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TODAY'S WEATHER■
.VASIIINGTON, May 10.—For Minnesota:
f-itr in northern, loci showers, followed by
air in southern portloni easterly to south
erly winds; warmer in extreme northern
portion.
For Wisconslnt Partly cloudy weather;
probably local showers; slightly cooler; light
to fresh southerly winds,
For Iowa: Partly cloudy weather, with lo
cal thunder storms; warmer In western por
tion.
For South Dakota: Fair; variable winds.
For North Dakota: Fair; warmer; easterly
to southerly winds.
t For Montana: Partly cloudy weather, with
local rains; warmer; southwesterly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau, Washington, May 11, 6:48
p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75tli Meridian
Time. —Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
Place. Ther. Place. Ther.
St Paul ....~..,...72 Mlnnedosa ...... ....54
Duluth .... ........76 Winnipeg 56
Huron ...» 72
Bismarck ... 70 Bismarck , 70-74
Wllliston .... 62 Buffalo 74-76
Havre __.. E6 Boston ... 84-94
Helena „_»* 46 Cheyenne 70-72
Edmonton „ 52 Chicago .... „..84-88
Battleford , 52 Cincinnati 86-92
Prince Albert ......64 Helena 46-52
Calgary .... ......56 New Orleans 76-82
Medicine Hat „.,..58 New York 84-90
Swift Current „...56 Pittsburg 81.-88
Qu'Appelle .... ... .60 Winnipeg 56-58
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer, 29.89; thermometer, 74; relative
humidity, 72; wind, southeast; weather,
cloudy; maximum thermometer, 82; minimum
thermometer, 67; dally range, 15; amount of
rainfall in last twenty-four hours, trace.
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
. Gauge Danger Height of
Reading. Lira. Water. Change.
St. Paul 14 8.8 —0.2
La Crosse 10 10.2 —0.2
Davenport 15
St Louis 30
"Rise. —Fall.
Note—Barometer corrected for temperature
And elevation. P. F. Lyons. Observer.
CHARITY BEGINS ABROAD.
Charles A. Pillsbury went before the
fcomittee of the house recently to ex
plain to it the benefits of reciprocity.
He expatiated on the treaty negotiated
■with Spain whereby the tariff on im
portations of flour into Cuba was re
duced from nearly $5 a barrel to $1,
and how, responding to this decrease
In cost, consumption of flour in the
island so increased as to largely en
hance our exports of it to Cuba. In
other words, Mr. Pillsbury made an
argument for free trade; that ls, for
the manufacture and sale of products
under the freest of competition; for, if
a reduction of a tax increases con
sumption and therefore demand, a re
moval of tax would still further bene
fit both seller and buyer.
But we apprehend that Mr. Pllls
bury's idea of reciprocity is of the jug
handle order. He wants the recipro
cal benefits to be all on his side. He
is desirous that taxes abroad should
be reduced to cheapen flour and pro
vide him more customers, but he is
opposed to any cheapening process for
the benefit of his neighbors. His char
ity begins abroad. For this benevolent
purpose an association of millers in the
spring wheat region has been formed,
the outcome of a movement begun last
year, with its headquarters in Minne
apolis and its actuary to fix output and
prices both wholesale and retail. The
natural advantages of locality are over
come by this arrangement, and con
sumers of flour who live within sound
of the roar of the mills pay more for
their flour than So those who live at
greater distances. We alluded some
time ago to the case of a citizen of
St. Paul who sent to Chicago for a
barrel of flour made in Minneapolis,
and it cost him 50 cents less after pay
ing freight and drayage than he could
buy it here. A New Ulm gentleman
says that the same condition prevails
in his city, and we presume it is the
same through the spring wheat region,
which is under the sheltering arm of
this philanthropic combination.
A comparison of prices taken from
the market reports shows how charity
does not begin at home when charity
Is dispensed by a millers' association.
Minneapolis quotations for patents are
$3.50, while the same flour is quoted
in New York at $3.75, after freight and
commissions are added. Deducting
these the price is" less than in Minne
apolis. Turning to the export price
list given in the treasury reports we
find that the average price for Febru
ary was $3.51. As the flour shipped
to New York nets the miller from $2.95
to $3.05, this export price probably
covers that of our Minnesota patents.
Crossing the ocean it comes _. com
petition with English "town-made"
flour, which sold, March 1, for the
equivalent of $3.60 a barrel. Minnesota
patents are quoted at 18 .shillings,
which, reduced to our barrel standard
and currency, is $3.60 a barrel. This is
after the freights and commissions,
all the charges between the mill
and the London market, are paid.
This puts flour made in Minneapolis
on the London market somewhere in
side of a dollar Jess than the whole
sale price here. Meanwhile the local
consumer pays at retail at the rate of
$4.60 a barrel, a price not exceeded,
probably, to the English consumer
*•*"* 4,000 miles away. Would it not be just
as well to have a little home reciproc
ity? Or is American citizenship so
valuable a thing that it should pay
more for its flour than the unfortunate
mortals burdened with the load of
British citizenship?
THE TWO-THIRD RULE.
__ singular question may arise to
bother the Chicago convention. Already
the intimation has come from silverite
quarters that the two-thirds rule will
be abrogated and the majority rule
adopted, thus abandoning a custom
that has oFtalned since It was in
vented to balk the ambition of Mar
tin Van Buren sixty years ago. But
the question will at once arise by what
vote can it be abolished? Can a rule
so long adhered to, that requires two
thirds of the delegates to select a candi
date, be summarily set aside by a mere
majority? Should the point of order
be raised that it requires a two-thirds
vote to abolish the two-thirds rule, will
not the point have to be held well
taken? Should either side of the con
test of the standards have a majority,
and should that majority revoke the
old rule nolens volens, would not the
act be made the pretext for and the
Justification of a bolt? If, on the con
trary, the two-thirds rule should be
upheld, and either faction should fail
of a two-thirds strength, what, then,
will be the outcome?
Judging from the illiberal spir
it shown by the silverites in
Missouri and especially in
the convention the other day in Ten
nessee, they would accept neither a
gold standard candidate nor a gold
standard plank. It is probable, how
ever, that their bark is worse
than their bite. In the Fifty
third congress they virtually aban
doned their divinely ordained ratio
when they permitted successive votes
on other ratios, and the senators ail
joined in supporting the compromise
measure fathered by Senator Jones, of
Arkansas. It may be that there will
be no split or bolt, but a sensible get
ting together on a genuine Democratic
basis on which all can unite. But if
a contrary spirit prevails, the two
thirds rule may occasion some trouble.
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THE ANNIVERSARY NUMBER.
The New Globe bows its acknowl
edgments for the manner in which the
issue of yesterday, commemorative of
its first anniversary, was received by
the good people of St. Paul. The very
impatience expressed for the unavoid
able delay that prevented its readers
from being greeted by It at their break
fast table was in itself a tribute to
the position the paper has won for
itself In their estimation in the twelve
months past. It has been a year of
foundation building, and the anniver
sary issue, with the reception given it,
assures us that, in the public opinion,
the foundations are solidly put in, and
that the superstructure of long years
of useful work may be built on them.
Not alone were the reading public
in their testimonials of approbation of
the issue which starts the New Globe
on its second year. The 125 columns
of advertising matter that occupied its
pages gave their proof that those un-
sentimental gentlemen, the advertisers,
who have an eye single to business,
and care only to reach the largest pos
sible number of readers, bore their evi
dence that the twelve months have
made the Globe a desirable vehicle
for carrying their announcements to
its wide circle of readers. With the
endorsement of the people who read
and who were lavish in their praise of
the Sunday paper, and with the addi
tional endorsement implied in the lib
eral use of its columns by the gentle
men who wish to reach that reading
public, the New Globe starts with
confidence on its second year, sure
that the course that has won it its
present position and standing will con
tinue to win increase of support from
readers of papers who appreciate hon
est effort and faithful service.
LIMITS OP MONEY METALS.
The history of the coinage of this
country establishes the natural limits
of the use of the various metals. The
commercial world had always recog
nized these lines, but governments have
tried to move them, impelled by vari
ous and not always sound economic
motives. It would be apparent, in the
absence of experience, that the more
valuable the metal the more suitable
it was in coinage to express large
values, while the bulkier the metal was
in proportion to value the better suited
it was to express the le.ser valu •_.
"Where the dividing line ls which sep
arates the smallest practicable coin of
the dearer metals from the largest
feasible ones of the baser metals has
been a matter of experimentation by
all nations, and by none more than our
own.
In our gold coinage the act of 1792
contemplated the use of the quarter
eagle, $2.50, as the smallest coin of that
metal. After the act of 1834, reducing
the number of grains in the eagle from
270 to 258, changed the mint value of
silver, undervaluing it, the scarcity of
silver coins led to the act of 1849, which
provided for the coinage of gold dol
lars. It was expected that this coin
would perform the function in ex
changes of the silver dollar, no longer
coined in sufficient quantities because
the bullion was worth more in the mar
kets than at the mints. But the com
mercial world found the coin utterly
impracticable. It was so minute as to
be an annoyance instead of a help.
It was easily lost and difficult to han
dle. The result was the repeal of the
act in 1890—an admission that the low
er limit of gold coinage had been passed,
after $19,499,337 had been coined. The
$3 gold piece, authorized by the act of
1853, was abandoned in 1890, after $1,619,
--376 had been coined.
The silver dollar of, at first, 416
grains, and, after 1837, of 412% grains,
but always having 871^, grains of fine
silver, waa the generally accepted
boundary on the one side of the larg
est quantity of silver practicable in a
coin. But _t the other extreme the at
tempts to use this metal in small coins
have demonstrated that it has its low
est limits in the dime. The three
cent piece was found, after an experi
ence of its use from 1851 to 1873, to be
attended with the same annoyance as
the use of the gold dollar, and in
the latter year its coinage was discon
tinued, after $1,282,087.20 had been coin
ed. The practical result demon
strates that the dime is the bound-
tTH__J SAIJST PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 189&.
ary line of small silver coinage.
The popularity of the five-cent nickel
for the half-dime after 1866 is shown
by the coinage of them to the extent of
$13,884,582.20, as compared with $4,880,
--219.40 of the silver half-dimes from 1792
to 1895.
The effort to utilize nickel further in
coining three-cent pieces proved that
the limits of that metal had been
reached in the five-cent piece, and it
was discontinued in 1890 and the nickel
or bronze cent given the entire field
below the five-cent pieces. The experi
ments with the copper cent also estab
lished its limits. Beginning in 1792
with a copper cent weikhlng 464 grains
the weight was reduced the following
year to 208 grains, and again in 1796 to
168 grains, at which it remained until
1857, when it was discontinued and the
nickel cent substituted. This held the
field until 1864, when the present bronze
cent was adopted.
THAT WILL DEPEND.
In the Gorman act there was a pro
vision intended to give to manufactur
ers, who used alcohol as one of the ma
terials of their products, a rebate of the
entire tax on - making satisfactory
proof, under such regulations as the
secretary of the treasury might pre
scribe. As alcohol is extensively used
in the preparation of medicines and al
so in the arts, the claims for rebate
amount to a very large sum. The op
portunities for evasion and the profits,
if successful, would be so great and
frauds on the revenue so certain that
Secretary Carlisle found that it would
be Impracticable to draw regulations
under the act that would prevent
frauds or enable satisfactory proof to
be made on which to make the rebate.
The attention of congress was called
to the defective character of the law
and a bill to remedy it was defeated
by the Republican tactics in the sec
ond session of the Fifty-third congress.
The manufacturers have filed their
claims for rebate amounting to several
million dollars. A bill is pending in
the house to repeal the section of the
law granting this rebate, but making
no provision for the payment of the
claims. This, the Times-Herald says,
is "repudiation." The promises and
agreements made should be kept and
all rights accruing under them should
be protected. That will depend. Let
us suppose that the United States were
suable as any individual is for breach
of contract. These manufacturers then
would bring suit to recover the rebate.
"What would be the degree of proof re
quired to entitle them to recover? It
would not be sufficient for them to
show that they had purchased a quan
tity of alcohol, that they had used it
exclusively in the arts or medicines,
and that the rebate had been demanded
with proper proofs, and payment re
fused. They would also have to prove
actual damage, the loss sustained by
paying the tax on alcohol and the sale
of the product in which it was used
at a price not enhanced by the tax cost
of the alcohol. Should it be shown that
they had merged the tax paid in the
cost price of the articles made, and re
covered that tax in the sale of the man
ufactured article, it would be a case
ofabreach of contract without damage,
and their recovery would be for merely
nominal damages. That these manu
facturers have done this there is no
doubt, and that is the reason why, in
repealing the law, no provision is made
to pay their claims. It would be, like
the "hat trimmings" cases, a sheer
gratuity to the manufacturers to re
fund to them a tax which they had col
lected from their customers.
CLOUGH AND THE ANTIS.
Tbe antl-Clough combine has called forth
denunciations from all parts of the state and
demonstrates to the people that these con
spirators recognize unmistakably that Gov.
Ciough ls strong with the people, and is so
considered by bis rivals.—Worthlngtcn Ad
vance.
If David Clough carries Hennepin county
for governor the other candidates may as
well hang up their fiddles. That is what one
of Gov. Clough's leading opponents remarked
In our presence recently.—Murray County Sen
tinel.
The managers of Gov. Clough's campaign
realize now that he is beaten, but the shout
ls still echoed and prolonged that he ls gain
ing strength In order to catch those who can
bo made to believe It ls true. Clough is a
gcner.—Todd County Argus.
• • •
Eustls, Lee and Van Sant have formed a
combine In Minneapolis to down Dave Clough.
It seems very steange that It requires the full
strength of the opposition to down a man
"who had no strength in his own county."—
Willmar Argus.
• • •
The fact that Lee, Van Sant and Eustls
have concluded to let the people of Hennepin
county decide which of them they prefer,
seems to cause the machine politicians an ex
traordinary amount of worry. The new idea
that the common people should have a voice
In the matter is unprecedented.—Sherburne
County Star-News.
• • •
Clapp ls decidedly In the race for guberna
torial honors, and there is no doubt but what
he will carry the Seventh district. He is a
man above reproach.—Hermann Enterprise.
• • •
There Is no question but that the Republi
cans of the entire Seventh district would be
pleased with the nomination of Mr. Clapp for
governor. Even those counties that have
some other first choice like Mr. Clapp.—Alex
andria News.
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To Be Repeated at St. Louis.
Chicago Tribune.
That plank was an Ineffectual straddle,
which helped defeat the party four years ago.
It was a two-faced production got up by
Teller and other free silverites and accepted
by other members of the committee on res
olutions of a compromising turn of m. ...
It was designed to bear one Interpretation In
the mountains and another on the plains.
Its falsity was recognized in both sections,
and while New York, New Jersey, Connecti
cut, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin went
Democratic—and Ohio almost did—Colorado,
Nevada and Idaho were carried by the Pop
ulists. The finance plank of the Democrats
In 1892 was an honester one than that of the
Republicans. It did not gain them any votes
in the Rocky mountain states, but did gain
them in the states which cast the most elec
toral votes.
Another Republican "Indorsement...
Times-Herald.
The abandonment of sound money prin
ciples by the Republicans of Michigan and
California was without shadow of reason
able excuse. • The Minneapolis plank, adopted
by the Michigan Republicans as a compro
mise after the rejection of an honest money
resolution reported by the committee on
platform, is a trimmer, a dodger and a
-.ruddier.
AT THE THEATERS.
"James O'Neill In I' *te Crlsto" has come
to be an expression**1' _iiliar to our mouths
as household wee the death of
Charles Fechter %ut romantic actor,
other players ____ ved the role of Ed
mond Dantes, but ny save James O'Neill,
has presented so satisfying an embodiment of
the character as to enable him to retain It in
his repertoire with, pr^fitj That Mr. O'Neill
has reaped large profits 1 from this play is
universally known.
The performance of "Monte Crlsto" at the
Metropolitan was not witnessed by as large
an audience as fair weather would doubtless
have brought out, but those who did brave the
rain felt well repaid, iforlMr. O'Neill's pre
sentation of "Monte Crlsto" sustains the keen
est interest from the opening of the first to
the close of the fifth act. Much of the popular
and fascinating quality of this drama Is due to
the picturesqueness of the leading role. The
Abbe Busoni and the Count of Monte Crlsto
are both pictures as represented by Mr.
O'Neill, and in this the actor is faithful to the
author, for the hero of Dumas' famous ro
mance Is nothing if not picturesque. Mr.
O'Neill acted with his accustomed grace and
Intensity, and, as usual, stirred the spectators
in the dramatic climaxes.
The supporting company gave general satis
faction, some of the members contributing
especially commendable Impersonations. This
is particularly true of William H. Pascoe,
whose natural, spirited and spontaneous por
trayal of young Albert de Morcerf deserves
much praise. Hallett Thompson must also
be accredited with a smooth and clever deline
ation of the changeable Mortler, though his
imitation of the old Jew peddler was too
transparent, his dialect and manner not com
porting with the character. William J. Dixon
played Caderousse satisfactorily, and Miss
Kate Fletcher, conveyed the accepted Idea of
Carconte, the murderous hag.
The role of Mercedes was entrusted to Miss
Florence Rockwell, who acquitted herself as
well as could be expected in a role so ungrate
ful.
At the performance of "The Courier of Ly
ons" tonight each lady in the audience will be
presented with a souvenir in the form of a
beautiful chemigraph portrait of Mr. O'Neill
as "Virglnius." These pictures are really
works of art. and will undoubtedly be very
highly prized by tha fortunate recipients.
Perry, the hypnotist, assisted by a dozen
young fellows, some of whom he had pre
viously found to be good subjects, furnished
two hours' good fun for the audience which
gathered last night at the Grand to hear
something about the occult science, and to
see illustrated the several phases thereof.
The subjects mentioned were recruited from
the audience, _id, despite the extreme heat,
cavorted about the stage and through the
audience at the will of the man who held the
strange influence over their minds. Some of
the tests were decidedly unique, and all of
them- ridiculously funny. Perry prefaced the
actual tests by a short talk on the science of
hypnotism, which he explained was nothing
more or less than the hidden influence which
the German physician, Mesmer, found he ex
ercised over some of his fellow men, and
which was called after him, mesmerism.
Hypnotism, Perry explained, was neither a
divine gift, nor a bane of Satan, but like
music and art, was a science, cculd be studied
and mastered by some, but not all people.
Waxing jocose, he explained that there were
three conditions under which it was impos
sible to hypnotize persons.viz.: Those who had
no minds, those who were under the influence
of liquor, and those who, being unwilling to
yield to the strange influence, opposed it.
He called for subjects, and after some delay
succeeded in getting eight or ten young men
upon the stage.
After a preliminary test, he compelled them
to close their eyes, clasp their hands and
do other strange things, which the youths
found themselves helpless to undo, to the
immense entertainment of the auditors.
Rapidly did the company of subjects turn
from banjo and guitar numbers played on
brooms and feather dusters, to a heated base
ball game, which was ludicrous in the ex
treme, or to a party of circus fakirs vending
lemonade, peanuts, popcorn and all the rest
of it-
One young fellow, selling peanuts, mada the
complete round of the theater and created
unbounded amusement by his clever imita
tion of the real thing, even to short chang
ing a wag, who proffered a quarter for a sack
of his wares. Especially versatile was one
chap who sold cornsalve, 'or made political
speeches as occasion demanded, and topped it
off by flirting with an imaginary girl in the
audience, clad in a pretty shirt waist. They
fished in imaginary ponds, gathered In piles
of silver dollars, which the mind of the pro
fessor made them think were dropping from
a free silver cloud, and went through antics
too funny and too numerous to mention. The
programme ended with the sensational rock
breaking test, which is really out of the ordi
nary. The subject is hypnotized, ordered to
become rigid when his body is laid between
the backs of two chairs, and upon it placed
a heavy stone. An assistant then rears a
sledge and in several heavy blows succeeds
in crashing the stone thus supported. The
hypnotist was roundly applauded at the ter
mination of the feat.
Perry will be here all the week, and will
give matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
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Commenting upon the gradual disruption
and extinction of stock companies of New
York, the Press of that city says:
Nor do the organizations which we still
possess show any promise of sccuritv. The
oldest stock company in America is Daly's
We may more easily remember the past of
this house than read Its future. It has an
honorable record, beginning at the old Fifth
Avenue, temporarily at the new Fifth .ve
nue then permanently transferred to
Woods museum, its present home under a
new name. The Daly company has been In
existence nearly thirty years. and during
that period it was generally devoted to the
honest art of the drama. It has trained
and graduated Into fame certain of our most
distinguished players — Fanny Davenport
Clara Morris, Ada Dyas. Mrs. Gilbert!
Charles Fisher. James Lewis, Effie Shan
non, Otis Skinner. Catherine Lewis and
John Drew. Mr. Daly's first dramatic pupil
was the famous Miss Bateman, his last
graduate Is Ada Rehan. The stars he has
contributed to our stage are astonishing
alike in number and variety of talent, and
most of them learned the rudiments of their
calling under his guidance. Among his pu
pils, who are now prosperous with their
own companies, are Clara Morris. May
Irwin, Otis Skinner, Fanny Davenport. Ar
thur Bourchier and John Drew. The defec
tion of these players has injured the par
ent organization. Yet, even at this day.
Daly's is one of the most harmonious and
complete of our stock companies, and it is
headed by Miss Rehan. the most dis
tinguished comedienne of the country. Rec
ently, however, the actress has been an
nounced, with all the pomp and circum
stance of a star, and by this evidence the fut
ure of Daly's stock company is made prob
lematical.
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The musical critic of the New York Times
visits the following verbal chastisement upon
the heads of the grand opera-goers who insist
upon th© prima donna's singing "Home,
Sweet Home" on their closing performances
of the season:
Fortunately for the dignity of operatio
art, Mme. Calve has never learned to sing
"Home, Sweet Home." If she had done so,
no power under the skies could have spared
us the sorry spectacle of her appearance be
fore the curtain at a weird hour on Tuesday
night last to announce that there was no
place like home. The manner in which our
operatic seasons corns to a close is a signif
icant commentary on the artistio value of the
doings at the Metropolian opera house. No
one carea for the opem; the whole enter
prise is devoted to th* glorlfloatlon of the
leading artists. And this reaches its climax
in Melba worship. .__
What an inspiring and lofty figure ls Mme.
Melba when she canters out of the door in
the proscenium arch, shakes her fist at the
callow youths who are squeaking her name
with all their power, and says: "Oh, go
home! I have a cold, and I won't sing
'Homo, Sweet Home!' Go home!" How fit
ting It is that the shades of Verdi, Gounod
and Wagner should shrink into insignificance
in the presence of this majestlo exponent of
high art
"To this complexion must we come at last"
After a long season of opera, this silly squeal
ing for a prima donna and "Home, Sweet
Home" ls what we attain, while "Falstaff,"
the most notable operatic work of our time,
ls offered to a frigid front of empty chalre.
What do we care for a mere opera if Melba
will sing "Home, Sweet Home"? And if
Jean de Reszke will play the accompaniment
—o givia! And if Eaouard will help him to
push the piano into position—o jiorno di
testa! o estasil
DAJHYpfI fIIJE IJ_ IT
FRl_m__.M_ OFFERED FOR DAIRY
EXHIBITS AT THE COMING
STATE FAIR
ARE LIBERAL AND NUMEROUS.
MINNESOTA^ PRODUCT* ..EVER
SUFFERED BY COMPARISON.
WITH OTHER STATES.
BUTTER AND CHEESE EXHIBIT
Expected to Add to the North Star
State _ Already Enviable
Reputation.
The managers of the Minnesota State Ag
ricultural society seem to be more active
than usual, even for that aggressive body, in
making preparations for the annual state
fair. For reasons already given an enormous
attendance is expected this year, and it is
hoped that the exhibits In each of the various
departments will do Justice to the occasion.
The premiums offered for horses, cattle,
sheep, swine and poultry have already been
published, and reference made to the spe
cial efforts being put forth to make each
of those departments this year as attract
ive and complete as possible. The premiums
offered for horticultural products, for grains,
grasses and vegetables have also been given.
The Globe now publishes the prizes offered
for dairy products. The dairy Interests of
Minnesota are rapidly developing and In
creasing in value and the exhibit at the
state fair this year will fittingly represent
them. About 400 creameries are now In ex
istence in the state, the number having
doubled within the last two years. There
are also about seventy cheese factories, and
these, as well as the creameries, are In a
prosperous condition. Prices lately have had
a downward tendency, but there ls nothing
alarming in this for Minnesota dairymen.
The ease and cheapness with which foods are
produced for dairy cattle; the small cost at
which both butter and cheese are made
In co-operative creameries and cheese fac
tories, while the cost for transportation to
the East is so light and the shipping facilities
ir. the refrigerator cars so perfect, make it
possible under these conditions that butter
from Minnesota can be placed on Eastern
markets in prime condition at a profit, even
.hen prices are so low as to be ruinous
to Eastern dairymen. Butter can be pro
duced at about half the cost in Minnesota
that is possible in New York. Even at
prices which will force Eastern dairymen
out -of business entirely, Minnesota cream
eries and cheese factories can continue to
be operated with profit.
Not many years ago New York was con
sidered the dairy center of this country, and
for many years not only butter, but large
quantities of cheese were shipped into the
West. Gradually farmers In Western states
began to realize that grain-raising was un
certain and unprofitable as an exclusive oc
cupation, and that it was rapidly depleting
the fertility of their soil, and they began
new lines of husbandry. As a rule, meat
production was tried first and proved fairly
remunerative, but when the semi-arid re
gions of the Eastern slope of the Rocky
mountains began to supply the market with
meat at prices which neither the Eastern
nor Mississippi valley farmers could meet,
they gradually changed from meat to milk
production. New York, Wisconsin, Michi
gan and portions of Ohio made rapid strides
in the development of the cheese Industry,
and the New York and Wisconsin cheese
makers, especially, won a good reputation
for manufacturing uniformly a very superior
article of full cream cheese. Large quan
tities were annually exported to England, and
the farmers in those states enjoyed an era
of prosperity rarely acquired by tillers of
the soil. But soon a few unscrupulous own
era of cheese factories began to skim the
milk and to incorporate beef neutral and
lard with the skim milk as a sub
stitute for butter fat removed. This
fraudulent article ■ rapidly drove the
henest goods out of the market, and In a
few short months the good names of these
states for making a fine article of cheese
were lost and the industry rapidly declined.
During the past few years the farmers of
Minresota have made special efforts to de
velop the butter industry. Great improve
ments have been made in the methods of
manufacture. Only a few years ago dairymen
were working single handed. The milk was
set at home and the cream was raised by
gravity process, which entailed a heavy loss
of butter fat in the skim milk. The cream
gatherer made his periodical calls, measured
cream by gauge, paying but a small price for
it. It was placed in cans and jolted over
dusty highways in the hot sun until it was
stale and rancid. The farmer made Ilttlo
money out of the business. The cream
gatherer was poorly paid and was compelled
by the owners of the churning plants to cheat
the farmer in the measuring of cream and
in the test for butter fat. The owner of tho
creamery made little money because the but
ter put upon the market was hardly fit to eat.
These conditions, fortunately, have passed,
and now farmers quite generally understand
the importance of co-operation in dairy work.
Co-operative separator creameries are rapidly
supplanting the gathered cream system.
Farmers daily bring their milk to the
creameries, make a market for their own
butter, which passes directly from the pro
ducer to the consumer, so that few outside
parties} share in the profits. The nearer the
producer and consumer can be brought to
gether, the greater will be the net profit to
the farmer. If conditions continue to improve
in this direction, in a few more years Minne
sota dairymen will make more money out of
the business than will those states where the
creameries and cheese factories are generally
controlled by individuals or companies.
Much educational work in dairy lines is
being done not only by the state agricultural
society, but by the officers of the state Bchool
of agriculture and experimental farm. Some
of the railways of the state are also giving
valuable assistance. Lectures are being given
In many of the villages and towns of the state,
by means of which the farmers are learning
the many advantages accruing to communities
where co-operative dairying ls carried on,
and the best plan for organizing creamery as
sociations; how to build and equip tbe
creameries; the best methods of raising food
for stock and how to breed, rear and manage
it. With this Information gained, creameries
are being constantly established which are
successful from the start, adding greatly to
the prosperity of farming communities and
the towns adjacent Where creameries have
been successfully operated for a number of
years there has been a rapid Increase in the
price of real estate, and in many Instances
farms have doubled In value since the
creameries have been established. Minne
sota ls destined to become the greatest dairy
state In the Union, and, as shown by the
conditions noted above, has nothing to fear
from over-production of butter or low prices.
It Is well to remember that It was Minne
sota butter that scored highest at the world's
fair in Chicago, and that never have Minne
sota dairy products suffered by compart-on
with those of other states. The exhibit at the
fair this year will be fully up to the stand
ard, and will add to Minnesota's reputation
as a dairy state. Not only will the best pro
ducts of butter and cheese be exhibited, but
all kinds of modern dairy machinery will be
in operation upon the grounds eaoh day, il
lustrating fully just how these products are
manufactured. Robert Crlckmore, a practi
cal dairyman and an experienced creamery
manager, will have charge of the exhibit
Premiums offered are as follows:
All entries for premiums must be made be
fore Sept 7. No exhibit can be withdrawn
until last day of fair.
No exhibitor will be allowed to act on
awarding committee.
Ail entr _. must be __a_o subject to U29
same general rules and regulations as govern
other departments of the exhibition.
Entries of butter and cheese must give
names of the maker of the butter or cheese.as
well as the proprietor, at the time of making
the entry.
No person, family or firm shall be awarded
more than one regular premium, or portion
of pro rata, on the same kind of butter or
cheese, but as many entries can be made for
each premium as ls desired. Every entry
will require a separate package; and the
samples scoring highest in each lot will be
■awarded sweepstakes.
To aid the committee in determining the
real as well as the relative merits of samples,
the following scale of points will be observed
on the butter, the sum of which divided by
five shall be the score:
Butter— Cheese —
Flavor 100 Flavor 45
Grain 100 Texture 25
Body 100 Color 1»
Color 100 Salting 10
Salting and pack- Style 5
ing 100
100
51500
100
The pro rata premiums shall be divided
among the scores above the slated minimum
on the following basis: Creamery scoring
over 80 points will be entitled to one share of
pro rata for each point scored above 89 to 93
inclusive; two shares for each additional point
above 93 to 96 Inclusive; and three shares for
each additional .point above 96.
Dairy butter scoring over 84 points will be
entitled to one share of pro rata for each point
scored above S4 to 89 inclusive; two shares for
each point scored above 8. to 94 inclusive,
and three shares for each point scored above
94.
Provided that no exhibit receiving sweep
stakes or specials amounting to $1"' or more
shall receive any share of such pro rata prem
ium.
A large refrigerator and other especially fine
arrangements are prepared for the reception
and proper care of tho articles intended for ex
hibit in the butter and cheese department.
Also, power will be furnished to manufactur
ers to operate their different dairy machinery.
Butter from the milk of a single herd of
cows owned by one person, firm or corpora
tion, and made on the premises where the
milk is produced, shall be classed as dairy
butter. Butter from the mixed milk or cream
(gathered or brought to the factory) of two or
more herds owned by different persons, firms
or corporations, and made In a factory using
the milk or cream from more than a single
herd, shall be classed as creamery butter.
Exhibits for this department must be for 2
warded to the superintendent of Division F,
state fair grounds, Hamline. All charges
must be prepaid.
All are most cordially invited to exhibit
samples ofjthelr product, that this department
may well represent the great, growing Interest
of the state.
Commission men and contractors will be In
attendance representing the various markets,
and there will be a good opportunity to dis
pose of the butter and cheese at good prices.
Creamery Butter—Made from the milk or
cream of different herds delivered at a cream
ery or factory, in tubs of not less than 20
pounds, pro rata premium, minimum point,
80. $140.
Dairy Butter—Made on a farm, from a
single herd of cows of any breed or grade,
in tubs or jars of 20 pounds or under, pro
rata premium, minimum points, 84. $140.
Print Butter—Made on a farm, from a
single herd of cows of any breed or grade,
not less than 10 pounds. To be divided pro
rata in proportion to the number of points
scored above 84, $35.
Dlsplay of granular butter. First prize,
$5; second prize, $3.
Display of ornamental butter. First prize,
$12; second prize, $8.
Sweepstakes—s3o to be divided equally; $10
to Lots 1, 2 and 3, and awarded to the entry
scoring highest in Its lot.
The Cornish, Curtiss & Greene company,
of St. Paul. Minn., and Fort Atkinson, Wis.,
offer a silver cup valued at $100 as a sweep
stake for the best twenty pounds of butter
made in Minnesota, subject to the following
conditions, viz.: Permanent ownership to be
established by one person or firm winning
said cup three times. The name of each win
ner, with the date of award, will be suitably
engraved thereon, thus establishing a record
of honor that will testify to tho people of
Minnesota the prominent butter makers of
the state. Until the cup shall have be°n won
by some contestant three times, it shall re
main in the custody of the State Agricultural
society and be placed on exhibition at its
fairs. Said society will issue certificate of
honor to the winner each year.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt,
offer the following special premiums:
To the maker of the package of creamery
butter scoring the highest, colored with their
coloring, a solid gold medal, suitably engrav
ed with the winner's name and score. If such
package scores highest of those exhibited,
$10 cash will be given In addition to medal.
Worcester Salt company, New York, offers
a $25 gold watch as a special premium to the
party scoring highest in any class at the
fair if the package of butter ls salted with
Worcester salt.
Factory cheese, two boxes required, any
size or style, pro rata premium of $75.00;
minimum points, 80, to be divided pro rata
among exhibits scoring over 80 points ac
cording to the number of points scored above
80.
Ist 2d 3d
Prem. Prem. Prem.
Dairy Cheese, two boxes..sls 00 $10 00 $5 00
Swiss, three large or one
case small 15 00 10 00 600
Six Goudas 10 00 500 ....
Six Adams 10 00 600 ....
Brick, one dozen 10 00 600 ....
Primost, one dozen 10 00 6 w ....
The Cornish, Curtiss & C.reeno company of
fers a silver cup valued at $100 for the best
cheese made In Minnesota, not less than thirty
pounds. Same rules to govern the awarding
and custody of this cup as In grand sweep
stakes for butter.
The St. Paul Dispatch, of St. Paul, offers
for tho best dairy cheese at the state fair one
year's subscription to the Dally Dispatch. To
the second best, one year's subscription to the
Weekly Dispatch.
The De Laval Separator company, of Elgin,
111., offers the following special premiums:
To the butter maker securing the highest
score on butter made from cream separated
exclusively by the De Laval Separator, first
premium, $15; second premium, $10.
Ten dollars additional will be given to the
winner of the first premium, provided his re
ceives highest score awarded.
Clarke Chambers will give $15 in gold to the
creamery whose exhibit scores highest at the
state fair, and $10 In gold to the private
dairy whose exhibit scores highest, provided
said creamery and said private dairy are lo
cated In Steele county.
P. M. Sharpies, Elgin, 111., will pay $10 in
gold for best butter exhibited at the Minne
sota state fair In 1896, made by a Russian sep
arator, and will make the amount paid $15,
provided the butter scores higher than any
other butter exhibited at the fair.
JUNIORS* SOCIAL.
It Occurs on "Wednesday Event-tar,
and Is for Members Only.
On Wednesday, May 13, 1896, the Junior
Pioneer Association of Ramsey County will
give to its members and families only, a
l.terary and musical entertainment, closing
with a social dance. The address will be
given by Hon. John W. Willis. Music
will be rendered by sons, daughters
and friends of the Junior Pioneer association,
the occasion being the first general meeting
In the new hall, known as Elks' hall, in the
Lowry Arcade, entrance on Fourth street
Owing to the fact that tbe Juniors have not
had an entertainment for some time, this
one promises to be of unusual Interest to the
members, who have not met In general jolli
fication for some time. No member of tho
Juniors 3hould be absent on Wednesday next
to assist in dedicating the new hail.
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Itfm Eggs, "Wool and Mayle Sugar.
New York Evening Post.
It Is an indisputable, though very curious,
fact that the most genuine and unbought en
thusiasm for McKinley ls to be found among
farmers—not, as one would have expected,
among artisans and manufacturers. The only
explanation Is that the farming mind ls pe
culiarly susceptible to the McKinley logic.
We had good crops when we had a high tariff,
and how are you going to get away from that?
The bucolic mind ot England during the Na
poleonic wars was just as firmly convinced
that there would never be another good har
vest if peace was made.
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In _o Quay Bandwagon,
Lanesboro Journal.
We discredit the rumor that Senator Davis
has boarded the Quay band wagon; in fact,
wo doubt if Quay will have any use for a
presidential band wa^oq,
CITIES |iEED THE AX
REV. J. W. COXLEY WOULD . Til IK W
IT AT THE ROOT OF _____<__
PAL EVILS-
JOBBERY VS. THE LIBRARY
WITHOUT THE OXE, THE o_____f
COULD EASILY BE ERECTED
NOT*'.
CUT OFF THE EXTRA VAGAXCJ.
And the Heads of Unworthy OlFlcr-
Holders—Then Municipal Re
form la Easy.
Rev. J. W. Conley preached to a large and
interested congregation at the First Baptist
church. Ninth and Wacouta streets, last even
ing, upon the subject, "The Ax at the Root
of the Trees, or the Way of Improvement,
Muncipal and Otherwise," speaking from the
text, "And now also the ax Is laid into the
root of the trees; therefore, every tree which
brlngeth not forth good fruit ls hewn down
and cast Into the flre."
The world, the speaker said, had fallen
upon easy going convlctionless times, when
men dfd not believe much in the ax. Such
vigorous methods were not approved. The
cry of the world was, "Speak unto us smooth
things," and too often the church echoed the
words of the world. The ax was needed in
the pulpit, Mr. Conley said, as well as else
where. It was time to preach against the
popular sins of the day, no matter how
strongly they were entrenched.
Following a dissertation upon the evils with
which. In the opinion of tho speaker, the
church of today Is afflicted, and an arraign
ment of those professed Christians whose sin
cerity was a lasting reproach, Mr. Conley
said in regard to the application of the ax
to municipal affairs:
It is needed all through political life, but
I shall confine attention to its special need
in city government.
The cities of America are among tho worst
governed in the civilized world. Our re
publican government up to date ls proving
almost a failure in large cities. The trees
that especially need cutting down are extrav
agance, incompetency and lawlessness.
(1.) Some way must be found to cut down
expenses for objects which are not profit
able and larger and more Judicious Invest
ments In matters which promote the pros
perity and welfare of the city. If the ax be
faithfully used In cutting down and destroy
ing the trees of boodlo and jobbery and use
less expenditures, there will be means enough
to build a library aud properly equip It, and
also to look after all the legitimate enter
prises of the city.
Tho ax at the root of the trees in munici
pal affairs means more attention to true
economy In all parts of the administration.
(2.) Another thing. It means the faithful
use of the ballot to cut off tho political heads
of all Incompetent and unworthy aspirants to
office.
Manhood ought to count for more and party
for less In all city elections. The city gov
ernment ls really a great business corporation.
Many business concerns have suffered greatly
not because they have fallen Into dishonest
hands, but because Incompetency has gotten
at the head of affairs. Not only availability
but business ability needs to be taken Into
the account.
Too often the thought In selecting a man
for some city office is not lias he special fitness
for this position, but does ho stand in with
tho voters, and can ho be elected? As a re
sult of this pernicious custom, we are con
stantly foisting inexperience and Incompe
tency Into responsible positions.
(3.) Another thing, the party ax ls at the
root of the official tree, and it ls often used
when It ought not to be. "Every tree that
br.ngeth not forth good fruit ls hewn down."
But the tree that brlngeth forth good fruit ls
left. If a man is competent and Is doing his
work in a iirst-class manner, his head ought
not to bo cut off to glvo place to some one
to whom a party debt ls due. On the other
hand, incompetency—no matter what party Is
represented by it—should be removed. No po
litical influence should be allowed to keep an
unworthy or an unfit man in office. The ax Is
at the root of the trees, and the great work of
an executive officer is to know how and when
to use it.
(4.) Still further, this ax in city govern
ment means the faithful administration ot
law. John the Baptist was a preacher of
righteousness. He Instructed all classes in
the keeping of law. He even faced Herod
the King and said: "It ls not lawful for thee
to have thy brother Philip's wife." It cost
him his head, but no matter, he would use
the ax of righteousness against the royal law
breakers, even though It brought the execu
tioner's ax against him. The great need now
In our cities ls tlie magnifying of the place
and dignity of law. We must insist that our
public officials stand by the laws of state and
city, which they take their solemn oath to
enforce.
Many are hopeful that In our own city wa
are at the beginning of better things in tha
enforcement of law, and that the ax at tha
root of the tree of lawlessness will be used no|
merely to cut off a few limbs, but to cut tha
tree down at its very roots.
Some would be more hopeful if the mayor
elect had not thought it necessary, to secure
votes, on the Saturday night before election, to
visit the saloons and drink with those that
drank.
The top root of lawlessness In our cities la
tho saloon, and never until the ax of law en
forcement ls swung with a determined hand
against this upas tree will there be much im
provement.
8. But there Is another place aside froca
church and politics where the ax ls needed
and that ls in the individual life.
Many things are wrong In every heart
There are habits that are far from being
right There are ways that are entirely un
productive of good.
Here In the Individual soul Is the seat of
the trouble.
Our disposition ls to deal very leniently
with ourselves, and foster where wo ought to
destroy. "Let the wicked forsake his ways
and the unrighteous man his thoughts, etc."
(1.) Tho ax In the life means the breaking
at once and entirely with sinful habits.
Anything In your life that ls dishonoring to
manhood, and injurious to your spiritual life
must be broken with. Give up excuses and
attempted justification, and forsake It. The
ax is at the root of the tree; If you do not
use it to cut these sins away. Justice will
use it by and by to cut you oft" from glory.
(2.) But the ax is at the root of the tree.
The sinful habits are but the limbs.
The "sinful heart ls the root of the trouble.
Do thorough work, seek a change that
touches the very foundations of character.
Here is where the divine help ls needed.
Jesus Christ came to help us to do Just this
thorough fundamental, radical work. He will
help to apply the ax to the very roots, and
He will "create within us a clean heart and
renew a right spirit with us."
The ax here ls the symbol of Judgment
Now there is opportunity for every one to re
pent and turn to God and bring forth the
fruits of the spirit, but If any one falls to
do this, at last the command will come "Cut
it down; why, cumbereth it the ground. •
A Dangerou* Protest.
New York Evening Tost.
The Michigan silverites went down shriek
ing, "We are beaten because we have been
bought up!" But this cry is not a good one
to base a contesting delegation upon. Nor
has it a proud, defiant ring about it, calculated
to strengthen the nerves of silver delegates in
other state conventions. A suspicion thai
buying up may be done is a deadly one to Im
plant in the silver breast and the main re
sult will be, we fear, to send hundreds of
sliver champions to conventions anxiously in
quiring when the process is to begin, and
where the paymaster ia to be found.