The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22

Rogers. Next, perhaps, N Nor
gan, whose name is suggestive Of the
pirate who ravaged the Spanish main.
but being more gifted in that line of
activity, he encompassed greater
aquatic enterprises in the watered
stock OF the happily named steel
trust. and the ship building trust, for
which latter his mar Friday, Schwab.
stood the odium.
Through the filthy waters of that
achievement bobbed up little SNUG,
dapper Carnegie, who is without
doubt the most reputable of the rank
Pitts burg lot. 1t is hardly commend.
able that with his Guestionab able gains
he is striving to buy earthly immor'
tally by the bestowal of libraries
with a string to them and his name
inscribed over the door. There can
be 20 doubt that the acceptance OF
gifts by municipalities from egotists
who have amassed countless millions
by immoral business practices, such
as have been followed by the Rookie
teller and Morgan gangs, lowers the
I-standard OF communities and tends to
debase the nation. Legislative action
legalizing the re.appropriation OF the
immense sums that have come into the
hands OF such men would seem to be
the proper course to pursue.
Then we have Hartman, the saud-
Dagger, who until recently has man.
aged to keep as dark as his deeds.
but the president has turned his lime.
light upon him too, and he is found
to be the most successful OF the rail.
way robbers, not in the dashing style
OF our Currys, but through the
iugglery OF high finance.
But let US not forget our own great
man, the discoverer of the northwest.
father Of the railway merger, philan-
thropist Of his own pocket, inventor
of the odious tonnage system whereby
poor service is assured. He too, has no
use for the president, and it Is obvious
that be don't care for the people fur
Their than as a means to serve hie
%mercenary ends. Being more loqua'
cious than the average Of corporation
magnates, he openly deplores the fac,
that the public has lost confidence ir
their schemes. and that they are grow
ing wary about buying watered rail
way stocks.
;. Since thelyear 1902 there has beer
an unnatural combination against the
%stockmen. In an era of abunda an
harvests and of uncommon industria
activity which has caused an advance
in wages and in the price of all com
= modities, the cattle business is the ON
pursuit that % only has failed Il
participate but has been q kind o
s%capegoat for all that is discouragine
y, to fall upon.
y 1t is not enough that nature inflicted
. US with three consecutive seasons Q
drouth, which was followed by the mos
9 destructive winter that ever was know
a in northern Montana. One genera
~ s,ocky ards strike, and other strike
9 that threatened, had a most disas
trous effect. The beef trust keeps u
, its high price to withou
paying adequately for the cattle o
O hoof, and even that parent of u
all, the federal government, in val
ious ways unnecessarily adds to tn
y trouble and expense of the stockme
in their hard and hazardous business
: All duringlthis period OF prosperit
the cattlemen have been going dow
hill. They have been prosecuted o
every hand, and the too paternal re
q gulations OF the government have bee
= the worst of all.
The agricultural class to which tn
stockmen belongsdo the most OF tn
!, hard, rough work of the world. B
their toll all mankind is fed. The ii
dispensable stocktender and the pillow
man are derided by gilded society
!, which worships these INHALED Grim
y nails, the exponents of high inanct
= styled captains OF industry, VIII
would, il unrestrained, absorb all tn
4 land and the products thereof, and r.
= duce the people to legal servitude. Blu
the worm is turning, and an enlightene
!, sentiment is growing which will r.
suit in the people taking possessio
OF their own in a banner that will NJ
be dictated by their despoilers.
y For Dry Farming Experiments.