The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-09-28

fy reborts 1000 less, Todd county SOO
less. and Others ranging from so to 500
less. During this time 81 carloads of
emierants' effects left the state and only
100 carloads came in.
This loss has terribly damaging eff
feet upon the state. Every time a farm
er sleayesa a. county it damages the bust
ness interests. Uncle Sam has home
stead laws. In Minnesota We put min
imum price of SIS an acre on the state
land, which is not unreasonable. AS
long as more people are leaving the state
than are coming in the railroads and
other public service corporations VIII
pay less into the state treasury and the
state taxes will rise. We have been in
long Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. The gov
eminent and the railways have sold
their lands cheap, and there is nobody
to do it now but the state. Canada
is doing it, and there is great prosper
ity there. Business has more than quad
rupled and the farmers have had their
| propertv increased more than ten fold.
Advertising Pays.
Millions of property has been enticed
| to the Pacific coast by advertising to
make. homes. advertising is good for
the merchant and good for the state,
! declared the speaker. eff | am elected
governor / wont squander any money,
but / will undertake to see that the
state is fuller of people a year hence
than it was when l got into office"
The last legislature appropriated
81 800 for advertising purposes, and state
papers have taken it up and given the
state lot of free advertising, and the
state has received from $l00OOOO to
sl25. 900 more for the land that it has
sold as a result. 1t was a splendid in
yestment.
The strongest force in the world to-
day is public sentiment. 1t has been
known to hang an innocent man and
to let murderer go free, and has
changed the constitution of the United
States. A law has been passed giving
control of the railroads as much as pos
sible to the state railway and ware
house commission. Public sentiment
needs to be aroused to most rigid en-
forcement of the railway laws. When
the people stand up and say that they
must be enforced they will be enforced.
During 1904 or 1905 only four or five
complaints were lodged with the COM
mission. While there was a general claim
that the rates were too high, nobody
thought about going before the commits
sion to have the laws enforced. The
people were to blame for this.
Mr.. Cole recalled that in his open
ing address of the campaign he had de-
clared himself in favor of two cent
passenger rate, doing away with private
cars, the adjustment of the demurrage
question, and trying to get law passed
to make determinations impossible.
Mr.. Cole explained his attitude and
record on the drainage question. Said
he: eft I am elected governor and any
considerable private lands will be drain
el when the state lands are drained,
and the bill for the draining does not
provide that the private owners shall
pay their share of the cost, / will veto
the bill. / do not see why the people
of the state should pay for draining
anybody's private. land"
Senator Eberhart introduced julius A.
Schmahl of Redwood Falls, candidate for
secretary of state, saying that the peo-
pie here owe him more for the passage
of the Minneopa state park bill than
they realize, for he was clerk of the
house and called the roll on the passage
of the bill.
Julius Schmahl Speaks.
Mr.. Schmahl said that he wanted to
congratulate the audience on the good
Judgment of the fair management in
placing screen between it and the wild
animals referring to the screen in front
of the grand stand.) He had come to
Minnesota as soon as he could, for he was
born in the state. He had fallen in love
with Mankato girl, and when he came
here to marry her he had walked in up
on her wedding to another fellow. Since
then he had not much love for Mankato
girls, or some of them. 1t is said that
President Roosevelt wants a law passed
to replace the American eagle on the
| dollar with the stork. The eagle makes
good deal of noise, but the stork de-
livers the goods.
MIR. Schmahl congratulated the county
on having renominated two of the rep
Iresentatives who were interested in get
ting the Minneopa park bill passed, Rep
! resentatives Lewis and Gates.
| There is not much difference between
agriculture and politics, said the speak
er. There is more dirt in politics than
in agriculture. He had noticed this last
Tuesday. He considered the primary