The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-27
OF A RUBE."

THOUGHTS OF A RUBE."
Recently the writer received a let
ter from q friend, who is serving il
the army, in which the writer in
formed us that he had taken out a
ten thousand dollar life insurance
policy with the government, the dues
for that amount being six dollars and
sixty-six cents a month. The writer
holds a policy for one thousand dol
lars in an old line company, on which
the dues amounts to about twenty
three dollars a year, which is we be-
lieve, about the average cost Of old
line insurance. By multiplying the
old line dues by ten and dividing that
amount by twelve we find that private
owned insurance costs, for a ten
thousand dollar policy, nineteen dol
lars a month while the cost of a gov
errnent policy for the same amount
is o., six dollars and sixty-six cents
in other words, "socialistc" govern
ment insurance at the rate of $685.
and private ownership insurance at
$1,000! Some difference! Do you
wonder at the high cost of living with
such enormous profits being extracted
from the people by private ownership
as the above?
Falky expresses himself in the News
as DESTROYS Of going to California
and working for $500 per day in the
oil fields. Must be the poor lad is
feeling the pinch of losing numberless
subs thru fighting the farmers. Also
Falky says the government. has to
take the railroads yer to get service.
Mustn't make such statements, Fal-
ky. for they are "socialistic."
The News and "Minot Maggie"
McGahan's Messenger are playing a
merry game Of you pat me on the
back and ri pat you.
next year. That is besides yourself"
1t does beat all how some people will
stick to that principle of Judging 9TH
ers by themselves!
Heading above editorial ~(so-called)
department of the Minot Messenger:
Cali accounts are due and collected
monthly" Evidently there are 9TH
ers than Nonpartisans that McGahan
don't trust.
In Winnipeg, Cam, the maximum
rate charged per kilowatt hour for ell
ectricity before municipal ownership
was twenty cents. After municipal
ownership was established the max
imum rate was three cents per kilo-
watt hour. There you have it. Just
a little difference Of seventeen cents
between private and public owner
shipl
The municipal lighting plant Of
Cleveland, Ohio, saves the people of
that city over 100000 annually. 1t
sells electricity at three cents a kilo-
watt hour. Also, the municipal elect
ric light plant Of Holyoke, Mass, is
selling electricity at a maximum rate
of four cents q kilowatt hour. The
rate charged under private ownership
is usually ten cents and some times
more. The superiority of public over
private ownership is unquestionably
proven by the above examples.
We are very sorry that Falky has
not come across with that twenty
five dollars for the Red Cross society
and a few dollars for the Y. M. G. A.
It grieves us tremendously. To think
that within the boundaries Of u pa
county there is an editor who
his Shylock tendencies to lead
him so far astray as to refrain from
contributing his share toward these
merciful organizations causes US to
bow our head in shame. The writer
ready to do(nate) his two bits
offsetting the unpatriotic stand
which Falky seems to have taken.
Edmonton, Alta, Cam, owns and OPP
crates municipal telephones, street
car lines, water works and water
All have made d good show
ing the surplus earnings on all the
utilities after all expenses, including
and capital charges were
$34,597.25 last year. Another proven
example that public ownership is tar
superior to private ownership.
The name Of the anti-Nonpartisan
party in this county, which
q Ia reality the re-organized demo-
cratic party with q few disgrunted
republicans thrown Ia for good meas-
now The Farmers League. Why
not give II the correot designation Of
Disappointed 0fics Seekers1' IN