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

less. and others ranging from 90 to 5Ool
less. During this time 81 carloads OF
emierants' effects left the state and only
100 carloads came in
s This loss has terribly damaging eff
feet upon the state. Every time farm
.er leaves. 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
a 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
property 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 year hence
than it was when 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 100000 to
1920 more for the land that it has
sold as result. 1t was splendid in
vestment.
The strongest force in the world to-
day is public sentiment. 1t has been
known to hang an innocent man and
to let murderer 90 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 a 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 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 a 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: eff I am elected governor and any
considerable private lands will be drain
ed 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, I will veto
the bill. I 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