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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
Importance Of the Ani1ns

One great and increasing source of
wealth in our country is in farm ami
mails, and indeed,> few appreciate how
great it is or how rapidly the totals
covering the livestock industry have
been running up, both as to number
OF animals and value. There was an
increase in the past year, according to.
a bulletin Of the department. Of agri-
culture, Of 18,040,1S9 head, and of ami
mails Of all kinds there is now. the great
total of 191,719,436 in the United
States. Put into money they stand for
So, e75,3S9, 442, or an increase for 4
year Of $66s,soa,7o5. Surely this is. "a
great industry. The value of it is
half that Of the entire production Of
farm crops in a good year.
Familiarity Of the public with the
immensely Of the packing business and
the embarrassing that supplies it
might lead those not closely informed
to suppose that cattle would head the
list, but it is not 50. Horses and mules
make up the big items. The horses
: =
and mules of the United States repre-.
sent a total value. of $1,51O, S89,9O6, an
increase Of 1910, 579, 1856 for a year. III
has been argued from. time to- time. that
| the extended use of electricity, the
many suburban and cross-country cleo
| trio railway lines, and, more recently
the prominence of the automobile
were all working against the horse
raising industry, but certainly nothin!
in these official figures would indicat
that the horse is losing in importanc
as an auxiliary laborer in our work o
progression. Possibly the breeding 0
fancy horses has suffered in some dc
/ gree, but the sturdy old farm mare
whose splaces isgnot. likely to be take
!. by. AN .autdmobile or other electrics
con frivance, is increasing in number
q and value. s
Il Cattle represent total valuation .
81 1926, 960,301, and last year there wa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
MIR. Bryan .on the Ooolie Question.

Mr.. Bryan was right on the Chinese
question, even if he is not president.
The reports that come from the west
to the effect that Mr.. Bryan has stirred
up the Chinese imbroglo just as the
government was getting it quieted do
Mr.. Bryan an injustice, since they leave
it to be inferred that he "butted in
and overthrow some official plans by
voluntary action. OF course, Mr.. Bryan
could not do this If he wished, as he
is only a private citizen with author
ity to speak for no one but himself.
It was for himself he spoke, and then
only when he was asked a question in
regard to the admission Of coolie labor
into the American oriental possessions
Mr.. Bryan merely told his interlocutors
what everybody in this country knows
that the labor element among the voters
in this country would. strongly object
to such a letting down of the bars. Il
anybody else officially or unoffciallJ
has been telling the Chinese anything
different he has been making mistake
Incidentally, the Bryan inciden
shows pretty clearly that the fight i
being made by China not for the so
called student tourists, but for tn
coolie. H. ..--Sr. -. =. ~.-...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
INSPECTION DATES
National Guard Organizations Notified
g to Scour Buttons.

s. Annual inspection of Minnesota. ma
tional guard organizations will begin in
st. Paul March II and will end at
Worthington April %. The inspection
will be conducted by Colonel William
Gerlach. retired from the regular ser
vice, who is detailed by the war depart
ment for Minnesota. Inspection dates
are announced by the adiutant general
as follows:
st. Paul-Company G, First regiment, March
Third, March IA; headquarters, Third infantry,
March IA; Company D, First, March 10: head
quarters First artillery, March 10: Battery A,
March 16; company of engineers. March IL
Duluth-Band Third infantry. March 10; Com
pany A. Third, March 1e; Company C, Third,
March 10.
Crookston-Company I. Third. March q.
Olivia-Company H, Third, March q.
Anoka-Company B, Third March %.
Princeton-Company G. Third, March n.
Sttllwater-Company X. First. March %.
New Ulm-Headquarters., First brigade. March
81; band. Second infantry, March 81: Company
A. Second. March 81.
Mankato-Company Fl. Second, April 2.
Rochester-Company F. Second, April 8. i
MISUNDERSTANDING D. Third, April &.
Red Wing-Company G, First, April S. s.
Winona-Company c. Second, April 6.
Fartbau1t-Company B, Second, April o.
Owatonna-Company I. Second. April 10.
Northfe1d-Company D. Second, April IL. e
Minneapolis First infantry,
April 10; band, First, April 10: Company A,
First April is; Company B. First, April Ia;
Company L First, April Is; Company F. First,
Observation-Disclosures Second infantry, April
%; Company G. Second. April %.
Fafrmont-Company e, Second. April "a.
Worth1ngton-Company F, Third, April Is.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
Hereditary Politicians,

A New York newspaper calls atten-
ton to the fact that no New York
political leader Of recent years has a
son who has taken to politics. When
one considers the character of the po-
tlitical leadership Of the empire state
during that period, one can express
neither surprise nor regret that this is
the fact. What sort of political ideals
could a son learn from such a father
as Thomas G., Platt9 Where would the
sons Of Croker have landed had they
gone into politics on the basis of their
father9 s
AS a matter of fact there is less
hereditary politics in this country than
in Great Britain. Dozens of great fam
lilies in England have their politician
picked from generation to generation.
In America the Adams family is per-
haps the only one which generation
after generation produced capable pub
lie men,. Few Of our presidents have
had sons who made any independent
mark in politics. Abraham Lincoln 8
Eson' sat in two cabinets, but he! never
was a politician in public sense. He
owed his elevation to the fact that his
fathers name was an attractive one
and his personality was respectable.
President Grants son, the one who is
| now general in the army, essayed a
political role in New York once and
achieved the distinction Of being de-
feated for the little office of secretary
| of state. President Hayes son Webb
was not brilliant success as a poll.
tician nor as anything else so far as
known. He became volunteer Officer
in the Spanish war, as did Russell B
Harrison, another small son, Of great
Esire. The Garfield boy appears to have
more individuality than the average
presidential scion, but he is on tria
4 vet. His connection with the presen
4 administration is quite likely to solv,
4 the question whether he has future il
public life. -{.sszes
In this country the adoption of
! political career is largely matter 0
, personal taste or environment. I
. young man Of a great family canno
be put up by family influence for
!. sure district In distant part Of tn
Il country and thus jump into public lif'
$ He must live in the district he woul
represent He must show symptoms 9
f leadership there before he will be mel
J toned for congress. He often fine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15

an increase Of 5,461 1876 IN the number
of sheep, which brings the total up to-
5o,63l GIG, and, with higher wool prices
makes the Svaluation $179 ,o56 ,144, q
gain Of $51, 724,294 for q year. @5.s
These. figures show clearly the stead aa
lily increasing value Of the livestock
industry and are interesting here, TOT
while Minneapolis Is not the center l1;t o.
any comparatively important livestock
business, there is little doubt that the
gain in the wealth Of the northwest,
upon which Minneapolis very largely
depends, will be along these lines. AS
the big farms are broken up, and as the e
farmers nearer the cities 60 in more for
dairying, SO the value goes up, and
every new animal in the state adds Just
SO much to the wealth and prosperity
of the country and all dependent upon
it. - II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
a Hero for a Governor.

Governor John Brady Of Alaska sent I
dis resignation to the president yester-
day. John Brady was appointed gov
ernor of Alaska in 1897. He has been
a thoroly upright and honest oflclal
and in many. ways has promoted the
interests of that district. He IS, now
ever a man Of advanced years ana
while he commands the respect OF the
people Of the district for his high char
acter and unquestioned integrity, not
withstanding the unfortunate attltuoe
in which he placed himself, unwilling
~, no doubt, in connection with min
ing company a few months ago, they
will welcome to the office a younger
man more active and better equipped to
promote the interests Of the district po-
litically and commercially.
It is said the president has in mind
the appointment of Lieutenant D. n.
Jarvis. This selection would undoubt-
eddy meet with general approval, be-
cause the people Of Alaska know h i'm to
be not only thoroly familiar. with the
interests of the district and capable
of promoting it's welfare, but absolutely
CON the square, Furthermore, Lieu
tenant Jarvis is regarded with great
deal of favor~by the people Of Alaska
because he has shown himself to be a
man equal to desperate emergencies.
The most thrilling chapter in the
whole history of Alaska is the story OF
Jarvis relief expedition to Point Bar
row in 1897, when this modest, unassum
ing man was selected by the United
States government to lead an expedl
Estions from San Francisco to- Point Bar
row on the Arctic shore Of Alaska, il
hi iddW7inter,' for the relief of Whalers I'm
! prisoned in the ice at that point. Thu
lives of about 200 men, depended upol
| the success Of that expeditions Fresl
meat and a sufficient quantity of it t.
supply their needs until the breakup O.
the ice the next year must be taken t.
them and Captain Jarvis was the frs
man selected for that expedition. TIL
relief afforded consisted of a drove 0
domesticated reindeer taken from tn
j Seward peninsula after Jarvis and hi
| companions had reached the mort
shores Of sBehring seasover4the ice. .Thi
supply. Of fresh meat, driven =on foe
over the SHOWS Of northern Alaska, an
the organization and discipline whic
Jarvis enforced in the bound cam
of the whalers, accomplished the resu
aimed at, and all but a very few {
them were brought out the next year
safety. =
T. The appointment Of Jarvis to tt
office of governor will give satisfactio
; in Alaska and will give satisfaction
| Washington when he has had an oppo
}. tunity to demonstrate his fitness for Il
t place. o.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Drainage Lobby Defended.
To the Editor Of The Journal. 80

10 the Editor or The journal. -
Your article, Sat Outs over Drainage"
in Mondays edition is SO misleading as
to Justify a corrections, which you will
be glad to make. No one connected with
the drainage work in the north who has
contributed to the cause or given a days
time to the work, has: criticised either
Mr.. Bernard or. Mr.. Hays. president and
secretary OF the Minnesota Drainage
league; no one in the north who has been
asked for financial aid to promote the
work has declined to do so. Mr. Hays
has not been in Washington. 1.-THE execu-
tive committee Of the league most en-
phatically Endorsed the tIobby PROPOSE
ton" And outside of the railways, the
commercial, clubs, the Jobbers' union, the
Chamber of Commerce, no one else in
either St. Paul or Minneapolis has been
solicited for funds for either the Wash
ington lobby or the educational campaign
in the. state. Not one penny has been
contributed to the Minnesota Drainage
league except the why's and wherefores
were clearly stated and as clearly under
stood, and every dollar received has been
devoted to the purpose for which 1t was
contributed
The officers Of the league know tina,
there has been malice behind some of the
criticisms leveled at them, but prefer al
this time to submit uncomplainingly t.
1t lest the main issue be lost sight of il
the war Of personality.
Now as to that lobby" This consist.
OF one man, A. G. Bernard. presiden
OF the league, who was sent to Washing
ton with specially prepared maps
| northern Minnesota counties, shown,
swamp lands, government holdings. o
held by the general government in it
capacity as a trustee OF the Chippewa
Indians, with soil samples taken from TIL
swamps sought to be restaimed. with dat
showing rainfall, etc, with testimonial
from settlers, business men, cruisers
surveyors and estimators as to the fer
! tility. location. desirability, accessibiIit
and possibilities of these governmen
swamp lands.
4 Mr.. Bernard, as opportunity present.
is bringing this data. to the attention {
members of committees to whom hav
been referred the bills having to do wit
drainage or surveys of these lands. an
4 Is urging that an appropriation may /
| made for a Typographical survey by til
federal government of government Ian,
i AS to authority: The first resolutio
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
TOO PARTICULAR
Harper'S Weekly

All the friends of liberty of speech owe
gratitude to Professor Lounsbury Of Yale
for his defense in Harper's Magazine of
the use of none" as the subject of a
plural verb. What idiot precisionist 1t
was that started the movement to school
master that use of none out Of exist
ence we do not know, but his effort has
had deplorable degree of success. An
example ought to be made OF some of the
grammarians who try to make language
conform to rules instead of making rules
conform to language. 1t will take years
to untwist the tongues of worthy people
who have compelled themselves to say
none Isl when their congenital impulse
was to say none are"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
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The Subsidy Bill.

The passage of the ship subsidy bill
In the senate by a strictly part1zan
vote. all in the affirmative being repuo-
lican and all in the negative but fve
being democrats, does not make the SUB.
sidy a party question:. 1t does NOT
necessarily make it question at all
The speaker Of the house may never al
low Il TO come to a vote in his balll-
wick. Whatever agreement the presl-
dent and the speaker may have had
with regard to the statehood bill there
is no reason to suppose that it extends
to general legislation or in particular to
,thesshipping bill. 4. *5sss:;sp.sss
The Presidents recommends tipna IF
this measure in his annual message vas
based largely on what he thought it
would do to reinforce the. navy. ii, The
president m ust have believed, that it
would do something for: our trade also,
but he has been careful to say SO only
! in very general terms. The bill as
passed provides for subventions for
thirteen contract mail lines. Three
leave Atlantic ports bound two, for
South America, one for South Africa;
six leave ports on the Gulf Of Mexico
and three from Pacific ports. This, sub,
division the senate believed would pre
vent one company from hogging all tbs
subventions: A feature of the bill Is
the creation Of naval reserve force OF
10000 officers and men who are to re
ceive retainers according to the British
plan. - In order to get steady employ
ment for these naval reserve men the
ships receiving subventions are obliged
to employ a certain proportion of then
among their crews. The naval reserv,
seems like a very fine and patrioti
idea, but is difficult to see what goo,
the reserves would be on a battleshi
which is run by machinists and Tough
by machinists and electricians. TIL
man behind the gun is no longer a1lbfu1
t sailor of the "Yo-ho" type, but aseoo
r mathematical professor, who can il
: stantly calculate the distance of an ent
n my and drop a ton Of iron on him b,
u fore he can shift position.
9 The ship subsidy bill Is defended o
Il the ground that it is such very lit.
q one. But like the infant industry
= will grow and if it once gets it's feet j
the treasury it will take a revolution I
y get them out again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15

"Cow and supercow," is the second
of Martha S. Bensley's mildly satirical
series on the Settlement House ideas
as adopted by. the cows in the pas
ture, which will appear in T h e Jour
ma IS Magazine Sunday. Miranda,
the benevolent bovine, who conceived
the idea of "The Settlement in the
Pasture,' was completely overcome,
like many of her human prototypes,
with the new education idea. 1t was
most exalting moment when Miranda
hit upon a Kindergarten modelled after
the human kindergarten, but old White
face, Miranda's sole sister, said that
she could not see that it would be any
advantage to her little son Norman to
become supercow. Then the trouble
began, and after a series of ludicrous
happenings it dawned upon the pasture
that after all the only virtues valuable
to cow were those baser ones of milk
and beef.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
The MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

that the possession Of great name is
q detriment to HMM his political am
billions. People suspect that he Is run.
ming on the name and they usually re-
sent II.
But there need be no regret at the
absence Of the sons Of presidents and
senators from public life We are not
in need Of . hereditary governing
class. In fact, our national safety is
rather bound up in the succession to
offices Of president and legislators OF
men who come from the people without
any provincial, social or family preju'
dices.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
CORN RATES UPPERMosT
whether Grain Should Go South or East
to Be Discussed.

Thru tariff rates on corn from Mis-
souri, river points to the Atlantic sea-
board will be considered again next
week by lines east and west Of Chicago
at meeting in Chicago. The lines
had decided to put in rate Jan. Is,
but failed to come to an understanding
as to proportionals. The Wabash put
in rate Feb. l, but as the movement
was light the rate was not met. lnas-
much as corn is expected to move at
lively rate soon the northern lines
will try to get together to prevent the
gulf lines from monopolizing the
| traffic. .s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15

> Count Okuma is one of the last of
Jaran's "elder statesmen who met on
JAM 3, 1868, and declared in favor OF
nationality against feudalism. Count
Okuma writes:
Japan has entered. the circle of com
petitive nations. If she imagines that
the sources Of nations advance do not
lie in civilization, but are to be sought in
the remnants Of feudal ideas, and if she
relies on armed victories, which encour-
age militarism and vitiate popular senti-
ment, she will be injuring her own prog
ress and sowing the seeds of national
decay"
This is the advice Japan is getting from
to take It, ~% - .-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.

The New Woman in Vaudeville" is
making her dual first appearance at the
Orpheum theater this week in the per-
sons2Df Lillian Mills and Elida Morris,
twospretty girls who don't mind going be-
hind burnt cork to get their comedy re-
suits, and who play the tambourine and
bones,. introduce some old-style two-part
singing and buck and wing dancing and
hand out some minstrel jokes which can
hold up their heads with the oldest of the
old school.
. Ye Colonial Septette. regarded by the
expert as the most finished and artistic
Of the htgh-class musical acts in vaude-
vile, will be one of the principal features
of the great Orpheum road show, which
will make it's second annual appearance
at the. Orpheun theater the week Of
Feb. 25.
The Lyceum Will resound with screams
of laughter next week when "All the
Connforts of Home William Gillette's
| greafYarce will be given splendid pre-
sentation by the Ralph Stuart company.
The play will afford Mr.. Stuart's players
their first opportunity to take week off
| in a .rollicking comedy, and every actor
and actress in the cast is elated over the
| prospect of an all funny bill.
| The Unique has an excellent comedy
bill this week in the bicycle act Of the
three Armstrong;. The act includes
some fast and furious riding, beautiful
feats Of balancing and what might bt
termed great literary stunts with "tht
silent steed," for the Armstrong; do lot:
of things to their wheels and still contriv'
to keep on them.
= s-.r.s- i -..zss-. - : ., p
While on tour her company Is her fam
+ lily to Mime. Sarah Bernhardt, whose com
ing engagement at the Auditorium in
cludes evening performances Feb. %, 2
, and "a, and a matinee On the last day
AS she has a company of seventy-flv
artists, she does not lack for domesticity
Nine. Bernhard invariably eats break
fast with several members of her com
pany, pate de foie gras being one OF he
! favorite dishes, and bacon and steak al
ways going with her breakfast egg. Blu
in spite Of the homely way in which tn
Bernhardt company n1ingle. with tn
!. star, she is always at the theater tW
: hours before the performance to see tina
, the others are on time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
The Capitol Commissions Reply.

Members of the state capitol commits,
lion confess that they feel aggrieved |
,ver their treatment in the report of |
The public examiner. They consider
that before the examiner sent his re-
port to the governor he should have
JAILED on the commissioners to. explain
The transactions that seemed to call
Tor criticism.
The same fault was found by for
her state auditor when his administra-
ion was reviewed by Public Examiner
Kerst s predecessor, s. T. Johnson. It
Is likely to be found by any official or
BUSINESS man whose methods are crit
!cized by the officer who checks him
tp. It is necessary, however, for an
Examiner to make his report from the
record he finds. If he admits verbal
explanation, the report will cease to be
presentment of facts and will be-
tome an argument.
The function Of a public examiner
must not be misunderstood. He Is the
principal check provided by law for
public officers. In the public interest
he must act without fear Or favor to7
ward other men in public office. It's
Tor him to search the records, as a trav-
tEng auditor scans the books of an
agent or bank examiner inspects the
books and securities Of bank, and<to
ieport to his chief anything that seems
10 call for criticism. It is not for him
10 act as Judge and jury, to acquit or
condemn men. It is for him to report
The facts, and for his chief to draw
conclusions. If necessary, it is fol
those whose acts are in question to
Explain them. ~ T.
The examiner found that the capitol
commission had not complied with the
aw in all cases, and so reported. Some
If these violations might have beer
,erious, while others were trivial. The
Governor found as his conclusion that
there had been no "graft,''a tho il
handling the vast sums of money, some
precautions had been overlooked. H.
s.. .ame to this conclusion without calling
IN the commissioners to explain, an(
their explanation adds little to the fact
it hand. Their reply is largely a com
>laint about the treatment received
With this complaint the general publ
ian have little sympathy. The exami
sation was necessary, since in tel
fears' work no accountingel has bee1
made to the state Of moneys spent
The work could not be too thoro. L
iis zeal~the examiner hurt the commits
,ioners feelings, but we have the sa
sfaction Of knowing that he went t
lhe bottom of things, and even "a
lown silly ru1nors Of graft that woul
otherwise have lived and spread to til
iurt Of the commissioners. The con
aissioners complain that private letter
we're read, but the letters quoted al
bout public business, between publ
ifficials, and tho written in a persons
'ein, they can hardly be termed pr
rate correspondence. s5SEesss2>:11
The commissioners have; completed
,reat work and could not ask for
more magnificent monument to- the
tfforts than the building for which Il
axpayers Of Minnesota paid $4,500,O0