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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23
West Branch Creamery Meeting.

West Branch Creamery Meeting.
The annual meeting of the West
Branch Cooperative Creamery COM
pany viii be held in the school house
Of district IS, Milo, on Saturday, jan
uary IS, at / o'clock p. M, for the
purpose Of hearing reports, electing
directors and transacting such other
business as may come up for consider
alton. John Teutz,
4-2cA Secretary.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23
Supper a Success.

The supper served by the Lutheran
Ladies' Aid society last Saturday
evening was big success both finan-
cially and otherwise. The proceeds
amounted to about $1O9, and the la
dies feel encouraged by the splendid
help the people of, Princeton gave
them. Especially do they wish to
thank those who so literally donated
food for the supper, also to express a
word Of thanks to those who worked
so faithfully to- supply the needs Of
the big and happy gathering that
filled the dining room Of the hall.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23
Groceries

Finest grade Superior her.
ring ? 1-2c per lib.
Fancy Tullibee, better eat
ing than pike at 15c a lib.
5 pound box large fancy
prunes at Csc.
Extra early June peas, 2
for Csc.
Palmolive soap at 1Oc.
Large bar toilet soap at SC.
Sabo coffee 27c a lb.
Pure country sorghum
syrup, per gallon pail $1.15.
Soc value Unico "A" cof-
fee 40c.
~ IT NIT CnN1.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

And Bess Wilson Of the Redwood
Gazette was so mean last week that
she crowded out her spicy editorials
with ads.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

A very fine line Of mems
neckties just in that are
worth $500; for one week
only your choice at Soc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

Mems lined and unlined
work mittens and gloves,
value from $1.00 to $500, at
a discount Of Soc a pair.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

Protect your little tot with
one Of our child's white
sweaters with open bands
and collars. We are closing
this number of sweaters out
for only 48c each.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

See our SO inch bleached
muslin for only 15c per yard.
This muslin contains some
sizing but launders very
nicely.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

Here is a big bargain for
you IN all wool sweaters. All
sizes and colors, worth up to
$3.50, your choice at $4.65.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

Notice.
All grain left at the mill on or be-
fore January 1, 1919, must be called
for-by February 1, 1919, or it will be
sold. Cascade Milling Co.,
s@s4-2c G. a. Barrett, Prop.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

Every little lad would like
one Of our corduroy or shep-
herd check hats with the
warm ear tabs on the side.
These are ), wonderful little
hats for only 29c.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23
c. H. NELSON'S
Store News.

While they last, we are Of
fering a splendid quality Of
children's and ladies hose
for only Csc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

Mems atwood union suits.
soiled, worth up to
Sc. so, while they last $3.85.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

In this lot of ladies' and
mems sweaters you will find
most anything you may want
at So. 50 instead of $5.5
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

An all-wool yarn, grey
only, full weight, to close out
at only Csc p skein.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-23

There are only a few of
the children's coutil under
waists left. While they last
only 39c.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
An Allied Merchant Fleet
[From the Philadelphia Pressl


The decision reached by the AL
lied Maritime Council to sail Aus
trian and German ships under a dis
tinctive flag of its own Is epoch
making in its way. 1t is the first
step toward international control of
shipping. 1t paves the way for fur
ther cooperation between nation
and nation, which is the basic idea
Of q League. of Nations.
The newly -created international
fleet starts with more than 5000 900
tons of German and Austrian ship
ping. Obviously, 1t cannot be put
to commercial uses. The only uses
to which 1t may fairly be put under
present conditions are the common
service of all the nations. The
transport of food for the relief of
starving peoples and the traffic of
war supply would seem to be the
limit of the fleets activity until
some definite plan of international
maritime cooperation Is reached
and ratified at tho Peace Confer
ence.
But there Is no work in the world
moro important at present. Amer
ica's own problems of transporting
her troops and supplies from France
and sending her food surplus abroad
are but slight measure of the
great need for, shipping which peace
has brought in all quarters of the
globe. S The Maritime Council has
done wisely, indeed. to release the
enemy merchant ships for. this work
under the temporary trusteeship OF
the separate nations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
rOHN P. FOX in the City Club
Bulletin, New York, writes as

follows of electric railway fares:
THE electric railway situation,
both in New York City and through
out the country, Is one of extreme
complexity today, and the City Club.
with its long experience in transit
matters, should continue its efforts
to work out the best solution of the
problem.
The question as to whether higher
fares should be permitted in New
York City Is simplified by the fact
that fare increases similar to those
proposed here have proved an i'd
mitted failure all over the country
as means OF raising additional rev.
enue, as seen in Boston, Springfield,
New Haven, Albany, Reading, st.
Louis. etc. People simply will not
pay more than q nickel for O ride.
The fiat five-cent fare. after all, is
the best revenue getter the electric
railway industry has produced. and
the sooner the companies return to
the old fare the quicker they will
recover their traffic.
THE health and prosperity of
American cities also demand an, i'm
mediate return to the old five-cent
rate. Nothing has been a greater
menace to the healthy growth and
development of urban communities
than the ill-advised insistence of so
many companies on higher fares,
with the consequent tendency to
make people move into the con-
gestcd sections. the evils of which
American cities have been striving
so hard in recent years to over
come by means of city planning, zon-
ing and tenement house regulation.
One of the best things New York
City ever did was to insure on the
rapid transit lines a five-cent fare
for any distance up to 81 1-2 miles,
and this five-cent fare should be ex-
tended so as to cover all the transit
lines indie the city limits instead
of being raised, as desired by the
companies.
THE question today is. not what
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
LEAVE IT TO THEM

CENATOR PENRoSE is not given
y to chasing new fads, and
it is not surprising that he op-
poses any hasty effort to revise the
Constitution of Pennsylvania. In
this reconstruction period 1t may be
a serious question whether tamper-
Ing with the fundamental instru-
ment Is either wise or necessary. He
properly calls attention to the fact
that thousands OF the voters of the
State are absent in military or naval
service and declares that the return
ing soldiers are bound to be a domi-
nant force and influence and should
have opportunity to express their
thought, mot only as men to whom
we owe so much for the successful
outcome of the war, but because OF
the experience and knowledge they
have gained" Senator Penrose
agrees with many others that these
disciplined men will constitute a new
progressive thought in the body OF
the electors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
THREE GENERALS OR ONE
IFrom the Boston Giobe1


American precedent 10 threatened
bv the movement to make the rank
of general permanent in the cases
of Pershing, March and Bliss. All q
whom now hold this highest
American titles temporarily.
The United States has been very
maring of this rank. Washtnstos
was only q lieutenant-general undS
the Federal Government Wlnneia
scott held the same title as WASH
inrton. but by brevet. In our wnoIs
history three soldiers, and they only
one at a time, have been generakx
Now It is proposed to create thNsS
ut once. A.
Grant vas the first general OF the
American Army. but not until after
the war, when the title was creatsA'
for him In 1855. On Grants resiz-
nation to accept the Presidencs-
sherman became general. and wnsAI
he retired, Sheridan was given sVNl
honor.
Similarly, there have been oss
three admirals of the feet. Far.
ragut was the first. then Porter en-s
finally Dewey.
France and England are chary OF
their highest military titles. French
and Haig are both field marsne,s.
1t Is only in theory that every po.u
has O marshai's baton In his KNAPP
sack. Joffre. Foch and Petain oiss
play them to-day. A%1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
Into the Ditch With Kitchin
(From the N. Y. world)


There is nothing improbable in
the report that Chairman Kitchin
angrily threatens to hold up the
new Tax Bill indefinitely unless the
Senate agrees to the restoration of
the zone system for newspaper and
magazine postage. This vexatious
and burdensome device was imposed
upon press and people In the fret
place by Mr.. Kitchin not so much
for revenue as for revenge, and the
further exhibition of intolerance
now promised Is natural and logical.
Postal rates upon intelligence in
creasing rapidly with the distance
from offices of publication, thus dis
couraging If not destroying natl
onal press, are in keeping with the
parochial ideas of taxation which
have governed the House under Mr..
Kitchin's leadership. In his per-
sonal, political and sectional pre-
associates he and the Democratic
the new Congress is to be Republi-
can in both branches.
Obstructing the enactment Of the
new Revenue Bill to nurse a grudge
against a press which has been too
outspoken to please him will infiict
hardship upon every element of tho
population. Mr.. Kitchin's revenges,
therefore. are no longer specific,
and 1t is possible tint in this fact
his colleagues will find reason at
last to repudiate q leadership at
once bigoted and destructive.
A defeated party can hardly
afford to make the people regret
that they did not impose more dras-
tic punishment upon 1t. Democrats
may live down the memory of their
Kitchip in time, but they will not
shorten the period of disfavor by
following them into the last bitches
of obstinacy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
THE FLU

The Atchison County (Mo.o Mail
shoulders the responsibility for the
following: -
This poetic outburst dedicated to
the malady which has prevailed
throughout the country for so many
weeks Is from the pocket or George
Chamberlain, who claims the au.
thorship, but stands with crossed
fingers while claiming II:
When your back Is broke ana your
eyes are blurred,
And your shinbones knock and your
tongue is furred, ..-
And your tonsils squeak and your
hair gets dry,
And you're doggone sure that you're
going to die,
But you're skeered You won't and
afraid you will.
Just drag to bed and have your chill
And pray the Lori to see you
through.
When your toes cum up and your
belt goes fiat.
And you're twice as mean as a
Thomas cat,
ana ilre IL long aNd diSmal curse
And your food all tastes like hard
boiled hearse,
When your lattice aches and your
heads abuzz.
And nothing is as it ever was
You've got the flu, boy, you've go,
the flu.
What is it like. this Spanish flu?
Ask me, brother, for I've been
through.
1t Is misery out of despair,
1t pulls your teeth and curls your
hair, -
1t thins your blood and breaks your
bones
And fills your craw with groans and
moans;
And maybe sometime you'll get we'll;
Some call 1t flu call it-well,
We've had ours, have YOU?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
EXCISING OF EXPLETTVES
[From the Cleveland Plain Dealer

[From the Cleveland Plain Dealerl
There was well-loved chaplain
In the American Army In France
who has been quoted as saying. "If
swearing will win the war, I'm for
swearing" The war having been
won, the Stars and Stripes the off,
cial organ of our fighting men across
the water. suggests that the time
has come for a readjustment of the
profanity output. The official organ
doesn't advocate breaking off ali at
once, after the fashion of the us-
ual New Year resolution, hut sug-
gests gradual return TO normal
verbal conditions.
That our Army, like that earlier
army described by Uncle Toby.
swore terribly in Flanders. lis quite
possible. That there has been n
lavish wartime use Of what n not
ed magazine writer calls "the siz-
cling stun" we all know. II was
not confined to the Array. however.
II was In evidence everywhere-a
result of the war tension. of over
wrought nerves, of resentment
against detested conditions.
Now that those conditions have
been abated. the practice of profan-
ity might well be cut down. When
used too often It not only weakens
the mother tongue; 1t weakens it.
self. 1t becomes, as the poet said.
fiat and stale and Improbable. II
may. as q supply train driver feel
ingly urged. be an essential to the
guidance ofsArrhy mules, but there
Is no doubt that peace can be safe
ly adjusted and prolonged without
H.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
SPRING IT'S

Spring 1t is.
That chirping thrill of birds again,
In flight so swift across the window
ledge.
The children's voices in the square.
at play
Remotely ringing through a hollow
space
They fill with golden echo,
This soft and silent morning.
December. now," you say
And tell me. here 1t is
Writ plain upon the calendar!
i tell you-It is spring!
Eternal spring
Perennial burgeoning. In seasons of
the soul
Which takes no thought
OF written pages. marking time or
place
Where light. warmth. color, eonw.
The poignant presence of Loves Very
self,
Shall tread to-day
In all her Towering alchemy.
ELdZABETH CANNON,
In Public Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
TAXATION OF SHIRTS
[From the New York World. ]

From the new revenue bill we
learn that the Democratic United
States Senate's idea of luxury on the
part of an American citizen is q
shirt costing more than So. One rea-
son why many such garments bring
higher prices than meet the ap-
proval of the Senatorial haberdash-
ers is that taxes OF all kinds are
represented In the costs.
By imposing ten per cent. upon
what Is paid for clothing and other
necessary articles beyond the
amount fixed by law as adequate
Congress only heaps taxation upon
taxation, and to that extent dis
courages industry and trade. If the
levy should chance to be prohibi-
tive as to high-priced necsssa ries
generally, 1t would operate to de-
crease rather than increase the ma
ttonal revenues.
such taxes as these upon overcoats,
suits, hats, shoes. underwear, neck
wear and hosiery IL we were still in
with peace at hand and economic
and Industrial reconstruction press
ing upon us they appear to be
wholly unwarranted. Besides su-
perimposing one tax upon others,
they emphasize classism in the mar
kets, where the best interests of nll
classes are most truly served by CIV
ing economic forces and individual
initiative the freest play.
I Where in the creed of American
democracy is authority found for
putting a discriminating and emu
lative tax upon the purchaser OF q
- shirt or a SO hat or for exempt
ing motor tractors from taxation be-
cause farmers are just beginning to
buy them?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
A CONSTRUCTIVE YEAR
MYTH the opening of anothe
Wv year Harrisburg Is going I,

MYTH the opening of another
w year Harrisburg is going to
take up the many construc-
tive things which have been held
in allegiance during the war. These
involve the welfare and prosperity
of the community. and with one ac-
cord the people favor a go-ahead
policy. Fortunately for all con-
cerned, there is a disposition on all
sides and among all classes to CO.
operate in this new and greater era
of the city's development.
After eighteen years of steady ad-
vance we can all join in the for
ward movement which will mean so
much for every man. woman and
child in this community. But unless
all pull together there must be less
of achievement than would other
Wise be the case. 1t ought to be
the ambition and desire of every
one of our citizens TO be a part of
the new day and to contribute in
every possible way to the better
things which are in contemplation.
What are you going to do about
it? Discussion and exchange of views
will get us nowhere unless we re-
solve planning into action. Many
admirable things have been done
during the eighteen years since that
early time in 1901 when the city
determined that the old order must
pass and that the city should take
its real place among the municipali-
ties of the country. Harrisburg has
done more than simply keep up in
the progress of events; it has led
in many respects.
1t Is now for all of us to bend
our energies and devote our thought
to the upbuilding of a still better
city-better in housing facilities for
the people. better in the conduct OF
our municipal affairs. better in pro-
viding educational facilities for our
children. better in doing those things
which make for happier and more
prosperous and contented people.
The year which has just passed
into history was one of great events
and 1t may prove the turning point
IN the development Of q new world
IA world largely divested of selfish.
ness and greed and indifference OF
one to the other. Each one of vi
can contribute his or her might In
the making of this year one Of the
red letter periods In human history
IA year of higher civilization and
enlarged vision. Harrisburg mus
maintain its position and we have
no doubt with the spirit which nov
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919
ANOTHER STEP

VETARREN ]. MANNING, the
w city's expert, having approx
ed the City Planning Com
MISSIONS proposal for the acquire
ment and development OF the Ital-
ian park area In the northern part
of the city, another step has been
taken in the process of developing
the present. swamp into beautiful
recreational and residential center,
1t is a good influence that can
change frog hole into q lake, q
swamp into boulevard. wet mea-
dow into a charming home site. This
is the work of the Planning Com
mission. Harrisburg fifty years
hence will be a much finer, better
place in which to live because Of the
commission. Would that it might
have come into being half century
ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
Electric Railway Fares

fare increase should be allowed in
order to produce fair return to the
investor, because practically all in
creases have failed: but instead,
how can the five-cent fare be made
to pay. This question was never q
difficult one to solve for any really
progressive company. The truth is
that short-sighted arrangements
thought it was more trouble to econ
omize in operation or encourage traf-
fic by up-to-date business methods
than TO try to increase revenue by
simply raising rates., disregarding the
fact that ten years of experience with
higher fares in Massach chusetts had
most conclusively proved the fail
ure of that method of increasing
revenue.
'The simplest way for the electric
railways to meet their increased
costs Is to fall in line with the revo-
luton in the industry, started by
the competition of the jitney. re-
sulting in the remarkable develop
ment of the one-man car, whose in
creased earnings and economies have
proved so great in some western and
southern cities as to pay for the new
Idea of one man to a car is nothing
new, for 1t has long been one of the
chief factors in keeping down the
labor cost on elevated and s1bway
lines. The application to surface cars
is new, but the results are even more
promising than on rapid transit lines.
BY using the economies in labor,
power, and other expenses to i'm
prove the service, traffic and re-
ceipts have been increased as much
as SO and go per cent. in some cities,
with q five-cent fare too.
"It would take some adjusting of
routes and service to get the greatest
benefits of one-man operation in a
city like New York, and the prin-
ciple has not been tested out yet on
surface lines with more than a hum
dred cars an hour. But in one-man
operation lies the greatest financial
hope of the companies, and the
greatest benefit to the public in fas-
ter, safer and more frequent service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
AMERICA, WORLD BANKER

IFrom Pittsburgh Gazette-Tim
business Is to become closer, II
Pierce williams, commercial at
tache Of the American embassy in
Paris, has not been misled as to the
basis of future commercial relations
between the United States and
France. Mr. Williams includes
Belgium with France in his discus
sion, but 1t Is fair to infer that con-
ditions which control foreign buying
in those countries will be approx
mated in the rest of the war states.
and to a degree will be extended
practically throughout the globe.
Collective selling Is the only way
in which American manufacturers
can get their products into the re-
construction work, he says. and for
| two reasons-first, the French gov
ernment has decided that purchas-
! ing must be on a collective basis;
second, most of the French busi-
ness will be done on flve-year set
tlement basis" The second factor
is the all-important one. Consid-
Grafton ofNit leads to certain con-
clusions. The selling agency must
be financially stronger than 1t Is
possible for almost any single COM
mercial house to become. That
means combination. which Is under
way. Necessarily resort will have
to be had to illimitable and impreg-
nabie banking resources that are
found only in the national system
over which close Government SUPER
vision Is exercised. Washington
will thus secure an extraordinary
dominance in foreign commerce.
which will continue to be, nominal
ly, carried on by private enterprise.
and that means degree of domi-
nance over domestic trade. And as
to our customers. they will be vir-
tually the governments of the coun-
tries in which we dispose OF our
wares, for the governments will
have to stand back of the business
houses which receive the goods, A
complete overturning of the worlds
business system Is forecast, the ef-
fects of which will be very far
reaching.
] Politics and business will be con-
Joined as never before outside of
some of the European countries,
notably Germany. and political con-
troll of the economic destinies of ma
tions will rise as n power for good
or evil to give the thoughtful much
uneasiness. The economic weapon
could become more powerful than
any military machine ever before
thought of. The country that was
the worlds banker would be the
world ruler IL 1t cared to exercise
it's power. For the time being we
need suffer no anxiety. The United
States will be the world banker for
some time to come. but 1t will not
hold that distinction unchallenged
when others now In reduced cir
cuDsItances have had opportunity to
"get on their feet" Then the COM
petitive struggle will become fiercer
than ever and governments will be
the real trade contenders. Possibly
the result of the pending Peace Con-
ferences will enable contest OF
altogether friendly character.