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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

According to a report prepared by
the census bureau, more then SO per
cent of the people of the United States
over 10 years Of age ere engaged in
gainful occupations. Seventy eight per
cent of the men and boys are wage
earners. The same is true with regard
to 21 per cent of the women and girls.
There has been little fluctuation of
the male workers since 1880. In that
year, however, only ID per cent of
women and girls were wage earners,
showing an advance Of per cent in
the interim. In 1880 there was one
woman at work to every five and a
half men. At present the ratio of the
workers is one woman to every three
and six-tenths men. Reduced to exact
figures the increase in women work.
ers advanced 100000 between 1880
and 1890. These figures fail to bear
out the stories with regard to an enor-
nous increase Of women workers dur
ing the war, though a slightly larger
number were working in 1918 than in
1920. The period Of the greatest in
crease in women workers was from
1900 to 1910.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

The United States is now emery
ing from a condition of chaos, and it
would seem that the great need for the
present emergency is clear thinking,
basing our action on facts and not
on fancies, putting our faith in work
instead Of words, relying on accom-
plishments and not promises, and not
mistaking license for liberty. The
world is surfeited with cure-alls Of
fered by irresponsibles. These quack
political doctors proclaim loudly and
promice much-they even prescribed for
ills which do not exist. The real cure,
however, is so old fashioned that many
of US fail to recognize it. 1t is work
The people who are recovering the
most rapidly from the effects Of the
war are those who are working in.
stead Of talking, who are practicine
economy instead of extravaganza, anc
who, in putting their own houses IL
order, are solving the problems con
fronting the country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
Germany is Putting Forth an Effort

L
The German government has made
a much more substantial contribution
to the solving of the reparation prob
lem than we could hope to obtain
through any such break between Great
Britain and France as empty rumor
has been occupied with during the
last few weeks. The German govern
ment has begun to set it's own house
in order. The fight against paper
money imitation is on at Berlin. Such
initiation has been due in large meas
ure to the virtual financing Of the
postal and telegraph services and the
railroads by means Of the treasury's
printing press. It is now announced
that postal and telegraph rates Rave
already been raised twenty above
pre-war rates and that something like
a similar increase is to be applied to
the railroads.
Of even greater Importance for it's
bearing on the reparation problem is
the government bill for drafting pri-
vatc credits. The bill is described as
aiming to place "all so-called gold
values and all the assets of Germany's
trades and industries at the disposal
Of the government" as the basis of a
guarantee for foreign loans. In reply
to the argument that the German gov
eminent is unable to meet even the
beginning of it's reparation debt,
French opinion has pointed to the re-
fusal Of private interests in Germany
to cooperate with the government.
Stress has been laid on enormous
credits built up by German capitalists
abroad. This has been called evasion.
France has refused to subscribe in this
matter Of finance to the distinction be-
tween the German government and the
German people: It may well be that
the German government is too weak
to impose it's will upon the German
financiers and industrialists. To this
the reply has been that the govern
ment ought at least to try. And that
is what the Wirth government is now
doing. When the German government
has done it's best the obligation resting
upon the allies to recognize hard facts
will only be emphasized.
Senator Borah declared the other
day that America can do nothing to
save Europe until Europe shows the
will to save itself. The argument can
be carried step forward: The allies
will not be induced to +save" Germany
until Germany has shown an intention
to save herself. Given at Berlin an
earnest effort to check imitation, to
balance budgets, to rally all German
interests for the payment of Ger
many's dues, it will be easier for
public opinion to press fer considera-
ton to Germany at Paris and London
New York Evening Post
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

Now is the time for everyone to
cast glance backward over the past
twelve months, take a survey Of the
future, grid up his loins and prepare
to enter upon another lap Of the jour-
ncy. The way may not be altogether
smooth but it is only the weakling who
loses heart. AS Sir William Osler said
in his famous address, "A Way Of
Life" avoid too much retro and intro
spection. Remember the mistakes of
the past only to profit by them, do not
let them interfere with the future.
Shut off the future as tightly as the
past and live in the present only. AL
most any man can handle the affairs
of one day and that is all that is re-
quired Of any of US. So in entering
upon the year 1922 we would do we'll
to remember that each one has ahead
365 new days, 365 opportunities to
play a clean game and make a good
score.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

port himself and family. The grain
surplus of the peasants of the Volga
region was thus wiped out, and when
drouth came there was nothing to fall
back upon.
The bolshevist government has
learned its lesson and no longer takes
from the peasant all of his surplus
grain. It is confessing publicly the
futility of socialism. The lesson ought
not to be lost even on American radi-
Gals who believe that by destroying
private property rights they can i'm
prove the condition Of the masses.
America, "capitalist America" is 60
ing to the rescue Of Russia brought
into the shadow of famine through the
application Of a political end economic
philosophy long advocated by radicals
Of many brands as a remedy for power
ty.-National Republican.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

From our understanding of the new
treaty it does not impose reckless ex-
tended obligations on tie United
States nor does it encroach on our
sovereignty by giving an international
body the right to summon US to war.
We only agree to submit differences
with any Of our associates to conven-
ton Of the four powers. In case of
aggressive action in the Pacific by an
outside power-a very remote con-
tingency-we promise in article 2 to
confer with the other three nations
included in the pact This article 2
follows the lines of the Anglo-Jap-
lanese treaty, but it does not pledge
unconditional assistance as that treaty
did. 1t will have to be decided by con-
gress whether military aid shall be ex-
tended or not.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
AS TO THE BENEFITS.

The editor of the Foley Independent
seems to think that the farmers IN
Stearns and Benton counties are not
deriving any benefits from the road
construction program Of the highway
department. 1t would be most sur
prising if they are not because there
is no question concerning the benefits
the farmers are deriving in adjoining
counties. The Independent asks how
many farmers have been employed in
the construction of the roads. A
large number of men from Mile Laos
and Sherburne counties were employed
during the summer on the Elk River
Zimmerman road. We suppose only a
small per cent of them were farmers
as most of the farmers were busy dur
ing the summer with their own work
and were not seeking employment else
where. This fall a large number OF
farmers have been employed in grad
ing and crawling the roads in Mile
Laos, Isanti and Shcrburne counties.
The Independent also asks If the
roads have improved the marketing
conditions. Last fall scores Of trucks,
loaded with potatoes, made daily trips
between Princeton and Minneapolis.
These trucks in many cases were load
ed directly from the fields. 1t would
seem that this must have been of some
convenience to the farmers who
wished to sell portion of their pota-
to crop Immediately. Of course no
one derives more benefit from the
good roads than the farmer who
drives on them in hauling his produce
to his market town.
Our bus service, such as it is, is
proving to be great convenience to
many of the farmers who live near
the Scenic highway. By taking the
bus instead of the train, they can fire.
quently eliminate a drive of twelve
miles.
No, the men who supported Amend
ment No. 1 have not been embar-
rassed by being obliged to make ex-
cuses for the highway department.
That department has made good.
Neither Mr.. Babcock nor his associates
made promises that they cannot full
fill. 1t has been said that Minnesota
today ranks second among the states
in miles of road built, under construc-
ton or under agreement Tor construc-
ton, in conjunction with federal aid
funds distributed since July l, 1916.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
America and Russia Compared.

America ana Russia compared.
Jane Adams says that the famine
in Russia, considered in connection
with the plenty in the United States is
evidence Of the stupidity of the human
race.
1t is evidence ?of the stupidity of
those who follow after demagogues
and doctrinaires, or submit without re-
sistance to their dictatorship. It is
evidence at the same time of the in
telligence of those who stick to the
fundamentals Of free, stable govern
ment as provided in the American con-
stitution.
That one person should stick his
hand in the fire and get burned is not
evidence of the stupidity of the hu-
man race in general, but only of the
lack of intelligence displayed by the
individual who has: to learn where not
to put his hand by so unintelligent a
method.
The famine in Russia is primarily
due to drouth in the Volga region. The
secondary reason is that the commun-
lst government assumed that it could
seize all the surplus grain raised by
the peasants to feed bureaucratic Of
ficials and soldiers and that the Rus
sian farmer would go on raising a sur
plus. But the peasant, when he saw
that he would not be permitted under
communism to retain that for which
he had labored, simply refused to raise
more grain than was necessary to sup
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

Eugene V."Debs, seditionist, and %
other prisoners, including five soldier
'lifers," have been released from fed
eral prison by order of President
Harding. Is the president suffering
from spasmodic softening of the heart
or is this wholesale pardoning a politi-
cal move? So far as releasing the
five soldiers tried and sentenced by a
court martial for numbering British
officer is concerned, we agree with the
presidents action, but, as to the turn
ing loose of the most radical sedition-
lists upon the country, we take excep-
ton from the viewpoint of an Ameri-
can citizen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
alongside of men as jurors. And they.
will doubtless show as much fairness,
judgment and acumen as male jurors
ever interchangeable Journal.
Torturing the Mother.

The news columns carried an affect
ing story from Detroit the other day
that is worth repeating here in the
hope that it will meet the attention of
someone it might help who missed it
the first time:
A young man, twenty-six years old,
had been brought before a Detroit
court for stealing-the third time
within two years: He was found
guilty and it was discovered, also, that
he was drug addict. When the court
was about to sentence him his mother,
the wife of prominent upstate bank
err, appeared, and asked that she be
given the sentence instead of the son.
~ spoiled him as child, and after
he had grown up," she tearfully told
the court. 81, not he, am to blame and
I should pay the penalty. Let him 60
home with me and I'll keep him there,
try to cure him, and report regularly
in his stead. If fail to do so, you can
give me the sentence you we're about
to impose on him"
The judge accepted the offer, and
mother and son returned home to-
gether.
It is needless to comment on the
tragic pain such an experience must
bring to the loving heart of a mother,
but it is a common one, as all the
world knows. Yet it should make a
still more powerful impression on the
young man involved and every other
son and daughter who is tempted to do
wrong. The real sufferers when chill
dren disgrace themselves are the
mothers. -Duluth Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

A communication has been received
from a stockholdcr of the Mile Laos
County Times, a farmer residing
near Milaca, who does not ap-
pear to be highly plea sed with the
attitude of the Times editor This
editor has frequently asserted that
those who believed he was not giving
satisfaction to his employers, the
stockholders who own the paper,
should attend some Of their meetings
and hear the opinions expressed in re-
gard to the manner in which the paper
is being conducted. If many of the
stockholders share the sentiments of
our correspondent, we do not believe
that even the editor himself would
care to be present at the meetings to
say nothing of inviting some of the
rest of US to witness the fray. The
writer asked US to publish the letter
but we have been obliged to refuse
because we do not wish to see another
miserable libel suit dragged out IN our
county. Such things give the county
too unsavory a reputation and they
are sometimes thoughtlessly brought
on because the average man does not
realize that the truth is oftentimes
libelous. We would suggest however
that the farmers and particularly the
Times stockholders who are not in
sympathy with the editors views voice
their protests at some Of their meet
ings. Just as long as the man who
own the Mile Laos County Times re-
main silent and allow TRADES of the
editor to continue they lend their ap-
prevail to the stand that he takes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

Henry Watterson is dead. He was
known to his friends as 'Marse Henry"
and was the last surviving member of
the old suothern school of journalism.
He was nearly 80 years DID, For the
past few years he had taken no active
part in newspaper work, having re-
tired when his paper, the Louisville
Courier-J Journal, passed into the hands
of Robert w. Bingham. He was 9
democrat, veteran Of the confederate
army in the civil war and fiery weld
er of the pen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
Women on the Grand jury.

1t is no surprise to learn that nine
women have been selected to serve on
the next grand jury Of Hennepin coun-
ty. Women serving as mayors, as
governors, as legislators and as jurors
bear witness to woman's charging
sphere of activity. These nine women
are the first to be selected for grand
jury service in Hennepin county and
they are among the few that have yet
been drawn for grand jury service in
the United States.
IN early Anglo-Saxon times twelve
"thegns" were called to form a iury
of presentment or accusation. Thew
did not. determine the guilt or limo
cence of the accused. They merely
passed on whether there was a. prius
facia case. The modern grand jury has
much the same function, and few OF
our institutions have changed 50 little
as this one has.
The worthy thegns of Clarendon OF
the early judges Of Northampton
would indeed be surprised could they
now see women taking part in the
functioning of this ancient institution
Such thing would not be within thu
scope of their widest imagination
But again the unexpected has come t,
pass as this new field of activity anc
civic duty widens to women.
The grand jury as an institution ha
largely outlived it's usefulness, am
the work of presentment could mucI
better be performed by prosecuting
attorneys it is in some states
But the abolition of the grand jury
would involve considerable readjust
ment in criminal procedure, for which
the legal profession seems to have lit
tie appetite.
The greatest change in this ole
jury we are witnessing today. Thu
panel of progress has put womer
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY DECEMBER %, 1921

While our bank account has not ex-
hibited any tendency to 60 soaring up
to dizzy heights during the past year
we have managed to keep our heads
above water and have been able to
meet all our obligations when due.
For this we are truly thankful and we
wish to express to our friends an ap-
probation of the patronage they have
given us during the past year. We
know of no other paper that receives
more loyal support from it's home
community than does the Union.
Here's wishing everyone Happy New
Year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

Several excellent Christmas editions
appeared among our exchanges two
weeks ago, two of the best Of which
were the Kanabec County Times and
the Bemidji Sentinel. We would like
to congratulate these papers on the
fact their big issues Of December
Is were followed by extra large edi-
tons the following week. The paper
that can bring out two big editions on
successive weeks certainly deserves
mention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

The St. Cloud Journal-Press, as
usual, is correct in stating that Ru-
dolph Lee Of the Long Prairie Leader
could ably represent the Todd Wadena
district in the state senate. Lee is
progressive but not an extremist and a
few men of his type could obtain more
beneficial legislation for the farmers
than all the nonpartisan candidates
that could be herded into forty-acre
field.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

1t is reported that Carver county
farmer who lost $25 found the money
at the bottom of his silo among the
fermenting ensilage. 1t would now be
in order for some mean person to ask
him what he was doing down there.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

dent Harding, he said: II left 1890
men back there and they. all should be
given their liberty. = They are all my
friends" " These twenty-three hum
dred men were convicted of violating
the law, and to turn them all loose
would augment the crime wave, which
is sufficiently vigorous just now. Debs
is a fanatic and that means a mind
not we'll balanced.-St. Cloud Journal
Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

This is the era of inventions and sci
entists have even made the transmits
sion Of sounds and signals for thous-
ands Of miles practicable, but no in
ventor has so far succeeded in discov-
e1ing a means of extracting the cleo
tricity which steals into the newsprint
on press day and impels the feeder to
fill the atmosphere with brimstonious
epithets.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
Can Dispense With His Friends.

O1ft 01oPoHoC V1cN IT'S 1c11US.
Eugene Debs is a man Of kindly
heart and very poor judgment. He got
into prison because he opposed the
government plan Of "making the world
safe for democracy" which was near
enough treason to secure his convic-
ton. When he was released from
prison, through the leniency of Presi-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

Speaking in the interests of prohibi-
ton enforcement, Frank Day advises
every Minnesota editor to attach a
battery to his backbone. In this way,
Frank has probably discovered, man
can get ''juice" with a greater kick in
it than moonshine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

Now comes a writer in the Asia
magazine and tells US that there are
Chinese poets Of eminence. May be,
but our experience IN trying to read
Chinest poems in the original Ian
guage has been that we could never
make two lines rhyme to our satisfac-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

"A casual glance at the trent page Of
last weeks Milaca Times would convey
the impression that the editor of that
paper had been gathered to his fathers.
But upon closer inspection it is clearly
apparent that he had merely placed a
mourning border around a Christmas
greeting.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

AS so-called "heathens" the Chinese
delegates at the arms conference are
doing splendidly. They seem to be the
only foreigners who speak understand
able English.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

Verify times have changed when
3,400 Irish political prisoners are
freed from Jail and not one of them
has reached New York to seek job
on the police force.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
A Recipe.

Sleep is pronounced by doctor as
only a habit. A photograph in the
fiat below will break this habit.-De-
troit News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29

A San Francisco dispatch conveys
the information that the Arbuckle
trial may be delayed Of course. Ar
buckle has the necessary money to de-
lay it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
OPINIONS OF EDITORS
Different Sort of Fighting.

Still there are cynics who keep on
parroting the familiar refrain: "You
can't stop warfare because man is a
fighting animal, and human nature
never changes" Yes, we will fight;
but people who used to fight each other
are beginning to fight armament and
taxes and poverty and ignorance and
disease.-Red Wing Eagle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-29
Sure Thing, O'Brien.

The photographers have been Won
dering what the men of Ireland will
do when they can't fight against Eng
land. See what happened in St. Paul
when Mr.. Gibbons debated with Mr..
O'Dowd with no talking aloud. Don't
worry about the Irish, they'll get
along peaceably even if they have to
fight for it.-Edcn Valley Journal
The New York herald., 1921-09-17

Mrs. George A. Lung and Miss Au-
gusta de Peyster. her sister, who passed
several weeks at Minnewasiis. =. T.. arc
at the Commodore.
The New York herald., 1921-09-17
ALL u. S. TO OBSERVE
CONSTITUTION DAY
Stotcsbtry to Speak in Wall
Street at Noon Meeting.

To-day Is the 13ith anniversary OF
the signing of the Constitution of the
United States and will be observed as
Constitution Day." with special mass
meetings and patriotic exercises through
out the country.
The National Security League has
been largely responsible for this nation
wide celebration. At Its request Gov
ernors or almost all tho States have
issued proclamations calling attention to
Constitution Day and urging Its observ-
ance. Mayors Of cities, large and small
have appointed committees. and thou
sends OF meetings will be held under
auspices OF the Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution and other patriotic
bodies.
In New York there will be q public
meeting at noon on the steps Of the Sub
Treasury. Broad and Wall streets. at
v .lich the principal speaker will be Louis
W. Stotesbury, former Adjutsnt-General
of New York State There also will be
many smaller meetings held by various
civic societies and women's clubs.