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PAGE FOUR.
T^E PRINCETON UNION
BY R. C. DUNN.
TERMS$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
$1.50 OUTSIDE THE STATE.
Office: First Street, East of Court House
Casey of the Jordan Independent
characterizes guttersnipe journalists
as panderers to the vicious, the crude
or lewd in human nature, purveyors of
mental filth, and his characterization
is dead right.
Now that Colonel Roosevelt has
stated that he is in a receptive mood
so far as the republican presidential
nomination is concerned, if Justice
Hughes can be "smoked out" matters
will be simplified somewhat.
A university professor took a thous
and words recently and arranged them
so as to express his definition of a
highbrow. After reading it we ar
rived at the conclusion that a high
brow is an educated lunkhead.
Henry Ford's candidacy in the
Michigan primaries for the presiden
tial nomination may have been a joke,
but the joke was on Senator William
Alden Smith of that state, his oppon
ent. Hank sure rambled right along.
And what will be the next move of
Billious Jaundice Bryan, the well
known tooth and toenail pacifist.
Belle Plaine Herald.
No one cares as it is generally
known that it won't be to the king
An absurd story to the effect that
it is illegal to issue a check for any
sum less than one dollar is going the
rounds of the press. There is nothing
to it. A check for five cents is just as
legal as a check for one or ten thous
and dollars.
Either Senator Nelson or Senator
Clapp misrepresent the people of Min
nesota, for on every important ques
tion that comes before the senate
they are recorded as voting on op
posite sides. Minnesota's vote in the
senate does not count.
Through inadvertance the Union
overlooked the announcement that
Julius A. Schmahl will be a candidate
for re-election to the office of secre
tary of state. But it is only a ques
tion of his majority which will be
recorded in six figures.
The British are being told that they
must prepare for even higher taxes
than those under which they are now
sighing, and the rich are calling loud
ly for taxes on the working classes,
while the laborers are demanding the
conscription of wealth. 'Twas ever
thus.
A Chicago "Bohunk" wrote his con
gressman telling him that he believed
the latter's Bohemian constituents
ought to give him "a swift kick at
the next election." The congressman
evidently believed that his constitu
ents were Americans, and probably
voted on the strength of that belief.
Hon. C. A. Lindgergh, the Sixth dis
trict congressman, filed yesterday as
a republican candidate for United
States senator. Mr. Lindbergh is
somewhat chimerical in his views, but
he is a man of considerable ability
and means well. We rather think he
does not expect to be nominated this
year but is paving the way for two
years hence, when he will make a real
fight to succeed Senator Nelson. Mr.
Lindbergh's candidacy will not be
hailed with delight by ex-Governor
EBerhart and his friends.
Whenever the system shall be firm
ly established that the States are to
enter into a miserable scramble for
the most money for their local appro
priations, and the Senator is to be re
garded the ablest representative of
the State who can get for it the larg
est slice of the Treasury, from that
day public honor and property are
gone and all the States are disgraced
and degraded.Senator Robt. Toombs,
February 27, 1857.
We are approaching perilously near
the situation described above, and un
less the people demand a change the
pernicious pork barrel will grow
larger instead of smaller.
A magazine contributor under the
caption "The Dullest Sport in the
World" concludes an article on the
great American game as follows: "To
put it briefly, baseball is the dullest
of all sports. I have never been able
to understand why the clergymen want
to prevent its being played on Sunday
there is so little about the game to
distract one's attention that the grand
stand is an ideal place for meditation
At the present rate of increase it is
estimated that the total sale of auto
mobiles in the United States in 1916
will reach 1,250,000, which would be
a distribution of something like one
car to every 80 persons in the United
States. The other 79 can congratulate
themselves on the fact that they are
not forced to contribute to John D.
Rockefeller's unholy pile of wealth.
Of the eight proposed constitutional
amendments to be voted on this fall
only two are of vital importancethe
first and the third. The first provides
for a revolving fund to be used in con
structing roads, ditches and firebreaks
in, through and around unsold state
lands, and the thirc authorizes the
legislature to protect the state's min
eral rights under the waters of any
meandered lake or river.
Astute friends of ex-Governor Eb
erhart are putting forth every effort
to induce ex-Governor Van Sant to
announce his candidacy for the United
States senate, not through any love
for him, but to take votes away from
Frank B. Kellogg. It is an attempt
to repeat the confidence game that
was so successfully played in the 1912
gubernatorial contest, when Mr. Eber
hart won out against a divided oppo
sition.
A talk by ex-Congressman Burke
of South Dakota on the five figure
checks he has seen that had been paid
to close friends of United States sen
ators would prove mighty interesting
just now. We are reliably informed
that one of Mr. Burke's collegues is
authority for the statement that he,
Burke, would talk on the slightest
provocation and tell all he knows.
We move that Mr. Burke be called to
the witness stand.
Hon. F. A. Duxbury of Caledonia
has filed for the republican nomina
tion for congressman in the First dis
trict. Sidney Anderson, the present
incumbent, will, of course, be a candi
date for re-election, and there may be
two or three others enter the race.
Mr. Duxbury would prove a worthy
successor to James A. Tawney, as he
has ability, is level-headed, has the
courage of his convictions and is a
patriotic American.
St. Louis, Hennepin and Ramsey
counties have a combined assessable
valuation of $665,365,771, or in round
numbers, 44.60 per cent of the entire
assessable valuation of the state,
hence these three large counties pay
44.60 per cent of all the taxes. St.
Louis county's large valuation is at
tributable to the iron mines, and the
big wealthy cities of St. Paul and
Minneapolis swell the valuation of
Ramsey and Hennepin.
The Redwood Falls Gazette admit
ted that the following paragraph
which appeared in its columns last
week was "cheerfully stolen," and we
do not doubt it, as no one could pos
sess it, honestly or otherwise, without
feeling cheerful over it:
They found a lot of courage that
simmered in the sun they blended it
with patience and just a spice of fun
they poured in hope and laughter and
then with sudden twist, they stirred
it all together and made an optimist.
The German government with char
acteristic foresight is giving serious
attention to an expected after-war
problem, in the form of an amazingly
large number of tramps which are
expected to roam over the empire at
the conclusion of hostilities, unless
steps be taken to prevent it. It is ex
pected that thousands of laborers,
mechanics, clerks, etc., now at the
front will have lost all taste for quiet,
peaceful work when hostilities cease.
Just 25 years ago as the famous,
or perhaps infamous, democratic-alli
ance legislature was concluding its
labors, the New York World awarded
to Minnesota the questionable honor of
having the most idiotic law-making
body in the Union, although it admit
ted that Kansas was a formidable con
tender for the distinction. Minnesota
has since eliminated itself from the
race, but Kansas has forged clearly in
to the lead, and few commonwealths
seek to displace her.
A protective tariff on dyestuffs
would give this country an industry
which in times of peace could supply
the American market with all the dyes
it needed, and which in time of war
could supply the government with all
the high explosives it might need.
The raw materials that enter into the
manufacture of dyestuffs are practic
ally the same as those entering into
the manufacture of high explosives,
and a factory that is capable of turn
ing out dyestuffs can very easily be
changed over to the manufacture of
these explosives. No matter how dis
tressingly acute the dye situation be
comes, however, no factories will be
erected unless a tariff is provided that
will protect the industry for a period
of years after the European manufac-
and prayer." The tick of a wrist turers are in a position to ship dye
watch can be heard throughout the products to the United States. And it
article, and it won't smother the en- would be folly to erect them under
thusiasm of one of America's millions different circumstances. It is up to
of fans. congress to act.
Wadena Pioneer Journal: And now
Senator Clapp has joined the ranks of
those who are advocating one cent
postage. The United States post office
department is being operated at a loss
of many million dollars yearly, if re
ports of the postmaster general are to
be credited, and doubtless lower post
age rates for the big *mail order
houses, who would be the greatest
beneficiary, would merely increase the
deficit by a few millions, which could
be cheerfully met by direct taxation,
a favorite democratic doctrine.
Each day brings to light new evi
dences of the slipshod manner in
which river and harbor and canal im
provements have been brought about
in this country. The Erie canal cost
a stupendous total of $240,000,000 to
construct, and it has only a 12-foot
draft. Canada is now building the
Welland canal for boats of 25-foot
draft, at a cost of $50,000,000, and the
opinion of some of the best waterway
experts in the country is to the effect
that the Erie canal will be practically
useless. A radical change in our en
tire system is needed.
A representative of the American
Federation of Labor estimates that to
feed, clothe and house a family of five
requires an income of $3 per day, and
his table of figures appears conserva
tive. For instance he estimates meals
at five cents per individual, and the
budget contains no provision for
booze, "movies," tobacco, insurance,
books, newspapers, lodge dues, or doc
tor bills. Figures don't lie, but thous
ands of families in this country man
age to keep body and soul together on
considerable less than the amount es
timated above as being necessary.
Some few years ago congress ap
propriated a goodly slice of the coin
of the realm for the erection of an
immigration station at Charleston, S.
C. It was completed four years ago,
but has never had an immigrant in it
and its doo/s have never been opened.
Meanwhile it has cost the United
States $70 per month to provide a
caretaker for the structure, and now
it is proposed to loan it to the state of
South Carolina to avoid the payment
of the upkeep expense! Will congress
ever learn to profit by past mistakes,
or will it continue to porkward plod
its weary way?
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THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1916
With a few honorable exceptions the
United States senate is a composi
tion of ignorance, selfishness, personal
avarice, political greed, stupidity,
blatancy, flamboyance, and asininity
to be equaled only by the same com
position to be found in the house of
representatives of the United States
congress.Chicago Tribune.
Minnesota is now represented by
one of the honorable exceptions al
luded to above, and this year the vot
ers will have an opportunity to name
another United States senator who
will also be a credit to the great state
he represents. The candidacy of
Frank B. Kellogg gives them this
opportunity.
Here is a suggestion we would make
to those who are most directly inter
ested in the adoption of Amendment
No. 1: Frame a measure that will
necessarily have to be enacted to carry
out the provisions of the amendment
if adopted. Let the voters know in
detail how and for what purpose the
$250,000 will be utilized, and the
chances of carrying the amendment
will be greatly enhanced. Acting on
the presumption that the proposed
amendment will be adopted by the
voters a bill putting its provisions into
effect may as well be prepared now as
after election. A carefully prepared
bill should be drafted and given the
widest publicity then there would be
little .doubt as to the result at the
November election.
Milton Goodman in Harper's Week
ly: You will find the advertisement
indissolubly linked with the goods of
humanity and with humanity itself.
Occasionally one advertisement stands
out above its- fellows because of the
unusual degree of humanness it con
tains and plays upon. I have seen an
advertisement of pianos bring tears to
tHe eyes of an elderly Englishwoman.
I have seen ah advertisement of auto
mobiles induce a Scot to buy one.
These masterpieces, happily, are not
born to blush unseen, but one brief
week m'onth of life and they are
gone, like the poet Lindsay's "songs
that die"
Precious hymns that come and go,
You perish, and I love you so.
Where is the Braithwaite who will
prepare an Anthology of Ads
And Villa also appear^ to be too
proud to fight.
Applications for Pardon Denied.
W. J. Smith, former state treasurer,
and R. C. Pickit, former clerk in the
state auditor's office, must go to
prison.
The state pardon hoard yesterday pi
denied an application for clemency on
behalf of both men. None of the
board would discuss the case. Theyi
must begin their terms immediately. I
BEWARE OF DEMAGOGUES.
Under the caption of "How Repub
licans Should Vote," the Sauk Center
Herald makes a forcible appeal to the
voters of the dominant party in this
state to exercise discretion at the en
suing primary election in,[June and
vote for men of recognized^ ability
and integrity, men who can be trusted,
and to turn a deaf ear to brazen-faced,
specious demagogues.
The writer must have had the con
test for the United States senatorship
in mind when he penned these para
graphs
These be parlous times great is-l
sues are at stake and strong passions
are excited. Our foreign relations are
strained to the breaking point and our
internal domestic affairs muddled as
mixed drinks.
"Never in the history of the repub
lic was there a greater demand for
clear thinking, lofty statesmanship,
wise legislation and able administra
tion.
"Owing to our crazy-quilt primary
system there will be and is a multi
plicity of candidates for every posi
tion, many of whom the ordinary man
would not employ to drive a junk wa
gon, who are journeying to and fro
like a pestilence, loudly proclaiming
that upon their selection and election
depends the safety of the Nation and
the welfare of humanity.
"In such free-for-all scramble, gall,
demagoguery, brazen claims, vocifer
ousness, gab, guts and cash are apt
to count for more than brains, merit
and ability.
"Upon each republican voter rests
the responsibility of national welfare,
and the republican who shirks this
responsibility is guilty of treason to
the republic. The duty of a citizen
to faithfully and conscientiously dis
chargei hiss civic dutiets of
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PATRIOTIC NORELIUS.
Like father like son. The late Dr.
Eric Norelius, who died at Vasa in
this state recently, was a native of
Sweden, but intensely loyal to his
adopted country. His son, M. S. Nor
elius, of the Chisago County Press,
is just as loyal and patriotic as was
his respected sire. A lengthly article
in the last number of the Press fairly
teems with patriotic sentiments and
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him to
perform his military duties in time of
war, and it is as dishonorable for him
to fail in this performance as it is
for a soldier to desert his post in the
face of impending battle.
"There is only one way to rightly
perform this duty and that is to care
fully weigh the ability, the character,
the honesty and the merit of each can
didate asking for his suffrage and
then cast his ballot exactly as he
would cast it if he knew it was the
last act he would perform on earth."
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1 Ladies' and Misses' Spring
I full line of spring coats that I PacKa^e
concludes with these sentences:
"Friends we may differ and differ
widely on some ofth ese great ques
tions, but we should love to have the
rest of the world know that there are
patriots in this section of the state
of Minnesota that shall not be classed
as a set of slackers. Call us what
you will, but allegiance to country
comes first in our program. A part
of our mission has always been and
always will be to bring out the finest,
the most enthusiastic and loyal strains
of Americanism in the Swedish race,
whose forefathers helped make the
virgin woods and plains smiling fields
and gardens, an we care not if
are classed as 'hyphenates' or not.
I will be on display up in the I Good 1 5
I Hall, at prices unheard of I
se them. I
Fancy dress Ginghams and
1 agents lor xne,
pnCe S
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I plements, Mowers, Binders, I
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ing race to preach the doctrine of the
broader Americanism, in which love
of country and patriotism shall re
main the sacred corner-stones."
A recent bulletin issued by the Uni
ted States Commissioner of Education
contains the astonishing, and from an
American viewpoint, distressing infor
mation that the illiteracy among the
children of native born parents is
three times as great as that among
the native-born children of foreign
born parents. It is a question wheth
er it would by right for us to deny
admittance to the United States to
those unfortunates, who, though de
deprived of an education themselves,
desire to afford their children the
blessings of a schooling as well as the
other opportunities confronting the de
serving in this country. If any educa
tional test is to be applied let it be
applied at the moment of naturaliza
tion, not at the time of entrance. Il
literacy is not always an indication of
undesirability.
I BOGUS BROOK & BORGHOLM.T
Word has been received here from
Snokohomish, Wash., that Mrs. John
Campbell, a former resident of this
vicinity, had passed away on the 27th
of March.
Vernie and Elvie Crumm and Edwin
Hofferbert visited at Chas. E. John
son's on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Petra Peterson has been vis
iting at the Chas. Johnson home the
past week.
Ole Swedberg and family and Miss
Edith Crumm visited at the Oscar
Swedberg home on Sunday.
Miss Edith Crumm is employed at
the L. V. Clark home.
Axel Johnson left on Thursday for
a few days' visit with friends and rel
atives at Red Wing.
Albin Swenson and family and Miss
Elsie Ziemer visited at the Hofferbert
I Saturday, April 15th, 1916One Day Only
I If you want to get Goods at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES
1 this is the Time and Place. 1
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1 Mrs. John Davis willhave I For men and boys. There
a full line of Millinery dis- Wampum Oatmeal, full OQ is no better Hat made than
I played in the Hall for this I size package fc* the Patterson hat.
1 day, at prices much lower Corn, Pea^. ca
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Organdies, Rice cloth, etc. Mustar
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home on Sunday.
Ole Folwick, Mike Anderson and
Chas. P. Johnson attended the express
sale in St. Paul on Thursday.
Delmont, the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Swedberg is quite sick
with a cold and stomach trouble.
The town board of supervisors were
out looking over the roads and bridges
on Thursday. There have been sev
eral washouts this spring.
Miss Virginia Crumm is suffering
from an attack of the measles.
Miss Bessie Hedin, Ella Westling
and Alma Rowland visited at the Ole
Folwick home on Sunday afternoon.
Thos. Dack and family of Bock vis
ited at the John Stephens home in
South Fork on Sunday.
Mrs. H. E. Jones has been confined
to her bed for several days, under the
care of Dr. Phelps. She is some better
at this writing.
Wm. Hofferbert has been appointed
rural letter carrier to fill the vacancy
on route 4. Anson Kelley has been
carrying this route on a temporary ap
pointment. Mr. Hofferbert will begin
his duties on April 17.
Two farms for rent, one of 160 acres
and the other of 80 acres. Also a
second-hand automobile for sale at a
bargain. Inquire of L. E. Svarry. 17-2
LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.
The quotations hereunder are those
prevailing on Thursday morning at the
time of going to press:
POTATOES
Ohios 50c to 55c
Burbanks 65c to 70c
Russets 70c to 72c
Kings 58c to 60c
Rose 50c to 51c
GRAIN, HAY. ETC.
WheatNo. 1 Northern $1.13
WheatNo. 2 Northern 1.09
WheatNo. 3 Northern 94
Oats 32c@36c
Barley 55c@58c
Flax $1.97@$2.05
Rye 82c@85c
Beans, machine run $2.50@$3.00
Beans, hand picked $3.00@$3.50
LIVE STOCK
Fat beeves, per lb 5c@5^c
Calves, per lb 6c@7c
Hogs, per cwt $6.00
Sheep, per lb 3%c@5c
Hens, old, per lb 7c@9c
Springers, per lb 8c@9c
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