The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30
dinky editors who claim that the
leaguers are not friends Of the farm

The P. O. G. Advocate has Of late
let out several respondent yells con-
corning a certain legislator from this
county who is quoted as having said
that he had two years Of time, a cou-
pie Of thousand dollars and a Ford
car with which to defeat papers and
politicians who fought House Bill Al.
| Considering the fact that the above
mentioned gentleman did not use the
two thousand and with the passing
away Of the late lamented Omemee
Herald and the wobbly condition in
which the Souris Messenger is at. the
present time it would appear that the
legislator had SC far the best of the
argument. Thoughts Of the Omemee
Herald are sad to Mr.. Johnson and
they are the cause Of the Advocates
cries.
In the first session of the legisla-
ture, after they got the vote in Idaho,
women aided materially in getting
through a measure of the utmost i'm
portance to the young state, namely,
an anti-gambling law. In the several
sessions since they have helped to Sc
cure many progressive measures some
of which are: Raising the age Of
protection for young girls to Is; pro-
hibiting the employment Of children
in certain industries; creating a ju-
venile court; creating a state humane
society; establishing an Industrial
school; providing for the inspection
and regulation Of places where foods
and drugs r prepared; providing
antitrust regulations; creating moth
er's pensions; making mothers equal
guardians with the father of their
children; giving married women con-
troll of their property and earnings;
and prohibiting traffic in women.
These are all progressive measures
and are fair examples Of what al be
expected in a legislative line when
women secure the ballot.
The following statement is an ex-
cerpt from a speech by Governor Ar
thur Capper of Kansas, who is not q
| Nonpartisan: "From a ,million-dol-
lar corporation making $500,O00 net
profit a year-or about $4S0,O00 in ex-
cess, profts-that law takes $154,O00
and lets the corporation keep $685.
800. This is about 400 per cent more
profits that the corporation made in
peace times and profits were not small
then. So far only a small part Of the
burden Of the war has been carried
by the $4,000 a year man and the
million-dollar corporation. By far the
greater part Of the load is carried and
must be carried for years, by the
wage-earners and the average Amer
lean citizen with a family to support
on ~proiteered necessities, unless we
change this. ratio. Experts estimate
that big business made in excess pro
fits alone in our first year of the war,
"a sum greater than the whole money
cost of the civil war-3,600 million dol
lars, or more than 81 billions. This
estimate is not guess work. It il
based on the quarterly returns Of
these corporations. Amos Pincho'
says this enormou mountain o.
wealth piled up by the labor of TIN
fighting and producing classes, ant
from the necessities of our allies, viii
be the war monument Of America
plutocracy, and Of the Congress tina
obeyed it, long after the war is end
ed"
Cornelius Vanderbilt, while an of
fcer of the New York Central Rail
way Co. made the following statement
"The public be damned! I'm not run
ming this road for the benefit Of tn
public, I'm running it for my own ben
eft" Such is the consideration tn
"deer peepul" receive from u cap
tains of industry.
In eight years the state railroads o
Belgium made a net profit of $251'
10000 for the government.
Government-owned railroads in Ne1
Zealand earned $3,700,O00 in one veal
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