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| HARDWARE
Scissors. Ladies, you should see
the nacon Shears.
The best ever. Ask to see them.
TOOLS.
Starretts' Machinists' Tools.
Carpenters' Tools —All kinds.
J. F. McGUIRE © CO.,
56 East Sixth Sreet.
Successors to St. Paul Hardware Company,
CITY..
NEWS
The Second ward Improvement associa
tion will hold its regular monthly meet
irg at Bates and Ea3t Seventh streets,
at 8 o'clock this evening.
J. F. McGuire addressed the Total Ab
stinence Society yesterday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock ,at Crutader's hall. There
was a literary and musical programme.
A meeting of the new Eighth ward
Bantz club was held last night and.M.
Hafner was elected president, Frank
Klein secretary and Joe Zettle treasurer.
Charles Edward, the four-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mann, 1!) Oilman
terrace, died last night of spinal menin
gius, brought on by scarlet fever. The
funeral will be private.
The funeral of the late Edward Rich
ards will take place this afternoon from
the family residence, 719 Selby avenue,
at 2:30 o'clock. Members of Acker Post
G. A. R. will attend in a body.
Fire in the one-story frame dwelling
occupied by Edw. Flaherty and family
at 7 Burton place gave the occupants a
scare at 2:15 o'clock yesterday morning
and they were forced to make a hasty
exit in their night clothes. Tue blaze
did $250 damage to the house and con
tents.
The funeral of J.ars Larson, 559 Sims
Bireet, took place yesterday afternoon
at 230 o'clock from the Swedish Bap
tist church, Case street and Payne ave
nue. The Interment was at Union cem
etery, and nearly 2,000 people attended
the funeral at the Baptist church. He
wap forty-seven years old and leaves a
Widow and five children.
SERMON IN THEATER
CONGREGATION OF THE PEOPLES
(HIRCH LISTENS TO ENCOURAG
ING WORDS PROM PASTOR
JIUST NOT GO INTO DEBT
Dr. Smith Insists That the Building
< Must Be Paid for as It Goes
: Up — Pentecost of
Power.
S■■! vices of the People's church, whoss
building was burned last Wednesday aft
ernoon, were held yesterday morning at
the Metropolitan opera house, and the
attendance was sufficient to fill almost
the entire lower floor of the theater, it
was announced by the pastor, Rev. 5.
G. Smith, that services would be held
regularly at the Metropolitan theater at
11 o'clock Sunday mornings. Dr. Smith
further stated that he would be at homo
to the members of the congregation next
Thursday evening at his residence, 325
College avenue; and that the ladies' so_
ciety of the church would meet uext
Tuesday at the residence of Dr. A. F.
Goodrich, 25G Nelson avenue. He said
that suggestions from members of the
congregation as to the new building
would be gladly received at the office of
Oscar Hallam in the Manhattan build
ing. While on the subject of the new
church Dr. Smith said thai one thing
he would insist upon was that 'it should
be built without debt, and that the con
struction should proceed nj faster than
the work could be paid for. Ife hail been
engaged for the past twenty-five years
in paying church debts of some sort^ and
did not wish to resume that kind ot
work.
The text was read by Dr. Smith frcm
a new testament which was found by
two little girls in the ruins of the Peo
ple's church building last Thursday and
returned by them to the pastor. This
testament. Dr. Smith said, was the only
book saved from the building, but it v.as
sufficient foundation upon which to start
a church. The text was from Corin
thians, ii.. 4-17, "For our light affliction,
which is but ,for a moment, worketh for
us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory."
Dr. Smith spoke of the splendid rally
ing power of the church as evidenced
by the prompt determination of tho ad
visory board to rebuild at once, althougi
he had been inclined to advise greater
deliberation. He expressed the thanks of
the church for the expressions of sym
pathy and the offers of assistance from
the sister churches, stating that every
church of tho neighborhood, regardless
of denomination, had offered its build
ing for services at some time on Sun
days.
The People's church, he said, was not
burned—it was only a building which had
been destroyed by fire. The People's
church, he said, was an idea, an attitude,
an interpretation, a fellowship, an in
spiration, and those things could not
be burned.
The sermon was on the spiritual per
spective of life, and the fundamental idea
advanced by the preacher was that the
real wealth of a church is In its spiritual
forces. The apostles, he said, had neither
a new testament or a church building,
but they had a Pentecost; and if the
People's church could secure a new
pentecost of power even at the expense
of its building it would be very cheap in
deed.
BEST BY TEST!
The Best System,
The Best Equipment,
The Best Construction,
Enable us to give ths Best
Service and at lowest rates.
$2.50 Per Month for Rasitaa.
$4.Q0 Per Monti! for Busingss.
Test it for Yourself*
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515 Pheonix Building
HOT ON THE TRAIL
POLICE HAVE} CLUES TO IDENTITY
OP MIHDBHEHS OF
MAYER
ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL
Cortege Will Be Largely Attended
by Police, Firemen and "Work
men-Contingent From
Minneapolis.
The murderers of Office* Charles Mayer,
who was shot in the rear of Jessrang's
saloon, at University and Farrlngton
avenues, Friday night, are still at large,
but Chief O'Connor expressed a hope last
night that the clues which -he has in his
possession will lead to their apprehen
sion in a short time. There were rumors
yesterday that the police had made some
arrests in conection with the crime, but
these were denieH at headquarters, as
well as the sub-stations. It was claimed
by some who profess to know, that the
police unearthed another clue yesterday
that may aid them considerably in getting
the burglars. Chief O'Connor said last
night that there were no new develop
ments in the matter to be given out to
the press, but further than this" he would
not talk. The detective force was kept
busy during the entire day and part of
the night on the case.
Coroner A. W. Miller yesterday swore
in the coroner's jury, after which he took
its members to the scene of the murder.
The inquest will be held at the county
morgue at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and it
is rumored that some sensational facts
may be brought out.
Lieut. Boerner, who bas had charge
of the funeral arrangements, completed
them yesterday afternoon, and the pres
ent indications are that the cortege will
be imposing. The funeral will take place
from his late residence, 738 Sherburne
avenue, at 2 o'clock, and the escorts of
police, firemen and fraternal societies to
which Officer Mayer belonged, will gather
at Jessrang's hall at 1:15 o'clock in the
afternoon, and frcm there they will pro
ceed to the residence.
Order of the Cortege.
The procession will be headed by a pla
toon of mounted police under the direc
tion of Lieut. Budy, of the Prior avenue
detail. The next in line will be Siebert's
military band, followed by two platoons
of twelve men each, of foot police in
charge of two sergeants. T*he next in
line will be the members of University
lodgo No. 94, A. O. U. W., cf which he was
a member. Health Commissioner Dr.
Ohage has volunteered to have a detail
of health office employes on hand. The
firemen will also have a place in the
parade.
The pall bearers will be selected from
the ranks of the police and firemen, aud
will also be members of University lodge,
Ancient Order of United Workmen. The
names of the pall bearers from the poffce
department are: Patrolmen Thomas
Brennan, #ndrew Kulda and Michael
Riley. The firemen will be selected to
day. The remains will be carried to the
grave on a police patrol sleigh and the
interment will be in the German Lutheran
cemetery, on Dale street. The funeral
procession will march on Shebrurne avo
neu, to Dale street, thence on Dale to
the Dale street bridge, where that part
of the procession on foot will disband.
Services will be held at the cemetery
by University lodge, United Order of
Workmen.
Late yesterday afternoon Chief O'Con
nor received word from Minneapolis that
Cheif Ames, of that city would send a
detail of Minneapolis police to attend tho
funeral.
SOLUTION IN SOCIALISM
A. M. DEWEY, OP WASHINGTON,
ARRANGES MODERN COM
PETITIVE SYSTEM
Other Reformers Are Relegated to
Visionary (lass— Ten Counts in
His Indictment of Exist
ing renditions.
A. M. Dawey, who Is a special agent of
the national department of labor at
Washington, and a Socialist of promi
nence, lectured yesterday afternoon at
Pfeiffer's hall, under the auspices of the
Socialist Democratic organization, of this
city, his subject being: "Indictments
Against the Competitive System."
The audience was larger than was
iisual a,t these Sunday afternoon meet
ings, and the sentiments expressed by
the speaker were received with frequent
and hearty applause.
The early portion of his address waa
devoted to discussion of the various
schools of reform and their weak points.
TJach class cf reformers, he said, was
bound up in its own theories, and to a
great extent believed that adoption of its
principles would right all existing evils.
The church reformers believed that all
of the wrongs of existing conditions had
their basis in the sin which had crept in
to the world before any of us were born,
and while they labored, hard to eradicate
.'•ins in its various forms, they did not
go systematically to work to remove the
incentives to sin, which are to be found
in the existing social condition.
The labor reformers, he 'said, believed
that shorter hours of work and better
pay would bring about satisfactorvVon
ditions, and pay capital a fair profit as
Its share of the business scheme of the
community. He contended that the only
fair wage to labor would be the whole
of what labor pi'oduced, and that as cap
ital never produced anything, capital had
no fundamental right to anything cre
ated by labor.
There were also prison reformers, he
said, who devoted their time and effort
to the betterment of the condition of the
criminals confined in penitentiaries and
other penal institutions. They did not
seem to see that* the inmates of those
institutions are better housed and better
fed and better cared for in every way
than the average honet working man.
He divided his indictment against the
competitive system of industry into vari
ous counts, as follows:
Finrt—lt arrays man against his fel
low men in the scheme of life.
Second—Tt puts a premium upon dis
honesty and discounts truth.
Third—lt establishes false standards of
measurement.
Fourth—lt has comipted the courts
and legislatures.
Fifth—lt robs men of their manhood
and women of their virtue.
Sixth—lt has taken from labor the
fruitage of its toil.
Seventh—lt dwarfs the intellect and
will destroy the state.
Eighth—it neutralizes the influence of
church and fraternal brotherhood .
Ninth—lt crushes the manly hopes of
labor and tramples poor humanity in the
dust.
Deposits made on or before Feb 3 at
The State Savings Bank. GerrmanH Lif?
Bldg., 4th and Minn, sts., will be entitled
to 5 months' interest July 1.
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Call at Twin City Coupon <~"o., 220 Ge>
mania Life bullclln&.. St. Paul.
Hot Springs, Arlc.
Low rate excursion tickets to this fa
mous resort on sale daily at Minneapolis
6 St. Louis R. R. offices. Leave St. Paul
7 p. m., arrive Hot Springs 8 a. m.
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IN LINCOLN'S MEMORY
GERM.Wf-AMEiniCAN VETERANS All-
RANGE FOR, CELEBRATION.
The German-American Veteran's as
sociation held its regular monthly meet
ing at Garneld hall, in the old Grand
block, yesterday afternoon, and com
pleted arrangements for its third annual
celebration to be held at the state capi
tol at 8 o'clock in the evening on Lin.
coln's birthday. The meeting was well
attended, and all present manifested a
spirit to make this anniversary one that
will long be remembered by the Germati-
American veterans of Minnesota and
their friends.
Capt. Joseph Burger was appointed
chairman of the committees on arrange
ments and decorations, and A. Bohland,
secretary of the association, was made
chairman of the committee on invitations.
All those present also volunteered to act
as a committee of one to receive the
guests. An excellent programme will be
given, and will include speeches by Judge
Grier M. Orr, Gov. Van Sant, A. R.
Kiefer and J. N. Rogers. The Concordia
Singing society will render several num
bers, and the Schaettgen family will con
tribute musical numbers. Rev. Mr. Lenz,
an old soldier, delivered an address yes
terday on the military organizations of
the United States, and Capt. Burger also
spoke briefly. The association passed a
resolution moved by Capt. Burger, in
dorsing Col. A. R. Kiefer's candidacy for
mayor. A resolution, approving of the
recent order of President Roosevelt to
retain all honorably discharged soldiers
in the employ of the government in their
present positions, was also passed and a
copy of the resolution will be mailed to
the president.
FAR FROM COMPLETE
WAS GEX. CHILD'S DEFENSE OV
TAX LAW, SAYS A. C.
WEISS
SOME POINTS PASSED OVER
Did Not Meet All Objections to Sev
eral Vital Provisions of
the Proposed
Code.
Col. A. C. W reiss, the popular Duluth
editor and politician, does not wax par
ticularly enthusiastic over Gen. Childs'
exploitation of the new tax law.
Before the Minnesota bankers the oth
er day he said:
In a speech before the Minnesota Bank
ers' association In St. Paul Thursday aft
ernoon H. W. Childs, of the tax commis
sion, made what the Minneapolis Times
calls a "complete answer to all criti
cisms of the tax code." Doubtless Gen.
Childs' intent was misconstrued by the
Minneapolis paper, for his speech was
very far from a "complete answer." He
dfvoted most of his time, according to
the published reports of his speech, to
praising certain features of the proposed
tax code, which almost everybody will
agree to bs excellent, and in honor of
\\hich all will join Gen. Childs in throw
ing up their hats.
There are many excellent features about
the tax code. If personal property is
to be assessed, the general principle that
it should all be assessed is good, and
if it is all to be assessed experience has
shown that some such strenuous measures
as the code provides are necessary to
force it upan the assessment roles. But
when it comes to the application 7>f the
general principle that all property shall
bo taxed, there comes into the contro
versy the question whether the state
ci.-.p. better afford to lose $10,000 taxes
or $1,000,000 in business enterprises.
Seme of his speech is a defense of the
law. For instance, he says that the
fear that the law will cause an annual
panic is groundless, because the present
law as to tank deposits is embodied
without change in the new code. In
this case, either Gen. Childs was mis
quoted, or he is mistaken. The new
law adds to the provision that trustees
of any sort shall list the property in
their control, the word "banker" making
it essential, in the reading of the best
attorneys, that bankers must list their
depositors and the amounts of their de
posits of April 1 of each year. It means
the depositors will withdraw their bal
ances, so that the banker will have none
to list on April 1, and it means that
in order to meet such a run the bank
er must call in his loans.
Gen. Childs made no defense of the
provision for taxing vessel registration
and vessel taxes out of the state. He
mude no defense of the provision for
taxing grain in elevators, which would
ref-ult in taking grain out of the ele
vators of this state and into the ele
vators of another state where such a tax
is not demanded. He made no defense
of the reduction of the personal prop
erty exemption from $100 to $25, but ad
mitted that that is a mistake, and prom
ised that the commission would re^om
mend an amendment to this provision
replacing the exemption of $100.
A member of the tax commission might
be expected to rally to its defense. He
might be looked to for even more en
thusiasm that Gen. Childs showed in
his speech. But the most unfortunate
thing about a defense of the tax code
riom a member of the tax commission
is that none of them is in a position to
defend the most effective criticisms that
have been made, because these criticisms
are in the report of the commission it
sell. They are to the effect that with
The present constitutional limitations in
the road, it is impossible to frame a sat
isfactory and scientific tax law. and that
it was regretted that tha commission did
not have more time in which to "frame
the tax code. These sentiments leave
tbe Impression that if the constitutional
ri;idrances were removed, and the com
mission had had more time, a much
fcptter law would have resulted.
The tax code that Min^sota will adopt
is to be used for a long time. A little
While snent in further consideration and
In waiting for the most favorable or>
nortunity to frame a tax l;iw will be
bolter used Hvm th° time that may be
lo.<r in whittling away through future
sessions in an attempt to improve an
v.npatisfactory law.
FOUND DEAD ON FLOOR
MRS. W. HOLZEnfER VICTIM OF
ATTACK OiF APgPLEXY.
Mrs. Wilhelmir-a Holzeimer, a widow,
sixty-two years of age, occupying rooms
upstairs at 365 Hope street, died suddenly
Saturday night of apoplexy. Coroner A.
W. Miller was called and issued the
death certificate. Mrs. Holzeimer rented
rooms from a family living downstairs
at tbe above number, and the landlady
says that she last saw her alive on Sat
urday night. Mrs. Holzeimer came down
stairs about 5 o'clock in* the afternoon
and got a can of preserves and an apple.
She appeared to be in the best of health
and was quite jolly. She talked and
laughed for a while and went up stairs.
This was the last seen of her alive.
Yesterday morning when the woman
living downstairs went up to sweep
Mrs. Holzeimer's rooms, she was horri
fied to see her lying on the floor dead.
She had evidently fallen shortly after
going up stairs the evening be«\ re. She
was born in Germany and came to St.
Paul twenty-two years ago. She for
merly lived on the property now occu
pied by the Van Buren school. Mrs.
Holzeimer leaves three sons living out
side of St. Paul and one daughter, Mrs.
Christian Gensoh, living at Third and
Arcade streets, in the city. The funeral
arrangements will be announced later.
St. James Contractor Dead.
John Anderson, a prominent contract
or at St. James, Minn., died at Bethesda
hospital yesterday at the age of forty
years. His remains were taken in charge
by Thoorsell & Thaug. and were sent to
St. James last night Mr. Anderson
came to St. Paul Saturday to have an
operation performed. He did not sur
vive the operation, and died yesterday
morning.
PROGRESS M HAWAII
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CAPT. CHARLES p|pO\D, OP UNIT
ED STATES NA*fY, VISITING .
i» Vr. Halii
IMPROVING M^Y HARBORS
, %
That at Honolulu Has Been Enlarged
and Channel Deepened to
Thirty Feet—Scarcity
of Labor. - ;
Captain Charles F. Pond, of the United
States navy, a brother of Col. Pond, of
this city, was at the Ryan yesterday,
accompanied by his wife and daughter.
Captain Pond is on his way to his home
in Connecticut after three years spent
in service in Honolulu, where he has been
assisting in the naval construction that is
under way there.
Captain Pond was in command of the
"Jroquois," and twice was commandant
of the station during the absence of its
chief officer. He also made a survey of
Midway island, which is proposed as one
of the landings for the Pacific cable.
After a, vacation at his old home, he ex
pects to be assigned to shore duty, as is
the custom in the department.
Speaking of the work and the islands,
Capt. Pond says: "They are in a very
prosperous condition, and their future
outlook is bright. With the deepening
of the harbors, the digging of the isth
mian canal and the laying of the Pacific
cable, commerce will boom and the ex
ports and imports will increase wonder
fully.
"For the past three years I have been
engaged in naval construction work. The
harbor at Honolulu 'has been improved
to a great extent. Slips have been made
and wharves constructed, and the chan
nel deepened to thirty feet, so that it is
in a tit condition to receive any vessel
that may desire to enter. We have been
arranging for a coaling station, and we
now have one that has an ordinary ca
pacity of 20,000 tons, and ii' need be, 30,
--000. It makes one of the finest coaling
stations in the Pacific. Work has been
going on there for a little over two years,
and $400,000 have been expended in im
provements in that line. The government
also lias some fine building's in the city
proper.
Work at Pearl Harbor.
"The improvement of Pearl harbor is
one of the important works that is going
on there. It will be-remembered that af
ter the second reciprocity treaty, the
United States was given the sole priv
ilege of the use of this harbor, which is
the finest in the Pacific. This included
only a water right, and now the gov
ernment has obtained by the process of
condemnation some 5,600 acres of land
around this harbor. Pearl harbor hias
not been used commercially for the rea
son that there is a sand bar out about a
mile that prevents all boats drawing
eleven feet or more from entering, and
for this reason the vessels always put
in at Honolulu, which originally permit
ted vessels drawing eighteen feet to en
ter. It has now been deepened to thirty
feet.
"The army engineers are at pi
working on the bar outside of Pearl ktar
bor, ami will dredge it out to a depth
of thirty feet, and make it 200 feet lonsr.
In this harbor there are also exceptional
natural dry dockage facilities, which will
be utilized to the best advantage- by the
government. When the work is com
pleted this will be the finest all-around
harbor in the Pacific, and it will draw
commerce. It is completely land bound
in the respect that it 13 sheltered from
all winds," and the large vessels of com
merce will always go where they can
be easily dry docked if it should bo
necessary. The gcvernrrent will erect
extensive naval repair shops on the
land that it has acquired by condemna
-1 "During the time I was stationed in
Honolulu I was detailed to make a sur
vey of the Midway islands to determine
as to its practicability as a landing
or relay station for the Pacific cable.
It is 1200 miles from Honolulu and will
be the intermediate station between
there and Guam. It was first intended
that this station should be built on
Wake island, but the survey showed this
was impossible, as the waves are beat
ing about it all the time and there is no
means of getting it into the island. The
only feature in which this island sur
passes Midway is that it is in a more di
rect line to Guam, but in all other ways
Midway island was found preferable. It
is a coral reef six miles in diameter and
the lagoon in the interior contains two
islands. It is easy of access the ap
proach to it being of sand into which
cable will soon sink and be protected
from the waves. These stations in the
Pacific will reduce the cost of the con
struction of the cables as they will not
have to be built so strong, not having
to stand so great a strain. As it is how
ever, the cable from Midway to Guam
will be in the neighborhood of 2,000 miles
long.
"It will be all of a year and a half be
fore the work of laying the cable can
begin. At the present time there is r.o
concern in the United States that makes
cables for the ocean, as all are now
made in Egland. I have little reason to
doubt but that any bill that passes con
gress will provide for the construction
of the cable at home. As to whether the
government will construct it itself, or
let the contract, cannot be foretold. In
any event it will be built under the
supervision of a federal officer. Then
there are no boats in this country built
for the laying of cable, so that
these will also have to be constructed,
and this cannot be very well accom
plished under 18 months. The "Nero"
has made a complete survey of the ocean
bottom from the Hawaiian island to the
Philippines, the first trip being direct
and the second zigzag.
Cable a Commercial Necessity.
"This cable is a naval and a commer
cial necessity, and will help the Ha
waiian islands a great deal. There would
be more visitors to the islands were it
not for the fact that they are cut off
from the speedy communication from the
main land, and the time taken to trans
mit letters is so long as to materially
hamper commercial operations. Its naval
importance is too obvious to make nec
essary any comment.
"The islands are now very mu^h in
terested in the renewal of the Chinese
exclusion act. The universal sentiment
AIL ALIKE.
Doctors Agree on Food.
All physicians agree that good fox>d
properly selected, is of the utmost im
portance, not only for the cure of dis
ease but to maintain health even when
one is well.
Dr. Wm. Hale, of 14 Pleasant St.,
Gloucester, Mass., says, "I count it a
pleasure to say a good word for Postum
Food Coffee with whi<?h l have - been en
abled to relieve so many sufferers, and
which I count, :■ withiits' valued compan
ion, Grape-Nuts, one; of the daily bless
ings. ' U ".'■!'--■" < '■■"
Coffee was banished (from my own table
some time asro and l'ostam used regular,
ly in it.3 : place. ; iV- ?li
I frequently find it necessary t o sn«
stiuct patients when they take Postum
Coffee for tne first time to be quite sure
that it has been boiled long enough lo
bring out the clear, black color and the
ricu taste, as well as the health giving
qualities."
The Doctor enclosed the names of six
patients who were formerly n&Tvous dys
peptics but have been cured by his pro
fessional care and the discontinuance of
coffee and the using of Postum Fojd
Coffee in its place.
there is that there should b some pro
thera is that there should be some pro
anese labor to enter the islands With
the assurance that they would ko no
farther.
Since the annexation of the islands
the old plantations have expanded to a
considerable extent, and the new ones
have done proportionately likewise. On
the sugar plantations it has been found
by actual experience and experiments
that Chinese are the best and Japan
ese next. Immediately before the annex
ation there was a considerable influx of
Japanese, who did not remain very
long. The plantation managers tried
Porto Rican laborers and did not find
them satisfactory, and then tried negroes
from the south of the United States,
and these were found to be the worst
of all.
"The planting of the cane is not ex
ceptionally hard work, but the stripping
is. ahe cane grows up high, and when
one enters twenty feet into a patch
there is not a breath of air stirring and
to the ordinary white man breathine
Is difficult. Added to this the great
heat, and it is easy to understand how
white men cannot work there. The Chi
nese, however, do the work satisfactory
and apparently without any great in
convenience to themselves.
"The lack of laborers has been one of
the drawbacks to the islands, but this is
gradually vanishing. There are now on
the average about 600 Japanese entering
every month, every steamer bringing in
a couple of hundred, who are immediately
put to work.
"For the reasons stated the planta
tion managers are anxious that some
provision be made in the exclusion act
that will permit them to have the use of
oriental labor, as there is no coa
nict between it and white labor, and the
development of the islands depends to
a great extent upon it."
FREE CUBAN SUGAR
CONGRESSMAN TAWNEY EXPLAINS
HIS POSITION ON THE
SUBJECT
CUBA EOES NOT NEED IT
Every Laboring Man on the
Island Is Now at
Work at Good
Wages.
Congressman. James A. Tawney has
written a lengthy letter to a friend in
regard to th e free admission of Cuban
sugar, explaining his position. Among
other things he says:
I am as much in favor of encouraging
f'-.h* °?i est Possible trade relations wit*
thl that ,we can obtain ' consistent with
the duty which we owe to our own peo
ple, as onyone. I do not share, however
to any great extent the feelings of those
who claim that our obligations to Cuba
Un\*edXt« free'oTdi^ BUBfar int° the
\\ hile we are interested in the welfare
of Cuba, and have given abundant evi
dence of this, we owe a duty to ourselves
That is, always to safeguard the progress
of our own domestic industry.
For two days of this week the com
mittee on ways and means have listened
to the testimony of many gentlemen who
spake in favor of the free admission of
Cuban sugar into our market and who
are urging this with a great deal of en
ergy, and, by a systematic method with
which they are familiar, they have for
some time been endeavoring to create a
sentiment along that line among the
people.
Let me give you a few facts, developed
in the testimony of these men. In the
first place only two of .the many gentle
men who appeared before us were Cu
bans; in fact, only one was a Cuban
and only two of them resided in Cuba.'
The rest of them were Americans inter
ested either as stockholders in the Amer
ican Sugar Refining company or large
sugar plantations en the island. All of
these gentlemen demanded the free ad
mission of sugar from Cuba. All of these
admitted that- until the present month
the sugar industry of Cuba has been as
prosperous as it was in any preceding
years prior to the war, or since 1595.
They all admitted, to, that every labor
ing man on the island, outside of Ha
vana, who wanted to work and would
wcrk. is employed, at wages ranging
ranging from $22 to $30 a month in Amer
ican money. They also conceded that any
further development of the sugar indus
try beyond its present development
could be accomplished only by the im
portation of labor from Spain, the Ca
nary islands, the South and Central
American republics, or Mexico; that
American labor could not be utilized in
the further development of this industry.
They also testified that not to exceed
one-third, or from one-fifth to a third, of
the available sugar land on the island is
now under . cultivation; that while they
will this year produce 850,000 tons of raw
sugar, they could, in ten years, produce
at least 2,800.000 tons annually, or suffi
cient to supply the entire consumption
in the United States, thus entirely de
stroying- our own rapidly growing beet
sugar industry and cane sugar industry,
for they all tell us that under normal
conditions Cuba can produce sugar
cheaper than any other country in the
world.
The condition which they seek to meet
by free sugar is one which they tell us
has been brought about by the over-pro
duction of beet sugar in European coun
tries by the payment of government
bounties. None of them claim that the
present low price of sugar was in any
way due to any act on the part of our
government.
It appears from the testimony that the
average sugar land in Cuba will pro
duce two and one-half tons of raw sugar
per acre. The duty is about $24 per ton.
When his attention was called to this
testimony as to the production per acre,
he "was asked who would derive the ben
efit from the removal of then duty, and
frankly admitted that the sugar planter
would be the only beneficiary, and that
this benefit would be in the nature of a
bounty amounting in the aggregate to at
least $75 per acre per annum.
It appears, too, from their testimony,
that a very large proportion of the plan
tations under cultivation are owned by
Spaniards and Americans; that less than
10 per cent are owned by Cubans; that
many of these plantations have been
bought by Americans since the close of
the war; find that this year there will
be produced on the plantations owned ex
clusively by Americans at least 140,000
tons of raw sugar, or, in other words,
that the product of their plantations
owned in Cuba this year will equal or
nearly equal the beet sugar product of
the United States
So that in the last analysis we are up
against this proposition: Can we afford
for the small advantage which we an
ticipate securing in the Cuban market
for the sale of American products, to
vote a bounty of at least $75 per annum
on ever acre of available sugar land on
the island of Cuba?
It in my desire to do all for Cuba that
can TTe done, consistent with the interests
of our own people, and, in view of the
fact that 90 per cent of the beneficiaries
would be Spaniards, who never renounc
ed their allegiance to Spain, and Ameri
cans, who, since the close of the war,
have gone down there to exploit sugar
lands, and now own practically all of the
available plantations, we ought to have
.some little consideration for our' own peo
ple who are engaged in the production of
sugar and in the development of that
industry at home. Especially is this
so in the light of the fact that every
laboring man on the "Island of Oubar
who wants work is today employed, and
the further development of tfte sugar in
dustry in the island will involve the im
portation of a race or races of people
more objectionable than many of the
people of Cuba are themselves.
TO BE BURIED TODAY
PIXERiL OF OLAP OL.SOX UNDER.
AUSPICES OF WORKMEN.
The funeral of Olaf Olson, late grand
recorder of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, will be held this Jifternoon
from hia late residence, 275 Nelson ave
nue, at 2 o'clock. The services will be
held at the Central Presbyterian church,
under the auspices of the workmen, ami
all members of University lodge are ex
pected to be at the church at 2:30.
The Real Good Mince
Pie or Fruit Pudding
is best made of None Such Mince Meat. Ask your
grocer for a " package "—it is not sold by the pound
out of a mussy, open bucket. It is not "wet"— is
compressed in air-tight, water-proof cartons which
is the modern, cleanly way of selling high grade
food products. Think of it—27,397 packages of
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jfr ear—^en mMi°n pack
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«p*y "$%& you don't buy it, you will
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m wk. JU* \%&s of your nei hbors-..
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~"~"""—^*-r Syracuse, N.Y.
MILLER STANDS PAT
ROCK COUNTY SENATOR STILL
BELIEVES IN TAX
LAW
IT FAVORS HONEST TAXPAYER
I'axation "Will Cease to Be a Burden
When All Property Is List
ed at Its Full
Value.
Senator IT. J. Miller, of Luverne, one
of the legislative leaders, still stands by
GROUND HOC DECIDES WSNTERIB NOT OVER
There still remain six long cotd weeks
of winter to be lived through before the
desired breath of sping will revive tue
land -once more. Tnis is the unalterable
decision of the ground hog. and no matter
what federal forecasters may predict, tne
word of the ground hog is supreme. Six
weeks of winter, no more or no less, and
then spring may come if it wants to, but
not before, for the ground hog on aris
ing yesterday morning from his long
slumbers beheld his shadow cast on tne
esnow.
Mr. Ground Hog having done th.s
same for many centuries, according to
tradition, knows just what to do, when
he beheld the dark outlines of his un-
the new tax law despite the war made on
it. He says:
One of the arguments against the pro
posed ntw tax code is the statement that
"under the bill there are citizens of this
state who, if they disclosed all their hold
ing^ of shares in corporations, mortgages,
< tc, i'or the taxation imposed by this
bill, would have to pay form $100,000 to
1500,000 taxes."
Well, if any citizen has property which,
assessed as other property is assessed at
its actual selling value, would, at the
rate paid by other property, require him
to pay $100,000 or $500,000 taxes, why
shouldn't he pay that amount? Is it
harder for the man who lias $1,000 in
property to pay $20 taxes than it is for
the man who has $10,000 to pay $200? Thig
declaration will serve to convince a good
many people that the new tax code hews
pretty close to the line of justice.
The opposition has overlooked the pat
ent and important fact that the rate of
taxation is determined by th« assessed
\aluation. In. all its illustrations de
signed, to show results under the new
code it has applied to full valuations of
all the property the rate of taxation at
present required on from one-fourth to
cne-third variations of a comparatively
small part of the property that should
be taxed. If the rate of taxation is 30
mills on a valuation of $100,000, the rate
would be 10 mills on a valuation of $300,
--000.
What becomes then of the claim that
if the valuation of farm property is in
creased threefold, farmers will be re
quired to pay more taxes? Would the tax
on a farm valued at $2,000 be more at 3
per cent than it wiuld be orV a valuation
of $6,000 at 1 per cent?
The fact is that if all property is listed
at its full value, the farmer will pay
much less than one-third of the present
rate. If tho rate of taxation is decreased
one-third by a two-thirds increase of the
valuation of property heretofore assessed,
it would probably be decreased one-half
more by the listing for taxation of prop
erty which has heretofore escaped taxa
tion.
The taxpayer, ard particularly
the man of small means, has everything
to gain by a full assessment and corre
sponding reduction of tax rate. Having
paid on all he has, he loses nothing by
the increased valuation, and gains by the
valuation of property which has escaped
assessment. To tha man of moderate
means whose property is all in sight and
always assessed, the low rate resulting
from, full valuation will always be an
important advantage.
In other words, an honest assessment
is always best for all who are willing
to bear their just share of the public bur
dens. If all property were listed at its
full value, taxation would cease to be a
burden. The rate would be so low that
the man of small means would not feel
it, and it would not be a burden to the
man of wealth because he is able to bear
it. Moreover, there would then be no
cause for the present objection to the en
forcement of the-provisions in relation to
the listing of bank deposits, because the
tax would be so light that people who
have money could afford to pay it.
FRACTURED HIS THSCH
JACOB KOCH SR. SUSTAINS A SERI
OUS IXJUHY.
Jacob Koch, Sr., seventy-three years old,
and living with his son, Jacob Koch, Jr.,
at 1251 Coleman street, is at the city hos
pital suffering from a fractured thigh
and a frozen hand. As near as can be
ascertained Mr. Koch sleeps in the front
room upstairs at the above number. The
front window of which looks out on a
small porch and for some reason Mr.
Koch opened the window shortly after 6
o'clock yesterday morning and went out
on the porch. He slipped and fell to the
ground, where he was found by his son
about 7 o'clock. The old man was taken
to the city hospital where it was found
that he had fractured his left thigh and
his right hand was frozen. His condi
tion is serious but the physicians at the
hospital entertained hopes for his recov
ery last night.
Deposits made on or before Feb. 5
receive two months' interest on April J.
Security Trust Company, N. Y. Life Bldg.
WATCH and FRENCH CLOCK REPAIRING
C. S. SUTTER,
FORMERLY WITH A. H. SIMON.
150 East Seventh Street.
IN THE MINORITY
STATE PRINTER one OF THE FEW
indorsing PROPOSED TAX
LAW
SAYS IT WILL WORK WELL
Argues That New Code Was Drafted
After Study of Best Tax Sys
tems in Vogue in the
Country. .' ;
Out of all the adverse comment on the
new tax law a few favorable voices ore
graceful form. He hustled right back
into his hole, and -turled up tor another
nap, with full assurance that ther<>
would be nothing doing in his line foi
a month and a half.
There was no question in the mind o r
the ground hog about seeing his shadow.
The sun came up at the time schedule'!
in the almanac yesterday morning, and
as it is fair to presume that tht ground
hog rose before noon, his shadow must
have been evident. If on the contrary
the ground hog had seen no silhouette he
would have remained outside and the
weather would have taKen a balmy turn,
and Boreas would have departed for the
Arctic circle.
heard, few and far between. Capt.
Charles C Whitney, state printer, is o.'c
of those who believe in the new measure.
He thinks the opposition is not so formid
able as it appears to bo, and he vigorous
ly declares that it la a case of "yelling
when hit." Says Capt. Whitney:
"The new tax code was presented by
the tax commission after nearly a year
of labor, involving a study of the most
approved tax systems of the most pro
gressive states in the union. Added to
these advantages are the experience and
ability of the three gentlemen composing
the commission, two of whom have serv
ed the state as attorneys general, and
one as president of the senate and lieuten
ant governor, all having had much of
ficially to do with state taxation. When
these gentlemen weie appointed by Gov.
Van Sant it was admitted by the entire
metropolitan and country press and bar
throughout the state, that no better se
lections could have been made. With the
unbounded confidence of ail parties and
factions, of all taxable interests, the
commission began and continued its la
bors until completed within the time
specified by law; and as solemnly bound
en to do by an expressed and implied
agreement wiuh the legislature that short
ened its regular session for such purpose,
the governor duly called the special ses
sion that is to convene next Tuesday.
"Since the publication of the tax com
mission report, it has been persistently
and vehemently attacked through a lib
eral portion of the metropolitan press
in the interest of the large jobbing houses
of the cities, of the large grain dealers,
of the iron ore dealers, of the bankers,
and of so many other interests that one
is bound to believe that the opposition
to the proposed tax code is a concerted
action by the great taxable properties
that unite in seeking to avoid just what
the tax commission was formed for, and
instructed and empowered to do, viz..
make uniform and equal the burden of
taxation for all classes and for all in
terests."
Street Car Hit Him.
William Ritc-hey, living at 460 St. Pe
ter street, was struck by a Seventh street
car at Seventh and Wabasha streets
about 6:30 last night and slightly in
jured. He was taken to the central po
lice station and Dr. Gillillan called. Tho
ir.jured man was able to go home alone.
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