Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS

Candy News: An Austin man has
a new precedent along the temperance
lines by taking the pledge and then
making the rounds of the saloons put
ting his name on the blacklist"
Sibley County Independent: The
Print Paper Combine weighs heavily
on the newspaper publishers, but still a
Republican Congress refuses to put
print paper and wood pulp on the free
list.
Waterville Advance: "There is q
growing feeling that congressman are
not earning that so per cent increase in
salary" says the Commoner. Well,
that is not apt to cause any feeling Of
disappointment throughout the land;
did anybody expect them to?
GAINESVILLE Argus: 1t is the expecta
'tion in Mankato that Mr.. McCieary
will return to the district aDd run for
congress this fall. 1t is stated that as
Mr.. McCleary has revised his.opinions
upon the tariff and as he now fav0rs
tariff revision it is thought he will
make successful canvas.
Rochester Post & Record: How,
many of those who pay the most taxes
ever attend caucus? Very few. How
many take the pains to urge such men
as they would like to see in the concilto
accept the position? Mighty few.
How many growl and howl because
such men as they want are not there?
All of them. And who get tsWh4t they
deserve by reason of their inactlon?
Why, they do.
Preston Republicans: With Con-
gresham Tawney opposing the presi-
dent In congress and Tawney's organ,
the Winona Republican, fighting
| against the election of . delegation in
structed for Taft, don't look much al
though our congressman wanted to
SEQ the Roosevelt policies carried out.
Leroy Independent: The telephone
girl at Racine was hero of the occasion
at the recent fire. The central station
was in the Stiles building and, clad on
" in her night clothing, she stuck
bravely to her duties of alarming the
country r0,tnd about of the fire, until
the heat and smoke of the approaching
fire drove her away. The telephone
exchange was also nearly total loss.
Now they are talking waterworks and
tire protection at Racine.
Albert Lea Tribune: The manage.
ment of the Tri.State Telephone Co :.
is considering building a toll line to
WinnebagO and from there through
Mankato to Albert Lea. The company
will have connections with the local ex-
changes of the Blue Earth Valley Tele.
phone Co, at Elmore, Blue Earth,
Wells and Winnebago. This would be.
q good move on the part and would he
of great value to the local patrons,
showing the management proposed to
expand into new territory.
Redwood Gazette: Mail order hus.
bands and wives are about as dubious
a proposition as any other kind of mail
order goods. Recent developments
in the courts of the land have shown
that there is big money in the business
of selling this line OF goods, but that
the purchasers generally get unmerci.
fully gold brieked and that the matri.
mOnial agencies and the divorce law.
yers are usually the only real benehciar-
les.
LeSueur News: The program of
papers read at the state editorial meet.
ing i'll Minneapolis last week, were not
read or prepared by country editors.
It the boys are good enough to edit a
paper at home are they not good
enough to present papers Of Importance
at the association meeting? The ex.
press trust got in it's work before the
editors in opposition to the parcel post
and the publicity bureaus of the twin
cities were "it" for the remainder of the
program, and they only quit when fore.
ed to retire.
st. Cloud Journal Press: One Of the
most successful merchants of North
Dakota says that tho catal0g houses
have no terror for him. He has the
.catalogs of all the big houses on hand
and when customer tells what he can
DOLBY dealing with any Of the Chicago
firms, he brings out the .catalog and
offers to duplicate anything they have
to sell at the same price There is
good money init -ins fact can make
more money selling goods for cash at
catal0g house prices than for credit at
regular prices. There is not q live nler-
chant who cannot sell as cheaply and
make money at it,"
w innebaeo City Enterprise: ltlooks
as though the ttuatlOn this year were.
going to be some different than in the
past two or three years in regard to the
condition Of the great working class.
Men who have spent the winter in the
cities have returned to the country
towns with the report that they couldn't
"buy job" up there. The past two OF
three years It has been almost impos-
sible for the farmers Of this section to
get hired help, but it looks as If they
would have no trouble this season. The
men who have jobs are hanging on like
grim death, and in every city there are
large armies Of unemployed clam moring
for. something to do. S.. S.