Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 6, 1911, Page 4

Se PAGE FOUR. Grand Rapids erase Review 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. eee Official Paper of Itasca County Think of it. Sam Gordon, the prid@ of Minmesota’s anti-saloon league, a progressive Republican and a Barkis | for the gubernatorial nomination, lost his overcoat while out with the state editorial bunch. Did Sam forget his vows as a teetotaler when he cross- ed the international line to Sarnia, Ont.? —_— ELECT A BUSINESS MAN. The Eighth congressional district of Minnesota is one of the biggest business concerns in the United Stat- es. It should be represented in con- gress by a broad-minded, capable business man. That seat in congress should not be filled by a political freak. There are a plenty of men to select from of the right calibre. The people of the district should se- the man; not some man select the district. A mam is needed who can do justice to mill and mine, to lect fjeld and factory. Hon. D. M. Gunn of Grand Rapids has demonstrated his ability as an ble legislator in many sessions of the house and senate of Minnesota. He has represented one of the larg- est and wealthiest districts in the state, and he has represented it with signal ability and success. No man isi theld in higher regard by his legislative colleagues than D. M. Gunn. When he has championed a measure they know it has merit be- cause they know he believes in the virtue of what he advocates. They know he is honest. They know he understands the needs of his distript and is loyal) to the best interests of the whole state. When he asks for needed legislation he gets it. As a member of the senatorial committee on reapportionment representing the ghth congressional district at the last session he proved his ability as an organizer, and refused to accept reapportionment unless justice was done to all sectjons. He could have secured reapportionment for this district, but refused such a compro- mise, holding that all sections were He is one of those lawmakers whose ef- not confined to a limited in- entitled to the same treatment. forts are or ito selfish sectional Senator D. M. Gunn would make an admirable congressman to sent the people of that big and wealthy district at the national capi- However, he has not been con- sulted in the premises and may re- fuse to be considered as a candidate. But there are others. Hon. G. G. Hartley and Chester A, Congdon of Duluth are both able men, either one of whom would do credit to the dis- tdrritory terests. tal trict. a ADVERTISING THE FAIR. The Itasca County News of Deer River never did have and never will have any judgment so long as it re- mains under its present management. The Herald-Review . has frequently undertaken to show the _ presiding, genius of that reckless rag wherein. he always succeeds in making a dam- phool of himself at the wrong time, under the wrong circumstances, un- der wrong impressions. But what's the use? He won't learn. He thinks he’s a free lance, whereas he’s only a bluffer. Blufifing doesn’t go any more with a newspaper than it does with an individual, All the wisdom, uprightness, intelligence and integ- rity to be found is by mo means con- fined to the fellows who happen to be operating newspapers. There are others. In fact there are a great mamy men who have brains in suffi- cient quantity to protect them against the phantom allurements of the newspaper profession. Our Deer River subject, however, doesn’t seem GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW | WEGNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1911. sacred, precincts of the sanctum know less, and hence he operates along the reasoning line that if it’s put in the paper readers will accept it as tact. They don’t though—unle@ they see it in the Herald-Review. That’s different. What we started out to make a brief comment on, how- ever, is the Deer River paper's at- titude toward the management of the Itasca County Fair association. The editor seems to think that the fair should be advertised through the columns of the county press and) the advertising paid for. This would be all right if the association had the wherewithal to pay. If the wise guy of the News will evolve some plan whereby funds can be raised for that purpose we doubt not the direct- ors of the association will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity to raise the amount required to buy the influence of the Deer River pa- per. If there is amy imstitution with- in the confines of Itasca county that is deserving of the free good will and support of all the people and! the press it is the anmual fair. All citizens profit alike from the results of it. It is the basis from which we are enabled to advertise to the peo- pple without the resources of our soil, and the opportunities that are here offered to the thrifty farmer, stock raiser and dairyman. der to keep it up the strictest econ- omy and good managemnet is requir- ed. Every dollar available is put in- to premiums and necessary improve- ments of the grounds and buildings. The men who manage the business of; the fair give many days’ time to it without compensation, and about all they get in return ‘is adverse criti- cism from those whom they labor to aid. As a result of the showing mad at these annual fairs many settlers are secured directly and indirectly. Those who come to build homes in Itasca county and open up farm- steads dio not all locate in the vicin- ity of the fair grounds. Deer River get its full share, as do all other sections of the county. Indirectly we all profit, but directly it it is not calculated as a money-making, enter- prise. As the country settles up even’) the Deer River paper should get more subscribers, and in that way get back anything it may see fit to contribute in the way of free ad- vertising. In the meantime the fair will continue to grow and do good, Murry and his paper to the contrany notwithstanding. ee ee W. H. Hassing is making the Carlton Vidette one of the best and brightest papers in this neighborhood. And this is no jolly. pe ee It is hardly probable that Attor- ney General Simpson resigned to be- come a candidate for governor, as is suspected in some quarters. He can make more money working for a private corporation than for the state of Minnesota. Lyndon A. Smith will be his successor. In or- BE ee A Alex McKnight of Duluth stjll the congressional bug in his bonnet, according to report. It seems that Alex quit drinking entirely and thinks for that reason he should rep- resent the Highth district at Wash- ington. If total abstinence were the only qualification necessary to make a statesman Alex might do. But——. SSUES as Brother Berryhill of the St. Paul Review is showing a disposition to go Socialist. He is mad at the Eberhart administration; doesn’t like Blil Taft; scolds everybody on the job, and appears to be generally out of harmony with the way things are going on. Yet he is a man in every- day life who would not impress the casual observer aa a pessimist. has thousand inhabitants—nearly twice years’ experience it has been found that but one paper can make a good living in the town, and the old Pine Knot now has the field alone. Clo- quet has a number of large saw mills—in fact it is claimed that more to grasp this frigid fact. Not know- ang much himeelf about the proper than at any other in the United Stat- AERA OS pan Cloquet is a little city of about “7 good has been accomplished? the size of Grand Rapids. After many| . lumber is manufactured at that point | it for granted that all without the | tre of its principal business neces- sarily makes it a good job printing point. It is safe to say there is more than double the amount of com- mercial job printing done at Cloquet than at Grand Rpaids. The amount of advertising done by local mer- chants of Cloquet is greater in vol- ume than that at Grand Rapids. Now figure out how Grand Rapids can support three papers. Ci The next meeting of the Good Roads promotens will be held at Ait- kin on September 20, or, thereabouts. Grand Rapids should be represented. If there are to be east and west and north and south trunk roads con- structed, the interests of this sec- tion of the county and Grand Rapids should not be. overlooked. William Jennings Bryan, in an in- terview recently, listed the men whom he believed qualified to lead the Democratic party in its next presidential campaign and Governor Harmon of Ohio was omitted. Mr. Bryan named four men whom he be- lieved “available’—Speaker Champ Clark, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, former Governor Folk of ‘Missouri and Governor Marshall of Indiana. ae eee Johnson, he of “pussyfoot” notori- ety, in connection with the liquor traffic in northern Minnesota as it relates to our native aborigines, is said to be again at work hereabouts. We may now look for blackmailing; wholesale perjury; the closing of some saloons; the influx of blind pigs innumerable; more drunken In- dians; a heap of trouble; lots of ex- pense; no good results. oie The Duluth Herald is bound to have an extra session of the legisla- ture convened to raise railroad taxa- ‘on to 5 per cent of the gross earn- ings. The Herald says a majority of members of both house and senate have signified a desire to do as that paper advises and it is now only ne- ecessary for Governor Eberhart to act. The Herald-Review also favors the proposed increase. Get together gentlemen and do as the people wish you to do. pe ee Governor Eberhart shoulda’t have felt indignant over that subpoena and $1.25 in fees. The official service was probably uncalled for, but it was in regular form, and the governor should have felt that he is no better than any other citizen who is serv- ed in like manner. If it were intend- ed to humiliate him the action was far-fetched and mighty small, but the governor should have risem su- perior to such petty acts and refuse to give them recognition. ee ee Poor old “Doctor” Till, he who has been dragging disease and death out of humamity for lo, these many moons, has fallen under the ban of the regular medical profession and is to be prosecuted for his good work. Dr. Bracken, of our own state board, is one of the. prosecutors. “Dr.” Till uses plasters on the backs of his patients for all sorts of disease and it is alleged that some of those who appeal to him for relief, never “come out of it.” How would it be to apply prosecution to some of the regulars under similar circumstances? —————E The Standard Oil company of New Jersey and the world, has gone out of existence, in obedience to,a decree of dissolution of the supreme court of the United States. On August 31 the corporation ceased officially as the world’s greatest octopus. Now watch. The price of oil will not de- crease, nor will the price of other necessities that have been under the control of the Standard. A conveni- emt way will be found to evade the purpose of the prosecution. ‘What SS And now it will come to pass via senatorial committee that. Multi-Mil- lionarie Stevenson of Wisconsin will ,be investigated concerning tke meth- eds employed by him tv get a seat im the senate cf the United States Money will be spent to take testi- mony to prove that the old fellow bought his plwe and paid the good, province of a newspaper, he tales | es. The size of the place and the na-|hard cash for it—and he will con- we to misrepresent the “sov- ereigns” of our sister state just the same. Who, pray, is more entitled fo a seat im the senate than the man who buys it outright, and no fooling. Our good friend of the Deer River ‘News is much wroth to see Duluth fail in its boast to build up a co- operative market for the farmers of northeastern Minnesota, and charges ‘that the commission wolves of the Zenith City influenced the Commer- cial club to flunk. Maybe. In any event Duluth has made herself ap- pear small in connection with the undertaking. But never mind, Mur- ray, don’t cry. Henry Hughes & Co. of Grand Rapids are not quite as big or boastful as Duluth, but that com- pany will put up a potato warehouse with a capacity of 100,000 bushels and will honestly undertake to look after the produce of Itasca and St. Louis county farmers. When Duluth fails Grand Rapids will do it. ee SPEEDY JUSTICE IS NEEDED. The Princeton Union offers this wholesome advise: “Brutal murders are of alarming frequence in Itasca county. The latest reported is from Crooked Lake, near the village of Nashwauk, where James McDonald was felled with a rifle and his head pounded into a jelly by Albert Ken- nedy. The authorities of Itasca county should get busy and see that speedy justice is meted out to the perpetrators of foul deeds, other- shun that county as they would a pest house.” —____s____ IS THIS NOT LESE MAJESTE? This brazen criticism is from no less a Republican authority than Bob Dunn’s Princeton Union: “Postmaster General Hitchcock has decided that the right of petition be denied railway mail clerks and other employes of the department who have grievances to lay before him— that such petitions will in future receive no consideration. Hence Hitchcock ignores the constitution of the United States. There is more discontent in the postoffice department than in any other branch of the government, and Hitchcock’s high-handed, domineering way of administering the affairs of his office is responsible. The coun- try has had enough of him—he should be permanently retired.” Se ea a gece RUN IT ON CREDIT. The Nashwauk Herald comments as follows: “Grand Rapids, the county seat for Itasca looks good to newspaper men as place to carve county, out a fortune, and as result a third newspaper is about to be launched. While the Herald does not think a third paper will be a success, owing to the two lent papers now being published excel- at Grand Rapids, the experience of publishing a third newspaper in Grand Rapids will be one of much value to the proposed publishers in tuture years. That almost person can run a newspaper better than men with years of experience is very frequently demonstrated to be a gross mistake when the said “anybody” starts the printing machinery in motion. The mistake generally proves to be a permanent cure for the skeptical” oe eee BRYAN STILL THE LEADER. any It is easy to say praise of Bryan, because it is easy to speak the truth. Bryan is the most honored and respected citizen of the world today, irrespective of politics. His integrity and real greatness is rec- ognized throughout the civilized world. It is a noticeable and grati- fying fact that even the political op- ponents of the great commoner speak of him in terms of sincere admiration when discussing him other than as a candidate for the presidency. The following editorial from the Republican Duluth New Tribune is evidently written from the heart: “There are a great many people who are oiling their souls with the unctuous, not to say greasy, thought that William Jennings Bryan is elim- inated from the national campaign of wise decent, law abiding people will | 1912, We would regret this if it were true; fortunately, it is not true. “Bryan, is a wholesome influence in Ameri¢an politics, and his following 48 not among the politicians. It is long years since he was popular in congress. Long before the members of that body dared attack him open- ly, they put in excess hours scoring him in private. “They fear William Randolph Hearst with all his publicity artillery | less than they do Bryan. The rea- son for this is simple, as the Hearst following is rather of the rabble; it is| unstable and uncertain. It is based on discontent; om the wrongness of conditions, with little thought of the why or the efficiency of remedies. “Tt is purely a political movement with no other fundamentals than the material; that some have, while many have not, and that the cure is to take from the some and distribute among the many. There is a hollow- ness which iis inevitable in such a movement under such a leadership. “Mr. Bryan’s crusades have always had a dominant element of the mor- | Ei He is con- al, not to say religious. cerned primarily with the right and | Wrong of things, with what is honest, ‘true and decent, and what is pelf, predatory and unclean. His is a voice im the wilderness of ideals shaping and realizing them. “His hold is deeper, stronger and vastly more lasting than Mn Hearst’s. It is much more to be feared by privilege, and his grip upon the people reaches too deep to be up- | pooted by a political harrow. It is doubtless true that he will not him- self again be the candidate, but it is as certain that no other will be who cannot secure his endorsement. “A candidate may show a list of so- called progressive measures as long as from Debs to Parker, but if Bry- an does not say he rings true, he can have little hope of even a ma- jority, let alone the two-thirds of the | Democratic convention.” ——a—__ CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS. | Every man who advertises does so that it may benefit his business. Very rightly he expects a financial return | commensurate with what he spends yet not unoften he is disappointed. | This is not the fault of advertising in itself but to the manner of ad- vertising. As a matter of fact three condi- tions are necessary for successful ad- vertising—liberal ty, attractivene:s and truthfulness. As to the first it must be evident to every business man of average discernment that a puny little ad naturally creates the impression that the man who inserts | it does not care to do much business or else ‘that he has but a poor stock. | As to the second an ad should be made alluring. In size, wording and | arrangement it should at once catch the eye and thereby focus attention upon it. But the first two conditions are useless without the third—that of truthfulness. A merchant must make good over the counter what he of- fers in his advertisement. If he fails to do this, not once or twice, but habitually, the public puts no trust in his representations and business disaster inevitably follows. That the great majority of mer- chants are honest in their business and faithfully portray the character and quality of their goods, and of the bargains they offer, is unques- tioned. As a rule they are men of principle and also are shrewd enough to know that a temporary gain re- sulting from some misleading adver- tisement is sure to be followed by a permanent reaction. In this respect the position of a local merchant is vastly different than that of a mail order house. The constituency of the local merchant is limited, that of the catalogue house is practically unlimited. It sends its literature all over the country and thereby any misleading advertisement does not react upon it as it would upon the business man of a small elty or town. In truth it is well &nown that many and perhaps most of the articles advertised by mail order houses are deficient in quality or in weight and measure, and that their customers do not get the bar- gains they suppose. The local merchant who should do this would speedily become bankrupt. He knows that to gain trade and hold his customers he must be hon- est with them. Therefore what he states in his advertisement may al- most invariably be relied upon to the mutual benefit of buyer and seller. The one lesson is that people should deal with the merchant who ‘keeps faith with them and not with houses that supply them with goods not up to the mark. — MINNESOTA GAME LAIWS THEY ARE. The Mesaba Ore, Hibbing, certainly sizes up the situation correctly in the following observations: It used to be said that a Philadel- phia lawyer could straighten out any law kimk that ever happened, but a Philadelphia lawyer, or a_ legal light from any other spot on the man would have to be a peach to define what the Minnesota state legislature was trying to do with the game laws at the last session, AS It is a profound mystery. It is the common practice for ey- ery state legislature that meets in Minnesota to take a whack at the game laws, on general _ principles, presumably, and the result is some- times really fearful. The “revision” is usually turned over to committees that don’t know don’t eges don’t know a deer from a “guyanther,” or a moose from a steam shovel; know whether a fish lays it in a tree or under the barn; a grouse from a rat trap, or whether a caribou thas a calf, or a colt or pup The committee makes its mendations from “knowledge’’gather- ed from a best seller, an almanac or a ladies’ aid society cook book, and recom- the legislative whole, which don’t know any more about it than the committee does, enacts the recom- mendations into laws, and expects the people to get at the true meaning of the chapter. The sportsman who wants to obey this fearfully and wonderfully con- structed law has to hire a constitu- | tional lawyer to figure the thing out for him. and the constitutional law- yer gives an “opinion,” but in real- ‘ity the law is as much Greek to him as it is to the other fellow. The sportsman has to take chances after all, and he don’t know where he is at any of the time. | The last legislature, it is believed, sought to fix the state law so that but one deer might be killed by each legal hunter during the open season, ‘but you have to do a heap of guess- ing to arrive at the conclusion, and then you may be wrong. The amended law says in one place that but one deer may be killed by each licensed hunter, and in anoth- er place that two deer may be killed by each hunter. You may take your choice, and al- 9 the chances of running afoul of the majestic law as bungled by the Minnesota state legislature. On deer for each licensed hunter is quite enough, to be sure, but the law should be clear on the point. The question should be settled one way ‘or another before the open season for killing deer arrives, and unless it is settled much confusion will re- sult. We may possibly be pardoned for remarking in passing that reducing the number of deer that may be le- gally killed in one season by one person will not result in saving the deer. If the game laws of the state were enforced to the letter, or with- in four or five jumps of it, the legal hunter might kill ten or twenty deer between Noyember 10 and November 30 of each year and the number would not be decreased as rapidly as under present conditions—a condition that affords almost absolutely no game protection in this section of the state. It is not the legal hunter that is depleting the forests of northern Min- nesota of the noble game— it is the pot-hunter, the game hog and others of the lawless classes that hunt the year ‘round and kill every deer that ‘shows @ flag. The law abiding sportsman has to take what is left and he is lucky if he can get one deer in the open gea- son, ee lew.