The Bottineau courant., 1918-06-20
A PAIR OF INCONsIsTENTs

"A AAAAs ~ AANOOANOANA i OA> A0s
Editor Courant: It is quite
apparent that Editor Matt John
son of the poor old gangs Ad-
vocate is attempting to put up
a camoufage campaign. Mr..
Johnson is doing his utmost in
an attempt to hide the real is
sue of the coming election. A
glance at the editorial column
of the late lamented Omemee
Herald will prove that Mr.. John
son knows that H. B. "A is not
the issue. How can Johnson
and Sandstrom expect an intel
ligent people, as are the electors
of Bottineau county, to give
credit to their (Sandstrom's and
Johnson's) cry that H. B. a. is
an issue when Sandstrom help
ed to kill that measure? If a
measure has been killed almost
a year and a half, as has H. B.
"a, how can it possibly be an is
sue? If there were some Of the
sections of H. B. Al which were
Objectionable to Sandstrom and
his pals in the Senate, why did
they not remove the objection
able sections? They had the
power. Is it not a fact that the
reason Sandstrom and his pals
killed H. B. "A was that it gave
the people an opportunity to ex-
press their will concerning a con-
stitution Is the constitution
so sacred that it must not be
tampered with by the people?
Which should be considered
first, the people or the constitu-
ton? If Mr.. Sandstrom believ-
es' the present constitution good
enough why doesn't he in using
the same line Of reasoning con-
duct his business in the same
manner that it was conducted
twenty-five years ago? H. B.
A is not an issue in the present
election and there is no one in
the country who knows this bet
ter than either Mr.. Sandstrom
or Johnson. The real issue is
the conscription of wealth. While
publishing the Omemee Herald
Mr.. Johnson claimed that that
would be the issue and now when
Johnson's prophecy has come
true he and his pet candidate
for the Senate endeavor to cam
outage the public by crying,
~" They do not dare to come
before the public upon the real
issue and are doing their utmost
to divert the attention of the
public from the real issue, the
conscription of wealth. Messrs.
Sandstrom and Johnson, who are
supporting the conscription of
the lives Of the young men for
service on the battlefield are not
supporting the conscription of
wealth, in their paper, in order
to help win the war. Why their
silence on this paramount issue :?
The New York Tobacco Trust
earned a much larger profit in
1917 than they did in 1916; the
American link, Lead and Smelt-
ling Co. earned a much greater
profit in 1917 than in 1916; the
Standard Oil Co. despite the tax
es levied by the government, re-
port a much greater profit in
1917 than 1916. There is no
lend Of it. A billion or more a
month is going into the Golfers
of big business on account of the
war and only a very small per
cent of it is coming back to help
win the war. The home folks
are paying out that monstrous
lsum to big business and still
neither Mr.. Sandstrom or John
son utter a word of protest.
There are seventy of us young
men that will leave next Mon
day for training that will un-
doubtedly develop into real
| Kaiser nabbers. Would not it
|be more fair to conscript some
of the enormous profits which
|could be used in paying the ex-
Ipense Of our training? Surely
lie we young men are ready to
sacrifice our lives if need be for
the cause Of democracy should
mot the owners Of enormous un-
earned wealth be willing to sac
rifice their wealth for the sake
lof democracy?
If Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Sand
Istrom were such good friends Of
1.-The farmers in days gone bye
where were they with their con
Istructive legislation when the
lterminal elevators Of Minneapo