amendment if the mass Of the
voters understand it's purpose, which,
in simplest terms, is to remove the OBJ
stacles that are now found in the con-
stitution. If it passes, the legislature
5 will have chance to enact just tax
, laws. and to reform the present absurd
system of personal-property taxation
The trouble is that no one is taking
any pains to inform the voters on the
subject. The candidates on the state
4 ticket pay it very little attention; the
party committees pay it. none at all
But for an occasional newspaper refer
ence, no one would know that such {
proposition was to be submitted. Abou
the only comment made lately is il
Z criticism of the "church property" ex
emption, which is an imaginary rattle
than real danger.
The fact is that it has taken nearl,
six years of agitation to get this amend
ment before the people, in the face O.
steady and determined opposition from
corporate interests that3fear tax reform
If the amendment fails to carry thi
time. any effective measures Of reforr
will be impossible next winter, an
the improvement of our tax laws wi
be indefinitely postponed, Tho burde
will continue to fall on the. owners 0
real estate and on those who are III
able or unwilling to. conceal their pei
sonal properly fromstthe assessor. Th
81 tax weight will still fall heaviest 0
1. the poor Or thoseBof moderate mean
4 sIf the people want. q change, let; the
vote for the amendment; but they, al
not going to vote one way or the othe
Unless they understand what it is abo1
when they enter The polling booth, an
the man who fails TO vote, thereby cas-
a vote against it. '3.
For the information Of the vote
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Use of Su bstitutes.

~ When men like James = Hill raise
questions about the destruction Of the
natural resources Of the country there
are always facts with which they. are
answered. Undoubtedly this country.
has played riotous game with its tim+a
Der supply. 1t is playing it todaYsWith
its coal and iron supplies. Nabody
pretends these natural resources are not
being put to good use, but the ad-
mitted facts are that they y are
being used UP at a rapidSrate. The in
dications might point to a famine Of.
these things in the near future if we
were not constantly developing new
substitutes for them. The Harvesting
of the waters Of the rivers to generate
electricity tends to, relieve the pres
sure upon the coal. Mature and the
inventive genius of man appear to have
discounted the drafts upon lumber and
iron in the development Of the use of
cement. Cement and concrete have al
ready become valuable ally Of the
builder. A quarter of century ago the
output of cement in this country was
about $4,000 barrels. Last year it was
81, 100000 barrels. It is used to. rein
force iron and steel in the heaviest
construction. It is worked up into
blocks for the most ornamental, light
construction. The age of the wall run
out of: a spout is here. The age of
poured house is almost upon us The
inventive genius of man has: overcome
numerous obstacles in the way Of the
use Of cement. Under his. INTELLIGENCE
it has yielded to treatment until the OBJ:
stacles to it's use have one, by onezdis;
appeared. Air spaces have made it
sanitary. The effects of frost and
sudden changes. of temperature have
been overcome. Tt is today a +practi
cal building material. Tomorrow il
may be favorite- building material.
It's use is evidence of the fact thai
reforestation is practical tho slow, fol
builders Of the next generation viii
not need to use expensive stone o.
scarce wood for their outside walls
The wood they can reserve for interio:
work and the replanted forests will d.
all that is necessary. 4G 80
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The Russian Problem.

After a cruise in the Baltic long
enough to arouse suspicion that he
meant to abdicate, the car has re-
turned to Russia and with his return in
terest in the Russian problem becomes
more acute.
What has been going on in the vast
Russian empire since the dismissal Of
the douma the American public has
only the most shadowy idea. Some
things may have happened, but the
most significant things are those which
did not happen as the result of that act
Of the car. The promised peasant up
rising did not happen. The threatened
general strike has not occurred. 1.-THE
pronounced doom on all in authority
has not been carried into effeet.F The
manifesto of the Constitutional democrats
calling upon the people not to pay
another ruble in taxes until new par
lament, was chosen has been disregard
ed. Russia presents the appearance Of
partially pacifed country. - -
But it is quite evident that the Rus
the elements of settlement are not
on the horizon. While Premier Stoly-
pin has quoted the apeasantry to some
extent by the promise of distribu-
ton of imperial lands, which the czar
will sell without a payment down, it is
recognized that the appropriation Of
other private estates cannot be begun
even without large advances for which
the treasury is totally unprepared. The
state Of the treasury makes necessary
the calling of another douma, and it is
about the selection of this assembly
that interest now centers. It is not
going to be allowed to select itself
The government quite openly expresses
it's determination to influence the vot.
ing. In particular public officials un'
der the civil service are being warned
against taking part against government
candidates. But with all its activity
it is doubtful whether the government
can swing the elections, andsthis gives
credence to the report that the .convo
cation of the next douma has been post
poned for six months. * =s%-
!, Meanwhile the constitutional demo
:, Gratis: who were the ma ority in the first
4 sdouma have held a convention in Fin
land at: which they, considerably modi
fed their policy. They dropped th'
: no tax manifesto and agreed to separ
: ate. their solution Of the land question
} from the demands of the so-calle(
Group of. Toll, who were allowed t.
dictate the land policy at the frs
| douma. Il
! Reports from Pennsylvania hint tina
the. Haviland spittoons were mistake
It was intended to have solid gold
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A hold-up now and then is rather a
misfortune than a disgrace to the city.
However. a series Of hold -ups-and that
obviously by the same n1an-casts dis
credit upon some Of the agencies opposed
diticns in Minneapolis it seems that one
man. rank amateur, who knows no bet
ter than to shoot without, provocatio1l,
does about as he pleases night after night
while the city detective force has hardly
had its serenity ruffled. With an cleo
ton impending and the anti -administra-
stions forces ready to take advantage OF
and magnify every occurrence that can
be distorted into reflection upon the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11
. THE SAILORS FLED
Strange Result Of Using Coffin for
Burial at Sea

Sailors are a ssuperstitious rslot and
the bravest. Of them blanch with fear
in the presence of what seems super
natural. "A naval captain in, the civil
war once decided to bury a man who
died at sea in regular coffin, instead
of wrapping the body in weighted can
formed inside started the cover off with
unearthly noises in the midst s'of the
service. The sailors all turned tail
and fed. Admiral Evans, U.S,N., who
was on the ship tells the agruesome
sequel to this tale in the Sunday Mag
azine supplement Of The Journal next
Sunday. SIS
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present dministrati Ion. tlae eopapl acsnce
and remarkable inefficiency OF the de-.
tective force in the present situation
looks possibly significant, TO say the
least, The suspicion that the detectives
are playing politics may be unjust but
until they round up the lone bandit who
has been operating orStwo or threesWeeks
now, they will be under the cloud. no
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* .FfssE-s,
Z ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.

81 James O,Neill, Americas foremost ro-,
mantle actor, has amour ced that. the
forthcoming presentations Of Et.Monte;
.Cristo' at the Metropolitan wilIghe his
last appearances here in this E famous
drama. Mr.. O'Ne1ll will be seen III Monte
Cristo'' tonight and Saturday afternoon
and evening. Tomorrow evening" he will
present. for the first time on any stage,
a new: play by James S1evin, ENTITLED
'''The Voice Of the Mighty; .ss,ssS5zsf
Nothing but his personal friendship
for Wilton Lackaye induced Melbourn
Mcdowell to abandon a. starring tour
in the sardou plays this-sseason to as
Csume. the role of Javert irrssk''The Law and
the Man." a dramatic version of Lies
Miserables." When there are scenes be-
tween Javert and Jean Vatican, it is a.
battle royal for points, and the courtesy
Mcdowell and Lackaye show each
other is a fine commentary on the ethics
Of the profession. 1.-THE Law and the
Man: opens at the Metropolitan opera
house Sunday evening for half weeks
! engagement
Two audiences Of large proportions
greeted Fiske OHara and his company
at the Bijou yesterday. The play, ':Mr.
Barney from Ireland has it's locale in
New. York, but its atmosphere is i'm
ported from the Emerald Isle. The story
is entertainingly told, but It's best feat
ure is the fact. that it: serves to intro-
4 duce Mr.. O'Hara in charming role with
several pleasing songs Appropriate SOU
ivenirs will be given away at the Saturday
matinee. -. zz., 81 ss .1@.% "a
Is In the new melodrama, ION Dangerous
/ Ground" which comes to Sthe Bijou Sun
day afternoon for a weeks engagement,
various specialties are logically intro:
duced in the second actSby means of a
concert hall scene, requiring second
stage. on which is enacted "a part
of the, play. The play depicts life ir
4 San Francisco, and is said to be one Of
the most thrilling Of It's kind
The current bill Of modern vaudeville
at the Orpheum ,theater offers what: Is
! probably the most attractive assemb1ags
Of femininity Of the season. Headed by
Mary Norman, who is beloved bys all whs
f., follow vaudeville; it includes the hand
!, some pianist, Miss Lillian APPEL; Mis-:
\ Lottie Vincent, the queen in the Gard
liner and Vincent spectacular fantasy
F" 1.-THE five Proveani girls, bfcyclists, includ
4 ing Dollie, ''the girl with the ginger"
4 Roattino and Stevens; two clever singer
and dancers, and Miss Gordon Of Eckhof
and Gordon, musical come dams.
:: g The Frawleys played Brother Off
. Icers'' to an appreciattve audience at tn
= sIlyceum last night: Mr. FraWIey IS see
ito good advantage in some strong scene
in this play, and his work last night wa
; heartily appreciated. 'as
The. performances at the Unique thi
7 week, where light vaudeville holds TIL
! boards, Scent to be moving along wit
more than ordinary spirit, conditio
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
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a;aa .ss.OCT, II. IL
1zAo-RaffiA of ,Vino.

! a;a&. .ssOCT, 11.6# l.s
i dzo2-BattIe. OF sviuo.. ]S;;@
s1797-BattIe Off CamperdoWn,
sas61-c onfederat steamer Theodore
escaped from Charleston. $. G., with
Mason and slldeIl on board. @
/ 1873 Senator Pomeroy shot by
T ex-conaressman Conway in Wash
Inaton: { e, 49,
1884 building IN Que
/ bee wrecked ~ dynamite.
F1ss4--Wiju captured by the Jap.
| siaese. ~ @
| .1ss9-Transvaal war began.
| .s.1so4 -unfted States battleshlp
| Georgia launched at Bath. ':.ss
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The Pennsylvania paradox is that the
fne%3Istate: capitol betrays so uch etf.
dence of coarse work. 3gssSS
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HE NEeLEcTs Toe LlNeER.
Chicaggo News.

When the police go to the scene Of his
activities about half an hour after the
burglar has left they always. search the
neighboring streets and alleys. The burg
lar isn't supposed to be bright enough to
go away when he hears the police COM
ling but somehow or other he does
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WHY THIS STRANGE OVERSIGHT
go Record-HeraId.

Chicago Record-Herald. ~
Nobody has as yet discovered that the
Cuban revolution was started by En-
peror William so that he might have a
chance to rush in there and grab a coal-
ing station.
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THEIR :owN sHELTER
2 Tll@ Figaro

= fss sst7E Figaro. s1IiG'S a'-zF.
Teacher-What are marsupials? ~
Boy-Animals which have pouches in
their stomachs. -; -. y
Teacher do they have pouches.
fol? !. l
Boy-To crawl into and conceal them
selves IN when they are pursued. -
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GENEROUS, CONDUCT

Kansas City Journal
The refusal Of Mrs. w. ~. Bryan to
talk for publication is probably based on
/ a. conviction that there ought to be some
thing II, the newspapers besides Bryan IN
talk. IL ..s.Ss - 49,
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Argenta, Miss, boasts lynching which
was put thru quietly and in "a business
like manner" Practice makes perfect.
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The liquor sdispensary business is go
ing so bad in South Carolina that B. r.
Tillman finds it necessary to predict a
great race war. = .a
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Sixteen New York lawyers are being
said to be not legitimate. Impossible!
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Perhaps Bourke Cochran was right
Cuba shows that riot can be cured much
easier than rottenness "