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NewUlmReview Publighed by TShm Warn Vf\mPublial|intf a A Mecription Rates $1.50 Per Year. Wednesday Feb. 20, 1918. &*«*<* aa Second* Class Matter at tbe Post office at New Ulm. Minnesota MQuestian of Attitude Because the? Review is not shouting for the war a number of our exchanges iaie us to task in a fashion which would lie very trying were we not absolutely sire that it is quite as loyal and patriotic & d&senc honestly as it is to yell and ftiUm th*crowd just because that seems to 6 the thm.j to do just now. And ifccause the Review is considered "dis Tb&aTr any thing we may say which ap parently favors the German race is called ffro-kaiserism. This, too, is of little aonsequence except as it hiDits the TBirraw ne~s of thought among the country Ii is refreshing to find the Madelia Wsffs able to go beyond such narrow sonfmes and look at questions which con aarn things of German origin in the light tf common senae. Had the Review atfaaeated the continued teaching of £hama.n the schools of the state it VSHM have been pro-kaisensm. We HBc«-sIy hope that the various exchanges till be able to read what the News has say on the subject without prejudice ik- is is only a fool or a blind man who an aot see that England and Germany %o£k are far better equipped than the Skated States to gain the trade of the worM and now that we have come out our she11 and gotten into the national fvx&, we've got to be fit or we shall lose tjnft. We must be equipped to meet not dBferthe German but every other nation alsj as well on an equal footing. Th« Madelia News says it all so well aarsprmt its editonal on "Provincialism" 'JB fuff elsewhere on this page. We have anry to add to it that not only will a fetowledge of languages equip us for the aBHunarciar fray but it will tend to a lamenting of the friendships among ^wplas which will lead eventually to i^Laskmillennium ©f Internationalism. We need not all speak one language to be aksth-ass but we do need to be able to speak each others tongues since in only That way shall we be able to understand *ach other a ad sympathize with each .other's aims If ane wants proof of these facta he has rnily to study Colonial kistary of America and see the difference feeling that the Indians exhibited toward fcha English whom they hated mdb the French whom they loved, for 30 other reason in the world than that ike. French learned the Indian tongue «ut treated them as brothers while the fcg&h- scorned the Indian language •ml treated the Red Men as inferiors. Jfe was all a misunderstanding due to a &ffe ence in attitude, and, it is time that Vmenca who is righting for Democracy •should realize that her attitude needs aa^eM consideration. The liquor inte ts have certainly fed a hard IOW to hoe during the last •Sad\* years or so. Millions of dollars Save been sptTiL to put them out of b\.si 3 and thousands of people have en joyed" the soft jobs which were created T» the process of suppressing the cup Aat cheers, but the flowing bowl is still *ery far from empty. In Minnesota dhe foes of liquor are divided into two aamjp and altho centralization of effort Taught mean the death of John Barley «rn, yet the leaders of the Anti-Saloon Uaague and the Prohibition Party cannot B3«Xe up their minds to eliminate any if tlie fat offices which they are now asfafiag down, but which would have to 3JB by the board in case of consolidation «i the two anti forces. S wait until tomorrow to sub titribe for the. New Hint Review. You *wiy HSN£ yfloarseif in the predicament of 1h.e? fallow Walt Mason tells about in Jake following lines:.. "Tomorrow," said the languid man, •"I'll have my Sfe insured, I guess I IWXB. it is the safest plan, to save my ,*fi2iiren fram distress." And when the anaraow came around, they placed him $*u4ly in a box at break of morning he -vis found as dead as Julius Caesar's K, His widow now is scrubbing floors, *nd washing shirts, and splitting wood, im£ doing fifty other chores that she may •max his wailing brood. "Tomorrow," sisafefehe careless jay, "I'll take an hour aadLma&amy will and then if I should &s& away, the wife and kids shall iasw noalL" The morrow came, serene JUMI nke^tbeoweather mild, with signs of a fcheacareiets jay was placed on ice, -snltaiming fluid in his bram. Alas, Oas, peer careless jay! The lawyers jot his pile of cash his wife is toiling BghfejandJday, tokeep the kids in clothes md hash. "Tomorrow" is the fatal sack on which.a million ships are wrecked. Betwarned and subscribe to the Review the grice-advances March 1st. At a meeting of thet members of Gamp BoMeter Spanish-American War Veterans laid last -Wednesday, the present officers ymtac re-elected for the? ensuing year. It sxpecte'd that they will be installed a£ the monthly meeting, on the first "Scesday in March. Preparedness Recently Charles M. Schwab, the steel king, made the statement that we are at the threshold of a new social era in which the workers wilf soon rule the WQfld. To show their appreciation -of Schwab's prophetic vision, the I. W. W headquarters of Chicago sent*him a pair of overalls and gloves, so that he may be ready to go to work when* th» time comes and appended the following note: "We, the Industrial Workers of the World, agree with you when you say that 'We are at the threshold of a new era It is going to come upon us sooner than we expect. It is the social renaissance of the whole world. Some people call it socialism others call it Bolshevikism.' "We, the Industrial Workers, call it industrialism." The Pioneers They are going fast, the pioneers and in their going we aie losing a sturdy lot of men. Thre is"taking its relentless toll, and one by one like the giants of the forest, they are dropping down. They were men of vision, these pioneers. They had the spirit of adventure in their souls, and they were forerunners of civilization. From the virgin forest and untouched prairie, they hewed out homes for themselves. No danger was too great for them to face, no privations too severe. They came when the country was at its rawest and most prim itive, and even as they built their cabins of sod and of logs, they had the vision of the great commonwealth that was to be They anticipated the future, and the blessings and the privileges that we enjoy today are largely due to their fortitude and their perseverance. They were horny-handed, but soft-and-large leartediren. They labored ceaselessly, and yet their labor did not sour them, for they always had time to*extend a friendly hand, or to perform a neighborly function. "Honesty" was their watch word, and no men were more honorable in their dealings one with another. The pioneers are going fast now, but their memory will ever be enshrined in the hearts of a grateful people. —Winnebago City Enterprise. A PRACTICAL ENTERPRISE Some time ago we called attention to the fact that a milk products factory had been launched at Hutchinson in this state. This week we are in a position to call attention to the launching of the Northfield Milk Products Company, which will manufacture and sell evap orated cream. judge from the picture of the factory published in the Northfield News, this enterprise is of no mean proportions and will mean quite a little to Northfield and to the farmers adjacent. It occurs to us that it might be possible for the local creamery to branch out and increase its field of usefulness. At any rate it ought to be worth our while to have the matter thoroty investigated and s.e^o tal-en at once to launch such an enterprise if it should appear to be a safe financial venture. N doubt, the patrons of the local creamery could enlist the support of our commercial club if this should be necessary to get the venture under way. PROVINCIALISM A petition has been circulated for the taking out of the Win dom high school curriculum the study of' German. We signed it. We will sign another petition to eliminate the study of Norwegian and every other language that is being run into the schools of the country. This is America and whenever the American language is not sufficient to be taught in its schools, then we say lock the doors of the school houses, and never open them until American is good enough to the exclusion of ail other languages.—Cottonwood County Citizen. The above from a nearby exchange is quoted merely as an expression of a common view held in this country at this time, and to serve as a text. If it argues anything it bespealss a mind which does not see be\ond the confines of the county in which the owner of the thinking apparatus lives and a mind which is fixed upon the immediate present rather than taking a view of the future. Since the war' began the United States has been given such an op portunity for the expansion of itsguidance trade abroad as it never before en joyed in all its history. The Germans and English have been busy destroy ing each other and letting their for eign trade go by the board. Mean while Uncle Sam Has been permitted to step in and take their place. But he has found himself unpre pared to take advantage of this un precedented opportunity. One of the principal obstacles has been the lack of commercial representatives to goagreements, to the various countries where these trade opportunities were -and talk busi ness with the people of those -coun tries in, their own languages. In many cases even the diplomatic represent atives of the. United States^ cannot speak the language of the country to which they are assigned to successful country. -a Americans have been notoriously' indifferent to the advantages of a foreign language. linguistic accom plishments have never been rightly valued here. 'One who' could speak, read and write several languages has been* looked upon mostly as a freak jratherr than as a serious student or as one worthy of emulation. We are a provincial people in many ways, and in none more markedly than in our attitude toward this mat ter of language attainments. We some how seem to think that people all over the world ought to learn English in order to converse with us instead of our learning their language in order to speak to them. We will never get far in the way of foreign commerce until we shed this phase of narrow-mindedness. If our schools are going to do their best for the pupil and the nation they must fit the pupil for his life work. If we are going to succeed foreign trade as we fondly imagine we are going to we must train our own com mercial representatives in the lan guages they will require when they go abroad m* quest of trade. If wepeople do net t-ain our own we will have to depend on the citizens of other coun tries who have had the good sense to matter several languages and we cannot expect them to push our trade advantages ris one of our own people would. And if we are to train lin guists to represent us who should do it if not the public schools? If anyone takes the trouble to in quire into the tremendous program of preparation for the resumption of world commerce being made now by England and Germany, he will be impressed by the fact that we will have our hands full after the war to hold the advantages, we have now and it follows that *we cannot overlook any item in the way of preparedness for the trade war after the war. Just because we are fighting the German government is no reason we should bury our heads in the sands of provincialism, and ignore the fact that the German language will serve us well in future commercial ways. In stead of discouraging the study bf German it should be urged upon the ambitious student and in addition there should be departments for the study of French, Spanish, Portuguese and the Scandinavian tongues. Or.e of the curious traits of Ameri cans is to confuse the menace of the foreign language newspapers this country with the study of languages in the schools. We believe there has been a vast amount of harm donet by the hostile propaganda spread by tee' German language -publications in this country, but with the exception of oc casional instances where disloyal in structors in parochial schools haVe taught sedition to the children under their direction, we do not believe the study of the German language has resulted in any harm to the student. On the other hand it has been the means of equipping him with an in valuable aid to future attractive op enings in the world of trade if he has the ambition to look for the opportun ities thus afforded.—Madelia News. LINCOLN AND PATRIOTIC ADDRESS By M. J. Wagner, tl Dr. Martin Luther College, ,1 Feb. 12 1918. Every crisis, whether political, moral, or social, produces great men. We say produces in the sense of *brings forth' rather than to say either creates or discovers great men. For we know that opinion would differ as to whether the crisis creates or discovers the man. Our own private opinion is that the Al mighty God, whose omnipotent hand swmgs the lash of visitation upon an un repenting people unto reprenance in every erisis, also prepares the man for the occasion atfd in ike development of events brings the two together that they are thus" guided one by the other and the two again, in turn, by Him. |lufh a crisis, in a certain sense moral, political, and social, was foe €ivil War •m our country from 1861-65 and the man produced by it, greatest of" the great, was our own Abraham -Lincoln, in whose honor we have assembled here to-day, his natal day, to com memorate his greatness and to learn from his example a salutary lesson that shall be of benefit to us in the great crisis of our day. For, while it is true that,'a great crisis produces great men, it is also true that it greatly excites the masses of the people and momentarily disturbs the otherwise well-balanced mind 6f public opinion which in this frame of mind is intensely impressionable and for the moment probably equally susceptible to evil or good and therefore is greatly in need of careful guidance. careful we mean an hone3t and clear statement of the case with such power of conviciton the public mind will clarify, gra%p the great object in view, and set itself, heart and soul, with ^elf-sacrifice and self-denial, to the support of the good and destruction of evil for the common wealth. It is for that reason that we have before stated with such positive conviction that the example of Lincoln cannot but teach us a salu tary lesson in the present great crisis. We are at present engaged in the greatest war of the world's history. Inspite of the secret documents and recently published inspite of the many possible causes and aims of war of our European partners in the conflict, our President has definitely stated, and from time to time reiterated, that we have but 6ne great issue, one great almoin ih war, -VW»: T|a Democracy snail not perish from ^ne, earth." But rather jtnat Democracy shall find a home in everyfenJ pr$he Linguistic earth, so that every living soul may •Mttf* S" adaptability is the very first essential enjoy with us,x "life,^ liberty and the South, save a few radicate but each'send to give to our boys the spiritua1 trade getting in any ment of the people, by the people and for the people. That means to say, it is a government, a power, not inherited by anyone person or a number of persons from aiK ancestor not a power bought or purchased by gold not a power possessed by special privilege, to be used or abused at will, but a power coming directly out from the people, conferred upon one man or a number of men, also taken from out of that same people. And these men are then to guide, not according to their own mind and will, but according to the will of these same people. The people prescribe the form, the manner, the# direction that the guidance isfto take. even there th 1 *$Zi™g*^J&l^^?^ ment consists of a President, and two a IheWesfem Houses of Congress. There men have governmentn ianas in tne western 1 em- been taken-bjrus from out of our midst, control slavery ot the "term. -^But such lavish freedom and liberty of the people also imposes a binding duty and obligation upon that people. In organizing such form of government they have made a covenant and hence forth the individual or class or any section S S 5 2 pursuit of happiness." I distrusted the other and feared that to food and°"guidance so" extremely"neces^ You will have noticed that in stating concede in aay pne instancesmeapt ulti- sary. our case in the present great conflict, it mate defeat and subjugation. I have been trying to enjoin upon vou became expedient, if jiot necessary, to quote from the Gettysburg Address of our Abraham Lincoln, delivered Nov. 19, 1863. The only difference being that I used the term 'democracy* and Lincoln gave the definition of the*term 4? in its stead, saying: "that the govern ment of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not periaja from the ^P'" *«. A iSmiialXJS^ pnncif recognized in slavery a moral wrong and _..„_ for that reason felt that, sooner or a go, lor it ist If we then ask, what is democracy,' government was 01 DiacKSKin. mere- ., we find here the answer. It is a govern^ I tOTe -«16« speech asaid: SpnngfiMd, Itt S divided against itself cannot stand. I 0 selves to be our guides. They have S M^wise not try to im ceived their power from us and also1 »ts institution upon the North. A their instructions in the form of a Con-1 a stitution and numerous Federal Laws, I Pr"}ciple A government of the people, accepted and ratified by our vote. And 1 ofsuch people, while enjoying their person- double for all her sins," the apple for al liberty to the greatest extent possible, the .rod. Read his second Inaugural: must at no time place its private, individ ual weal above the common weal. A no time can an individual or class or a section of such people try to impose without breaking its convenant and 6 S coin's conception of the matter, every And we have ample opportunity. Food believe this government cannot endure $*£ permanently half slave and half free." 12™1J by implication, he meant to voice half of the citizens remained in bondage, slaves to free men. Yet he did not be lieve in immediate and complete aboli tion. He was too democratic of prin ciple. The Constitution legalized sla- very. The Constitution must stand But it must ultimately be amended to correct its own wrong. In the South slavery must be tolerated until it can be legally abolished. An,d then such aboli- interest the peoplAnd does not ceasee but there men, so chosen, shall use such power conferred according to the pre scribed orders and will of the people use' ... that power, not for the benefit of a few, 1 -come slowly gradually andworld's a certain class, interest, or section of the ™os* suffering financially or otherwise only, but to and for the benefit |P Process the South must be of all the people concerned. That I reimbursed for their loss by the entire 01 an tne People concerned. That is I who inthkentirety had orieinaUv as it waves "o'er the land of the Free and Lincoln's definition and conception of, 1 the home of the Brave ri«rr.rv»rnr.v and +V, «r,v,™».«™o*»*'^".ZSZJ^S'JZZZl ,»e allowed to enter. And application of his democratic eo le a or they are now to execute these to the When the South had seceded and be welfare of all concerned. And with us, gun to shed the* blood of-their brothers' the people, now lies. Pe°Ple- in the form of the of the North, yes pools of blood ballot, the power to repudiate or en-, covered the land, then still did he hold this country, but hope to all the world, dorse that government. Truly a Demo-j to this principle of a government "for' for all future time." cracy in the most lavish interpretation the people." Even then he did not look forward to a conquered and de feated South, a section of that people, to be punished for its error, but rather that that erring child should return to its mother's bosom and its father's arms and there be received with open arms and a warm heart, "receiving "With malice to none, with charity for all"—and his last speech of April 11, 1865: "Finding themselves safely at home, (namely the South), it would be utterly immaterial whether they had tearing to shreds all democratic ideals ever been abroad." What a beautiful its personal or private opinion upon the' application of his doctrine "a government masses or seek to, attain under such form for all the people.!" or government personal gain and ad-1 And him do I hold up to you tonight vantage to the detriment or harm of the as an example to follow? in the present common interest. While they may crisis. We, too, must know no indivual suggest, they must not, dare not, cannot ism, no class feeling, no sectionalism impose. Wherever such an attempt is. we must know no German-Americans, made, the mass of the people will re- no English-Americans, no Irish- Ameri pudiate and in a democratic manner, cans, but Americans only. We must with the interest of the mass and with have but one common country, one the interest of even there individuals common flag, and but one allegiance' or classes or sections that have made to the government of our United States, forty-two fine brood sows were sold at such an attempt, at heart, correct the And this government we must support public auction. Not all of the outside °uly' 0 a *??7°^ il0 individual, class, orSsectionU but by action-,? by self-denia and self \Z 1. J.-L. 7 That I have given you precisely Lin- sacrifice to the common good of allJ page of history on the great Civil War conservation! Just a little less meat, will attest. He personally was con- just a little less heat, just a little less vinced that slavery was amoral wrong, sugar and other essentials! If each The South did not share this conviction does his bit, it amounts to quite a witl} him. The North was to some ex- "bit". But you must not in a selfish tent divided. The South did not share spirit pass it up to the other fellow! In this conviction with him, becauge slavery ©If-ejwrifiw and self-denial the individual had grown up with them from the y6ath must do his duty towards the mass. of the land, had been tolerated, even Fuel conservation! Just a half shovel legalized, by that great instrument, the less each day sums up quite beautifully. Constitution of the United States of And don't forget the Red Cross. Don't America, and»was so much a part and so buy the button for your sake, but necessary a part of their cotton enter- donate for the Red Cross in an unselfish prise that for the South itself to abolish way. I know some who wear no buttow Deeds of Brown County. Believing slavery meant financial suicide for the at all and it wfculd surprise you to knon, myself qualified to hold this impor North to impose it upon them, financial what they have-done, not to get a button, tant off ice I earnestly solicit your murder* The South did not mean to but for the Red Cross. And I would vote and support impose slavery upon the North, save a li'^e to add: give ungrudgingly once, few radicals |he North did not mean to twice, and again-to support the pastors impose abolition of slavery upon the already sent and the many more we must TIT omen and misses seeking new clothesjwill yy find our showing of ladies] 'coatsjand suits full of interest.* The styles are $o original so unusual that they are bound to create interest Jwhere new things are the favorite. The fabrics are of exceptional quality Jand breathe an air of quality that will gladden the heart of all women folk. Let us have the pleasure of showing youjthese new garments TODAY. Their [pricesJJwill be a pleasant revelation to you. iTh' Bee*Hiv .fry?*. v. de&a&ss^ ve Better goods fo* less money s£" tr* nn. M. 1 0 routeioeratic-werf tho a S S ^el III 0 of tha People to,^^"^.rt^^ottog lestj?-n UP a A a*\ the .^ a June 1858 he "A ^houseV & E S S "y1 1 1 1 0 By this statement he primarily meant to S resisteth the power resisteth say that this government could not the ordinance legalized such practise and now was A_J 1.1 .,.. democracy and such ii«the* government ™°.J"n I An may I not now express the wish fearful struggle may soon end reign o'er all the lands! no wortnh whilemnc closing thissm and" se-rby^ou^efves out I is it not worth while in closin this nOTt 0 of Abraham held atfrom Philadelphia,speeca in Febr., 1861, while on his way to Washington for his first Inauguration? For in it he refers, as it were, in prophetic words, to the present conflict and its outcome, an outcome that we so devoutly hope and expect. And these words are: "The Declaration of Independance on-Lincoln, ce -I™* t, -, -,after 7„ gave Liberty, not alone to the people of To-day is February 20. This means that exactly one more week after to-day the price of the Review will advance from $1.50, the figure at which it has sold for many years, to $2.00, the price at which country publishers nowadays are selling their papers with but few ex ceptions. We have tried to keep the price down, but it couldn't be done so up it goes in just 8 days. Meantime, are you going to pay up and take ad vantage of the opportunity to keep the cost of your paper at present level? Subscriptions accepted for some years in advance but not to exceed five. Remember, we absolutely will not accept any $1.50 subscriptions on or after March 1, 1918. At the J. Johnson sale of thoroughbred Chester white hogs a week ago Saturday & 3 fortunate enough to at !"»%fer *Je sale'T buy was Gustav Radloff of Essig. 1 $ a more earnest tone. Mouth-patnotism, is so fearfully battles, heals no-- unless i.n hL S ?^l! 1 W 8 A 0f #and half of the States tolerating,' themselves damnation." another half condemning, slavery. But, 5£**i God, and they that resist 8 at a quart a a as strongly that this government could ftX,^ Sfff^ convwtuni- And not stand as a free government if one 1 1 is Patriot of the It is not to deal thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked that thou cover him and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fle3h?" This especially support of the Red Cross. I now come to my close by reiterating our government is a democratic govern ment of the people, by the people, and for the people. We still stand upon the interpretation of Abraham Lincoln, the greatest and broadest democrat and will individually, by class and section as one united people stand by our flae a aagain a A «"»To'e all the lands secure,,1 J1 CANDIDATE FOR Register of Deeds At the earnest solicitation of my numerous friend throughout th county. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination and election to the office of Register of G. PETERSON J0H*