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CORRUPTION THE CHILD OF PRIV
ILEGE.


If the tariff is the mother of the
trusts, corruption is the child of spe-
cial privilege.
This is historical truth, though the
status of the corruption has gradual
ly shifted with the decay of personal
and increase of popular government
So much the worse for the nations,
because the corruption that used to be
limited to rulers and their satellites
now spreads through the whole body
of the people.
In olden times kings sold monopol-
les and spent the money in war and
luxury. The people suffered the op-
preston of monopolies, but escaped
| the corruption of receiving back in
brides fraction of what they paid in
tribute. ..
Under popular government special
privileges are still bought and sold,
through which all the people are. op-
pressed with monopoly prices to en-
rich the few. They are so much worse
off than the former subjects of IRE
/ sponsible despots that just enough of
the price of their betrayal is returned
to them in the form of brides to under
mine their manhood and faint their
citizenship
The whole tariff deal is a decker in
the artificial prices of domestic mon
opoly by which the common people
think they are getting an advantage
in prices and wages at the expense of
foreigners, while the enjoyers of spe.
cial privilege know that they are get
j ting an unjust benefit at the expense
of all the people.
! This continual debasement of moral
! standards cannot go on without cor
rupting all the people in their business
and political relations. Business and
political graft are the fruit of educa
ton in the school of privilege.
Commercial. dishonesty and socia,
degration are greatest in the centers
o fwealth and industry built up or
monopoly, and political corruption IL
deepest under the shadow Of states
men sworn to the service of specia
privilege.
It is simple logic that the rottenes
political cesspool opened in the whole
country should be the district repre-
sented in congress by Speaker Can
non.-Minneapolis Tribune. &
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FARMERS AND DRY TOWNS,
! (Albert Lea Enterprise y

SGAS' F.,
Farmers in this section Of the state
at least are rapidly disproving the
slur$ which has been cast upon them
by the liquor interests, that they will
not trade in a town where saloons
have been voted out. The latest evil
dence Of this has been given at Vase
ca, where between 200 and 300 farm
ers signed a petition asking that the
voters Of the city vote out the saloons
the coming year. The fact of the mat
ter is that the majority of the farmers
in most communities would rather do
their trading in towns where there are
no open saloons, where they can 60 or
send their sons and feel that there is
no temptation for them 49,.
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deeds, In order that they might stand
for the emancipation OF this commune
ty from the nominations Of Crime.
Let there be no personal triumph
In this: but rather feeling Of person
al regret. :, ! %%
Ts*1 It is the matter Of realization of
a power of the people in which we
should rejoice. We know now that
no cause is hopeless when it is right
We know that there is something to
which we can appeal when justice is
thwarted. We know that nothing Is
settled until it is settled right; and
we know that in the hearts of the
people of this state reposes spirit of
justice which only needs to be chal-
lenged by glazing injustice to burst
into life and action. Touch the deep
seated and inherent sense of justice in
our people and no power is strong
enough to withstand it; thwart JUS
tice and over night power will rise
I to crush justice.
What a source of strength to men
who desire the right. What q power
Ito nerve the arm of the man who be-
lieves in the ultimate triumph of JUS
tice. What a revelation of justice
What revelation to the trespasser on
public rights to have his deeds laid
bare and the light of day flooded upon
his record before the eyes of his fell
low men.
In the days to come when this fight
for decency and law and order is con-
tinuing, remember these things. New
er lose confidence in your cause, your
self, or the people. Have faith in the
soundness of big majority of your
fellow men. The fight must go on. We
must have an effective cleaning of our
local conditions in the judiciary of
this district. We have set our hand
to the plow and let the furrow be
broad and straight. The Right will
ultimately triumph as surely as the
sun rises after the darkest hour of
the night.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10

Of the managers chosen by Speaker
Hanley of the house to act in the i'm
parchment case of Judge John F.
Cowan, three are practicing attorneys.
BY strange coincidence these attor-
neys all reside in the northern part Of
the state. Another interesting feature
is the fact that two of the managers
are graduates of the North Dakota col
lege of law.
Geo. Homes, chairman, is prac-
ticing attorney at Divide; R. S. Nor
helm is engaged in the law practice at
Alexander, Mckenzie county, with R.
A. Nestos engaged in the law practice
at Minot. In the work of the house
during the past session each of these
three men were prominent, Mr.. HON.
nes being chairman of the judiciary
committee, Mr.. Nestos heading the tax
committee, while Mr.. Norheim was the
chairman of a special joint committee
that. conducted an investigation into
the state treasury.
W. V. O'Connor of Grand Forks and
Mr. Hanson of Litchfield, Barnes coun.
ty, are the other members of the i'm
parchment committee.
1t is the duty of the Impeachment
managers to act as the prosecutors
for the house of representatives, and
they are the legal representatives of
that body in the case.-Grand Forks
! Evening Times.
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FOR SALE-Or Exchange for farm
land, several good rent paying resi-.
paying residence properties in Dew
lis 'Lake.-Jas Yeaman, 718 Flint
avenue city. e.,
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Monday Musical.

The programme last evening was
one Of the most interesting and in
structive given this season. 1t was
under the direction of Mrs. Falger and
her illustrated talk and reading, to-
gether with the outline of characteris-
tics Of Indian music by Mr.. Serum
gard added much to the interest.
Indian Musical Instruments ..........
.................. Mrs. Serumgard.
Music in Indian Life -. Mrs. Falger.
The Distant Warrior-Frewen .......
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ... Miss Dodge.
Zunian Lovers Wooing-Troyer .....
................. Miss Dodge.
From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
-Cadman ..........M Miss Radcliffe.
The White Dawn Is Stealing ........
........... >. Miss Radcliffe.
Far off I Hear a Lovers Lute-Cad-
man ............. Miss Shortridge.
From an Indian Lodge-MacDowell =.
................... Miss Shortridge.
An Indian Tale Opus 107 No. 2-Loewe
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Mrs. Horton.
Indian Story and Song (Illustrated) .
................... Mrs. Falger
Zun1an Lullaby .......... Mr.. Holm
The Sunrise Call-Troyer Mr., Holm
The Coming Of Montezuma. Mr.. Holm
THE LARGEST.
I Prominent Elks say this Is the larg
est gathering of this organization ever
held in the state and the citizens Of
Devils Lake all united in giving the
! visitors reception which will never
be Observation-Disclosures Herald.
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REPRESENTATIVE tayLL ND. d

I
= Ramsey county citizens have reason,
to be proud Of the record Of Repre-
sentative Hyland whose good work
on the floor and in the committee
rooms of the recent session of the
state legislature has brought favorable
comment from his colleagues and
many representatives OF the press
throughout the state It was Hyland
who fought through TIRE Mouse river
survey project and his work on the
appropriation committee passed thru
the house every bill IN which the Dew
lis Lake district was Interested 40,
tive, able. we'll liked and a hard work
er every moment Of the session. Rep
resentative Hyfaaa earned an savsahae
reputation at Bismarck HIS work
for the good reads bin alone is worth
much to his constituents Ramsey
county and North Dakota need men
of the Hyiand stamp in their official
positions
We are mildly earSeas to know the
effect of the recent chill upon the
squeak in Gnu-shoe Rsals shoes
There is a certain young man in
this city whose chief specially Is call.
ing upon ladies and attempting to
brow heat them and bull-doze them
because their husbands happen to fav'
or decency and law enforcement. We
have been very, very patient with this
particular young man but our patience
is about worn out.
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SMALL CITY MAKES A SAVING,
(Vernon County, Wis. Censor.) !

lVernon County, Wis. Censor.) @.
The present cost for delivering the
groceries in the city of Viroqua is esti-
mated at approximately $1,000 annu-
ally BY the new general delivery
system the same goods can be deliver
ed to all parts of the city at cost OF
$4,000, a saving of $4,000. Who has
to pay this extra amount? = %4f:ssss 3>5,s
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10

FOR RENT--Large room, one block
from postofhce. Fine for shop or
storage room. Inquire at Inter-Oca-
an Office.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10

FOR SALE-Team of work horses,
fifteen years old, weight 1900 pounds.
Also team of little ponies, coming 8
years old. Address Tony Prete, Dew
lis Lake, N. D.
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Lost-One hoan morse, spring colt,
Nick Kitsch. 49,.
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WANTED-Girls, apprentices In MILL
inery and dressmaking trade, call at
Lazette.
WANTED-Girls, apprentices In mill.
inery and dressmaking trade. call at
Lasette. = s~', = "a s:s6 n,
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from the ElcId

By BILL cox.

when they began to realize that they
as the producers OF all the necessi-
ties OF life should be not the slaves
but the masters; it was then that
they began an effort to effect conf
pac organization with strength suf-
ficient, not to stand on the outside
and as supplicant beg for an OPP
portunity to live but as men with
all the dignity which the name i'm
plies demand of matter that yield
to them a sufficient amount Of its
store for their necessary use.
Today every craft, l suppose,
known to the industrial world has
an organization the object OF which
is the betterment of the condition Of
those engaged as workers in that
particular department of labor.
Probably hundred independent or
CARNATIONS each a distinct govern
ment within itself and not in any way
affiliating with the others, all seek
ing the same end, independence from
he domineering demands of wealth.
To one on the outside it would ap-
pear that when the members of any
trade attempt an organization every
one FOLLOWING that particular trade
would recognize the fact that in uni
ty there is strength and immediate
ly seek membership. To any student
of industrial disturbances leading to
strikes and lockouts there are al
ways great number ready and anx-
ious to take the places made vacant.
It Is possible that II the wage earners
and tenant classes of the country
were cemented together in one com
prehensive coalition with a commit
tee authorized to examine into the
grievances of the workers in any one
particular branch of industry and If
it should be found a well founded
call for adjustment, that failing call
bring the offenders to terms, a
general workers organization would
cause a general organization of CAPT
tai and small differences would be
adjusted rather than submit to a
General Industrial disturbance.
However. the holding together of
such vast army of men by yoluE-
tary association would be mere diS-
ficult than the organizations we now
have, so the suggestion IS hardly
worth serious consideration.
There is no evasion of the PROPOSE
ton, however, that there is being
waged a relentless war between CAPT
tai and labor; we all realize that
there are millions lost annually By
both sides on account OF the fire.
quently recurring industrial disturb
anccs, and that not only the parties
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Since man came out OF the jungles
into the open, since he descended
from his elevated dwelling in the
precipitous fastness of the cliff ano
began a division OF duties there has
existed bond of sympathy among
the numbers of each craft or calling.
The superstructure upon which So
ciety is founded is the theory that
property is supreme, that the rights
of things Is superior to the rights OF
persons. The idea has prevailed
since the curtain was drawn and his
tory's dawn began that he who pos
sessed implements Of industry was
the master. Even the Book of Books
recognizes not only the relation oil
master and servant but master and
slave. Within the memory of many
yet living so-called civilized govern
ments recognized the holding of hu-
man beings in bondage as an indis-
putable right. Human slavery has
been abolished by all the civiliz d
peoples of earth and by graduai
process of evolution superinduced by
the education of the masses and the
quickening of the dormant intelll
gence of the heretofore blind fol-
lowers of self-constituted leader
ships, the liberty loving, thoughtful
are breaking away from the crude
traditions of antiquity and begin to
recognize man and not property as
the rightful sovereign. \One by one
the light of reason and an inate
sense of natural justice are laying
away among the curios of the past
such time honored doctrines as that
the God of Heaven ordained that
some should be rich and some should
be poor; that He called some to be
masters and some to be servants.
The intelligence. now are agreed that
suchadoctrine Is an insult to the au-
thor of the Universe who is repre-
scented as our common Father. They
all with one acclaim eXclaim what
think you of father who would
force a part of his children to slave
for the others? The superiority oil
matter over mind is now being dis
puted on every hand. When the
workers of the land began to realize
that Thomas Jefferson uttered, not
merely the vaporing nothingness of
a designing politician, but a great
fundamental truth founded On reos-
on and justice when he said all men
are born free and equal" when this
fact began to take effect upon their
awakened intelligence, when they be-
came cognizant of the fact that ma
ture and natures God had never in
tended them for dumb driven cattle,
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c1NNrotn ovt;alo
bitcboa mn ava tool, mo "a w.
roston N5-hiio ha v,a,s e.atti,e, roody
wont ahead and caIied an 7 n
solor,o, whom, eo,,,,d oatbori, o.,
c,,rn ta srbeoi1ed sor,a of bis corn
land and tbint tbot Of leos. na,.
tally counts for bis heat,ng his
naigbbors az , ,,io1a
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fror, Eorro,,on . ,ho .o,a no he
bad varo sink how fror, tynboi.1
foyor e,d o,,otbar u,.e met hoair-
,I,, 20 ca+ y.ol % vvosthroc,,,,.
taors station aoent gave mo dol.
Isr for s,hsort,,tion II AZ noK;,
nov from pul1ard biu IN f,ot 30
c,nyipo tho ron 80 tbo hin ooroo 49,,
win tho naadfnl q w nm fr,p,
Forraeto, wos az Tho DIN Win 4,
Sanders oova mo s,,nnar and r
boordod tha +roi, for bo,,o
SATURDAY. tbS firet mar 70 groar
mo IN erhotontia1 NOV u,,s r.
uamp, on yy,xabochio hnt who
viii 1.-Two an MidIo+bion naar ov;l1a
now veor II prvort ho1o opd
hearty and nleasont wac in from
bic farm on MfdIotbiar 4 ond boaa-
cd NV nfacodorion ory n ma
con ,yos IN fror, vaxaboohio r ~
enid be would toLa ocrtin,o+io,,
of tho came D,ve WeetmoreIana
tho ola rn1iabIa from yvovobacbia
was sipbteaeing at tho co,,tv ron
itol n II ,Iarr,o,, So, 1.rov,hoot,i,
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my list. Mrs. b. said she missed
the Enterprise more than anything
Their daughter had gone to Mel.
tens where she is one of the teach
ers in the public school.
Bright and early Thursday morn
ing l found J. w. Worthy loadinb
his wagon with seed to haul to Italy
| reinstated him and went away
happy. Jasper Fay, colored, is a
trusted farms8 in the community. /
know for he had no trouble boz
rowing a dollar from Tom Sissom
to pay for the Enterprise, M Stark.
who was going to Italy to sell cotton
to make payment on his Hall coun-
ty home to which place he contem-
plates moving this winter took me
in his buggy and put me down across
Houston creek from A. j Lloyd S
farm. | found N. r. Bates, colored,
laid up with bilious attack, but
he had his hands out gathering cot
ton On my way to Forreston
found the home of C.. r. Little tenn
porarily tenantless so | failed to see
him. w l.. Morton had gone to-
Forreston with a bale of cotton
found him there and got what !
went after w. T. Stanton was in
frorn the farm on Forreston 2 w.
C. Morris, | believe, told me he haa
1900 bales of cotton and | know he
gave maesome coin NJ G. Godfrey
,., 4. l.. Is
gins and seemed to be doing a good
deal of the dirty work N. j. Pea
cock, a pleasant, reading, thinking
farmer from Forreston |, gave me a
check. | found Calvin Stewart, col
ored, picking cotton and enrolled
him among the host of the faithful.
A. 8. Johnston had been handling
sorghum and was tired Lee VIM
returned last night with load from
Waxahachie and matricuiated in my
good government class | had food
and a bed but as | paid all it was
worth If not more it is not necessary
that | should do any advertising.
w. b. Gaines from Forreston l is
still holding his cotton but will con
tinue to read. That reminds me that
G. w. Tapp had lot bales of cotton
and | was told that w H. Davis hal
rs bales. Those people surely are
holding down that way, there BEING
about 1000 bales on the yards at
Bardwell. j. b. Simmons was busy
getting uot his cotton 1t was Mrs.
SIS birthday but Buck might die or
run off and she does not look old
and | shall not tell her age J w.
Simmons was in the cotton patch
and drew a twenty dollar bill on me
found Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Griffin
and their little boy all in the cotton
patch S. l.. told me he was think
ing of going to his farm in, ! believe
, Coleman county ! got to the homo
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Sims in time
/ for good dinner and enjoy a pleas
/ ant chat Mr. S. told me some thing
! of early history and anecdotes .
Sam Houston and other Texas pts
4 neers that we may incorporate I'M
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wish | had the spare time to tell
his experiences when he made his
first effort TO come to Texas. Tom,
their son, whose wife died a few
years ago, lives with them. Mrs
Whatley ordered the paper for their
daughter, Mrs. e. M Robbins AT
Pensacola, Fla,
At Rankin | met and conquered
G.. V. Howell, who lives on Italy z
Young Graves, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. F. Graves, was busy as a bee in
the store, but at the request of his
mother like dutiful son gave me a
dollar. From Rankin | started to
ride Selim and Beck over to Ava
Ion. On the road near the Italy
oil mill gin I found S. r. Seabolt
and others filling a gully which ha,.
formerly been the middle OF the
road, their intention being to restore
the road to its original bed. | had
never seen the place before but
think it good one. w. II. Bill
ions, good looking farmer on italy
2. gave me a cheerful dollar. At
the gin | met several among whom
| felt called upon to specially men
ton. A. F, German of Italy 2 and
r. o. Wilson of Forreston 3. s.
N. Jackson, another good friend IN
the Enterprise, was also there.
On my way to Avalon | rode up
to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T..
Froster. Mr.. F. had just returned
from Italy where he had gone t.
meet his mother who had been west
on a visit. She is past eighty years
of age but seems strong and active
for that great age. Mrs. F. had n
good dinner ready and we proceeded
to devour it. w A. Sawyer on For
reston came by and | went for him
in the road. won Mr. s. has
only this year, | believe, been res
ident of this county, having come
from Erath county. He was on th5
water wagon in literal sense. j.
A. Ellis and my old friend John
Couch were starting to the field to
gather load of corn. How does
that strike you, an Ellis county far
mer gathering corn? Mr.. Coucn
says Ellis never fails. On my way
to Avalon from Mr. Els | met F. )
Counts, who said he would take one.
c. w. Tapp was busy experimenting
the spreading of gravel on the Ava
Ion and Ennis road. | found Mrs.
Tapp at the home of A. w. McFar-
land who is still in pretty bau
condition from the effects OF a fall
he got two or three weeks ago, being
over eighty years of age and large
and fleshy it is a wonder his hurt
was not more serious. Mrs. Tapp re-
newed for the Enterprise and took
the Saturday Evening Post.
At Avalon | transacted little
business with Glenn Tapp. I found
H John at home carrying in his
night supply. Harve still burns bach
logs and enjoys good old fashioned
fires. Mr. and Mrs. B. w. Bryan
| fed me we'll, slept me we'll and enter
tained me sensibIy and got back o
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The time has passed when peo-
pie g0 about looking for some one
to buy an article they have for sale.
The up to date modern method is
to place an ad in the Daily Light
want column They not only save
time and worry, but the whole pop
ulation becomes at once aware of tn
/ fact that you have something 70
sale
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to the disagreement are heavy losers
but that the public is deprived OF
the service due it. AS long as CAPT.
tai and labor are left to adjust mat
tiers between each other. just so long
will present conditions continue
Question: Then If we are all inter
ested is it not the duty of every Am
erican citizen to study carefully the
situation and try to devise some kind
of legislation that will prevent such
loss of time, money and even life?
There is always rioht involved in
every controversy and where the
parties themselves are unable 20 de-
termine what it is and when the
public is interested It would seem
that the public should intervene and
in some way determine the course.
| must begin to chat about the
people l have met. / have net writ
ten exactly what l had in mind when
began, but hope have said some
thing readable.
met Dave Fudge before the
frost. He said this is my twenty
second bale and If the frost stays Of.
as long as the rain I'll make a thou
sand bales more. | met him today
and he said he would nos get the
thousand bales. Week before last
when I was at Ferris r. S. Carpenter
told me he and Miss Annie May
Glen had gone to Dallas the day be-
fore, Wednesday, and got married.
He had house furnished 60 they
came back and went to housekeep-
ng. Long life aud much happiness
to them.
A. B. Lowrey of Midlothian 4 told
me some time ago he had happened
to the misfortune to get his house
and furniture burned. | forgot 70
mention it in my letter, but did not
forget to be sorry for him. | met
him one day last week when he re-
minded me of my oversight and SAID
If he had been some rich fellow /
would have written half column
about It, | never caught A. B. in a
lie; so | suppose he Is right about it.,
Oh lord, here is gang of them I
have seen during the past week.
Last Thursday morning through
the kindness of the Boil Weevil Off
Gals and by an investment of 35c
| was permitted TO ride to Bardwell,
where | found Mrs. Waid at the
hotel had prepared a good dinner.
| found S. T. Robertson at the gin
and transacted little private bust
ness with him. j. NJ. Sherman was
in from Italy 2. c. o. Moreland and
family have moved in from the farm
on Ennis 2 and he is now a full
fledged cotton buyer. T. G. Cum
mings from Bardwell | was in town
and again got on my visiting list.
Down on Ennis Tom Tapp was
clawing out cotton. Mr.. Head from
near Rankin came along and took
me in his surrey and landede me
safely at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Charley Whatleys where | surely die
some eating, talking and sleeping
Well. Charley talked some and