The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-03-13


ing casually lists from over there,
rF1eye needs to be,a shaking up Of the,
dry bones at Che national capitol.
-a-4fhfSK IN GErEREsr-= SAY ---'--'
The Courier News Of Fargo allldes7
to the people who are seeking to- nave
| some Of these raw socialist1c laws en-
| acted If ffIe recent session OF the leg
| i4Jafuye rafere11ded as foes on the
people" tt is q very catchy heading
| 10 frV and throw dust in the eyes OF
the 4nsophisticated who do not keep
| IN touch With the real issue at. stake.
| The real foes Of the people are the
| bunch of red card artists who have abs
! so1utely controlled legislation at Bis
! narck, passed laws carrying millions
Of dollars in appropriations to- go
| into wildcat speculative business In
| tefests that furnish an army OF car
| bet oaggers and socialists TAT. jobs
while, the peoples money holds out
| and are now trying to camouffage their
acts by Yelling that those who object
| to being robbed Of their rights: and
| tax ridden as "foes Of the people"
| These foes Of The people are the men
I
| these years and have developed the
! sta1e-=-years Of past hardsfipss that
| these late conner socialists-nany Of
/ them not paying dollar of tax-and
many not having red cent until they
| came here and filched it out OF the
! farmer and the business man under
the guise Of philanthropy for the well
fare Of the dear people, who are the
real foes Of the people, and many Of
our real good farmers who have lis
tened to the seductive voice Of the
agitator who has been going abroad
in the state netting race prejudice
and favoring rank class Legislation Is
going to find out in the sweet by-and-
by Does anybody think for a mo-
n1ent that men who have spent the
best part of their lives in developing
this state and building up homes
here in North Dakota are going to
vote Il, injufe themselves. Does any
body with an atom Of common sense
believe that the socialist leaders who
have'the state by the throat, who have
legislated this winter to practically
comes Of this state 50 long as they
put over their raw promotion deals
and loot the state treasury, These
pirates do not own a dollar Of real
estate in the state and the only thing
they do own is a lot Of stock in banks
and newspapers that they have secur-
ed from the farmers at graft promo
ton fees and the newspapers from the
farmers without red cent Of their
own money being forthcoming. Who
is the one that is injuring the state.
the people who have lived here the
better part Of their lives and have
gone through the lean years along
with the fat years to develop the state
and stood by it through thick and
thin. or the bunch who have been
reaping harvest at the increduljty
Of lot Of people who have been car
ried Off their feet by siren talks and
glamoring generalities Of the benefits
they will receive il they follow the
lead Of these state wreckers Do
you think that q bunch Of men who
will allow q bill to pass that shuts off
free discussion Of things in general
the killing off Of many little news
papers to build up q big machine for
the bosses the best thing for state
or don't you think these country news
papers who have helped build your
community Of much more consequence
that these men who will leaye the
state like rats in u sinking ship when
thinps begin to 20 wrong7 Why do
the bunch Of red card artists object
to Il referendum That is what they
harangued for before they got into,
power. They wanted the people to
rule but now they do not want the
people to rule or at least they are
afraid to let their acts be discussed
openly and frankly 80 that the peo-
pie can Judge for themselves. Why
do they want to throttle the newspa-
pers and build up big press bureau
Of their own? The answer is obvious.
They know that il the truth is car
ried to the people the people are going
to undo some of their rank legis-
lation Some Of the wild cat promot-
ers have already left the state and
Others are. getting ready to go. We
have been here a long time and pro-
Pose to remain here long time more.
We have nothing to cover up and
nothing to be ashamed Of and wo do
not have to 20 around with sort Of
hangdog expression on our face like
some Of these fellows who have been
standing up in public places calling
liz names. IF coming under the head
of desiring to see North Dakota pros
per. a place where people can be hap
py and live without excessive taxation
and where class prejudice is tabbooed,
then we are proud to be called Il foe Of
the people. Up until the past three.
years North Dakota was the best
place IL The union---now It Is the abid-
ing plaae Of the |. w. W., the red
dag as,tators and where a legislature.
has said that the red flag can he car
ried in this state and that the public
press mnst be killed OF IL 1t dares to
raise a hand in protest to the Bolshe-
eiae bunch who control politics in this
state. Thank God that while they may
be able to shut off some revenue from
this old rag OF freedom, It will never
lower its eolers To that, bunch and il
has faith that our community will