The Princeton union., 1909-07-29

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range to submit an amendment that
would permit the appropriation of
state aid in road building, and should
also at once adopt the amendment to
the U. S. constitution with reference
10 the income tax. Whether this is a.
democratic or republican measure is
not important. That it should be
embodied among the revenue pro-
ducers of the nation is very much
Sole Sueur News.
Excellent Advice.
Be good tempered. 1t paws, in
every way; it pays, if you are an en-
ployer; it pays, if you are an EN-.
ployee; it is profitable, in every walk
OF life. And this is taking the most
selfish view. You owe it to others to
be good-tempered: you owe it to your
own manhood, to your own self
respect. In making others COM
Portable you are making things agree
able for yourself; you are gaining
and keeping goodwill, which may be
OF value and help to you hereafter;
you are accumulating capital of
popularity and good report which
may be used to advantage, perhaps,
at critical time. Good temper is a
great factor in success Master
Printer.
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Sensible Suggestion.
The suggestion raised that some
provision should be made for the
supreme court passing on the consti-
tutionality of important legislative
acts before they are passed instead OF
afterwards, appears to be an eminent
~ sensible one. The suggestion is
made in connection with comment on
the recent killing of three primary
election laws by the supreme court o1
Illinois on the ground of their un.
constitutionality, and Governor
Deneen's threat to call an extra
session to pass a primary law that is
CONSTITUTIONAL Under present condi.
tions, the swarms of attorneys in both
branches of our legislatures appear
to afford no particular safeguard
against the passage of laws that fail
to stand the test of the courts.-Red-
wood Gazette.
Both are Mistaken.
Some of those in the rural districts
Iof this state who oppose the state
highway commission plan of road
making believe that its. object is to
build great trunk highways leading
out from the twin cities, and intended
for the benefit of automobile owners.
Perhaps there are a few city people
who look upon it in that light, too.
But both are mistaken. So long as
the railroads can carry freight long
distances cheaper than it can be
carried by wagons, there is no. need
for trunk highways except as they
may be brought about as result of
road-making for local purposes. If
the state highway commission has
any trunk line project in mind, it
should either drop it or relegate it to
some time in the future when roads
built to serve the farmers purposes
combine themselves naturally to pro-
duce such trunk lines. Nor do we
believe that the highway commission
has any such projects seriously in
mind. Duluth Herald.
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Sam Gordon on Good Roads.
The Tribune, through the observa-
tions of its editor, has long since
been convinced that there is much
waste of money in country road work,
and especially is the system now in
vogue known as the poll tax system
little short of a farce. Road building
should be under the direction of ex-
perienced men, not necessarily state
highway commission, but better per.
haps a competent man hired by each
township whose duty it would be to
see that certain work was performed
as outlined by the supervisors.
Another good method would be to let
all work for road building by con-
tract under carefully drawn, specifca-
tions. We need better roads through
out the: entire state I'VE, need them in
Traverse county. One only needs
to: drive over fine piece Of road once
to be convinced of its great value and
advantages. Let us hope that road
taxes can be increased in the counties
and that the state constitution will be
SO changed that the legislature can
provide for a liberal state fund.-
Browns Valley Tribune.
The Inpependent Newspaper.
A number of the newspapers have
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