The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-18

marck. Mr, VlSO0 mlSut mean Well
but we think that he Is terribly mis-
Informed as to the true state Of af-
fairs or else he is willing to adopt this
free love theory ad libitum as e adj
vanced by Mr.. Totten and the rest Of
the administration board. We do NOT
for one minute think that the people
of his district will endorse his views
at all and candidly we are also Of the
opinion that the thirty-eighth district
is being woefully misrepresented in
our state legislature. That district
should begin to look around for real
man to represent it in the next SEES
sion. ~
Senator Pendray, of Jamestown, one
of the league senators who is support
ing the free love administration and
the destruction of a secret ballot, was
billed to speak in one Of the James
town churches on the league legisla-
ton. There was so much feeling
aroused over the matter that the pas
tor told Pendray could not speak and
the talk was called off. The people
are getting very indignant at the sort
of stuff their senators and represen-
tatives are pulling off and resent such
doings. The pastor of the jamestown
church said that when Pendray was
asked to talk he did not think Of the
results and that afterwards he was
convinced that there would not be
police protection enough to take care
of the situation had Pendray been al
lowed to speak. Just think of the con-
ditions existing at this time, being
necessary to shut off mans talk be-
cause it is on the side of everything
that stands for bad morals, bad gov
eminent and rank socialism,. Pendray
and all the other senators ad repre-
sentatives who voted to sustain these
laws and shut off a free and sacred
ballot, should resign as there is no
place for these kind of legislators IN
our legislative body. The very same
men who voted these things upon the
rest Of the people would object to free
love around their own homes and fam
lilies and would also object to anybody
going to them and filling out their bal
lot, vet they are willing to put it on
the rest of the people. With the 9TH
er appropriations thrust upon US from
the special session it is ease OF
stopping the public treasury" instead
of stopping the hogs-the hogs that
are being stopped are the bunch OF !
over paid office holders who are dram
ing the treasury in useless expendlE- |
ture while the farmer and business
man paws the bills-the farmer get;
ting the heaviest end Of it.
--BUY W. S. S.
The editor has confession to make.
You know we have been telling the
farmer that under this dawn OF new
day he was going to get it in the neck
in the way of taxes, and incidentally,
under the new ruling of assessment,
we figured that we were going to get.
it in the neck, too. We were greatly
in one way, therefore,
when yesterday we called for our tax
statement to find that our own taxes
in the city were considerably less than
last year-therefore we are gong to
to treat ourselves to a big square
meal to celebrate the event. This was
real good we thought. But what we
said about the over taxed farmer IS
absolutely correct. He adopted the
goat as the emblem Of the league at
Fargo when the big bank meeting was
pulled off, and we guess he made the
right kind of selection-he sure is
the goat. The league leaders and ora a
tors told him he was not going to be
raised in taxes that the other fellow
was going to be sit" when it came
down to paying taxes. That is where
the unsuspecting farmer was dellber-z
ately lied to. The facts reveal that in
almost every case the farmer has had
his taxes doubled and in many cases.
more than doubled, while the town fell
low gets reduction, in other words
the farmer is now paying something
like " per cent of the tax to support
this dawn Of a new day. We are
claiming that the city taxes are high
enough, but we also claim that the
taxes Of the farmer are unreasonably
high. 1t looks to us like a deliberate
frame up to put it onto the farmer
because the league leaders felt they
had his vote in any event, while on the
other hand it is deliberate piece Of
fine politics to try and capture votes
of the city fellows by giving them
a reduction in taxes instead of a raise
In every instance the farmer has been.
the goat at the expense of the other
fellow and we wonder if he is still
looking his league spell binder in the.
eye in hypnotic state and soaking in;
all he tells him about reduced taxes.
We miss our guess if the orator can
1im-Aam the farmer again by jokingly4
abiding to somebody telling him to go
home and "slop the hogs. =" That was
funny at the time. But the hog slop-..
ping is now being done by the same
fellows who have talked big biz to the.
farmers-the only difference being
that the league fallows and hangers on
are getting the slop dividends by way
of fat jobs and big salaries.
IN TRYING POSITION
Educators of North Dakota who
have one atom Of self respect and
average intelligence, have the sincere
sympathy Of The Forum.
Not one in 100 Of them is indepen-
dent Of his job for a livelihood, and so
they have to submit to the dictation
from The Totem Mel Macdonald out
fit.
II n,rxt he calling TO the self re-