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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24
THE RISE OF A GOOD WORKMAN.
The Scripture Fulfilled in the Advance
of George B. Cortelyou.

"Seest thou a man diligent in his
business 2" say the Scriptures. "He
shall stand before kings; he shall not
stand before mean men," Some
eight or nine years ago-to be ex-
act, in 1895-Mr. Cleveland, then
President, was in need of an indus
trious stenographer. "Some of YOU"
he said, to his Cabinet officers at the
conclusion of a meeting, "must have
in the thousands of clerks in the de-
partments, a good man for me-"
Postmaster General Bissell was quick
to respond: "I believe [ have in mind
the very young fellow, as smart as
lightning, as methodical as a ma
chine, and a gentleman above every
thing. The next day George B. Cor
telyou waited on the President, was
tried, and was not found wanting,
Before entering the government SER
vice young Cortelyou had taught
school in New York. Before coming
to Washington as private secretary
to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General he had served the post-offce
inspector at New York and the sur
veyor of the port in that capacity.
Mr.. Cortelyou was such a steady,
faithful, accomplishing workman,
and so oblivious of the clock, that
the demand for his services was al
ways active. Every place was a
stepping-stone to something higher,
and he did not have to blow his w
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

The government has formally &C
cepted the offer of the Panama Canal
Company to sell to the United States
the canal property and all of the
company's rights therein for $780,
100000, subject only to the ratifca-
ton of the pending treaty with the
Republic of Colombia. The Iefect
of this acceptance will be to extend
the life of the option held by the
government beyond March 4th next
and until the treaty now before the
Senate has been ratified by both
countries in interest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24
The Department of Commerce.

The President has appointed his
Private Secretary, MI. Geo. B. Cort-
elyou to be Secretary of the new De-
partment of Commerce. There might
have been a desire on the part of
some to have at the head of this De-
partment a man more intimately as
ISOLATED with the commercial and
industrial activities of the country
than MI. Cortelyou has been, but he
is a man of parts and will quickly
adapt himself to his new duties, and
no doubt make one of the most efici-
ent departmental officials of the gov
eminent. He is a well-balanced man,
and both Mr.. Mckinley and Mr..
Roosevelt have profted by his fine
judgment at times.
The New Orleans Times-D Democrat
describes the essential features of the
Department of Commerce law as fol-
lows:
"The most important features of
the bill are the creation of a bureau
of corporations, clothed with powers
which give it the right to investigate
the workings of trusts and combina-
tions, and the grouping of various
important bureaus within the De-
partment.
"The provision inserted by the
House that the Interstate Com
merce Commission be included in the
Department of Commerce has been
stricken out in conference, and the
Interstate Commerce Commission
will remain an independent bureau.
The Nelson antitrust amendment,
which has been accepted by the con-
ferees and will no doubt become law,
creates a bureau of corporations en-
powered to make, under the direction
of the Secretary of Commerce, inves-
tlgation into the conduct, condition
and organization of any corporation,
joint stock company or combination
engaged in interstate or foreign
commerce, except common carriers,
which come under the supervision of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. The information is to be fur,
nished the President, to be used BY
him in making recommendations to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

Justice Shiras, of the United
States Supreme Court, has presented
to the President his resignation as
a member of hat tribunal, to take
effect February "A. Former Secre-
tary of State William R. Day, of
Ohio, has been selected as the sue
cessor of MI. Shiras.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

President Roosevelt will call an ex-
traordinary session of the Senate of
the Fifty-eighth Congress, unless
both the Panama Canal and the Gu
ban Reciprocity Treaties are ratified
at the present session.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

Governor Chamberlain, of Con-
necticut, last week called out twelve
companies of State troops to stop
rioting at Waterbury, caused by a
trolley strike.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

Former Assistant Secretary of
State Josiah Quincy, of Massachu-
setts, is pushing the candidacy of
Richard Olney for the Presidential
nomination by the Democrats.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24

Twenty-three thousand employees
of the United States Steel Corpora
ton have applied for stock under
the new proft-sharing plan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-24
NEWS
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
OF 1904.

Party managers are giving thought
nowadays to questions of President
making. The nominating conven-
tions are only a little more than a
year distant, and long before that
time sentiment will have shaped it
self somewhat definitely as to the
identity of candidates and the out
line of the platforms.
Mr.. Bryan's latest announcement,
that he intended to stay out of next
years race for the Democratic nomi-
nation, while it was entirely unneces-
sary, came at a time when the Dem
ocratic leaders are scanning the no
rizon, and when a general feeling of
h~opefulness prevails beyond anything
the Democratic Party has known
since 1896.
The Republican situation is ano-
malous. There are prominent party
men here in Washington offering to
wager that the name of President
Roosevelt will not even be presented
to the next Republican National
Convention. There are others de-
claring a willingness to wager that
no other name will be presented to
the convention. In the private con-
versations of men who feel the public
pulse, there is almost a universal adj
mission that Mr.. Roosevelt is strong
with the people, and that if he wins
the nomination triumphantly, or
even after the struggle, it will be by
reason of his general popularity.
Whatever the party opposition to
Mr.. Roosevelt be, there is no doubt
that much of it would rally around
Senator Hanna, we're he willing to
declare the Presidential aspirations.
He would have a big following i'm
mediately in some sections, if the
word were simply passed along that
his friends intended to make a
fight for him. The old guard among
the Republicans, men who have fol
lowed the national committee, would
act upon a sign from the Onion, but
he has set his face steadily against
any such project. There are Repub-
licans in Congress who are a~nxiously
scanning conditions, and are 10th
to commit themselves, whose infu,
ence in their own localities will de.
eide one way or the the other. If nc
rival boom makes Roadway against
MI. Roosevelt, they will be inclined
to fall in behind the probable win.
ner.
Dissatisfaction with the condition:
in which the Republican Party find.
itself is in marked contrast with tn
coming together of the Democrats
who have made a more satisfactory
record, from their own point o.
view, than at any other session o:
Congress in the last six years. Their,
has been a rapid disappearance O
the old fractional differences. Con
tentions within the party and dissen
sions in voting have been practical
ly unknown since Congress met las
December. There has been almos
M agitation of issues on which tn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

With this issue of the U n on a rad
ical change has been made in the sys-
tenn of setting up the paper. Hand
composition has been discarded and
the tell-tale types that heretofore have
been picked out Of the ''printer's
case' to sing the praises of men and
things and to forge the sanctums
thoughts and reporters notes into
chains of communication are a thing
Of the past. In their place have been
substituted types that by an ingenious
mechanism are shot into a cylinder
by an automatic process and shot out
again by a system of keys that release
the tiny bits of metal. and give them q
swift ride on a 'merry-go-round" at
the base of the cylinder and then send
them into line face up when they pre-
sent arms" and are then taken in hand
by "captain of industry" who gets
them ready to put into the forms. The
q n n in order to make the many
improvements contemplated by it's
publisher has found it necessary to
set it's type in the future by the Sim
pick machine which will enable us to
increase the news capacity of the
U MON and give our readers a con-
stantly. improving service.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
Buys a "Rambler."

j. F. Zimmerman has bought an
automobile and Joined the procession.
He now goes spinning over the roads
with a fine new "Rambler'' which was
brought up from Minneapolis last
week for his inspection and trial. The
HANDLER" is a good machine. as
that of DR.. Armitage's has proved to
be, and Mr.. Zimmerman is no STRANGER
to autos as he has diagnosed and
treated many of the diseases that the
first machine DR.. Arnitage had seemed
to be afflicted with. It would have
cramps, appendicitis, blind staggers,
fits, and host of complaints that made
life a burden to all who tried to oper-
ate it: Mr.. Zimmerman will find the
automobile a very useful machine in
making trips between Princeton and
Brainerd.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
Basket Ball Team PLAYED We'll

The basket ball team of Princeton
high school made a good record in
the game with Monticello at the latter
place last Saturday: The score was
SIX to ten in favor of the Monticello
team, and considering the time the
Princeton team has been in practice
and the average size of the team the
record Was a good one, as the Month
cello team is in good practice and
has played in many games. The
members of the team and escorts left
bright and early and arrived at Mon
ticello in time for dinner. Thew
started home about seven O'Clock and
it was after midnight when thew
reached Princeton. On Friday nieht
they Will play a game with the Anoka
team at Jesmer's opera house and NAV
possibly play a game the following.
day with Monticello. An admission
fee of twenty-five cents will be CHARGED
to see the game at the opera house and
school children will be admitted for
fifteen cents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
SOME LIVE TOPICS.

On Chicago day in the celebration
of the centennial observance, of the
founding Of Chicago there were two
great speeches delivered at the ban
quets at the Marquette club. Gov.
Durbin of Indiana spoke on ''The
American Spirit'' and Judge Cross
cup had as his theme Incorporated
Dishonesty" Both speeches were
rich in masterpieces of advanced
thought on some very important oues-
tions of the present time. Gov. Dur
bin said: 1T is a careless observer
of political and industrial tendencies
in the United States who does not
realize the rapid growth of conditions.
and influences and sentiments which.
carried to their ultimate conclusions
would involve the abandonment of in
dividualism, and the substitution of a
system Of commercial and government
tai organization whereby Individual
initiative, individual liberty, individ-
ual opportunity, and therefore pro-
gress itself would suffer suppression.
We need, in the face of that challenge
which socialism offers to American
ism, better understanding Of the pur-
poses and principles which find ex-
preston in our form Of government,
and a deeper devotion to them.'
Judge Grosscup said: mo candid
man, informed of all the facts, can
help seeing that in the transformation
Of the past few years. particularly in
those industries changed from private
to corporate ownership-the men and
women who previously were active
owners, have fallen away from owner
ship almost altogether. The instinct
for ownership is one of the inheritances
OF our blood, and vrivate property a
living purpose of our Republican in
stitutiOns
ITO displace the old order of things,
under which the active ownership of
the property of the country was widely
distributed among the people at large,
would not simply threaten revolution
it would be revolution.
THE prevailing policy has already
brought on the forerunners of Just such
a revolution. The people at large
cannot, on present conditions. enter
corporate ownership: and as individ-
ual property continues to pass more
and more into corporate ownership
more than one quarter having been
already passed-this exclusion of the
people will enlarge.
1t need not be so. The incorpora-
ton of dishonesty and air castles has
brought it on. Common decency and
reasonable methods in corporate or
CARNATIONS, by bringing corporate
ownership to a condition where the
people at large can safely re-enter,
will bring the cure.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
In an address before the knights Of

In an address before the knights of
Columbus in New York the other even
ing Bourke Cochran. the gifted ora
tor, gave our tax divorce laws
the following hot shot: 1.-The blot 7
see upon our civilization is the in
creasing number of divorces. In the
ancient state that supreme Importance
of life was to increase the Importance
OF the state. To-day the end of life
is the individual good,.' But the in
dividual good lies in. the prosperity of
the family and it is at this that the
divorce strikes. If not checked it will
destroy the family. The remedy to
this, as I see it. is to realize that
matrimony is state, not contract,
and divorce must be stopped. Divorce
strikes at the virtue of our women, and
this virtue is what preserves the, state.
Divorce is the one foul growth upon
our soil, and upon it's radiance de-
ponds the fate of our future. If we
are to choose between divorce and
pol ygamy, give polygamy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

The get-rich-quick wave that has
been passing over the country and
making millionaires in a night and a
day has about subsidized. Industrial
stocks have declined to a more normal
basis. a year ago common ''steel"
stock was selling at IS, while last
week it dopped to Az. Other stocks
have shown similar declines. Let
gambling devils go to the wall and
discharge their servants and their but
lers, and their whole retinue of hang
ers on. If this thing had kept up for
another year we would have been maxi
ing social monkeys at a rate faster
than the dime museums could take
care of them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

Those who think that agricultural
conditions in this section of the coun-
try have not been just what they should
have been are not alone in regrets
over the way the weather man has
treated the country this year. Hard
ly a section of the whole United States
has escaped from the i'll effects of I'M
seasonable weather. Out west the
grass could not cure because of the
wet weather and cattle would not ripen
for beef. Down east they almost dried
up early in the season and the crops
were light in many respects. The cold
weather has checked raisin curing in
California, the cotton crop plant has
deteriated and is not what was antici-
pated, and in fact the chicken crop
seems to be the only one that has real
ly escaped.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
NeVille-Payette,

The marriage of Miss Minnie Paw
cite, one of the popular young ladies
OF Greenbush. to Mr.. John J. Neville
occurred at the Catholic church ves-
terday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev.
FIR. Levings officiating at the ceremony.
Miss Mabel Paul accompanied the
bride while Mr.. Ferman Payette acted
as grOOmsman. After the Weddino.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neville left for the twin
cities and their wedding trip will be
extended to Detroit. Mich. Mr..
Nevllle's home. The groom is in the
employ Of the Maple Leaf Company
at Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
Princeton's Rapid Growth,

Who says Princeton isn't growing:
A comparison of the list of personal
property returns of 1900 at the county
auditors office with those of the present
year discloses the fact that in 1900
there were $50 persons in the VILLAGE
who were entered on the personal pro-
perty tax rolls, while for the present
year there are 276, a gain of nearly
loo per cent. This would indicate'that
there are close to 100 new families WIN
have moved into Princeton since 1900,
We are getting there with both feet,
and you would scarcely notice it..
either
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
Do not get DISCOURAGED.

~ AIoo gu OlSSOuIdS IOC1onClSJS
have been examining the sun and one
meteorologist says that he believes
that bad weather will characterize the
next ten years. \ coterie of English
scientists, astronomers and meteorol-
ogists got together the other night in
club room in London and talked the
matter over very seriously. This is
the bulletin that they issued: "A
group of large spots, with a diameter
apparently equal to one-tenth of the
suns, appeared a week ago, and is
now so plainly visible on the sun s
southern hemisphere that, weather
permitting, it may be seen by the eye
aided by only a piece of smoked or
colored glass. Last week this disturb
ance extended over about 40. 900 miles
of the solar surface.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
More Money for Mile Lacs Reds.

The Mile Laos Indians are not to
60 hungry the coming winter if another
payment from Uncle Sam can help it
IN any way. Agent Michelet of the
White Earth reservation has already
commenced to make his payments to
the Chippewa Indians of the State.
and he will be at Vineland on Novem-
Der 18th to pay his respects on behalf
OF the government to the noble red
man. The same yesterday, to-day and
forever?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

The souvenir harvest edition of,the
Wadena Pioneer Journal which was
sent out last week was a very hand
some piece Of work and showed Won
derful amount Of enterprise. on the
part of the publisher of that paper.
The souvenir was printed in magazine
form and consisted of fifty-s pages,
containing write-ups of Wadena and
neighboring points. The edition was
embellished with lot of half tone
cuts, and all in all it was a most cred
liable presentation Of the resources
and business enterprise of Wadena
and surrounding country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

When the governor of Colorado
placed the militia at Cripple Creek to
settle the strike of the miners he did
a very unwise thing under the circum-
stances. The sheriff of that district
made the statement that there was no
cause for such a radical course but
military law was established. ''bull-
pen'} made a part of the civilized (?)
condition of things, and citizens were
arrested and imprisoned without being
informed of the charges against them
and there has been a conflict between
the civil and military authorities, be-
sides a lot of scandal which has CROP
ped out in the handling of the militia.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

Bishop Fowler in his advice to
young men just entering the ministry
is ''Get married and marry a woman
with common sense" He says" Never
marry a woman just because she is
pious. If it is put to you to choose
between a woman who has a great
deal of common sense and no religion
and woman who has plentyof ligion
and no common sense. choose the
woman with common sense. If she
has common sense and no religion,
she will get the latter within two hours
after she marries you, but if she has
religion and no common sense she
might backslide and I have no doubt
you would give her plenty of occasion
to backslide.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

Prof. Langley's airship was sent
out into space last week and after it
left the track on the boathouse on the
Potomac river it took a header and
went into the river, but the bouys at
tached to the machine prevented it
from sinking and the operator from
being drowned. 1t now looks as if
aerial navigation was not to be solved
for some time to come. Let US learn
to walk we'll before we try to fly.
There are lot of people who are sat-
isfed to walk yet awhile.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

n lecturer in Milwaukee last week
said that it would take many genera
tions before the country would over
come the bad influences of the gospel
hymns introduced by the evangelist.
Dwight L. Moody. The lecturer should
go and jump off the earth. There
have been no contributions to the re-
ligious music of the world that have
secured such a. hold on the hearts of
the people as the Moody songs. They
have made the souls of millions of
people beat in unison with the Infinite.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
It seems that the mills of the O.

It seems that the mills of the gods
grind slowly down in Hennepin coun-
ty and justice has a hard time of it
getting in the saddle. The latest de-
velopments are the resignation of the
foreman Of the new grand jury who
was charged by a former Minneapolis
alderman with having agreed with the
ex-alderman to hush the investigation
along aldermanic lines for $1,000.
When charged with such bold prop
osition there was nothing left for the
foreman but to resign and await devel-
opments. Things don't look just
right in grand jury channels in Mime
apolis these days. But turn the ras-
Gals out and put them in over at Still
water where they all belong.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

The east was visited last week by
one of the hardest rain storms in the
history of that section, and New York
and New Jersey were hit very hard
by the storm. Considering the man
ner that other sections of the country
have suffered from storms of all kinds
the past season we should be thankful
that conditions at home are no worse
than they are.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

Sir Thomas Upton has sold out his
packing house interests at the Chicago
stock yards and has bought a large
plantation in Georgia where he will
raise fruits and vegetables for the
markets Of England. He also intends
to stock the farm with cattle and con-
struct lot of abattoirs which will
supply the English market with beef
in competition with the American beef
firm ,f
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

Henry Kinds, one of the veteran
editors of Minnesota, died at his home
in Shakopee this week. He has resided
in that place since 1854. He bought
the Shakopee Argus in 1867 and pub
lished that paper for fifteen years. He
served several terms in the State leg
islature and was county attorney and
judge Of probate of Scott county sew
qr3] times