Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-02-24


house and barn, for every domestic
animal he buys and for every bit Of |
machinery he gets to help himself to
earn living and make a home for
himself, his wife and children?
Suppose we were to change the sys-
tenn of taxation? Suppose we were to
stop fining and penalizing men for
making Improvements and doing good
and useful things? Suppose we taxed
the man just as much who held his
land idle and kept his fellow workers
off as we tax him who puts his land
to the best use and sets the most men
to work,-what would be the result?
Wouldn't Northern Minnesota fill
up with useful people? Wouldn't the
land grabber look some where else
for his spoil?
MADE IN MINNESOTA.
It is all right to use Minnesota ma
terial for our public buildings, If it is
just as good or better, and just as
cheap or cheaper; but can't the Board
of Control be depended on to do this
without any law to compel them?
Senator Sullivan of St. Cloud thinks
not, hence his bill. But isn't such a
compulsory law rather dangerous.
Should we tie our hands with stat
ute that might be used for shield
for a Minnesota Trust in building
stone?
The nation has had a lot of expert
ence with laws of this kind that fore
Cd the people to buy the homemade
sugar of the sugar trust, the barbed
wire and other products Of the steel
trust, the goods Of the cotton and
wooden trusts, and the hundreds of
other trusts that have hid behind our
tariff Jaws and plundered the people
with their higher prices, while they
shouted for the "poor working man."
made in Minnesota" is good mot.
to, so long as the people are left free
to choose; but it would be very
hateful motto if we were compelled
by law to buy our groceries at the
nearest corner, whether we choose or
not. And then, suppose the people Of
every state should adopt the same
motto. Suppose in every state the
people should refuse to buy anything
made outside their own borders?
What would become of our indus
tries that depend on selling outside
the state?
If we refuse to buy from outside,
we must be prepared to get along
without selling outside.
All trade is mutual, two sided-not
one sided.
The people who refuse to import,
cannot long continue to export; and
why should we want to do so? Our
imports are the pay we get for our
exports, and we get rich in proper
ton as we take in more than we send
out. This is as true Of the State Or
nation as of the individual.
THE GORDON RESOLUTION.
i The Gordon resolution to examine
into the workings of the multitudin-
Gus State Commissions that now do
so large part of the work Of admin
istering the affairs Of the State was
passed in the House almost unani-
mously Thursday morning, in spite IF
1.-THE long talk of Mr.. Spooner against
lit.
I suppose Mr.. Spooner would deny
that he spoke against the resolution,
and yet what was the speech for, if
. not to oppose it?
It is probable that we could make
great saving by abolishing lot OF
, useless commissions.
II What is the oil inspection depart.
ment good for now, since gasoline and
all the lighter oils are worth more
than kerosene? That department was
established to protect the users OF
; kerosene from the cheap explosive
oils, but those "cheap explosive oils
, are worth now twice as much as
kerosene, and we can trust the REIN
/ ers to get them all out to sell at the
, higher price. And anyway, it is very
doubtful if the oil inspection depart
r ment has ever been of any use except
t | as a place to stow away deserving
politicians" where they could get good
pay for no valuable service.
Il And the immigration department.
who has been benefited by that ex
! cept the land speculation? And why
should the State maintain big adver
, Using agency for their benefit?
Il It looks as if Mr.. Gordon's commit
Itee could find a number of things t
} keep them busy and save money fol
> | the DeOple.