Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 1, 1902, Page 4

Brant Payice erate fReview Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. TWO DULLARS A YE Rh IN ADVANCE Entered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapids A Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter. ial Paner of Itasca County, Village of Grand Rapids and Deer River aud Town of Grand Rapids. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICK. ; Vor Governor LEONARD A. ROSING. t. Goyernor— A, SMITH, St. Paul. ELL, Marshall. For Auditor— AL, BERT G. LIECH, Owatonna. flan "RANK D, LARRABEE, Minneapolts. rer 4. MYERS, Little Falls. tourt Clerk— ONES, Luverne. For Ry. Commiasioner— J, M. BOWLER, Minneapolis. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Congre Marcus L. Fay. For Senate Thomi » McHugh. For Auditor, E. J. Farrell. For Treast 4 €.C. Miller, or Register of Deeds, A. B Clair. For Sherif, W. M. Hoolih??. For Attorney, Frank F. Price. For Judge of Probate, Courtney!A. Buell. For County Commissioner, Thomas A. Hennessy. MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, ice to the principles forth in our national ndence; as especii exponent of democracy. das reaffirmed in tie tion of the democratic our admiration for and he great ability stedness and untiring zea! service of humanity of that great of the democracy and most fearless quent champion Of the rights of man, . Bryat he people of the United ent democratic spirit und have been sutticiently arouse the present administration to so far keep ith, however reluctantly. with the people of Cabu as to withdraw our troops from their island and allow them a f-government, ard we condemn the repu for ii ure to fully ply wi ongressional resolutions ed before the declaration of war with I Spain. [t is with deepest shame and regret that through the apostasy of the republican party. nited States are. by our olicy in the Philippines, placed world in the false position of re- fundamental .and our brave vreed to disgrace our flag e to orders from their nmend our demoeratie sition taken by thom tion, and demand that intentions and in ipino people and m their independence. ower of the modern trusts is an ap- HiT benotits thoy enjo: none, ‘ty openly {tdvocates the » COD! ng special 8, that corrupt and deb: of the same soci D 2. And we emphatically reaffirm our belief that he application of the demoeracic principles r land special privileges to only remedy for existing in- d wrongs. of a spirit of law- ox, nin mur- derous attacks upon Ube Caicf magistrate of ub) d has brought about the h of a recent incumbent of that exalted vor the postal savi xX; we Oppose gi bank and the , rnment by in- junction k We would correct the imbecile and ungusi- ike policy that throttles our trade With 4 and Cuba at the behest of spetial ts. We take this opportunity to pay heartfelt tribute to that states and popular leader, ic 8 urer Of our cause dur- mopzigns. John Lind. in the history of the northwest and the hearts of the people of all classes mpress of his character life of this state will Mis term as governor will be known in the wealth as that in which every executive de- partment—railroad and warehouse commis- lic examiner, labor commission, in- ym nai ssior dairy and — food jjutant general, Superintendent, onstruction board of equaiization brought to the vt cut down the freight ners $4000.000 per annam tes on grain; that re- stand voe trast price twin seG the standard of linnesott Wheat through just and edicient onspection an ayerage of one gyude on this intire crop; that ordered a 25 per cent re- duction in railroad rates on iron ore and for the first time in ten years exacted of corpor- ate power in Minnesota the same obedience to public laws as is required of the humblest citizen. t We pledge a continuance of this enlightened policy, efficient administration aud fidelity to the people when the candidates of the democratic party ure again summoned to serve the state. vy e's law forbidding merger of com- ilroads should be enforced, und that in every case; and the state’s neglected power tO regulate rates should be exercised as bbe prime remedy for discrimination and he readjustment of our tax laws Is an absolute neécessity*with which the present Sonprenien has proved its incompetency todeal. We adopt the clear and intelligent program submitted by the democratic minority in tho Tite session. the taxation of non-resident cor- porations equally with domestic, the ade- quate taxatiun of public service corporations and the taxation of incomes and we favor the amendment of the constitution te that end. We favor the municipal ownership of public service corporations, the principle of direct legislation and home rule in local ta* ation. We believe that the iaterests of labor can best be conserved by organization, and we demand for every man who labors an equal use of ali natural Rae tod to the end that no man shall take the proceeds of LELEEE EL ELE EE EL ELLE EL EL EEL ELE ETL LEE LTE EE LEE LEED MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC CIRCULAR NO. 2. PREG HOMES VERSIS LUMBER TREST TAXES. 3 Be a aa ee In Juiy, 1897, a Republican congress passed the Dingiey tariff with the Lind mous $2 duty on white pine lumber. The duty was prohibitory, closed ail Canadian mills built to supply American markets, and empowered the, pro- tecred interest to fix its own prices. f Within twenty days thereafter, the Mississippi Valley Lumberman’s tsso- elation met and adopted a new official price list raising the price of amber B cents to ¢1 per thousand; and, during the intervening five years, ten price lists in all, eack raising the price of lum! - to the consumer, have been prened ae put in force, until THE LAST, THAT OF AUGUST 6, 1902, wow pa ate ATION, RAISES THE PRICE OF COMMON ROUGH LUMBER $5 TO Se ase ie a a Ne ae another's labor without full compensutiion / PER THOUSAND, OR 50 TO 100 PER CENT, ABOVE THE 1897 PRICES therefor. We are in favor of the observance of a general eight-hour work day, and that all printing done for and supplies purchased by the state of Minnesota shall bear the union label, und pledge our-support to organized labor in its efforts for securing the same. We would currect the errors in the law establishing the state board of control. We recommend to the voters the adoption of the proposed law, whose submission to the pony Was secured by the persistent efforts ofthe Lind administration, for the incrcase of the railroad gross earning stocks. We favor the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, and the election to the senate orly of men pledzed to that reform. We condemn the failure of the present state administration vo enforce against the merger of the Lron Rang: roads. We condemn the surrender of tho state rail- road and Warehouse commission to the U States steel trust ii S periidiction over rai y within its borders and abandoning the just rates ordered by the preceding commission. to the prejudice of the state's interest in the school lands. We condemn the failure of the board of con- trol to conserve the efficiency of the state in- stitutions. and we abhor the theory that the public schools which are tualamental to the life of the republic, are charitable insti- tution ondemn the administration for con- verting -he state binding twine plant into an‘ auxiliary of the cordage trust. W ndemn the Minnesota congressman failure to promote legislation to n the powers Of tho interstate com- mmission, and we regret that su! - ency to privileged greed should compel ¢ United States senators to vote tor the iniquitious subsidy, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL PLATFORM. Against tho doctrine enunciated by the mani rs and standard bearers of the Re- publican organization, as expressed in their eches of the past few days. to the effect that the tariff shall not be revised even to the extent of the removal of tariff protection from the trusts, the Democracy of Minnesota, as of the nation ut large, takes direct and positive issue. We stand upon the Democratic doctrine, that the tariff laws of this country should aot be 4 source of protection und subsidy to the trusts that are oppressing the people, both workingmen and cousumers alike. The np- plication of the plain and simple fundamental brinciples of “equal rights to all and special privileges to none” cannot do injury to any legitimate American interest. and it is the violation of that law, on the other hand, that to-day makes the American people, and mort of all the American workingmen, the political and industrial subjects of corporate control, When the so-called “infant industries” have become million-dollar and billion-dollar trusts; when they have risen to the svatare and power that they not only overcome foreign competition ‘abroad, but defy. the American people at home; when, prote ed by the tartff laws enacted for thi protection, they muke use ‘of m to tax the American peopla 25 per cent to 100 per cent higher than they levy upon the consumers abroad; when. protected by these tariff laws, they oppress labor and even deny it the common right of organization; when the taxes levied by them upon the necessaries of life far exceed in volume and hardship all the direct tuxes levied for the support of the government; when, in order to maintain this unjust tax power, they exercise all the power which capital and business influence can command to dominate congress and the national administration, and now after an era of the highest and most liberal protection ever known to the history of nations. they announce through the leaders and mauagers of the party in power that the tariff cannot and shall not even be revised—we submit, in the name of Democracy and in the name of the people regardless of party or class, that it is time that the government ceased to be their shelter and instrument of extortion, and that the trust. like the common c: ubmit to the univerral principle of “equal rights to all and special privileges to none.” re re wr ee Polsoning Fish with C»caine. Large numbers of fish are being Foisoned in the Little Miami fiver, Qhio, especially in the vicinity of Branch Hill and Remington. Mem- bers of the different camping clubs in this section have found fine fish which kad succumbed to “dope balls” used by “pot fishermen.” Parties have beem on the lookcut for the men and the other evoning a member of the Corryville club, which is camped near Remington, saw a man planting the bait. He esiaped, however. Some of the bait was secured. It consisted o? corn meal rzixed into a pellet and sat- urated with cocaine. This stupefies the fish and they come to the face. As a general thing they d. from the effects of the drug. London's Ambulance Servlee. London is at last to have a complete ambulance service. There is no place in the world where it is so much needed. The Metropolitan corps of the St. John ambulance brigade. does ex- ecllent work, but its chief surgeon, Mr. Osborn, recommends that the service should be under the control of the London county council. His idea is to graft an ambulance system for Lon- don on to the Metropolitan fire bri- gade, by whom it can be easily horsed, housed and suppiled with alarm calls. ‘The London fire department does not vtpe any too many horses now for prompt responding to calls and it would necessitate an increase of the umber if the new scheme is adopted. A Whistling reopie. The natives of Gomera, one of the Canary isles, converse with one an- other by whistling on their fingers, It is possible to understand a message a mile off. Each syllable of a word bas its own peculiar sound. Gomera is cut up by a number of deep glens, which are not bridged over, and as it would otherwise be impossible for the inhabitants on separate sides of a glen to talk te one another without going a jong way round to meet, they. have hit upon the whistling device as the best weans of communication. ; which prevailed before the Dingley tariff. + Paes 444, volume 8, anigis at 1900, contains tha following significant paragraph touching the Minnesota lumber industry: . “The manufacture of lumber and timber products rarks second among me industries of the state, with 438 establishments, 15,140 wage-earners, ust ucts valued at $43,585,161. In 1899 there were 292 establishments, nt70 WAGE-EARNERS, AND PRCDUCTS VAEUED AT $25,075,132 THE oe CREASE IN THE VALUE OF PRODUCTS uring the decade was $18,510,029, or 73.8 per cent.” : ; ae In other words, the number of workingmen who received wages re saw-mills and logging camps was ATTUALLY REDUCED FROM 167 nes 15,140, A REDUCTION OF 1,080 hands, or 6 per cent, at the same oats thal the GROSS RETURNS TO THE LUMBER COMPANIES AND STUMPAGE OWNERS WERE INCREASED $18,500,000, or 73.8 per cent. In view of these facts, was the $18,000,000 taken from the consumers for the protection of labor, or for the enrichment of the lumber and stumpage combine? ‘ The law is supposed to be for all—not only for the sixty-five members of the Mississippi Valley Lumberman’s association, for the lucky owners of Min- nesota's pine stumpage—but for the 1,751,000 dwellers in Minnesota's 317,000 home3, for the 152,000 yeomen who buy tariff taxed lumber to build jeemhour? and granaries, for the 100,000 in the shops of trade and transportation, and the 160,060 mora in manufacturing and {n the building trades—all of whom are called upon under this lumber tariff law to contribute to the favored Coterie of-65 the above named $18,006,000 increase in log and lumber values. How the people of the homes and shops, of the farms and factories, have been “held up” since the passage of the Dingley tariff and taxed for building tp and developing the state, is made plain by comparing the official lumber price list in force in July, 1897, with tl.at of Aug. 6, 1902, now in operation t. o. b. cars Minneapolis: Common rough boards. Increasa Pct, July, 1897. Aug. 6, 1902. No. 1—12 in., 12 feet. ...ssesee0e8 $15.50 $23.50 $8.00 52 No. 2—Same ... + 13.00 20.00 7.00 63 No. 3-—-Same . - 9.50 17.50 8.00 64 No. 4—Mixed w? 5.50 11.50 6.00 108 Rough joist, scantling and timber have been raised by tho association from $5 to $7 per thousand, or 50 to 60 per cent. Ehip lap-acd D. & M. have been raised $6 to $9, or 40 per cent to 80 per cent. Rough fencing has been tucreased $4 to $7, or 50 per cent to 100 per cent. Siding will average $10 per thousand highe:, an increase of 50 per cent to 100 per cent. Flooring has been advanced by the combine an avoracs of $15 per thou- sand, or about 80 per cent. : Inch finishing and thick finishing have been advanced $12 to $20 per thou: sand. . i Lath has been hoisted from $1.25 up to $3 and $4, an uplift of 150 per cent to 200 per cent. Pine stumpage costs the small manufacturer wot fortunate enough to own his own pine forest FULLY DOUBLE THE PRICE ERICe TO. THE DING LEY TARIFF—the increase being $2 to $4 per thousand. . THE STUMPAGE OWNER IS THE PRINCIPAL BENEFICIARY OF THE LUMBER TARIFF. ‘ On Minnesota's annual lumber cut of 2,000;000,000 feet, the STUMPAGE KING, THROUGH THE AVERAGE INCREASE OF $2 PER THGUEAND, POCKETS $6,000,000 PER ANNUM OF CLEAR DINGLEY-TARIFF "VEL VET.” This extra $6,000,000 of stumpage rorvlty tax—which comes out of the manufacturers, the workingmen, and the builders of the homes and schools, the shops and farm buildings of the state-AMOUNTS TO 42 PER CENT Shs ALL THE DIRECT LAWFUL TAXES COLLECTED WITHIN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA for all state, school, county, city, village and township pur- eae practical problem tefore the people of Minnesota is—How can we get from under this tariff-protected extortion? How can we repeal the law which legalizes this robbery?” Sai thing is plain—rellef will not come from the Republican managers who enacted and who maintain this law—in other words, from the agents and instruments of the lumber tariff beneficiaries. It will not come from the Republican national committeeman from Min- nesota—Hon. Thos. Shevlin, himself a pine stumpege king of no small dimen- sions. It will not come from the Republican congressmen, candidates for re- election, who from the meeting of the stumpage kings, bore the §2 duty to Washington. Will relief come from Governor S. R. Van Sant and Ray W. Jones, the bearers of the Republican state ticket? age Van Sant, whose business of lumber raftsman !s entirely with the lumber combines and whose income 1{s derived from fees paid by lumber tariff beneficiaries—the Republican candidate for governor who pays within the state of Minnesota not $1 of taxes on the steamboats, tugs and bowboats used sive lumber rafting business? re TPO Ba Sant’s colleague, candidate for lieutenant governor, Ray W. Jones, president of the Commonwealth Lumber company, whose case, we are informed by the department of the interior at Washington—“in the matter of dead and down timber cut during the logging season of 1900-1901"—"is in the hands of the department ef justice,” awaiting prosecution? Relief cannot come from the political organization which is owned and supported by the lumber tariff beneficiaries—from the organization which en- acted and maintains this tariff as the price of that political support. There is only one source from which this relief can come. and that ts, from the people acting through the political party which is pledged first, last and always to tariff reform—from the Democratic party, whose candidates tn this campaign stand for the abolition of lumber trust taxes—for free homes and the untramelled development of the Northwest. H. L. BUCK, Chairman of Democratic State Central Committee. FRANK A. DAY, G@hairmar of Democratic Press Committee, 5a PROTECTING THE TRUSTS, e trust protected industries standing in the iobbies of the pa oapeetiy ice tor tariff protection while their properties are making millionaires by the hundreds every year is enough to disgust every man who has a grain of manhood in his makeup. Just look at the thing! A $2 per thousand tariff on lumber! For what reason? A tgriff on sugar! Why? In both these cases the tariff is a theft and everybody possessing a grain of common sense knows it! If our party has become so hidebound in its protee- tive rot that it cannot see the injustice it is compelling us to endure then it is time to sidetrack the Republican elephant and give the little scrub Democratic jackass the right of way. The millionaires have had a long pull, now give the people a chance to enjoy a little tariff Tests Madvon Independent (June 14). oe RAILROAD VS. RAILROAD. . D. Munn, attorney for the Soo railroad, has been engaged to assist At- caer phar era in prosecuting the Northern Securities company. The Soo road is closely allied to the Canadian Pacific and hostile to competing lines jn this country. It looks suspicious to say the least to employ the counse! of competing and alien lines to assist in representing the state.—Northfield News, IT 18 NOT MADE YET. It is said that Governor Van Sant and Attorney Douglas have girded up their loins to have a bout with the Iron Range railway mergers. That is right. Let no merger escape.—-Martin County Sentinel, (April 4, 1902). If You Are Going East On your summer vacation, and will tell us where you want to go we will An interesting report is in cireula-|t6}) you the best way to get there, Beauty to Attend the Queen, tion to the effect that Queen ae i ‘t the coronation i "i youeraa acre aaa in cloth a We can offer ce gs verighy of de- gold, and wearing their robes and lightful Rail and Lake Trips on the coronets. Those selected are said to| fjnest trains and steamers in the be the duchesses of Marlborough, land. ‘ ; Montrose, Sutherland and Portland.| Our new electric-lighted tra They are sumbered among the most “The North Country Mail” are just beautizui women in England. out, These trains are vhe acme of j SIRO aed Weg, SESS. modern car-building art. ate Feedba igi rane at as| Write or call on us for iletailed in Sees of Heian Sostund: have formation regarding rates, etc. contracted the habit of smoking cig-| ‘“‘No ‘Treuble’ ‘lo Auswer Ques-- , and the law allows any adult tions.” 2 Sar oe woman who finds a toy or M. ADSON, girl smoking to give the young ofe General Agent, Dulutb, South Shore | fenders a sound spanking and to & Atlantic Ry. 426 Spaulding Hotel ' seize Farkas toe a cigarettes Block. Duluth, Minn. feupd in his or her possession. __i Hotel Gladstone A. E. WILDER,<Prop. and what it will cost. FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Sample Room and Livery in Connection. Special Attention Given to Transient Traite. Headquarters for Lumbermen. GRAND RAPIDS, Capital, $10,000.00. Pe a! First State Benk' f k OF GRAKP RAPID, MINNESOTA. Pays Interest on Time Deposits. 5 Loans Money on Improved Musiness and Residence Property. j Issues Foreign Drafis «hrect on all Principal Cities of kure pe. Writes Fire Insurance i the Strongest Companies in the We: id— No Company Representcd with Assetts Less than $5,00 »,000.00. DRMER a ANE S SNE SE W. R. BAUMBAH, L. M. BOLTER, President. Cashier. —— * 5 O92 RRR RD ORT D7 A PeVvorite ke for refreshments and where may be seen and heard one of the largest phoudgraphs in the world is at Jno. OREIEY’S Sample Room The Northern. 4 ¢ t delightful bevernge “Always in Cabinet Rye Whiskey ji venke Agent torit in Grand Rapids. We handle the finest whiskey: ever distiiled, NORTHERN CAFE_Dee: Welsh, Cher In connectl n—open day and night. All delicacies of the season served at all hours. John O’Riley, Prop. SRE AE SA AE a AE SRS CSN He eA MSM A ee a ae a a ee a ee ae a ae ae ae He ae ee te TSENG RATE ES Te ee t dedhsolsade he dashed lie kicked sh dsc deakcb dock ded dodod dcbbded 4k d SS SO PETES S SH CH SESH SH Te HS TRE & EAD Ae he a a A ae a eae ate ae Te aE a a a EE bs dadadatnile. ',tadadh dag | i \ | GEO. BOOTH, i" h Manufacturerot Fine Cigars GRAND RAPIDS, MINN — — | §—— esesescsesesesesesesesul ’ 99 Have achieved an excellent ce BOOTH S CIGARS reputatidn ali over Northern Minnesota. They are made fl of the finest selected stock by experienced workmen in Mr Booth’s own shops here, and under his personal supervision. ‘This insures the utmost cleanliness and care in manufacture. [ For sale everywhere. Call for them. regeseseseseses io} % It is time this fight.was made but Senator Miller had vo force the adminis: | fi v ‘ r ee |