The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-01

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The Boss In Seclusion.
The government of Minnesota has
shut up shop for a few weeks. HARVEY
Grimmer is away on his vacation
where neither the governor nor Frank
Day can reach him in time to ask
what they ought to do.-Quentin in
Minneapolis Tribune.
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A Mere Guest of Honor.
Twin city papers are making a
great ado because a wealthy Min
neapolis lumberman got fve-day
workhouse sentence for speeding with
his automobile. We will wager that
the reckless driver was the guest of
honor of the superintendent during
his stay at the works.-Young Ameri-
ca Eagle.
Would be Good Oh! ect Lesson.
1t is estimated that the boy who
gets a college education costs bis
father from $4,000 to $4,000 to raise
and Chicago clergyman has sug.
gested that when the boy is 81 his
father ought to present him with bill
for the amount. Now, that isn't a
bad idea at all. There is not much
danger of it being paid in most cases
but it would serve very useful object
lesson.-St. Cloud Times.
Germ Chilled by Commercialism.
We believe that this great country
of ours could and should lead in the
craftsmanship of the world, but at the
present stage craftsmanship lies
dormant. The germ has been chilled
by commercialism. We are sadly and
sorely in need Ola Patrick Henry
who will rise, while others. hesitate,
and faunt the flag of freedom; a
George Washington, who will not stop
at ice foes to outwit the. enemy; a
Thomas Jefferson, - who had the
courage and conviction. to write the
burning words that eventually set us
free; an Abraham Lincoln who served
as the pivot upon which the scales OF
justice balanced: for all men,
Winona Weekly Leader. ="
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Independent In Name Only.
The papers of the state are devoting
much valuable space to a discussion
of the merits of the independent news
paper. Just at present we cannot
recall any illustrious example OF
such in this state. The city press
may claim a political independence
but is slave to a harder task master
commercial interests. The pub.
Usher of the country newspaper, if he
has not missed his calling, will have
some defined political views; and they
cannot be suppressed. Why label
them independent, as a trap for a
few unwary ones? But we must
always have honesty and fearlessness
in the consideration of all public ques.
lions, and sometimes it will be the
publishers own party which will
suffer. Alexandria Post-News.
The Slanderer.
Anybody can soil the reputation O:
an individual, however pure anc
chaste, by uttering a suspicion tina
his enemies will believe and hi.
friends never hear of. A puff of thu
idle wind can take million of tht
seeds of the thistle and do the worl
of mischiefs which the husbandma1
must labor long to undo, the floating
particles being Too fine to be seen ani
too light to be stopped. Such are tn.
seeds of slander, so easily sown, &
difficult to be gathered up, and yet Sc
pernicious in their fruits. The Sian
derer knows that many a mind vii
catch up the plague and become pois
oned by his insinuation, without seek
ing the antidote. No reputation car
refute a sneer, nor any human skill
prevent mischief.-Labor World.
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| Then Why a Tonnage Tax?
Possibly the most important. de
velopment for years in the iron in
dustry is the alleged discovery of {
great body of ore between Biwabil
and the Canadian boundary. If thi.
find turns out as predicted it viii
prove once more the assertion tina
the ground has been barely scratched
lin the hunt for ore. The claim il