New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-02-19
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| Swift & Co, packers, have sent out
| a folder describing the work they are
doing in their school for Office bows. y
The school is under the supervision 81
the Chicago Board Of education and
| is conducted free of expense. to the
pupils. About 300 pupils are given one
hour instruction daily The noon hour
is also occupied by a school for dictators
and photographers.
No doubt the idea is a good one in
itself. Probably the school was founded
| with the best of intentions on the part
of the. packers. There will be many
of their Office force benefited by it
but if one thinks at all, he must realize
that the foundation Of the idea is wrong.
Paternalism always is Fundamentally
bad. Germany's paternal government
was wonderful success up to the time
| when it sought to enforce the obligation
laid upon its people thru its paternal
care OF them. When the children Of
Germany sought to fulfil their obligation
to their government which had done so
much for them, they found themselves
accursed OF the world.
When Swift & Co educate their en-
| ployes they place an obligation of loyalty
to Swift upon the employees, and a time
| is quite likely to come when those
employees should be quite free Of all OBJ
| legations to Swift. Better it would be a
great deal if the employe were to work
out his own salvation or damnation if
that be his choice than to be obligated
to his employer for it to the extent of a
single dollar
WASTE BASKET SERMONETTES
Sam Says:
The convention of mayors of Mime
sofa municipalities held at the West
Hotel February 10 and | expressed
it's hearty approval of the Babcock Good
Roads Bill introduced in our legislature
The mayors urged the members OF the
legislature in "a resolution to pass the
bill, and submit the amendment to the
people at the next general election.
The people Of Brown County have
been lucky in the matter of roads. The
roads are little better than most roads
in the state, but there certainly is room
for a lot Of improvement. Who has
not tried to 60 to the Cities via Win
throp on rainy day who has not sworn
great trouble with our rural roads is
that during the first year the road is
kept in good shape, while in the second,
third and fourth years nothing is done
to keep it in repair. This of course
results In rutty, Quilted road that
makes travelling hard After tourist
has once experienced a road of that
kind he certainly remembers it and does
not, if he can help it, ever travel that
road again The thing to do is to keep
up work on the roads year after year
50 that they never get into poor con-
dition and this is what the good roads
bill aims to do. 1t is bill worth
fostering. a'&
There are other things to consider
in connection with good roads and one
of them is to give the tourist by auto
mobile the best service the town can
give. He does not care to be cultivated
on hot air and thrives best on fair and
courteous treatment. So many of these
touring parties are held up by hotels
and garages that they are not averse
to telling other parties to keep right
on going through particular town
that is known to be the place of hold
up artists and drive, further along to
a town that makes a speciality Of treat
ing the tourists in accordance with the
Golden Rule 1t is cheaper to get a
good reputation than it is to cultivate
a poor one.
Every soldier who put on uniform
Of the United States. who fought or
trained to fight, will have a job if he
wants one Brave words! Who said
them? Twas our friend Newtie, the
Secretary Of War He said it on Febru-
airy 5th. Them's cheering words New
ton, but how are we going to make
| good? Search us
Have you noticed your dollar getting
bigger?
| Revenge is sweet! 4 private was be-
| ing discharged and when asked what
he was going to do first in civil life said
he was going to get an apartment over
the one the first sergeant lives in and
j learn to play the trombone
Three cheers for the Red, White and
| Blue, does not mean three separate
cheers for the three separate colors.