The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-21
them out of business.

If the government can insure it's
soldiers could it not also insure the
citizens? With government insurance
for soldiers, government ownership
of powder plants, government 'insur-
ance on ships, and government con-
troll of railways it begins to appear
that the advocate of government own
ership is coming into his own. Why
not have the government take yer
the telegraph and telephone lines, the
express business and the mines? We
might just as we'll have efficiency in
in all lines as in a few.
Fighting Capitalism is the same as
fighting Kaiserism. kaiserism in
Europe caused the loss of millions of
lives, the m~altreatment of women and
children. Capitalism in this country
has caused the loss of lives and the
maltreatment of women and children.
The following proves our contention:
Mrs. JENNA Seville, who, under oath,
told the following story concerning
the West Virginia Coal Miners strike,
about the fifth of June l was wash
ing in the house early in the morning
when the guards came to the house,
broke in, punched me in the face and
then went to turning things upside
down in search of firearms. On the
bed was a little baby and they kicked
me in the stomach and called me bad
names. When they kicked me l fell
to the floor, but the picked me up
and asked me where were the keys
to the trunk. I was pretty nea faint
ed and l told them l did not know. I
expected to have another baby in
three months but l never heard my
baby call again after they kicked me
in the stomach. A little later it was
born dead" The following was TAX
en- from the Literary Digest concern
ing the Colorado Coal Miners strike.
"Then the machine gun began to rake
the tents and arroys. Bullets ripped
through the tent walls. Men and wo-
men lodged and crawled from the COLI
ony, seeking safety in the Black hills.
Fifty women took shelter in the big
railroad pupmphouse, with the levels
below the earth. Other women and
children sought the pits beneath the
tents dug for such an emergency. At
least eleven women and children
were found in these pit graves" 1t
not the murder of women and children
just as cruel in this country as it is
in Europe. Does not the life of a
woman or child amount to as much
in this country as it does in Europe?
There are many other cases of wo-
men and children being mistreated in
this country. And why? Because of
the greedy capitalist private owner
ship system, which means a continual
grab for dividends. Government own
ership is the system that should be
adopted and the private competitive
system abolished. That which is used
publicly should be owned publicly,
that which is used privately should be
owned privately.
News reports have it that James
Manahan, Nonpartisan league attor-
ney, was forced to leave Lakefeld,
Mimi, by a mob and threatened with
hanging if he did not leave that town.
Mr.. Hanahan was at the time con-
Quoting the trial of his client, Mr..
Gilbert, manager Of the league in
Minnesota. The activities of that
mob in Lakefield displays the spirit
of the opposition of the league. 1t
was that same spirit that nineteen
hundred and eighteen years ago pre-
dominated the crowd that took the
One out who dared to drive the mon
ey changers out of the house Of God,
and Who dared to champion the cause
of the common people, and crucifed
Him. The members of that mob no
doubt. if asked, would say that we
are fighting Germany to make the
world safe for democracy; that mob
that violates the constitutional rights
of not only Mr.. Manahan but also
those of his client, Mr.. Gilbert. We
are fighting this wal for the sake of
democracy but that mob of Lakefield
stabbed the boys, who r fighting
for democracy, in the back. Democ-
racy means that right shall rule and
not might. Democracy mean a gov
eminent of the people, by the people,
and is absolutely opposite of mob rule.
Those members of the Lakefield mob
showed by their action that they
would be more fit as soldiers of the
me unit Got" Kaiser than as citizens
of the United States.
"Terrible Turk" Teddy Roosevelt,
the American would-be Kaiser, was