The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-04-08

up for the 25c per ton they give the
miners. If they can put that over
then it will pay them to have the min
ers strike for higher wages once every
! few weeks. There must be fair and
equitable adjustment between the
wage workers of the country and the
manufacturers before we can get any
where in reducing the high cost Of
commodities along all lines. How are
we going to get together on these
problems
Bill LANCER is the fellow who put
the "ague" in league.
The generosity Of the Courier-N News
, is passing strange. It is perfectly
| willing for the soldiers to have extra
compensation providing it and it's non
, purchasing bond friends are not called
upon to pay a cent. It advocates a
bonus for the service men and that the
entire cost be charged up to big biz"
To anyone who observed the copper
head tactics Of the Courier-News and
: its friends throughout the war it is
amusing to witness their efforts to
curry favor with the soldiers. Trust
these same doughboys to discover in
the long run who their real friends are.
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The promoter of that great jack
rabbit corporation which has been of
great interest to the people of late,
had another time in court at Fargo
Yesterday. The records and books of
that gigantic concern were called for
but the officials each and every one
denied any knowledge Of the books or
records. For one hundred and fif-
teen billion dollar outfit it is apparent
iy the worst managed affair ever
known. Not a single officer on the
stand yesterday knew where the books
and records could be found and we
doubt very much if any Of the rabbits
can be found, at least very few of
them, if any. 1t is certainly great
institution where it's books and rec
ords cannot be- discovered. Now a
great and far reaching special session
Of the legislature passed a law some
three months or so ago, appropriating
a sum of $4,000 for smelling COM
mittee. to be used in ferreting out
matters that do not ring true, and we
believe that here is great opportun-
ity for the state to spend some of that
money. This blue sky stuff is in need
of investigation a great deal more
than is the record of William LANCER,
at whose head this fool bill was aim
ed. But SO long as we have that law
let's nut these human bloodhounds on
the trail of these evil doors and get rid
of that slush fund in some way. The
peoples money apparently has to be
kept in circulation by the bunch in
power so we might just as well start
out this smelling committee on the
trail Of the festive jackrabblt.
The early returns from the Michl-
gan primary election shows that Sen
ator Hiram johnson is leading by a
large margin the other candidates.
Gen. Wood is second and Hoover and
Lowden running along behind. There
is one thing that stands out very clear
ly in this presidential primary IN the
various parts of the country where
there has been vote-and that is the
league of nations question is being
felt out by the people. Hiram John
son has made wonderful fight
against ratification of the peace
treaty, especially in its present form,
and from the vote he is receiving all
over the sentiment Of the country
seems to be going with him: This
condition must bring back to the man
in the White House message from
the people that he should take cogniz-
ance of. Mr.. Wilson has developed
INTO a great autocrat instead OF q
president for the American people. he
positively refuses to yield one lota
from the position he has taken on the
British made peace treaty, and pre-
fers to tell the people of this country
70 20 to sheol rather than yield SIN
gle step towards ratification through
reasonable reservations. HIS own
party in the United States is against
him, the republican party is against
him, and big majority OF the senate
is against him yet he will not consent
to single modification giving the
United States independent action IN
this Paris made peace treaty. Sure
" the whole country cannot be wrong.
Mr.. Wilson at one time was the great
est man in the world, politically. I'm ,
less he makes some lightning changes
in the right direction very soon, he will
60 out Of Office next March the most
thoroughly discredited president we
have had. The people want peace and
want it made right according to Amer
lean ideals, but the president stub
bornly stands pat on a foreign made
n.oco nact oivino the fnreirns natioNa
all there is in it while his own country
has either got to take what the others
hand. to him or refuse to modify the
peace pact. We are inclined to think !
that President Wilson's sickness has
left him in such physical condition
that he is no longer the clear thinker
that he was when he first stepped into
the presidency.
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