Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-01-07
FRIDAY, JANUARY ?, 1910.

Otner omcers, ana e1ther eliminate or provide
tor their expenses.
"It should either abolish passes or establish
limitations.
Visits of members to other fairs should be
regulated.
"a contingent fund should be provided, not
to be exceeded under penalty
GAIL receipts and disbursements should
pass through regular state channels-i. e.. state
auditor and treasurer.
"Subvouchers should be required for all
expenditures in excess of ST."
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People not rushing to become census
enumerators, and it is estimated that there are
still $4,000 places to be filled in the country
The enumerators job pays only fair wages, and
there is nothing especially attractive about it
in these days of general prosperity.
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The "OId Sibley house" in Mendoza, which
was occupied by Gen. Sibley before he to
st. Paul governor, is to be placed in the
hands of the St. Paul chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution. This organization
will put it in good repair and preserve it as
one of the most interesting historical relics in
the state. The house secured thru the
efforts of Archbishop Ireland, and after being
repaired, it will be open to the public.
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The Great Northern claims to have been
defrauded out of thousands of dollars of rail
road fares by the issuing of trip passes to rail-
road contractors. It is alleged that the con-
tractors after obtaining the passes sold them to
employment agencies, who resold them to
labOrers. These frauds are inexcuseable, yet
the railroads themselves are very largely to
Fo~4 h. for oI0a
on account of the lavish manner in which free
passes have been issued in the past
An almost entirely thing has come to
pass in American politics with the introduction
of administration bills" in congress-bills
drawn by members of the presidents cabinet
and backed by the president as party measures
which deserve the support of all the members
of the party This is really more radical pro-
gram than President Roosevelt attempted,
and yet President Taft seems to be able to map
out course for Congress to pursue, and re-
ceive very little hostility i'll doing it.
There has in the past been considerable
more or less unwarranted talk of the money
power in this country, as if that power" could
control the financial and industrial activities of
the country in spite of the operation of natural
causes. At the present time, however, there is
being organized in New York money power"
which will be the real thing. It is the merg-
ing of several New York trust companies by
7. P. Morgan, and it is reliably estimated that
Mr.. Morgan and his associates control the
enormous sum of two and half billions in
cash. They control the great banks, the great
insurance companies and the great industries
like Standard Oil and the Steel Trust. They
fix the rate of interest, call millions of loans
contract or expand credits, dictate the terms of
every large financial undertaking, embarrass
government finance and cause panic. Moth
ing stands between these men and the of
this vast power. It is too much to be entrust-
ed to mere mortas.
Our ST. Paul correspondent this week gives
an interesting description of the work which is
state along the line of agricultural education.
This is great field, and if the high school
course in agriculture can be made of real bene-
f1t it will help much in extending turnout the
state more thoro knowledge of our most i'm
portant industry. Where something better
cannot be obtained, we most pleased to see
the high schools make success of this course.
While all are agreed that agricultural