Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 24, 1897, Page 4

Published Every Saturday. pane SS aS By E. . KILEY.” WO DOTLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Six Months..,...$1.00 | Three Months........ 50 Entered in the postoMte at Grand Rapids Minnesota, ax secoud-class matter. ————— BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. ‘The new tariff bill does not contain any provision for asugar bounty, and those who hoped that encouragement would be given in this way to the de- velopment of the sugar beet industry in this country are disappointed. Still, the protective daties of the measure should be sufficient to make the industry profitable and to cause it to grow rapidly. Since 1890 the capital invested in the beet sugar industry in the West- ern states has increased from $350,- 000 to $6,500,000. Much of the capi- tal was invested when the bounty was provided for. In thesame time the area of land planted to sugar beets has increased from 2100 to 36,000 acres. According to Robert P. Porter, there are today over 3000 families in the West that get their living by grow- ing beets, by working in sugar fac- tories and in other employment con- nected with the beet sugar industry. Sugar factories are being projected in a number of states. It is said that $3,000,000 wil! be invested in facto- ries in California within the next year, while several millions more will go into sugar beet plants in Colorado and the territories. A French syndi- cate is reported to bave been formed that will construct factories in Cali- fornia, New Mexico and Texas. An- other syndicate of American capital- ists has been formed to build three of the largest beet sugar factories ip the world in the Arkansas valley, Color- Utah is to have another large factory and Nebraska will have 2n ad- ditional one constructed in time to handle next year’s crop. It is also likely that one or two factories will be built in Minnesota.—Duluth Her- ald. ado. VICTORY. IT WAS A FAMOL The wires carried the intermitting currents that tickel off the message from Washington on Saturday that the senate conference had surren- dered their sugar schedule to that of the house, and patriotic claquers im- mediat houted that “it was a famous victory.’ Had the house con- ferees yielded they would have as readily proclaimed the same. For some days enthusiastic admirers of the latest “Man from Maine” have pictured him, his towering form and masterful presence behind the mem- bers of the conference from the house, bidding them stand firm and stick for the house rate on sugar, even if congress had to sit and be broiled by the summer’s scorching heat through all the dog d yet to come. And the same wires that brought the news of the great victory also informed us of the shower of telegrams congratu- latory that poured in upon the Man from Maine upon his triumph over the evil spirit of the sugar trust that possesses the senate as its own habit- ation. And what is this “famous victory?” Over whom is it won and who are the conquered that tramp behind the chariot in which the conquering hero rides? When the Dingley bill went over to the senate it contained a pro- vision that raw sugar, testing 75 de- grees, should pay a tax of one cent a pound. Sugar that tested 100 degrees is our common refined, or granulated sugar, the only sugar now universal- ly used on the table. For each de- gree or fraction of a degree between these two points an additional 3-100 of acent was to be added to each pound, so that the tax, when the 100- degree, or refined limit was reached, would be 1.875 cents a pound. The trust, we are told, made no stiff fight in the house, but reserved its efforts for the senate. There the committee on finance reported back a mysterious jumble of ad valorem and specific rates, which its agent, Senator Alli- son, undertook to explain, with the further mistification of everybody as its only effect. The senate, under the mollifying influence of Seuator Spoon- er, compromised the matter by mak- ing the taxon 100-degree sugar 1.95 cents a pound. The difference for which the house conferees contended, for which speaker Reed backed them, for winning which he is showered with congratulations and sees the pre- sidency rising to welcome him in 1900, is precisely seventy-five one-thous- andths of a cent a pound. It was indeed a famous victory, All the question was how much shall the trust have? How much shal] it be permitted to take from sugar con- sumers above the amountof tax that went into the treasury? How much shall be taken and given it to keepits stock at 137 and permit it to divide annual dividends of 12 per cent with an accumulating surplus? The house said a differential of one-eighth was enough; the senate said one of one- fifth was essential to preserve the in- fant industry from starvation. And over this question, whether the pub- lic should be held-up for one-eighth or one-fifth of a cent for the trust, the house and senate stood while all the trembling industries of the country shook as if afflicted with a shaking palsy. And the house triumphed, and the trust must endeavor to wrig- gle along with .075 of a cent less loot than the senate promised it. It was surely a famous victory over the con- centration of masterful greed, worthy to be embalmed in sovg along with Sheridan’s ride and Jackson’s cotton bags, and Old Glory. And what does it mean to the great public who use annually an average of some sixty-five pounds of sugar for each person composing it? It means that for each pound they must pay a tax of 1.875 cents, part of which goes into the treasury and part into the trust’s profits. It means that the ar- tizan, the day laborer, pays, in pro- portion to his family’s consumption of sugar, exactly as much as the wealthiest man in the land pays for the support of the federal govern- ment. It means that the homeless and landless man thus pays a federal tax, while the largest landholder in the country pays nothing from all his wealth towards that support. It means that a famous yictury was won in a taxing policy that takesa mixed tribute and bonus from all on what they eat and wear, the coal that warms them, the material of the building that shelters them, the glass that lets sunlight into it, while not a foot of land nor any structure on it nor the property in it pays a penny of federal tax. No wonder An- drew Carnegie said that so many mil- lionaires were possible in the United States because a majority of their voters were economic fouls; no won- der that a r¢presentative of little Costa Rica should tell us that this country “in some respects is still a baby.” And yet, “it was a famous victory.”—St. Paul Globe. In the meantime, what of Cuba? The gold discover! n Alaska are awakening the old California fever of 49. And it’s a doubtful case at that. The Hinckley Enterprise very sage- ly remarks thata man cannot farm with any degree of su s without a wife and cow. Many of the new farm- ers in Itasca county should ponder over the remark. If the Herald-Review mistakes not, Itasca county will be very much in evidence at the Minnesota state fair. And when this banana belt shies her castor into the ring other sections may as well stand from under. For some days the mill men down at Cloquet put in their time on hastily constructed rafts owing to the high water in St. Louisriver. Added to this state of affairs the Pine Knot sends up a roar about the streets be- ing converted into stuckyards. Ver- ily, troubles come not singly! West Superior is getting more than her share. The city no more than re- covers its equilibrium from the jig into which it was thrown by the el- ection of “Old Starkey” than it again is on the qui vive by the immi- gration into that city of the concert hall dancers who have been ejected from Duluth. Ring the bells geatly, there’s crape on the door. Mark Hanna, the great poobah of the Republican party, must effect a compromise between the mine operators and miners or be offered as a political sacrifice to the gods. We hope he may succeed, not on Mark’s account, but that it will materially assist the laborers in their great, peaceful battle for bread. It takes all the henchmen in Min- nesota to boost Congressman Morris to the eminent position which Chas. A. Towne’s brilliant. statesmanship and ability alone won forhim. If his friends succeed in seating him in Mr. ‘Towne’s most important committees —the height of Mr. Morris’s ambi- tion—itis apparent he will be out of his element and proper environ- ments. About the most decided streak of yellow journalism that has been sprung On an unsuspecting public was that perpetrated by the Minneapolis Tribune Jast Sunday in publishing in fac simile Harry Hayward’s let- ters to his amour while he was in jail awaiting the death penalty. The publication of such grossly indecent matter was certainly the climax of morbidly sensational journalism. The board of pardons of Minnesota in its refusal to grant pardon to the Youngers rendered a decision that cannot help meeting the approval of the great majority of the people of the state. The self-confessed mur- derer should end his days behind pri- son walls, unless there be extenuat- ing circumstances that plead for pardon. ‘fhis state showed itself merciful when it appuinted « board of pardons, : St. Cloud Dally Times, July 12. Correspondence With the President of the United States. ~ The veterans of the Union army de- serve and should receive fair treat- ment and generous recognition.—Mc- Kinley National Republican Plat- form, 1896. COMRADE M’KINLEY TO COMRADE MAC- DONALD. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1, 1897. Mr. Colin F. Macdonald, St. Cloud, Minn. : Srr: You are hereby removed from the office of Receiver of Public Mon- eys at St. Cloud, Minnesota, to take effect upon the appointment and qual- ification of your successor. Respectfully, WitiiamM MCKINLEY. Through the Commissioner of the General Land Office. COMRADE MACDONALD TO COMRADE M’KINLEY. U.S. LAND OFFICE, t Sr. Croup, MInn., July 12, 1897. To the President: Sirand Comrade: I have the hon- or to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Ist inst., notifying me of my removal from the office of Receiv- er of Public Moneys at this place. As all my accounts, before the De- partment at that date, had been ad- justed, found correct and settled, it follows that my official conduct is not the cause for your action. I have been removed, presumptively, for po- litical redsons.. My newspaper sup- ported Bryan and Sewall, Democratic nominees. Individually, I took no part in the campaign. My information is that my removal was requested and urged by Congress- man Morris, of this district. The Republican national platform of 1896 contained this clause: “The veterans of the Union army deserve and should receive fair treat- ment and generous recognition.” At the dedication of tte Gettys- burg monument to the dead of our gallant First Minnesota Regiment, on the 2nd inst., Congressman Morris, as stated by telegrams to our dailies, was introduced as “the only rebel present,” because of the fact that he lived in the South during the war, and was of Southern family. So much for the Union antecedants of my ac- cuser. Now, as tomy own: My father, too aged to bear arms, served as a surgeon of the 2nd Minnesota Cavalry. He has joined the soldier dead. A bro- ther of mine was successively captain, major and lieutenant colonel of the 60th Illinois Infantry, promotions he earned for service on the tield of bat- tle. He served with Sherman before and during the Atlanta campaign, and upon ‘‘the March to the Sea,” and he, too, lies in a soldier’s grave at Savannah, Georgia. I served three years in the 9th Minnesot: Infautry; was one of its color bearers; partici- pated in every march, raid, battle and skirmish in which the regiment was engaged, and never was “‘off duty” a day ia the service. Such is the Union record of our family. In “‘generous recognition’? I have been “removed,” at the request of an ‘‘ex-rebel.” My apology for presuming to ad- dress you isa desire to ackuowledge the ‘‘fair treatment” you haye accord- ed one of “the veterans of the Union army,” and more especially to direct the attention of my comrades to the utter hollowness of the platform de-|. claration quoted. With renewed professions of loyalty and allegiance to the true and real principles of our glorious Grand Army of the Republic, I remain, Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, CoLin F. MACDONALD, Senior Vice Commander, Post 134 G. A. R. Dept. of Minn. Hon. WILLIAM McKINLEy, Washington, I. C. ‘The above correspondence explains itself, Either the President has been deceived by Page Morris, ‘Dan’? Bruckart and “Bro.” Eastman, or the reference to “veterans of the Union army” only refers to those who are with the Republican party. We in- cline to think that deception was practiced. Imitation Emeralds, ‘The Greeks used to strain quartz to so close an imitation of the finest em- erald that it was impossible to tell the difference. There. is nothing spurious in the natural jewels which stud the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad, for the sapphire lakes with their em- erald settings-are actual facts which haveswon the admiration of thous- ands of tourists. The rush to the home of nature was never so general as it has been this summer, and the many resorts along the line of the St. Paul & Duluth have been crowded during the entire season, while the trains between the ‘Twin Cities and Duluth and West Superior have been well filled. 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