The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-11-15

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to- show that labor was not prior
to CAPITAL. In their attempt TO
prove their point the Journal US
ed the following illustration A
workman owning a home sold it
and banked the money, thereby
establishing capital without la
bor-according to the Journal.
But the Journal very convenient
ly forgot to mention that labor
was necessary to produce the
which had been sold and
furthermore that labor was nee
essary to produce the capital
with which the home was pur-
chased. It is an absolute and un-
questionable fact that labor was
and is, prior to capital but then
quite naturally the Big Biz pa
pers overlooked such insiginfi-
cant details.
You, Mr.. Conservative Read
er, who laugh when we refer to
the large papers of this country
as the kept press" give us your
eye a moment and we will pres
ent proof of recent date to you
that the charged press is kept"
Perhaps in reading the account
in the twin city papers (St. Paul
Daily News excluded) or Duluth
Herald, of the horsewhipping Of
Herbert S. Bigelow, a Cincinnati
minister, you will remember that
papers stated that he (Bigelow)
had prayed for "the saving of
the soul Of the emperor Of Ger
many and the proud men sur
rounding him." The above ex-
preston is true, but was merely
an excerpt from a prayer deliv-
cred by Mr.. Bigelow in response
to the request Of our president
for prayers on that day for the
safety of "our boys over there"
Following is the prayer for
which Mr.. Bigelow was whip
ped by a cowardly gang of self
styled patriots" as ever dis
graced our flag and for which
the "kept press" did not utter
one word in protest, so far as
we have been able to find: "Our
Father in heaven. As at the day
of Pentecost Thy spirit descend
ed upon the multitudes, teach
ing people of strange tongues to
understand one another, caus-
ing them to disregard worldly
possessions and filling them with
a strange passion for brother
hood, so may Thy spirit descend
upon the war camps of Europe,
teaching Germans and French
men and Britons and Americans
to understand the language of
each others hearts, their hun
ger for peace, their yearning for
brotherhood, and just as of old,
moved by Thy spirit, the multi
tudes cast away their worldly
goods, in their pentecostal fer
vor, so may the German soldiers
throw down their arms by the
millions and may Britons and
Frenchmen and Americans, seiz-
ed by the same divine madness,
cast away their weapons of muir
der.
"Grant us, o God, this mira
Gle. May the peoples of the
earth discover speedily that it
is not revenge and blood and vic
tory that they desire, but love
and peace and federation.
"Save the soul Of the Emper-
or of Germany and the proud
men about him-save, from their
pride, all the kings and presi-
dents and rulers Of the earth
save us from shameful boasting
save us from vehement speech
save us from the leadly sin Of
self-righteousness.
MAY all the world, repenting
in tears Of blood, be forgiven
these fearful crimes. May all
the rulers and the armies of the
earth come and kneel at the foot
Of the cross Of Christ and pray
that evil day be overcome with
good: that hate and violence may
be conquered by love. Amen"
And for offering the above
prayer for the sake Of democracy
Mr.. Bigelow was horsewhipped.
Verify, verify, the Kaiser has
not all Of the people Of his own
brand in Germany.
In order to keep abreast with
the times we believe that it is
our patriotic duty to ask Falky
il he has as yet paid that spec
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