Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 2, 1902, Page 10

Brat Re Tre GRAND RAPIDS POSTOFFICE HOURS: Office open week days from 8 o'clock a, m. 8:00 p.m McVicar, P. M. Murray TAYLo of the Deer River paper is evidently not very well ac- quainted with United Stat 3 senators. He confounds the lieutenant governor of South ¢ lina with United States tor nn from that state. bear the same name but are distinct individuals. gnoraut. . tw very Murray is i yaper has said and it repeats for THis 7 that the so-called merger fight is nothing but political buncombe. It purpose, into was concocted for no other und after a year’s trial to ge court its author tinds the f as express! lin the “Governor Van to be the verdict Fairmont Sentional: Sant’s anti-merger fight out and becoming the but of ridicule sf every well informed lawyer iu the state Barnum Gazette. ea 7 is fizziing I¥ reports are true there is one for the legislature in this 10 is to be ac- inkness, remarks the Itis W, ¥. Street, He will be a candidate for the senate, it is said, 1 his ptat- n isa unique one. He says he is in favor of the railway and that he is against € Van Sant and . Hill. vere are other the legislature who , but they don’t state frankly and honesdy as candidate f the state ¥ his f Journal T¢ their viev the Little Lind’s ad- vad = commis- did some- ile which farmers ts, h was 2 railr ; they fixed tes for iron ore trans- given up by Before they ut these and ut of office. They mac Minuest ble r rates portation Republican successors had time to fully carry r reforms, th rt nothi and the present comm is the laughing stock of the state.” Sige sews 2kO-WoRSHIP is the burden of an 1 song in the Duluth News T ribune. The Herald-Review has ted with disgust that the News e is addicted to this sort of ind never loses an opportunity a word-image for the people The ws ‘Tribune is in an ag r advanced from what it teaches and preaches. In nese progressive days there is no for idols, and the man who 1s to achieve success in war or > is not. and should not be, on as a demi-god. ge IMPERIALISM IN CANADA. thing to set up to worship. living Ov 1 Canada the issue called Im- perialism is not entirely unknown. Among nearly all but the French- Canadiaus there is a strong feeling that Janada_ would profit — by the pla of the Colonial conference for the promotion of trade. “The Dominion, aS the greatest of all the proving would naturally step at once into the forefront of Britain’s depeudencies, and enjoy a little of the distinction that the riotic Canuck feels is due his fatherland. But, dywn Quebec-way, the im- perial wagon has received a severe jolt. Thanks to evenly-balanced op- posing interests, Montreal and Quebec and Sir Wilfrid Laurier are the ‘dominativg influences in Canadian ‘polities, and the backbone of their strength is tie immense majority of French-Canadians in the province of Quebec. Imperialism to them means not only the solidifying of the in- tiuence of England’s colunies against the beloved ice, bub also the settlement of the barren regions of the Domain, and by men who know not the French tougue.—St. Paul News. LEONARD A, ROSING. Leonard A. Rosing, the Democratic pominee for governor of this state, was born at Malmo, Sweden, in 1862, being now forty years of age.’ When a boy of seven be in company with his parents, came to Minnesota and settled in the county of Goodhue, where he at present resides. Enter- ing the mercantile business at an early age he rapidly forced his way to phe front by the superiority of his abilities and the conscientiousness of | proaching Cz umpaign. their} \ {centrat committee and served in that } the yoter declare his party political’ capacity during the campaigns of'96, 98 and 1900. He was was private secretary to Lind during his governor- ship. His rare ability as an organizer was displayed in the masterly manner in’ which he handled the campaigns of Lind. He understands perfectly the needs and desires of the people of this state and his suprerior executive ability recommends him strongly to the position to which he has been nominated. Personally, Mr. Rosing is of a quiet and retiring disposition and a great lover of home. His residence“ at Cannon Falls, where he is engaged in the wereantile business, is the scene of many pleasant home gatherings when the friends of the candidate gather around the hearth and while away the time with jest anp quip. He has found time in the midst of his active business duties to make a careful study of the political and social conditions of his country. The principles to which he clings with the tenacity characteristic of his countrymen, are founded on the most earnest study and thoughtful con- sideration of existing conditions. He is broad enough to be open to argument, generous enough to admit the good points of his opponents’ platform. His personal feelings enter | as slightly as possible into his public lite, but he is not one to abuse private \ virtue for a political friend of Mr: | Lind’s and all of that gentleman’s in- fluence will be given him in the ap- \ V AMAZING DISCREPANCY. The Democratic congressional cam- | paign committee is having a hard time in ferreting out the prices charged for trust goods at home against those charged the export { trade. Chairman Griggs how- ever, obtained some figures wo show an emazing discrepancy in the | prices charged domestic and foreign | consumers. From five out of 200 ex- | porting firms on the committee’s list the following price quotations bave been obtained: AS has, American Price to Wire nails (keg)....... Wire rope (coil) Lead (10 Lbs). shovels (dozen AX Blocks (alar Lawn mowe' Fruit jars (d Typewriters. . Sewing machine Tin plate (100 Lbs)" The average price to foreigners is about 40 per cent under that to Amer- ican consumers, and it is stated that these quotations to the export trade are geueral and subject to further re- duction in special cases—that is, they are not the quotations given in the special discount sheets of the export- ing firms and ass ions, for a sight of which the committee has offered a reward of $100. The fact that Ameri- cans must pay more for articles of merchandise in common use than Englishmen, Germans and Russians imust pay for the same goods must necessarily prove exceedingly damag- ing vo the protectionists. Every one can appreciate the injustice Ot a measure which, under guise of bene- fiting Americays, robs them at each transaction. Instead of prospering us it favors foreigners. It enables then to buy at rates far below domes- tic quotations, and this outrageous condition is produced and perpetrated by one influence only—an antiquated tariff law which the nation ‘has wholly outgrown, If this was re- moved prices would instantly fall to the world’s leve!, and the protected manufacturers would still make a handsume profit, for the simple reason Uthat they can produce in suc- cessful competition with all the lands of the earth. F' Ss to foreigners show tuis. American people will not much longer put up with a tariff which works so much to the advant- age of the foreigner over themselves, —Duluwa Herald. DIRECT PRIMARY SYSTEM. For some reason not quite apparent, the system of direct primary voting is under general discussion at. this time, nutwithstanding that no im- mediate substantial good can arise from its discussion, and aotwith- standing that its application will not be observed again in any state for many weeks to come. The general trend of the discussion cannot be re- garded as particularly luminous by any person who has studied the system in practical operation. Thus far the system in this state cannot be regarded as a marked suc- cess. It is responsible for the lament- able result of giving A. A. Ames the nomination of his party for mayor af Minneapolis, although it ought to be said that that result is claimed by many to bave been the result of frauds on the system. When Ames jiug almost Without exception, the | themselves predilections—a remedy, by the way, which is as bad as, if not Worse than, the disease to which it was applied. A very simple amendment providing that the names of candidates ot each party be priated on a separate ticket, and that the voter, while being pro- vided with both tickets, must vote only for the names set forth on one of the tickets, will dispose of this defect, which is abont the worst of those still observable. Another serious defect of the system is that where there are a large number of candidates for the nomination of a given party for a given office the successfui candidate may represent the preferences of but a proportionately small fragment of yoters of that party. That was the case when F. B, Doran was nominated last spring as the Republican candi- date for mayor in this city. Laying aside the claim that the ex- tension of the system to the state was a mistake, a claim which has yet to be sustained by-actual results, it can be “truly said that our experience of the system is far from discouraging. In this city, it has operated in select- most desirable of those who presented s candidates for nomina- tion. But with the sew system, as with the old, it is a safe guess that the candidate who ig most active in bis own intgrest is the one who is most likely to secure the coveted nomination. This latter consideration suggests another serious disadvantage of the system, which is that it involves practically two candidacies for the office, and, must act as a deterrent against a certain cl of the most desirable men appearing as candidates | for office. It is a fair general conclusion, from all that we know of the system in op- eration, that the excellent principle which it embodies, of allowing the people to coutrol the nominations of their own candidates’ for office against the intervention of politicians or | political combinations, ought to be preserved, even at the hazard of much more serious drawbacks than any which have manitiested themselves thus far. No final conclusion can be reached ou the subject, however, until we have had a larger and wider experience of the operation of the plan.—St. Paul Globe. ESTIMATE OF OFFICIAL ACTION: The political history of Minnesota for the past three years furnishes a shining example of the greater at- tractiveness of the spectacular, the trumpet blare, the skyrocket blaze in politics, as compared with sober, dignifled and effective accomplish- ment; even though the last results in substantial advantage to the people in a material way, while the first possesses no such virtue. The ex- ample shows quite conclusively that in matters political men are more easily influenced by sentiment than by the swelling or shrinking of their pockgtbook or bank account. It shows that if an act of a public official or administration is thoroughly advertised in a sensationally com- mendatory manner, it passes current with the people as the purest political virtue imaginable, and they never think to ask “how much is there in it for us?” While the act that is not so advertised, though it may be of great pecuniary advantage to the pablic, is given no consideration and confers its .benefits in silence, un- honored and nosung!\ The authors of the first act are laureled, crowned, and their achievement is popularly commended with plaudit and praise, while the authors of the other act are repudiated by the people, there is no song of praise for them,-and the waves of adverse ballots sweep them from ofiice and power. The example: The lust year of Gov. Lind’s administraticn saw very much effectivé work in the way of re- ducing and equalizing rail rates. The removal of unjust and costly discrim- inative grain rates in the southwest quarter of the state, that is saving the people of that region several bundred thousand dollars annonally, is a case in point, The abolition of discriminative freight rates that re- moved a serious barrier to the de- velopment of manufacturing and wholesaling in interior points in the state, is another. The now epoch- making “coal rates” action, known as the New Ulm case, that not -only equalized and reduced rates on that great staple—coal, but incidently led to court decisions on hitherto dis- puted points that will henceforth make state control of rail rates much easier, is another case in point, and the most important of all,.the most. | far-reaching in its effects, and will in the fullness of time confer aggregate ‘than done, for not sturdily struggling for lower rail rates as the preceding No thought of profit now, First come, first served—don’t w: food for reflection. All $1.50 & 1.75 colored shirt i waists close| 5 ; at mS Misses Percale Dresses to close at e. Silk ae se Swisses and Dimiti ab Blouse Suits half price. All $1.2 & 1.75 98 reat Semi-Annual Clearance Sale no regard for cost, ait until the best things are gone. All $1. 25 & 12 35 colored shirt 38 waists close All 85c & $1.00 Misses Percale & Gingham | Dresses close, ale price 4! Remnant ends and short lengths comprising some of the very choicest fabriés | m the store at about and no consideration given to style. cided to clear away all summer goods at what they will bring while there is plenty of samm-r weather left, The reduced prices submitted are f waists close : We have de- All 65 "8 & 8 1. colored shirt 5 per cent Off On Ladies and Misses Straw Sale price 14e. Sale price 85e. this article. These meritorious and helpful acts were not greeted with plaudits. They evoked no rhetorical fireworks, were not, paraded under sensational lieadlines in the daily press, while the people received them indifferently if ) not sulleniy, and yoted their authors out of office at their first opportunity, and doubtless because the acts were not sensationally advertised. These acts pertained to matters between all railroads and the people; there was no war between powerful rival rail- road interests involyed to promote and pay for advertising. They were plain unsensational business affairs between railroads and people, in which the people got the best of it The fireworks come when corpor- ations win! The contrast is shown in the notori- ous anti-merger action, really a battle of railroad magnets, each side striv- ing to get the best of the other, the people not parties to it; nor is there the remotest hint of a promise of lower transportation rates by either party to the conflict. The battle cry of the opposition to the merger is “prevention of the destruction of competition between the roads,” when there never was any competition between them, at least in a local sense—the only sense that concerns the vast majority of’ the patrons of the roads. The merger defeated, there is no promise of lower rates by reason of the defeat. The merger successful, there caf be no stronger combination for making rates than there is now or has been since the roads existed. It is not worth while to refer to the difference in the popular estimation of past and present treatment of the railroad problem in Minnesota. It is now a matter of history that admir- ation, popular applause and com- mendation is with the emotional, the | pyrotechnic, the big headlines; while! neither admiration, applause or com- mendation is given to level-headed. beneficial, but unemotional business methods. But in spite of this, the effects of the last will be felt in the pockets of the people long years after the firs} will have passed from the memory of man. The foregoing should not be con- strued into censure of the leaders of the apti-merger movement. As an effort to secure obedience to law, it is right; but no executive should expect great praise for. doing what be solemnly swears to do when assuming office. If censure attaches in this case, it is for things undone rathec administration did. This is not written in a pa-tisan spirit, but in the hope that it may lead a few Grand Rapids Pine lands Bought Homesteaders located on ‘Ana Gener! HENRY LOGAN - .- Caps, Etc. ing men and aim to carry HENRY Diamond Mine, _) aa eee he ES re Fe Ba a J Hardwood most reliabl of timber lands. Grand Rapids - Same eoenecesecesese . Agricultura Lands City Real Estate Q Having opened a general storeat the Diamond Mine Location 1 | - my stock, which consists of I make a_specialty Twelve years, experience in Northern Minnesota enables me to give the information concerning Itasca county real estate and Cali on or address: JAMES A. QUIGG TREN WORT I BG spring and Summer 2 Having received a new Stockcf Spring & Sum: % mer Suitings Iamnow prepared to give my cust. & _omers the benefit of these Choice Goods which. 4 heal EstaieGo Mineral lands and Sold vacent government lands. ior ob SS SS TS Se T he Diamond Clothing Hous eH Merchandise Proprietor. cordially invite the people of that vicinity to calland inspect Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats the best. LOGAN Itasca Co, Minnesot, fo supplie for work- Ht POO SOTTO Br JAMES A. QUIGG Land tccater‘and Cruiser Pine, Sedar, e =, farming — kinds Minnesota. se | | his work. His appearance in state politics was first made about ten years ago, when he attended the state conven- tion. The strength of his personality prought him into prominence and he became early associated with John Lind in the state campaigns. In 1896 he was made chairman of the stat was nominated the system was| benefits that are incomputable. limited in operation to Minneapolis, | And it Should be said in this con- and it contained no precaution | nection, that the New Ulm case is against the members of a given party | now regarded by thousands of citizens foreing the nomination of a given | as‘an act of the present administra. man on the opposition party. That | tion, and credit is given accordingly. defect has since been remedied in the | These are not all the instances ot} extensiop of the system to the entire | Smilar character that could be named, te by the provision whic makes | but enough to serve the he, warped a were purchased at Right Prices.e : Frst-Class- Workmanship Guaranteed. citizens, at least, to estimate the acts of public officials according to. their merits, and not according to the sensational advertising they get.— E Farm, Stock and Home. ‘ : ‘ ; t