Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 2, 1909, Page 4

= Cees ‘Brant Repias HheraetReview Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. THE HERALD-REVIEWIS THE Official Paper of Irasca County. Branp RaPips, CoHASSET. KEEWATIN, NASHWAUKE, Hou”Man, Official Paper of U.S. Disrrict Court in Bankruptcy Proceedings. Official Paper of Village of ABOUT THE “PORK BARREL.” The Little Fork Times professes to be ignorant concerning the socalled “Pork barrel” bill, passed by the late legislature, especially as to its pro- visiuns relating to Koochiching coun- ty. The Times hesitates about giv- ing endorsement to the measure, and is not sure that the action taken by Senator Cook of Wabasha county 1s not the proper caper. There is no excuse for the Times’ignorance. The bill as passed and signed by the governor was published in supplement by the Times. This district fared very wellin the ‘pork barrel.’’ Con- sidering our location and lack of just legislative representation this district has nocause to complain. A total of $32,100 was provided for the dis- trict to be expended during the next two years. The five counties of the district were treated all alike, each receiving $3,210 per year. Senator D. M. Gunn insisted that all counties receive the same amount and the bill passed accordingly as he directed. He also stipulated that the funds should be expended in each county under the direction of the boards of county commissioners, and not through any special committee as was the case in a number of counties. Itasca, Aitkin and Koochiching counties will have the money turned over to their respective commissioners for expenditure, and not to any parti- cular committee that might use it for village improvements. Senator Gunn felt that the farmers of these counties should get the benefit of the appropriation and that the commis- sioners were the proper authorities to handle it to the best general ad- vantage. ———__>—_. A Joyous Phariseeism. “The residents of Northern Minone- sota should cease their agitating to creat a sectional feeling in this state, For nearly forty years the residents of the southern part of the state bore uncomplainingly the burdens of taxa- tion necessary to meet the expendi- ture of the state. ‘They contributed the major part of the funds that built the old state capitol, the state university,. the state penitentiary, the first insane asylums, the first normal schools, the state schools for the blind, the deaf and the feeble-minded. The people of Northern Minnesota now have the use and benefit of these institutions on equal terms with those who con- tributed to their building.” We read this from the Faribault Pilot and pause in silent admiration. Silent because our emotions are too deep for immediate expression. Once there was a man who was io- tensely admired for “his blank in- sigoflance,” but it is not for that we admire the Pilot, rather itis for its superb arrogance. Some way we have had a recollec- tion ourselves of those early days when St. Paul stole the capitol, Min- neapolis took the university, Still- water attached the state’s prison, St. Peter appropriated the hospital for the insane, Winona, Mankato and St Cloud were promised normal schools, Fairbault was down for the schools for the deaf, dumb and blind and upon this basis the state of Minne- sota secured the right to be born. Sv Cloud had to wait a good many years for its plum, but Rochester got a second hospital for the insane, Hast- ings another, Owatonna was given the state school, and Red Wing the boys’ training school. Most magnani- mously Southern Minnesota having thus cared for its owa development, paid taxes to support these institu- tions it had appropriated. But it paid these taxes only in pro- portion to the value of its property as assessed by itself. No one ever accused it of levying any special tax for that purpose on itself or of neglecting to tax anything taxable in every other part of the state, and to- day these counties get back from the state incold cash much more than they pay it, and the surplus comes from the northeastern counties. Moreover, the southern section sold the school lands in its counties at a nominal price and the splendid school fund which so largely supports its schools are from the sale of the lands ofthe north and from the mines of these counties, while other vast areas in this section were generously given to railroads. The Pilot is afair specimen of that joyous Phariseeism whicb adoras the decadence of itssection of the state. It is this same superlative quality that gives the southeastern section of the state with exactly one- fifth of the population, a pious excuse for refusing legislative reapportion- ment that it may continue to keep exactly one-third of the members of the senate and thirty per cent of the representation in the heuse.—Duluth News Tribune HONOR PAID TO THE NATION’S HEROS Continued From Page One. pleasure of listening to him. It was a sermon worthy of reproduction in this brief report, that Herald-Review readers might have the benefit there- of, but space and time will not admit his sincere, eloquent and patriotic ad- dress. On Monday the school children joined the veterans and Order of Red Men in the parade and marched to the grounds on the South Side where flowers were strewn upon the graves of soldiers that are laid to rest. The G.A.R. cemetery is toofar from town and too inaccessible to hold public services and a committee from B. F. Huson Post G. A. R. visited it later in the afternoon and gave the* graves proper attention. One interesting and novel feature of Monday’s parade was the presenc of Kee-wee-tau-ge-gic,(John Smith when translated into English) at the head of the Redmen’s column, be- decked with the regalia of the order, wearing a high silk hat, and carrying a staff. John Smith is reputed to be nearly 100 years old. His withered appearance does not belie — the report. He is a full blood Chippewa, and has always been the friend of the white man and has friends wherever he is known. He has been elected Honary Past Sachem of Drumbeater Tribe No. 35, Order of Redmen. Ladics and gentlemen: The field which presents itself here today on this important and impressive ac- casion has been gone over so often and has been so thoroughly emplay- ed that there is little left to be said. Heroism, patriotism and loyalty has been so often explained that any child knows its meaning. We all know, or we think we know, that sometime, somewhere an awful war was waged by two opposing armies. One wore the blue and was’ fighting for the rights of man, and to save the union, the other wore the gray and fought to destroy the nation’s life. An army is composed of companies, regiments, brigades, divisions, and army corps. One hundred men, exclusive of its officers, form a company, ten com- panies to a regiment, three to four regiments formes a brigade, three to four brigades a division, three to four divisions form one army corps. From 1861 to 1865 the union put in the fielc 2,104 regiments, and served out 7,892 cannons, 422,000 rifles and mus- kets, 2,360,00 equipments for foot and horse, 122,000,000 catridges, 12,00¢ tons of powder and 42,000 tons of shot and shell. In all 2,261 battles were fought, ranging from casual en- counters, where but a few men were killed, to gigantic battles, in which the slain on either side were number- ed by the thousands and the wounded by myriads. Including north and south over nine hundred thousand lives were sacrificed in this civil war. If the dead bodies of those who gave up their lives in this terrible conflict were placed into graves side by side, allowing three feet apart for each grave, it would form a line of graves from Grand Rapids to St. Paul and another line from St. Paul back to Grand Rapids and on to Deer River and eight miles beyond Deer River, and you would still be on the soldiers graves. Think of it! It don’t seem possible, but figures don’t err. war i emphatically, and more especially a war between brethren, a disgrace to civilization. Any war is a drain up- on the life blood, and originates in wrong. Evil spirits give power to evil men for its inauguration, that amidst conflicts of blood they may cast all down to the dark regions where the waves of oblivion will close over them. The evil of war cannot be written even in human blood. It sweeps our race from earth as if heaven had repented the making of man. It lays its ruthless and skinny hand upon society, and leaves it de- formed by wretchedness and black with gore. It marches on its mission of death and destruction through a red sea of blood, and tinges the fruits of earth with a sanguine hue, as the mulberry reddened in sympathy with the romatic fate of the devoted lovers. It spoils the dance of youth- ful blood, and writes sorrow and grief prematurely upon the glad brow of childhood; it chills the heart and hope of youth; it drinks the life current of early manhood,and brings down the gray hair of the aged with sorrow to the grave; weaves the wid- and lamentations; it lights up the darkness with the flames of happy homes; it consumes like the locust of Egypt, every living thing in its pathway; and blasts the fields of floods the widows and the husbandman, and country with paupers; orphans. It wrecks fortunes, brings bankruptcy and repudiation. It de- populates towns and leaves the cities a modern Herculaneum. It deso- lates the fireside, covers the family dwelling with gloom and an awful vacancy where like a haunted man- sion it loads the people with debt to pass down from one generation to another like the curse of original sin: upon its merciless errand of violence it fills the land with crime and tu- mult, it gluts the graves with un- timely victims and qeoples the land of perdition and in the struggle of its death throes; it leaves the moral elements with convulsions and leaves few traces of utility behind it to mi- tigate its curse. And now friends, as we stand among these honored graves, the momentous question pre- sents itself: Which of the two par- ties to the war is responsable for all this suffering, and for this dread- ful ‘sacrifice of life? The loyal men who fought for the nation’s life, from the north, who wore the blue or the ambitious men from the south who wore the gray and exchanged the ballot box for the catridge box; and ran up their rattle snake flag and directed their murderous cannon upon the small and half famished garrison of Sumter? The blue was right and the gray was wrong—etern- ally wrong. There is room in this country for but one flag and that is the flag of the Union which was so eminently explained and so beauti- fully illustrated yesterday in the catholic church by Father Buechler. There is’nt room for anything but loyal, union-loving sentiments. It ‘ap- pears as it were but yesterday we saw a shattered union but today America against the world must our differences, political or religous, let no nation shake the foundation of the beautiful union. Let us see to it that this is no idle pastime. Hold up to the children the picture of the war no matter how tragic they may be; teach them the rudiments of war. Shou'd it fall to the'r lot to face this ever dreaded evil, they will be the better prepared to face and en- counter it. The best way to ward off war is to be thoroughly prepair- ed to meet it. I cannot close with- out refering to the ladies. Had it not been for the.loyal women the un- ion would have been lost. They went amid scenes of strife and adminis- tered to our wants. From 1861 to 1865, while loyal and patriotic men were sacrificing health, home and happiness the loyal wemen, with kind words were cheering and inspiring sons, lovers and husbands in the ranks and with unwavering hands were preparing useful and necessary articles for field and hospital, and while gathered about the family fire side thinking of the absent ones their suffering and the uncertanty of their ever returning again their sufferings were not less real and bitter than ours. Wherever a monu- ment is erected for the soldier, I desire to see another erected along side of it more grand and morein- piring in honor of the women. In relation to the old soldier, he is viewed somewhat troublesome from a good many stand points, but I must insist on the whole that he has modestly even if it be said that it is costing the government a good deal of money, it is but just to remember that he was after all a profitable investment. “PROTECTIONISTS” There are several things to be con- sidered by the congressman who is called upon to vote on the tariff question. He is to represent his dis- trict, of curse, but before a democrat can justify a vote in favor of a pro- tective tariff he must decide, first, that the principle of protection is ‘right, second, that the policy of pro- tection is wise and third, that the pro- tection asked for is necessary. if it is not right to tax one man for the benefit of another, then a protective tariff can not be justified, even though the benefits of the tariff on a par- ticular schedule might go into a congressman’s district. If the princi- ple of protection is wrong, no demo- cratic congressman can afford to vote for it. As a rule the industry which demands protection is owned by a comparatively few and the protection given them is not only at the expense of other districts, but at the expense of a majority of the people of their own district. But, even if a major- ity of a man’s constituents would be benefitted by a tariff law, that in it- self would not justify the vote if the principle is wrong. Can a democrat defend the policy of protection? Sometimes a member of congress deludes himself with the idea that he can oppose the principle of protection, and yet secure for his district a part of the benefits of pro- tection. A number of the congress- men have been led away be the se- dow's weeds with the bridal wreath | and the land is filled with wailling| 7 FOUR YEAR RECORD 2:14 GALE Grand Rapids, Minn. -RECISTERED NO. o1214 TENNESSEE W. E. MYERS, Owner. Brown Horse, foaled 1896, 16 hands; weight 1130 pounds. He is a horse of faultless form and action and the very best disposition. In ev- ery way an ideal stock horse. He will make a season at Grand Rapids, Minn., and surrounding~ territory, ,at $25.00 cash with return privileges. CERTIFICATE NO. 1088 AMERICAN... -. TROTTING... sess» REGISTER The Pacing Standard — This is to certify, that Tennessee Gale, 01214, has been duly registered as standard under rule 6 in volume XVIII of The American Trotting Register, and the pedigree can there be traced in the following form: 01214 TENNESSEE GALE, (6) b. n. foaled 1896; by Tempest Hal, 47909; dam Ranee W., by Ten- Minneapolis, Minn. Obtained pacing record of 2:14%, as Gale. Brown Hal, 16935 nessee Wilkes, 2735; grandam Queen Bess, by Prince Pulaski, 0540etc. (See Ranee W., Vol. XVI.) Bred by Allen Campbell, Spring Hill, Tenn.; passed to L. S. Hogeboom, TENNESSEE Tempest Hal, 47909 j Zephyr GALE, O14) reance Ww. Given under my hand and seal, at Chi- cago, Ill., this 24th day of April, A. D. 1908. 1 Gases Wilkes, 2735 { CORPORATE ' (Signed) FRANK E. BEST Queen Bess SEAL Registrar ductive argument, “I willoppose the bill on its final passage, but during its consideration I will get all the tariff I can for my district.” If the policy of protection is a wise one, it ought to be dealt with upon broader lines, and the protection ought to be given where it will do the nation most good, not where it will help the congressman who supports it. No one can logically oppose the principle of protection and then claim a part of its benefits, for his district, and the reverse is true, that no one who is claiming a part of the benefits of protection is likely to make a strong argument against the protective prin- ciple. The democrat who tries to get some of the protection for his dis- trict will find that in proportion as he succeeds he is likely to make pro- tectionists out of the persons benefit- , and they will threaten: to defeat the congressman and his party unless the protection is continued. A con- gressman who favors a reduction of| only those schedules which do not affect his district is a crippled sol- dier and will be found in the am- bulance or hospital whenever the bat- tle for tariff reform is on. Even if the principle of protection were admittedly right and the policy admittedly wise, no effort is made by the protectionists to show that we need the tariff rates for which they ask. A large portion of the value of lumber, for instance, is in the stump- age, and a reduction of the tariff would not reduce the labor cost, but merely the value of the pine lands. What argument can the owner of timber lands make in support of a law designed to increase the value of his land by puting a tax upon all other kinds of land—for it must be remembered that the tax on lumber must be paid by somebody and the burden falls upon those who buy lum- ber.Aside from the arguments made against the duty on othe- necessaries of life there is an additional argument to be made against the tariff on lum- ber namely, that it encourages the destruction of our forests. It is crim- inal folly to offer a bounty for the destruction of our forests at the very time when we are frightened at the climatic and other evils which follow in the train of this destruction. The average labor cost is but a lit- tle more than one-half of the present tariff, and this means that the pro- tectionists, instead of asking for a tariff just equal to the difference in the cost of production here and abroad, are demanding a tariff of more than the entire cost of pro- duction. The democrat who votes for the endorsement of the protective principle may as well make up his mind to swallow the entire republi- can program, for he will soon find that in order to get the protection that he wants for his histrict,he must agree to protect the trusts and to permit predatory wealth to have all it demands, for the’ favor-seeking in- terests stand together and make trading material of the legislators whom they control. The only safe position for a demo- erat to take is that! the tariff should be levied and collected for the pur- pose of raising revenue and not for the denefit of any particular interest or industry Whatever protection involved should be incidental; as soon; % as protection becomes the purpose, then the legislative session is given HERALD-REVIEW up to logrolling, wire-pulling and com- ’ bination of interests—Bryans Com-| BooK end Job Printing re moner. 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