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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

the country on this issue, as would
have been the usual course in Great
Britain, called Mr.. Lindman to form
a conservative cabinet. The riksdag,
therefore, will meet next month under
ministry to which the majority Of
the popular house is hostile.
The socialists have usually allied
themselves with the liberals, but, as
Mr.. Vallentin explains, they are impa-
tient of Mr.. Staaf's opportunist pol
icy and want to 60 before the coun.
try in the next elections on platform
calling not only for universal suffrage
but for the complete transformation
Of the first chamber into merely
consultative body. Mr.. STAFF believes
in making haste slowly and in attempt
ing that which is possible. He means to
win complete parliamentary freedom for
Sweden by gradual development, just
as it was won in England, tho not SO
slowly. He wants to mend, rather than
end, the first chamber-because he be.
ieves such a measure stands chance
of winning. -.' <. @ 10 .@e r.
Altogether it is very interesting
situation. No matter what temporary
setbacks it may experience in Sweden,
no one can doubt that the Swedish
democracy before many years will come
into it's own. >,r %sa.s21tsseaa.e d
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
Politics in Sweden.

The recent course of political af.
fairs in Sweden is clearly and cleverly
traced elsewhere in this issue by Hugo
Vallentin, TIL 9 J ourn al 8, versa
tile and well-infor1ned correspondent
in Stockholm. The main issue in Swe-
den is now, as it has been for several
years, the extension of the franchise.
The great liberal, party is enlisted in
the cause of giving the ballot to every
Swedish man, and its policy is opposed
at every point by the conservatives,
who are in control Of the first chamber
and have ); a strong minority in the
second or popular chamber Of the riks-
dag. Unlike the British lords, the
members Of the Swedish senate are
elected. But they are elected by the
local councils in a manner somewhat
similar to our. own system Of election
by legislatures. There is this import
ant difference, however, that the coun-
ellis themselves represent, not the indi-
vidual voters, but the property owners.
The more property a man possesses,
the greater number Of votes he may
cast for council members. The first
chamber is therefore not at all rep
resentative of the Swedish. people, but
rather Of the landed nobility and the
rich manufacturers.
IF the ministry were responsible to
the second chamber alone, the cause
Of manhood suffrage would make faster
progress. King Oscar seemed to rec
sognize this principle when, after the
election a year ago, in which the lib
erals swept the country, he called upon
Karl Staff to form a liberal cabinet.
But when Mr., Staff passed his fran
Ichise measure thru the second chamber
and it was thrown out by the heavy
conservative ajority in the first cham
Der, he and his ministry resigned. The
king, instead Of ordering an appeal to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

The latest accession 10 the ranks o.
parliamentary governments is the little
Balkan state Of Montenegro. year age
Prince Nicholas was an autocrat. Today
he Is a constitutional nnonarch-by his
own action. 1t was in December, 1905
that he announced the granting Of a CON
stitution to his people and the "skupsh-
tina" he authorized is now in session
The first thing the new parliament did
was to express its lack Of confidence in
Prince Nicholas ministers. The prince
promptly dismissed them and asked the
skupshtina to name someone to form a
government. Thus the task was In
trusted to M. Ivanovitch, who is a friend
Of Russia. The old ministers were OPP
posed to Russian influence in Montenegro
and favored Italy as great and good
friend" The overturning Of the ministry
means the rehabilitation of Russian in.
fuence in the little principality. @
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
Minneapolis, Dec. %.
Concerning Buying Coal Early.
To the Editor of The Journal.

TO the Editor Of The Journal.
AS an economic proposition, must q
community adjust its wants, regardless
Of crop and financial hazards, to the sug-
gestions of railroad authority, Or shall
railroad companies adjust their service
to the daily needs and commercial wants
Of the communities their franchises OBJ
lgate them to serve?
The northwest crop conditions in June
and July do not warrant a farmer or
merchant straining their credit at such
time; their ready funds are at their low
est ebb at such time and it is childish to
offer such suggestion to business men.
Common business sense tells why north
western merchants do not strain their
credit at such season of the year.
Once upon a time land a late suddenly
acquired magnate advised US it was an
cient history coal could be bought from
different companies at wide f1uctuation
| in values during the early summer months
and on reasonably easy terms. Trust
| or no trust, no such conditions exist now
Coal is cash and the price is the one
price. s.- - = -. -
In case of merchants putting In coal
in summer months with no commercial
incentive for so doing, will coal COM
panies and railroad companies walt for
their money, or will people freeze if the
merchants or community are unable to
furnish cash, for coal and freight in
June or July out of a crop not yet half
matured, with all the vicissitudes of har-
vest to go thru? -Ex-Merchant.
Lisbon, N. D. I
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

Secretary Metcalf's report tends to take
considerable Of the wind out Of the Jap
anese question. In the first place there
are only about 5000 Japanese in the city,
and at the time Of the order of segrega-
ten there were but ninety-three Japanese
children in the public schools. Secretary
Metcalf sympathizes with the school
boards objections to grown Japanese sit
ting with the children IN the schools. AL
together he makes more of the racial an
tipathy on the streets and elsewhere than
ton appears to have grown out of, an
agitation by labor unions which have
been over-nervous about the descent OF
Japanese on the Pacific coast. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
Newspaper Provincialism.

There are no newspapers quite so
provincial as those Of New York. Bos-
ton and Philadelphia. The news from
the west that they do not print and the
comment they make on western condi-
tions without knowledge Of the facts
would make large book. The car
shortage has furnished some Of the
eastern newspapers the opportunity,
which they have made the most of, to
display their lack Of information with
regard to conditions in the west.
A correspondent who signs himself
"Holland'' and writes Wall street Cos
sip for a number Of newspapers, deriv-
ing his knowledge Of the situation from
the same source that he gets his fnan-
cial information tells us that the rea-
son there is a car shortage in the west
is that the shippers keep the cars too
long, that they do not load and unload
with sufficient promptness and that. if
they did there would be no car short
age. The New York Sun editorially
adopts the same view and exhibits
lack Of sympathy with the complain
ants Of car shortage because they have,
as it thinks, created the conditions Of
which they complain. -.
Statements of this kind are based
upon information derived l 500 to 1000
miles from the scene of the trouble
and are no more accurate than might
be expected under such circumstances.
Testimony before the interstate COM
merce commission here and at Kansas
City-centers Of the region where the
chief difficulty exists shows very
contrary state Of affairs. There is no
complaint on the part of western rail-
road men-at least, they made none be-
Of grain and livestock and the receivers
at primary markets were not loading
and unloading with sufficient prompt
ness, but there were reams of testi-
mony to the effect that the shippers
could not get the cars to load nor
could they get at them to unload. On
the contrary, railroad agents and man
ayers specifically admitted promptness
on the part Of shippers and receivers
in handling their freight in and out Of
the cars.
Some day some eastern newspaper
will discover the propriety and the adj
vantage of employing on its staff west
ern correspondents who are acquainted
with western affairs and will discover
that there is much Of Importance in the
way Of news originating in the Missis.
sippi valley. and westward and that 1t
is worth while not only TO gather this
news. but to have it edited and treated
editorially by men who are familiar
with western interests and institutions
and people. T find a newspaper Civ
ing general news and not acrifeing 1T
to local and neighborhood affairs It
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
A Swedish German Entente

Swedish advices by way of Berlin
are to the effect that the ambitions of
Norway to be neutralized by the pow
ers Of Europe, so far from arousing
similar ambitions in Sweden, have
caused a desire for an entente with
Germany. The Berlin dispatch de-
sclares that Sweden would secure a
strong position thru an alliance with
Germany, and naively, adds that Nor
way will see the necessity Of following
Sweden, as 9only thru Germany can
Scandinavian unity be realized.' ?.
Germany would bring about Scandi-
navian unity in much the same way
that family reunion of lambs would
be effected by a lion. The rape of
schleswig- Holstein from Denmark by
Prussia is fair example of German
methods of unifeation. Nevertheless,
there is good ground for friendship be-
tween Sweden and Germany The So
scial and commercial relations between
the two countries are very close Stock
holm is very much like German city
in its customs and ways of life. Every
where uniforms are seen and every
where they are treated with the great
est respect. One hears German spoken
in Stockholm much more frequently
than English or French. The manners
of Swedish society are patterned on the
same model as those of Berlin. @
Norway, on the other hand, despite
the frequent summer vacations spent
there by the kaiser, has decided lean
ing toward England. Her queen is
English, and her principal commercial
relations are with England In the
schools English is taught, and all edu-
Gated Norwegians talk more or less
English. Her political institutions run
parallel with those of Great Britain. 81
Denmark, of course, has bitter and
a natural hatred against Germany. She
sells her butter and cheese in gland.
Her language is the same as that of
Norway, to whom she furnished king.
So that an alliance of Sweden with Ger
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
1.-The New Nation of Canada. ,

A British member Of parliament,
writing in the London Chronicle Of
"The New Nation Of Canada,' de-
clares that the American. spirit Of pro-
lection committed the, supreme folly
when, by the Dingley and Mckinley
tariffs, it alienated the dominion, and
it just that spur which it re-
quired to make it aware Of its own
magnificent political and Industrial
possibilities. He adds that If the
United States had been moderately
wise in the early days Of the Laurier
ministry, a situation would have been
created very critical for Great Brit
aims connection with Canada. The
dominion, driven to develop its own re-
sources, became by the very success
entity. 1t is no longer mere narrow
fringe attached to the northerIs border
Of the United States. It is no longer
small edition of the United States.
These reflections have in@ them a
large measure Of truth. Our failure to
grant Canada reciprocity when the new
tariff walls were erected was grave
tactical mistake, which it will take a
long time to retrieve. It doubtless
spurred our neighbors on to a develop
ment that would have been retarded by
freer trade across the border. No one
can suppose, however, that the mag
nifcent resources Of Canada were
doomed to lie dormant for long pc
Rod, even had reciprocity obtained.
It was inevitable and desirable that
they should be developed. = Il, >
The point Of the argument made by
the MP, however, is that altho Can
ada is a nation and will develop along
Canadian lines, it's models will now be
British rather than American. = He
urges that the movement for reduc-
tion of newspaper postage between the
mother country and Canada is a de-
sirable step in this direction. Intel
lectually, Canada draws her inspira-
tiop from the United States. She reads
American periodicals and news papers
almost exclusively. Even British news
reaches Canadians by way, Of New York
and Chicago. The movement to grant
domestic rates to Canada is looked upon
as an important means of strengthen
ing British hold, on Canadian thought
and Canadian sentiment. It is to be
noted that the success of the proposal
to raise the pound postage rates on
periodicals in this country would sim
ply play into England's hand in this
matter. II i - =
In every possible way trade and in
tercourse with our northern nei~hbor
should be encouraged. With an en-
lightened policy Of fair treatment and
reciprocity, we would become bene-
fciaries Of Canadian development to
far greater degree than is now pos
sible. When the tariff is revised, as
revised it must be, there will be OPP
portunity for the display Of far-sight-
ed craftsmanship at Washington.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
Those Feasts Of Reason.

The Independents, in an article on
the functions ions of the banquet, intimates
That the eating part is subterfuge to
get people together. In this view we
nope that the Independent is correct,
but 1t is greatly to be feared that civ
ilization has not reached that stage
where the gathering is the thing and
the eating subsidiary. To all appear
ances the banquet is still upon the solid
ground Of pie and other victuals. The
reasoning beings who flock to banquets
gather primarily to have their nature
subdued by food. Our contemporary is
quite correct in it's surmise that the
banqueters would never stand for the
speeches to which they are subjected
after dinner if they were not stuffed.
Food does not stimulate the mind. It
makes the feeder satisfied with little
things. So far from giving him crit
ical point of view 1t throws over his in
tellect mist. thru which old stories
look new and trite remarks take on the
halo of sublimated wisdom.
But the banquet has of recent years
reached new development. Beginning
with the Columbian exposition this new
development had its first start It
oozed first from the whiskers Of Major
Handy who was chief speaker at all
banquets at which the Columbian ex-
position was to be doomed. So great
was his success that he fairly ate and
talked his way thru the prejudices Of
New York and the contempt of the old
world. Chicago became famous thru
Major Handy. The exposition was but
the raw material on which he worked.
Subsequent to Major Handy's time
there grew up the custom Of inter-city
banquets at which the representatives
OF the several great centers Of wealth,
fashion or finance We'd with one an
other in booming their respective cities.
Chauncey Depew stood for New York
as Ferdinand Peck stood for Chicago
and Granville S. Pease for Anoka. In
the wordy:= combat which ensued New
York and Chicago got little the start
Of Anoka, but Old <Pease is still there
lille the voice Of Depew has been re-
duced to whisper ...
The banquet is a symptom Of the
| financial health of, the country. In
1896 Bryan began the dollar banquet.
1t was popular for a time, but as the
mills reopened the price rose steadily
to dollar and a half, two dollars, five
dollars, and at last a man in New York
| bet that he could eat $500 worth of
food at a sitting He accomplished it
! because no New York man could afford
to lose asbet which, involved the honor
| Of the town as we'll as his own personal
| judgment. A Chicago man is now in
tent upon feat which will surpass that
of the New York mantle will eat
more pounds of food at d meal than his
rival. 1t will all be- done to the ac-
Compartment Of speeches laudatory Of
the city Of Chicago. ss =. , 3 3 s5S
Thus it will be seen that banquets
have not lost their function. They
take on new functions every day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
} The Crystal Ball.

That was very helpful article on
"Education and Business contributed
to the Sunday Magazine supplement of
The Journal last Sunday by
Frank A. Vanderlip. Especially strik-
ing was. the metaphor by which he en-
forced the view that any. young man
may look into the future, and see
whether success or failure lies before
him. The crystal ball of divination
has been held by the superstitious to
reveal the future to him who knows
how to gaze into its mystic depths.
But there is a crystal ball, as Mr.. Van
derlip so happily points out, which re-
quires no wizardry for its reading. If
the young man who looks into it turns
it so that it reflects what he has been
doing with his. spare. time he may
know the future. IF it's reflection
shows him that, besides giving his en-
ployers a full and satisfactory day 8
work, he has also been using the time
outside Of his regular work to gain a
broader knowledge Of his work and a
clearer understanding of that work s
relation to the field in which it lies
if, in short, he has learned the lesson
that education is never complete and
that he must by systematic work
broaden his horizon, then it is certain
that a fair measure Of success lies be-
fore him.
This is the season Of the year when
it is customary for the thoughtful man,
whatever his life work may be, to stop
and take stock of himself, his work,
his ambitions. What progress has he
made in fitting himself for continuing
his life on better basis? How has his
course of self education been proceed
ing7 What, in short, does the crystal
ball reveal to hims .r....
It is Christening and helpful thing
to look into ones crystal ball. Re
creation and relaxation every man
must have, but there seems to be far
more danger that the average young
man will devote too much, rather than
too little time to amusement. His
leisure hours are the capital which he
may invest SO as to bring him future
dividends Of success, or which he may
waste utterly in his progress toward
disheartening failure
What says your crystal ball, young
mans S.. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
DESERVES CREDIT
Glenwood Gopher Press.

The Minneapolis journal deserves
great credit for. it's vigorous presentation
of the car shortage in the northwest and
the resulting hardship, and it, developed
facts Of which no one had any suspicion
when the agitation was begun The inter-
state commission has been holding SEES
sions in Minneapolis this week, but it
does not yet appear what is the real cause
of the lack Of shipping facilities Grain
men have been unable to get their pro-
duct to the market, ana on the other
hand fuel dealers and merchants have
been unable to get their goods from the
cities. The railroads are said to be using
every effort now to relieve the fuel fam
Inc in North Dakota and it is to be
hoped that no more hardships NAV he
suffered = -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
A Travellers Kick.
To the Editor of The Journal.

Travellers from Minneapolis and to Min
neapolis over the Chicago & Northwest
ern road are not given square deal. A
short time ago coming in from the south
to this city I was laid out at st. Paul
about one-half hour and the trainmen
shut off the heat in the cars at st. Paul,
which in severe cold weather is very I'M
comfortable as well as dangerous to the
health of old people and children. 1t is
apparent that this road has too little re-
gard for its Minneapolis passengers. They
act as if the tickets were good only to
St. Paul
Let the people Of our city demand fair
play or withdraw their patronage. This
appears to be a case where big stick"
would be good thing.
IS. r. Mitchell.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
DEG. %

1783-Washinston resigned his
commission In the army.
1s55-WilIiam II. Moody, Justice Of
United States supreme court, born.
1se1-erItlsh government sent
troops to Canada as precautIon
against aggression by the United
{ States.
1871-Tom Mcclellan acquitted OF
the murder Of Thomas S. Myers at
Dayton, Ohio.
1s74-l<ing kaiakaua OF Hawaii ar
rived in New York.
fse2-clemenceau and DerouIede,
French political leaders, fought
bioodiess' duel. 81 .ssS s53 5.sE
1ss5-H enry u Newton. the ssfath-
er Of the dry plate process Ia Amer
lea, died. Born Feb. 2c, 1928.
Wv sss-Lord Roberts sailed for South
Africa. s. 81
1eos--E q ssso train wrecked at
laurel, Pa; sl,etya Killed. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

The large number of colonels who are
current in America has long been a
standard subject for jest in England.
Now it appears that the British army has
more colonies than it knows what to do
with. For every eighteen other officers
and every 451 men there is a colonel. This
is about three times as many colonies
in proportion as there are in France or
Germany. A war office committee is
struggling with the problem, what shall
we do with our colonels?" Thus do
chickens come home to roost.
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to vote upon a bill to give.to the inter
state commerce such power as will en-
able it to correct the evils Of car short
age. That they will be willing to vote
against such bill is not likely. How
they will be able to reconcile vote in
favor Of it with their new slogan is
still more difficult to conceive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

Uniform Marriage and Divorce Laws.
70 the Editor Of The Journal.
1t is indeed surprising that our several
states and territories did not long ago
agree upon rigid uniformity OF marriage
and divorce statutes. Marriage and di-
vorce are such vital and delicate prob
lens that the statutes regulating them
should be as simple as compatible with
the spirit and letter Of the law. The
present system of marriage and divorce
laws is unnecessarily variegated and I'M
naturally incongruous, and ought imme-
diately to be welded into harmonious
and honorable whole. There should be
greater publicity; and our country should
become unit in these statutes as she is
as republic of forty-six united states.
Charles Nevers Holmes.
Worcester, Mass, Dec. IL, 1906.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
What Other People Think
Why the Five.cent Marsln3

10 tho Editor Of The Journal.
AS the car shortage investigation is In
progress. l feel 1t my duty as manager
of e.Mapes Farmers Elevator company
of Mapes. N. D.. to say that we have
four elevators at this station with
capacity of $4,000 bushels of grain all
told. We have shipped all told to date
thirty-eight cars. Either one of the four
elevators could have shipped three times
this amount On the 1906 crop had it been
able to get cars. This is not all there is
to the car shortage, for If we could ship
out as we take in we could buy the farm
ers' grain on say III cents magrin where
now we must buy on cents in order to
keep up insurance. The fuel situation
also lis critical, a large demand and no
supply. III. C. Kornder.
Mapes, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

Secretary Shaw's' action in releasing
his friends from their pledge to get him
the Iowa delegation for the, presidential
nomination indicates that the retiring
secretary will quit politics and go into
business New York and a big salary
probably look better to him than the corn
fields and another row with, Cumnins
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

President Burnham and Vice President
Eldridge have been unanimously indorsed
by the policyholders Of the Mutual Re-
serve. Both are under Indictment for
stealing from the company. This is one
Of the triumphs of naturalization of life
insurance. ~ =