The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-26

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sands of happy homes? This state is
a great corporation, and you are a
stockholder. You and your family
are the corporate property. The con-
stitution is your guarantee Of liberty.
without its protecting restrictions
anarchy will overtake and destroy
you. The restriction against incur
ring public debt IL the most essential
safeguard In the constitution. With
out It, the protection to liberty. life
and property becomes hollow mock
sry. The experience that older states
have had was the guiding influence
that caused the makers OF our consti-
tuition to nx the debt limit jus: high
enough to allow public improvements
to bs undertaken on . reasonable
basis. It has stood the test % tar
Beware Of any policy that opens the
door to folly and fraud: let we'll
enough alone. To remove the debt
limit means conhsestion Of all prop
erty BY the tax route. Do you know
that II you vote for these amend
ments It will be possible to tax one
class and exempt another? Do You
know anyone big enough to be trust
ed with such power?
"Our bonding limit is high enough
to permit neeael public improve.
ments. but not nigh enough to open
the doors to tn. loote. and exploiter,
as was the mlsi ,r':: at the older
states. who aaid the price in fraudu.
lent bond issu.s voted on tho pcopl.
~ hired th,:s and bond election
m,nipulators."
Bonds Issued Fraudulently
Mr.. Hellstrom then cites number
of instances in which bonds have been
fraudulenty issued. "Away back in
the early seventies, one county in
Kansas voted 1885 900 in aid of rail-
roads that today are joke, and some
were never built. In fact, this coun-
ty today has only 60 miles of track
built by the roads to which aid was
voted and on which the only train
service now maitained is one round
trip daily except Sunday by combin-
alton motor-driven car on one of the
three roads to which aid was voted.
One road was never built and the
other at one time had "a miles of
track which was abandoned, and
later the track was taken up.
There are hundreds and thou
sands of cases similar to this all over
the United States. Leavenworth
county, Kansas, was mixed in the
same railway bond scheme that
caught Douglas county, and they were
Carpenter, Wisconsin, Clay county,
! Mo-, Pittsburgh. Pa, and St. Clair
county, Mo-, are few of the early
, victims.
Stands for "NO Debtso
"The only reason there are not
such outrages to be recorded in
North Dakota is because of the debt
limit in our constitution. Do yon
want it removed? So long as we
keep the debt limit down, N. D. will
stand for No Debts as we'll as for
North Dakota
There is also another good reason
to let we'll enough alone, at least
while our young men are away fight
ing to keep our Flag afloat. They
! will be unable to cast their vote on
this question, but they and their
children will have to do the paying.
When these gallant young men re-
turn. let us be able to say: Here
is the good old state of North Dakota
just as good as it was when you left
What excuse would we have to offer
If we mortgage the state for all it
will stand? How would you feel
on your boys return to say: Well,
Bill, the old state is still here. She
couldn't get away. We tackled her
down with mortgage. God Bless
your soul. Get busy and lift it?'
Keep Your Birthright
would you be proud of such a
legacy! It is up to you, Mr.. Voter,
to do some thinking. The land is full
Of dreamers who presume to think
and act for you. They are long on
promises. Just hold on to your
birthright: the safety valve is still
necessary. It is alright to try new
things. but don't throw away both
the brakes and the safety valve
The course of the dreamer is liable
to take Won over some h;1ls vov