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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
The GREAT EXPRESS MONOPOLY

The GREAT EXPRESS MONOPOLY
1, A writer in the March American
Magazine calls public. attention to, a
escaped publicity and which has been
fatteninx IN unheard OF profits wrung
from the people by the exercise Of
usurped privileges. This monopoly is
that controlled Dy the great express
companies, six of whom executed 80
per cent of the country's express bust.
ness MIR. Atwood, the author of the
article. shows that these companies by
agreements between themselves. have
never entered into competition with
each other, and rates, arbitrarily
determined, are never cut. Mr.
Atwood wants to know why the U. s.
Post Office runs at loss and why the
express companies have repeatedly de-
clared enormous dividends to their
stockholders. Speaking of the entire
lack of competition tetween the ex-
press companies Mr.. Atwood writes:
At first thought there would appear
to be competition on one occasion at
least, that IS. when railroad contract
expires. But unfortunately there is
competition only as to which company
will pay the railroads most for the
privilege. Consequently the bigger the
payment the more the public must
charge to enable the express company
to make the large profits to which it
Is accustomed Indeed the public is
better off when there is least explra'
ton of contracts, for the railroads are
demanding more each year from the
express companies. Formerly the rail-
roads did not expect more than 40 per
cent of the gross receipts where the
business was heavy. whereas now IS
and 81 1-2 per cent, are the custom
airy percentages for a choice contract. y
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

Blue Earth County Enterprise: That
the Standard Oil Company has firm
bold on the rights of the people, that
it clutches the throat Of the very gov
eminent itself, is apparent IN some of
the rulings promulgated by the great
transportation lines of the country,
many Of which are in turn owned and
controlled 10y the same trust. A case
m point is the ruling of the railway
company not to deliver a carload of oil
at St. Clair this county, because the
company shipping IT does not have a
permanent storage tank at that place
." D*tn Il D'lvate slOe track. The
{ hnpany Gave storage tanks in plenty
but they hardly come under the head
of permanent in that they are simply
iron barrels in which the farmer takes
the oil from the car and transports it
to his home. The coal companies
operate almost as exclusively, every
effort being made to concentrate the
business OF the country in the hands
of few captains of industry. Such
methods will but hasten the day of
government controlled railroads.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
THE kECALL.HUMANITY'S HOP

THE RECALL-HUM MA NlTY'S HOP E
The recall was the invention of radi.
Cal democracy. 1t was placed in the
statute books by men who feared the
rule Of vice and Of money. aptly says
the St. Paul News;
In Tacoma this instrument is now
grasped by the liquor interest to bring
down a mayor who refuses to permit a
wlde-open town.
In San Diego the recall is invoked to
remove two councilmen OF unques-
toned honesty to punish them for op-
posing 80 year street railway fran
chise favored by the people. . Standing
IN the way of progress is the
charge. Under the proper conception
of democratic institutions the people
have the right to recall their servants
for any cause or for no cause They
are merely the instrumets of public
sentiment. The people made them,
and the people may unmake them.
Rule cy the majority does not
always and necessarily mean good rule.
But it means such rule as the
majority wants.
We tried the rule Of superior virtue
and intellect. 1t failed. We are now
to try the rule of average intelligence
and honesty.
It is the hope of mankind
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

"A Boston journal: In 1896 Mr.. BRYAN
came to B0st IN al to one OF the chief
strongholds of the ''enemy's country. =
He had to contend with the feeling
that his ide2s were not only radical.
but absolutely rninous. Yet the lnsur-
gent policy of which he was then the
most gifted mouth piece has since
found large favor with the American
people and has mustered among its
advocates some Of the ablest men in
both the democratic and the republic
can parties. Standpat democracy would
have nothing to do with him at the
outset and nominated its own candidate
for president; but in 1900 he was nom.
mated by reclamation and after the
temporary reaction of 1904 bis party
turned to him again.
Roosevelt in 1904 made BRYAN nm
necessary. The big stick was pleas.
ing the people. Taft in 1908 won on
an lnsurgent platform that was later
repudlated ana then another popular
display in 1912. Tie insurgency that
made it's appearance with Bryan in
1905, and which has since wrought a
verltable political revolution IN the
land, is the voice of the people declar-
ing against the power of the stand
patters. There have been various forms
OF insurgency; but the spirit is the
same. and it is the spirit that the
people have come to admire and take
courage in.
When Col. Bryan paid his first visit
to Boston he was regarded by the East
IN general as a dangerous agitator.
Now he is welcomed as a leader of a
movement which to large extent has
abolished party lines and done away
with the uitraconservatism which
booked no concessions to liberal idea.
He has not been successful as can
didate for the presidency. but he has
seen the movement which ne did so
much to start become the dominant
force in. American politics..
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT BUL.
LElIN

The fire losses in Minnesota for last
November. december and January and
corresponding months year ago were
as follows:
1909 1910 1911
November 1926. 600 $40, 600 100000
December $40, 600 359, 900 100000
January 100000 100. 600 968. 900
1910 Record of Minnesota department
of Insurance.:
Collected in fees s., 1853 IS
Computed taxes amounting to
1888, 1884, 30 upon the premium receipts
of $50 companies.
Held in trust securities for the
benefit of policy holders in the amount
of 81. 275, 81 977.
Statements examined and certificates
of authority issued to 525 companies.
Licenses issued to 81, 600 agents.
One hundred accident and health
policy forms approved.
Five hundred life insurance policy
forms approved.
Thirty companies examined.
Valuations made OF So, 600 life in.
surance policies.
l2, 900 bulletins published
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
AFTER TWO DAYS OF DEBATE
Initiative and Referendum Bill Passes
Minnesota House.

Initiative and Referendum Bill Passes
Minnesota House.
An initiative and referendum bill,
with percentages of 20 and 10, was
passed by the state house of represent
tatives. The vote was GO to 50. This
action followed two days of debate and
the taking OF ten or twelve roll calls.
E. J. Fuchs house bill permitting
street railway companies to make con-
tracts to carry policemen and firemen
free when in full uniform and while
on duty was passed by the senate.
The house temperance committee
killed the S o'clock lid bill by J. N.
Johnson and the 10 o'clock lid bill Of
J. F. Lee by close votes.
r. c. Dunn's two good roads bills
were repassed by the house after con-
curing in the senate amendments and
now go to Governor Eberhart for his
signature.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
MEXICANS ARE GRATiFlEO
limantour and De Ia 8arra Pleased
With Washington News.

limantour and De la 8arra Pleased
With Washington News.
New York, March 1.-THE Mexican
ambassador here and the Mexican
minister Of finance received assurance
from Washington which convinced
them that there is sincere co-opera-
ton between the administration of
President Taft and that of President
Diaz. The edge of apprehension was
appreciably blunted by two important
pieces of news
First In Importance was a long tele-
gram to Ambassador de la Barra from
the state department at Washington
announcing that the United States
warships assigned to patrol duty on
the Pacific and Gulf coasts of Mexico
had been ordered to call at Mexican
ports only for coal and then to with
draw promptly
The second development was the
publication here of an interview with
Jacob NJ. Dickinson. the secretary Of
war;
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
SHE SNUBBED MONROE.
incident In the Later Life of Mrs,
Alexander Hamilton.

incident In the Later Life of Mrs,
Alexander Hamilton.
A striking incident in the later life
Of Mrs Alexander Hamilton. who sur
vived her husband fifty years, is told
In the words OF al eyewitness in Al
Ian McLane Hamilton's Eliminate Life
Of Alexander Hamilton.'
Mrs. Hamilton could never forget the
behavior of Monroe when be, with
Muhlenberg and Venables, accused
Hamilton Of financial irregularities at
the time of the Reynolds incident.
Many years afterward when they were
both aged people Monroe visited her,
and an interview occurred which was
witnessed by nephew, who was then
a lad of fifteen Il had" he says.
''been sent to call upon my Aunt Ham
ilton one afternoon. I found her in
her garden and was there with her
talking when a maidservant came
from the house with card. It was
the card of James Monroe. She read
the name and stood holding the card.
AAuNA FOl I'LL OCu. LIZA FOlCC SdAh, anu
she spoke very low as she always did
when she was angry. What has that
man come to see me for? escaped
from her. Why, Aunt Hamilton said
I, don't you know it's Mr.. Monroe.
and he's been president, and he is WIS.,
iting here now in the neighborhood
and has been very much made Of and
invited everywhere, and sol suppose
he has come to call and pay his re-
spects to you?' After a moments hes
itation I will see him., she said.
"The maid went back to the house
My aunt followed. walking rapidly,
after her As she entered the parlor
Monroe rose. She stood in the middle
of the room facing him. She did not
ask him to sit down. He bowed and.
addressing her formally, made her
rather a set speech-that it was many
years since they had met that the
lapse Of time brought its softening in
fuences. that they both were nearing
the grave. when past differences could
be forgiven and forgotten-in short,
from his point Of view very nice,
conciliatoiy we'll turned little speech.
She answered. still standing and look
ing at him: Mr.. Monroe, if you have
come to tell me that you repent. that
you are sorry. very sorry, for the mis-
representations and the ISLANDERS and
the stories you circulated against my
dear husband-if you have come to say
this, I understand it. But otherwise
no lapse of time, no nearness to the
grave. makes any difference She
stopped speaking. Monroe turned, took
up his hat and loft the ROOM"
In this connection it may be said
that the oft repeated story of the
meeting Of Mr~. Hamilton and Aaron
Burr many years later on an Albany
steamboat is fiction, but it was prob
ably suggested by the Monroe incident
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
Hanoed For Stealing Golf Balls.

Some sharp punishment has lately
been melted out to men convicted Of
golf ball stealing. and one boy was
sentenced to six strokes with the
birch. The offenders. however. may
congratulate themselves that they live
in a merciful age.
In 1887 at an assize in Banff i lad
of the town, having confessed to steal
ing a few trides, including some golf
balls, was actually hanged for the Of
fense The Indictment ran that he
was zane lewd liver and boy of ane
evil lyiff, and conversation. and ane
daylie remainer fro the kirk in tyne
of dyvyne worschip." The humane
judges 'ordanit the said Francis to be
presentlie tackit and cariet to the Gal
lows hill of this burgh and hangit Oh
the gallows thereof to the DEATH
London Graphic.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
COMPLETELY DESTROY SAFE
Three Yeggnen Loot Postotfsce at
South st. Paul. -.

Completely wreeking the safe Of the
postoffice at South Park, st. Paul
suburb, and demolishing a consid-
cradle share of the A. D. S. Clark
store, in which the station is located,
at South St. Paul, three yeggmen
made clean getaway with more than
$500 in stamps and cash and other
valuables belonging to Mr.. Clark az
gregating another $500. A heavy
charge OF nitroglycerin was used and
was set off with policeman less than
two blocks away, but asleep.
The booty was hastily removed from
the safe, the robbers even taking the
drawers of the safe and throwing
everything into a mail pouch which
they carried as they ran towards St.
Paul. Swiftly sorting out the valu-
ables as they ran the trio discarded
many letters. the drawers and finally
the pouch, thus leaving an unmistak.
able trail for nearly mile.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
federal Tax on Corporations
Declared Legal.
the OPINION IS UNANIMOUS
Decision Adds Twenty-Five Millions
Annually to the Revenues Of
the Government.

Washington, March 1.-THE corpo
ration tax provisions Of the Payne
Aldrich tariff act were sustained al
constitutional by the supreme court
of the United States. The court was
unanimous in it's decision Thereby a
source of income of approximately
S25,000,000 annually was assured to
the government.
OF all the objections to the tau
raised by suits in all parts Of the
country none of them was found sui
ficient to nui'ify the law The court
did hold that the tax was not applica-
bic to the real seattle trust of BOs-
ton, which was organized not under
any statute but under the common
law.
The law was held not applicable to
the Minneapolis syndicate, a real es.
tate concern, on the ground that it
was not doing business" within tina
meaning Of the law.
The decision was announced by
Justice Day.
Scope Of impost Defined.
Near the outset of the opinion, as
It appears in printed form, is the
statement that the tax lis imposed not
upon franchises of the corporation, ir
respective of their use in business, nor
upon the property Of the corporations.
but upon the doings Of corporate or in
surance business and with respect to
the carrying on thereof in a sum-
equivalent to l per centum of the en-
tire net income over and above $4,000,
received from all sources during this
year; that is, when imposed in this
manner it is a tax upon the doing of
business with the advantages which
tnhere in the peculiarities Of corporate
or joint stock organization of the char.
acter described. AS the latter organi.
cations share many benefits of corpo-
rate organization, it may be described
generally as a tax upon the doing of
business in corporate capacity
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
IN THE
PAPERS BEST.


The Player published at New York,
in the current issue says: Owners of
circuses have entered into compact to
discontinue billboard advertising.
Speaking for the Circus Owners
association. Edward Arlington said he
did not think any new arrangement
for poster advertising would be made
by the circus owners. I'VE have come
to the conclusion he added THAT
nowadays the newspaper is the
cheapest and the most effective medium
of publicity
Circuses are among the largest
advertisers in the world. and this
testimony of the value'of the Newspaper
as an advertising agency ought to be
conclusive. Newspaper advertising Is
the sure method t. get results and
business
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
"B0OK TRUST" LOSES SUIT

Contract With st. Paul Board Of Edu-
cation Held illegal.
In decision at St. Paul Judge
Kelly of the Ramsey county district
court holds with the St. Paul school
board against the American Book com.
pany, popularity known as the "book
trust" and declares that the geogra-
plies OF that company have been prop.
erly excluded from the schools.
The decision is sweeping, denying
the alleged right of the school board
to contract" with the American Book
company or any other book concern
Tor term Of years. It denies the Pc
ution Of the American Book company
for a restraining order and yacates
the order to show cause issued against
the school board.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS
Amount Of Appropriations Of the Re-
cent Congress.

Washington. March 11.--Appropria-
lions at the last session of congress
aggregated $1,O25, 4S9,662, according
to statemel is issued by former Rep
resentatives Tawney of Mime ;ota
and Livingston of Georgia, who were
respectively chairman and ranking
Democrat of the house appropriations
committee in the last congress.
Mr.. Tawney says this is less than
100000 in excess Of the total est
mates of President Taft, On which the
appropriations are based
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

The Initiative and Referendum,
which has been voted on in different
forms in the house OF representatives,
has been voted against in every form
by Representatives Brown and Bouck
of this district. The Pfaender DILL
which passed the house, it is hoped,
will be amended in the senate, so that
the percentages tor the filing of petit
ti"ns Will not be as large as this Dill
carries. 1t requires 20 per cent to
initiate, 1t would seem that with
the high percentages, 1t would become
ipnneratjvA
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
LAWMAKERS WORK SLOWLY

Only Twenty-Five Measures Enacted
and Signed by Governor.
Only twenty-five bills thus far have
been passed by the legislature and
approved by the governor This is the
lowest record for several sessions.
Two years ago at this date there were
seventy-two bills that had been passed
and signed by the governor. That was
about an average record or a little
better.
Tho house had a performance that
greatly amused the spectators in the
gallery, but did not materially adj
vance the legislative grind. After
nearly two hours work the members
had passed one unimportant bill.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
AVALANCHE KILLS Nineteen

Russian Tenement Swept Away While
Occupants Sleep.
Tifis, Transcaucasia. Russia, March
1O,-An avalanche swept down upon
and crushed ,workmen's tenement
near here While the occupants were
still asleep.
Nineteen persons were killed out
right and sixteen others received in
t,:lies that probably will prove fatal.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
TAWNEY HAS GUARDIANSHIP

President Appoints international Wa
terways Commission.
The joint commission to define
and regulate the boundary waters be-
tween the United States and Canada,
1t was announced Informally at the
White House, will be made up of for
mer Representative James Tawney of
Minnesota chairman; former Senator
Thomas A. Carter of Montana and
Frank S. Streeter. Republican national
committeeman from New Hampshire.
The commission is to exist under
treaty of May Is, 1910. The Canadian
members have not yet been named.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
THREE MEN PERISH IN FIRE
Cottage at Ohio Summer Resort 10
Destroyed.

Ravenna, O., March 14.-Three men
persisted in the destruction by fire of
a cottage at Sandy Lake, a summer re-
sort four miles southwest of this city
They are George f. Doughitt of Ra
VIENNA, a LAWYER, fifty years old, owner
Of the cottage; William Vargo, fifty
five years old, also of this city, a car
penter, and Harry Clark. thirty years
old, a laborer of Breakneck Creek, O..
The three men had been making re.
pairs at the cottage Their charred
bodies were found in the fire ruins. It
is thought they were asleep when the
fire broke out
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

Day and Kings Alissoula Sentinel
looks like real newspaper in every
respect. The two make strong COM
bination. both have ability, plenty of
it, push and determination. They will
be potent factors IN the upbuilding of
Montana.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
OFFICIAL WHlPPER ON STAND

Admits Thrashing Training School
Boys With Strap.
Coming all the way from Sea.
brook, Tex, to st. Paul to testify in
the Red Wing boys' training school in.
vestigation F. &. Kenney, at one time
assistant superintendent of the school
and the "of,icial whipper" from 1908
until 4 little more than a year ago,
told the joint legislative committee
how he had helped bare the backs of
boys, place wet towel upon them
and lash them with leather strap.
II punished some over the end of a
bed, some over barrel and one or two
perhaps moreover a box" he said.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
Four Dead in Kentucky Feud

Glasgow, Ky, March 11.-;,aporrs or
4 battle in Halfway. Allen o,iuty, in
which four men are de:iared to hay..
been killed. have reached here. The
shooting Is believed to have been t,a
result OF the assassi nation OF. Woc1
Ayres. in Scottsville, who Was saot
from ambush last Monday.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

II the people of Minnesota don't get
fair ana honest initiative and
referendum bill this time, they will
from the next.-legislature. Minnesota
will not be content to remain behind
her aister states.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

The supreme court If Massachusetts
has decided that owners of registered
automobiles cannot recover for injuries
received in collision with trains even
ii on an unpI detected crossing.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
Two Killed by cavein.

Two are dead as the result Of cave
in at the Elba mine at Gilbert. Hope
that the men might be all rescued
alive was not realized. Captain Jo-
seph Benny was rescued, but William
]. Stone, an Englishman, and Joseph
Bovich, an Austrian, lost their lives.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

-Ballinger Is out and Fisher is in.
The first got things in bally bad shape,
and the second will fish them out. But
the president approves Ballinger's acts
IN very hattering. almost fulsome
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

Sam Walter Foss. who wrote the
famous 'Caif Path noem, died re-
Gently at his Massachusetts home.
The poem told how the calf path
became the crooked and torturOus
city sheet and there was a moral about
the calf path OF the mind. Foss was
a sort of Yankee Will Carleton He
wrote for the average man. and as
the average man is IN the majority,
FOsS had many admirers.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
Legs Cut OF by Street Car.

Losing his footing as he crossed the
street. railway tracks at Minneapolis.
George H: Lauderdale, a prominent
Mill City real estate man, was
struck by a Como-Harriot car. Both
legs were anputated below. the knee
and he received an ;ljury to his head.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
Financial Worries.

Financial Worries.
$50 your debts are bothering your"
YES"
walking the door because you can't
pay 'emr'
mo; because I can't make EN- any
Iarger."
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17

Coleman Dupont. the powder
millionaire has offered to build at his
own expense, splendid highway 1O3
miles long, from end to end OF the
state Of Delaware. That is about as
line gift as could be desired, Some Ut
our Minnesota milionalres could easily
make themselves famous in this way,
and some would only be giving hack
what they got from estate.