The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-19

unlOnlSm because OF some. OF It's mis-
takes.
Yet the church doesn't do that in all
things. It wouldn't condemn apples
because some of them are rotten. It
doesn't condemn humanity because in
some men there appears to be more
evil than good.
It's mission, as we understand it, is
to save the good in man-to develope
the good and get rid of the bad. It
wants to save man and help him to
get into heaven instead of condemn
ing him to hell.
Why not be as charitable to labor
unions?
Why not be for all the good there is
in unionism and against only the bad?
We believe in unionism. We look
upon it as one of the worlds great
educational and uplifting influences.
We should like to see the preachers of
unionism working hand in hand with
the preachers of religion and all other
forces that are helping to raise man.
At the same time we believe in point
ing out the mistakes of the preachers
of labor unionism. That is a practi-
Cal demonstration of friendship. We
may love our friends and hate our
enemies, but we must sometimes admit
that the criticisms of our enemies help
us more to improve and correct our
faults than do the loving jollies of our
friends.
We like to be thought perfect, even
though we know we are not. And it
offends our vanity to be criticised.
But it helps us all the same. It
makes us try to become nearer perfect
so that our enemies won't have a
chance to point out mistakes.
| Isn't that so?
| Anyhow, isn't it a good thing to try
to save all the good there is in every
thing in the world-religion, union
ism, fraternalism, politics, humanity
in all it's relations?
Can't the church help some by teach
ing its union member that he is still
his brothers keeper?
We are all human; and that means
we make mistakes. But we are all
looking for sympathy and love now in
this century just as Jesus and Gentiles,
all, were looking for love and sympa-
thy some 1900 years ago, when vast
crowds hung on the words of love that
fell from the gentle lips of the Re-
deemer.
Perhaps if all men were convinced
that they would get sympathy and love
at church, all men would 60 to church.
Provided they were assured they would
get OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sympathy
and love instead of just big Sunday
dinner of it, with fasting all the re-
mainder of the week.
Men want to hear the truth. They |
love to listen to good talk. They stop
at street corners, where all men are on
terms of equality, to hear street
preachers. They don't want to be
abused. They don't want to hear
others abused. They will listen to
gentle and friendly criticism. We
know they listen to these homely news
paper sermons, for we hear from them.
And we believe it is because they
are friendly and sympathetic talks to
the heart Republican sermons,
or Democratic, Jewish, Christian,
Union, Capital, Labor or Infdel SER
mons. But just human sermons to
help make men feel as friendly as
brothers to all other men.
Think it over. Be friendly. Be
sympathetic. Be kind and gentle
St. Paul News.
Potatoes for Seed.
On account of leaf blight, which has
prevailed over large portion of the
potato growing sections, and the con-
sequent tendency to rot in the tubers,
we conclude that many fields of pota-
toes were harvested earlier than usual. |
Seed potatoes, like seed corn, should
be very carefully saved when the crop
is harvested. By careful, intelligent
selection the farmer improves his corn
with each succeeding crop, while his
potatoes run OUT" as he says, in a
few years.
Seed potatoes should be uniform in
size, not too large or too small, but
an ideal for family use and the mar
kets. A quantity sufficient for the.
farm can be selected and stored where
they will remain entirely dormant un-
til they are planted. Such condition
can be best maintained in a pit on
some protected slope that fronts to the
north or east and is we'll drained. A
few alternate layers of straw or earth
will make the pit proof against frost
and heat. When a small boy and COM
plelled to sprout potatoes, was dis