Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-06-23
OWNERSHIP COLUMN

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP COLUMN.
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Conducted by the#New Era
Club. Of the town Of Gran
tie, Morrison County, MINI.
The great republican daily, the
Portland oreeonisn, on May 28, 1905.
published the following at the head
Of its editorial columns, and it IL q
deanits statement Of the policy of
that influential old party publication !:
1--WE suppose our country is
"booked" for Socialism. Greed of
speculators is bringing 1t on. Explo.
itation of public utilities bv our first
families hurries 1t forward.
Operators every where are Selling
their opportunity to ''capitalize' the
wants Of the public, in ways to create
great properties and to obtain great
dividends. The people believe that the
only check to these schemes of plutoc-
racy lies In . Socialist movement,
under which the productive forces
may be transformed into socialized
effort.
The Oregonian has not been willing
to see this change. But in the contest
that IL ooming-forced BY the greed
OF capitalism and Of exploitation
1t finds itself compelled to yield to
new conditions In the contest be-
tween greed and privilege on the one
hand, and popular rights on the
other, It will follow the demand Of
the people because it belongs to the
people. It must stand with them
rather than with those who contend
for the dctlons Of privilege and OF
vested rights. It will take its place
In the ranks Of the proletariat and
struggle with and for the proletarist
rather than with or for those who
have adopted tho modern scheme Of
capitalizing the needs Of the multi
tude. and making the multitude pay
dividends on the capitalization.
Everything tends towards this new
division CT alignment It IL empha.
sized BY the demand Of President
Roosevelt for regulation and control Of
tho railroads. Il 10 furthered by
efforts everywhere exerted, and Wit
messed IN Portland az elsewhere today,
to capitalize public functions. and
to turn them TO private profit. for
support Of first families'' In luxury
and idleness. It IL not IN issue which
this newspaper has sought. Gladly.
rather, IL would have avoided or
averted IT. But IL 10 upon % today.
and it challenges attention, and to
morrow and next year ito demands
will be moro imperative still. Tho
astonishing growth Of 1t 10 due to the
inordinxte greed Of . plutocracy which
never viii admit that 1t has had
enough"
When the farmers. several years
ago. to the number Of nearly two
millions, asked the government to
provide public storehouses for their
xrains, pending day Of selling, the
bankers raised q horse laugh at their
ignorance ana stupidity In thin king
that the government was In the bust
ness If furnishing producers with IA
cllitiee for commerce. And now gov
eminent is not only furnishing bonded
warehouse for whiskey, but will keep
it for eight years without the dis
tiller having to pay the revenue on
It, virtually making the distillers q
lean Of 81. Is q gallon for eight years
without interest I am just In receipt
of special Consular Report No. So,
which gives list of warehouses that
are furnished by various nations fol
storage, to the commercial pirates.
But not q store for the farmer or Ia
borer. What fools farmers were tt
think of government doing anything
for them. Government Ia for bankers,
manufacturers and speculators-theI
can get anything they want. The gov
eminent has printed and given to thu
banks. without any interest or ex
pense. $46S. 800, 547. 90 in bank notes
and the banks nov have these loaned
out at from six to twelve per cent In
terest. But to give the working clas
a square deal-that would be just to-
awful for any thing, so 1t would. An<
the band played Yankee Doodle. Ant
the farmers and the workers vote tn
same old TICKET l-Ex.
Report of school In district No. 81
month ending June 9: