The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-21
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task of
Keeping Up With North Da-
kota Editors.

The Hankinson News agrees that
the Fargo police did the right thing
in closing up the !. w. W. head
quarters, and in an editorial says:
The police authorities of Far
go did exactly right in closing
the /. w, w. headquarters in that 6
city following the discovery Of
the fact that the place was the
rendezvous OF a gang OF gunner
who had committed numerous
hold-ups in that city, Finally
one Of the members Vas killed
in an attempt to stick up"
members Of a train crew. Had
the organization repudiated and
condemned the action of the
bandit 1t would have tended to
put them in the right light, but
instead they attended the funeral
of the bandit in large numbers
and betrayed the expense OF the
funeral. When any organization
upholds and countenances law
violation it forfeits all right to
the protection of the law-and
the sooner the /. w. w. and 9TH
err anarchistic organizations of a
like nature understand this, the
better 1t win be for all concern
ed.
For once children aren't being
whipped for tearing pages out Of
their school books, says The Wynd-
mere Pioneer, as follows:
Chicago school children are
tearing out a page In their spell
ers on which the Kaiser is laud-
ed. And this. perhaps, is the first
time in their little lives that they
were not thrashed for obeying a
perfectly natural impulse.
The Parshall Leader believes it
a poor time to shoot off your mouth,
and says:
The vast majority Of the peo-
pie Of this country have awaited
with patience the time when our
government would tighten up
against the seditious, pro-Ger-
man small element to be found
in every community who openly
Criticise our draft law and the
governments every action in the
prosecution of the war. So far
it has been safe to do so through
the natural Discrimination of ac-
quaintanCes to make trouble, but
the authorities are taking quiet
steps to ferret out and punish
these loud-mouthed enemies of
this country. County and COM
punity officers over the country
are being urged to exercise vigil
ance, with secret service men
moving about on the watch. 1t
won't be safe from now on to
shoot off your mouth on the as
sumption you know whom you are
talking to. There wasn't any
a 1ufsz -
ment of Justices intention to raid
ters all over the country, If you
will remember. Just bear in mind
this country is in a war il will
prosecute to a finish, whether 1t
meets with your views or not,
and that the so-called liberty Of
speech doesn't justify disloyalty
and sedition. You are either Am q.
erican or you are not-you can't u
be half and half any longer.
twenty-five cents a barrel on
-four, and so cents a ton on feed is
q big profit, according to The Will
ton News. which says:
Millers have agreed to a maxi
mum profit Of % cents on a bar
rel Of -four and so cents a ton on
IeSu beginning sept. 1. InaL
looks like a small profit but a
thousand barrel mill will turn
out a profit of $3.50 a day. Run
ming three hundred days a year
that would make a profit Of $75,-
900 year. This Is a big profit,
as mills often grind at a much
closer price. Uncle Sam is hurt
ing nobody. II he were to fix
the price Of newspapers. the
price would be higher every
where