Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-11

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the q, and other aux les and III
ssacr ficing theil sons Tor nail itaiy pnr.
poses and their dauR htef III many
scases for Red Cross work |, that they
represent the highest type Of Ameri
canism. Your own Investments and
syonr own contr ions, here In South
Dakota and III Hamlin county show
that you believe Id supporting our
presidents war policies and that you
are going to back him to the very end
with all yeur energy and with all
your properly II need be.
Profiteering Prod German
But what r do want to BE understood
as saying liz that g big profiteer. who
is pro German in act and deed II not in
thought, deserves that same conde mna-
{ ton which we mete out to a little fell
low. AS Ia matter Of fact, he deserves
greater ton for the reason
that he occupies more responsible
and exalted position and his influence,
although unco consciously exerted per-
haps, lis more extensive and Tar reach.
ing than that of the little fellow.
Pr0fiteering, no matter what we call
1t, has a tendency to discourage and
hinder and handicap Americas part In
the war, and to that extent 1t is pro
Germanism. And when we reflect that
since this war began we have accumu-
lated eight thousand more millionaires
than we had before 1t commenced, we
may realize the extent to which pro-
ffteering has characterized our business
relations with our fellOWmen and with
ourselves.
This profiteering, however, furnishes
no excuse for any OF us TO fail to do our
part. 1t is our duty, the duty OF each
of us, to lend the full weight OF our in
fluence and our opportunities and our
energies to our country in the prose-
lcution of this war. And we're going to
do it. we are doing it, and we are going
to continue to do it.
Farming An Outlaw
# 1t is source OF qualification to all
true Americans that under the leader
ship Of that matchless American,
Woodrow Wilson, the government is
reaching out, as rapidly as consistent,
to trottle profiteering. It has fixed
prices for steel, has told the packers
what measure Of profit they shall
henceforth be allowed to make, has
take Il over the railroads because under
private operation they were failing to
meet the emergency, and Is putting its
cont. olling hands upon various enter
prises. ,i2
All OF these things, however, are with
In the law. The law has taken
cognizance OF their existence. They
are under some sort Of regulation, and
We're under some sort OF regulation
even before we became involved in the
war. gF s III. sSlE9S9
Farming, we should know, is an out
law that is to say, 1t Is outside the
law. It has grown up outside the law.
It has never been under the regulation
of law. 1t is the biggest business this
country has, or that any other country
has. 1t is the nations chief support.
Without iJ all oIner enterprises would
fall by the waysi1e. And yet farming
I Is entirely & outside the law. 1T has
never been regulated, or controlled;
therefor it is outside the law-an
outlaw. "A &
Making the Mule Pull
why shouldn't farming be recognized
and placed upon the same basis as
ago 90 was employed in Colorado in
hauling logs, using several spans of
mules. learned something about
mules that i never knew before. You
can usually make them pull BY getting
behind them and prodding them with
a sharp stick. But this method, while
7efficacions, is rather dangerous. You
need q long stick, to say the least, for
yf1at1 49,.
length its legs are the longest things
compared with what they
appeared to be before the stretching
process began.
Now, while you can make a mule
pull by ipreaais. g, an easier way Is to
place q bale Of hay and a sack OF oats
somewhere up ahead where the mule
can see il You'ill get ever 50 much
more pulling out OF the mule BY this
method.
That's what the government is doing
with the manufacturing interests on all
those things which are necessary for
prosecuting the war. The makers Of
munitions. Of material for suits for the.
soldier boys, for ships. for transporta-
ton of foodstuffs and SO forth ana
3so on, are assured cost Of production
plus l q reasonable measure Of profit on.
the amount of wealth invested Under
the goyernrnen s licensing regulation.
the packers are permitted to charge
enough to cover the entire cost Of pro-
auction, plus q reasonable measure OF
profit
This system apIlies to all phases 81
the war excepting farming. There is
10 10 sue rule applied to farming T1xs
sxsvlff r1rx IL.