The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-24
OPINIONS OF EDITORS

OPINIONS OF EDITORS
Those Moonshine Serpents.
This country needs St. Patrick to
drive out the noonshine snakes. For
further particulars ask the man who
drinks it and sees 'em.-St. Cloud
Journal Press
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MANY of Them Now Realize 1t.
If the farmers of North Dakota had
spent one-tenth of the money they lad
nut into the nmpartisan league, the
consumers stores and league news
papers in an organization Of, their own,
and had hired few first-class bust
ness men to see to the marketing OF
what they have to sell on the coop
erative plan, they would have been
millions of dollars richer Mandan
Pioneer.
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Keep the Enthusiasm.
was talking few days ago to an
old man who many years ago was a
fiery and extreme radical. He said
to me: IL no longer feel responsible
for the whole world. I have come to
the conclusion that if l keep myself
right I will be going about as far as
any reformcr ought to CO." Age is
apt to have this way with folks. And
it is we'll, if only we do not lose our
enthusiasm along with impulsiveness.
Larry Ho.
Socialistic Dream Proves Nightmare.
The people of Minnesota are to be
congratulated on the hearty and en-
phatic manner in which they turned
down Mr.. Townley and his socialistic
ideas of government. North Dakota
has undergone sad experience at the
hands of the socialists. Those who be-
lieved in Mr.. Townley are now awaken
ing and can realize how sadly and
badly they have been duped. For
them the socialistic dream has been
turned into a Observation-Disclosures
Enterprise.
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Kn0cker Gets His Dues.
You remember that Noah had to
work a long time on the ark. It was
uphill business too, at best, to go on
sweating and toiling day after day in
the hot sun, out there on dry land,
while the hammer and anvil club sat
around splitting tobacco juice on his
boards, whiting up his soft pine with
jackknives and telling him what a
fool he was to expect big rain in
country that was too dry to grow al
falfa. But he kept at it. Finally the
flood came and every mothers son of
tho croakers was drowned. This is
the only instance we known of either
in sacred or profane history where the
knocker got exactly what was coming
to him.-Bemidji Seminal.
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ASK lOWnley.
The Townley Consumers stores in
North Dakota, now in the hands of re-
ceivers, were true to their name in one
respect: They consumed the money
of the farmer members. But just why
they were not able to make go of
it can only be explained on the theory
of Encouragement. Farmers paid
500 each for the privilege of trading
at these stores. In some counties foul
or five times more money was paid ir
by the farmers than was invested ir
the business of the stores, and al
stores were operated on a cash basis
Having more money than was used il
stocking up, no dividends to pay, anc
doing a strictly cash business, why
was there failure? What became Of
the surplus money paid in by the far
mers? Ask Townley.-St. Clou,
Journal Press.
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Fair Enough.
A comprehensive program of pro
posed legislation has been prepare
by the legislative committees of tn
American Federation of Labor TO
submission to the new congress. Tha