Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-08-29
THINK WELL BEFORE YOU ACT

The program of the Partisan
league and the campaign 1t is car
rying on to control the legislature
and Industrial situation In the west
ern states in the interest of special
class. should be given the deepest |
consideration by every thinking man
and woman.
Predicating the whole campaign is
the Socialistic cry that the so-called
rich man is grinding down the poor |
man and capitalizing his labors with
out just returns.
This sentiment Is voiced In the
public utterances of the leaders OF
the leaders of this movement and as
an example we quote from the pub
lished report of President Townley's
speech delivered the day after Reg
istration day at Williston N. D.:
Billions of wealth are piled
in the laps of the already rot
ten rich. placed lhere by your
industry here at home--wealth
they need not, but which Is
detriment to them and we say to
our country: Come take OF
their wealth as much as you
want and as much as you need
I'VE are told 1t is our duty
to raise large crops but l say 1t
is more our duty to find out what.
is going to be done with our crop
than 1t is our duty to grow it.
UNLESS you yourselves who
have the power to put inside the
penitentiaries the gamblers who
profit on our crops, we are not
under obligation to raise a crop
Il refuse to urge you farmers
to raise a larger crop until you
or they wipe out this monstrous
wrong and / will say that unless
they are big enough to control
the transportation of food and
coal for the Northwest l cannot
see a possibility OF the United
States being successful in this
war"
Such expressions as this create
class hatred. stir up strife and dis
cord and magnify grievances which
are largely imaginary and which the
government is handling in a manner
far superior to socialistic manage
ment which the league advocates.
1t is such language as this that
creates confusion and unrest among
our people at a critical time.
Last but not least the revolution
and following Generalization and
break down OF government in Russia
is a striking illustration of tanning
the flames OF class hatred until the
conflagration took place.
Many excuses can be pleaded for
the Russians for they had lived for
centuries under grinding oppression
and were an ignorant and uneducat-
ed people.
No such condition exists In the
United States and no such excuse can
be pleaded and yet We find the lead
ers OF this so-called farmers organ
ization, using language to incite our
citizens, which would put to shame
the leaders of the Bolshiviki element
in Russia.
AS citizens. property owners and
taxpayers are you ready to adopt the
socialistic platform advocated by
this league, including state owner
ship of your farm lands, horses cat
tie and machinery as specified II
recent North Dakota primaries, turf
, our government over to a reign o
socialism and become landless rem
paying tenant.
\ Do you think campaign OF thi
kind. creating political unrest an
uncertainty is aiding the government
In the tremendous undertakings
} has on hand? AS level headed eli
liens It is your duty to consider care
fully before committing your stat
and nation to campaign or radical
ism and experimenting which Nigh
severely handicap 1t at this time.
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