The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23


which, through the longest stretch Of the
imagination, could never be credited with
considering the interests of the consumer on
the par with its own. This, the State does.
But this competition is not Of the nature on !.
which objections are based on the part Of
the free output. On the contrary, we may
call it stimulation competition; at any
rate, in SO far as it concerns Minnesota to
whose confines the sales are limited. The
Minnesota goes forth into the grain
fields of the State to demonstrate its ability
and whatever superiority it may be claimed
for it, side by side with the International
or that of its many allied interests. 1t
stands simply on its merits. The prospec-
tive customer is not to be swayed either
through sentimentality, nor the played out
argument that one more Minnesota in
the held means one less from the free oper-
ated factories, etc. "Why,' they ask,
should we give weight to this contention,
which stripped of its verbosity, simply rep
resents the policy of robbing Peter to pay
Paul? In other words: why should l be
influenced with the plea that in my decision
lies whether the earnings of free laborers
are to be maintained at the required level,
when perceive the fat melons being cut in
slices entirely out of proportions, to glad
den the rapacious nav of this colossus!
What's the matter in shaving down bit
those slices and give me chance to enioy
in generous manner that for which 1 toll
and strive?''
Do you stop to consider the vast differ
ences in the relative positions of the various
Universities towards the peoplef They
may be classified into two distinct groups.
Those that cater to the scions of millions
and who merely seek the advantages of
their Curriculum as badge of distinction
and as requisite demanded BY the gilded
circles in which they will eventually take
| their inherited place. Then we have those
that are closer to the builders of the nations
future. Two notable examples are the
Minnesota and Wisconsin universities.
The 'fShort Course for Farmers is an es-
tablished institution in most of the schools
of higher learning of the middle west and
, the northwest Now, the University of
, Minnesota announces Merchants Courses
and next February will see them launched.
The instruction dispensed will embrace
every branch of retail business; lectures
will te given during every hour of the week.
1 ofo
window decoration, credit, cost accounting,
advertising and buying will comprise the
subject matter of the programme. Mime
: sofa in this instance, as in many other no.
, table ones, has taken long step ahead.
Undoubtedly this new departure will be
watched by sister institutions with a great
deal of interest.
Down Texas-way there's chap who is
busily, and from all accounts, successfully
: writing the beginning chapters of an in
r dustry which ten or twelve years hence
i may revolutionize the fibre growing bust
ness of the world. incidentally i, will
serve as further proof of the assertion that
in this God blessed land of ours anything
grown can be reproduced. To be sure
many of us accept this DIcrUM CUM GRA-
u MUM, nevertheless, after witnessing even
y the acclimitization of the dromedary and
the camel; the growing of better pine
lapples than those of the far famed Isle of
Pines and many another exposition of the
possibility of what was once considered
impossible one is inclined to lend willing
ear. To many of my readers it may
= sound fshy that the s'ships of the desert,
= aforesaid have become a habitat of these
!" shores. My friend Helios even told me
" that, outside of the circus and menageries,
the only cames he had seen were-pink
ones! But honest, in Texas long ago the
- experiment bore fruit and we hear nova
days but little about it simply because the
% multiplication of means of overland travel
- took the sap out of the enterprise. The
- growing herds have been scattered, but,
- often the tales of travellers in those soil.
5" tudes interest us as they tell us of strangt
apparitions of these nomadic quadrupeds
g But the chap to whom have called your
:, attention is Prof. Harvey C.. Stiles, al
present of San Marcos, Texas, but formerly
'e of California and a botanist and horticul
- turist of many years standing. Afte
many years of research for specie O
~ fibre plant that could be grown
ne in the extreme southern part of Texa
ch where there is but a minimum o