The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

"Adte'C1 OeluR StIlCtIy pIOn1OlleO
by the city council. At this date, it
looks as though Virginia might
have "sane" Fourth this year.
BOB DUNN, in the Princeton
Union, AYERS it as his idea that
the thirty-seventh Minnesota legis.
lature was freer from graft than
any Legislative session ever held in
the state. And as Bob Dunn was
member of the thirty.seventh his
contention will be taken by the
people of the state at it's true worth.
CONGRESSMAN MILLER fathers
measure for an appropriation of
$4,000 for post.oftice building at
Two Harbors. From the h istory of
the appropriation of $4,000 for
federal building at this point, made
way back in the days of Ex-
Congressman Bede, these appro-
priatlons for federal buildings do
no particular harm, but tend to
have pacifylng influence on the
people of a community along about
election time.
THE city of Eveleth would pass
an ordinance against the running
at large of COWS within the cor
porate limits OF the city. Evident
ly Eveleth would become citifed.
Virginia had a warm fight on the
same proposition some years ago,
in which it will be remembered
that Cowslip Bill and the bovine
pests lost out, as an indirect result
of which the Enterprise was sued
for $4,000 for libel, the case being
dismissed before trial after a lapse
of some fifteen months.
FOREST fires already commence
to threaten the north country, and
unless rains come shortly repeti-
ton OF the disasters of the past tw o
or three years may be looked for
ward to. Slight showers on Sun
day temporarily relieved the situa.
ton at many range points and in
the territory to the north, but a
more strict compliance with the
brush burning law on the part of
those who cut timber would do
much toward giving permanent
safety to many communities.
AT the last annual meeting of the
steel corporation a committee of
tive was appointed to look into the
truth of certain statements by an
eastern magazine portraying con.
ditions in one of the steel trust
mills at Pittsburg, with the evident
intention of calling for correction
OF the article if found to be exag-
Serated. There is no need of muck
raking to obtain data of labor con-
ditions that justify a probe, and it
is likely after the committee ex-
anime into conditions "a portrayed
the incident will be considered
closed without further mention.
The range press seemingly fears
labor troubles as the result of the
prospective visit to this section of
Haywood, Mahoney and others con-
nected with the Western Federation.
We believe, however, the laborinp
class got sufficient fill of "strike"
in 1907, when they went out on
1925 per day and returned at $1.7O,
working ever since at lesser wage
scale than was in vogue prior to
their "going out" Such lessons are
hard once, but we believe the effect
is lasting and that labor will refuse
to be buncoed again in the attempt
of labor leaders to line their own
pockets at the expense of the work
ing class.
SOME interesting history is going
to be made in politics within the
next eighteen months, and it looks
as though Senator LaFollette, of
Wisconsin, with the backing of such
men as Rudolph Spreckles of San
Francisco the man who backed
Heney, of Clifford Pinchot, the man
who stood sponsor for the total
eclipse of Ballinger, and of Senator
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., the million
aire exponent of popular govern
ment, would have a prominent
place in the history of the era.
The candidacy of Senator LaF Toilette
tor president has already reached a
stage where it is causing "the in.
terests" much worry, and is destin.
ed to give them many more sleep
less nights between now and the
next preeidentia election.