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Circnlation Values in Minneapolis
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colums more advertising in 1905 than any other Mtonearfbys paper, and
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columns more than any St. Paul paper.
The daily average circulation of The Journal in December was
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Red Wing News.
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the growth of The Minneapolis Journal,
until today It Is trie best newspaper In
the northwest. Recently It added a Sun
day edition, and without hesitancy we
pronounce It the best Sunday newspaper
Jn America.
i Paris and Chicago.
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phone, N W., Main 230 T. 6.. 2066.
Police administration in American
cities is too much employed with the
problem of unearthing and punishing
crimes and too little with that of pre
venting them. This is the trouble with
Chicago. Its police force is on the keen
jump all the time to run down murder
ers and thieves. It never has any time
to make a police census of the popula
tion. Chicago is the Paris of America,
from the police point of view, at least.
I is the clearing house of all the trunk
railroads. They are pouring into the
depots every day thousands and
thousands of people who step from the
car platforms upon the streets of Chi
cago as free and untrammeled as if
they were on their own doorstep.
Ninety-nine out of every hundred are
entitled to this freedom. The hundredth
man is very likely a member of a crim
inal gang who has been sent to Chicago
to commit a murder or carry out a start
ling robbery. However, he is just as
free as the ninety-nine because it is
contrary to the spirit of American in
stitutions to interfere with individual
liberty.
I Paris it is not so. The French
metropolis long ago learned that i ts
streets and alleys were a rendezvous
for the most dangerous men in Europe
and it took precautions to learn about
everybody who came to or went from
the city. The Paris police system is
military. I is part of the government.
The prefect is of almost cabinet rank
and his ")ob depends on results. If he
does not achieve success he is expected
to resign. Thru the police the foreign
office has a knowledge of every visitor
to the capital. This has been the sys
tem for centuries. There is a curious
letter in Pranklin 's biography in which
the French foreign Secretary informs
the "Dear Doctor" that the police re
turns inform him that Mr. John Adams
is in Parft, but that he has no othet
Information that Dr. Franklin has a
colleague in the peace commissioner
ship. Franklin took the" feint and John
Adams got *up from a sick bed to go
and pay his respects., to the Count 4&
iVergennes.
I is more than probable that Chi
cago will never have any sense of
safety until it adopts something like
the precautions used in Paris. With the
co-operation of the railroads a pretty
good system of espionage could be car
ried out in Chicago without resorting
to new laws. I would require a larger
police force, a better trained,, better
paid and more honest detective service,
and, i would need for, its head, a crime
lilig^^
carried
Evening,
$i*r- A.
hunter whose official relations depended
entirely upon professional results and
not at all upon the outcome of mayoral
campaigns.
Senator Brackett ol NewYork will miss
his "transportation over the New York
Central this year.
Bank Loans on Real Estate.
The attention of The Journal has
been called to a circular sent out to
the bankers of the state bearing the
heading of the North-field News and
containing an editorial of that pub
lication of Dec. 80, with reference to
Senator Nelson's bill authorizing na
tional banks to make loans on real
estate security. The editorial represents
the bill as "authorizing national banks
in cities of 20,000 or more to lend 25
per cent of their capital on real estate
mortgages.'' It goes on to say that
"there are only four cities in Minne
sota having a population of 20,000 or
more," that "none of these should ask
for legislation of this character," but,
that "it is the country towns of 5,000v
or less that are interested in this dues?
tion."
I is unaccountable that the writerC
for the News should have so completely
misconceived and mis-stated the lan
guage and purpose of the bill. The bill
referred to is senate file 960, introduced
by Senator Nelson, Dec. 7, and referred
to the committee on finance. I is so
short that it is practical to publish it
entire in this connection. After,
tho usual introductory formality if?
says:
That any national banking associa
tion, in a place of not more than twenty
thousand people according to the last^
census of the United StaSs, may loan
money, not exceeding in the aggregate*
one-half of i ts paid-up capital and sur
plus, upon real estate security, con
sisting of improved, occupied and cuP
tivated farms not within the bounda
ries of any incorporated city, town or
village, such loans not to exceed in any^
case one-third of the real cash value
sia. He is said to be In a pitiful state
vof mental' distress and weakness. Pity
he no doubt should have, but excuses
for him are hard toltbaker -He knew
better.
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of the real estate taken as security for
the loan. The controller of the cur
rency shall prescribe the necessary
rules and regulations for the making of
said loans.
From this it will appear that instead
of to national banks in cities of 20,-
000 or more, the bill applies to na
tional banks in places of not more thaW
20,000 people. That would include the
national banks of all the smaller towns
of the state.
The claim is made in the editorial re
ferred to that it authorizes a cer
tain per cent (25) of the banks' capi
tal to be so invested" and it is con
tended that it is not the capital of the
bank, but it is time deposits which
should so be loaned. The bill doesn't
say anything about loaning capital it
provides for loaning money and only
refers to capital or surplus to indicate
how much money may^e so loaned.
All that the "News" says about the
advantages to surrounding communi
ties of permitting the lending of money
by national banks on approved real
estate mortgages may be said in favor
of this bill. Doubtless when copies
of the bill are placed in the hatods of
bankers thruout the state, as thay prob
ably will be, they will discover not
only the misconstruction of the bill it
self by the "News" but the North
field editors endorsement of the propo
sition to do exactly what the bill pro
poses to do. rf
The Emperor William has been sug
gested for the new head of Chicago uni
versity. If we are not mistaken, the em
peror is not a Baptist.
D^pew's Vindication.^^-.
The failure of the New York senate
to ask Senator Depew to resign is
counted as a vindication of the senator
anti his friends are said to be greatly
elated. The New York Evening Post
however, puts some vinegar in the
sugar by calling attention to the
1
vkind
of speeches which were made in the
course of the "vindication." Senatq^
Cassiday wound up an appeal for
mercy with the words, "Deal gently
with the erring as God hath dealt with
thee.". Senator Malby described De
pew as "already wounded and under
the laws of war entitled to the hospital
and the niiTse rather than? the knife of
the assassin.'' Senator John Haines
exclaimed fervidly,-"I am sorry for
Depew.''
When the vote was taken all the re
publicans, except Brackett, the author
of the resolution, voted against it.
Whether the senators voted "no" be
cause of grief, or sympathy or because
they believed Depew innocent cannot
be told, except that it is significant
that not one senator who spoke as well
as voted said Depew Was innocent. No
body declared he had been maligned or
misrepresented!
Nobody denied the
charges against him. The verdict
was "proven? but not guilty." This is
the New York version of the Scotch
serdict of guilty, but not proven. \Be-
pew is jaid to be troubled with apha-
SA
Even without the advice and consent
of oounsel, Poultney Bigelow refuses ^to
answer. Poultney should be confined for
two days In the senate restaurant, ^u^,
A Good Place to Begin.T4
A soon as some kind of railroad rata
bill has passed congress andVbecome
effective, the interstate commerce com"
mission* should have the Minnesota iron
ore rates brought to its attention. They
constitute one of the most flagrant
abuses of the rate-making power that
can be found In the country. Four
years ago the Minnesota railroad com
mission took them up and tried to force
a readjustment. The range roads hid
behind the claim that the rates were
interstate, and this claim was upheld
by Senator Clapp, who was retained as
special counsel for the commission.
The point is drawn very fine. The
rate named by the range roads is from
the mine to the docks at Two Harbors
and Duluth. This haul is entirely with
in the state, but the roads insisted that
the delivery dock was part of the lake
transportation, and therefore interstate
business. On this slim technicality
the Minnesota commission was obliged
to drop the proceedings, tho the point
never received the interpretation of a
court. N claim was ever made that
the rates were just. On all this im
mense ore tonnage the roads receive 80
cents a gross ton*, from Virginia and
other points on the Mesaba range, 90
cents from Tower, and $1 from Ely.
The roads earn dividends as jgh as
20 per cent on this basis. The rate is
excessive for any private concern, but
as the steel trust owns both the mines
and the railroad, the size of the rate
makes no difference to the octopus.
The money is taken from one pocket
and put in another, and the high rate
is a repetition of the old Standard Oil
trick of milking competitors.
The range roads claim the ore rate is
independent of state regulation. I
must be interstate, then', and if we get
a national rate law the ore rate will be
a shining mark for the interstate com
merce commission. Private ownership
of mineral interests will welcome the
day when some power beside Standard
Oil greed has a hand in making rates
on mime products.
The New York newspapers do not use
the follow-up system in the news de
partment as they formerly did. The
other day Russell Sage dropped a penny
which rolled under a fruit stand and
the press has not informed us whether it
h^s'been recovered. It' is rumored that
Buss contemplates suing the keeper of
the stand for the recovery of the
amount with one week's interest.
Giving Tillman Rope.
Some-significance has been attributed
to the fa ct that no republican senator
arose to defend the president from the
assault of Tillman of Sonth Carolina.
"Spooner and Hale, who had been ex
pected to jrepl^ kept ailent,'* -and, even
Senator Lodge, the reputed' ''special
friend of the president, was not heard
from."
I would be a stretch of imagination
to believe that these men were eilent
because they enjoyed Tillman's out
break. The more probable explanation
is that the senators have tired of an
swering Tillman, knowing that he is
a person without reason, who never
knows when 'he has been sat down
upon. Nothing would have given him
greater pleasure than a controversy and
it is to the credit of the senate that
his purpose was defeated. Senator Hale
challenged him to the proof of his
charges and invited him to ask for a
committee, and when Tillman had been
cornered so that he must ask for a
committee, the senate by an almost
unanimous vote refused it, thus show
ing its appreciation of Tillman.
I is worthy of note that with the
acquisition of Korea "Little Japan"
has become a morepoetical^than practi
cable description of the mikado,'s do
minions. rules 60,000,000 peoplevbc
cupying a territory greater than that of
France and equaling in population the
strong German empire.
Minneapolis in the Clearings
Column.
The figures for the past year, show
ing the total volume of business as ex
pressed by bank clearings, are now at
hand. Few changes of importance are
found in the relative rank of the larger
cities. Minneapolis holds her position
as twelfth on the list, but is giving
New Orleans a close run for eleventh
place, and, if the ratio of increase be
maintained, will probably move up an
other notch in the next annual re
port. I 1904, with clearings
^*y 0
4of $843,*
000,000, Minneapolis stood $127,000,000
under New Orleans. For 1905, with
$913,000,000, she stands only $49,000,-
000 under.
There is no probability that any ci ty
ranking under Minneapolis will climb
up to overtake her. The nearest com
petitor is Cleveland. I 1904 Cleveland
was $149,000,000 under Minneapolis,
and for 1905 stands $139,000,000 under.
Louisville comes next, with clearings
for 190.4 of $285,000,000 less than Min
neapolis and for 1905, $318,000,000 less.
Thus, with reference to cities below her,
Minneapolis is holding her own, or pull
ing away and widening the distance,
while with reference to cities in a high
er place, she is creeping up steadily.
I is interesting to note the passing
from time to time of cities formerly
high up on the list, into positions lower
down. Thus, Cincinnati is again on
the decline, Baltimore passing her to
eighth place. Milwaukee goes 4own
from sixteenth to eighteenth place, and
Los Angeles moves up from nineteenth
to sixteenth. Denver,' Seattle, Tacoma
and Spoka ne move up. Portland, Ore.,
shows a good gain in figures, altho re
o. .The Sunday JfturnaY1*
did gain, and Vancouver" passes, Quebec.
If the CQinblned figures for Minne
apolis and Sti Paul be taken, wh^ch is
really as it. should b#.fo a money
center the twin* cities are. one, then the
position occupied would be ninth, the
total figures being $1,255,000,000.
The consolidation pjyM^nneapolJa and
St. Pa ul can neve* be accomplished
without a new name being invented
Federal City, Twinsite and others have
gone by the boards. Lately there has
been a suggestion of Minneapaulson,
but on the whole we expect that the
best thing to do would be to call the
new town Stickneyville, or better yet,
Stickney, since "ville" always conveys
an impression of smallness, whereas the
consolidated town is to be great stuff*
San Francisco has a local boss, who
rejoices in the appelation "Pinhead"
McCarthy. Pinhead is supposed to be
a term of reproach, yet we do not know
any other animal which has more head
in proportion to its body than a pin.
If Daniel Webster had had a real* pin
head his dome of thought would have
measured fourteen feet in diamter.
The Kans as City Journal has
been investigating claims that Mayoi
Weaver of Philadelphia has "met his
Waterloo." put his Saratoga chips
in the middle and lost them his Look
out Mountain was too steep his Pittsi
burg Landing dumped him in the water.
Still Mayor Weaver is entitled to sev
eral more decisive battles before being
retired to St. Helena.
Champ Clark accuses the republican
WHAT OTHER PEOPLt THINK
Hazing.
To the Editor of The Journal.
I was glad to seethe article In The
Journal in regard to the cruelty prac
ticed in fraternity initiations. It is a sub
ject which should tfe looked into and
should appeal to mothers. Can't the
women take up this serious menace to
our boys?
Your article mentions a few of the
cruelties, but there are many more. Such
Secrecy is maintained that it is difficult
to get at the facts, but influence should
be brought to bear on the authorities
within the colleges and schools, and in
the legislatures. I can think Of no great
er good being done than to stop this evil
while agitating the matter of hazingr
Think of a young man coming home
from initiation and remaining in bed
twenty-four hours before he would ad
mit that anything was wrong His back
was literally skinned from pulling oft a
plaster cast, even chunks of flesh being
tak^n out, and it had been negleoted so
long that the doctor considered it a very
grave case The bojiswas jsick" for weeks
ajad will carry the scars_al| his life. This
happened in Minnesota Smiversity, and
it's but one of many that might be men
tioned. Can it pe stopped? Let us hear
the ^subject discussed. --A Mother.
Hand county now has A woman school
superintendent in tfag*jerson jaf Miss
Margaret "Unithie, 'wffd^a^makrng drives
alort in a-buggy of flfty^ittd-flfcsty thiles
some da$3_pjer the think 4* -^tled prairies
to visit tfcia'i^hgnjiif... JpH^ Is pajpt of
the duties ef*a,su^erliugftc it taat many
men shrink ^oih buj .Mftl Tutfiie enjoys
tile Itask. iTvWdftifyfW jisftlnav th^
schools and ""attending' to**tt^^'^utine
work of' t$e",office" she ctnl ^mnas wtime
to, dash off a column or'two^of^ mtfrT
esting' hiatter for the' pa-pera. She was
raised on the farm, acquiring an edu
cation and her present_ position by her
cwn efforts.
POWER TO DO NOTH 1
Iptnsas Cft? "Star.
What "the^railroaos really wish to see
is a law. granting the Interstate commerce
commission enlarged powers to do noth
ing.
"PUBLICITY IS DANGEROUS
Detroit News
sneak thief could display no more
instinctive dread of publicity than Stand
ard Oil habitually manifests.
Datto Bryan
WHEN DATTO/BILL COMES HOME.
Duluan, Mindanao, Jan. 12 W. J. Bryan-yes
terday was created a "datto" and saluten by
fifty pieces of native artillery, after which he
was conveyed along the river to Datto Prang's
palace In a royal vlnta (a small boat) manned
by forty Moros. X\ the palace he received many
presents.Associated Press.
We are ruahin' things In Lincoln, with no time
fer pork and beans,
Since we beard the glad announcement from the
far-off Philippines
We are thatchin' all the hontes, till the straw
roofs are a-sight,
Fer Bill's been rfiade a datto,. and he's got to
have things right.
We httve set the windmills rtinnin', and we're
goin' to have -a lake,
And we'll build some royal vlotas, like the dusky
Moros make
And our chief kin go a sallin', fanned by prairie
breezes light
Fer BUl's been made a datto, and he's got to
have things fight.
taining her old position^ twenty-sec- sermon-Japan ana- tneaj.^es^, willlfe
-mt* Ti-,-*., ^r*k 4b published tomorrow. In due course of
ond. The same western growth ft. f|
We have chased the Bryan,, horses to their pas
tures down frelow,
And we'll hitch-his royal carriage to an island
buffalo
And we're puttin* on the burnt cork, till we're
all as black as night
Fer Bill's been made a datto,. and he's got iS
have things right. \Ak j
We wear bolos in QUI? trousers, where our whisky
used .to be.
And we're practlsln' a warVcey that will bring
our chieftain glee
And we've- schemed an insurrection that will
give his newt delight
Fer Bill's been made a datto, aad! he's sot to
jp^have tfahnprrisht.
O Denver Republican.
Mr. Bryan's letters, telling of his jour
ney round the, 'world, Me^appearinfr, in
me
shewri^ajbove the botfttdary line, where readersr hiBsr hovelw experiencDee of being Je-
Winnipegrin third-place, Shows a splen-,i vateA to the dignity of a datto.
WsH
party of iaTtag don, nothing but talk $\HVSf ^'th^ &S1&S&
Yet the party has not been guilty of
the folly, of answering Champ.
MI88 DUTHJE'8* LONELY TRIP
Miller,(S. p.) Sun.
The 1pond in "the
ya ll descri fo Journa i books. The book which heads the list
is "Lorna Doone," followed closely by
"The House of Mirth." More than
ten read both of these. Between five
and ten read "The Man on the Box,"
"Nedra," "Rose o' the River,"
"Sandy," "The Other Wise Man,"
"The Conquest of Canan," "Grau
stark" and "Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush." The last named was undoubt-.
edly due to a talk by Governor John
son in which he referred to the book as
the one which had influenced him most.
Between two and five read "We Two.",
"The Wings of the Morning," "Smith
College Stories," "Bob Son of Bat-
tle," "The Marriage of William
Ashe," "Rebecca of/ Sunnybrook
Farm," "Oliver Twisty" "The Man
From Glengarry," "David Copper
field," "The Deluge," "The Affair at
the Inn," "Vanity Fair," "Ben Hur."
"Richard Carvel/' "The Pit," "The
Game," Black Rock," "The Masquer-
ader,'' "The Right of Way," ''The
Blazed Trail," "The Gambler," "The
Little Shepherd of Kingd om Come,"
"Alice of Old Vincennes.
Twice as many women as men read
"The House of Mirth," and twice as
many men as women read "Lorna
Doone."
The authors most Tead were Dickens,
George Eliot, Henry Van Dyke, Win
ston Churchill and Ralph Connor.
The classes of reading included good
fiction as "Last Days of Pompeii,"
"John Halifax," "Silas Marner"
"The Virginian," "David Harum,"
"Hugh Wynne," "Treasure Island,"
"DonovW' "we Two" and "Daniel
Deronda." __ ..__
In ^biography were Mulbach's "Na-
poleon Bonaparte," "Life of McKin-
fev," "Memoirs of IT. S. Grant,"
"Life of Louis Kossuth," "Up From
Slavery."
Among books of essays were A
Man's Value to Society," "Talks on
Life's Ideals," "God's Method With'
Matf," "Friendship," "The Idea of
God." _,
The list shows that some Btudents at
least in the desultory reading of Vaca
tion days are not devoting time to
trash.
A N BFFOKT TO LIVE THE
OLD PHILOSOPHY OF HAPPI
NESS."If we are wise we will be
happy"-that is the formula by which
Arthur Henry kept fast hold Pn his
ideals in the midst of his early experi
ences New York, as related in
Lodgings in Town, the third part of
the triology of which "The House in
the Woods^' and "An Island Cabin"
are the other parts. I seems hardly
necessary to say that Mr Henry has
used "will" instead of "shall'
fanuaiy 26, 1906!
OARLETON COLLEGE FIG-
URES Before the recent
holiday vacation President Sallmon of
Carleton college addressed the students
on the matter of reading for general
culture, urging that during the holi
days regular work be laid aside as far
as possible and rest and recreation be
secured by the reading of good books
which might not be too substantial.
said that there'was a vast field of liter
ature with which the educated man'or
woman ought to be familiar and that
unless familiarity with it was gained
during student days it was not likely
to come at all unless one acquired the
taste and the habit of good reading
during the years when the mind was
plastic it was apt to become a closed
field. One book popular with students
everywhere, he said, was "Lorna
Doone." This, he thought, should be
near the top or every student's list of
reading. The Christmas season sug
gested Henry Van Dyke's appropriate
stories. Among the standard authors
Dickens, Thacketay and George Eliot
should not be overlooked, while among
recent writers were Winston Churchill,
whose historical novels were of a high
order, and~Balph Connor's wholesome
stories, most of them illustrative of
types of life in the northwest. "The
House of Mirth," about which every
one was talking, he suggested, should
not be passed by, even tho its final im
pressions were not exactly suited to the
taste.
After the vacation of two wee ks
the students were asked to submit writ
ten reports of books read. Taking the
signed lists only and excluding maga
zines, poems and lectures, it
appear,s
With
full intent: being happy was a matter
of determination with him. How it
worked out with him, a stranger in the*
nation's metropolis with his# own way
to make, is perhaps best put in his own
words"A man may be indifferent to
his advancement, pursue his fancies,
be ambitious only for dehght,# and still
be active and do good." This was so
in Mr. Henry 's case, at least, tho it
might not have proved so had his ideas
of advancement, the fancies he pur
sued, the delight he sought, and the
character of his activities been differ
ent
Mr. Henry's story of what New York
has meant to him which is the real
essence of "Lodgings in Town, is
one of keen interest. Mr. Henry is a
man of distinctly forceful personality.
There was no anxiety as to the future
when he reached New York witk noth
ing but a night dress, eight dollars,
a pipe and a poem," aside from the
clothes he had on, and there was no
need of any he was an experienced
newspaper man with brains and knew
he could make his way. The thing he
wanted to do was to make way
and still live with his dreams. How
he succeeded is a story that all who
would like to do the same thing, and
perhaps those who have.tned and failed
as well, should read.
I a literary way Mr. Henry is at his
very best in the present book. I is
less labored and forced than most of
his other work. There are frequent
flashes of humor and the atmosphere
of the underlying philosophy of his
life to brighten it. However, on the
other hand, there show here and there
glimpses of querulousness. Mr. Henry
can't resist a gibe at the church,
wherever a chance for one offers.
The romance of the book is unique,
very different from anything to be
found in books generally, very hapjy
and very illuminating as to the char
acter of its hero.
A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. $1.50.
ANOTHER PHILOSOPHER AT
TACKS THE RIDDLE OF-THE UNI-
VERSEIf an attempt to solve the
mystery of being makes one a philoso
pher, then Thomas Currfen Ryan, the
author of Finite and Infinite, deserves
the title. has attaeked the prob
lem, certainly. That he has not solved
it may be taken for granted. starts
with too many assumptions, reasons
too loosely, leaves too manv funda
mental questions unanswered to make
his work of great value. A an at
tempt at the problem, however, his
book is not without considerable mter-
A the outset he declares: "No ar-
Sentally,isintosupport
ument be made here, save inci
of the belief that
God exists." This is a 3ump "in
mediae res" with a vengeance. But,
passing that as involving an assump
tion one may fairly make order* to
discuss other problems, one runs On to
his conclusions that God, did not create
"primary matter," because if he had
done so he would .have made a better
job of itwould have made matter de
void of evil, because he has shown an*
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The Rummagings of a Busy Bookman
By P. KIRKWOOD
A STUDENTS BEAD]tagonism for evil in the progress of
nature. Matter, he argues, coexisted
from the first with God. On the
strength of the coexistence of matter
with God and God's powerlessness to
unmake it in order so to make it bet
ter, he says elsewhere: "There is a
realm of the absolutely impossible
wherein even omnipotence is power
less. A peculiar kind of omnipo
tence, surely. But being confronted by
the original evil in matter, God, ar
gues Mr. Eyan, determined to conquer
it, and the conquering process is still
going on.
Enough has been given to show where
.Mr. Ryan stands and how, in
a meas
ure, he proceeds. Where he lands ulti
mately may be left for the reader to
discover: tho it may be added that the
author finds ground for Christian faith
in his philosophy.
J. B. LIpplncott Co, Philadelphia. $1.30.
THURDER WILL OUTAn author
can no more hide hisor herauthor
ship than a murderec can hide his mur
der. It simply will out in most cases
the exceptions are very rare, indeed.
The 'latest anonymous works to be
traced to their origin are "The Garden
of a Commuter's Wife," "The People
of the Whirlpool." A Woman Er
rant" and "At the Sign of the Fox."
The author is Mabel Osgood Wright.
Mrs. Wright is the daughter of the
late Rev. Samuel Osgood, for many
years a conspicuous figure inNewYork,
and the wife of J. O. Wright, a well
known collector of and dealer in rare
books and a prominent member of the
Grolier club. She has been known as a
charming writer and her "Tommy
Anne
books have been widely read. 1
Her country home is at Fairfield, Conn.,
and there may be found that now fa
mous garden of a commuter's wif e.
Only a few of Mrs. Wright's friends
have guessed the secret or her author
ship of these books.
The Macmillan company, it is under
Stood, will soon make a formal an
nouncement of the authorship of the
books mentioned.
ABE GEEAT 'FOETUNES OEEAT
DANGERS?The Cosmopolitan Maga
zine has appealed to distinguished
Americans for answers to the question,
and in its February number gives the
answers of ten, including Charles W.
Eliot, John Wanamaker, Edward At
kinson, Benjamin Andrews, Ernest
Crosby, Henry Clews, David Starr Jor
dan, Washington Gladden, Ja ck Lon
don and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The
opinions differ, but they make a most
interesting study. They range from the
conservative to the extreme", Jack Lon
don, socialist, being the most outspoken
flwiMflEfl*
1
JACK LOKDOK, SOCIALIST,
In His Great Leveling Down Act.
extremist. A a remedy for the dangers
of great fortunes, Mr. London suggests
"the application of the law of emi
nent domain to the land, and the mak
ing and applying of a similar law to
the machinery." "The result," he
adds, "would be the collective own
ership of all land and all machinery:
and then there would be no disparity of
wealth." Mr. London elsewhere has
expressed himself with a certain com-
?laceneyd
toward extreme measures,
'his an his view that a billion-doljar
fortune in the hands of one man con
stitutes a menace as colossal as the
sum of dollars" makes particularly pat
Pra nk Wing's caricature of "Jack Lon
don, Socialist in His Great Leveling
Do wn Act."
The February Cosmopolitan contains
an unusual amount of "timely" read
ing as well as fiction and verse.
STORY OF THE SOUTH BEFORE
AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR
Miriam, by Julia Baldwin McKibbin, is
a story or the days before and during
the civil war. Its locus is in the south.
I has much southern color. Its plot is
unusually good, and is fairly well
worked out as a whole, and its end is
eminently satisfactory to those who
fully believe in having novels end
with poetic justice done to alL I is
open to criticism on the ground of its
lack of finish. The writer has not mas
tered the southern speech so as to use
it as one "to the manner born." But
it is thoroly clean, and without any hint
of the ghastly, horrible problem novel:
and, as a story of clean, high-minded
people it will bring pleasure.
W. K.
Jennings & Graham, Cincinnati.
23b
"THOUGHTS THAT INSPIRE
4
Two volumes of quotations from wide
sources have been collected under that
title by George Kno x. There is no
trouble in getting thoughts, but the
problem of getting thoughts that in
spire is a different one. Mr. Kn ox has
solved it and knows i ts many factors
well. The thoughts that inspire as
chosen by Mr. Knox inspire along all
lines.
Personal Help Publishing Co., Dea Moines,
Iowa. Si 70 a Tolume
PART THE JEWS HAVE HAD I N
BUILDING THE REPUBLICA little
book, issued by Madison C. Peters, D.D.,
commemorating the 250th anniversary
of the settlement of Jews in North
America, bears the title The Jews to
America, and narrates the part the
Jews have had in building the -republic.
It contains much that will surprise
those who have read history without
paying attention to the parts the dif-
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ferent peoples have played in making
the nation. I tells how "not jewels
but Jews"1
were the real financial basis
of the first expedition of Columbus,"
how the Jews contributed to the financ
ing of the revolution, and how, further
more, they went into the army and
fought for the cause of independence.
The story thruout, tho simply told, is
one to awaken interest and break down
prejudice.
The John O. Winston OB., Phu&delpU*..
PROBLEMS CONFRONTING COLO-
NIAL GOVilRNMENTSPaul 8.
Reinsch, professor ofpolitieal science in
the University- of Wisconsin, has pre
pared a small volume containing a state
ment of the problems confronting colo
nial governments, and indicating the
main lines of solution that have been
attempted. Striking illustration* from
much available material have been se
lected. The general subject is discussed
under the following heads: "Educa
tion and General Social Improvement,"
"Colonial Finance," "Currency, Bank
ing and Credit/' "Colonial Com
merce," "Communication," "Agri
cultural and Industrial Development,"
"The Land Policy," "The Labor Ques-
tion," "Defense and Police."
The MacmUlan Co., New York. SL.00.
'WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE
RELIGION OP JESUS CHRIST"
To David Low Dodge of New York be
longs the high honor of having written
the first pamphlets published in Amer
ica directed expressly against the war
system of nations, and i having found
ed the first peace society ever organ
ized in America or in the world. His
first pamphlet, "The Mediator's King
dom not of This World," was published
in 1809. His second and more import
ant pamphlet, "War Inconsistent with
the Religion of Jesus Christ," was pre
pared for the press in 1S12. A volume
Tust issued by Ginn & Co.. Boston, con
tains both of Mr. Dodge's famous old
pamphlets, with an introduction by
Edwin D. Mead, telling the story of his
remarkable life and reviewing his pio
neering work in the peace cause.
THE MAGAZINES
A Way to Regulate the Trusts.In the
January number of the North American
Review John F. Cronan propounds "A
Plan for Regulating the Trusts" The
chief source of the evils perpetrated by
the trusts will be found in the fact that
it is at present solely In the discretion
of the trusts to determine their own cap
italization, and that in the use of this
discretion they place an Inflated and
Illegitimate valuation upon their assets.
The necessity of making inflated values
appear actual values in the eyes ofthe
publlo leads to the uprooting of compe
tition and to the enforcement of eco
nomics by reduction of the number and
salaries of employees and by beating
down the price of raw material and In
creasing the price of the manufactured
article. Mr. Cronan advocates a law
which would deprive trusts of the power
of capitalizing themselves and vest the
power of capitalisation in a federal com
mission under conditions which would
Insure that capitalization certified by the
commission represented actual value.
The Review for January Is a number
of great and varied interest.
"Lawson's Omitted Factor"Moody**
Magazine for January calls attention to
the fact that Thomas W. Lawson
neglected to take into consideration the
enormously increasing gold output when
he began his crusade against the buying
of *tock and tor the elUag of stocks
The magazine says "the system** has Mr.
Lawson to thank for dollars in its pock-*
et, and that the public Is clamoring for
stocks at prices from 20 to B0 points
higher than they were when the public
was selling on Mr. Lawson's advice. The
magazine adds, however, which is sig
nificant but is likely to go unheeded for
the most part, that the great activity
of the market Is a warning, that a seri
ous, if only a temporary, setback is not
far off." Beware!
The chief feature of the magazine is
an extended symposium on the federal
control of railroad rates. Other articles
are to the point and timely.
The New York Tribune Almanac for
1906, which is now on sale, is not an
almanac in the dictionary sense of the
word, but is really a ready reference and
guide book, containing everything that
such a compilation ought to have. And
the material has been garnered and
sifted and tested with the utmost care
so as to secure absolute accuracy, or at
least get as near to It as honest, pains
taking endeavor will bring one.
LITERARY NOTES
Francis Wilson, the well-known actor,
knew Joseph Jefferson for many years,
and was a member of the famous all-star
cast that played "The Rivals." He kept
a careful record of Jefferson's table talk
on all sorts of subjects, particularly art
and literature. Mr. Wilson has written
these reminiscences in a most charming
way, and they will appear In Scrlbner's
Magazine, with an illustration of great
interest, from the personal collection of
Mr. Wilson and other friends of Jefferson.
The first article will be in the February
number.
An Important volume in the realm of
economics and sociology by Sidney A.
Reeve, under the title of "The Cost of
Competition," will be issued by McClure
Philllps at once. Mr. Reeve makes
searching inauiry into the evils which re
sult from the predominance In our life
of commercial ideals. His argument
tends towards an advocacy of a social
istic state. Mr. Reeve ranges with Ed
ward Bellamy and his school, but differs
from them in many important and vital
points.
Alphonse Daudet's "L'Arleslenne" (The
Girl of Aries) has been Issued In handy
volume form, bound In limp red leather,
by the H. M. Caldwell Co. of New York.
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The Wheel of Life. By BUen Glasgow, aotfee*
of "The Deliverance," etc New York: Doable
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The United State* in the Twentieth Century.
By Pierre Leroy-Beauliea. Authorised transla
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as Wagnails Co. $2 net.
Hums, Wife of the Yvuag Babbi. By Wnhel
mlna Wlttigschlager. Drawings by W. Herbert
Dunton. New Yotfc: OonaoUdated BookseUen.
$150.
William T. Sherman. By Edward Robins. la
the American Crisis Biographies. Philadelphia:
George W. Jacobs & Co.
Savid G. Tarragut. By John Randolph Spears.
In the American Crisis Biographies. Philadel
phia. George W. Jacobs t Co.
Letters and Addresses of Thomas Jeffersaa.
Edited by William B. Parker and Jonas VUes,
Columbia unlTerslty, University of Missouri.
New York: Unit Book Publishing Co. 56 cents
net.
Barbara, Wlnslow, Rebel. By Elisabeth Ellis.
Ulnstrated by John Rae. New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co. $1 00.
A Maker of History. By E. Phillips Oppen
heim. Illustrated by Fred Pegrata. Bostoa:
Little. Brown Co. $1 50.
The Menace of Privilege, a study of the dan
gers to the republic from the ristenee of a
favored class By Henry George. Jr. New
York. The Macmillan Co $1.50 net.
The Heart of Lady Anne. By Agnes and
Egerton Castle. Illustrations in eoior by Ethel
Franklin Betts Decorations by Frederick Gar
rison Hall. New York. Frederfek A. Stokes
Co. $150.
The Prairie and the Sea.. By Wm. A. Qeayle.
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Poems of Orion T. Dotier. including "A Gal
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