The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07

noxious Big Biz mouthpiece Terrible
Turk. Roosevelt and the same was
published by a large number Of u
so-called patriotic Big Biz editors who
went into fits because LaFollette ut
tered a few words that sounded unpa-
triotic. The fact of the matter is
that President Wilson's democratic
policies concerning this war are di-
rectly opposite Of what Roosevelt and
his militarist bunch had hoped for
and they ar endeavoring to make
the peopleloose faith in the admins
tration. AS for President Wilson, the
people n with him; but as for T. R.
well, let him rave.
The net operating income of the
railroads for 1917 in this country, ac-
cording to the bureau of railway &C.
onomics, was $1,054,100,79O And
still these railroads have the nerve
to ask for higher rates.
In 1865 Abraham Lincoln said: II
see in the near future a crisis ap-
preaching that unnerves me, and
causes me to tremble for the safety
of my country. AS a result of the
war, corporations have been enthron-
ed, and an era Of corruption in high
places will follow, and the money pow
err of the country will endeavor to
prolong it's reign by working upon
the prejudices Of the people. until all
the wealth is aggregated in a few
hands and the republic is destroyed"
Was not Lincoln right? Do not one
tenth of the people in the country
own nine-tenths of the wealth? Isn't
the grain combine robbing the farmer
of millions of dollars a year; Isn't
the packing trust robbing the farmer
Of millions ($7,000,000 in the st. Paul
stock yards alone) Of dollars a year;
isn't the steel trust raking in millions
Of dollars a year in profits; aren't the
railroads raking in millions of dol
lars in profits yearly; and aren't these
same pr~ofiteers trying to camouf1age
the people by waving the flag in front
of them with one hand while using
the other hand to grad millions and
millions Of dollars more in profits be-
hind them? And aren't the ward heel
ing political representatives Of this
same profiteering Big Biz clique try
ig to work upon the prejudices. of the
people by calling their progressive
opponents TRAITORS and carpet bag
gers" and isn't the kept press assist
ing these ward heelers in their dirty
work? Verify, verify, Lincoln's pro-
phesy has come true.
Governor Phillips of Wisconsin, is
reported to have vetoed a war bond
bill, which was intended to raise ST.
$4,000 by a special graduated surtax
on incomes Of $4,000 and over be-
cause he considers it unconstitution-
al" Needless to say the "uppah class"
Of Wisconsin are delighted don'tcha-
know" Jerry Bacon and friends"
ought to Immediately take steps to-
ward importing Phillips and put him
in the race as their candidate for
Governor. Such action on their part
would be in line with their usual ac-
tivities.
The following is credited to Sen.
VIM. E. Borah Of Idaho, Who are the
slackers n We conscrpit our young
men to fight and pass the burden Of
taxes on the next generation! What
sublime willingness to sacrifice shall
characterize this generation on the
pages Of history!" Needless to say
none Of the friends Of the farmer
anti-league press is giving such ex-
~pressions Of Americanism space. And
why? Because they are opposed to
CONSUMPTION Of wealth; because they
favor the CONSUMPTION Of your boy for
service, Mr.. Farmer, but do not favor
the CONSUMPTION Of the almighty dol
lar which their hackers, Big Biz and
hangers on, possess. That is the rea-
son in a nut shell.
"Great Britain, as has been sug-
gested here SO often, without her
business ruined-indeed, with her
business prosperous, after three years
of tremendous war-has an 80 per
cent tax on war profits. If we had
that, according to the amend
ment Of the Senator from California
lMr. Hiram w. Johnson) we would
have raised approximately $3,200,000
on this tax Alone" is q statement
credited to Senator w. s. Kenyon.
Senator W. s.. Kenyon Of Iowa, the
former home Of such stand patters as
Ferry Bacon and e. L. Garden, is cred
tied with having made the following
statement also, IT said sometime ago,
and / was denounced as IN anarchist
'by certain papers for saying II, that
during this war no man ought to have
u heoue of over 100000. But the
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