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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17

War, is bad enough, but when we
read in the newspapers and reviews
thatsthe fear of war is not only i'm
poverishing the governments of the
old world.bu is gradually adding
seriously to the burden Of the debt
in this country, it raises the suspi-
cion that modern civilization has a
good deal TOT accomplish yet before
the millennium will BE- due. Nc
Clure's Magazine points out that the
dockyards and gun foundries of the
world are working overtime to
launch tenssmillion dollar warships,
and that to maintain this armament
the peace taxesssof the present are
already heavier in the aggregate
than the burden imposed to carry
on any of the great wars of history.
And when we add to this the burden
entailed by alcoholism, for instance,
it is cause for wonder that there is
any chance for prosperity in any
country.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17

Marie Corelli, the gifted English
novelist, has been making observa-
tons in this country and has found
out to her own satisfaction, at least,
that it. is not President Taft but Mrs.
Taft who really rules this country,
and argues that to do this is great
er woman's triumph than the gain
ing of universal suffrage. Mrs.
Taft was not along when her hus-
band made that Winona speech, and
we don't believe that she should be
charged up with it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17

Minneapolis Journal: With the
formation of the Continental Tele-
phone & Telegraph company, with
$50, 1000, 900 capital and headquarters
in New York, a competitor has come
into the arena to bid with the exist
ing strong telegraph companies for
a share in the business, according to
an announcement made today by
Elder H. Moulton, president of the
Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph
company. Two trunk lines will be
built from coast to coast, with sew
eral cross lines whose branches will
reach all important sections of the
United States, and every independ-
ent telephone in the United States
will be in effect telegraph station.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17

Quite a while ago it was said, ''O1
the making of books there is nc
end," and the progress of time has
not reduced the book making habit
A North Dakota educator, talking
before literary club recently, laid
down the axiom that few books,
we'll chosen and thoughtfully and
leisurely read, make the man = the
woman as well," and then went on
to say that the average reader of
today does nothing but globe trot-
ting through the literary world =
sees a great deal but absorbs little.
This globe trotting in literature is
what chewing gum is compared to
eating, and the lecturer dared to
say that he would rather be freight
train in his literary travels and stop
at even the smallest stations than
be a Twentieth Century Limited.
The great Bacon said that reading
makes full man, but those readers
who fill themselves with the sawdust
of the popular novels of today are
too often inviting literary dyspepsia
instead of broadening their knowl-
edge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17

The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo-
sis declares that at least 10000 more
beds in hospitals are needed for adj
vanced cases of consumption. Until
these are provided, tuberculosis can
not be wiped out If everybody in
the United States gave S. to provide
hospitals for dangerous consump.
tives, sufficient funds would be pro-
cured to destroy forever the threat
of tuberculosis from this country.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17

An official statement of the grain
harvest of Canada has been issued
by the dominion government. AL
though the total figures are less than
those Of month ago for wheat and
barley, they show that Canada has
reaped an immense harvest. The
wheat crop is put down at 168. 1885,
600 bushels. giving an average of ,,332
bushels an acre, and barley at ST.
100000 bushels, or31 bushels an acre.
The yield of oats is given at 355 ,000,-
600 bushels, OF SO bushels an acre.
The wheat yield for Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta is more than
l49, 100000 bushels. and oats 187,-
100000 bushels.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17
BY JAMES AIKEN
WEDNESDAY,. NOV. II, 1909.


In spite of big crops, the wheat is
not coming in as fast as usual and
the market manipulators are declar-
ing that the farmers are holding
their wheat. We are glad that the
farmers are able to hold on to their
wheat long enough to realize some
of the profits that have usually gone
to the wheat gamblers who know
nothing of the labor that goes into
the production of every bushel OF
wheat the farmer has to sell.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17

The Waverly Tribune says Keep
advertising and advertising will keep
you," whereupon another newspaper
guy adds with enthusiasm, And a
good bunch of advertisers does a
wonderful lot toward keeping US. ;"
1t looks that way with most of US.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17
LOW EXCURSION RATES.

Tickets on sale Dec 6, s, 10, Is
and Is; return limit December 20.
For full particulars apply to any
ticket agent Of The North Western
Line. 1863
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17
SCOTS Emulsion

is a wonderful food-medi-
cine for all ages of man
kind. 1t will make the
delicate, sickly baby strong
and well-will give the
pale, anemic girl rosy
cheeks and rich, red blood.
1t will put flesh on the
bones of the tired, over
worked, thin man, and
will keep the aged man
or woman in condition to
resist colds or pneumonia
in the winter.
NOR SAFE nv AIT. DRuoaTsTs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-17

Send loc, name Of. paper and this ad. for our
beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch Book
Each bank contains Good Luck Penny.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl St. New York
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
WHERE MILLIONS ARE LOST.
Americas ExtravnEance as Shown
in the Case of Highways.

kron tne Outo1k-
The Office OF public roads under the
direction Of Mr.. Logan Waller Page. has
assembled some significant facts. Only
about 5000 c. the 2I0.0O0 miles OF
roads in tie United States have been IN
any degree improved. Almost Sc per cent
OF our public roads may be said 10 be in
a state OF nature This statement IN IL
self Is not necessarily startling. A man.
even a Congressman. might make the ia
comic reioinder, We'll, what OF it9~ Just
this-if our public highways were SIS god
as those Of France the gain to American
producers would exceed a quarter Of q
billion dollars annually.
The average cost Of hauling produce in
this country is . cents a mile per ton.
In France il is l. cents a mile Per ton.
Were our roads, then, equal 10 those OF
France, there would be gain to our far
7aers Of 12 cents q mile per ton Daring
the crop year 1885 our more important
farm products, which were hauled from
the places where they originated 10 ship
ping points, weighed n the aggregate
S.. fST million pounds. The average length
Of haul Of farm products in the United
States is 81 miles. Hence. a saving OF
l3 cents a mile per ton would have
meant 10 our farmers a gain Of SIS 81. 600
or their more important crops during. the
single crop year 1866 According 70
the freight figures OF the Interstate Com
uerce Commission about 80 million tons
are now annually hauled 20 points OF
shipment Were out roads equal to those
o. France tie annual gain in hauling.
based on these figures, would be SSl5, ,e0o,-
COO
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
NAVY YARD REORGANIZATION
Need of n Firm Hand In the Navy
Department.

1
II II viii but center the attention OF
the new Secretary OF the Navy upon
the need Of naval reorganization OF a
radical and thOrOUgh-goinE kind. we
shall be inclined 10 thank the nine line
officers at the League Island navy yard
for their pamphlet criticisms Of the re-
/ cent changes in navy-yard administration.
They are not, It now appears. to face
courts-martiaI for the peculiar method
which they took 70 air their views-a
method not however. altogether unheard-
OF in naval annals, for similar actions In
/ the past have brought about important
naval changes But the need Of the hour
is a complete overhauling Of our naval
manufacturing methods that millions may
be saved and the efficiency Of the feet
at the same time increased. We care not
who gives the impetus. or how II comes.
so long as Mr. Meyer can be made 10
realize the needs Of the service and the
magnificent opportunities for administra-
tive distinction which lie before HIM Mr.
Taft, It IS said. has impressed each and
every member Of the Cabinet with MS
desire 20 make HIS government famous
for its efficiency and its economy. But no
other departmental head has such plain
sailing before him as Mr. Meyer-if he
will but steer by the proper charts.
Since Mr. Newberry. despite his brief
term Of Office. was fully aware Of the
reforms needed, and had grappled with
those relating 70 the navy yards with
marked success, many naval officers were
disappointed that he was not retained By
Dir. Taft. and with him the Assistant
Secretary, Air. Satterlee. They argued.
plausibly enough that the incoming Of
ficials. however skilled IN administration
would naturally need some tine 20 be-
come familiar with their duties and able
10 understand the innumerabie currents
and crOss-currentS in the Navy Depart
ment which have stranded and rendered
helpless more than one civilian head or
the feet But since Mr.. Meyer was one
of the two members Of Mr.. Roosevelts s
Cabinet reappOinted by AIr. Taft. these
officers felt that the President must have
specially chosen Mr.. Meyer for the really
Augean task Of cleaning up the Navy De-
partment, recognizing the navy yards.
and then making the staff lion and the
line lamb lie down together in peace and
harmony Hence they. too. VIII not re-
gret the offending OF the nine officers at
Philadelphia. If II should compel the Sec
retary 10 make plain his Endorsement OF
the NeWberry reforms
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
A Noted COIOrsd Educator.

The death Of Prof William H CounoiH.
at his home in Huntsville, Ala, marks
the passing OF one Of the most prominent
eoIored educators IN the South. and closes
the career OF the most universally popu-
lar eolored citizen Of note in the Southern
States
Prof. CounciiI was a native Of North
Carolina-born a slave in 1875 He edu-
Gated himself at Stevenson, Ala, near
his adopted home. which became in after
years the scene OF his future usefulness
to his race After a brief political career
in Alabama. during the reconstruction
period, Council became a teacher and
established the Agricultural and Ne
chanical College for the Colored People
IN Alabama and the South. IN 1875 he
became its president and remained at its
head until his death few days ago.
Prof Council was well known in Wash
ington and throughout the States. He
often came TO the Capital in the interest
Of national aid for the Alabama schools.
Gen Joe Wheeler. [. S. A, once said:
Il regard Prof. Council the best coIored
educator IN the South. and the first Of the
eolored race in the United States"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
A Hopeless Undertaking.

We are not intimately acquainted with
Rollo. No Indeed, We are not sure that
we ever heard of RoHo until recently a
little story concerning some Of the doines
Of its city council fell beneath our eye.
and now We are wondering what manner
Of reformers they produce around and
about that burg that they have grown so
impossibly foolish.
RoHO's governmental organization has
decreed and ordained. after numerous
and lengthy whereases. whyfores. and
sforesaids. that the young men of the
city must not firt with the young ladies'
Of the seminary conveniently situated
near by, on pain Of the eity's dire dis
pleasure fashioned into nothing less than
Jail sentences for the offending parties.
This, saith his honor the mayor. TO the
approving wagging Of associate bigwigs.
is TO be rigidly enforced, without fear or
favor. sans discrimination. and right
Low.
Wei, We shall see. Perhaps Missouri
ans OF Rollo persuasion viii be able 10
show Us something new under the sun.
We await further statements. and in the
meantime refrain from either affirming
or denying finally. Past history Of which
We have any knowledge. gives. no encour-
agement TO those who are inclined 10
wish success 10 this movement There
may have been tine in this world
when seminary girls were not hirted
with. the said girls being at all willing
10 be iirty. but Of it we have no infor-
nation Of specific quality or even tradi-
ticnal authenticity. Where there has
been a viii there has always been, We
think, a way TO llrt-and. generally. it
has not been a way exceedingly narrow
or hard 10 find
And now-at this season Of the year.
Oh. misguided city council Of Rollo.
Mo- What a hopeless undertaking you
have embarked upon- In the spring a
young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts Of love. and. incidentally and
naturally. to seminary girls. and CON-
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
Building Dangers n Washington

Faulty building regulations. or failure
to enforce adequate building regulations.
and a seeming Official apathy regarding
the same are creating conditions in Wash
ington that constitute q menace and dis
grace.
Structures are going up in this city
which are unsafe beyond question-ill-
devised and dangerously designed build
ings. Constructed OF unseasoned timbers
and thrown together in an unworkman-
Ike manner. and which. when completed.
win daily imperil the lives Of occupants
Small apartment houses that would not
be tolerated In the tenement districts Of
larger cities are readily permitted. There
IS no pretense Of making them freproof
they are not required to be so unless
over four stories in height-and yet they
are to house numbers Of families.
When official attention is called 10 this
deplorable and dangerous state of affairs
the answer promptly comes: 'It cannot
be prevented; there is no law against
It." Why cannot it be prevented? Why
is there no law? We have been hearing
for months and months that new and
better regulations were being framed and
We know that a number Of citizens. alert
TO the danger and disgrace Of the thing.
are giving their efforts freely 10 the work
Of framing better regulations. Meanwhile.
however, the number Of such m-construct-
ed buildings which are unsightly. as
well as unsafe. and which would be con-
demned by a well-regulated community.
is increasing all the time
The most outspoken critics Of this con-
dition are the builders OF established rep
utation- They are not engaged in any
such construction, but, on the contrary,
are earnestly cIamoring for stringent reg
ulation that viii stop It altogether.
We hope that Mai Judson. our nev
Engineer Commissioner. whose ability 10
deal with such a situation is widely reoog-
nized. will take up this problem at once
take it Up vigorously, determinediy-re-
lentlessly and arbitrarily II necessarv-
and solve It When he does this the
community VIII rise up and eau him
blessed
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
Trnde schooI. for ChiIdren.

From the B-ooklyn Eagle
Dr. Draper has shown in his public sd-
dresses a keen appreciation Of the need Of
trade schools which should really IT boys
and girls for the work Of earning their
nvings. He is one of the few educators
Of distinction who believe in making trade
training Of equal Importance with book
teaching. That would mean a real adap-
tation OF the public schools 70 the needs
Of the children who attend them. At
present those schools are part of q pro-
crustesn system which has the college
az the top as the goal OF every student
That Is eminently right for the minority
who can or viii go 10 college bUt it is
a cruel injustice to the great majority
who must leave school in their teens TO
force their teachings along rhe lines OF
the needs OF the college minority
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
An Incentive TO Economy.

Fru- ths Sew Tork Mail
There is. however. something Just be-
low the horizon which does make pow
erfuIly for economy and in effect Mr.
A'6rich admits its influence. That is the
possibility OF the enactment OF either an
income or inheritance tax OF a tax on
corporation earnings II the tariff act
does not wipe out our deficits. saws the
Rhode Island Senator, 1T would then be
the imperative duty OF Congress to re-
duce expenditures and make them con
form TO actual revenue conditions. and
not TO impose new and onerous taxes"
There must be merit In the income tax,
II the very invocation OF its name serves
10 make economy popular The peculiar
virtue OF this tax IS that II makes a null
ttude Of citizens conscious OF what IS
being done 10 them at Washington. and
renders them. what no one IS now. in
terested critics Of expenditure and IN
sparring censOrs Of extravsgancs-
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
Playing with the Income Tax.

The assumption that President Tar.
and Senator Aldrich were in disagree
ment respecting the imposition Of an in
come tax has been promptly dispeIled BIZ
an apparently inspired statement appesr-
ing simultaneously in several journals. 10
the effect that the President. though
somewhat dubious as 10 the revenue
producing qualities Of the Aldrich bill. is
willing 10 accept the Senator's judgment
on that point. and will interpose 10 OBJ
lection to the Aldrich programme. Mr..
Taft it is affirmed, while not opposed 20
the principle Of an income tax, prefers
an inheritance tax OF tax On cor
porstions OF some sort, both being mora
readily collectible than the income tax
But he is willing to await the trial Of a
tariff bin TO see whether it will Weld
the necessary revenue In case Of fall
ure, there viii be ample tine TO impose
new taxation before the Treasury be
comes seriously embarrassed. AT the
same time the ability Of the various
agencies, administrative and Congress
sional for the reduction OF expenditures.
to effect economies will be tested.
President Taft's attitude toward the in
come tax doubtless spells the end Of the
project for its enactment, during this
session. at least. thus leaving it as a
plaything for the disheveled Democracy.
We think, however. that better test Of
Democratic doctrine would be an attempt
to raise the required revenue by means
OF reduced duties II is daily becoming
more evident that those responsible for
legislation on the Republican side Of
both Senate and House have no inten-
ton Of straying far from the DingIey
duties. There is 10 be no revision down.
ward unless it can be forced by com
bination OF the Democrats with tariff re-
vision Republicans Why would not such
a combination be as good politics as the
advocacy Of an income tax? II revenue
is needed it can be raised in ample vol
ume by the partial application Of the
good old Democratic theory that a tariff
should be levied for revenue only, with
incidental protection. Mr. Aldrich, in
deed. thinks that a superabundant rev.
enue would be thus provided. There is
no real need. therefore, Of an income
tax from either the Republican or the
Democratic positions.
Assuming this to be the situation, the
Democrats are open TO the charge that
they are bringing forward an income
tax largely to conceal their differences
on the tariff. They cannot stick together
for a revenue tariff, nor can they agree
as TO what duties should be reduced, so
they agree TO pefog the tariff issue by
conjuring up an income tax. with its
promise Of changing the incidence Of tax
alton from the poor mans back to the
rich mans. They have raised an en-
tirely new issue-that of direct versus IN
direct taxation, without having gotten
together on any rational programme for
the elimination or the reduction Of the
indirect taxation. Are We not to have
any sQuare-cut fight against the abuses
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
INJUSTICE IN OUR COURTS.
The Case for Reform in Procedure
Strongly Put.
Fr0n coIliers weekIy.

From coHiers Weekly.
Does IT sound sensational 70 declare that
American law, 10 a very large extent
makes for injustice? The facts are as
sensational as the sound The American
Bar Association has admitted It; leading
Judges have admitted It; and President
Taft once framed a pointed amendment
that no judgment. civil or criminal, should
be set aside unless il appeared affirmative
II that the error o1 the complaint had re-
suited in miscarriage Of justice. Ameri-
cans often mourn about lynch law Not
always do they take into account the part
played by the laws delay in encouraging
rough attempts at justice. In England
procedure Is swift and punishment follows
with certainty For seventy-fve years.
in England, Ireland, Scotland. and the
British colonies all over the world there
has not been one case of lynching- We
have recently pointed out that the law
yers succeeded in beating simpIihcation
In Montana In an admirable article in
the Kansas City Bar Monthly for March
Prof. John D. Lawson. OF the UniveT-
sity OF Missouri. recalls the fact tha,
when the Missouri legislature passed a
law simplifying procedure the Supreme
Court Of that Stale upset H. Judge Law
son believes that our civil procedure is
immeasurabiy beh&9d the age, and that in
criminal procedure we have not ad-
va1ced a step since the days Of Queen
Elizabeth. Judge AmidOn. of the Fed
eral bench, has stated that Il a man has
the means 10 keep Up the fight he can.
in majority Of cases. escape punish
rsent fer crime.
As our rules are now, the nsin concern
IS not q search for truth. Lawyers strug-
gle 10 get errors into the record. witnesses
are bullied. and judges are afraid. Those
complicated technicalities which the Eng
lish judges invented long ago 70 protect
the individual from cruelty and opprcs-
sion have been retained and exagger-
ated by US The English threw them
away when the days OF cruelty and op-
preston were at an end. An indictment
in England now states, in perhaps forty
words OF utmost simplicity, that q GER
tain crime was committed BY q certain
person. We I'll pages Of foOlscap with
most ridiculous language, and then up
/ set convictions If some one OF the IN
necessary words can De strained into q
failure 70 observe some minor rule. The
conviction OF a man fCr murder IS upset
because the foreman OF the jury spelled
first 'fust." Another conviction for mur-
der Is upset because the Indictment
charged that the victim died instantly.
instead Of then and there: another. be-
cause breast was spelled without the "a
another. because the record failed TO state
the fact that the prisoner was present al
MS OwR trial, although the court could
readily have determined that he was.
These things truly sound incredible We
need a Jeremy Bentham 20 goad Us into
making legal justice a reality We need
a novelist 70 do what Dickens did in
Bleak House or what Goldsmith did
IN a Citizen OF the World We need
a John Wesley 70 point out that our at
tempts at justice would have brought
discTedit on any court OF centuries ago
in Greece OF Rome
The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
Their Interests Coincide.

From tia Boston TransTipt-
The Democratic Senator's have decided
not 20 obstruct by unnecessary talk or
fiibustering the passage OF the tariff bin.
This decision is wise from every point
Of view. including. among the points OF
view the division Of the Democratic party
on the tariff question. It is not easy for
the Democratic Senators TO get together
in opposition 20 the proposed legislation.
so many OF their constituents want just
enough protection TO help them in their
business The Southern marble interests.
not so very long ago. urged a Senator
from thar section 10 work for an increase
Of protection on their products. he told
them that the present schedule was made
n Vermont and that what satisfied Yer
mont should be sufficient for Tennessee
ana Georgia