The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-17
FOUNDATIONS OF A RUDE.

IElOLlC. 1Le Same leQuy has (UCeu
lately writing editorials in a number
Of larger papers throughout the
country. In one Of these articles
Roosevelt charges that President Will
sons latest message to Congress was
"a betrayal Of democracy" The
Presidents latest message to Con-
gress was n of the grandest' express
sions Of true Americanism ever de-
livered by a president, and still this
ringer" Of al ex+president charges
that it is "hypocritical," "false and
empty rhetoric" and the presidents
proposal represents three separate be-
trayals" and a lot more of such ut
terances to that effect. This Teddy,
shadow Hun that he is, is the one
who is going to preach patriotism to
the people Of North Dakota, if the
lingo Big Biz papers tell the truth
concerning his proposed activities. It
is our opinion, humble though it is,
that this Roosevelt person is absolute
" unfit to preach patriotism to good
true, thoroughbred, patriotic Ameri-
cans such as n the members Of the
Nonpartisan League.
In Cleveland, Ohio, the people used
to pay 1914 cents per kilowatt hour
for electricity under private owner
ship of the system. Under municipal
ownership they pay only 3 cents per
kilowatt hour. There you have it,
gentle reader. Public ownership in
one instance, saving 9 cents per kilo-
watt hour. Who got the 9 cents un-
der private ownership? Why, the
class Of so-calleG legitimate business
men that belong to the "uppah Glass;
'don't cha know" who with other
sleek, white collared gentlemen that
rake the profits off of wheat, rye,
oats, flax, barley, hogs, cattle, horses
and other farm produce, that you
work numberless hours each day to
produce in order that you may earn
a living, and if luck is with you own
a Ford, whilethey enjoy the summers
in the Maine woods, or some such
place, and the winters in Sunny Cali
fornia. Don't it strike you that it's
about time to cut out these middle
mems useless profits and reduce the
H. G. Of L?
During the past year the number of
millionaires in this country increased
from ,14,571 to 22,696. There are
3,733 persons in the United States
with fortunes ranging from $780,
900 to $4,000, 100000, according to
the estimate of the treasury depart
ment. During the past year one for
tune reached and passed the billion
dollar mark. Why not conscript all
this money except that which is abso-
lutely necessary for the living ex-
penses of the owners? Many Of the
American lads who has given his all
life-for the sake of this country and
for democracy, through the conscrip-
ton act. Why should not these enor-
nous fortunes do the patriotic act by
helping to pay the cost of this war?
Is it right that these young men who
go to fight that democracy may live,
many of whom if they do live, will
perhaps be injured in some such way
as not to be, able to take the active
part of an ordinary uninjured indiv-
ual, should return home and have the
extra burden of billions of dollars in
taxes to pay, while there r millions
Of dollars in this country doing moth
ing except increasing the fortunes
more and more of the owners, re-
ceiyinp the protection of the Ameri-
can flag?
Garden, the Souris-C arbury travel
ing dish pan dispenser states in his
last weeks issue that "The public
wants facts, not a blare of trumpets,"
concerning the new Farmers League
(of Disappointed Office Seekers
Well, if such is the case, why didn't
Garden give his few readers the facts
concerning the manner in which the
Omemee meeting was conducted?
This peanut politician Of Souris wants
some one else to tell the truth but
when the opportunity presents itself
for him to do SO he fails to take adj
vantage Of it. While we + at it
we might inform hits same Garden
that if he should put his q to the
ground and listen to the rumbling Of
the political seas that he might pos
sibly get it through that specialized
upper crust Of his that the people Of
this county are through with allow
ing such ~malcontent, m~isinforming,
peanut politicians as himself Gar
deny to represent them and want
real men as representatives. In 9th
er wods, as q representative Of the
people in politics he is q past num-
Be and the sooner he realizes it the
better for himself.
The failure Of private enterprise to
run the arilroads in q national emer-
gency, such as the present existing
one, is . vital blow to the capitalist
control Of industry. It proves the alb
solute inability Of private ownership
to handle . public enterprise il an
efficient manner The present move
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