Morris tribune., 1909-12-24
FRIDAY, DECEMBER a, 1909.
CHRISTMAS


much your friends love you, and ask yourself
whether you love them enough; to bear in mind
the things that other people have to bear in
their hearts, to try to understand what those
who live in the same house with you really
want without waiting to tell you; to trim your
lamp so it will give more light and less smoke
and to carry it in front that your shadows
will fall behind you; to make grave for your
ugly thought, and garden for your kindly
feelings, with the gate open-are you willing to
do these things for even day? Then you can
keep Christmas-Henry Van Dyke
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The county commissioners of Stevens conn
ty entitled to the commentator of all for
their resolution to levy special tax to pay the
seed grain and Russian thistle Indebtedness of
the county to the state incurred under the
provisions of state law, which has been de-
clared unconstitutional. The county received
the money and derived great benefit therefrom
and although not legally held for the bebt, the
commissioners and the people of the county
are entitled to credit for recognizing the moral
responsibilities raceville Enterprise.
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A new departure in agricultural education
has been made by the Albert Lea high school.
The agricultural department of the school will
give farmers short course of one week cover
ing the subjects of farm crops, animal hus-
bandry, poultry horticulture and domestic
science. In addition to this instruction, $1,000
is offered in premiums for various farm pro-
ducts, especially large prizes being offered for
corn. Supt. Phillips is thoro believer in
bringing the public schools more in touch with
this industrial age, and if he is successful in
this new departure for the high school, this
first farmers course offered will mark an epoch
in education in this state.
A movement has again been started to
have the next Republican convention select the
Republican candidate for United States senator,
but the plan does not meet with unanimous
approval, as it is alleged that the convention is
too much subject to manipulation. For our
part we believe that the selection of candi-
date for senator should be as much the duty of
a convention the selection of any other
candidate. The convention is supposed to be
assembly of representative men of the party
capable of deciding any question of party &C
ton whether it be the nomination of candidates
VI WI1IluS VI d 0ldIlOIH. DtIcSdtcS are sup
posed to be men of sufficient standing in their
home community that their constituency en-
trust to them the powers of agent repre-
sentative. But of late years we have gotten
too far away from this idea, and delegates have
been elected who were expected simply to regis
ter the will of their constituency one leading
candidate. This has made the state convention
gathering of wooden men manipulated by
few leaders But it should not be necessarily
So and the more serious work convention is
given to do, the better.
In Chicago recently three carloads of pot a.
toes taken out and dumped into sandpits,
TO rot. The potatoes were good, but they were
gotten rid of in order that the market might
not become glutted and the price drop. At the
same time, there were the large number of poor
in Chicago, by whom many carloads of potatoes
might have been used but they were denied
this food and besides were compelled to pay
higher than the natural price for what potatoes
they did buy.
Such willful obstruction of property meets
with universal disapproval, and yet our laws
are such that be prevented from
doing what he wills with his own property.
The industrial development of the last few
decades has brought problems which
must be solved, and this is one of them To
who e. &c y,