Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-07-16

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conflict between the Interests Of the
farmer and the city dweller. From
these figures it would seem that there
fs some justification for the charge,
but the conflict is between the holders.
Of the big land, values who are able to
cut down the purchasing power of the
city worker by high rents based on
high speculative land values, and the
working farmer who has produce to
sell and finds his market restricted by
the aboye-named factors. The worker
in the city and the working farmer in,
the country have common enemy in
the landowner Spectator. a. Il!
Il Employment Service Hit.
&. After sharp struggle in. both
houses Of congress, during which it
seemed for time that the United
States employment service would be
forced out of existence by denial OF
any appropriation. this branch Of the
department Of labor has been allotted
$400,0 to continue its work during
the current fiscal year.
John b. Densmore, director general
OF the employment service, states that
only skeleton, organization can be
maintained on this figure, but hopes
that the Kenyon-Nolan bill, providing
for the establishment Of the service
on a permanent basis, will soon go
through. In the meantime the work
OF the service: must be greatly cur
tailed. Orders have been issued to
close all but 26 of the most important
branch Offices and it is apparent that
the organization will be able to do
comparatively little in furnishing men
for harvesting the wheat crop in the
north central states.
!: Political Economy.
Under the excuse of Economy
which is trotted out in congress now
whenever the interests of big business
are threatened, the senate appropria-
lions committee last week attempted
to Wipe out the United States tariff
commission and reduce the appropria.
ton of the federal trade commission
by 100000. This attempted action
was taken at the behest of Senators
Smoot and Warren, than whom. it
would be hard to find two more hard
ened reactionaries
The vicious attack on these two bu.
reaus, both of which have won un.
br1dled hostility for their brave fight
In behalf of the people, was happily
defeated by the outspoken stand Of
the progressive group, Senators La
Toilette of Wisconsin and Kenyon of
Iowa being particularly active in COM
batting the Tories. The National Con-
sumers' league, the representatives of
the farm organizations, and a small
section OF the press threw their
weight into the breach and the appro.
priations of 100000 for the tariff
commission and 81 ,ooo,0 900 for the fed.
eral trade commission are now secure
for another year.
The hollowness of the pretense that
the federal trade commissions appro-
priation should be cut 100000 "be-
cause of the necessity of economy is
seen In the fact that this sum is Just
about one one-hundredth of the cost Of
modern battleship. Billions for de-
ASAASS 0uI NV VIC NSAI " 6LOp 4ut6Iudl
aggressions on our people seems to
be the slogan of a very large and
powerful element in congress-.
N. D. Victory Alarms.
The Review, new and ultra-con.
servative weekly published In New
York City, is much worried over the
sweeping referendum victory won by
the Nonpartisan league in North d.
,kota.
Being, apparently, very uncertain as
to what the Nonpartisan league is
about anyway, except that it is "some
sort of. state socialism," the journal
contents itself with being bitter at the
expense of Mr.. Townley.
'The political methods of A. G.
Townley," it says, ARE so we'll known
that one is right to be suspicious Of
proposals from him which centralize
authority. To Offset his ir-
regular methods Townley has long
used the arts Of the spellbinder, and
he has succeeded In capturing the
Imagination of the states~
:, The purpose of the Review, in its
own words, is Ito resist the unthink.
ing drift towards radical innovation"
The eight issues which have appeared
so far indicate that any alteration
whatsoever in the status quo is rad.
1ca1 innovation" to it's editors.