The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-01-30
&c legislature viii be largely monop-

olized
The governor has sent in a large
list of appointments covering appoint
ments made during the recess as well
as the new ones following his second
election. To show The state of har-
mcnv existing between the senate and
the governor there was no attempt TO
have an executive session to consider
these appointments; they were con-
frmed as Job lot" by resolution
offered in the open senate.
RlnqdahI On Board of Control.
Judge o. B. Gould of Winona. mem
Der Of the board of control, died sud
denly in hospital in Minneapolis this
week. His death was fastened by a
recent accident which befelI him III
Chicago, whereby his leg was broken.
He was formerly member OF the
house and resolutions of regret We're
passed. as well as the selection or
pallhearers to attend the funeral on
behalf of the state. P. NJ. Ringdahl
of Crookston has been appointed to
succeed Judge Gould.
There have been two notable events
in the railroad world the past week,
in both of which ]. ]. Hill, the pres
ident of the Great Northern, has occu.
pied the center of the stage. The first
was the letter he sent to Governor
Johnson discussing the general rail-
road situation in the country. claim
ing that the business of the country
had so far outstripped the railroad
facilities that it would require years
of work and an enormous expenditure
of money to enable the railroads to
meet the demand for business. Every
prominent railroad man in the country
has wired for a copy of the letter and
several thousand have been printed
to supply the demand. The other nota-
BILE event was an address this remark
able railroad builder made before the
Northwestern Lumbermen's associa
ton at Minneapolis. He gave them
much food for thought and no doubt
enunciated many telling business
/ truths. | quote merely few sen
\ fences to show the trend of his argl
ment, which he fortifies very strongly
[ with facts 1t is human nature foi
men to assume that some one else Is
doing better in the same line of worl
than they are themselves. This i.
not always true, but when 1t seems
true it perhaps answers every pur
pose As illustrating this point
quote this sentence from Mr. Hill:
Hills Talk to Lumbermen.
Now. you gentlemen from Iowa:
office Of the railway commission o
Minnesota They wanted us to re
duce the rate on grain. | said woul
you be satisfied to have us put tn
rate on grain as low as it is fror
Western Iowa to Chicago? Why, We:
they would: it would be all right
we would give them the Iowa tariff
We looked II up and found that on
rate was about % TO 80 per cent lowe
than it was from Western Iowa I
Chicago I think that holds good II
day" The need of money was a
important point ne made On thi
point he said:
Money for months and months I
New York has been over or c
as high as 80 per cent on securitfe
that could have been sold ont in a
hour Some of the railways hay
tried selling their bonds in Europe.
think they pave fished in that pom
~ n Hct
have a. raise That money and whe
yon stop to think the money necessar
to furnish the relief within the cor
ing five years rs twice as much as a
the circulating medium in the Unite
States this is colossal and enoruot
or the business will have to suffer u
til it is. And ask you not to tai
1t up as an advocate. but simply in
spirit of fairness and Justice"
This brought him to allude to II
suit Instituted by Attorney Gener
Young to- forbid the Great Northel
from issuing $4,000 600 OF stock
build more tracks and increase equf
ment- On this point ne said:
Stockholders Alarmed.
1--WE undertook to make an expent
: ture of over s6As000.000 next year
additional tracks and this new line
: spoke of, improvements. equipmel
! and so Or amounted in the neighbo
hood OF ss0.000,000 We tried to raj
, $50 ,000,006 from cur shareholders. "
asked them to put their own none
| into their own business and take Il
chances that they would receive
dividend il the company earned
But We are defending a lawsuit toda
| the contention being that they cann
, put their money into their own bus
ness to furnish the facilities that the
, are honestly bound from every stan
, point to furnish Before these que
! tiCns will be settled in this count1
there must be a clearer and better II
: derstanding and better appreciate
on the part of everybody as to VIII
: is best to he done The shareholder
! what do they get? They get the