The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-22

E are the greatest
M people ON earth.
EWEz for they admit It;
wy and yet when we
e&....>. look back over
M..k.. our history and,
consider how wei
have met great woblems-such as
slavery, by q great war; tariff, by
fourteen bills and q IKE number Of
mntcs; conservation, currency, bank
ing antitrust and railroad questions,
by making the same matters of poll
tcs-tt may be doubted whether we
are quite 40 great % we think we are.
In considering hoy we exercise our
Judgment we .shouh remember the
extent to which We have devoted ON.
selves to the education OF the young
and the large sum we have spent at
all times tor public schools and for
colegeA When we look bach and see
the mistakes we have made, L would
aimnst appear as II We had failed to
apply much that had been taught IN IN
school and college. Or that perhaps the
school and college had not taught Oh
how to sptve great puitical measures.
Then, again the thought comes to M
Of whether or not we have NOT had
fahse hadeA and have not chung to
fRlae gods.
curpprsx1m Wronua.
w @ remember the outcry against
Wnaxrd en<nSnuxn 40 xho ao~A<oya~%>
There have been great wrongs done
BY many. curporatlms-sume of their
franchises have been obtained by cor
fuptton and theft and great injuries
have often been dr1e To the rights Of
the people; and "a. when we found
times hard and things going wrong.
we have vented our anger upon cor
porations and upon the capitalists who
controlled them. fp many cases we
allowed ourselves to become angry
With a class or wifh certain tndivid-
pals and expended our strength on
~ temper, rather Than upon 4 study
OF the. cure Of tho conditions about
which we complained; and To p1any
INSTANCES we puntShed corporations
tor the wrongs 1T fnetr predecessors
IN ownership, nnucb al sins Of pnfents
are visited Upon their Children.
| Denagognes, Knowing the pul1ltc
mood appealed to prejudice and r.
norance Id dtscuxstnE public u1atrers
and made issues HE currency, anti
truzt laws and the railroads puIttcal
footballs, just al II the question Of
whether rnure1 could be savad BY
Joining tngethefe companies and pro
yidinI Tn ernnnys IN purchases and
sales was political OF COURSE II was
q mattRY Of economics tvttcn n, the
sctence Of c%D1nrnercel- Such MATTERS
call for q conference between repre-
sentAdva Of farmers laborerx SCI
aptfic students Of world conditions.
and manufacturers and purchasers Of
goods, to consider and Determine bow
goods IN be produced With q fair
waee b the employees, a fair profit to
the employer and the. maximum bene-
d D ths public.
Future Prontsaaa
In Europe they have taken these
Questions up In thin careful way and
the pasul1. hns been Of great benefit.
Nov. and, In, the future, America VIII
have to. 1hal with countries that are
short az resuurce through tho exhaus-
ton Of war and have, Of necessity, to
get down tp rock-bptt@. The thrifty,
Intelligent industrious European 10
apt to be q good merchant and VI are
eoin4s, to have a hard tin1s competing
With him Ton cummercs and for .wuEld
position, 80 we must consider all ol
orr problems more carefully than ever
befprs and cast aside those men who
attempt to. lead us away from Z
h6o1iyhffui,s dt~spassinnats vtsv Mgr@t
Quesftnnk f
Graft and neglect III local communI
ties Of political duties BY the average
c1ttsn are rezpphzhhe ion the mtaaov-
erumeut that bneeds dis1eapect, whas
W Should have pride because Of the
efficiency m our peupie. The FIRST con.
ceEn nf the citizen, 10 every community
must be. to ne that X b governed 10
! way that viii aExnIe the approval
of clean thinking men and wonien.
T1e merhauics gDvernthy . city 70,
quire the same kind df chea1 thought
md careful fWor1 ~ that given 10
shpp- vurk. oY farm plann1nA and svsry
good American -n1rust feel that q this
ttme thsrs y nafhtnx more wuxfh
while.
II We d these things well. we win
not have 70 worry latoqt The forsten-
born loving AmsriA. because tying
conditions haSe VIII be ~ excellent
that they simply c1npIt belps II @ps-
cially vhsnithey Afe etYasn not s1ons
GOOD government and healthy c11di.
r1ns surrounding hnnns and uori
1hotna bb9atp a1so edncakton. dpport1nlty
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