New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-02

in tents, the Bible tells us. While Esau
worked and hunted, he grew strong and
tanned, and his limbs and chest were
covered with heavy growth of hair.
Jacob, on the other hand, stayed close
TAT hone, keeping his hands smooth from
callouses, and became quite "a favorite
with the women, although his father. had
little use for him. If Jacob had been
alive today he probably would have been
one Of the bunch hanging around in front
of the drug store on Main street, smoking
cigarettes and making remarks to all
the girls who passed by, while Esau
would be working on. the farm.
f Jacob depended on trickery to 1.get
ahead in the world" One day when he
was about to sit down to his meal Esau
came in from hunt. He hadlbeen with
out food for days and was faint with
hunger. n He asked his brother for some
food. Jacob saw chance to get ahead
in the world" He knew that he and
Esau would inherit equally from their
father, Isaac, when he should die. The
Bible tells-the story Of what happened:
And Jacob said, Sell me first thy
birthright.' And Esau said: Behold,
am about to die, and what profit shall the
birthright do to me?'
And SO Jacob got his brothers in
heritance.
Isaac, their father, grew older and lost
his sight and was about to die. One day
he called his favorite, Esau, and asked
him to get him some venison. But when
Esau left, Jacob, who was told that his
brother might win his fathers favor
again, went and killed young kid and
had its meat prepared with spices so that
it could not be told from venison. He
put on Esau's clothing and, to hide his
soft, smooth hands, covered their backs
with the skin of the kid he had killed.
Then he brought the meat to his blind
father, who asked: who art thou?"
And Jacob answered, bold as brass: 81
sm Esau, thy first born. l have done
as thou badest me-. arise, sit and eat of
my venison, that thy soul may bless me- :"
"And Isaac said unto his son: How
is it that thou hast found it SO quickly,
my son?' And he said: Because Jehovah,
thy God, sent me with good speed
And Isaac said unto Jacob: Come near,
I pray thee, that / may feel theeI my
son, whether thou be my very son Esau
or not And Jacob went near unto
Isaac, his father, and he felt him, and
said: The voice is Jacobs voice, but
the hands are the hands of Esau.' And
he discerned him not, because his hands
were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands,
so he blessed him. .
Jacob, of thousands of years ago. was
able to impose upon his blind father and
cheat hiszbrother.
But Jacob of today, can not impose
upon the people off Minnesota, for the
people of Minnesota are not blind.
A declaration for fair and equitable
tonnage tax is like the kids hair that
Jacob of old put upon the backs of his
hands. 1t will do to fool blind man
but no one else. Minnesota Leader.
In an advertisement printed in prac-
tically all of the country papers of the.
state recently, the Minnesota Fair Tax
Association, as an argument against a
tonnage tax, makes the statement that
Minnesota had statute OF this nature.
from 1881 to 1895. To be sure, we did
have tonnage tax of few cents ton
at that time, but this law exempted the
from all taxes for township, village, city,
county, school or road purposes, as well
as for public works of any kind. In view
of this fact, it is not at all surprising that
the mine owners fought desperately
against the repeal of this inadequate
tonnage tax law, but its repeal was ac-
complished in spite of their frantic efforts
to retain it on the statute books. Half
truths are, sometimes, more despicable
than downright lie and often do great
deal more harm than direct untruth.
There is one consolation, though, namely,
that if the Progressive Republican ticket,
as endorsed by the Nonpartisan League
and organized labor Of the state, is sue
cessful this year, Minnesota will be,
, assured a real tonnage tax law when the.
Legislature meets next winter.
The exodus of royalty-faWning So
called Americans to London is exception
| ally great at this time, according to a
slush article sent to a large American
newspaper by its London correspondent,
telling of a few thousand ambitious"
Americans sojourning in the British cap
ital in the hope Of 'being presented at
court" The correspondent even goes so
! far as estate that some Of the fondm 9TH
ers are so hopeful as to think they might
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