Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-02-21

| convention of the unemployed, to be
held in, that city, the purpose being
| to compel congress to do something
| for their relief. This convention will
| be held in March, and every city of
more than 100000 population will be
asked to send delegates. Among those
Invited is General Coxey who led
host to Washington in 1893 Arrange
ments are to be made at the conven-
ton for an overland trip to Washing
ton. So we can have Coxey once more
and the march to Washington once
more. Whether Coxey will be in COM
mand is not yet known. Even if he
Is not, history will have repeated itself
with considerable accuracy. But per-
haps by March the occasion for any
such demonstration will have vanished
Hardly day passes now without an
| announcement of resumption Of work
somewhere. Under Cleveland date,
one of this mornings associated press
dispatches brings word that "between
5000 and 5000 men returned to work
at the Lorraine plant of the National
Tube company today" The plant has
been closed down for several months.
l-Minot Reporter.
Some of the state papers are trying
to belittle Hansbrough for his efforts
in seeking an investigation of the
| Harvester trust with view toward
having it dissolved, but their efforts
| will be in vain. Whether they are for
| or against the Senator it is only fair
| to give him the credit due him, and
his action relative to the Harvester
trust SHOULD be appreciated by every
farmer who is now compelled to pay
$3.50 for a birder.-Edmore Herald.
News.
The Herald and Times of Grand
Forks are having a great time trying
to tell the people what the real OBJ
ject of Hansbrough was, when he he
Gently introduced a resolution request
Ing the department of commerce to de-
sist their work of investigating the
harvester trust, in order that the de-
partment of justice could go ahead
with their work on the same case,
We are not fully aware as to whether
| the Investigation of one department of
our government would interfere in any
way with the investigation of any 9TH,
er department., unless one department.
might hesitate in their action for fear
OF disclosing some testimony which
! might hinder the work of the other,
but we do know that any investigation,
by whatever department., that will
mean the lessening of the price of
harvesting machinery to our farmers,
will be one of the greatest blessings
we could receive, and one which every
individual in North Dakota. should
thoroughly appreciate. It is a mfys-
| terry to everyone why 1t is, that when
number of companies join together
in trust for the purpose of lessening
the cost of operation and general ex-
pense, that this should be reason
for raising the price of their products,
and their arguments would have more
reason, if the the prices we're. reduced
iinstead.-Pierce County Tribune.
This is a strange world, especially
the political end of it, For years the
newspapers have been railing at the
trusts, but not until Senator Hans
brough, about year ago, got after the
harvester monopoly was anything done
in North Dakota against this combina,
ton. 1t was the privilege of the Grand
Forks Herald man or the Bismarck
Tribune man or anyone else to have
called the attention Of the government
to the injurious workings of the har.
vester trust, but it seems that neither
Winship or Jewell had time to thus
protect the public interest. What was
Little, McKenzie's candidate for the
! Senate, doing all of this time? He
|, was member of the legislature fol
many years. He could have passed a
resolution, as was done in Texas, in
, structing the attorney general to take
J, proceedings against the trust, but he
, did not do so. 4 And now that Senate,
, Hansbrough Is pushing the prosecution
of the trust Winships paper, the Her
} aid, and Little's paper, the Bismarck
, Tribune, are both defending the trus
and trying to ridicule the Senator.
Washburn Leader. n. IT. II q: ':.5& ;,
In it's attempt to throw conturnel!
at Senator Hansbrough, the : Crane
Forks Herald is grayely and deliber
: ately taking the side of the creates
r trust--so far as the farmers of thi
J state are conc rned---in this country
{ The Harvester trust is doing more tt
suck the life blood from the farna