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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Hazlng.
70 the Editor Of The Journal.


I was glad to see the article in T h 9
j ourna al in regard to the cruelty prac-
ticed in, fraternity limitations. It Is a sub
ject which should be looked into and
should appeal to mothers. Can't the
women take up this serious menace to
our boys?
Your article mentions a. few Of the
crue1ties, but there are many more. Such
secrecy is maintained that it is difficult
to get at the facts, but influence should
be brought to bear on the authorities
within the colleges and schools, and in
the legislatures. I can think OF no great
er good being done than to stop this evil
while agitating the matter of hazing.
Think Of a young man coming home
from initiation and remaining in bed
tWehty-fou hours before he would ad-
NIT that anything was wrong. His back
was literally skinned from pulling off a
plaster cast, even chunks of flesh being
taken out, and it had been neglected SO
long that the doctor considered it q very
grave case. The boy5wassssicK for weeks
and will carry the scars all his life. Thi.
| happened in Minnesota university, and
its but one of many! that might be men
toned. Can it be stopped? Let us hear
| the subject discussed. "A Mother.
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AN EFFORT TO LIVE BY tn

OLD PHILOSOPHY OF HAPPI-
NEss.-EsIf we are wise we, will be
happy,,-that is the formula by which
Arthur Henry kept fast hold on ms
ideals in the midst Of his early expert
ences in New York.. as related IN
Lodgings in Town, the tn third part OF
t tI,e Woods5 and ian Island Cabin"
are the other parts. It seems hardly
necessary to say that Mr.. Henry has
used UWill' instead Of shall - with
full intent; being happy. was matter
of determination with him. How 1t
worked out with him, a stranger In the
nations metropolis with his own way
wofds-ssA man may be Indifferent to
his advancement, pursue. his fanclees3,
be ambitious only for delight, and still
he active and do good This was so
in Mr.. Henry's case, at least, tho 1t
might not have proved 50 had his Ideas
of advancement, the fanc1es he Pur-
sued, the delight he sought, and the
character of his activities been dlH '7.
ent.
Mr.. Henry's story of what New York
has meant to him, which is the real
essence Of . .a in Town. Town., = IS >
man of distinctly forceful personality.
There was no anxiety as TO the Iutufe
when he reached New York with moth
ing but "a night dress, eight dollars,
a pipe and a poem,' aside from the
clothes he had on, and there was no
need Of any; he was an experienced
newspaper man with brains and knew
he could make his way. The thing ne
wanted to do was to make his way
and still live with his dreams, How
he succeeded is story that all who
would like to do the same thing, a an!
perhaps those who haveAtried and failed
as well, should read.
In literary way Mr.. Henry, is at his
very best in the present book. It is
| less labored and forced than most OF
I his other work. There are frequent
flashes Of humor and the atmosphere
Of the underlying philosophy OF I ms
life to brighten it. However, on the
other hand, there show here and there
Can't resist gibe at the church
wherever chance for one offers.
4. The romance Of the book is unique
yery different from anything to bt
| found in books generally, very happy
and very illuminating as to the char
acter Of it's hero.
4 A. s. Barnes & Co., New York. s1.5o
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Bank Loans on Real Estate.

The attention Of T h o ur a l has
been called to circular sent out to
the bankers Of the state bearing the
heading Of the Northfeld News and
containing an editorial of that pub
LEGATION of Dec. 30, with reference to
Senator Nelson's bill authorizing ma
tional banks to make loans on real
estate security. The editorial represents
the bill as authorizing national banks
in cities Of 10000 or more to lend 25
per cent Of their capital on real estate
mortgages. - It goes on to say that
"there are only four cities in Mime
sofa having a population Of 10000 or.
more,' that "none of these should ask
for legislation Of this character but
that " 1T is the country towns Of 5000
or less that are interested in this quess.5
tion.' a. s.
It Is unaccountable that the writer.
for the News should have SO completely
misconceived and mis-stated che lam
guage and purpose of the bill. The bill
referred to is senate file $50, introduced
by Senator Nelson, Dec. z, and referred;
to the committee on finance. It is SO;
short that it is practical to publish it
entire in this connection. After
tho usual introductory formality it
says: ->t.. -. .s J:
| That any national banking associa-
ton, in place of not more than twenty
Thousand people according to the last
census of the United States, may loan
money, not exceeding in the aggregate
one half of it's paid-up capital and sur
plus, upon. real estate security, con- con,
sisting of improved, occupied and culs
! tivated farms not within the bounda-
| ries of any incorporated city, town OF
] village, such loans not to exceed in any
case one-third Of the real cash value
Eof the real estate taken as security for
the loan. The controller Of the cur
| rency shall prescribe the necessary
rules and regulations for the making Of
said loans.
| From this 1t will appear that instead
Of to national banks in cities Of TO-:
| 900 or more, the bill applies to ma:
tional banks in places Of not more than
10000 people. That would include the
national banks of all the smaller towns
of the state. III.
The claim is made In the editorial re
ferred to that it authorizes ga GER
tain per cent (25) Of the banks CAPT
| tai to be SO invested" and it is con
} tended that it is not the capital of the
bank, but it is time deposits which
: should SO be loaned. The bill doesn'
say anything about loaning capital; i
provides for loaning money and only
: refers to capital OF surplus to indicate
how much money may be so loaned.
. All that the fNews' says about tn
advantages to surrounding communi
ties of permitting the lending Of none.
by national banks on approved rea
; estate mortgages may be said in favo
of this bill. Doubtless when copie
of the bill are placed in the hands o
bankers thruout the state, as they prob
l ably will be, they will discover no
: only the misconstruction Of the bill ii
self by the News but the North
l field editors endorsement Of the prope
: sition to do exactly what the bill pre-
poses to do. n eks2@@.s Eyss
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Paris and Chicago.

Police administration in American
cities is too much employed with the
problem Of unearthing and furnishing
crimes and too little with that Of pre-
venting them. This is the trouble with
Chicago. It's police force is on the keen
jump all the time to run down murder
ers and thieves. 1t never has any time
to make police census of the popula-
tion Chicago is the Paris Of America,
from the police point of view, at least.
It is the clearing house Of all the trunk
railroads. They are pouring into the
depots every day thousands and
thousands of people who step from the
car platforms upon the streets Of Chi
cage as free and untrammeled as if
they were on their own doorstep.
Ninety-nine out of every hundred are
entitled to this freedom. The hundredth
man is very likely a member of Grim
inal gang who has been sent to Chicago
to commit murder or carry out start
ling robbery. However, he is just as
free as the ninety-nine because it is
contrary to the spirit Of American in
stitutions to interfere with individual
liberty. - r~s4s ss >
In Paris it is not so. The French
metropolis long ago learned that its
streets and alleys were rendezvous
for the most dangerous men in Europe
and it took precautions to learn about
everybody who came to or went from
the city. The Paris police system is
military. It is part Of the government
The project is of almost cabinet rank
and his job depends on results. If he
does not achieve success he is expected
to resign. Thru the police the foreign
office has knowledge of every visitor
1 to the capital. This has been the sys
tenn for centuries. There is a curious
letter in Franklin's biography in which
the French foreign secretary informs
the Dear Doctor that the police re
turns inform him that Mr.. John Adams
is in PARTS, but that he has no Other
information, that DR.. Franklin has {
colleague in the peace commissioner
ship. Franklin took. the hint and Joh1
Adams got up from a sick bed to e
and pay his respects to the Count edt
Vergennes. .
Tt is more than probable that Chi
cago will never have any sense o:
safety until it adopts something lik'
the precautions used in Paris. With tn,
cooperation of the railroads prett,
good system of espionage could be car
RED ont in Chicago without resortin,
to new laws. 1t would require large
police force, a better trained, bette
paid and more honest detective service
and it would need for its head Grim
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20

ANOTHER PHILOSOPHER AT
TACKS THE RIDDLE OF THE UNI

ANOTHER PHlLOSOPHEk Al
TACKS THE RIDDLE OF THE UNI
VERSE-If an attempt to solve, the
mystery Of being makes one philo4sSo )
author Of Finite and Infinite, deserves
the title. He has attacked the prob prob,
lem, certainly That he has not solved
it may be taken for granted. He starts
with too many assumptions 4nn anaa
mental questions unanswered to make
his work of great value, AS an at
tempt at the problem, however, his
book is not without considerable inter
est.
At the outset he declares: :" No ar
gument is to be made here, save Incl
dentally. in support Of the belief that
God exists. = This is a jump in
medias resi- with a vengeance. But,
passing that as involving an assump-
ton one may fairly make in orders to
discuss other problems, one runs on to
his conclusions that God did not create
primary matts9E because ,.s sad # he Sst had
lob Of it-would have made matter de-
void Of evil, because he has shown an.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20

The Kansas City Journal has
been Investigating claims that Mayor
Weaver Of Philadelphia has met his
Waterloo. = He put his Saratoga chips
in the middle and lost them; his Look.
out Mountain was too steep; his Pitts'
burg Landing dumped him in the water.
Still Mayor Weaver is entitled to sew
eral more decisive battles before being
retired to st. Helena.
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MISS DUTHiE'sl LONELY TRIP
Miller Is. D.) Sun.

A Hand county now hasa woman school
superintendent in the person of Miss
Margaret Duthie, who Is making drives
alone In as-buggy ofaafty and sixty miles
some days over the thinJa 4 tiled 5prairies
to visit, the SCHOOLS "a. iss part Of
the DUTIES efs a supeEintens it that many
men shrink. from, but ,MasS suthie enjoys
the task. In saddtti on aii tb visiting the
schools, and attending to the routine
work Of the office she still finds time
to, dash off column or two Of inter-
esting matter for. the papers. She was
raised on the farm. acquiring, an edu-
cation and her present position by her
own efforts. - -, @-..5,.. f.. T..
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WAR INCONSISTENT WITH THE
Ut INInAr or YESII0 nHRISTtt-

RELIGION OF JESUS CHRIST
To David Low Dodge of New York be-
longs the high honor Of having written
the first pamphlets published in Amer
lea directed expressly against the war
system Of nations, and of having found
ed the first peace society ever organ
first pamphlet, "The Mediator's King
dom not of This World,' was published
in 1909. His second and more import
ant pamphlet, "War Inconsistent with
the Religion Of Jesus Christi was pre-
pared for the press in 1912. A volume
just issued by CHM & Co., Boston, con- on
tains both Of Mr.. Dodge famous old
Edwin D. Mead, telling the story of his
remarkable life and reviewing his pio-
neering work in the peace cause. .,
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The Rummagings Of Busy Boohnar
By VIZ p. KLRKWOOD

ferent peoples have played in making
but Jews were the real financial basis
of the first expedition of Columbus,p
how the Jews contributed to the fnanc-
ing of the revolution, and how, further.
more, they went into the army and
fought for the cause Of independence.
The story thruout, tho simply told, is
one to awaken interest and break down
prejudice.
The John G. winston Co.. Philadelphia
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PROBLEMS CONFRONTING COLO.

PROBLEMS CONFRONTING COLO
NAL GOVERNMENTS-P s.
Reinsch, professor Of political science in
the University Of Wisconsin, has pre-
pared small volume containing state
ment of the problems confronting colo
NAL governments, and indicating the
main lines of solution that have been
attempted. Striking illustrations from
much available material have been Sc
lected. The general subject is discussed
under the following heads: Educa.
ton and General Social Improvement"
inc eoiG ana C 1psdas,, Colonial Com
merce,'' Communication, 9Agri-
cultural and Industrial Development.
"The Land Policy" The Labor Cues
ton defense and Police"
The Macmillan Co., New York. $50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20

It is worthy Of note that with the
acquisition of Korea Little Japan"
has become a morepoeticM than practi-
cable description Of the, mikado''s do
minions. He rules 6o,ooo,0Oo peopleSoc.
cupying territory greater than that Of
France and equaling in population the
strong German empire.
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ARE aREAr .FoRTuNEs GREAT

DANGERS?-The Cosmopolitan Maya
zine has appealed to distinguished
for answers to the question,
answers of ten, including Charles W.
Eliot, John Wanamaker, Edward At
kinson, F. Benjamin Andrews, Ernest
Crosby, Henry Clews, David Starr Jor-
dan, Washington GLADDEN., Jack Lon
don and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The
opinions differ, but they make a most
interesting study. They range from the
conservative to the extreme, Jack Lon-
don, socialist, being the most outspoken
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20
THE MAGAZINES

way to Regulate the Trusts.-In tbs
January number of the North American
Review John r. Cronan propounds "A
Plan for Regulating the Trusts" The
chief source of the evils perpetrated by
the trusts will be found in the fact that
it is at present solely In the discretion
of the trusts to determine their own cap
italization, and that in the use OF this
discretion they place an inflated and
illegitimate valuation upon their assets.
The necessity of making inflated values
appear actual values in the eyes OF the
public leads to the uproottng OF cou1pe-
tition and to the enforcement OF eco
nomtcs by reduction Of the number and
salaries of employees and by beating
down the price of raw material ana In
creasing the price OF the manufactured
article Mr.. Cronan advocates a law
which would deprive trusts of the power
of capitalizing themselves and vest the
power Of capitalization in a federal COM
mission under conditions which would
insure that capitalization certified by the
commission represented actual value.
The Review for January is q number
of great and varied interest.
"Lawson's Omitted Faetor'-Moody'
Magazine for January calls attention to
the fact that Thomas W. Lawson
neRI0CIeO 10 Ldh0 llltO SOLSiuCidlioh tAIc
enormously increasing gold output when
he began his crusade against the buying
of. stocks and for the selling Of stocks.
The magazine says the system" has Mr..
Lawson to thank for dollars in its pock-
ct, and that the public is clamoring for
stocks at prices from 20 to 90 points
higher than they were when the public
was selling on Mr.. Lawson's advice. The
ma gazine adds. however. which is sig
nif1cant but is likely to go unheeded for
the most part, that the great activity
of the market Is warning, that seri-
Gus, if only a temporary, setback is not
| far off, Beware!
The chief feature of the magazine IL
an extended symposium on the federal
! control of railroad rates. Other articles
are to the point and timely.
The New York Tribune Almanac for
| 1906, which is now on sale, Is not an
almanac in the dictionary sense of the
word, but is really a ready reference and
guide book containing everything that
| such compilation ought to have. And
| the material has been garnered and
| sifted and tested with the utmost care
| so as to secure absolute accuracy, or at
least get as near to it as honest, pains-
| taking endeavor will bring one.
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THE MINNEAPOLIS. JOURNAL,

sia, He is said to be ii . pitiful state
OF mental distress and weakness. Pity
he no doubt should have, but excuses
for him are hard to make. he knew
better.
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STORY OF THE SOUTH BEFORE

STORY OE YHE SOUTH BEFORE
AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR
Miriam, by Julia Baldwin McKibbin, is
a story Of the days before and during
the civil war. Its locus is in the south.
It has much southern color. Its plot is
unusually good, and is fairly well
eminently satisfactory to those who
fully believe in having novels end
with poetic justice done to all. It is
open to criticism on the ground Of it's
lack of finish. The writer has not mas
tered the southern speech so as to use
it as one ito the manner born But
it is thoroly clean, and without any hint
of the CHASTITY, horrible problem novel;
and, as a story Of clean, high-minded
people it will bring pleasure.
w. 3. e.
Jennings & Graham, Cincinnati.
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Champ Clark accuses the republican
party Of having done nothing but talk.
Yet. the party has not been guilty Of
the follyAof answering Champ.
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Even without the advice and consent
Of counsel Poultney Bigelow refuses TO
answer. Poultney should be confined for
two days In the senate restaurant.
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PART THE JEWS HAyE HAD IN

PART THE JEWS HAVE Had IN
BUILDING THE REPUBLIC-A little
book, issued by Madison G. Peters, DID,,
COMMUNICATING the 250th anniversary
of the settlement of Jews in North
America. bears the title The Jews IN
Jews have had in building the republic.
It contains much that. will surprise
those who have read history without
paying attention to the parts the diff
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20
POWER TO DO NOTHING
Kansas City Sta

@s Kansas City Star. zsj5i&
What thessrailroad really wish to see
is a law, granting the interstate commerce
commission enlarged powers to do moth
ing. 4 IA a
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"THOUGHTs THAT INsPIREo-

.41lOO01110 : Il14I 1INSI 1ISGa
Two volumes Of quotations from wide
sources have been collected under that
trouble in getting thoughts, but the
problem of getting thoughts that in
spire is different one. Mr.. Knox has
solved it and knows Its many factors
well. The thoughts that inspire as
chosen by Mr.. Knox inspire along all
lines.
Personal Help Publishing Co., Des hoines,
Iowa. 10 volume.
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The Emperor William has been sug-
gested for the new head of Chicago uni
versity If we are not mistaken, the en-
peror is not a Baptist.
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
WATCHED US GROW
Red Wing News.

For many years past we have watched
the growth OF The Minneapolis journal,
until today ii Is the best newspaper In
the northwest. Recently 1t added Sun
day edition. and without hesitancy we
pronounce It the best Sunday newspaper
In America. r.
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hunter whose official relations depended
entirely upon professional results and
not at all upon the outcome Of mayoral
campaigns,

Senator Bracket Of New, York will miss
his transportation over the New York
Central this year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20

The consolidation Of Minneapolis and
st. Paul can never be accomplished
without q new name being invented.
Federal City, Twinsite and others have
gone by the boards. Lately there has
been suggestion Of Minneapaulsons
but on the whole we expect that the
best thing to do would be to call the
new town stickneyville, or better yet,
Stickney, since willie always conveys
an impression Of smallness, whereas the
consolidated town is to be great stuff.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20

San Francisco has a local boss, who
rejoices in the appelation "Pinhead"
Me- arthy. Pinhead is supposed to be
q term Of reproach, yet we do not know
any other animal which has more head
In proportion to it's body than pin.
IF Daniel Webster had had a real pin
head his dome Of thought would have
measured fourteen feet in diamter.
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MURDER WILL oUT-An author
can no more hide his-or her-author-
ship than murderer can hide his muir
der. It simply will out in most cases;
the exceptions are very rare, indeed.
The latest anonymous works to be
traced to their origin are 'sThe Garden
of a Commuter' Wife, 1.-THE People
Of the Whirlpool ga Woman Err.
rant, and nsAt the Sign of the Fox"
The author is Mabel Osgood Wright.
Mrs. Wright is the daughter OF the
late Rev. Samuel Osgood, for many
years conspicuous figure In New ork,
and the wife of J. o. Wright, we'll
known collector Of and dealer IN rare
books and a prominent member OF the
Grolier club. She has been known as
charming writer and her. Tommy
AIMEE books have been widely read
Her country home is at Fairfield, Conn,
and there may be found that now IA
nous garden Of commuters. wife
Only a few of Mrs. Wright 8 friends
have guessed the secret of her author
ship Of these books.
The Macmillan company, it is under.
stood, will soon make formal an
nouncement of the authorship of the
books mentioned.
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Duluan, Mindanao Jan. 12:.W. J. Bryan yes
terday was created "datto'' and saluted by
was conveyed along the river to Datto Prangs
palace in a royal yinta "a small boat) manned
by forty Moros. At the palace he received many
esents.-Associated Press.
We are rushin, things in Lincoln, with no time
fer pork and beans,
Since we heard the glad announcement from the
far-off Philippines; =
We are thatchin' all the houses, till the straw
roofs are a. sight,
Fer Bills been made datto, and he's got to
We have set the windmills runnin', and we're
goin' to have: q lake,
And wei build some royal vfntas like the dusky
Moros make:
And our chief kin go a-sailin', famed by prairie
~. breeZes light ~
Fer Bill's been made datto, and he's got to
have things right.
We have chased the Bryan. horses to their pas
And we'll hitch his royal carriage to an island
buffalo; .
And we're putin on the burnt cork, till we're
all as black as night
Fer Bills been made datto, and he's got t6
have things right.
We wear bolos in our trousers. where our whisky
used to be. !,
And were praetisin' q warsscEy that will bring
our chieftain glee; i. $50
And we've schemed an insurrection that will
give his heart delight sss
Fer Bill been made a datto, and he's got to
| have things right.
| Denver Republican.
Mr.. Bryan's letters. telling of his jour
ney round the world, are appearing in
| The Sunday Journal. The. second in the
tseries,son Japan and the Japarese, win be
published tomorrow. In due course OF
| time Mr.. Bryan will describe for Journal
readers his novel experience OF being ele-
i waited to the dignity of a datto.