Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-08-06

Is proving 9 bad stumbling block for
the administration. 49,. 80 ,.-41.s@.: /
il Prediction that. the United States /
will never indorse the fragrant attack i
on China embodied in the Shantunx Il
provision, and that this transaction Il
contains the seeds Of future war as
much al the seizure of Alsace-Lor- i
ra1ne by Germany In 1871, was made i
by Senator Borah in powerful speech 1
at big mass meeting in Washington /
the other night. He concluded his /
speech ~ follows:
Il venture to say that no moro
shameless Transaction than shantung
has ever disgracsd the diplomatic his
tory Of Europe. venture to say that
no greater moral reasons for opposi-
ton to the further dismemberment of
China will exist than that which exist
ed with reference to Shantung. And
yet we must underwrite it, We must
perpetuate It, We must pledge Amsri-
can boys to police, II necessary, Shan.
tung. The honor, tho dignity and the
moral standing Of the United States
will never be the same again, If it puts
it, final approval upon thir treaty or
upon the league which would perpetu-
ate IT,"
- Packers Big as Government.
Never has there been 4 clearer illus
tration Of the tremendous power exert
ed by the packers than the absolute
food of propaganda now drenchins
congress at their instigation in an Of.
fort to discredit and defeat the Ken
yon-Anderson bill for federal licensing
and regulation Of their industry. ..
/ To show how brazen Is the contempt
iof the packers for the power Of tho
United States government, Senator
Kenyon read to the senate an inter
view on the Kenyon and Kendrick bills
for the packer regulation given the
Omaha Bee by Mr.. Buckingham, man
ager Of the Union stockyards at
Omaha, which, Kenyon said, lis con-
trolled by these gentlemen" (the pack
ers).
In this interview Buckingham re-
ferred to the Kenyon and Kendrick
bills as the 'fads, ideas and theories"
of day-dreaming politicians. He is
quoted as saying that the government
has not got the power to divorce the
packing houses from the stockyards,
adding that "the packing business is
as large as the government itself, and
It is foolish for lot of grandstanders
to theorize on how it shall be con-
Quoted"
" Against Canadian Reciprocity.
The bill of Representative George
Young of North Dakota calling for
repeal of the Canadian reciprocity act
has been reported to the house from
its ways and means committee with
recommendation for speedy passage.
The committee concurred with Mr..
Young's belief that it is high time for
the repeal of this act, which aroused
furore of opposition still remembered
In Washington from farmers in all
states bordering Canada at the time
Of its passage.
Private Soldiers Organize.
Bills for the Incorporation of the
Private Soldiers and Sailors legion, an
organization of American world war
veterans to which no commissioned Of
fcer is eligible, have been introduced
in both houses of congress by Sena-
tor Johnson of California and Repre-
sentative Sherwood of Ohio.
The purpose of the Privates' legion,
of which Marvin Gates Speery, former
~ of the Twelfth engineers, wound
ed In action overseas, is national
president, is to work ceaselessly in
behalf Of the civil and military rights
of the enlisted men, against the caste
system which has fastened it's grip on
the American army, and for the prog
ress of democracy in general. It has
caused the Introduction Of two bills
now in congress, one calling for a
bonus Of $500 to every honorably dis
charged enlisted man, the other for re-
peal of the tax on motion pictures and
ice cream and soft drinks, both Of
which needlessly discriminate against
the poor man.
The Privates' legion IL at present
temporarily overshadowed by the
American legion in the public eye,
partly because the latter has great
funds at its disposal, partly because
the presence of young Roosevelt and
similar figures in the American legion
| g1ve the latter better play in the
press. Az an organization seeking
the characterization Of the American
army tho Privates' legion IL, however.
UNNECESSARILY more effective than 1ts
/ rival. It's Headquarters are at 500 +
street, Washington, D. c. Every On
listed man, discharged or not, with
overseas or home service, is eligible ia
membership.
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The race riots in the cities Of the
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