The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-08-14
which. we have a constitutional"

which. we have a constitutional"
The market value Of Standard Oil
securities is more than $1,000, OO0, 900
or 1900 times the capital Of the or
iginal Standard Oil Co. in 1870. The
capital then was $1,OO0,0O0. Fully
$500, O00, 1000 had been distributed in
cash dividends by Standard Oil since
that time, Rockefeller's share alone
exceeding $20OO0O,O 900. Fully $780,
100000 has been added to the capital
ization Of the various Standard Oil
companies out of earnings, in. addition
to cash dividends. Following the dis
solution decree Of the u. S. Supreme
Court in 1912, Standard Oil distribut-
ed greater wealth than ever among
it's stockholders. In 1913 it's dividends
cash $107, 795, 377; stock $81,9O0,OOO
and rights $1,000, 000-a total Of $780,
195,377.
Lee, the f1ag-waving stay at home
he-gossip, in announcing the death Of
his voted down and out Antler Ant
Ter American, stated that his reasons
for quitting. were "too much Townley-
ism" "and other reasons" He did not
state what the "other reasons. were.
We are sure that readers Of the Ad-
vocate, few though they are, would
be interested in "the other reasons"
so why not explain, Lee. It might in
terest you, if you knew that we are
in a position to explain "the other
reasons" if you do not do so. Come
Lee, get personal, we just love that
line when we have dope on a fellow
like we have. you in "the other rea-
sons" W. admit that we were "a
conscript in Uncle Sans army" (as
millions of other young men IN this
country were) and we further want
it understood that we left the army
with a good reputation, Lee. The
"'other reasons" don't help it any in
deed. "Webfoot" brakes. Standard
please copy!
Tremendous running into
the millions perhaps-are being sent
to fasten universal military training
upon the United States: Only one 9TH
er event in u recent history has been
SO ,portentous as the launching of this
movement for Prussianizing the ma
ton. That was y entry into the
Great War. Big Biz is. ;solidly behind
the move. Congressman Kahn, spokes-
man Of big biz in California has intro
duced a bill In Congress in favor of
universal military training. The Ma
fional Security League, which origin
ated the movement and which has
spent hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars advocating it, adopted a resolu-
ton at its national conference last
year demanding universal military
training as permanent national pol
ICY" Speaking at that meeting Gov
ernor Lawden of Illinois said 'Univer-
sal Military training should go with
manhood suffrage" In other words,
If you are not a soldier, active or in
reserve, and thus subject to the orders
Of some officer you should not be al
lowed to vote! Gov. Lowden is a d.
rector of the Pullman Co. Other prom
inent men in big biz circles connected
with the Security League are Elihu
Root, who has served the p~rofteers
faithfully; Anton B. Parker; S. STEM
wood Menkin, legal mouthpiece for
big biz; Geo. Wharton Pepper, anoth-
er big biz mouthpiece; Geo. van Len
gerke Meyer, a faithful servant of big
biz and an international banker and
electric power and traction manager:
Herbert Barry, who has represented
IN court a large number of great in
surance companies. Also Alexander
Hemphill, chairman Of the finance
committee, traction magnate, banker.
director of a great express company.
OF a great oil company and other cor
po%rations. Among the speakers at
the 1918 meeting Of the big biz Sc
curlty League was Gov. Burnquist of
minnesota. Universal military train
ing will, in a few years, place practi-
cally every young man in his prime
IN the grip Of. q militarist machine.
The forces that have power to compel
the establishment Of this super-Prus-
sian machine will have the power to
control it. To stay the march Of dem
ocratic progress and to seize and hold
9 U big biz groups the trade treas
urer OF other lands is the purpose
which those who advocate universal
military training propose to carry out
! the face Of the desire Of the COM
mon people Of this country against
creating huge armies and navies.
What are the forces that are seeking
70 fasten this Prussian monstrosity
upon America? They are the ones
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