The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
SURE YOU ARE NOT A SOCIALISM,

for b. the public? Could you think Of any more real socialism socl a Eaa
soon will own its street railroads? Do you live in . nation that
If ai th tske na fSntsp1 Veins Of railroads snG satss ag@y f TSat !; the so sG,Ss'sd and nSr soe;si.
ism with a vengeance.
and s sa s' " ss are nos so e %s5st!y look with horror on socialism,
Yet each generation and each individual is sociaistic, COM
president Of the United States, early in the last century.
complained c snpt i1ssa bitterly in "a a pull public iss sps s,ao because e he couldn't hire
He would look upon this age with its comparatively high
there A former f met ! so g"9;s sc Of yj in mi .t publicly !, thanked lss Co God that that
might ata not be one for many centuries INJURIES, to come. Whst would he
say ? TSe so %GdisR s wheo h sn fes sHS'a IS a socialist. and not merely
an incompetent jealous of somebody eses more fortunate condi-
society," ~ and thinks 1GH the task t should Il be pu undertaken system gystemati eain
He may be wrong as to the immediate possibilies-he usual
he cd DS5if ax' er S : & %.t The g. 5 s. al was S, Mge1 g{s when When ne sgd taeught
after he flew out of the labyrinth. But now people fly and don't
break the1r necks. IT, ~,
whiskers. They, want to do too much too soon:
,.,,s You o. cannot be a pirate and have whiskers when you are eight
You cannot have an ideal society, with unsel6shness, gener-
'' You cannot have the i ideal Commonwealth o. svaafa S today. for today
if you gave S. apiece to every man in the country, ninety mine men
each Of 100 socialists, there Would be perhaps IS two two Socialists ssie sttsiH left. -
.u But because you can't do it today, it is not safe to say that you
Once nee each e g r savage Nv wanted ed fifty wives-now one is sometimes
Once every ruler, bishop. and lord Of the manor in England
ia%s ns5, the ri i?4at, to ts have his s private gallows and hang Grim.
unless compelled to do SO by law. ""e "'N''
ands Of s fmzzl q and aad1 keep aa seiss5iy for es themselves y ! aV wharf their + f Sroth-
e's NEED w. a The s1 day. aeyis win come %;fh when thew they won't n want van !, this -, y +u
ing to make social conditions better-and we are making them
The unusual solicHude which the entire ~anti-League papers are
s guided farmers ~ who q %sss to tef be sn sfr insRsis wi Ms'a tss N % fs %'s,
League might well be cause for much admiration were it not so,
i 5:S;s sss P5s9 q 4 s$'!S had = : : n ssSts ss: On The he s sentSe!
lmOnoy-IalSed DV a tax On these Same farmers and which Woo
in the main, shamelessly squandered in rewarding political 'heel-i
+ when + |f to raise rs e psotsst tn w asas e BE- sv eoiti ssdPty os tt sas its shd
financially damned; never once during all that shameful period
now nov $? jealousy sa IS engaged asy ii in de %ea'Gsas The ! p fa11ee 4e'G interests wse s aS
1sa%ssaf a 'd disers sss: snd profound soa dn sHsass, fs and 1a %hsf e Be ss a 5 Rt
n f his a heutenants Were ever ready to slip over a goodly bunch
as a reward for their unsel6sh and untiring watch and ward over
t the Interests sd as Of the farmers m fhs 4l In view Of til their past records as
IL ths si1t their ! $ sudden n1dea e yer is act tsts by honesty and sincerity
:, # The courant appears to be feeling "chesty" just now
there's 2 reason" One day last week il, received q letter from a
and pedging ample support to such. an undertaking. This letter
sentative was sEes farmers my sae Of sSat 4 psnt 1 VI sotti Hs arc country 'nafy'af sef are s aeRts,
could 4d;t be taken taken in. in the premises one Of the gentlemen signerg called
es in his vicinity Were ready to become Co subscribers to The t cour-
the aes p pa4p' sf e enS'f fr fsadss in e he sv wssts1n p rnis Of an ths easats 2e IS mo ST
1 nlsney aP pnf { fa fsiv and me we fhs .a not only eRdeay so;n to grant their
l.. MI. Albert I. Bla1, the eminent Boston Journalist who de-
hvered q lecture at Fargo on the evening Of the 9Th inst. on the
subject OF yellow journalism, may have had-and probably did
have-the antileague newspapers Of North Dakota in mind when
he declared that
The press Of this country, mighty as it's influence, has
not half Of the power it should have because the public has
found out that so many Of our papers have been lying to them,
have distorted and exaggerated facts and are utterly unreG-
able as sources of information"
The Courant has some hesitancy in the matter of yielding to
It's inclination to characterize its contemporary across the street.
as an ass, and therefore it will refrain from doing so at this time,
but after reading some Of the few original editorials among
those OF the canned variety in the last issue OF the News we shall
feel compelled hereafter to contemplate its editors ears with a