The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-21

supposed to be one grand little trust
buster while president but according
to published figures when Teddy start
ed out on his awful slaughter of trusts
there were 146 of them in existence
and when L. r. got through there
were only 10,463 trusts left. Some
pumpkins as a trust buster was Teddy
all right.
The Puy's investigating committee
of the House of Representatives a
few years ago proved by the Big
Big bunch themselves that the Nor
gan group Of financiers controlled
twenty-five billion dollars of wealth
in this country and it was also shown
that the Rockefeller group controlled
at least another twenty-five billion
dollars. No, gentle reader, there is
no Big Biz clique in this country, if
you don't believe us ask Falky of the
News or either Bill, "Mac" or wiffit
of the Minot Mess(of lies)enger.
Denver, Colo, has demonstrated to
the country that the municipal own
crship system Of handling coal can be
made a decided success. Late last
summer the coal dealers of that city
informed the citizens that they must
soon expect an increase in the price of
coal, because of labor scarcity and
poor transportation facilities. The
enterprising mayor Of that city then
asked, and received, of the city coun-
Gil the right to do what he could as
an officer to relieve the distress caus-
ed by the H. C. Of l.. In September
the city opened it's municipal coal Of
flee and sold coal to citizens at $4.15
a ton, which had formerly been sold
by the private dealers at $500 and
$3.50 a ton. The city is also supplying
coal at cost for city and buildings
and theis NEAR a saving yearly, for
the taxpayers of $4,000 or $4,000.
Under Denver's present plan, those
who r unable to buy coal by the ton
can purchase it in sacks weighing SO
pounds for 10 cents or 100 pounds in
a sack for 20 cents, the charge for
which under private ownership was
formerly $1,000 per ton. This is a
very good example of what a saving
there would be under public owner
ship. It is very plain that public
ownership is the best system and the
most economic one as we'll as being
the only remedy for the high cost of
living.
"The hog is the most patriotic citi-
zen among us. No matter how much
or how little he is worth, he keeps
right on roofing for u.s." says an ex-
change. But how about the one who
gives nothing toward the Y. M. C. A.
and who has to be nagged at to come
across with a donation for the Red
Cross Society?
Considerable of the opposition of
the league centers their opposition
on House Bill "A. They claim that
the leaguers in endeavoring to pass
a. tried to force a new constitution
upon the people. What of a.? Per.
haps there r some parts in it that
are Objectionable to the average per-
SOL But did not the opposition major
ity in the Senate have the power ia
strike out the Objectionable features
Of the bill? Instead Of giving the
bill the consideration it was entitled
to-, there were many favorable fea-
lures in it, did not the old gang bunch
in the Senate when they had the bill
in committee pass it up without ever
removing the band which encircled it !?
Our information is to that effect. And
as to forcing it upon the people il
must be remembered that before the
bill would have become effective af-
ter it had passed both houses and been
signed by the Governor that the peo-
pie yer to have had an opportunity
to vote upon it.