Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1909-01-07

The president had his usual sue
cess in exploding "A bomb So that the
whole country would sit up and taxi
notice, in unloading his opening mes
sage To congress And he keeps on
sending messages to the CONSERVATION
OF congressman and politicians. The
dear voting, working class public is
looking on with glcr and feeling the
thrill Of admiration course through it's
veins at the way its tin hero is defend
ing truth and right" The probabili-
ties are that the entire incident is "A
grand stand play To gice another coat
of idolatry To the valiant Teddy, and
leave the popular mind in splendid
shape for his candidacy four years
from now.
These popular tricks To fool the
working class are as old and hoarl
as the hills, but they will probably
work for some time to come. oil,
Huntington, the railroad magnat"
California, was accustomed Ia work a
similar game whenever his slaves got
rcstiyr. lie would Instruct his sup
erintcndent To lower wages. The men
would come with complaints To hin
when ne would state vrhemcntly that
the cut was made without his knowl-
edge, and II the wages Of the men
were cut the wages of the supcrin-
trndrnt should be- cut accordingly
This of course would give tn" old
labor skinner great boom among
the men and they would be talking of
how Huntington was for the working
men.
Taxation Reduced.
Teddy. acting ais the agent uf th'
government. which is committee
OF the capitalist class, boasts that hr
has reduced taxation and government
interest. As the working class do not
pay the taxes, and. as in govern
mint by and for the workers, taxes
would br increased So as To provide
better social conditions for the work
ers, this showing Is anc that appeals
only to the pocket books Of the prop
crticd class.
Good God aud Good Devil.
Under the caption at corporations
the presidents attempts his usual diff
ficult gymnastic feat of riding two
horses. He wants corporations To-
control and n" don't He wants
trusts but h. wants them Ia h" good.
He wants to regulate them; ana h"
still naiy"B prrt"nds that business
men arr going to practice puhhclty
i'm their transactions Theodore, th'
strenuous, wants regulation all right.
but hr is much embarrassed as to
Nlt'If iil' To- litAAl'i EAi''ih ~ 49, A'
end. To control aud not to control
1T is hard To- say whether most dam
age Ia the country at large would
com, from entire failure on the part
of the public to supervise and control
thr actions of the great corporations.
ar from the ,NrTCis of thu necessary
governmental power in "A way which
would do injustice and wrong Ia the
corporations Both the preachers nt
an unrestricted indiNidunlism, and thr
preachers of am oppression which
would deny to abb" men of business
th,. lust reward at their initlatiN"
and business saEucity. are agitating
poIicirs that would 10" lraught WIN
the graycst harm to the whnl" c"un-
try"
That there is an economic law that
governs the development oi business
enterprise the strenuous ilnr never
dreams IIr is tn" regulator nI
ucsnic laws lik" unto Der Kaiser
und Gott.'
Zig stick for So'iaIismh
The spirit of drmagugN' is given %
ran for it's attacks committed nn ''m'h
Of wealth" he continually hurps ON
tn. equality" of rich and ppr, on
I\inus of the fact that tn rloh ar,
rich hrca,lsr they have robbed ana
b,at,n the poor. TIL" rNrCutiNr drsl =
uat,s the anarchist" which is ms
fn\nritr term Tor Socialist. as IN"
worst enemy or liberty. "" says