Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-02-19
WsIch's Cleo Bills. .


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Welch's Cleo Bills. 4
u It has developed In the Investigation.
OF the packers down at Washington
that two years ago the big packers
spent 5000 to defeat the cleo bills.
then pending ii the Minnesota Legis-
lature. This revelation has greatly
encouraged Mr.. WEIGH. Every cream
cry and dairyman who Reads this
should forthwith write to his Senator.
and Representative to support Mr..
Welch's efforts to compel cleo to sell
under its own colors and to- prohibit
its use in public institutions. W.
7. i Dividing the State. +
Rep. Bouck has introduced q bill
In the House proposing to divide Min
nesOta into two states, the forty south
ern counties to comprise the present
state and fortysix- others to be erected
into q state to be- called Lincoln"
The proposition must first be submit
ted to q vote Of the people. None
at the capitol takes the matter very
seriously. 1T is presumed that Little
Falls would be leading candidate for
the capitol of the new state IL It
should be created. !,
Some of the anti-agitator howlers
In the Legislature seem to be sublime
ly ignorant Of, the history of their
country. George Washington was an
agitator, so was John Adams and
Ben Franklin and all of our revolu.
tionary forefathers. The Tories and
superloyalists of that day did their
level best to suppress these agitators
and ii they had succeeded what a cal
amity would not have been to the
human races.
A fire cannot be started where there
is no k1ndlings and agitation will not
amount to anything unless there is a
Just grievance. That has been the
history of the whole human race. l
commend this observation to those
timid law makers who profess to fear
the results of the work of professional
agitators. .E
Some day somebody will arise and
put an end to the bad habit of printing
In the Journal invitations from some
business enterprise extended to mem
matter is first-class advertising pub
lshed at the expense of the tax pay
ers, and during the session will cover
several pages of the Journal.
From present appearances it would
seem that Rep. Warner of Aitkin, q
former progressive, has gone clear
over to the re-actionaries bag and
baggage. Warner, who by the way
is a very talented and capable mem
Der may be striving to obey the scrip
tural Injunction, Glove your enemies;
bless them that Curse you" Possibly
he may be trying to lead the stand
patters back into the progressive camp
by the back: door. d. -.. !.
Tom Girling has one admirable
trait. He strikes straight from the
shoulder, in the debate on the Motor
Corps bill that It's real purpose was to
suppress strikes and things of that
nature. y - .-..-,..
Some. super-patriots In their own
estimation in the House are loud and
bold in denouncinga what. they call
the r. w. w. Bolshevih, Anarchists
and Socialists, and probably would in
cludel the Non.P Part isan League It they
dared. But 1 notice when the roll is
called Z, on important { measure they
nearly always line up with big bust
ness and against the interests of the
common people. q -,
!" There are a few law makers among
the farmer haters, may be / had bet
ter call them League haters, for no
body hates the farmers until they be-
gin to become class conscious and
commence to organize, who see the
cloud in the; political horizon and .ex-
pect. q de1uge: Well, their ;expecta-
lions are likely to be realized.
The WEIGH bill to tax ore on it's
net value rather than on its tonnage
or squantitysis rapidly gaining friends
in both Houses. q Some think 10 per
cent tax is too high and may seek to
reduce it which the League farmers
will strenuously resist. The Cover
nor never mentioned tonnage tax In
his messages and the presumption is
that he is; against It, but he will hard
~ dare to defy public sentiment and
veto the BILL ~ H. s~.s - = -
!, Mr.. McPartlin,. he of the eloquent
voice, does not appear, to realize that