Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 19, 1900, Page 7

SST | a THE LETTER WAS GENUINE And Contained Facts—A Former Amer jean Settled in Western Canada Flooded with Inquiries. A short time since a letter appeared 4n these columns signed by Mr. W. H. Kinkade of Alameda, Assiniboia, West- ern Canada, which caused that gentle- man to receive a great many inquiries, most of them anxious to know if the letter was genuine. To a large num- ber of the inquiries answers were sent, but it was impossible to reply to all. We take pleasure in submitting to our readers a specimen of replies sent by Mr. Kinkade: “Yes, the letter dated December 22, 1899, supposed to have been written by me, which you saw in your local TS, Was genuine and _ contained I will say of the information ed from the Canadian’ Govern- t Agents prior to coming here, I did not find a single untrue statement. The Canadian Government is honor- and its Agents dare not misrepre- country or they would lose jot There is quite a bit of for homesteading yet, a very lit- close to market, but mainly from to 20 miles from stations. The coun- is a prairie, nearly g, not a rough y any means. Homestead cost $10; on land that has been there is a $5 cancellation fee extra and in some cases an inspec- tic ° of $5 and where the former s made any substantial iprovements there are small amounts for improvements. This is a r place for a poor man unless he ains and muscle and ‘git and * but with these reguisites he can succeed, ‘The population of this part of Assiniaboia has doubled during the pa years. There has been as much f_ e broken the past two years as was already broken previous to 1898. C, P. R. land (odd sections) joining homestead land sells at $3 per acre. Improved quarters within four to five miles of town sell at $1,000 this spring. This is not a Garden of Eden at all, no man need think he can come here and get rich in a short time with- out much labor, but if he will work and be saving he can soon be an in- dependent farmer tilling his own soil and getting good returns for his labor. “We burn coal, which costs us $1.85 per load at the mines, which are 20 miles southwest of us. “People with stock and machinery should come in May so as to have all June to break in. Those who expect to work for wages for the first -year or two should come by the end of July to work through harvest and threshing and then go to the coal fields and work all winter and by spring he could be sady to improve homestead. “A&A quarter section of railway land at $3 per acre. * The interest is all ed up and a man has about $71 y h, and if he breaks at least 10 acres first breaking season his $21 interest for the first year is thrown off and the second fall following pur- chase he has $60 to pay and then $60 to pay for 8 more falls, which makes a total of $611 the quarter costs him, i ing all interest. Paying for a rter of land that w: is like keep- a life insurance policy paid, only it does not take so long to do it. By a man homesteading one quarter and buying another quarter gives him a chance to have a 320-acre farm ail his own and have it paid for in ten years, and after that he is sure of an easy living if he is any good at all. “(Signed) W. H. KINKADE.” A Sana § Affairs. Mrs. Benham—It’s hard on the peo- le of Greenlaud to have nights six mnths long. -pham—¥ of the por drops in to spend the evening. rs Bazar. just thin kof the suf- Japanese Fashi and that the crown prince is coming over to this coun- 1 ‘Dutch treat’ bridal to! t do you mean by that “He's coming alone.’’—Cleveland ain Dealer. Do Your Feet Ache and Barn? Shake into your shoes Allen’s Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREB. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. ¥. An Appropriate Present. Mr. Lash—What Gid you get baby for a birthday present? Mrs. Las I took $4.99 out of the little darling’s bank and bought bin that lovely lamp for the drawing room.—Boston Beacon. Read the Advertisements. You will enjoy this publication much better if you will get into the habit of reading the advertisements; they will help you in the way of getting some excellent bargains. Our advertisers are reliable; they send what they adver- tise. Friendly Advice. Softleigh—Weally, I aw—have a no- tion to—aw—blow me brains out, don- cher know. Miss Cutting—Indeed! Well, in caso you do, I'd advise you not to say any- thing about it afterward, and no one will ever know the difference.—Chica- go News. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price, 75c. No matter how long its period of usefulness, a clock always comes to an un timely end.—Pnhiladelphia Bulletin. 1 do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consumption bas an equal for coughs and colds.—Jouy P BoyeEn, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 15, 1900, It is not until the poet has a sweet heart that he is most inclined to go to meter. ; Wag \ iH Proofs Accumulating That Mc- Kinley’s Administration Is Virtually Pro-English, Even if There Does Not Ex- ist Somewhere the Written Damaging Document. While the Administration Sees Nightmare, People Talk of the Political Situation. While occasional nightmare dis- turbs the McKinley administration, breaking’ the self-complacency with which it would surropnd itself, the is- sues, the shadows of which disturb tne after dinner drcams, are under more end more light of political dis- cussion. The Irish World, current number, has a full page of proofs of the vir- tual alliance now being enforced and carried out between the McKinley and Chamberlain administrations. Some of the proofs are in the actual docu- ments that have been exchanged from time to time, but most is the remark- able uniformity of sentiment expressed by members of the British and Ameri- can cabinets, after dinner speeches of administration representatives, etc., ete. A very strong presentation of the English influence, prevailing, was made by that able and rapidly rising man of the people, Congressman Sul- zer, of New York, whose speech in Congress on the matter, in connection with his efforts to have it made known officially what British fortifications were being erected on the Northwest- ern frontier, was carefully suppressed in press reports. What Congressman Sulzer said is well worth consideration of the American people. In part he said: “Mr. Speaker, this resolution was in- troduced by me in good faith and at the suggestion of patriotic people who have more concern about American rights than they have about British interests. There is a popular demand for the information called for in this resolution and the war department should furnish it to this House, in order that we may be thoroughly in- formed of the extent of Great Britain’s operations on our northern frontier. - +* * “We contend, sir, and the’ facts justi- fy it, that while Great Britain is pre- tending to be our friend and is lulling to sleep the administration, she is se- cretly and stealthily erecting great fortifications all along our northern frontier that can only mean one thing. “These great fortifications are not being erected because of England’s love for America. They are being erected in order ‘to take advantage of us when we least expect it. That is the truth about it. “Great Britain’s fortifications at Puget Sound and along our northern frontier menace our Republic, and on the shortest possible notice she will be in a position to destroy the prop- erty of our people and lay waste our towns and cities. “It seems to me that the Republican administration is being humbugged by the ministry of Great Britain. To- day it appears that Congress can not do anything, and does not do anything, without the consent and the approval of Great Britain. Everything the ad- ministration does is apparently dic- tated from Downing street. England never was and never will be our friend. As Jefferson said, she will never be our friend until we are her master. 4 “The fact that this resolution has been reported adversely, if now sus- tained, will be evidence to the coun- try that Great Britain has more in- fluence here than the American peo- ple. There is a feeling abroad in this Jand, I regret to say, that the admin- istration has absolutely, abjectly, and ignominiously surrendered to Great Britain, and that British interests are now paramount to American rights. “The administration has sacrificed American rights to British interests in Alaska, It has sacrificed American rights to Great Britain in the Hay- Pauncefote treaty regarding the Nica- NIGHTMARE. ragua canal. .Great Britain, it seems, dominates he policy of this weak, wobbling; un-American administra- tion, not only here but elsewhere, and is now seeking to entangle us with her European, African, and Asiatic troubles. “The administration has aided and helped Great Britain in every way in its power to crush and destroy our two brave little sister Republics in South Africa. [Applause on the Dem- ocratic side.] In fact, sir, if it had not been for the undue, collusive, and unfortunate haste of Secretary Hay, after consultation, no doubt, with Lord Pauncefote. and after being told what to do by Downing sireet, regarding mediation in the South African war, there would have been a concert of European powers offering mediation, demanding a cessation of war, and in- sisting on peace with the independ- ence of the two Republic in South Africa. “It is high time, in my judgment, for some one who believes in Ameri- can rights, who believes in American principles, and who believes in and glories in our history of the past to stand up here and tell the truth re- garding the humiliating surrender of American rights to British interests by this pro-English administration.” Said Michael Davitt in a cablegram to the Irish World, recently: “THIS GAME OF USING AMERICA FOR ENGLAND'S PURPOSES IN THE PRESENT WAR IS PLAYED WITH SUCH BAREFACED SHAME- LESSNESS JIN THE FACE OF EU- ROPE AS TO EXCITE ONLY A FEELING OF CONTEMPT FOR THE UNITED STATES.” THE HANNA SUBSIDY BILL. Ostensible Purpose.—To encourage: American shipping and _ stimulate American exports. Rea) Purpose.—To take millions out of the treasury and transfer them to the pockets of the shipping trust, which is largely composed of the Standard Oil crowd. Secondary Purposes.—To subsidize palatial steamers for millionaires go- jing abroad. To stimulate and encour- age pauper immigration and flood the labor market. —Anti-Trust Journal. AMERICAN ANTI-TRUST JOUR- NAL’S “ANTI-TRUSTLETS.” A national debt is a national curse, and only a fool or a knave would argue otherwise. The tin-can people are about to form a trust. Judge Moore, the great trust socialist, is organizing it for them. Three-hundredths of 1 per cent. of our population own twelve billions of dollars. How is that for concentra- tion of wealth? In 1892 the annual interest on the United States bonded debt was about twenty millions; now it is about forty millions. The farmers and mechanics have to make this difference up in actual work. In 1880 there were 5,424 plants en- gaged in manufacturing leather goods in the United States. In 1890 they had decreased to 1,506. At the same ratio of decrease there should be less than 500 in 1900. In 1880 there. were 1,943 concerns manufacturing agricultural imple- ments. In 1890 there were only 910 concerns, and their capital stock had more than doubled. What will they be in 1900? Wait for the census re- turns. More than 12,000 tenants on the Landlords’ Association blacklist in this “City of Homes,’ and about 40,000 pieces of property in Wayne county in the advertised list of tax sales, forced on pene PUD by “Our County’s pros- perity.” ‘ave the flag some —Detroit Justice. ys a It is estimated that the advances in the price of hard coal during the past season enabled the Hard Coal Trust to pocket from $22,000,000 to $25,000,000 extra profits. Talk about taxes. ‘The indirect trust taxes are simply enor- mous. They are none the less taxes although called “advances in price.” 6 Jennings says in his new work, “People and Property”: “On many of our coins may be found the words, ‘In God We Trust.’ Let now some mighty power blot out the second and third words, and you haye the whole story. The Illinois Steel Company is own- ing a tract of shore land valued at nearly half a million, which is unlisted -and untaxed. The eagle eye of the officials, which detects the poor man’s cot wherever hidden, failed to notice this. Such officials ought to be re- tired in disgrace oii, arag In Far Northland Tid-Bits of News for Scanaina- vians. What the 17th of May Means to Nor- wegians. May 17 is the anniye sary of the adoption of the eonstitution ef Nor- Way. This important event, which blished Norwa sovereign stite, took place and was the wo of pu lor NORWAY’'S NATAL DAY. over 400 ye: of Queen Margaret, } el a dependency of Denm submissive one; so much so t al positions of church and st: ut much © wars pro- In the siding ar on Swec the crown y Sweden, better known as B one of Napoleo: rhadotie, famous marshols, a 1inst Sweden. By the y of Kiel Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden c ns ss of volutions nnd they about like The leading men as- vold, and on \ 7 a crown prince Chris- king of Norway. He rhor-gen 1 ef Nor- short time and had attained iderable popula 3 bold act wa sented by the aged King Carl XIII. udotte invaded Nor- an army of 20,000 men a considerable na The were cpposed by an army of the main body being at Moss. ; at Lier and am and > the people th not to be bandied Jed : adopted the electod the D: In two Medskog, ans repulsed a consider- h command, and showed that they were willing and anxious to fight. Almost on the eve of the big battle rince Ber lotte propos tion the constitution of N tingent on a union with the abdication of Ch "1 were advan geous to No way, s right of sovereignty Vv conceded: and terms of peace we corcluded on Aug. 14, just three months after the adoption of the con- S At a meeting of the ster- action of the convention ot confirmed and Ca mally chosen king of an Free ned their dual relation, though out some friction growing out : Norway as a of the larger king- dom. Actual strife has happily, been averted, and the feeling is decidedly more friendly 4 resent time than for many de deal of bloed was i Franee, but the Norwegians are, ne mere deperdencec; SH APPES THR FINN Investigates Finland's Loudon ‘ and Blames Russia Sorr Finland appeal to the civili world which is hardly mere th collection of various official ments touching the government of the couniry. has been translated into Ens lish and published in full in the Lon- don Times. ‘The Times finds there is titution. been stendfastly and un and peaceful, and the ernment. until last y ain reeegnized its peace and prity.; It has promptly and will y contributed its s to the e penses of the Rus: nd to the xchequ nder the with pain s s sudden cha poli¢y should come .that they sho “be robbed of their birthright of s government us a reward for loy and industry. The communication of the Finnish estates to the rv is characterized as a model of moderation and dignified self-respect. The language is brave and outspoken, but respectful. Pos bly the protest will not have any ef- fect for the time being, and will be econtemptuously ignored in St. Peters- burg: but there is a moral worth in it nevertheless, and the estates have done their duty to the Finnish people. n gov again A QU PION OF Sweden and Norway's Difficulties Crop Out at Berlin. A Berlin cablegram to the Chicago Record says: The Ccifficulties that ex ist between Sweden and Norway had rather an unpleasant manifestation during the recent celebration of the erown prince’s majority. The Swed- ish delegation displayed both the Swedish and Norwegian flags, but that. of Norway was the only flag bearing the sign of union with Swe- den. Since last year, however, the legal fiag of Norway has been the so- called “purple emblem,” without the union. The minister of foreign affairs at Stockholm, it is understood, has written the Swedish-Norwegian min- ister at Berlin regarding the matter. Of General Interest. The catch at the Lofoden fisheries this season is said to be the poorest in 100 years. The entire catch is no greater than’ was taken in a single week in 1895. The spring manneuvers of the Nor- wegian army resulted in the mobil tion of 8.000 men near Christiania. Everything was carried out with much success. Both chambers of the Swedish riks- dag. sn joint session, appropriated 853.000 kroner for the national de- fense, of which about half will be ex- pended this year. The Mormons claim 11,146 adher- ents in Europe, of which over one- third, or 4,444,’are in Scandinavia. At present the church,has sixty workers in Sweden. § Liat of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Edward J. Brennan, St. Paul, Minn., track-laying machine; Albert EB. Had- ley, Mount Vernon, and F. Tielebein, Plankinton, §. D., adjustable belt guide; Lauritz H. Jensen, Minneapo- lis, Minn., folding bed; Olaf H. Lund, Kenyon, Minn., wagon jack; Ole A. 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