The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-07
VOlCING SOME SENTIMENTS ALL

VOICING SOME SENTIMENTS ALL
p The republican platform presented at Indian
apolis, which is said to voice the sentiments of
national republican leaders, expresses patriotism
of the highest order, and even declares issues.
The party reaffirms it's faith in its old time
protective tariff policy and is going to re-estab-
lsh the constitution, in order to prevent, amongst
other things, further spread Of the socialstc
tendency toward federal ownership Of all crea-
ton, distribution of wealth as a panacea for all
the real and fancied ills Of society"
While it is likely that, after the war, the dem
ocratic party will also have number of leaders
favoring protective, if not indeed prohibitive,
tariff legislation against Germany, Austria and
Turkey, an attempt by republicans, or democrats
to put up the bars against peoples with whom we
are now fighting and dying, as allies, will surely
make hot political ISSUE It is evident, too, that
we shall want British, French and Italian trade
to be as prosperous as it possibly can be- for the
simple reason that our aforesaid allies will be
owing us so much money. For business reasons
we shall desire that ourndebtors be fat with pros
perity.
But the most interesting feature of this plat
form, prepared for the Indiana convention after
consultation with national republican leaders, is
the declaration against further spread OF federal
ownership and the slap at distribution of wealth.
This declaration is the old time, chronic sop usu-
ally thrown to big business by the party's man.
ayers, and there never was time when the rank
and file Of the republican party could more clearly
recognize it as the sop which it is.
Behind the tendency toward federal ownership
0,r rrOv.
eminent already controls and operates the rail-
roads, and the telegraph and express companies
have been squealing to be taken in. Uncle Sam
is going to have to commander mighty lot more
of corporations, before this war ends. Operation
and control are the next step before ownership
Every method of war management in respect OF
the public utility corporations promotes federal
ownership as national necessity. In order to
preserve our national life, we've already knocked
the horns, cloven-hoofs and fiery tongue off that
ghost term, Socialism" Propositions to take any
mans life or property for the good Of all no
longer puts any true patriot or wise business man
to bed with horrible nightmare
If our experiments with government operation
and control ar-ownership- to be a
mighty good thing, it is going to be very, very
hard for any political party to get the peoples
consent to return to the old order OF private
mismanagement and exploitation of the public.
AS to distribution of wealth as a remedy for
societys ills, why, the whole world is being edl-
Gated to a more equitable distribution of wealth.
The wealthy of Great Britain are standing an
income tax of over IS per cent, right now. Presi-
dent Wilson declares that we've got to provide for
enormous increases in running expenses by higher
taxes upon big business profits and the luxuries
and abnormal incomes Of the wealthy. And there
will be increases on increases, If the war continues
for long. The wage earners of this country are
receiving better pay than ever before in their
careers. It matters not why this is so-a propo-
stion to stop the increasing tendency toward more
equitable distribution of wealth is simply propo-
stion that the wage earners vote themselves low
er wages Such proposition, we believe, would
be very rotten plank in any partys platform,
now or later.
There's shortage of June bridegrooms,"
walls a matrimonial statistician. All because
there's bumper crop of heroes headed toward
France.
Uncle Sam, please read: Great Britain, Can
ada and Australia already are preparing land OPP
portunities within their borders for returning SOL
diers.
The surest way of having money five years
hence is to spend it for thrift stamps today.
Future generations Of German school children
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