The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-06-05

wreck the threshing machines. Fine
fellows. these friends of Arthur Town
ley. But as already remarked, we
have no serious labor problem in
North Dakota. Everybody is farming
Or doing some business or service con-
nected with the farm. Back east,
however. there is continual labor
problem aud many laborer> good. bad
and Indifferent. Millions of men all
classed us laborers. either because
they work, ought to work or bluff at
working. These millions have in all
lands ut all times always included q
certain down and out element which
consists of criminals, crooks and vug-
abonds. The real laborer who attends
to business saves and is ON the up
grade is too busy to talk, hold meet
ing or bother other elements which
are not afraid Of work. Others have
time to patrOniZe saloons and other
bunming places and consider the
wrongs inflicted on them by men who
work, save and are successful. Among
this latter crowd was born Bolshevisln,
Nihilism, I. w. W.-ism and all the
coarser forms of socialism, all doc
trines by which a way is found to
give the man who doesn't care to
work the blessings that honest labor
generally enjoys. such as home, food,
clothes, etc. In order to curry favor
with this bunch of radicals and also
to prove to the labOring masses back
east that it would be better to follow
Haywood. Debs and Townley than
GOmpers and the real lenders of hon-
est labor, the farmer legislature was
ordered by Arthur Townley to enact a
series Of labor laws, such as eght-hour
day for clerks in villages of over 800
population. labor indemnity, labor
home building, anti-injunction laws.
None Of these affect the farmers. nor
was there any call for them with the
possible exception Of the indemnity
law. But Arthur TowAley needed
these laws. Agitators Of his stripe
are always on the lookout for q mob
which they might lead. The most
easily led portion of society, especial
ly into criminal or selni-crilninal lanes,
has always been the down and out
element, to which the least thoughtful
portion Of real labor frequently may
be added for short time. Farmers
are not material for mobs. You cam
not make a mob Of capitalists. All
farmers are capitalists. Arthur Town
ley knows this. But farmers can be
wheedled and fooled to furnish the
money necessary agitators while they
organize their forces. Besides having
paid their money for TJ%nley wisdom.
they will at least stay quiet for a
while. Otherwise they would he the
| first to rebel against the destruction
Of property or its contiscation. The
farmers own property, want more
property, believe in working hard to
get property. They do not want the
l. w. w. disorders. they do not want
disturbance and uncertainty. That be-
ing the case. why in the name of com
mon sense should they furnish Town.
ley with the means to create it? Go
wherever the doctrines of Socialism,
Communism, Bolshevism or Townley-
ism have been tried in part fully and
you find riot, arson, malicious destrUc.
ton Of property, and murder.
In line with his lifelong habit Of
pluIging and gambling. Arthur Town-
ley is playing wild game for mob
support, and the North Dakota farm.
ers are his tools and dupes.