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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
A Gigantic Coffee Corner

William j. Bryan, "Coin'' and Chaw-
ley Towne would have a good time in
BAIL. Brazil is trying an experiment
IN liking the price of coffee not dissim.
liar from the plans of this trio for the
Tree coinage of silver at a fixed ratio
with gold. The argument put un nv
Bryan was that if the the minis Of
the United States were open to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
ratio of 16 to 1, that very fact would
mold the price at the ratio fixed. No
matter how much silver was offered
the unlimited. market afforded by the
treasury would keep the price stable.
Now Brazil Is to try this very
scheme with coffee. "Valorization' is
the name given to the Brazilian plan,
which is substantially as follows: The
three great coffee-raising states of Bra
I'll agree to maintain the price of No.
u American standard coffee at a given
minimum. To aid in maintaining the
price they are first to enact laws pre-.
venting an extension of the acreage.
and, second, they are to create q loan
fund Of $75,00o,0o0 to buy coffee when
the market is weak: By this means
they are to maintain the price of COT
fee at the fixed ratio of 40 milreis ia
one bag.
All that Is now lacking to put the
scheme into effect is $75,OOo.O 900 of Eu.
ropean capital to constitute the loan
fund. Of course there is very little
probability Of European capital going
into such a venture. It illustrates,
however, policy which is coming more
and more into discussion in agricultural
countries, that Of controlling the price
by limiting the production. It adds
the feature Of cash fund to bolster
the market. None of these artificial
plans to regulate prices have ever last
a ed long. Nor is it desirable even from
the producers viewpoint that they
should. Suppose the Brazilian. states
succeeded in getting their loan fund
and suppose they "played it all in -
IN an attempt to stem a declining mar
ket, what would be the effect on the
coffee business9 It would be ruinous
as everybody knows. Not only would
the fund be gone, but also the assets
on which it was pledged. The coffee
lands would lose their value in the gen
eral depression and the coffee producers
who owed anything upon their lands o,
equipment would be involved in ruin.
The scheme. aside from the fact that
it appears to have some legal and state
backing, is not different from Chicago
wheat corner, in which certain mum
Der of spectators attempt to keep grain
off the market until it has risen. tc
q price which satisfies their greed fol-
profit. Many of these plans have
been broad enough in their SCOPE tc
include the farmers. Agents Of the cor
ner have travelled about among the
farmers urging them to plant limited
quantity Of wheat, and when the grain
was harvested, other agents have ..ad
4 vised to hold onto their crop until they
+ received the tip to sell. The cornerine
gentlemen have never quite succeeded
in owning all the wheat, and while
they have at times succeeded in push
ing up the price, the producer never
realized anything on it, for the price
was up only while he was under bono
not to sell. Whenever he came upo1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
The Truth Hurts.

Wishing to obtain for the people Of
Minneapolis and the northwest a true
work ever undertaken-thatsi in stricken
San Francisco-this paper commits
stoned a business man of high stand
ing and unquestioned honesty and in
tegrity to make a thoro Investigation
and report. His findings, which are
told in graphic story that contains
much pathos, will be published in The
Sunday Journal tomorrow The truth
lief worker.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
OMAHA CANDIDATE
STARTS QUEER SUIT
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. ia unique in
junction suit was filed in the district
court today by John o. Yeiser, an
independent candidate for nomination
for the state legislature at the primary
election, to be held next week.
Yeiser prays the court to grant an
injunction restraining members Of the
Fentanelle club and other republicans
Of Douglass county from exploiting or
seeking to secure the nomination Of
the harmony legislative ticket agreed
upon at a conference between leaders
Of the machine and the anti-machine
factions of the republican party in this
county. Yeiser's name does not appear
upon this harmony ticket, and this fact
is responsible for the fling of his in
junction suit. which will be heard Mon
day.
Yeiser charges that defendants have
entered into combination with other
associations and interests to nominate
wrongfully and corruptly corporation
controlled ticket.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
.FRANC0.JAP TREATY |
IS ON THE CALENDAR
Journal Special Service.

Paris, Sept. 15.-A proposition is on
foot here to supplement the Anglo
French entente and the Franco Russian
and the Anglo-Japanese alliances by q
Franco-Japanese agreement, the con-
clusion of which is calculated to allay
French fears relative to Indo- China.
M. Takekoshi, the Japanese states
man, in an interview on this subject
pointed out that the relations between
France and Japan were most cordial
and were certain eventually to result
in a friendly understanding.
Japan has not the slightest Interior
intention in connection with Indo-
China and is prepared to give fullest
guarantees to this end. a Franco
Japanese agreement is further made
necessary for the commercial develop.
ment Of the Chinese empire.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
The Standard Methods Shown Up.

Attorney General Hadley has secured
the much discussed testimony Of H.
Clay Pierce of the Waters-Pierce Oil
company in st. Louis. It amounts to
this: he admits the division of trade
territory, which he says has existed for
thirty years. Of the trouble in Texas,
when his company was found guilty of
violating the Sherman antitrust law,
he says it was the fault Of minor
employee; that after the reorganiza-
ton he tried to obey the law and sue
ceeded until the Standard Oil company
began to interfere with him and COM
PEELED him to give up two-thirds OF
the stock standing in his own name.
Thereafter he became the creature Of
the Standard Oil company. He was
obliged to buy his refined oil from the
Standard and when the Waters Pierce
company attempted to refine oil for it.
self in Mexico it bought it's crude oil
from the Standard. The new division
of territory was dictated by the Stand
ard. -, T..
The whole testimony showed that
Pierce, tho millionaire and reputed
man Of power in his own state and city,
was but helpless babe in the hands
Of the powerful band Of pirates who di-
rect operations from 26 Wall street.
The testimony of Pierce added moth.
ing to the legal facts already made Of
record by Attorney General Hadley,
but it does confirm the charges made
by Miss Tarbell that the Standard Oil
company is sort of financial boa con.
strictor which, when once it throws it's
coils around a lesser concern, strangles
it to death.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

the market with his wagon the price
went down twice as fast as it had
gone up.
Some statesman has remarked that
there was fatality about attempts to
force up the price Of the necessaries
of life. Perhaps the coffee corner would
escape moral condemnation on the
ground that it is not a necessary Of
life. The American people take $64,.
100000 Of Brazilian coffee annually,
but it does not follow that they would
continue to take it at an artificial
price. They could do without it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
. Guardians Of Health.

To the Editor of The Journal.
To whom should samples of milk and
cream. suspected Of containing pre-
servatives, be sent for analysis
Will you also please state whether
there is any official whose business it
is to inspect the premises and bottling
selling spring water. &C B. Smith. 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Milk samples should be sent to A. D.
Needs, chemist, city health depart,
ment, for analysis. ....E
The commissioner of health is charged
with the duty Of enforcing the spring
water ordinance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Fontaine's Unfair Tactics.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
At a public meeting held in the Lake
Harriet pavilion last night James s.
Gray, candidate for the nomination for
alderman of the thirteenth ward, was
ignored by Mr.. Fontaine, who was act
ing as chairman. Nevertheless he
found time tc allow several other candi-
dates to speak who came in after Mr..
Gray had requested the floor. Mr..
Gleason, one Of the other candidates.
was given the preference and was per-
mitted to speak upon his arrival.
.- E w Bowdish.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Better than Ever.

The introduction of new electric
lighted sleeping cars upon the Mime
apolis & st. Louis railroad trains TO
Des Moines is adding greatly Go the
popularity of this line. They also
operate a $4,000 parlor car on the day
trains to sDes Moines and Omaha.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
of the several districts in the republi-
can primaries two years ago:

It has been mainly newspaper CAM
paign, with the press largely in favor
OF Gutterson In reply to the charge !,
Cleary are .postmaster.editors the CON-
gresham cites the record to show that !.
OF thirty OF more papers favoring him,
only eight are run by postmasters. OF
course some Of the others are would
bes, and some of the Gutterson editors
are wanted-to-bes. -
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Mr.. Gompers believes that If he had
1t to do again he would let the republi-
cans lick Lfttlefield themselves and af-
terward come in on the credit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Richard Croker has promised to come
to America in 1908 and work and vote for
Bryan Vote! Is Croker still voting in
this country?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
A Machine That Thinks.

That s what everybody calls the re-
markable hero Of the notable series Of
stories appearing in The Sunday Jour
nal IS magazine. Tomorrow's story Of
The Thinking Machine is one of great
interest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

luton will undoubtedly feel considerably
depressed. .- 49,. I'LL, 5..-.- 80 IL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

+ Mr.. Hearst has marooned himself on
independence league island but the other
parties wish he were farther from the
main land.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Gutterse11 a Hustler.
Gutterson has made a personal

GutCers0n has made g. personal cam
paign. He has little organization, but
has visited every village and inter-
viewed thousands of farmers. He has
gone over the rural routes which he in
stalled. He has the rural acquaintance
which Miller lacked. and on which Nc
Cleary won two years ago. He will also
get a good many votes because Of his
Norwegian name and antecedents. He
is aided by some other factors. Many
Germans Of the older generation are
hostile to McCleary now because of his
bill raising the tariff bars higher
against their fatherland.S The influence
Of Congressman Volstead is also being
exerted in quiet way in the counties
bordering on the seventh district. He
is not favoring Guttersen because the
two are Norwegians. He is fighting
McCleary to punish him for things that
happened in 1923. When Volstead was
first nominated six of the seventh dis
trist c S2a were stu in the old sec
ties for Bowling and it is claimed he
did not stop when Volstead was nomi-
mated, but in the interval before Vol
stead was sworn in he appointed only
str ng Bowling men to postoffices in
those counties. Volstead has been
waiting to eet2eve and is trying to
do so now. 49, ~ ~, : 8 y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

1t was not stump speaker but one of
our most fluid" preachers, who said the
other day. Juggling will not blindfold
u.s." .~z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

The public schools are overcrowded.
but the political meetings would hold a
few more. This is a sign of progress
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

If goldenrod would only blossom be-
fore or after the hay fever season It
would be more popular
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Mr.. Roorbach and Mr.. Comeback" ap
pear to belong to the same family
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Addicks is doing all he can for Alice
by claiming that he will be candidate
for Allees seat. -' f. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Well, the lid will be put on a number
Of candidates within a day or two. Min
neapolis is reconciled to the lid.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Even the best of husbands sometimes
tire Of being managed by the best of
wives. -. &c..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Mr.. Battered Nelson having gone into
the mining business Is considered by the
talent only forty to one shot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15

Only $500 to Seattle via the Great
Northern Railway until Oct. 31st. City
ticket office, Third street and Nicollet
avenue. zfga
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
"A More Beautiful City,

An interesting project for great mu-
nicipal improvements will be described
by its originator in The Sunday Journal
tomorrow ;f S
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Campaign Ammunition.

The campaign has it's full quota of
scandals. The Guttersen papers are
harping on McCleary's vote for the
mileage grab, his trip to Europe on the
Lincoln monument commission and his
alleged connection with the tariff pro-
tected trusts. -
The McCleary organs, in their turn,
are harping on Guttersen g alleged in
gratitude for his appointment in the
postal service. They have just trotted
out the oleo DOGGY again. Guttersen is
a farmer himself, and cannot be accused
Of unfriendliness to dairy interests, but
the story is that the oleo men have
never stopped in their efforts to retire
sage Of the amended Grout bill. The
connection between Guttersen and oleo
is very ingeniously traced in a cam
paign issue Of the Mankato Journal,
McCleary's organ. A plate Of car
toon depicting McCleary as the friend
of the trusts was mailed out to some of
the Guttersen papers by the American
Reciprocal Tariff league, and one was
sent by n mistake {61 to the Mankato Jour.
ner Of the Reciprocal Tariff league is
also secretary Of the Chicago Stock.
yards association, and therefore ahench.
man Of the beef trust and friend of
oleo. The cartoon he sent out shows
all the big trusts but the beef trust, and
this is another important link in the
chain of evidence forged by the Nc.
Clearly rarer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Over a Thousand Lieutenants.

The congressman s campaign in the
district at large is in the hands Of him
self and his son. Mr.. McCleary is keep
ing in close touch with every county.
and has check on every precinct thru
his letter Of Sept. Z, sent out to sew
eral voters in each one Of the 266 vot-
ing districts. Notsan those written to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
LOOKING FOR A NEW CROP
Troy. Kan. Chief.

-. - IIUy, NdH., O1ItI.
A Hiawatha man, having heard of a
man who had successfully raised So
bill, wrote to his congressman for some
of the seed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Weight Of Opinion Against Him.

The business men and farmers Of the
second district as a rule do not fol.
low his argument, no matter how hard
they try. Ii the question Of revision
or No revision were submitted to the
voters Of the second today, it is pretty
certain that three-fourths of them
would vote for revision. Yet they
keep on sending McCleary to congress
because they like the man and believe
him able and sincere.
Many men who like McCleary vote
against him. and hundreds will do it
this fall. The campaign has been a
lively enc fer the candidates, but less
strenuous for the people than two years
ago, when thur derbolts fell into one
camp or the other every day The Sec
ond district is not taking the fight so
seriously this time. Faribault county
is storm center and a trouble spot
FOR McCleary, but in most Of the coun-
ties it would not be noticed that a con.
gressional contest was on. All have
warm local fights that are taking more
attention. But for these local contests
the vote would be very light. -
McCleary has not flooded the district
SO thoroly with litera ture this time. He
has only sent. out seven tons Of mail
this fall. ri. ~,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Too Many Want the Place.

One factor never to be lost sight of
in the second district is the would-be
congressman who want to retire NC
Cleary, but don't want. anybody else
to do the job. Under the convention
system, these men would have entered
the field two or four years ago, and
by carrying their own counties would
have retired McCleary. The primary
law is one Of the best friends the school
master ever had. Among those credited
with aspirations to 60 to congress are
George w. Somerville Of Brown, Sen
ator Putnam Of Faribault, Judge Quinn
Of Martin. F. T. Smith Of jackson,
George Stewart of Cottonwood, L.
James Of Pipestone and Ed Weaver Of
Mankato. Some Of these gentlemen are
credited with taking hand in getting
Guttersen to run, with the idea that
he couldn t win, but would weaken Nc
Cleary for another time.
Guttersen's headquarters are in
charge Of his son at Lake Crystal, and
he has no evidence of organization at
Mankato. McCleary has three head
quarters, one official headquarters in
the Odd Fellows building, one at his
rooms on Front street, and one at the
Saulpaugh hotel. The force Of clerks
and stenographers which has been han
ding the mail campaign is now practi-
cally done with It's laborS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
MARK TwAlM

-. MARK TWAIN
Throwing w. .. Howelis Out Of His
Wlndow-An Incident that Might Have
Been. <-'%.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Drift Both Ways.

From surface indications it seems
probable that Gutterson will gain ma
terially over the Miller vote in Fari-
bault county, and also in Pipestone.
McCleary will gain in Blue Earth, prob
ably, and certainly in Rock. In other
counties the drift is hard to determine.
Faribault county is a storm center Of
trouble for McCleary. He went down
to Blue Earth yesterday. There are
several aspirants for the postoffice
there, and McCleary is holding up the
appointment till after election. That
is causing some feeling, and many for
mer McCleary men, both in town and
country districts, have declared their
" on the issue Of revision.
Mr.. McCleary went to Mountain
Lake yesterday. Gutterson is busy in
jackson county.
The following table shows the vote
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
.SCHOOLMAsIER IS
HOLDING 4 . i. ! IN HIS JOB.
Continued From First Page.
Irrational and patriotic. The good Of
all includes the good Of each. i
"A Novel Labor-Day Speech.

Even McCleary's enemies admire him
for his nerve and frankness, often dis
played when his course seems poor poll
tics For instance, in his Labor-Day
talk at Mankato this fall, he took issue
boldly with one Of the other orators.
and read the union men lecture on
the rights and benefits Of organized
capital, which he held was as much
entitled to protection as labor. It was
not popular line Of talk for a labor
crowd, and it made some Of the. au-
dience hostile. Others gathered around
him to shake hands and congratulate
him on telling the truth So McCleary
never makes any effort to say the pop.
ular thing, but says what appears to
him the right thing. And he has SUBJ
lime faith always that it is the right
thing. He talked the gold standard
when it It popular, and now that
the. gold standard is settled. his faith
IN McCleary logic is stronger than ever.
He is just as sure that time will vim
dictate the standpat position. He drives
1t home in every speech with all the
patience OF born teacher. He held
forth to classes in schoolroom for
twenty.one years, and now for four.
teen years he has been using the same
pedagogic methods with 10000 voters
for his class. On the side of brick
block IN this city he has painted his
feet square. It shows graphically the
relation between high tariff and good
times since 1920, and the coincidence
between tariff reductions and panics.
Over it big letters proclaim: Tariff
Reduction Brings Hard Times"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Expects to Garry Rock.

Crock county I will carry. Two years
ago it was the only county in the dis
trict which I lost, many voting for Mr.
Miller out, of local pride: This time
| will get back my natural strength in
the county. I have confidence enough
in the intelligence and fairness Of the
voters Of Rock county to believe that
BY the violent attacks Of Mr.. Miller.
[ believe they will react in my favor.
"Watonwan county was fairly close
two years ago, and from my advices
I expect larger margin in my favor
there this time.', -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-14

seed, the succeeding grain crop will
be practically free from smut. There
are a number of chemicals that will
kill smut, but the Experimental Sta
tions recommend that farmers use
formaldehyde as being the cheapest
and easiest applied and least danger
Gus to use. In buying, care should
be taken to secure formaldehyde
that tests at least 40 per cent. pure:
otherwise the treatment is apt to be
a failure. There are number Of
smut machines on the market for
treating seed grain that bring the
seed in contact with the formal
dehyde solution, and will thorough
ly rid the grain of smut. Just as
good results can be secured, how
ever, with homemade apparatus as
with the machines, if proper care is
used in the method of treating. A
solution of formaldehyde should be
made in the proportion of one pound
formaldehyde 40 per cent. pure)
to As gallons Of water. This amount
will treat from IS to 100 bushels of
wheat and 70 to 80 bushels Of oats
or barley. The easiest method of
! applying the solution is to spread
the wheat on the granary floor and
spray the solution over the seed
with a common garden sprinkling
can. The solution is not effective
at low temperature; hence the seed
should not be treated during ex-
tremely cold weather. While the
seed is being sprayed it should be
shoveled over and over with a scoop
shovel, until the seed is thoroughly
moistened. After the grain has
been sprayed it is a good plan to
cover the mass of seed with few
sacks or blankets in order to pre-
vent too rapid evaporation Of the
formaldehyde. In few hours the
sacks may be removed and the grain
allowed to dry before seeding.
1t is usually best to treat seed the
day before seeding, but it may be
done earlier in the season If de-
sired. When seed is treated some
weeks before seeding it should be
allowed to dry thoroughly before
storing in bins or sacks. When the
seed grain is stored in bins, after