The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-08-09
WELL ILLUSTRATED
/. M. Olsen of New Ulm Ridicules
the Action of His Un-
patriotic NeighbOrs.
The Utter Absurdity of the War Rule
of the Blatant DemagOgues
Clearly Demonstrated.

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me of the experience Of certain farm
ers who were looking for harvest help.
A hundred farmers in Richland town.
ship had a big crop ready for harvest
help and needed crops. So these
farmers went to their market town
and county, seat, the city of New
Richland, having population of about
5000 people, and applied to the mayor
and stated their needs to him. The
mayor greeted them in his most cour-
teous manner and extended the glad
hand. "Sure," said the mayor, 1--WE
will help you out. We have some two
hundred good, strong men around town
here who are not so very busy now.
You can just as we'll have them as
not. I will at once call my city council
together and we will let you have the
men," So the city council was called
and duly took action in the matter, and
here is what the enacted:
"Resolved, by the city council of
New Richland, that we furnish two
hundred men to the farmers Of Rich
land township, as harvest help, the
farmers to furnish them with clothing
and equipment and feed them and pay
them their wages. Provided, however,
that the men so furnished shall not be
required to go outside Of the city limits
of New Richland to do any harvest
work."
"But," said the farmers, 1--WE have no
crops to harvest within your city
limits, and if we are to feed and clothe
and pay your men and they remain
here in the city what will happen to
our crops and our pocketbooks o.
"Well," said the mayor, "that is
really your own fault, you have no
business to have your harvest fields
way out there in the country. If you
want our men to do the work you will
have to bring your fields in here. Our
men are used to staying in town, they
like it here and enjoy themselves, and
just think Of the sunburns and suffer-
ing that they would have if they went
out into your country"
Well, the farmers could not see the
matter in it's true light and wouldn't
accept, and so the generous offer of
the mayor and citizens of New Rich
land to furnish harvest help to the
farmers of Richland township, was
not appreciated.
In the present case the United
States is engaged in great war. The
battlefelds of that war are across the
ocean. If the United States is to win
or assist in winning the war, it's
armies must fight on the battlefelds
of France. Uncle Sam needs half a
million men for his army to go to
these battlefelds, so he calls upon his
people to furnish that many men I'M
der a selective draft system. He
comes to New Ulm and Brown county
and asks US to send our share. A mass
meeting is called Of the people of New
Ulm and vicinity to consider Uncle
Sans demand. Flowery oratory and
profuse proclamations of patriotism
are heard.
"Sure, Uncle SAM" say these people,
1--WE will help you out. We are patri-
otto. We are so patriotic that we take
pride in it, and proclaim it from the
housetops. We will furnish you glad
ly with all the men you ask for. All
you have to do is to clothe and equip
and feed and care for these men and
pay them their wages. Provided, how
ever, Uncle Sam, that you must not
send any of these men outside Of the
United States to do any fighting.'
"But," says Uncle Sam, 81 have no
war in the United States and do not
expect to have any. If I take these
men on that condition I will have
nothing for them to do except to stay
around in some peaceful army camp
and wear my clothes and eat my fooc
and draw my pay. can not carry
on my war nor win any war in that
way. And what will become of my wal
and my pocketbook if I do that?"
<'That," says the mass meeting, ri:
really your own fault, Uncle, if you
are to have war you should so ar
range it that the battles will be Tough
on your own soil. It will b
much more pleasant that way, to wal
until our enemy lands his troops her
and destroys our larger cities an
gives US a taste Of the treatment h
is giving to Belgium and France. H
will do that if you will give him tim
enough, Uncle, if you will only no
send any troops over there to sto
him, and you should wait, Uncle Sam.
But Uncle Sam is unable to see tn