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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31

" on human nature, but on social or
community organization, which does
not function, cannot function, alto
gcthcr free from politics.
Private ownership Of national or
community utilities has defects
enough, to remedy which even in part
requires constant public vigilance and
censorship. But private ownership
has personal interest in efficient
management, because such is indis-
pensable to earning a profit on the
investment. Eliminate private owner
ship and you eliminate the incentive
to official management, because man
agemcnt that takes care of the politi-
cal interests involved can afford to be
careless Of what alone is incident to
efficiency and indicative of the same,
namely, an earned profit.
Government ownership Of :ny sort
is under no particular necessity Of
earning anything. It will make natur-
ally but a feeble attempt to do so, and
will be usually content with breaking
even as does the postofficc. Unhappily
in this world of human affairs break
ing even isn't enough. The economic
law is that a fair profit must be earned
if for no other reason than to secure
efficiency. What doesn't pay isn't eff
ficient. Fair earnings reflect good
service. ..-
And the victims of inefficiency who
fell the injury most are the operators
of the service, in this particular in
stance the Seattle motormen, conduc
tors, mechanics, as we'll as the mana
gers and supervisors.
We have a railroad problem that il
most exigent. It has, become so in
volved by years that perhaps it is .
Gordian knot. The sword to cut i
is not, however, government ownership
and operation. The cure is soun'
finance, efficient management, loya
service, all Of which together canno
restore the railroads in jiffy to VIVA
they ought to be and what the coun
try needs. They are the right RENE
dies, nevertheless, and if honestly an
courageously utilized they will surel,
work the cure"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
FARMERS RESPOND
Sixteen County Associations Respond
tn Call of Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation.
One Thousand of Eur0pe's Starving
People to Be Saved With 80 Car
loads of Minnesota Corn.

St. Paul, March 3l.-More IMAM
1000 lives will be saved by Minnesota
farmers, on the basis of relief corn
pledges already received by the Mime
sofa Farm Bureau federation and its
county organizations.
Offers from IS county farm bu-
rcaus, aggregating nearly 80 carloads
of corn, already have come in, and
Is more counties are at work to in
crease the states shipments, fedora
ton officers announced today. The
first Minnesota corn, donated by far
mers in the nationwide famine relief
movement launched by the American
Farm Bureau federation, already is on
the way to Europe. Nicollct and Big
Stone county farmers were the first
in the state to get their gift corn load
ed into cars furnished free by the rail-
roads.
The 16 counties which already have
reported their relief drives we'll under
way probably will contribute 10000
bushels, the state federation csti-
mates.
Pipestone county leads the state in
the size Of it's offer. The county bu-
reau there is planning to load six car
loads The Stcarns county farm bu-
reau has set out to raise $500 in cash,
to buy corn in some other county with
surplus crop, and Meeker county also
is considering collecting cash. Blue
Earth's bureau has sent out call to
every farmer to give five bushels;
Lyon county expects to ship three
cars; Martin county plans to load two
or more; LIE Sueur county expects
two.
The corn relief appeal will be car
ried to thousands Of Minnesotans
from the pulpit within the next two
weeks. The state federation today
sent out call to every county bureau
in the state to urge every minister in
the county to tell his congregation
how Minnesota farmers are saving
lives in famine zones of Europe, Asia
Minor and China. Mobiles county was
the first to appeal to it's ministers te
call on their followers to help swell
that county's gifts on three county
wide "Corn Relief Days." March 81
and April and 2.
Giant posters, nailed to the sides O.
the corn relief cars, are carrying tn
names Of the county farm bureaus tina
have donated grain, to the seaport
and terminals.
1--WE must act quickly" said an ap
peal sent out by the Minnesota Farm
Bureau federation today. "Thousand
are dying. Only the gifts of gener
Gus Americans can save them. A sec
ond urgent call has come from tn
Polish legation, seconded by the Amer
lean Farm Bureau federation. Ever
day adds to the list of women and chill
dren dead of lingering starvation
This is the first nationwide appeal eve
made direct to the farmers thcmselve!
They have a chance to set reccr
that will astonish the world. The
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
Wherein Public Ownership Fails.


The leaders of the street car unions
in Seattle declare thcir discnchant-
ment with municipal ownership, and,
were it feasible, would prefer the re-
turn of the city's lines to corporate
ownership. They lay their finger on
the difficulty that has vitiatcd all their
hopes for municipal ownership. The
trouble is, in one wcrd,~ politics. The
commissioners who administered the
municipality owned and operated lines
ought not, and theoretically do not,
owe their selection to politics, but
actually politics enters into their Sc
lection or determines it. So cay the
labor union leaders, WHO believe there
is no possible way to eliminate the
political factor.
AS a consequence municipal owner
ship is proving satisfactory neither tc
the car mHn nor to the public of the
Puget Sound metropolis. And Seat.
tie citizens who have the city's future
at heart fear that municipal Ownership
is going to damage the city's develop
mcnt materially. Certainly develop
ment will be retarded, albeit Seattle
is so f:,vorably, even strategically
situated to become the great Pacif
seaport.
The political factor in any form O
governmental ownership is one tina
cannot be eliminated by any provision
no matter how we'll devised. Popula
election as the mode Of selecting com
missioners or directors or manager
docs not serve. Indeed it would b
more consultative of the political fac
tor than selection by appointment
The impossibility is founded not mere
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
For the Farmer.

A temporary tariff enacted in the
interest of the American farmer may
or may not really help the farmer
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
CHANGES In NEW M|ssAL

The following changes are said to
be noted in the revised Missal now on
sale by many publishers:
1. All rubrics have been revised.
2. In about sixty Masses in honor
of Saints rubrics were added so as to
facilitate their use as "Votive
Masses
8. The text of the "Secreta" and
"Postcommunio" was entirely chang
ed in about twenty Masses.
4. In a number of Feasts the Cos
pei was changed.
5. In several other Feasts the
Epistle was changed
6. The Common of Saints was re-
arranged.
Z. A new Common for Feasts of the
B. v. M. was added.
8. The list of Votive Masses con-
tains eliminations as we'll as addi-
tions.
9. The Appendix "Missae Pro Ali
quibus Locis" contains five new
Masses and new special Common of
Saints.
These represent the important
changes, but there are also other
minor changes. All in all, the new
Missal is very different from the cd.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26

A woman of S3, who has for
thirty years been a reader of a
Protestant weekly, testifies: 81
united with the Presbyterian
church one Sabbath day, and the
next Sabbath they gave me a class
of boys at Sabbath school, and ]
have taught fifty-fve years, and
have had charge of the ladies' mis-
sionary society for twenty-seven
years. When l first took my class
of boys | lived between three and
four miles from the church. My
mother and l lived on a farm, and
| had no other way but to walk
But / went. 1t took quite a stormy
day to keep me away, etc. - The
editor comments: That the
kind Of church member you dis.
cover when you get acquainted
with folks who read a paper like
The Interior and The Continent
year after year. You may say
that among the readers of all de.
nominational papers are found the
live wires Of the laity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26

'Fanatical preachers and I'M
principled politicians have made
bigotry in Alabama a blood condi
ton, says a writer down there
In one district, 5000 miles square
there are only 100 Catholics
Every door was closed to the re
ligious garb and the only way the
Word of God could be got in edge
wise was through lay catechists
Men like Tom Watson and Broth
er Hocken tell us that Catholicity
thrives on ignorance. If such ar
guments meant anything, Ala
bama would be the most enlight
ened place in the world, observes
the Cincinnati Telegraph. We
ought to tell some of the bigots
once in while to go to Alabama
the state of light and learning
with 100 Catholics to 5000 square
miles.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26

tobacco, even if his soul be rotten
with putrid vice. Personal lib
erty'' shall apply to all forms OF
evil and sensuality, but woe be-
tide the man who claims it for
those things "that go into the
mouth. =
Presumably when. the reform
ers have had their fling America
will be an earthly paradise-with
the Eden style Of dress prevail
ing. There shall be no amuse-
ments, happiness or JOY left to
the sanctified citizen, except that
which may flow from a warped
soul and a hypocritical air OF
sanctimonious aloofness. Nothing,
in fact, will remain to spread con-
tagion in this man-made Garden
of Eden: nothing, that is, except
such trifes as divorce-tandem or
straight blighted hearts, shat
tered homes, orphaned offspring,
and, scattered throughout the
landscape, the wreckage Of the
sixth commandment.
But Western Washington, Z. S.
A., shall not have tobacco.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26

While Protestant ministers are
continually complaining of vacant
pews and diminishing congrega-
tons, our Catholic Churches every
where are crowded with devout
worshippers, says the Southern
Messenger. How is this difference
to be accounted for? Not as some
noh-C Catholics suppose, by the at
fractions of good music and 9gor-
geous ritual, for the services of
the early morning hours, with sim.
pie ceremonial and no music, at,
tract, as rule, even larger con
gregations than do the more sol.
emn and imposing functions. The
real secret Of the crowded Catho.
lie Churches on Sunday is the liv,
ing faith of the Catholic people
just as the lack Of supernatural
faith is the explanation Of the va.
cant pews in most Of the Protes.
tant churches.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
10000 COMMuM!0NS
GRAND RAPIDS MEN TO PRESENT
DOCUMENT TO POPE.

Growing out of the present mem
bership drive for the Holy Name so
ciety in Grand Rapids, Mich, diocese,
leaders of the plan have formulated a
plan for presenting the Holy Father,
Pope Benedict XIV, with a unique and
valuable spiritual gift, the offering to
be carried to Rome by Bishop ED.
Kelly on his forthcoming visit to the
Holy City.
The gift will consist of parchment
on which will be inscribed the names
of 10000 men of the Grand Rapids
diocese, members of the society, to-
gether with the statement that, that
number received Holy Communion on
single day in one diocese of the
United States.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
TO MAKE AMERICA PERFECT

Dispatches in the daily press
announce that the w. C. T. u.
plans to make Western Washing
ton tobaccoless. Not only will
the elusive cigaret be twirled no
more by the graceless youth of
that benighted region, but the
western part Of the state will be
famed only by the breezes from
old Ocean without the pestiferous
intermingling of hated tobacco
smoke from the polluted lips of
Lady Nicotine's deluded follow
ers. Verify, Western Washington
is near the millennium in the
struggle for sanctifcation.
What strikes the rank outsider
as strange and mystifying is the
fact that such reformers, of both
sexes and all ages, place their
confidence in the elimination of
purely accidentals in the tragic
drama of life. A vast amount of
energy is burned up, quantities OF
valuable. money are thrown into
the game, organizations go forth
to conquer and the public con,
science is stirred to unwonted
depths In order that citizens may
be deprived of those things which
a certain coterie of self-appointed
puritans declares shall no longer
exist.
To a mere pagan who does
not believe in such reforms il
seems that they are, like the race
horse mentioned by the great
Doctor of Hoppe, 8 going mile 8
minute-but in the wrong direc
ton They are bent on ignor
ing the beams in the eye they
would cleanse and are determined
to search out the gnat: a mans
lips shall not be stained by fou
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
CONVENTION DATES

Plans for many important Catholic
be held this year are now being made.
The most important Catholic gath
ering of the year, the annual meeting
of the bishops, will be held in Wash
ington in September. The National
Council of Catholic Women will meet
in October at place still to be de-
cided.
Among the convention dates and
places that have been definitely de-
cided are
June 17-20-Catholic Educational
Association at Cincinnati.
June 21-24-Catholic Hospital Asso-
citation, st. Paul, Mimi.
July 12-Ladies Catholic Benevo-
lent Association at Atlantic City.
July 17-21-Ancient Order of Hi
bernians and Ladies' Auxiliary at De-
troit
August 2-4-Knights of Columbus
at San Francisco.
August 7-10-Central Verein at
Fort Wayne, Ind.
August 1S-21-Catholic Students
Mission Crusade at Dayton, Ohio.
September 20-24-National Confer
ence of Catholic Charities at Milwau-
kee
October 2-4-National Congress of
the Third Order of st. Francis at Chi
cago.
The annual convention of fUnion
st. Jean Baptiste de la Sale, the
Catholic Franco-American fraternal
organizations, will probably be held in
Worcester, Mass. The American
Catholic Historical Association will
meet in st. Louis in the last week of
December.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
Senator Penrose of Pennsylva-

Senator Penrose Of Pennsylva-
MIA may not have a very high rep
utation as a politician; but his
ideas ON education seem to be
sound. In answering an inquiry
from Father Will w. Whalen on
the Smith Towner bill, he writes
II am strongly against such legis-
lation from every standpoint.
These matters are not legitimate
questions for regulation by the
Federal Government. | believe it
(the Smith Towner billy is merely
another step in the direction of
needless extravaganza and abuse,
with the Incidental creation of use
less Offices. | do not !.
believe that any measure of this
kind will ever become a law, if the
opponents thereof be sufficiently
vigilant. There s the point, "suf-
ficiently vigilant. y
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
TO HELP IRISH
PLAN AID FOR A HELPLESS PEo-
PIE - AMERICAN COMMITTEE
FOR RELIEF IN IRELAND AL
READY HAS SHOWN RESULTS.

Captain j. F. Lucey, former assO
ciate of Herbert Hoover in war relief
and the. Food Administration, has ac-
copied the national dictatorship of the
campaign, for $10,240,000, which the
American Committee for Relief in Ire
land launched on st. Patrick's Day.
Il have agreed to forfeit my bust
ness interests for while and see this
thing through" Captain Lucey said,
because, after thorough investigation
of the committees organization and
methods, find it to be utterly without
political significance or purpose, de-
signed wholly to meet an appalling
condition of need among helpless
women and children Under those
ter. 1t is privilege of America and
Americans to be drafted where there
is distress dependent on our help.
Everybody who wants to can cas-
lily check the fact that the committee,
out of the funds already raised, has
sent relief alike into Belfast and Cork.
The only platform on which it's eff
| forts can honestly be opposed is a
brutal willingness for Irish women
and children to suffer unspeakably
The British government, as far as we
are informed, has expressed no
shadow of disapproval of the Quaker
unit now in Ireland"
Subcommittee have been effected
in thirty-six states, Director Lucey an
nounced, and he predicted that St.
Patrick's Day would mark the begin
ming of a generous flow of money to
the committee.
There are children in Ireland today
| just as hungry as those Mr. Hoover
feeds in Central and Southeastern
Europe" he said. 1--WE appeal to
every American on the broad basis
of appalling need
Two more states have voluntarily
raised their own quotas. Texas
doubled hers, while Kansas lifted hers
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
CENTRAL-vERE|N
WILL CONVENE IN FORT WAYNE
NEXT AUGUST.

Plans are being made for the sixty
fifth annual convention of the Catholic
Central Society which will be held in
Fort Wayne, Indiana, August Z to 10
The Apostolic Delegate, Most Rev
John Bonzano, has accepted an ihvi
tation to pontifcate at the Mass which
will open the convention, and will
also address the mass meeting He
will be the guest of Rt. Rev. Bishop
Alerding. Among other notables who
are expected to attend are Archbish
ops Mundelein and Messmer, Bishops
Muldoon, Schrembs, Althoff and Kou
delka, and probably other members
of the hierarchy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
FRANCE TO AMERICA
MARSHAL LYAUTEY CABLES FE,
LIcITATIoNS TO X. OF c.

Governor-General Lyautey Of Moroc-
CO, one of the three newly created mar
shals of France, cabled Supreme
Knight James A. Flaherty of the
knights of Columbus:
I'm this crucial time" his message
reads, I'VE Frenchmen know that in
America are our friends whose genu-
inc affection for France strengthens
us. The pilgrimage of the Knights of
Columbus to France was a pledge of
friendship that we shall always cher
ish. l wish your country under Pres
ident Harding continued prosperity
and increasing power"
Marshal Lyautey appended request
for particulars concerning K. of c.
educational work for former service
men. The introduction of similar
work in France is contemplated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
CHURCH LOSES SUIT
FRENCH COURT OF APPEAL
TURNS OVER FORMER BENEDIc.
TINE PROPERTY TO LAYMEN.

An important decree has just been
handed down in Orleans, France, by
the Court of Appeals, which hands
over to seculars church property. The
property in question is that formerly
belonging to the Benedictines, and sit
uated on the Rue Monsieur in Paris
The decree of the Orleans Court re-
verses that delivered by the Seine tri.
bunal, and by it's findings this proper.
ty is to be given back into secular
hands. One-half of this property
whether in cash or in real estate, is
to be handed over to the representa-
tives of the Duke of Charities. The
other part is to be divided between the
heirs of the Rohan and Verna families
This court has also awarded costs
of the case against the Paris tribunal.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
TO CURB DIVORCE
Ohio LAWS MAY BE MADE MORE
DRASTIC.
(By N. C. w. C. News Service.)

(By N. C. w. C. News Service.)
Drastic changes in the divorce laws
of Ohio, designed to Illustrate collu-
sion, quick change" re-marriage, and
to encourage reconciliation, are con-
templated in a bill introduced in the
Ohio legislature by Representative
Houston T. Robins, of Ross County.
The bill provides that the court, at
it's discretion, may appoint an attor-
ney for the defense, where the de-
PENDANT fails to appear or to reply to
the petition. This would preclude in
great measure DEGREES by pre-ar.
ranged default. Another provision
empowers the judge to defer handing
down his decree for ninety days after
hearing, with view to allowing the
| parties involved to reconcile their diff
ferences. This, in Robins view, fire.
quently can be done.
Judges would also be authorized tC
forbid re-marriage for six months
after issuance of the decree.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
CIR Upirn Hay.
By Danirl e. Dnrat,.

CA garden Golgotha A centurion and soldiers)
Centurion 1880. Tis dawn.
........ Ave. dawn. See now the hills are grey
And up the valley morning softly steals.
Bethnk ye day
Soldier There is here but
Centurion . A plague upon these cursed Jews
That kill and bid guard his
Soldier PLATE who
Centurion .... A coward mothers womb
Soldier $3.50. softly this?
Centurion ..... clad
raiment soft and white
AS morning light.
Soldier .......Aye three. What seek they here?
The earth quakes There is clash of changing swords
the tomb is rolled aside
mother OF James, salome rushing the
the centurion soldiers fee)
These things accomplished He said,
Why the living with the dead?
Mary Magda1en .Spikenard spices bring
the body of the King
Sa1ome ..... how he is
Wherein they wrapped the body crucfed.
they stole the body the
Angel ......... Woman, why thou?
dostk lie S away
Answer me- Tell me- This alone pray
Jesus, a gardener, stands by Mary Magdaen)
Jesus Woman, why weepes thou?
Whom seekest thou?
Mary Magdazeu Three days ago they my
Now hey havet know not
If thou woulds wipe these tears from out mine eyes
Then tell me, if thou knowest where He lies
When I was passing through Bethanas street.
bitter-sick
Isawh i'm leave he dandw
Seeking silent
His mine what
My fright
o
before
sought
He was Within
m and world my
l crossed threshold, a
Bathed them with
And while the did rudey
I dried them with
I m
~oass spkenard and precious oil 1 bring with
To His body tenderly,
If thou hast hidden him, pray,
And l will
Mary!
Mary .Rabboni!
(She al feet0
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
TO HONOR ISABELLA
MEXICO CITY PROPOSES SHAFT
TO COLUMBUS FRIEND.

A monument dedicated to Queen Is
abella of Spain, who materially aided
Christopher Columbus in his search
for new world, may be erected in
Mexico City. The movement was
launched at recent banquet of bank
ers and merchants.
A similar monument to fernando
Cortez, the intrepid Spaniard who
conquered Mexico from the Aztecs
was suggested, but the idea was not
enthusiastically received.
1t is hoped to unveil the monument
to the Queen at the time of the cen
tenary of Mexico's independence next
year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
A COMMUNITY CENTER
SIOUX CITY TO HAVE CATHOLIC
WELFARE SOCIETY.

Need for the establishment of Cath.
Ollie Community Centers and Social
Clubs was discussed at a meeting OF
the Iowa state officers and other Of
ficials of the Knights of Columbus
held in Sioux City Sunday, March IL.
Rt. Rev. Edmond Heelan, bishop of
the Sioux City diocese, was present.
He congratulated the Knights on their
past achievements and outlined the
field for continued good work. A Cath
olic community center for Sioux City
is one of the things the bishop said
he hoped would be reality before
long. 81
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26

England may tyrannize over a
small nation, but it cannot over a
large nationality. Speaking of
this and of danger to his own
home, Chesterton recently said
She is dealing with a nationality
that often threatens, even numeri-
cally, to dominate all the other
nationalities Of the United States.
The Irish are not decaying; they
are not impractical; they are
scarcely even scattered; they are
not even poor. They are the most
powerful and practical world COM
bination with whom we can de-
eide to be friends or foes; and
. + Il ?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26

The death of "B. l.. t." Bert
Lesion Taylor, in Chicago last
week, removes one of America s
foremost humorists. For a quar-
ter of a century he has helped
along the gaiety of the nation in a
clean, wholesome manner, and has
always mingled wit and humor
with keen, classic but kindly crit
icism. 1t is doubtful if another
equally endowed will be found to
fill his particular place.