Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-10-30

Act, he says: 1.-THE act has been con-
siderably amended since then, and
though still a dangerous law, serves
a very useful purpose in the war;"
Now what do you think of that? 1t is
a Dangerous" law, but it serves a
Every useful" purpose. We might
expect remark like that from q
Mark Twain or a Bill Nye.
Farmers Get the Benefit.
When it is said that the farmers in
the drought-stricken areas are get
ting several million dollars from this
bank, that is not half true" he con-
tinues. Then he explains" that the
Federal Reserve Bank cannot deal
directly with the farmers, but only
with banks and the government and
that the president directed that this
money from the Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn be turned over to certain To-
cal banks to be loaned out to the
farmers. Again he arrives at the
same thing that we said. The diff.
ference is that he tells the steps that
had to be taken. But the farmers got
the money, didn't they? And trac-
ing it back through the local banks
and the government, it came from the
Federal Reserve System, didn't it?
And Volstead voted against the es-
Enlistment of that system. And now
that is just exactly what we said in
the first place. So after penetrating
Volstead's camouflage, we have his
vote against the farmers standing out
in bold relief.
81 am denounced as a friend of
| the trusts because l voted against the
| Clayton act That is not an act
! against trusts, but in favor of trusts"
| says Volstead. Then he copies most
spiteful harangue against the Demo
| cratic congress by a discredited SEN
ator from Missouri and says that it
Expresses my views" That is
characteristic of Volstead. He is a
me too" congressman. 1t is gen
orally Knute Nelson who speaks and
when he is through, Volstead meekly
says "Me too"
"Trust magnates know my views
on the trust question" Yes, they
ought to. Judging by your votes, you
must be quite chummy.
But what about this Clayton Anti
Trust Act, which Volstead, says is sc
very, very bad. Organized labor has
called this act "Labor's Magma Char
ta" Is it because labor is so wei
satisfied with this act, that it is sc
bad? Does it favor the common PEG
pie too much? Volstead voted mo
on this act. Why? Because he is
honestly and sincerely devoted to the
old theory that property rights take
precedence over human interests anG
| 1o<o nc
for the "fat boys'' first, laborers anG
their families second. He undoubt
eddy is perfectly honest. But he is
wrong. And that is why we are fol
Lobeck whose record in the legisla
ture shows that he has always stooG
by labor at all times.
Discrimination Done Away With.
Discrimination in price between
different purchasers of commodities
was hit body blow by the Clayton
Antitrust Act. But Volstead voteG
| against it.
Mr.. Volstead even tries to explain
his vote on the Pneumatic Tube graf
by saying that the system of collect
ing mail in the big cities by automO
biles will "probably" be more expen
sive. But it isn't. And Volstead ii
careful enough so that he doesn't say
that it is, but that it probably yil
be. =:
Surely Volstead made one big mis-
take when he tried to explain" hi:
reactionary record in congress to thu
progressive voters of the Seventh
There is only one way in which to ex
plain it. That is that Volsteat
believes honestly enough, in "Bi@
Biz" and he votes accordingly
His votes do not help the people o
the Seventh district particle from
the fact that he is honest in hi
views. The fact remains that he il
reactionary, that he views public
questions from the standpoint o
money and property, stocks and divi
dends, and not from the standpoint o
humanity, of equal opportunity and
square deal for the common people
Volstead's votes have been agains
the farmers and against labor in con
gress.
Want Real Representative.
This is purely agricultural dis
trict A congressman is supposed tt
represent the people Of his district
When he fails to do so, it is time tt
make a change. The pepole are en-
titled to have their own views repre-
sented in congress at Washington
That is why the farmers league wa
against VOlstead and for Shipsteat
in the primaries and that is why tn
farmers league is still against Vol
stead and for Lobeck in the election
next Tuesday.
l. M. KALNESS,
Alexandria, MINI.