The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-14

( u, 1919
afterwards censured BY i congres-
sional committee for having done il.
Finally the steel trust crowd secured
the Tennessee properties for less than
$35, OOO,O0 plus R~ockefeller's COM
mission for assisting IN the deal.
Morgan afterwards declared that the
properties acquired were worth at
least q billion dollarsl If that isn't
coping the coin in a Big Biz manner
we don't know what would be. The
deal gave q steel trust a monopoly
Of steel for all time to come. The
episode was investigated" during
the special session Of congress in the
summer Of 1911, by the Stanley COM
mittee and Roosevelt testified to his
own immaculate honesty in the mat
ter. Later he further justified him
self in an article in the Outlook
magazine. However, on Oct. 26, 1911,
the Government, in its complaint filed
against the steel trust, declared that
the magnates had "misled" Roosevelt
and that by "hammering the Tennes-
see stock" and " threatening q gen.
eral financial calamity" had "unlaw-
fully acquired a power which is q
menace to the welfare of the coun-
try" NOW then, gentle reader, con-
slider the above with the millions Of
dollars a year that the grain combine
takes from the farmer and with ST.
100000 that the packing trust robs
the farmer Of, in the st. aul stock
yards alone, and then figure out
whether there is q Big Biz clique in
this country. From the above we
opine that there r several branches
of it. Also, it would appear that Ter
rible Turk" Teddy is not so awfully
anti-Big Biz as he might be.
We understand that the former
Hanna ward heller who displays his
ability as a general hot air distributor
is the K(razy) K(at's) K(olumn) in
the Minot Messenger, is nearly old
enough to be our grand father. We
don't doubt it a bit. A glance at the
| stuff he hands out in the above men
| toned column gives the impression
that it comes from the brain of one
who is in his second childhood.
The wiffit editors Minot Messen-
ger continues insulting Governor
Frazier and charging the league lead
ers as being unpatriotic. Wherein
has the wiffit any right to question
the league leaders patriotism. Is
not the wiffit an alien? Will the alien
wiffit explain to his readers the reas-
on for his leaving Canada? Is it not
a fact that he fed from Peters
borough, Canada, to prevent the pa
triotic young women of that place
from pinning a white feather on him
when the boys of his city were enlist
ing in the Canadian army for service
at the front? Our information is to
that effect and said information is In
the form Of black and white. Isn't
that a patriotic sight tho; a young
man leaving his home in order to pre-
vent the young ladies Of his city from
pinning a white feather on him? Just
what brand Of patriotism is that,
wiffit? We told you we had more
ON you and you smiled and set your
former Hanna ward heller assistant
to "bawling" us out. The former
Hanna ward heller made a great deal
of noise about putting the finishing
touches on us, But we want to assure
you that by the time we get through
with you and your former Hanna
ward heller assistant, you'll be shin
ing examples of two morning after
the night before" jags with the mum
Der % prominently displayed upon
you. Come, wiffit, explain to your
readers concerning your quick exit
from Canada. Also, are you not an
alien, and as such what right have
you to question the patriotism of the
league leaders who have invested in
Liberty bonds, boosted the Y. M. G.
A., and helped the Red Cross work?
Before bidding you adieu we might
suggest that you have your former
Hanna ward heller assistant exam
med, and in the latter examination
we might suggest that sand paper
has no effect whatever upon concrete.
| Well, wire in the ring, MAC"
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
]. G. Walstad and wife to Ernest
Sterling, WD, $4,000 Sh 81 159
SO.