The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-08
Farmers Ask Protection

De presented to congress, reads:
whereas, group or collective bar
gaining by farmers has become i'm
perative in order that they may cope
with the powerful organizations with
which they must deal; therefore, be it
Resolved, that we voice the con-
viction that the federal antitrust
laws should be amended so as to pro-
vide clearly that contracts for collec-
tive sales Of farm, orchard, plantation
ranch or dairy products by producers
associations, corporate or otherwise,
engaged in making for the producers
Thereof collective sales Of farm, or
chard plantation ranch or dairy pro-
ducts and prescribing terms and COM
binations or conspiracies in restraint
of trade or commerce under the anti
trust laws, and that nothing contain
ed in the antitrust laws shall be con-
| strued to forbid the existence and
operation of such associations, or to
forbid or restrain individual members
directors OF officers thereof and pres
cribing terms and conditions thereof"
10 Dell y loo
Chairman Hurley of the United
States shipping board, who some time
ago announced that he favored the
sale of the great merchant fleet con-
structed and owned by the govern
ment, nov announces that he is going
to sell the shipbuilding plants which
have been constructed by the govern
ment during the war and that he has
ordered that no more keels for gov
eminent ships be laid in any yard.
The plants and equipment which he
proposes to dispose Of at sacrifice
prices are worth hundreds of millions
of dollars. j.
Mr.. Hurley states that the constru-
ton of further ships has been order
ed stopped-affecting 1000, 900 tons Of
steel ships ordered in addition to an
earlier 100000 tons cut off from the
original building plan-because these
ships r costing the government too
much War prices are still being
paid and peace has arrived, with a
prospect of very great reductions in
shipping rates. Ships built at war
time cost will not be a commercial
success. In short, the government
will sell the shipyards and cancel it's
present orders, and shipyard labor will
have to seek new employment at such
wages as it can get.
Labor union officials in Washington
predict that this drastic change in
policy will cause serious labor unrest
on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts
and along the Lakes and the Gulf,
when its final effect is realized.
Activities of G.. O. p. Y
Critics of the ever-active Will Hays
Republican national chairman, say
that he has made his greatest tactical
blunder in causing the Wood Goodrich
presidential ticket to be headlined in
the, newspapers that are faithful to
the old guard organization. They say
that Hays tried first to make Taft a
leading candidate, that he then switch
ed to Harding then tried Borah, then
investigated General Pershing, next
stirred up Governor Lowden Of I'LL
nois, and now gets behind General
Leonard Wood-all without awaken
ing any loud applause. 5
Whatever the situation in the West,
it is evident that the Republicans in
the East are not going to back a mill
tary candidate in the convention next
year. They believe that no military
man has won popularity during the
war, that Pershing is impossible and
that Wood is in the same class with
General March, a strict militarist.
The nation is opposed to militarism
today, even more than in 1914 or 1917.
If the Republican p~rogressives con-
tinue to alarm the old guard with
their talk Of independent action, it
may be that either Lenroot or Ken
yon might be nominated, the wise.
acres say. If the old guard has an
easy time Of it, this coming session
of congress, then Harding will have
the best chance. Harding is unknown
has never done anything, and will say
nothing during the campaign.
Senator Watson Of Indiana is dis
satisfied with Chairman Hays, and
his friends hint that he may undertake
to te,r.ainate the political careers Of
both Governor Goodrich and Mr.. Hays
If they continue ito announce that he
has been compelled by them to de-
clare himself on various issues Of par
ty policy.
Rule BY Select Glasses
The National Popular Government
league, Of which Judson King is ex-
ecutive secretary, issues an appeal for
action BY All political liberals against
what il believes is the. reactionary
program Of the new congress.
.sTo further jeopardize democracy Ia
the eyes Of the. world, 3 it says in part
we find the sixty-sixth congress soon
assemble, preparing 70 enact 2 high
protective tariff law; 10 ENACT q conn
splulsory military ralning ,laW; % r.
lieve the Wealthy AZ thencorne tax;