The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

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the many friends of Tom Hall.
/. THOUGHTS OF A RUBE.n
Our democracy seeking Congress
men seem to forget, is so far as they
are concerned, that the national re-
sources should be conserved as much
as possible. For instance, why do
they not reduce their mileage allow
ances from twenty cents per mile to
the actual cost, thereby saving the
government some thousands of dol
lars 81, .'.
One of the main principles Of DEM
ocracy that will have to be estab-
lished in order to have real true DEM
ocracy will be the adjustment Of sec-
ret diplomacy. Secret diplomacy is
directly opposite of real true democ-
racy.. Because Of the lies told by var
ious diplomatists. many countries
have, in the past, been thrown into
war.
The Grand Forks Herald, and 9TH
ers of it's ilk, have in the past shown
great concern over the fact that the
N~onpartisan League would allow none
other than farmers to become men,
bers of that organization because the
Herald claiming that procedure was
really an attempt to array class
against class. But now, along comes
the Farmers League '(of disappointed
Office Seekers) and they will allow
no one unless he is a farmer, ESQ they
claim) to join, and the Herald runs
an editorial praising this new organ
ization. Evidently consistency Is not
to be found in the Herald's stock.
No, gentle reader, the Farmers
League (of Disappointed Office Seek
ers) is not a political party. IT'S
simply an. organization of disgruntled
hangers-on of capitalist agitators. If
you don't believe us just ask any of
the thirteen members if this isn't
true.
The main reason for the OPPOSITION
to the Eonpartisan League program
is because it is "socialistic." That
was the cutlery Of. Garden, the has
been Souris. .pen-pusher and others Of
his brand. Now comes the Farmers
League with such a .socialistic deciar-
alton $ I'VE favor the erection by
the stateof flour mills, grain eleva-
tors, and cold storage plants and
packing plants" Socialism de-
clares for public ownership but does
not say in what manner the public
utilities shall be acquired. The Farm
ers' League is not in favor of bond
ing the state but at the same time
they declare themselves in favor Of
state ownership, which is, and cannot
be otherwise, socialistic. Sometime
ago the Souris Messenger published
an editorial to the effect that all Nom
partisans we're socialists. Why did
Garden make such a statement? Ger
tainly not because the bonding prin-
ciple vas s~ocialistic, because it car-
tainly is not such. Therefore it must
have been because Nonpartisan advo-
cate public ownership. It is very
plain then that Garden and others Of
his brand r quite certain that the
Farmers League (of Disappointed
Office Seekers") is not sincere in
their stand for public ownership.
The following, showing the effic-
iency and superiority Of public ow-
nership over private ownership Of
public utilities is from the pen O.
Congressman David ]. Lewis: "The
parcel post law Of which / had the
honor Of authorship in the House Of
Representatives affords q striking il
l~ustration Of the efficiency Of our pos
tai system where it is allowed to dis
charge It's functions. The public is
saving some seventy millions Of dol
lars this year q its postal express
parcels as compared with express
charges and : postal surplus Of ten
millions. The post OFFICE has : gem
Tor doing little things eheaply and
we'll. It u carrying 0ve four hun
dred million parcels this year, more
than the express companies, and
these parcels never moved ct all, un-
81 the advent Of the parcel post, and
Tor generations the traffic Was killed
BY prohibitive rates and restricted
service Of the companies.
By passing the prohibition bill our
.ongressrnen proved that the arc err
deavoring 70 move toward the real
goal Of democracy.
Queen Wilhelmfna Of Holland Has
endorsed the mi passed ~ the State
General which provides for universal
su1faga nd Observation-Disclosures
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