The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-31
would lead us to believe.

" S~A~ ~S - - O04ASv OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
We fail to see where Falky has any
right to question any ones patritism.
When an individual who IS financially
able to pay the amount asked Of him
by his fellow citizens for the Red
Cross society refuses to do so, as did
Falky, then1he is not At to judge any
ones patriotism.
With the railways charging $71.391
per ton for the hauling Of the u. s.
mail from New York City to Chicago,
whereas they charge only $3.50 per
ton for hauling express between those
same cities, don't it strike you, gen
tie reader, that your Uncle Sam is
being soaked pretty hard by our pa
triotic railroad owners? The charge
for hauling a ton of mail from New
York City to San Francisco is $685.. SO,
while the charge for hauling a ton Of
express, over the same roads, between
those two cities, is only $4,000. We
always had figured that q ton Of ex-
press weighed just as much as 3 ton
Of mail and have never been able to
see why it, should cost more to haul
mail than it does to haul express.
In last weeks issue Of the Botti-
neau News Falky states that he went
to Fargo recently "and left the Office
in charge of the devil" incidentally
we noticed that the editorial (?l
were of practically the same dope as
usual!!!
In Australia there have been estab-
lished state owned meat markets. Ten
retail markets were started q year ago
and during the first year made q pro-
fit Of $34,705. The private owned
markets are losing out because they
cannot compete with the state owned
markets.
There are 1862 cities in the United
that own and operate municipal light
and power plants. There are 3,045
municipal water plants, thirty mum
icipal gas plants, and four municipal
street railways. They are run effic-
iently, economically and successfully.
A better argument for public owner
ship could not be advanced.
s-s-s-s
The following is an excerpt from
Washington, D. c., concerning the
government control of railroads.:
'"They are ready to be taken over
and the only matter of Importance in
the minds of railroad officials, presi-
dents, and directors, was what Mr..
Kruttsnicht spoke Of as their fight
to retain profits. ;" And now q swarm
of locusts come down on Congress in
tent on protecting their profits"
Promised 1896, 100000 and owe 81
per cent on their capital stocks, the
railroad owners are demanding $780,
0OO, 900 more and q larger per cent
on their investments. 80. Under gov
eminent ownership the government
would pay AZ per cent on bonds,
whereas the private owners OF the
railroads are seeking all the way
FROM Z to Is per cent On inflated valu-
ations Of deprecated properties for
operation! Thus, gentle reader, is
the patriotism OF Big Biz displayed
to you. Seven to fifteen per cent pa
triotism indeed. We venture to as
sert that such pa~(y)triotism is not
of much assistance in winning wars
for the sake Of democracy.
Falky seemeth not to like the line
Of facts, true facts, which we have
been presenting in this department.
But then, that's natural. Incidently
we don't like Falky's policy Of refus-
ing to pay that twenty-five dollars to-
the Red Cross society. And that's