The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-06-26

and here we worked nearly day and
night to get the boys discharged as
soon as we could.
Then for the fourth time my turn
came again and this time / made it
fine. Brother Joe came to Rugby to
meet me and I arrived home fine after
being away a year and ten days.
FOUNDATIONS OF A RUBE."
Well, we are back and to say that
we are glad is too mild a statement.
We have had some great experiences
during the months we spent in Eu-
rope. We were associated with q
bunch Of fellows from various states
who are Of the finest sort in the
world. We have splashed around in
the muddy fields Of France day after
day with these fine fellows. Attic
we took no active part in any Of the
major operations of the American
fighters we did get close enough to
hear Jerry's big ones whistle by and
to learn the wisdom of the advice to
be careful and not display ourselves
too much. Undoubtedly every soldier
while standing out in the dark with
bayonet fixed waiting for what he
knew not what, has experienced a
sort of thrill. We know we did. And
when we start fighting the old gang
politicians we again experience the
same kind of a thrill. That. is one of
the main reasons why we are glad
that we are back-so we can exper-
fence those thrills and dig in to the
old gang politicians. No one knows
better than the returned soldier that
he has a battle before him here at
home for democracy. The soldier has
learned just how the kept press" can
and does lie to the public.
One Of the first conditions that
struck US vas the so-called luxury
war tax. The soldier left a position
to enter the army, went to France
where he trained and fought in the
rain and on the muddy fields Of
France. Such little dainties as ice
cream he never even, in many cases,
saw any over there. The. victory is
won and the soldier returns to Amer
lea. He proceeds to enjoy some Of the
dainties which have not been a part
Of his life. He enters q confectionery
store( purchases some ice cream and
when he comes to pay for it is re-
quired to pay a war tax on it also.
There are many corporations in this
country that have made millions Of
dollars out of the war. Still it appears
that our democracy loving 81 men,
| bers of Congress think it better to al
low these corporations to keep the mil
lions of profit made while the soldier
was trudging around and fighting in
the mud of France and to make the
soldiers pay a tax on the little dain-
ties which they have gone witkou.
while away from America. Why not
take some of the $757,600,000 profits
made by the United States Steel
trust, the $45 600, 900 made by the Re-
public Steel Co., the $154, 000,0 900 made
by the Anaconda Copper trust, the
$1O7, 900, 900 made by the Utah Cop
per Co., the $91, 100000 made by the
Kennecott Copper Co., the S29,800,00O
made by the American Sugar Refining
Co., for the purposes Of paying the
war expenses instead Of requiring the
soldier to pay the tax out OF his tnir-
ty dollars a month? This is q matter
which the politicians hal better con-
| slider. But the soldiers need not ex-
pect anything from the old gang poll
ticians for the old gang is a four
flushing bunch and never do anything
for the common people unless forced
to-.
During our absence it seems that
the fluffy-haired foreign sprig who
used to display his ignorance in the
columns Of the Minot Mess (of lies)-
enger but now who is, or has been for
some time past, displaying in the col-
umns Of the Dakota State Journal his
inability to think as a grown up
person should, has been casting some
reflections upon the writer in the
Journal. Yes, gentle reader, the indiv-
ual we refer to is "Whiffet' Milloy.
We would advise the aforementioned
sprig that he had better be very care
full in what manner he writes attacks
upon people for there is such things
as laws in this state protecting the
character Of people. Of course the
"Knowall" Of the Journal probably
needs no advice. We have heard it said
that the only thing which was so small
and perfect that it couldn't fall was
a worm and Il, has. 20 adm i that
Whiffet. IS a rol. . perfect beingi
To prove the assertion we have
may times made in the past that the
farmer does not receive the full bene-
fit of his product >1r'ch he is entitled
to we quote the following which vas
recently pu ,isne1 ia ,arge :aletin
Virginia and writt..n by m authority
along this line:
ut is important in considering the
question Of the high cost Of living 70
give due weight to the essential fac-
TORS which make up the sum or the