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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
Armour on Private Cars.

j. Ogden Armour has recently begun
literary work, after having been en-
gagged with the pen for many years.
His first published effort is a defense Of
the private car line and it's exclusive
contract with the railroad. He finds
for the defendants on both counts.
The private car line is necessary be-
cause the railroads cannot and will not
furnish the equipment to move perisha7
BILE stuffs, and the exclusive contract is
necessary that the private a line may
be assured of a definite length Of serv-
ice, and q rather definite amount Of
business annually over the road. The
latter he contends is needed because the
private car line must put in icing plants
at various points on the line and cannot
afford to do SO without assurance of
business to justify the investment.
Mr.. Armour's arguments, if they
have any weight, go to show that the
Erefrigerating businss in transit is a nee
essary monopoly. And just SC. far they
support the contention Of the people
that it should be under the supervision
of the government.
Mr.. Armour has not finished his
series Of articles and it is difficult to
say how he is going to treat the ques-
tion of public regulation Of private cal
lines. From the amount of s%ympathet-
ic enthusiasm he has already extended
on the bravery Of P. D. Armour in
building the first icing cars one is pre-
pared for a claim that this was so great
and daring a contribution to the good
Of humanity that his descendants
should go on forever reaping large
profits from a people simply soaked
in gratitude to father
No n is going to dispute with Mr.
Armour that the invention Of icing cars
was a boon to humanity, that it has
been Of immense benefit to growers Of
fruit and to nsume 81 both meats
9 and fruits. It has, as he says, changed
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LIFE OF ANDREW MARVELL.-A
recent addition to the 'sEngltsh Men Of
Letters series, edited by John Morley,
is Andrew MARVEL, by Augustine Bir-
rell. Andrew MARVEL is one Of the
elusive, non-recorded" characters of
history, n Mr.. Birrell's life of the poet.
bringing together in one handy volume
what tis known Of the man, together
with sane comment on the man and his
work, will be welcomed by many. Mr..
Birrell takes up the poets early DAYS
at school, his service to the government
in the time of the commonwealth, his
service in the house Of commons, his
political satires and his work as a man
of letters-all in order. coming down to
this final word concerning Marvelps
chief contribution to literature.
In the whole compass of our poetry there ia
nothing quite like Marvell's love Of gardens
and woods, Of meads and rivers and birds. It
IS a love not learned from books, not borrowed
from brother poets. 1t is not INDUCED in To
prove anything. 1t is all sheer enjoyment.
In the reversion to country life now
going on MARVEL should come into vogue
again, and this book of Mr.. Birrell's
should help to bring about that result.
The Macmillan company, New York.
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the raising OF fruit to the dignity Of a
business. It has made even water
melons a national, almost an interna-
tional crop. This is something greatly
to boS admired in the inventive genius
and the commercial enterprise Of
American men. But this is not the
question. The question is whether the
public is getting the benefit out Of Nj.
Hammond's invention and P. D. Ar
mour's application Of it to which it is
entitled.
On the question Of exclusive con-
tracts Mr.. Armour will finds that there
is a well-settled opposition to the idea
Of q private concern making a secret
contract with a common carrier and de-
flying Investigation on the ground that
it is not subject to public scrutiny.
Common sense in this country denies
the right Of a common carrier to make
any contract to which the public has
not the right Of access. The common
carrier has a contract with the public
which is prior to any other 1t may
make with anybody else.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
Bank Examinations.

The Faribault First National bank
ease has been settled by an agreement
on the part Of four directors to pay
$1oO. 900 in full settlement Of all claims
and the federal court has authorized
the disposal Of the matter on that basis.
The president Of that bank has been
convicted and sentenced>t to serve eight
wears at Saltwater for embezzling
funds of the. bank and making false en-
tries in the books and false reports to
tho controller Of the currency.
The receivers suit against the d.
rectors charged them with neglect of
their duty and claimed that if they had
examined the books and the securities
of the bank, they would have discov-
cred the embezzlements and misappro-
priations and the worthless character
of the securities held by the bank. The
directors answered that they were III
able to learn the true condition of the
bank, as the president had SO manipu'
lated the books as to deceive them, and
Furthermore that they relied upon the
favorable reports Of the national bank
examiner.
Everyone will sympathize with thes'
directors in their losses, but no one will
say that they should escape the respon
sibility which they accepted when the,
became directors. There is some excuse
or has bsen heretofore, for directors O
a national bank who accept the state
ments Of the national bank examiners
but It is SO evident from the Faribaul
case, the Milwaukee case and others 0
recent happening that the directors can
not depend upon reports of the fedora
examiners, that no board Of director
which has not provided for it's own es
animation of its own bank by compe
tent experts, and made in such a wa
as to detect manipulation, will be likel
to plead the reports of federal examir
ers hereafter. Until the office Of ne
tional bank. examiner becomes some
thing more than a political plum an
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
Protection Against Diseased Milk
DESTROYED.

The decision Of Judge Smith in the
municipal court on the milk inspection
ordinance passed by the council last
year has created a serious situation as
regards the enforcement of the inspec-
ton laws of the city. In fact it makes
the inspection Of cattle almost impossi-
BILE. The ordinance in question was
passed for the preservation Of public
health and the prevention and suppress
sion Of disease in the city. Tt provided
that no person should bring into the
city for sale milk drawn from cows
which had not been subjected to the
tuberculin test, nor unless the owner Of
such cows should first file with the
board of health a certificate of a duly
licensed veterinarian stating that they
had been found free from tuberculosis.
This legislation is knocked out by the
decision ON the ground that the imposi-
ton Of the duty Of filing a certificate
from a veterinarian was in effect charg-
ing a license for the privilege Of selling
milk. 1t is clearly unconstitutional to
charge a fee for a license, but it is not
SO clear that providing the sort Of GER
tifcate that should be filed was charg-
ing a license, even in effect. However
the court held that it was and the
city is now powerless to have that de-
cision reviewed, because the city has nc
appeal ina criminal case.
The question that naturally arises is
what is the city to do? Shall it aban-
don all efforts to regulate the supply Of
milk and all efforts to protect the pub
lie health in this direction? There are
still several things the city can do,
tho it must be said that none Of them
is SO effective or logical as the tuber-
culin test of the herds. The city still
has the privilege Of testing cows, but
it must dot at its own expense. This
would mean that Minneapolis would
have to test every COW in Minnesota,
and perhaps some from other states.
It would be an endless and an xpen-
sive task and would compel this city
to pay for the Improvement Of the
milk supply Of all surrounding towns.
If the city abandons the effort to
test the herds, it still has the power
to reject milk under standard. Such
milk might not be infected with tuber.
c%ulosis, but as a matter Of fact, milk
which contains germs Of tuberculosis
usually contains dirt and filth, which
would warrant its rejection on those
grounds. But this remedy is almost
futile. Tt amounts in the end to moth
ing but furnishing the man who Of
fered the filthy milk for sale. It does
not p~revent4its sale, because consump
ton Of milk from the am source vii
have. taken place before the milk test
can be made.
4 The situation is a serious one for the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
CHICAGO TO BE MADE
A CATHOLIC CENTER
Journal Special Service,

JOURNAL special Service,
Chicago, Jan. 5.-An ambition cher
ished for many years by the Roman
Catholic church dignitaries of Chicago,
in a plan by which this diocese be-
comes the center of the best Catholic
education and religion in America,
finally has assumed definite shape. With
the opening in, Austin Of an immense
seminary for the priesthood, plans OF
which have just been completed, the
first step towards the realization OF
the great project will have been taken.
Gradually other edifees dedicated TO
religious purposes will be added to the
seminary, and it will become the strong
est Catholic ecclesiastical school in the
country. Eventually a cathedral will
join the other buildings and the spot
will also become the official center Of
the religious work of the diocese.
Improvements already have been
started on the property. No definite
idea can be given of the final amount
to be expended on the church work, but
it probably will not be less than
SIS ,000, 900,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
Minnesota Record in Evidence

Senator Nelson has given his col
leagues at Washington some interesting
food for thought in a statement fled
yesterday, giving the record Of Mime
sofas railroad commission. It is an
effective answer to the antagonists Of
rate legislation, who are fond Of telling
how dangerous and unreasonable "po-
litical commissions may be in exercis-
ing their power over the railroads.
The standing complaint against the
Minnesota commission is that it bas
not been solicitous enough Of the public
interest, and has not taken the initia-
tive as often as it might. There has
been no just cause Of complaint from
the railroad standpoint, as the stats
tics secured by, Senator Nelson show.
Since 1887, when the Minnesota law
went into effect, thirty-four cases, COW
ering complaints by shippers against ex-
listing rates, have been acted upon. OF
these, twenty-five have been settled
without any order Of the commission,
by mutual agreement between the rail-
roads, the shippers and the commission.
In one case the relief prayed for was
denied, and two complaints were with
drawn. In six cases orders were made
reducing the rates as the shippers re-
quested, and appeals were taken in
three Of these cases to the courts. The
railroads dropped two of the appeals,
and the only n that went thru to a
final decision was settled in favor Of the
shippers, the commissions order being
sustained. This was the famous New
Ulm eoal-rate case, which established
the right Of the state to reduce joint
rates. .l
Senator Nelson Is justified in saying
that from this record the railroads dc
not seem to have been harassed or op-
pressed, while the people have obtained
relief in several cases. The statistics
prove the point that rate laws are large
ly self-acting, and result usually in the
shippers getting justice without going
thru all the formality of a hearing anc
an order. The fact that the state hold:
the power to enforce a reasonable rate
leads the railroads to grant it where
the complaint has the appearance OF
Justice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
OWES HIS LIFE TO
FIGHT FOR TENDERS
Journal Special Service.


Washington, Jan. 5.-Senator CALM
ger of New Hampshire owes the life Of
his wife, and probably his own, to the
fact that several years ago he fought
for the law which requires all street
provided with efficient tenders. On
Wednesday night, while Senator and
Mrs. Gallinger were on their way to
attend a dinner party, both were
knocked down by an electric car and
narrowly escaped death. The senator
was thrown off the track by the fender
and Mrs. Gallinger alighted bodily upon
the iron guard and was carried thirty
Or forty feet before the car could be
stopped. Neither sustained serious in
jury.
When the fender bill was before the
| stanchest champion. 81 have always
fbeen partial to Tenders, I" said the sena-
tor, with a laugh, after the accident.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05

The Boston Globe introduces the new
school law with this luminous sentence:
Yesterday the new school law, that
no person is unable to read at sight and
to write legibly simple sentences in the
English language shall be employed in
any factory, workshop or mercantile es-
adjustment, but shall attend the public
school until SO equipped, went into effect
in Massachusetts"
The law may temporarily ~disorganize
the staff of the Globe, but we believe it
will be a good thing in the end. A.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
Minnesota Politics
'h'ee Members Of Last Legislature
!. Drawing Pay for Federal Jobs-Bernard
On to Washington. S..

Senator Clapp has created three va
~tcancies in the state legislature since
last winter, by appointing members to
federal jobs. First he made H. A. Rider
OF Little Falls, who circulated the eau.
Gus petition, a deputy United States mar
shall. Next Sherman Smith Of Minneap-
oils, who bolted the action Of the Hen
nepin delegation and voted for ..Clapp,
was put to work along with Rider in the
marshaPs office. Now A. M, Hays of
Hastings, one Of the strongest Clapp men
in the house, is given a clerkship in the
United States senate. No one claims
that these positions are given in
payment of prediction promises, but
they are undoubtedly rewards for loyalty.
AS far as the vacancies go, 1t makes no
difference unless the legislature should
be called into extra session for some
purpose during the present year. :
A. G. Bernard Of gCass Lake, president
of the state drainage 1eague, has gone
to Washington to work in h interests
Of the bill introduced yesterday by Con-
gresham Steenerson, which proposes to
set aside the money received from Min
nesota public lands for the reclamation
of swamp lands on the coded indian
lands or on the public domain. Mr..
Bernard will probably remain al the
capitol most OF the W1nter1to assist the
members of, the Minnesota delegation
in their work for the bill. The league
collected a fund Of about $1,000 to carry
on the work.
The Grand Rapids Independent says:
"a. L. Cole, our genial representative
in the legislature, is receiving very fav-
orable mention as a candidate for gov
.Niernor. AS a representative man Of the
north country, a devoted champion Of
drainage, and one who has the interests
Of the north country at heart, there are
few men we would rather see occupying
the ~gubernatorial chair than he. We
trust the boom will blossom and beal
fruit.
Referring to an allusion in this column
to an agreement on the part of anti
McCleary men in the second district tc
support H. J. Miller again, the Mankatc
Free Press says:
So far as we know, no such agreement was en-
tered into, but at that If Mr.. Miller SHOULD
make up his mind to again enter the rae,
against McCleary. it is very likely the anti
McCleary men will stay by the Luverne man.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
Spooner and La Toilette.

The fact that Messrs. Spooner and
La Toilette did not bite one another
in full view of the senate appears to
have moved some headline writer's to
Mysteries. They have evidently over
looked the fact that the two senators
know how to be gentlemen, notwith-
standing their political hostility. Spoon
er and La Toilette differ as to certain
public measures and lead opposite fac
lions of a political party. Nothing has
ever taken place between them which
calls for pistols and coffee. If Mr..
Spooner had declined the responsibility
Of introducing his colleague. MI. La
Toilette would have entered the senate
just the same and people would justly
have said that Spooner was a razor
back churl. Had Mr.. La Toilette de-
clined the escort Of Mr.. Spooner he
might have marched down the senate
aisle alone, but people would have said
that La Toilette was a boor. But, as
might have been expected, neither of
these things happened.
An English statesman once said that
parliament could not anything not nat.
urally impossible. There is growing up
in America a school of statecraft which
goes not so far, but which holds that
the constitution was never intended tt
prohibit anything which is obviously
intended to carry out the purposes OF
the constitution expressed in it's OWL
preamble. There is another schoo:
which implies that the fathers of the
constitution knew it all and that wha'
they said is final.
Messrs. Spooner and La Toilette will
have plenty Of room to differ in a digni
fed and worthy amer in the inter
probation Of the constitution withou
differing in an unworthy manner for tn
delectation of sensation mongers. The,
have chosen the better. part.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
SCORE PERISH In
A MINE EXPLOSION

Victims OF the Coaldale mine disaster
were removed from the mines at B
O'Clock this morning. Other bodies
have been located.
Bluefeld, W. Va, Jan. 5.-Twentr-
one miners were killed in an explosion
Of mine gas in the shaft Of the Cooper
Mine company at Coaldale, w. Va,
yesterday. Immediately following the
explosion, which was heard for several
miles, rescue parties set to work to
explore the wrecked shaft.
Coaldale is a mining town situated
on the line. of the Norfolk & West
ern railway ard is fifteen miles west
of Bluefield. It is in Mercer county,
and wire facilities are inadequate.
While the Coaldale mines were
crowded with men, there was a sudden
and heavy rumbling a mile or more in
the depths of the mountain, and thru
the miles of passages and air shaftt
Of that immense mine the shock was
felt. Before the detonations had died
out Bank Boss Thomas Williams, who
was a long distance from the explo-
sion, staggered to his feet and, feeling
his way to a mine telephone, called to
those on the outside that there had
been a terrific explosion Of mine gas
and asked for help.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
THE MAGAZINES

Light on Esperanto, the Proposed Uni
versal Language.-A most interesting
article on ~"Esperanto, the Proposed Uni
versal language" by A. Schinz, appears
in The Atlantic Monthly for January To
read it almost makes one a master of
the language. The simplicity of the Ian
guage appeals to one strongly, and the
article is likely to make, converts.
! Other articles in the same magazine
are American Diplomacy" by Franci
c.. Lowell; "Of Our Anxious Morality"
by Maurice Maeterlinck; impressions
from Chicago Faces" by Loren TT. r
Knox; The University Presidency" bv
Andrew s. Draper; 'fNotes on New
Novels" by Mary Moss; Special Teeis.
lat1on, by Samuel P. Ortiz: "PaIner,s
Herbert," by A. V. G. Allen; "The Mill
and the New Regime in Russia" bv Her-
bert Fl. D. Pierce; Significant Books.
american Biography" by M. A. Wolfe
Howe; The Chinese Boycott" by John
W. Foster; THE Ghost in Fiction" by
=: =. SULLIVAN. There is also much
highly readable fiction and verse
The Motor Boat Of the Future.-1t
steam yachts become a drug in the mar
ket before long nobody need be surprised,
inasmuch as many of them are already
oe1ng offered for sale by their million.
aire owners at surprisingly small nrices
and are being replaced by large moto,
boats of the cruising kind, saws Rene
Bache in the January Outing. Indeed
unless all signs fail, the typical pleasure
craft OF the not-distant future viii he
the so-called "gasolene cruiser" Experts
believe that before the first quarter o.
the present century has come to an enc
there will be vessels Of this kind afoa1
not less than 200 feet long, and perhans
Of even greater size.
The Outing Magazine for January an.
pears as a second holiday number. There
are v full-page illustrations in colors
The number contains an article for thu
time of year, New Years Festival .,
Bokhara," by James Locke; .sThe Team.
ing Of the West" by Allen True; Arthur
Chapman's estimate of ..Jim Bridger.
that master trapper and trail-maker
who was the first white man to gaze O,
the Great Salt Lake; General Franci
Marion" the Knight OF the Revolution
by Lynn Tew sprague, also high-clas,
fiction.
Mend Football to Prevent Ending IT.
| That seems to be the opinion of seyera
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
Foyer Chat,

Tim Murphy and Dorothy Sherrod will
be at the Metropolitan on Sunday eve
ming, presenting that amusing comedy,
"a Texas Steer" the play Tim Murphy
made SO popular thru his now famous
portrayal of the Hon. Maverick Brander,
congressman from Texas.
It has been some years now since Mr..
Murphy appeared in this role, but it is
evident from the demand that his earlier
efforts have not been dimmed by the
glare of his later-day triumphs. No
comedian on the stage today has a more
loyal following than has Tim Murphy,
and the announcement of his appear
ance, whether in a new comedy or in a
revival Of one Of his former successes,
Is always sure to draw a large audience
of the very best people. His revival of
"a Texas Steer" ranks high in the list,
for he is presenting it beautifully
mounted, artistically staged and with a
splendid assisting company, which in
cludes Dorothy sherrod, who appears as
Bossy.
Emily Nice, one of the brightest SOU
brettes in the profession, who was with
Rogers Brothers in Paris last season,
Is doing a graceful vaudeville turn at
the Unique this week. Doline Cole the
girl "coon-shouter''; Wood and Wood,
the brilliant wire ~exponents; Emmons,
Emerson and Emmons, in the ~farcical
conce1t, only a Joke" are also in the
bill.
Billy B. Van has become a great favor
lite with Bijou audiences this week, and
his clever comedy work in the role of
Patsy Bolivar in "The Errand Boy,
stamps him as a comedian of great abil-
ity. He Is surrounded by a host of pretty
girls and capable cast Of principals, and
with a wealth of scenic and costume
equipment, the entertainment offered is
a thoroly enjoyable and commendable
afternoon and evening will conclude the
engagement here. - s
The Ralph Stuart company, one of the
best known stock organizations in the
east, will begin an extended Engagement
at the Lyceum theater next Sunday af-
ternoon. The opening play will be "By
Right Of Sword" a strong, thrilling
drama invested with manc Lewis
Stone, formerly a great ~favorite in Min.
neapolis, is a prominent member of the
company.
Broadhurst & Currie's merry musica
melange, "a Son of Rest commence.
an engagement of one week at the Biiol
AN
next Sunday afternoon. Billy Swore ha.
succeeded Nat NJ. Wills In the part Of
Hunting Grub" and 1t is said that III
makes a worthy successor to that wen.
known comedian.
Salerno, the European juggler. who
heads next weeks bill at the Orpheun
theater, arrived from Los Angeles thi:
morning, and Klekko & Fravoli, italian
grand opera singers, who are also or
next weeks bill, arrived from Buffalo
last night.
The Eight Bedouin Arabs, whose char
acteristic acrobatics created much en-
thusiasm at the Orpheum heater las
season. are more than repeating thei
triumphs during the current week and
1.-THE whirlwinds of the desert" are es
tablishing a new standard in %acrobatic.
at the Seventh street vaudeville house
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"PARADISE."-In The Journals
mention of PARADISE" by Alice Brown.
a few days ago, the name of the pub
fishers, Houghton, Miffin & Co., Boston.
thru a slip vas omitted. Paradise, is
a story of strong characters and good
construction, of more than usual power
tho dealing with homely life.