The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-23
WHERE MR.. CARTER is CLEARLY WRONG
Mr.. Carroll M. Carter,


not against what it seeks to accomplish seek many of
e. g. thru Government We have just had an example
of the efficiency of the Government in the late Moth
the magnificent fighting of our with English rifles,
French cannon and airpanes and of them In Eng
No Mr Rawalt the Government cannot or at least
is partly apathy in choosing elective officials
the Government rich and that amount of waste
Is all a 5 p For oa ssg we the an s We vs s
fixing the boxes putting in new bolts tightening the
remarked that if we We're working for the Government
would push the old wagons over the dump and requ
Such waste and neficency inherent in all govern
s m so @ss
of privateyowned roads and the freight rates in Eu
rope and passenger rates are much higher than in this
Ten fifteen years New York Syndicate Of
carry our letters for cent each instead of the two
the me- hey would f v made big
dend and been called robbers by the radical press
As example of the business ability of the Govern
letting contracts for specified amounts
as o s anything h
sy1 Suppose particular JOB was was worth
Contract system Of the Government the con-
tractor could easily make the job 90
s4o,000oo
Right here is the basis Of our enormous debt which
you rail about savagely The Government had unmit-
ed and and spent the latter like drunken
turn over to the the shelters
grain elevators and pretty much everything else
less expenditure and management else YOU
should aS S Be s @ M % as
vate business 1t is not considered heathful sport
a the
private business is not the remedy We have plenty OF
pie. deal. We do not need more laws. What
need for all of to take enough interest in politics
to elect representatives who will enforce laws
As is usually the case faulty understanding of the
question at issue the of of the controversy
between right minded The Nonpartisan program
DOES NOT ADVOCATE GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
and operation of but few if any, lines of business
In fact the League distinctly leans to STATE ownership
and control In recent letter published in this paper
from Harry B. Tedrow, United States District Attorney
he commented along these lines and registered his
objection to the government taking many of the
manifest prerogatives of the State
1t does not valuable comment in extended
way Government inefciency in the late agree
with you perfectly and in the Ineciency, but
would doubtless disagree tc what caused it. will
say that the assumption of the President that the dollar
year all patriotic and honest lead to most of
the damnable graft and crimes committed against the
country a whole. The writer's vicious criticism of
of those gentry in state exasperated
into opening correspondence with long time and
Mr. Carter, hour since that time has and
convinced of the accuracy of our convictions.
am not in position to affirm your statement about
foreign railroads. as at present conducted. but about
twenty ago higher either for
gers freghtbut the contrary in Germany they
exceedingly low that this editor could not how they
could possibly operate for the tariff Your statements
for the present day may be accurate.
Yes, recall the offer to take the postofice
business. Further have doubt they knew just what
they talking about that time. However do not
believe they would long have kept the promise
than the Denver Tamway has kept promise with the
people of Denver
The cost plus ten cent which you mention never
had any for existing still long ago this editor
nearly broke friendships by protesting against just
such connected with the expenditure of public
money in this county With your every statement regard
ing that feature want be understood heartily
curing.
You ask me to point out country that ruined
by State Socialism. reply Germany The Government
there before the regulated all the affairs
of the people couldn't part his hair in the mid
balance up his brains without asking Government
Commission for permission The result that the
looked to the Government for everything and
initiative died absolutely. The further result that
when a German officer killed in the his
like pack of sheep. Our soldiers. developed under
a system of individualism, fought well with their
officers killed they did under their direction. Your
plan. Mr. Rawat will be the death Of personal initiative
and that the death of 1t is to
find fighting for reaction but that just what your
policy would lead to-
While you do very ardently support the Bolshe-
WIKI still do not to be certain they running
Russia President Wilson first disposed to treat
with them until he found that Lenine and Trotsky
dictators governing without the of the
erned- Emma Goldman says the Bolsheviki worse
tto Gpnu, c1e aI