The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-01


THE IMPUDENCEA N INCIDENCE OF GREED.
The sublime impudence and insolence of the Dollar in attempt
ing to influence legislation in this state is shown in the letters
which have been received by county auditors and loan agents
from trust companies in the east protesting against any changes
being made in the debt limit Of the state, and threatening that if
any changes are made they (the said loan and trust companies)
will hesitate in placing their money in the state, or withdraw en-
tirely.
1t is too bad that the North Dakota legislature now in session
has not the courage to "cal' this contemplate threat, and call it
For many years North Dakota has been about the easiest
picking" for Old Man Greed Of any place in the United States.
With the richest and most productive soil upon which Gods sun
shines our farms have yielded bountifuly. The man who tHs
the soil in North Dakota makes more money and makes it easier
than the farmer in any other state in the union-which may or
may not be saying very much. Most of our settlers came from
other states-where conditions were not nearly so favorable. So
long as the new settler was able to do better here than he was
able to do before, he complained but little. He continued to let
Greed rob him, and he has endeavored to keep things floating in
turn by robbing the soil. There is no country and no class of
farmers in the United States that could stand the soil robbery and
Greed robbery and still exist that North Dakota has. The wonder
is that the soil is so rich that it continues to produce anything, and
that the farmers are not all in the poor house as a result of the
millions upon millions they yearly stand and deliver to the hordes
of brazen pups who regard them as their legitimate prey.
That the farmers of this state should attempt to free them
selves of the pckpockets who have been fleeing them all these
years, is something unheard Oft is revolutionary, socialism,
aye, anarchistc. From every source controlled by Old Man
Greeds dollar, said farmers are being ridiculed, lied about and
harrassed. The paid puppets of Greed are working their brains
overtime in an effort to confuse, to create dissension, suspicion
and distrust in the ranks of the producers. AS a class the farm
ers have been given the worst of it so long that they have grown
to be suspicious of everybody, even Of some who loudly proclaim
themselves as farmers and the friends of the farmers.
Under proper legislation (f which the present constitution
stands as a bar to much) North Dakota would be independent
of the impudent and insdent nonresident money trust. If the
farmers were allowed to retain their just proportion of the fruits
of their labors, if they could break the shackles which bind them
to the money milling -packing and wheat crowd which wakes fat.
from their toll, this state would be so prosperous that it would
be loaning money instead of borrowing, and it could tell the sharks
from the outside who undertake by threats and coercive methods
to influence legislation to go to Helen Hunt for what they ask
Devils Lake Journal
Matt Johnson, writing back to the Omemee Herald and several
other weekly newspapers of like tendencies, insists that the North
west Hotel, where Nonpartisan League headquarters are main
tanned, is located on the Northern Pacific right-of-way. This is
suspicious. It is even ominous. But, seeing Matt is on the ground
floor, perhaps he can inform us whether or not the league men,
bers who are staying at the Northwest are paying for their &C
commodations. That is, after all, more important than the ques-
ton of whose right-of-way the hotel happens to be located on
To use one of Mats favorite form of queries: Will he state spec
ideally whether or not the league members are paying for their
hotel accommodations or not. If not, the Courant is through with
the League for all time to come. But if the league members have
been paying for their accommodations to the management, Matt
ought to explain what particular significance the exact location
of the hotel may happen to have.
The senate itself killed the Mcbride resolution providing for an
election to find out whether or not the people want a constitu-
tional convention. Of course the senate wasn't particularly in
terested in what the people wanted, but at the time this resolu-
ton was introduced it seemed necessary to start a backtre on
House Bill A.
According to Attorney General LANCER, North Dakota spends
a million dollars a month for liquor shipped into the state. With
the adoption Of the proposed "bone dry" law, we could build half
a dozen terminal elevators every year and still be a few thousand
headaches ahead of the game.
The Bottineau County News rubs a wee one into the Independ-
et, but it is off it's trolley. The Independent never tries to get
on or off the band wagon. The News must have on a grouch OF
some kind; it's pulse is not noEnal-GTand FORKS independents.
A subscriber writes to ask why we never say anything, about