The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-15

workers endeavor to abolish the ne
cessity of the capital by private con
Germs, by having the government do
the investing the people declaring in
favor of such a program become i'm
mediately in the eyes of the big biz
bunch and their 'kept press" a bunch
Of /. w. WIS. Bolshevists, and traitors
to their countries. Those in flavor of
government ownership are called rad
icals, and radicals are the ones who
are usually accused Of being traitors,
ETC., by the kept press. President Will
sons book, "The New Freedom" de-
clares: 81 am particularly interest
ed to observe that the men who cry
out most loudly against what they
call radicalism are the men who find
that their private game in politics is
being spoiled" Thus we have the
highest authority in the United States
explaining just why there's such a cry
against the radicals by the kept press.
1t shows just where the large news
papers i n the states stand and whose
interests they boost. This financial
writer in the aforementioned magazine
has been on of those whose writings
have been very much against the re-
naming of the railroads in the hands
OF the government. The cry of these
big biz supporters is that the e
ment has lost money. If the railroads
are such a losing proposition just why
is it that the big biz gang is so de-
serious of regaining the control of
them? Did you ever see the profteer-
ing money kings of American contin-
ue an enterprise that was not highly
profitable? Hardly. The anxious de-
slres for the return of the railroads
to private concerns displayed by the
big biz clique, newspapers, etc. gives
the lie to their claims that the rail-
roads are not paying institutions. The
government ownership so-called, is
sue, is no longer a question, it has
been answered in the affirmative dur
ing this war by the failure of private
enterprises to give the service re-
qulred by the public. Government
ownership is a necessity, public owner
ship of public utilities the demand of
this day and age. One of the main
cries put up by the opposition is that
government ownership interferes with
private property. President Wilson's
book remarks: "What I am interest
ed in is having the government of the
United States more concerned about
human rights than property rights"
There again we have the answer by
the highest authority in our country
to the opposition. Government owner
ship which would do away with enor
nous profits from private ownership
of public utilities would be an i'm
mense benefit to humanity. Presi-
dent Wilson's book condemns such
activities as put forth by the oppon-
ents of the Nonpartisan League who
are attempting to hold the people
from accomplishing what they desire
as follows: "Who are the men who
utter the most fervid praise of the
Constitution Of the United States and
the constitution of the states? They
are the gentlemen who used to get
behind those documents to play hide
and-seek with the people whom they
pretended to serve. They are the mep
who e~ntrenched themselves in the laws
used" What more could be asked ih
which they misinterpreted and mis-
the way of condemnation of the dirty
activities of the minority in North
Dakota? President Wilson's book
proves what has been claimed by the
writer in the past as follows: "Sup-
pose you go to Washington and try to
get at your government. You will al
ways find that while you are politely
listened to, the men really consulted
are the men who have the biggest
stake-the big bankers, the big manu-
facturers, the big masters of commerce
the heads of railroad corporations and
of steamship corporations. The gov
eminent of the United States at pre-
sent is a foster-child Of the special in
terests. It is not allowed to have a
will Of it's owl. 1t is told at every
move. Don't do that, you will inter-
fere with our prosperity" And when
we ask where is u prosperity
lodged? a certain class of gentlemen
say, with u.s." The government Of
the United States in recent years has
not been administered by the common
people of the United States. You know
just as we'll as I dot is not an in
dictment against anybody, it is a mere
statement Of facts-that the people
have stood outside and looked on at
their government and that all they
have had to determine in past years
has been which crowd they look on
at; whether they would look on at
this little group or that little group
who bod ranorod RI rot +ho con+ro1