Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-07-19

We idl hlSlo dlN ilNN dhNl
ent twice a year, and those couple
of times | speak of, are the 4th OF
July, and November 8, or election
day as the case may be, most gen
eraly on Nov 8. Then is the time
the candidates feel the most inter
ested in the farmers welfare, and
more especially the men who are
running for legislature, also if there
is to be a multi-millionaire to be
elected to the United States senate.
Then is the time there is so much
talk of favorable legislation for the
farmers. Then is the time when
the bottle that is labeled old Bour-
bon, and the Havana two for five,
makes their appearance. Give the
old hayseed a few shots from old
Bourbon, then the favorable legis-
lation talk starts especially if old hay
seed complains there is something
wrong.
Just be patient" says the man
that is giving out the bait, and the
bait has worked to the queens taste
for long time. But that kind OF
bait is getting somewhat stale to old
hay seed, and he has commenced to
scent there is something wrong.
But the men that have been doing
the mixing of the political grease for
the friends of the farmer so they
can slip through easy, have been
used too long. So they have COM
menced to devise some other scheme,
and that scheme is worked this way
The friend of the farmer goes and
talks to his friend the holder
that holds the farmer to the track,
then the man that holds the med
icine box just notifies Mr.. Hay
seed to take his medicine, and
then the thing is done. But there
will be an explosion one of these
days in the near future. According
to statistics there will not be many
more years at the present rate for
the farmer to call himself free and
independent. Out of total OF
5,73o,6s7 there is but S,74S, Gas
that are unincumbered. This is for
the years 1899 to 1900 inclusive.
AT that rate it won't take long to
make the tiller of the soil. till free
of toll; as a rule the toll taker has
been the man that collected toll in
the form of money, before he as
sumes, the duties of toll taker, to
have nearly paid the principle of the
debt, and it seems the farmer will
still vote the toll system, of giving
up a part of what they create by
their toll, to a class, that never dc
anything to fill up the store house,
for the public good of all. | mean
the store house that the public fill:
for the toll takers. How long do
you think it would take to vote your,
selves out of the present state, if We
keep on voting as majority have
done for the last 40 years? Say!
one, you cannot vote it right. Wei
what are we voting for thenp Yor
are certainly voting to accomplish
something, are you not1 Yes, says
one; we'll do you think if you keeI
voting the toll system you are &C
complishing anything by your vote
Why not vote a system that gives
you all you produce, minus what il
takes to replenish the wear and tea
of the machinery of scientific sys
temp That system would be for al
the people in common, and not
few as now. Says one, who woulo
do the dirty work. There would b'
no dirty work under Social sys
temp The work would be done will
scientific made machinery that woulc
not require any filth to be handled
by the hands. For illustration
there is a machine made for clean
ing the streets where there is prac
tally no dust. Also a machin,
made to clean dwelling house o
dust, that the one that operates the
machine does not get any more dus