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NewUlmReview Published by TShe Se Ul is in Company E. J. BUEHRER, EDITOR. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1910. The chicken fancier who advocates hanging an electric light bulb in the •chicken coop as a substitute for the sun in order to induce hens to lay •eggs at night should be arrested for obtaining goods under false pretenses. --Minneapolis Star. A news item from Oklahoma says that a man and a woman who owned ^a newspaper in a city of that state •decided to make the partnership more lasting by marriage. That is a pretty ihopeful view to take in these days of 'divorce. No doubt, the wife will be ithe managing editor. In going through our exchanges we (find that many Minnesota towns are favored by some district or state con ventions which are being held during lihe winter. What's the matter with New Ulm? Can't the Commercial Club or some enterprising citizens •secure some of these conventions for our city, which is known all oyer the -state for its hospitality and the many advantages as a convention town. Five men, all but one over 60 years old, are enrolled as students at the state school of agriculture. The ^quintet of old-timers is taking what is -Galled the "short course for farmers" \at the school—a four-weeks' course "^especially devoted to-judging grains, ssoils and animals. The students are Alex Sims, 50, Minneapolis D. H. Moon, 63, a retired wholesale grocer, St. Paul James li. Helm, 74, High *wood, Minn. Asli Olson, 61, Gary, .Minn., and William McFadden, 66, Fergus Falls. The Division of Botany and Plant TPathology of the Minnesota Experi ment Station is now ready to make purity and germination tests, free of charge, of all seeds sown on the farm. This Divigion has a Seed Laboratory •well equipped with apparatus similar %o that used in the Seed Laboratory of the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, at Washington, D. C. Send all samples to Dr. E, M. Freeman, Uni versity Farra, St. Paul, Minn. Ad dress all correspondence on this subject to him. At Owatonna last week the annual •aonvention of the Southern Minnesota Ctood Roads association was held and over 300 enthusiastic delegates were present. One of the speakers truly said: "Just as we judge cities by paved streets or muddy dirty business -streets so are counties coming to be judged by conditon of roads leading through their boundaries. A stranger traversing poorly maintained roads receives an impression of that district which all the advertising in Kingdom Come cannot overbalance. And nothing will advertise abroad the merits of a county more than well kept, well graded and smooth country 5coad3." Princeton Union. We acknowledge receipt of a cir f^'iar letter in which Samuel G. Iver •son, state auditor, officially announces his candidacy for renomination at the Republican state convention. Mr. Iverson, who is toward the end of his second four-year term as auditor, has been considered by many as a possible candidate for governor, but after a •canvass of the political situation, has decided after conferring with many friends to become a candidate for re election. He will undoubtedly be opposed in the convention, as Robert JT. Wells, Breckenridge, has already announced his candidacy, and A. W. Thompson of Fillmore county is con sidered an active candidate. "There has been so much said of late .about whipping the insurgent element •into line. How is it to be doBeV The congressmen are 'udebted to certain persons in their respective districts for campaign work in bringing about their election and the congressmen •^want these men appointed to post anaster or other offices under the "Iracial government. But the republi •43*n r^fty owns the government and .Aldrich, Cannon and Taft own the Republican party. Now, if a congress man is an insurgent against this power his supporter ought to be destroyed, starved out. The first and most sacred duty (according to the politician) of the government party is to preserve itself. Congressmen must secure the places for those men or .-else be left out of consideration. uHowever, a man. with a $7,500 annual salary ought to be able to do the country a more substantial service *ban to beg for appointments for those who "electioneered" for him. If this •is all they are congressmen for, then let Aldrich, Cannon and Taft keep on kicking them, insulting them and •weed out their supporters they deserve it. The people should have no pity ®n them. A true representative of a sovereign people should not need to .iear Aldrich, Cannon and Taft. Gov. Adolph O. Eberhart, last week replied to the accusations made against him by Joel P. Heitwole, for mer Congressman and editor of the Northfield News, in the following manner: "The people of the state know," said the governor, "that I loyally supported Dunn, Cole and Jacobson, appearing on the stump in their behalf from four to seven weeks each campaign and pay my own ex penses on those trips. "While a member of the senate I consistently supported all temperance legislation. "In my efforts for conservation of state resources I have been actuated by no other motive than to conserve f.nd protect the best interests of the state." The selection of a candidate for governor promises to be very in teresting. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to frame a law that will cause the rich to bear their proportionate share of the burdens of taxation for the support of local, state and the national govern ment. When the income tax law was enacted by congress in 1898 the su preme court of the United States held it unconstitutional. Now that an in come tax constitutional amendment has been submitted by congress Governor Hughes of New York and others oppose it on the grounds that it encroaches on "state's rights." The fairest tax that couJd be imposed either by the state or nation is a graduated income tax the man who has an income of $1,000,000 a year should be obliged to contribute liber ally for the support of the govern ment he who has a moderate income should be taxed moderately while he who has no income should escape taxation altogether—as far as per sonal property taxes are concerned. The Union believes in a graduated in come tax.—Princeton Union. The strangest accident recorded in local history occurred when Rhada manthus, a duck which had taken prizes at the recent Iowa poultry show, exploded into several hundred pieces, one of which struck Silas Perkins in the eye, destroying the sight. The cause of the explosion was the eating of yeast placed in a pan upon the back porch, which temp ted his duckship, who was taking a morning stroll. When Mr. Perkins discovered his prize duck it was in a somewhat "logy" condition. Telltale marks around the pan of yeast gave him his clue. He was about to pick up the bird when the latter explodeu with a loud report, and Mr. Perkins ran into the house holding both hands over one eye. A surgeon was called, who found that the eyeball had been penetrated by a fragment of flying duck and gave no hope of slaving the optic. Mr. Perkins advises that if ducks and yeast are to be kept on the same premises they should be kept as far apart as possiple. Allen's Lang Balsam will cure not only a fresh cold, but one of those stubborn coughs that usually hang on for«months. Give it a trial and prove itsworth. 25c, 50c and $1.00. Leading Woman in "The Third Degree*" Miss Fernanda Eliscu, who plays the leading female role in "The Third Degree" is credited by dramatic critics all over the west with being one of the greatest emotional actresses now on the stage. John R. Walsh the once mighty Chicago banker is in the penitentiary. The big. and little, good and bad papers now write moralizing editorials, the sum and substance of which is to emphatically convey the idea that the way of transgressor is "hard and that justice falls alike upon the rich and poor." Of course it is easy to go for Walsh who is in the pen he is a broken man, his money is gone he stumbled and fell and now they turn upon him and devour him. His con viction does not prove that dishonesty in business is punished, nor does it furnish an illustration of the impartial" ity of the law, for punishment did not come, until he had di&turbed the profits of others. It proves that he infringed upon the hunting grounds of more powerful criminals than he was and that a man of wealth may commit al most any crime for years with impuni ty. Even in his punishment he is fav ored far above the ordinary law breaker. He enjoyed liberty for more than a year after a poor man who had stolen pennies to Walsh's dollars would have been serving sentence. Preparations far in advance of his coming were made to smooth his way at the penitentiary. The powerful in fluences that have so long protected him are still moving to secure his par don. "The way of the transgressor is hard" is an ill-advised text for either a sermon or editorial. The success of boycotting meat de^ pends upon the same principle as that pursued by the miser who tried to teach his horse to live without eating, only to have him die as soon as success seemed about to have crowned the ex periment. If a commonwealth can on ly regulate the supply of its own products by depriving itself of the ar ticles desired, then it would seem to be engaged in chasing itself around the block. If it even succeeds in re ducing prices it will be because noth ing is bought and as soon as the boy cott is broken the- temporary advan tage is lost. Yet, the news items from all over the coutry say that about 200, 000 people are chasing themselves around the block as it were. We know of a better method of getting rid of tyrants and which was most effectively employed over a hundred years ago by one George Washington, Franklin, Henry and others. It appears, if the records are correct, that those plucky men did'nt chase themselves, but chasedthe other fellow, the oppressor, and they chased the arrogant JohnBull so hard that they had everything to themselves and their own way. But alas—to suggest and offer such radical means to gain your so called "inalien able rights" in this ossified, petrified trust-authority ridden age of ours is denounced as anarchism while in the •'good old days" of George, Ben and Patrick it was called heroism. To be sure, uowadays boys don't cut down cherry trees, but a number of them are cowards and most of them tell lies Now, will you have the courage to chase these industrial thieves and highwaymen with your ballot? «m GOOD ROADS What Others Do. Over in Owatonna the Steele County Good Roads Association recently held their annual meeting which, ac cording to the Journal-Chronicle, was well attended and interesting in every respect. Representative L. Virtue was called upon and mentioned his life-long in terest in good roads. He declared his belief that the agitation of the past few years in this country had resulted in great advance in road work. The people are taking more interest and are becoming educated in the impor tance of the matter. In his opinion the question had now become one of finances. We known how to build good roads and know that they are necessary, but how to finance them is the question. Everyone has an idea, but as all ideas cannot be used, it is necessary for people to get together and agree, He suggested that the good road associations should fede rate themselves, like the women's clubs, to get together for effective effort towards good legislation. The live business men everywhere are willing and anxious to pay taxes to get good roads. The question is one of method in raising and handing the money. Mr. Virtue explained the action of the legislature in providing for the $300,000 road appropriation, independent of the state highway com mission department, but which was knocked out by the supreme court on the question of constitutionality. This left nothing done by the last legislature along this line. An effort to pass a law establishing the cash system of paying road taxes had been defeated by the speaker of the House. If every county were like Steele county, with a live association, and all would get together something would surely be accomplished. Mr. Virtue said he was satisfied the people were ready for advanced good roads legislation. Senator Cashman was next called upon and agreed with Mr. Virtue as to the pressing need now of financial aid for good road work, which he thought should be afforded by the state. There is no reason why the small communities should bear the whole burden of building their good roads. The big cities and big corpo ration industries derive benefit from good roads right here in Steele county, and should pay a share. The one twentieth of a mill tax at present gives Steele county but $1170. If the full mill allowed by law were levied, this county would get a substantial amount. The tax would amount to but $1.32 on on each quarter section. Some of our townships are far enough advanc ed to have adopted the cash system and the doing of new work by con tract. There is no good reason in putting men to work on the roads who have had no experience and are not interested, which is the result of the "workout" system. Even a team has to work at a job for a time before it gets in its best work. Experience is valuable and should be utilized. Many farmers can ill spare the time to work on the roads. Why not give the work to the men who have the time and want to work on the roads, and pay them for the work? The latest contribution for proposed legislation for highway construction in the United States is a bill of Repre sentative Garner of Texas, pro rating $10,000,000 among the states and terri tories, according to mileage of the traveled public roads. 14 North Minnesota Street, ,- *3The Harvester Trust. In addition to its regular dividends the harvester trust is about to hand stockholders $20,000,000. The failure to give a slice of the melon to far mers seems ungenerous, and the man with the market basket also is over looked. The question asked by the Minneapolis Tribune "How do the farmers of the country like it" is a timely one. That company has paid 7 per ceut on its preferred stock for two yeai and before that paid from 3 to 4 per cent on its old stock. This indicates some kind of reorganization in 1907, especially as the management of the concern is in the hands of a voting trust.. But information about these indus trial combinations is very scanty in the common sources of financial in formation. No outsider knows exact ly what the stock of a trust represents. The common rule is that the preferred stock represents the stock of constitu ent companies, probably liberally watered, while the common stock re presents the clear and limpid water of the new combination. The $20,000,000 stock dividend is said to represent profits of the last few years, absorbed in the plants of the trusts. All of the stock is to receive 4 ner cent dividend hereafter, the earnings for 1909 having exceeded $14,000,000 after proper allowance for deprecia tion. The common stock being now $80,000,000, there will be a distribu tion of $3,200,000 a year on capital that represents nothing but passed Earnings and expectation of future earnings. Then the 7 per cent divi dend on preferred will take $4,200,000 more on $60,000,000capitalization that may represent some money originally put into the constituent businesses. The International Harvester com pany was incorporated in New Jersey in 1902 and embraced the McCormick, Deering and several other companies in the Middle West organized to man ufacture agricultural machinery. The combination suppresses domestic com petition and the prohibitory tariff on agricultural machinery shuts out foreign competition, except upon machines exported to foreign coun tries which are understood to sell for about half the American price. The tariff and the trust principle seem to work together upon the pocket of the consumer of agricultural machi nery like the two blades of a sharp and well balanced pair of scissors. A New Civil Calender. We have received from an adver tising firm in San Francisco a copy of a proposed calendar, whose aim is to avoid the acknowledged drawbacks of the regorian calendar by substitu ting one that is better suited to the requirements of our day-by-day life. Although the regorian calendar dates from the year 1582, long before that many and various improvements had been suggested for conveniently divid ing the 365 days of the year into weeks and months. Our correspondents ask: "Are we not again far enough ad vanced beyond the times of 1582 to adopt certain other changes?" and they offer a calendar which divides the 52 weeks of the year into 13 months, each having exactly 28 days. The first of January and the first of every one of the twelve succeeding months fall on a Sunday, and the 28th or last day of each month, therefore falls on a Saturday. The obvious advantage of this arrangement is that since each day of the week must be one of four numbers out of the 28 (Sunday for any month of the year being either the 1st, 8th, 15th, or 22nd, Tuesday either the 3rd, 10th, 17th, or 24th, etc.), if one knows the day of the Don't be captured by the slogan of "cut prices" till you've examined the cut of the garment-quality of the cloth-correct ness of style and standing of the store. m. Anything you buy here—even at this cut price sale—you may return and get your money back promptly. We are as careful to fit you as if we were getting full value for the goods. ^.-- Hummel Brothers ,?„ 4pv a week, it is possible to find the day of I the month quickly and without refe-.^ rence to a calendar. .• Thirteen months of 28 days each, however, give a total of only 364 days for the year, and lu accomodate the odd day, it is proposed that between Saturday, the last day of December, and Sunday, the first day of Jnnuary -1 there should be a day to be known a "Anno Day." It is not recognized as as a calendar day, and beyond its name, has no other distinction to sep arate it from the last day of Decem ber. Any labor done on Anno Day would have to be a matter of special contract or agreement. No interest or rental will accrue upon that day, and for all such purposes it would be considered apart of Saturday, Decem ber 28. Leap Year is provided for by an extra day between Saturday, Vin cent 14th, and Sunday, Vincent 15th. This would be known as "Midanno" and it would be treated in all respects similarly to Anno Day. Although there can be no question of the simplicity and convenience of the proposed calendar, in respect of any prospect of its immediate and world-wide adoption, we fear it must be classed with those two other great desirables, the "metric system" and the "longer daylight day." We are not more firmly convinced of the ad vantages of this and those proposi tions for simplifying and rendering easier and more pleasant the round of daily life and its duties, than we are that to bring about these sugges ted improvements will take many years of arduous and persistent agi tation.—Scientific American. Notice. The Midland Lyceum Bureau are obliged to cancel the lecture of Dr. Edwin Southers at the Turner Hall Feb. 6. on account of the serious and probably fatal sickness of his wife. 2 0 0 pieces of in a dress styles, a in 6 to 25 a yard arrived at A Ochs, he Bee Hive. 3—5 GREBE & EMMERICH PLUMBERS STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING GAS FITTING. We are prepared to do all kinds of plumbing in a first-class manner. Do not fail to call upon us when plumb ers' services are required. Minn, and Center Sts. Phone 281 New Ulm w*VKaiv The additional month necessary un-t5'-rj der this system is named by its spon-'^^*""* sors "Vincent and it is placed in 4 the calendar between June and July. a Mawei Klf J6 The Man at the Helm of any business has enough to employ his mind he worry of caring for his cash. Let the STATE BANK take that burden from your shoul ders. Open an ac count there and the fear of fire, thieves or other sources of cash danger will trou ble you no more. Make your first check out today. 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