The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24

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world control endeavors and his "Gott
unit Me" declarations. We welcome
the coming Of the day. not far dist
ant, when Big Biz mis-construing
editors who sell their souls for thirty
dirty pieces Of silver will be q relic Of
the past.
For every dollar that the Steel
Trust paid its wage-earners in 1913,
it paid $1.27 in 1916. But for every
dollar it paid its stockholders in 1913
it paid 1894 in 1916. In other words
from 1913 to 1916 the wage-earners
received an increase Of ~ cents but
during the same period the capitalists
received an increase Of 1924. Some
difference that! But then such con-
ditions exist in all productive lines.
Aren't ven glad that you have the
dear old Grain Trust to sell. your
grain to that they may enjoy these
mansions in Minneapolis, MI. Farm
err?
Several Of the small fry newspa-
pers in the state, with the dear old
Bacon-Junken Herald as q leader,
have set up considerable Of q howl
about the special session Of the leg
islature which our patriotic Governor
has seen fit to call. These same pa
pers are the papers that have quest
ioned the patriotism of our farmer
governor. The government has called
upon the farmers to produce all they
possibly can in order to help win the
wal and as the farmers r financially
embarrassed, in most parts of the state
the governor has wisely called a spec
ial session to pass laws to provide the
needed funds in order that this state
may produce all it possibly can. And
still these papers question the COVER
nor's patriotism. Verify, verify the
consistency Of these hangers on OF
Big Biz press" is conspicuous by its
absence.
In Kansas City, Kan, the electric
light plant is owned by the city and
is saving the city more than $780,
900 a year. This is another one OF
an unending string of successful ex-
amphes Of public ownership.
Again we present the local example
of the superiority Of public owner
ship over private ownership. The
News is a private owned paper and
it's subscription rate is $500 per year
while the Courant is a public (any-
one may own stock in it who so des-
ires) owned paper and it's suhscrip-
ton rate is $1.0o per year-this
month.
We feel quite certain that Falky
has not as yet come across with that
twenty five dollars for the Red Cross
society because he has not Informed
us of any such action on his part and
we feel quite certain (?) that the gen.
tleman would drop us q line by the
first mail informing US that the pa.
triotic light had at last forced EN-.
trance upon his troglodytic top!
s-s-s~e
The following statements. by oul
President are in our mind true expires.
sions Of patriotic Americanism: "Le'
there be no misunderstanding. Ou1
present and immediate task is to wiz
the war, and nothing shall turn vi
from it until it is accomplished" :.
We shall regard the war as won only
when the German people say to u.
through properly accredited represen'
tatives that they r ready to agree
to q settlement based upon justict
and the ~reparation of the wrongs
their rulers have DONE" Wisely
spoken words, Mr.. President, and may
God speed the day when the German!
will be able to overthrow their blood
thirsty despotic rulers and help Us tx
establish q peace that will be of ever
lasting duration. "Peace on earth
good will toward man" is our adoptet
slogan and vi earthly desire is tn
establishment Of a world wide broth
erhood of women and men who vii
carry out that slogan in every wall
Of life.
With Frances j. Heney, fedora
trade examiner, exposing the despot
ic activities Of the Chicago packers
the public is being shown that there
really is a Big Biz organization il
this country, despite the arguments
of the Bottineau News and the Mi
not Messenger to the contrary.
The Minot Messenger, having moth.
ing on certain individuals who believe
in progressive politics proceeds to cal
them names such as. /. w. WIS. and 2
by as. There is a possibility that we
are, as charged, q 2 by 4, but we
are quite sure that the facts that we
have presented to the Couurant read