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LA ti O W O L, O. I'rni.isiiKU Evkby Satchday. Office: 2I5 Woodbridge Duluth. Telephone, 2S0. Printing Piant: I9»5 w- Supjrior St. Telephone, 276. SU1JSC1UPTION:- One year, 111 advance, $1.00 Six Months, Three months, Siiitfle copicri, 5 cents. Advertising rates made known on application. TRADES COUNCIL SABKIE G. AKIN, Editor and Publisher THOMAS E. HILL, Associate Editor. Letters and articles relating to the social roblem are solicited. Entered at the postofflce at Duluth, Minn., as second class matter. The county fair was as much of a success as could be ex pected, taking the weather in to consideration. Now that the charter is de feated the franchise grabber and boodle alderman can con tinue his devilish work. If the friends of the new charter had commenced agitat ing the matter one month ear lier it would have carried by an overwhelming majority. Unionism means the banding together of the stronger work men to secure fair compensa tion and equal rights for the weaker members of their craft. It is said the voice of the peo ple is the voice of God. We doubt it! We would hate to think that God Almighty would voice some of the things that Duluth people have sanc tioned lately. Governor Clough thought Duluth such a "chilly" place that it would never do to have the Fourteenth regiment mus tered out here. If he ever pokes his dishonest old head up for office again he will, think there is nothing but icicles here. The defeat .of the city char ter on Tuesday last was a sig nal victory for the politicians. There were too many fat jobs at stake, and they considered private gain superior to public welfare and voted against the adoption of the charter. Reports are rife that wages are being greatly increased on account of the improved con dition of the times. Improved times nothing! Election is less than six weeks away and this increased wage "racket" is only an effort to bolster up a thread^ bare "fake" and catch votrs. The slaves of Duluth and the northwest did homage to Czar Hill in right royal style. They couldn't have done better in Russia. He in turn told them how willing he was to serve them so long as in the serving he piled up dividends for the gigantic corporation he is pres ident of, and the willing serfs howled with delight. The opening of the Fosston branch of the Great Northern shortens the route between the markets of the east and the great grain producing section of the west a hundred miles or more, yet the railroad rate com bine permits of no reduction of freight or passenger tariff. The benefits from any invention or improvement goes into the pockets of the capitalist in stead of contributing to the public welfare. DULUTH A five dollar excursion rate has been offered by the Great Northern to Grand Forks and return, over the new Fosston branch during the dates of the street fair there, October 5th, 6th and 7th. Our merchants and business men will avail them selves of this opportunity to visit that place and establish closer business relations with that city and section. Much better facilities are offered for the interchange of business relations than ever before, and it will not be strange if Duluth diverts the trade of that terri tory from the twin cities to the head of the lakes at no dis tant day. C. O. BAXJDWIN job senator. The nomination of Charles O. Baldwin by the democratic, silver republican and populist forces to represent the Fifty first district in the senate is a particularly wise selection. Mr. Baldwin is an able lawyer and a gentlemen whose integrity is unquestioned. He is not the tool of the Minnesota Iron com pany or any other corporation he realizes the needs of St. Ivouis county and has the abil ity, honesty and energy to see that measures beneficial to this section are presented and passed. He is an old resident of Duluth, stands high in his profession and if he is elected— and he will be—the county will have at least one representa tive in whom entire confidence can be placed. ETERNAL JUSTICE. BY CHARLES MACKAY. The man is thought a knave or fool, Or bigot plotting crime. Who, for the advancement of his race, Is wiser than his time. For him the hemlock shall distill, For him the axe be bared For him the gibbet shall be built,- For him the stake prepared Him shall the scorn and wrath of men Pursue with deadly aim And malice, envy, spite and lies, Shall desecrate his name. But truth shall conquer at the last. For round and round we run, And ever the right comes uppermost, And ever is justice done. Pace through thy cell, old .Socrates, Cheerily to and fro Trust to the impulse of thy soul And let the poison flow. They may shatter to earth the lamp of clay That holds alight divine, But they cannot quench the Are of thought By any such deadly wine. They cannot blot thy spoken words From the memory of man. By all the poison ever was brewed Sine* time its course began. Today abhorred, tomorrow adored, So round and ronnd we run, And ever the truth comes uppermost, And ever is justice done. Plod in thy cave, gray Anchorite Be wiser than thy peers Augment the range of human power, And trust to|cominK fears. They may call thee wizard, and monk accursed, And load thee with dispraise Thou wert born Ave hundred years too soon For the comfort of thy days, But not too soon for human kind: Time hath reward in store And the demons of our sires become The saints that we adore. The blind can see, the slave is lord So round and round we run, And ever the wrong is proved to be wrong, And ever Is justice done. Keep, Galileo, to thy thought, And nerve thy soul to Bear They may gloat over the senseless words they From the pangs of thy despair. [wring They may veil their eyes, but they cannot hide The sun's meridian glow The heel of a priest may tread thee down, And a tyrant work the woe But never a truth has been destroyed: They may curse it and call it a crime Pervert and betray, or slander and slay Its teachers for a time But the snnshine aye shall light the sky, As round and round we run And the truth sli^l ever come uppermost, And justice shall be done. And live there now such men as these— With thoughts like the great of old? Many have died in their misery, And left their thoughts untold. And many live, and are ranked as mad, And placed in the cold world's ban, For sending their bright, far-seeing souls Three centuries in the van They toil in penury and grief, Unknown, it not maligned Forlorn, forlorn, bearing the scorn Of the meanest of mankind But yet the world goes round and round And the genial seasons run. And ever the truth comes uppermost, I And ever is justice done. IMPERIAL HAS NO EQUAL FOR PRODUCING THE BEST BREAD. MADE: IN DULUTH FLOUR How would you inaugurate govern ment banking? We would let the treasury department at Washington remain as it now is Every official there is under oath and under bond to protect the interests of the people. He is there as a servant of the entire people and we will let condi tions at Washington continue until gov ernment banking machinery may require a change. For the government of local banking conditions we would elect, at a separate election, five bank commissioners entire ly independent of political considera tions, and thereafter as one commissioner should retire each year one new com missioner should be elected each year. These county bank commissioners should have the locating of banks and the employment of bank officers. How many banks would be required? We would locate a bank for the pur pose of loaning money at each county seat throughout the United States, and in the large citieB at central points where about 20,000 people could be ac commodated at each bank. All the poBt-offices should be receivers of depos its, which deposits should be sent to the nearest loaning depository. What would you do with our present bankers? They would retain their places and pass into the employ of the government. No bankers would be discharged. On the contrary the clerical force of bank' ers would be at once greatly increased, as the people, bringing out their money from hiding places and into banks, would make an immediate demand for more help in receiving and paying out money. Nearly every adult would be come a frequenter of the bank deposit ing and drawing money so that the cler ical work of banking would be enormouo. Where would the government get the money with which to do a banking bus iness? Directly from the people. Govern ment banking would be the same as the present methods of banking. The gov ernment would serve simply as the cus todian of the people's money. It would take money on deposit the same as bankers do now and pay it out on de mand. It would loan money on ap proved security and would do, in short, a straight general banking business. What interest would you allow on deposits? We would allow no interest on short time deposits. Where people are daily putting money into the bank and as often taking it out the accommodation ren dered to people for keeping their money safely would be sufficient compensation, but people who would allow their money to remain along time in the bank we would pay, for the use of the same, three per cent, per annum interest. Three per cent, per .annum interest would be a high rate for a bank to pay we will admit but we have certain rea sons whv we pay this high rate in the be ginning of government banking and among the reasons for this rate are the following: It would quickly bring all idle money from its hiding places and into the bank and it would enable old people, who have retired and depend upon interest for their support to get some revenue from this source. It would enable charitable institutions, colleges endowed, and great numbers of enterprises dependent upon interest to day, to continue to get revenue from interest without deranging present mon etary affairs. It would bring nearly all money at present loaned at ft higher rate, into the bank as soon as present loans expire, as most people would prefer a three per cent. interpBt, absolutely certain to be paid, rather than get a higher rate when payment was uncertain. Allow us to interrupt you for a minute on this interest question. We have many people who do not believe in inter est who would allow no interest. What is your answer to them? Those people forget that we live in a competitive age. A selfish age. Ah acquisitive age. The infant in the cra dle will reach for and clasp its rattle box the young child will contend with its little companion for the possession of the plaything the older child, the more mature in age, the man and woman, are all intent on possession. This natural desire to acquire is the foundation of all progress at the present time. It con structs the canal, it builds the railway, it erects the building. It is the main spring of all enterprises. It is all right to theorize but we have to take things as we find them. Thus a man covers one acre of ground with trees, fruits, flowers, a residence and place in which to do business. All these improvements are the work of his own hands, the result of labor. His property is in such condition as to afford himself and family a support. With advancing yeare he retires from this property and rents it to a tenant who is happy to pay as a rent $300 a year. The tetaant is delighted, as he is able to support his family from this property besides paying the rent. In due time the tenant buys the prop erty and pays therefor §10,000. Along —Vrf, rm^-i comes a person who says he would like the use of that 810,000 that he may pro duce a duplicate of the place which has been sold which he can use and get a support from. Now, as the owner got $300 a year rent for his property, why shall he not get §300 a year for the use of the §10,000 for which the place sold? When the time comes through the spirit of cooperation that everybody works for everybody else and there is enough for everybody, when we haye reached that higher life in which grasp ing selfishness is eliminated from the .human mind when we have reached that superior socialistic condition in which the best energies of the mind are not consumed in the struggle for exis tence when we reach that stage wherein we shall not worry about the future then we will talk no more about renting property or renting money, but until we reach that time we must talk about rent and interest. What would you do with the large amount of money deposited in the gov ernment bank? Money is made to serve the purpose of exchange. It is not convenient to ex change one product for another. It is much easier to use some light, easily transported article that will represent the product rather than use the product itself. Money, therefore, beiDg in the. bank in large quantity, it will be in readiness to be loaned to anyone giving the requisite security. The government naturally would es tablish moBt rigid regulations in regard to' loaning money. In the first place all property would be carefully appraised by government appraisers who, as strang ers, would visit the town and without fear or favor, would Bet a conservative value upon property submitted to their inspec tion. In loaning money the bank managers would depend upon this appraisement which should represent actual cash value. Another regulation of the government probably would be to loan money only on property worth twice the amount which was borrowed. Thus the borrow er wishing to get $100 or §1,000 would be required to give security worth §200 or $2,000, in order to get the money. This would provide for any fluctuation in the values of securities and would be safe banking. As there would be no more financial panics under government bank ing, causing depreciation in values, the consequence would be an upward tend in values instead of their being depreci ation. How would merchants and other tradesman whose only capital consists of goods constantly being exchanged for money, be able to give security, and how could they get money from the govern' mentbank? Undoubtedly guarantee companies would be immediately established with large capital, who, for a small considera tion, regulated by law, would furnish the necessary security to the government and thus all individuals having -the slightest right to borrow could do so. But a highly prosperous condition of business, which would come when banks are absolutely safe and money abundant, would soon place business men into a condition such that they would have so much money on. deposit in the bank that they would not have to borrow and consequently they would not be com pelled to give security. What rate of interest should the gov ernment charge? The government should make a rate that will fit into present methods of do ing business and correspond with pre vailing rates. A fair rate in the begin ning would be four per cent. That rate should be the same in all the states and territories. We should probably lower the rate in time just as we have lowered the rates of postage from time to time, but four per cent, would be a great re duction from present rates of interest prevailing throughout the United States. The great benefits which will accrue from lowered rates of interest and from government banking we will show later! Slaves vs. Law. There is a struggle going on at Pana, Ills., between the spe cial deputies on one side and the business men and union miners on the other. As is usual the paid and corporation officials took it upon them selves to deputize about all the business men in Pana without their consent, and then called on them to assist in arresting the miners. This they refused to do. The matter was taken before the grand jury and a dozen or two business men were indicted for refusing to act as deputies and arrest men, who, in their judgment, had not broken the law and against whom there was no charge to justify an arrest. The business men haye joined forces and will fight the matter to the bitter end besides, they will use every effort to see that the miners receive their just deserts and are treated like human beings. The operators imported a large number of colored miners to replace the locked-out home miners but after a brief period they quit and the mines were shutdown. Public sentiment is with the resident miners and the busi ness men and better class of citizens are determined that the mines shall not be operated until the men, who have famil ies and have lived and worked there for years, are reinstated at a fair rate of wages. When the public demands that justice shall be done that result is gen erally brought about without bloodshed. Miners Win. The Colorado miners have won their strike. The struggle lasted for more than five months, but in the end the men were granted nearly everything they asked, and in addition were given what they had been contending for many years— the weighing of coal according to the mine run instead of after being screened. The men con cerned in the struggle are to be congratulated on the manner in which they conducted it from first to last. In spite of the feeling which naturally followed the refusal of the com pany to abide by the decision of the State Board of Arbitra tion and of disturbing elements brought into the country for the purpose of leading to law breaking, they kept their heads and gave no excuse for the ar rest of a single man. They fought it without aid from any one outside the state, and the result was a victory of which all organized labor may well be proud. One Great Federation. Tne plan to effect an organi zation of the seamen and dock ers of the world, which was started nearly two years ago, is being pushed rapidly for ward to completion. The latest step .taken was the decision on the part of the British Federa tion of Seamen and Dock La borers, the strongest organiza tion of its kind in the world, to affiliate with the American Longshoreman's Union. Simi lar organizations are in exist ence in German, France, Hol land, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Australia, India, China and Ja pan, and it is the purpose to in cludeall of these in one great federation. Orgaizers are now actively engaged in the work of bringing them together and the friends of the movement feel certain that its successful culmination cannot be long de layed. When completed this federation will be the first prac tical example of the commun ity of interests which exists between working men of all nations and all classes. TROUBLE ABOUT THE HATS. Effects of Ab*entmlndedneaa Aaoiig Mem ber* of a Club In Newark. There is a club in Newark, N. J., whose members seem to have con siderable trouble about their hats when they lay them in the rack at the clubhouse. There have been fre quent instances lately in which members have been unable to find their own hats when ready to go bome. It Is a most sedate club, with a membership largely made up of staid, middle aged merchants, man ufacturers and professional men, and there is not the slightest reason for attributing the exchange of headgear to jocularity or convivial My itis regarded as simple absence of mind when a sober lawyer goes home with a derby three sizes too small for him perched on the top of his head and compels some equally grave member to wear a hat which rests on his ears, or when a member leaves his silk hat behind and hur ries home wearing a soft hat wfaioh Poet, author, journalist, critic, lectur- HUGH A. WETHORE, er, composer, inventor, designer, engraver and writer of original trade-marks, cartoons and ar tistic advertisements. I write acrostics for lov ers. sketches and plays for actors, sermons for preachers, speeches for politicians, pamphlets for doctors, "write-ups" for business men, biogra phies for prominent people, and give instruction to beginners at newspaper work. Room 212 Torrey Building, Duluth, Minn. To the Laboring rien of Duluth. Wo have opened up in the Duluth Market buildiDg a complete Grocery. The following lines we handle ex clusively 6uch as: ,...,, Duluth Union Made Cigars. Duluth Candy Co.'s Candy. Duluth Made Drooms. Duluth Made Soaps. Duluth Extracts. (Mrs. Foster's.) Duluth Imperial Coffee Co.'s Spices, Extracts, Coffee, eto. Duluth Imperial Flour. Why not insist on having Duluth made products so far as are manu factured here? Are you not aware that if every citizen of Duluth in sisted on having only the products made by above concerns hundreds of extra men could find employ ment? In addition to above we han dle a full line of Groceries--*- also making a specialty of preserv ing Fruits of all kinds. Buy your Groceries of us Saturday, your Veg etables of the gardener and have both delivered. Prices and quality of goods right. Open until 10 p. m. Saturdays every other jjday in the week until 6 p. m. Duluth Market Building.... FOREIGN NEWS. Drouth continues throughout the greater part of Great Britain. The Spanish cortes has been pro* rogued because of the stormy sessions of the senate. Mount Vesuvius shows greater ac tivity than at any time for over a quarter of a century. Salisbury is said to haye again weak* ened and Russia is in the asoendency In Chinese railway affairs. Turkey has complied with England's demand by ordering the disarming of the Turkish troops in Crete. United Ireland, the organ of the Land League* established by the late Charles Stewart Parnell, has suspended publication. A high official of the palace named Ko has confessed ordering the adminis* tering of poison to the king and crown prince of Korea. Two arrests of men said to be danger* ous anarchists have been made at Lau* zanne, Switierland, in connec^on with the assassination of the empress of Austria. General Kitchener will issue an ulti* matum demanding the withdrawal of the French expedition under Major Marohand from Fashoda, in Egyptian territory. The funeral of tha empress of Aus tria occurred Saturday. 89rvioes were held at the same time in Washington, which were attended by the president, cabinet and all the diplomatio corps. George Wyndham, the Conservative member of parliament for Dover sinoe 1889, has been appointed pnder secre tary to the foreign office in succession to Rt. Hon. George N. Curzon, the newly appointed Indian vioeroy. The emperor of China has addressed to the people along explanation of his new policy, deolaring that in many re spects Western civilization is superio# to the existing order in his dominion and announcing his intention to adopt its good features and discard the bad ones. The Ever Present Terror. (Caller—Exouse the lateness of the hour, Mr. Homeleigh, but I could not resist the temptation to be the bearer of good news. You will be glad to hear the supreme court has just handed down a decision in the case we have been conducting for you, and that it is in your favor, congratulate you, my dear sir, on the successful termination of your long struggle, and I trust you may live many years to enjoy the large fortune of which you may now at any time take pbssess— Man of the House (turning pale) —Please don't talk so loud. You'll wake the baby.—Chicago Tribune. Divnlgloi-Secreta. Mrs. Winston—I think your hus band is so witty I But why is it that you never laugh at his jokes? I have often noticed this. Mrs. Clapper—He always tries his jokes on me first. I hear them sev eral times before he springs them in company.—Cleveland Leader. Coaldn't Fool Them. Committeeman (to public school teacher)—We was thinkin of puttin up a nice motto over your desk to encourage the children. How would "Knowledge Is Wealth" do? Schoolteacher—That wouldn't do. 1 The children know how small my salary is.—New York Weekly. Change of Time and New Train Service. Commencing August 2l6t, the North ern Pacific train for the Coast and all intermediate points will leave Duluth at 1 p. m. daily. The new train for Crookston, Grand Forks and Winnipeg will leave Duluth at 7:15 p. m. daily. Through sleeeper to Grand bVrke.