The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-09
Friday December 9: 1910.
Entered at the Post-Ofice at Virginia. Minn.,
as second class mail matter.
Terms. 50 Per Year. IN Advance

trip to the tall tim Der, and the last
issue of our western Mesaba ex-
change doomed up in regulation
style with front page we'll filled
with Pithy paragraphs.
THE express companies again
call the attention of shoppers of
Christmas packages to the advisa-
bility of shipping early, and of
plainly addressing all consign-
ments. But the day before Xmas
will be the usual day for shipment
this year-the same as it was last
The tonnage tax will be on deck
right along with reapportionment
and county option, at the approach
ing session of the Legislature. The
tonnage tax, however, will not pass
unless certain interests desire its
passage: and if certain interests de.
sire its passage the walls of Jericho
could not stop it.
IN an article on "Duluth's Offer
to Factories" in the News Tribune
of Wednesday we note the rate per
kilowat hour of the Great Northern
Power Co. is given at from 2112 cents
down to s. cents. We dislike to give
it to Duluth on anything, but are
forced to confess we believe they
have mere trifle the best of Vir-
gina in power rates.
THE Duluth delegation in the
coming Legislature seek to learn
! the wants Of their constituency by
addressing communication to the
Duluth city council, the county at
torney and the board of county
commissioners, asking for informa
ton on any special Legislation de-
sired. There is no record of the
State Brewers Association being
favored with copy of the COM
munication; such an act would be
unnecessary, as all that is wanted
is anything for the good OF the
cause, a fact too we'll known to need
recounting.
PRESIDENT TAFT's MESSAGE, of
ficially delivered on Tuesday, was
not as long as the short session of
congress but will require most of
the term for members to properly
digest. 1t covers everything in the
| list, from tariff reform to the north
pole, and shows the president to
have taken decided step forward
in the line OF progressive repub-
licanism-especially as regards his
recommendations for non-partisan
tariff commission to revise "the
serves to remind us that there is
but one more winter between now
and the general election of 1910.
CONGRESS convened in short ses-
sion Monday. Inasmuch as the next
congress will be divided against it
self in such manner that the pass
age of any law for the alienation of
the people as whole will be be-
yond the pale of expectation, it is
up to the present session of re-
publican congress to pass any
measures they may deem necessary
for the party good-which means
measures for the public good, as
we'll. 1t is not anticipated, however,
that the short session of congress
will distinguish itself in any partic-
ular-unless it be in the fearful
farewell due the retirement of Uncle
Joe Cannon at the close
COUNTY AUDITOR HALDEN on
Tuesday finished his work of max
ing the November apportionment
of funds to the various municipali-
ties of the county, and Virginia's
slice of $S4,541 % will place the local
bank book in favorable position
once more. The thousands of dol
lars of permanent improvement ex.
pense in Virginia during the past
season has made the city dads draw
their breath and find out what
their credit was good for at the
bank, but they never fell down in
meeting any pending obligation
nor would have to fall were the OBJ
legations thrice the size, for Vir.
ginia is one of the cleanest towns
from the viewpoint of Indebtedness
to be found on the Minnesota map