The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-21

The former Hanna ward heller, who
pulls the triple X stuff in the Minot
Messenger, wants the farmers to un-
derstand that they will never gain
control Of political affairs in this
state through the Nonpartisan league
SO long as Townley is at the head Of
that organization In other words
Mac wants you to understand, Mr..
Farmer, that he'll never land that
game warden job again unless the
aforementioned league head is GUST
ed because he has the former Han
ma ward heller game warden spotted
as an individual who is on very
friendly tersm with the Big Biz clique.
According to Representative Bor-
land the Big Biz packers delayed the
government inquiry twenty months.
Says Mr.. Borland, "all the legislative
machinery that handled my bill was
for 20 months controlled by the pack
ers." Thus, again, gentle reader,
have you an opportunity to see the
power which one clique of the Big
Biz outfit has. When an outfit can
beat the farmer in one stocykard, out
of 100000 yearly, do you wonder
that they have enormous power? And
still some Of your friends" in the
newspaper game do all they can to
camouf1age you into the belief that
there is no Big Biz bunch in this
country. Yes, Garden, Falky> & Co.,
we NEAR you!
Roosevelt was a great little trust
buster (?) in his day, so his friends
claim. Still there are several trusts
doing business. Let the Government
own the trusts!
The really patriotic people of North
Dakota ire disguised with the sneaky
methods which the OPPOSITION press is
using in trying to denounce our Gov
ernor as unpatriotic. Who is it that
insults our governor by calling him
Friday" who is it that questions the
patriotism of the league leaders? Is
it not a fact that the Minot Messen-
ger, which questions Frazier's 10y
atty and insults him, has been under
the management of one who in order
to prevent the patriotic young wo-
men Of his city from pinning a white
feather on him sneaked away from his
home? Also, is it not a fact that
Falky, who is snarling at and insult
ing u governor, by speaking of him
as Friday" when first approached
for a donation of twenty-five dollars
for the Red Cross refused to give it,
and did he donate anything to the
Y. M. C. A? What right then has
the Messenger and News to question
the league leaders patriotism? 1t is
our humble opinion that the afore-
mentioned pair Of Interpretations
are not even fit to be judges at a dog
show, let alone their fitness to judge
Governors patriotism.
The malcontent editor of the Sour
is Messenger questions the truthful
ness Of one of the League speakers
who spoke recently at Omemee. And
since when has the Messenger editor
grown so truthful? The last time
we saw him, which was recently,
there was no appearance of wings
having sprouted upon him. Queer.
isn't it, that some of these editors
who have something on Mills" did
MT present themselves at Omemee
when he was speaking and question
his statements?
The following is credited to Lincoln:
"Inasmuch as many good things are
produced by labor, it follows that all
such good things ought to belong to
those whose labor has produced them.
But it has happened in all ages of
the world that some have labored and
others, without labor, have enjoyed
a large proportion Of the fruits. This
is wrong and should not continue. To
to each laborer the whole pro-
duct Of his labor as nearly as possible
is a worthy object Of any good gov
eminent" The above statement proves
that If the greatest president the
United States ever had were here he
would be heartily in sympathy with
the Nonpartisan league program for
is it not truth that the league is en-
deavoring to secure to each farmer
the whole product of his labor as
nearly as is possible?
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Reports have it that the miller
of Minneapolis" takes in $250,000,000
yearly as profits. Considering the
fact that the gentlemen who receive
that profit don't have to troll out"
at FIVE, or earlier, in the morning and
work from that time until late in.
the evening, they no doubt have suf-
fcient time to spend it and enjoy life
indeed.