Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 17, 1906, Page 4

Brand Rapits Breratas Review Published Every Saturday. - E. c. KILEY. TWI DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter, » Some Concessions. The Duluth News Tribune ac- counts for it in this manner: Gover- ner Johnson in his post-election state- ment took occassion to acknowledge his “special obligations to the inde- pendent Republican voters of this state who indeed made some conces- sions in this contest.” The governor realizes that he owes his election to Republican votes. Without any carping spirit toward those who consider themselves to be Republicans and yet voted for a Democratic candidate for governor, they should be asked to take an ac- unt of stock of “some concessions” y have made in voting for the Democratic candidate for governor. In the first placeyit leaves the Re- iblicanfparty of Minnesota for two 1ore years wholly without an organ- zatior The state committee, ap- pointed in the interest of the defeat- fis practically disband- not meet again until itis fcall the next state con- Mu other hand, the Democrats the fighting spirit of victory ion victory. They have a come rganization in every county in >and two years in which to ) the limelight and build vext candidate, if Governor hnson is not willing to accept a d term. r two more {years the governor as; host in the magnificent igited by every citizen who to St. Paul.@He is surrounded e by his official family, who are inexcelled in their capacity for nundating with the spirit of cordial- ty all who come within their reach. The ‘glad hand’’ is the most con- spicuous feature of the state’s marble ace and beats the hundred thous- will act llar frescoes,tgthe mahogany ture and the colummed splend- flectiveness. Confidential ve honey oars: Lhe art of insinuation: of priceless. obligations Si no cash; the receiving of all into the brotherhood of. .’ Democracy’s auxilia! ] will be used, as the genial and his household know yoyernor in of the Democratic is the} governor’s private His execvtive clerk is his ress bureau. His insurancecommis- nd his member of the board of control are the brains of his peliti= cal campaigns, which last from elec- tion to election. His departments of sioner a education, pure food, dairy inspec- tion, oi] inspection, labor, insurance, public examiner, the state library adjutant general, with their tants, as well as the and uodreds of ass viler inspectors, hotel iuspectors apd = = various boards, form a small army of faithful political work- rs paid by the state. By regular assessment they also provide out of their salaries the as of the pre-election campaigao und. / In short, these ‘‘concessions” made by the Republicans to the Democrats by their votes for Governor Johnson include a complete political organiza- ion paid for by taxpayers, while for their own party to uphold its princi- ples and policies they have voted complete disorganization. Prosperity. Never before in this country have the railroads been so rushed with freight as they pow are; never have the harvests been heavier, the yield of the mines richer, the factories busier and all business brisker and sounder. Neverdid the Thanksgiv- ing month come upon greater pros perity than the Americaao peuple en- joy today. What does it mean to us? More money, of course, more com- forts, more pleasures, more freedom from worries, more juy io living. The industrious are working their way forward and upward. The thrifty are laying aside a competence. Hun- dreds of thousands of homes are be- ing built. It is a season rich with hope and achievement. But what does all this really mean to us? Merely more money, more comfort, more pleasures? Are there no blessings for us in prosperity beyond the material joys of easier living? Alas for us as a people if we fail to see in our bountiful plenty the re- sponsibility Lo our better selves which this prosperity has put upon us! Adversity develops great difference in men. Prosperity develops greater gifferences still. ‘| soil the character of a girl too young Maay are glad to telze the fruits that fall from the cornucopia and eat, drink and be merry. Many others store them securely away where they are of no use to themselves or anyone else. And others carefully use them as means to develop their own minds, to broaden and sweeten their sym- pathies; to educate their children, to lend a helping hand to the weak, to soothe the sorrowing, to make the home wholesomer and happier, to build schools hospitals and churches, to grasp not the joys that must perish with themselves, but to create those leavening human forces that shall en- dure forever. Wealth itself never humanity a single step. Prosperity that is wholly material can never truly benefit any people. It is but enriched soil in which the real treasures of life may be better grown. —St. Paul News. advanced Honor. There seems to be several kinds of honor if one can judge by the differ- ent ways the press “sizes up’? Harry Thaw. For instance, young Mr. Thaw of Pittsburg and New York recently killed a fellowing-being, and he did it in the name of honor. The victim had. dishonored his wife, therefore he mustdie. A correspond- ent ina New York newspaper, dis- cussing the character of the victim of the tragedy, said he was ‘the soul of honor.” No doubt he was in some respects. In a business way his word was as good as his bond, He would as soon think of robbing his mother’s grave as he would of defrauding anybody out ofa penny. Financially his honor was untarnished, But he would steal the brightest possession a woman can have, and make a joke of it among his friends.. He would to be away from her mother’s care, and cast ber adrift on the stormtossed waters of Bohemia, without a qualm. And the “honor” of young Mr. Thaw and his wife, too. This is an odd institution, also. Mr. Thaw himself, so far as history gose, has not had a worthy aim or a noble ambition since his birth. He has lived for pleasure, has soaked his soul in it until) its keen acid has dyed it deeply. No doubt, 1f he incurred a gambling debt, he wou:d deem it.a point of ‘honor’? to pay it. No doubt he thought it a measure of honor to be able to hold his end up as long as the rest. As to the honor of his wife let the mantle of charity fall over that toy of base men that has at last caused a tragedy. ‘They don’t know the meaning of the word. Never was a noble phrase in poorer company. Men and women of real honor would never have sunk their souls so deeply in the mire of human epravitth as these people bave. It is such hideous, fantastic notions of honor as these that make men foul and women base. Real honor knows them not. The Value of Time. A London financier has lost.a fortune through missing a train by a fraction ofa minute. A Nebraska man has lost a bride from the same cause. The young woman declarea that she would rather remain single than be worried all her life by a man so slow as to be late at his own wedding. Many another, through slight care- fesspess in keeping an apportunity has let an opportunity of a lifetime slip away. As cents are to dollars, s) are minutes to hours and the saving of both isan absvlute necessity for the attainment of “The Farmers Did It” The manager of Mr. McCarity’s campaign, asked by our correspondent for an opinion as tu the cause of his priocipal’s defeat, petuienly ex- clamed: ‘The damned farmers did it!” Undoubtedly they did, for they largely predominate in that district. And the Dispatch hails iheir action as one of hope and cheer. It shows that, at last, our farmers are realiz- ing that all this talk about their home market isa delusion so far as it affects the prices of their products. But there is another phase of the in- cident. of the policy of protection in which our farmers have a deep in- terest, its effect upon their labor supply. The first purpose of pro- tection was to develop manufactures, Later, when that was accomplished and manufactures were exported and completed successfully abroad, its beneficiaries bound to retain the benetits, changed the stated parpose } of the policy and proclaimed it one to | pay their labor higher wages, main- tain “the high staudard of American labor;” save it from tbe degredation of European “pauper Jabors;” pay it | a wage that would put pianus in the parlors and pictures on the walls | and plenty of food in the pantry. True, lator had to organize and fight for this higher wage, but it got iv. Carnegie boasted that he could make three pounds of steel! tor two ts and pay an average wage of four dojlars a day.” What was the in- eyitable effect on men whu had only a SLL ASL PAL LAS LOSS PAI PAS LOS PAL ARAL IPAS POLPAL REAL ANAL PAL OAL OAS EAS PAS OAS their labor to sell?) Wis it not that they would try to get eu yyed in vocations: fostered by the yovern- meptand made able to pay these higher wages? ,Isit surprising that | the young men of New Hagland left the farms and went to the manu- facturing town, leaving that heritage of abondoned farms, which New England has been lamenting for years? Is it surprising that the brighter boys of our Western farms also decided to get into the favored | fields and out of theirs, the falsity of | the promise cf favor for which they | had perceived? ‘Che farmer does nut have the advantage the manufacturer bas; he cannot recoup in advanced prices of his products the higher wages demaned. There was no! shelter for him in the tariff that enable him to advance the prices of what he produced. For him those prices were made where his surplus found market—the world’s points of deficient supply to which the surplus products of the farms of the world went. He sold in free trade markets and— bought labor in one where a national policy made labor dearer. | Invention helped him somewhat ir , saving labor, but machinery cannot do everything on a farm, and human labor is essential. Soit has come that the chornic ery of the farms is for jabor, becoming acute and agonized in the harvest time when wages are paid under pressure of crop saving that are less than the average wage Carnegie paid all the year round tohis labor. Were farmers to hire help the year through at the average wage of the factories there would be nothing left for the farmer. He would be fortunate if he did not come out at the year’s end in debt to his help. This is one of the reactions of governmental interference in the | processes of pfoduction that farmers | may well ponder.-St. Paul Des patch | ew eae «It is not generally known but never- theless a fact, that there are people still living who can refenber the time when tomatoes._were raised merely for their beauty as we now success. “Dost thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is maae of.” Ben- jamio Franklin, who said . this, not only understood the value of time, but he puta price on it that made others appreciate its worth. A customer who came one day to Frank lin’s little bookstore in Philadelphia, not being satisfied with the price demanded by the clerk for a book he wanted, demanded to see the proprie- tor. The clerk pleaded that Mr. Franklin was very busy in the press- room, but the customer insisted, and Franklin, summoned, hurried out. “What is the lowest price you will take for this book, sir?” asked the leisurely customer. ‘One dollar and a quarter,” was the prompt reply. “What? Way, your clerk asked me only a dollar just now!” ‘True,” said Franklin, ‘and I could have better affurded to take a dollar than to leave my work.” The customer thought him joking, ‘Come, now” he said, laughing, ‘your lowest price for this book.” “One dollar and a half.” ‘‘Why, man, you just said a dollar anda quarter!” ‘Yes, and IT could better have taken that than a dollar anda half now.” The purchaser paid the higher price. At that, he had learned cheaply from the greatest philosopher of his day not only that he who squanders his own! time is foolish, but he who wastes the time of others isa thief, This busy world does not wait for laggards. Success will meet no man half way unless he is on time. The habit ot promptness is a priceless possesion. raise roses. While its beauty was admired it was considered like the poisonous oak, dangerous to even handle except by ‘“‘dark complected’’ persons. Years of acquaintanceship, | however, wore off its superstition and a few “fool-hardy? actually owned up to having tasted the fruit. From this smal] beginning has grad- ually grown a use that makes to-day an industry with a combined capital of over thirty milliuns of dollars, which disburses millions of dollars to its employes each year and aggregates an output of two hundred and forty muillion cans. Roy R. Bell Pharmacist Drugs and Patent Medicines Druggist’s Sundries Medical Appliances Book, News and Cigar Stand Stationery Supplies Regular Hours “Week days 7a. m. to 10:30 p. m. Sunday 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Telephoue No. 10 Call No. 166 or 115 during other hours —— POPS SSOOS OOOO SSS SOS SO SOOO SSS SOOO eooe Office and Residence corner Leland avenue, Orders Taken for Standard Patterns HENRY HUGHES & 00.) § Special Sale of Colored Wool Dress Goods | This sale has been a great success and will be continued two more weeks. . . A rare bargain opportunity beginning Monday, Oct. 29th and Lasting Two Weeks We will have on sale 500 yards of desirable fall dress goods, mostly 44 in. suiting in brown, blue, tan, black, and grey and brown and brown and blue mixtures. In view of the notable advance in price of all wool dress fabrics. This is an exceptional opportunity to economize in the purchase of material for women’s and children’s fall dresses. Sale Prices are as Follows: 1-2 yard free with each yard purchased. In a nine yard cut, you will pay only for six yards. Misses’ and Children’s Coats We are over-stocked in Misses’ and Children’s Coats, and in order to reduce the stock will sell them at big reductions. $9.00 $2.90 Coat for Coat for $1.5 94.90 91.00 $2.90 $5.0 ropuiar | HENRY HUGHES & CO.) P2ti= i ie lit al ill alla edit It Pays to Buy a Good Overcoat One good overcoat will give you good service for about three years, and ifit is one of our Sincerity Over- coats, it will still have shape and style when you are through with it. It’sextravagance to buy cheapshoddy woolens. They don’t last. We don’t mean that you must pay a big price; but you should pay enough to get a dependable garment.’ Let us suggest a Sincerity Over- coat at $15 to $18. If you want a still better one, we have it for you, and at any price you decide upon. We will guarantee the cloth, the fit, and the workmanship, and return your money or exchange the gar- ment. If you are in doubt, we are going to recommend one of our good $15 garments; for we know that it will give you $20 worth of wear and satisfaction. Be eee pele ep ele ep pp eo ——_ JOHN BECKFELT GranD Rapids Minnesota OPO S SSO rrr ooeroooosooooooooooooooorooooooooeoooes Witte A. ROSSMAN. Dr. cosrEtio DENTIST. —Offic. in First National Bank Building.— ‘ GRAND RAPIDS. MINNESOTA D* CHAS. M. STORCH, Attorney At Law. Office in First National Bank Building. GRAND RAPIDS - - MINN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON and Fourth street. ‘ GRAND RAPIDS. Py