The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-05-29

dead Of the sixties and of the recen
war. The hearts of all our people
should be filled with spirit of graft
tude and love to those who have made
the supreme sacrifice as well as those
who have given their services that the
union and.freedom might survive anC
we should lay aside all else on this
one day and give our time and service
in honoring the patriots of the nation
both old and young.
THE RIGHT WAY
Valley City business men are plan
ming big community sale day. They
have gone about making it success in
the right way. They have carried a
half page advertisement in the last
issue of the North Dakota Leader, and
similar advertisements in the farm
ers' papers in the surrounding terri
tory.
There need be no antagonism what
ever between business men and farm
ers in North Dakota. That there has
been such antagonism in the past is
wholly the fault of the business men.
Instead of seeking to give farmers
their best and most numerous custo-
mers-the best of service at the low
est prices, they have in too many cases
bitterly criticized them for patroniz-
ing the mail order houses. And then,
instead of working with the farmers
to keep North Dakota money at home
by loosening the hold of Minnesota
big business on the state, they have
TOO often made themselves the allies
Of big business, boycotting the farm
ers' papers, breaking up the farmers
meetings, blackening the farmers
reputation as patriotic citizens, and
attempting in every possible way to
destroy the farmers organization,
through which alone they can make
their political power felt.
The business men of North Dakota
owe their prosperity solely to the
farmers. Without them, not one bus
mess house in ten could keep it's doors
open year. Business men, therefore,
should work with farmers, not against
them. Working together, much more
can be accomplished than otherwise
and the business mans prosperity will
be greater. That Valley City adver-
tisements indicates that some business
men are beginning to see the light.
They will find it exceedingly good
business to work with and not against
their best customers.
The Courier News has it's wires
crossed as usual. Valley City bust
ness men are not putting on big
community sale day. What that paper
evidently alludes to is the Saturday
afternoon matinees at the Grand the
atre that the Commercial Club is put
ting on under the auspices Of the bus
mess men of the city. This was done
last year in order to create a better
feeling between country and city folks.
1t is the desire of the business men to
cooperate with the farmer. The fact
that the advertisements were put in
the league papers as we'll as the pa
pers opposed to the league was for the
purpose Of getting these facts before
the most people-we want farmers
from all over the state to come to
these Saturday matinees if they feel
like it. These are free and the peo-
pie of this city are paying for them
as we'll as for the advertising. The
Courier News goes out Of it's way to
make capital out of this advertising
as usual. But that is the way this
paper always does. 1T is eternally
and everlastingly seeing some sinister
motive in anything that it done by
anybody but the league leaders.
THINK IN INTERESJ-SAyE-