Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 8, 1911, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. GRAND RAPIDS HERALO-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1911. Grand Rapids Hered Review Pul hed Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County PROPOSED INEBRIATE PRISON. The bill before the legisiature to give the state board of control the authority to issue $100,000 of certi- ficates to use in buildings on the farm for inebriates, is but another way to waste money. We can see no possible reason for any such expenditures. The state farm, costing with its im- something like $40,00, is a fine property. It now has on it some buildings that should be avail- able for its proposed uses. There has, also, accumulated a fund of about $130,000, which is to be used for other structures. provements Certainly this is enough, at least, for the present needs. Such an in- stitution can easily be made to do more harm than good by its methods. Its object is to reform drunkards. It is to do this by getting them out of the country, away from city influen- ces and at work on the land. No better location could have been found than Kandiyohi county, where temperance has secured a strong and insistent hold upon popular fay- or. The purpose is right, the loca- tion is right. But why house these inebreates in expensive structures? Why house them in the mass, as we do crimin- Certainly the small als and the insane? more they are separated in groups, the better the mutual in- fluence. They are not physically, enfeebl- -d, save the exceptions, nor are they aged to a time of helplessness. They do not need attendants or guards. They should soon develop their own superintendents and . bosses. They will include every class of labor and eraft They will be sent there, not as criminals, but as afflicted by a chronic disease. will not come from luxury, from They mor, except for a possible few, comfort What they need is com- mon sense discipline, regular hours, regular work, wholesome food in abundance, and inducements to self- respect They do not need, nor should they have, great prison-like nor yuc typic- al institutional buildings. They should have the simplest surround- ings comfatible with comparative They should be neither dandied nor abused, but should be treated simply as men of their class and housed as they may be reason- ubly expect to be able to house them- comfort. selves when they leave to become independent, industrial units. Nor is there need of elaborate or | luxurious administrative buildings and residences. The man in charge of such a colony must be content to) live much as do his charges, or his usefulness will be decidedly limited. To correct men, to have influence with them, it is necessary to share with them, and the man who is not content to do this has no business to have charge of ‘this farm; and it should’ be a farm, not an asylum nor a prison.—Duluth News Tribune. ——____— OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD. In a few weeks Mr. Underwood of Alabama may be the most conspic- ious man in America and remain so for months. If the Sixty-second con- gress sits in extra session the tariff will be the principal topic of discus- sion and the chairman of the ways and means committee will lead the discussion. The moves he makes will be closely appraised. The words he utters in debates willall be read and reread with care. The re proposed will be known— t at least—as the Under- vision at the s wood revision. should happen, and the through a combination of insurgents, Republicans and Democrats, should accept the house’s work, the new faw will be known as the Underwood law. For these reasons @ very mhite light will beat on the gentle senate, If the unexpected | man from Alabama from the mo- ment he takes the reins. His home is.in Birmingham—a prosperous city with the local cap- ital invested in manufactures. The iron industry flourishes there and the place is called in business cir- cles the Pittsburg of the south. Pro- tection as a policy is well consider- ed even in Democratic circles. Bir- mingham has profited by its opera- tions; and constituencies, north, south, east and west, after discov- ering a good thing and feeling its value, want to held on to it. How will Mr. Underwood, an out- spoken revenue-tariff man meet the emergency, and with what result to Several of his Democratic predecessors in a similar endeavor “lost out”. Col. Morrison of Illinois, by his course as chairman of ways and -means weakened himself at home, and in a few years had to yield his place. Mr. Mills was more fortunate, and and survived his tariff bill ten years his personal fortunes? going meanwhile to the senate. But | his tar-| his influence waned after iff fight, and Mr. Bailey’s at- titude today on the tariff is not that of Mr. Mills of twenty-two odd yearns ago. Mr. Springer’s popgun bills were not seriously regarded, but they contributed to his retirement from congress. It was Mr. Wilson of West Virgin- ia who paid a heavy and immediate penalty for his tariff views and record. His constituents were in- terested in protection and resented his course in the revision of 1894, which in part bore his name. Down he went at the first chamce they got at him. Mr. Cleveland broke his fall with an appointment to the cabinet, and from the cabinet he passed to the presidency of a Vir- ginia college, but his political hold at home was completely destroyed. Mr. Underwood will tread a diffi- cult path, and probably know it. He has said that some of his pro tection constituents consider him a ;free trader, while some of his as- sociates in congress, ‘because of his constituents, consider him a pro- When he gets into his ways and tectionist. stride as chairman of means both sides may attack him and if they do his road will be as rocky as the famous one to Dublin. A straddle on the tariff is the most frequent attempted, and yet the most difficult thing in our politics.— Washington Star. ———_____. LET iT REST IN PEACE. The Sixth-first congress is dead. Pegce to its ashes. It has been a hodge-podge of good and bad in its product. It has been good chiefly in serving as the seeming turning point in methods of legislative procedure amd in the decided weakening of par- tisanship. Before its day congress was the one spot where party was supreme; a member had to be a Republican or Democrat, working with his par- ty and submitting to its organiza- tion, regardless of his personal con- victions, or be a cipher. It is hardly so now, and therein lies the hope of the Sixty-second congress. It brings a situation not seen since the last. half of Benja- min Harrison’s administration, 1891- 3. when, following a tariff revision, | a Democratic house was elected, | with a Republican senate and presi- dent. | But there is a vast difference be- | tween now and then in the public | attitude toward parties. in the less- ening of party ties in congress and in the willingness of the president to meet the Democrats part way down the road to accomplish re- sults. } President Taft has called the new congress to meet April 4. He does this that it may act upon the Cana- dian reciprocity agreement, but he} cannot limit its action. It can pass all the laws on all the subjects it sees fit, once it is in session. It is a situation forced by the Republican senate, of - which so many members end their political life! at this time that they seem anxious} to drag the party into the grave with | them. They have come mighty near succeeding, and im this have had not a little help in the short sassion from the progressives. About the only things that have managed to crawl through have been the appropriation bills and Lorimer. For these favors the peo-| ple, of course, will be becomingly | grateful. They are, also, grateful that they have probably seen the} last of Depew, Dick, Hale, Carter, Kean, Burrows and a few more ot | their kind. What will come from this extra session if problematical. The Dem-/ ocrats seem just now to be under} eee sensible leadership. If} they keep their heads, they may keep their jobs. Anyway, they have their chances, and it will be interesting to see what they will do with it. Report indicates that as a general program the house will revise two or three of the tariff schedules, and | again pass the Canadiam agreement. If these then pass the senate, Presi-| dent Taft has said, also by report, that he will approve them all. He will not approve any general tariff | { j | revision. If the agreement goes to the sen- ate with the revision of such sched- ules as those on wool, cotton, and rubber, the progressives will certain- jletters from Congressman Miller and ly have not a vestige of excuse left for not favoring them all, and, un- less Bailey is able to prevent on side, the combina- j tion would pass them all. Other measures the house will pass for political effect, but merely play- ing politics, without hope of con- crete results, will fool no one and will gain the Democrats little. If they are wholly sane, they will stick closely to such a tariff pro gram as is outlined and quit at that. —Duluth News Tribune. Se ae ae Rexall Saturday candy, at the Red Cross Drug store, regular price 50 cents per pound, 29 cents on Sat- urday only. ‘the Democratic Three hundred Rexall remedies one for each ailment, absolutely guaranteed, at the Red Cross} Drug store. AGAINST PROPOSED POSTAGE INCREASE Senator Clapp and Congressman! Miller State They Will Record Their Vote Against Measure. The proposed bill to increase the rate of postage on periodicals and magizines was killed in the house last week by a decisive vote. Con- siderable interest was manifested all over the country in the bill and Rev. J. J. Parish, of the Methodist church, circulated a petition ebout the village sometime ago, which was generally signed by the business men, protesting against the proposed in- crease and in reply to his letter and the petition he received the following Senator Clapp: House of Representatives. Washington. Feb. 27, 1911 Mr. J Parish, Grand Rapids, Minn. Dear Mr. Parish:—I beg to acknow- ledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd signed by a number o€ citizens protesting against the proposed in- crease in the postage rates on second class mail matter. I beg to assure you that I am opposed ta the in- crease and will vote accomingly this week when the matter comes up for a vote. With very kind regards, [ am Sincerely yours, C. B. MILLER United States Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs Febuary 26, 1911 J. J. Parish, Esa., Gramd Rapids, Minn Dear Sir:—Your favor of the 23rd inst. is received, and it is of course neediess for me to tell you that I am in hearty accord with the tenor of your letter. I do not believe that the proposed imcrease in the form in which it is being made, can be justified. I believe we will be able to show the deductions to be erroneous, the figures to be erron- eous, and that the periodicals, in- stead of being a burden, are revenue producers for the postal service. If any one is getting the mail 2 less than his fair proportion, there should be a thorough investigation before anything is done. But this proposi- tion comes in at the close of the ses- sion, without amy warning, and tak- ing into account the manner in which the offort is being made, the effect of it, and the purpose behind it, it is absolutely indefensible. In view of the great amount of cor- respondence that I am haying at the present time, I am going to ask you to, in such way as is most con- venient, to communicate my ans- wer to the gentlemen who signed the paper with you. With kind regards, I am Very truly yours, MOSES E. CLAPP. The coming of the Juvenile Boston- ians to the High School auditorum on Monday evening, March 20, will be a signal for a packed house and a delighted audience inasmuch as the present company, embracing such artists as Rose (Patsie)’ Henry, Miss Thom Hellen, and Miss Doris Can- field is more complete than ever. The play, “The Ransom”, is one of the best of the late musical feature pieces of last season and made a wonderful hit everywhere it has been presented. 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