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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27
TRADE WITH AFRICA.

While certain European nations have
been readjusting boundary lines and
territorial control in Africa, the manu-
facturers of the United States have
been successfully invading the markets
OF that continent. Our export to
Africa, says statement by The Ma
tional City Bank of New York, in the
year which ends with this month will
aggregate six times as much as in 19l4,
and our imports from that continent
seven times as much as in 1914. Our
total trade with Africa in the calendar
year 1920 will aggregate 325 million
dollars, against AZ millions in the fiscal
year 1914. III
Africa is the latest of the grand divi-
sions to recognize the quality and at
tractiveness of United States merchan-
disc, and especially United States
For long period
prior to the war the exports to that
continent We're practically at a stand
still, and never reached as much as 30
million dollars per annum. With the
opening of the war, German trade with
that continent was, of course, absolute
ly cut off, and the British and French
manufacturers and exporters were too
busily occupied with other matters to
give close attention to the African mar
kets. AS consequence, the people OF
that continent turned to the United
States to supply the manufactures
which they had been accustomed
to draw from Great Britain, Germany,
France, Belgium. Italy, and Portugal,
as all of those European countries had
large areas in Africa, and therefore
supplied the bulk Of the merchandise
entering those markets.
With this change in South Africa's
buying opportunities-the necessity OF
looking to the United States instead Of
relying upon the European countries
controlling the respective areas our
exports to that continent bega. to
climb; they were in the calendar year
1914, % million dollars; 1915, 81
million; 1916, 81 millions; 1918, 80
millions; 1919 9Gi millions, and in
1920 will show a total of 165 million, or
practically double that Of the immedi-
ately preceding year, and six times as
much as in the year preceding the war.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27
HOW THEY VOTED,

The newspapers of recent date have
a table showing the total Democratic
and Republican vote in the various
states, and some interesting situations
are shown to exist. 1t may surprise
some of the Democrats Of Iowa to
know they cast more votes in this state
at the recent election than the Demo-
Gratis cast in any of the states of the
solid south except Texas and that the
total vote cast by. Republicans and
Democrats in Iowa exceeded by several
thousand the combined votes cast in
six of the leading southern states
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi and South Carolina. These
six states cast total Republican and
Democratic vote of S54,3 44, while in
Iowa the Democrats and Republicans
cast SG2. 595. The Democrats of Iowa
polled 227,921, while the Democrats
Of Georgia, larger state than Iowa,
polled only 1O7,251. In Alabama they
polled 155,994, in Arkansas 105,61S,
Florida 9O,515, Mississippi SG,277,
South Carolina 66,7SO. These six
Democratic states with combined
vote smaller than that of Iowa have
sixty votes in the electoral college
while Iowa has but IL. In other words,
one vote in those states count for as
much as five votes in Iowa in electing
a president of the United States.
z 1t would not be so bad if voters in
these Democratic states were allowed
the right of suffrage as the voters in
Iowa are. But suffrage is denied in
those states by various methods, I'M
fair laws, intimidation, bulldozing,
stuffed ballot boxes, prejudiced cleo
ton judges, etc, etc. Yet President
Wilson and the entire Democratic
party profit by these methods and
then indulge in the hypocritical pre-
tense of wanting to make the world
safe for democracy. Wilson prates
about a plebicite in Poland, in Schles-
wig HOlstein. and elsewhere in Europe,
and about a solemn referendum in the
United States, but doesn't raise his
voice or his hand to secure honest and
fair elections in the states that went
fol- Cox on the 2nd of last November.
Woodrow Wilson knows, and every i'll
telligent Democrat in Iowa knows, that
il elections were as fair and open and
free in Mississippi, South Carolina,
Georgia and some Of the other states
down that way as they are in Iowa
MIR. Wilson would not have been cOun-
ed in as president in 1916.
Georgia is more popnlous state
than Iowa 1t gave Cox fourteen cleo
toral votes this year. Yet the Demo-
Gratis of Iowa cast more than twice as
many votes for Cox at the general cleo
ton as the Democrats of Georgia did.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27
TINE TO LAY OFF.

The farmers Of this section of the
United States, and of every other Sec
ton except those that profit by nation
Ial irrigation activity, should not be
condemned if they protest against
further reclamation of arid lands at
government expense until at least
consumption catches up with pro-
duction. The government has expend.
ed millions of dollars in irrigation pro
jects that have resulted in reclaiming
millions of acres Of once worthless
lands which now produce crops that
compete with the crops produced by
farmers who own their own lands and
have paid for them by hard work and
careful attention to their business. 1t
lis not clear why these farmers should
be taxed to further propositions that
depreciate the value Of their output
Heretofore there has been no opposition,
even among agriculturists, to govern
mental expenditures for irrigation pur-
poses, but the farmers are coming to
realize that it is not to their interests
and not for the general welfare Of the
country to have so much productive
land that the ones who till the soil
cannot realize prices that represent
cost, to say nothing Of fair profit
There is such thing as food being
too cheap and it is too cheap when
those who produce it cannot get fair
returns for the time and labor expend-
ed in production. 1t will be time
enough for the government to push ir-
rigation work when prices Of the prod
ucts of the farm get back upon a pay
ing basis. Where is the wisdom in a
proposition that opens lot Of new
land and at the same time destroys
the productivity of a lot of other land
by reducing prices below a fair level,
thus discouraging production?
If the government wants to reduce
prices in certain commodities by a
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

1t is rumored in Washington thai
Gen. Obregon will make no move tt
obtain recognition for his government
from the United States until President
elect Harding is inaugurated on Marcel
18th. 1t is said that he intends tt
devote the intervening period to de
monstration that Mexico is to be put
back on conservative, peaceful basis
ana to show to the world that security
for foreign citizens and capital is to bt
safeguarded in the future
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

There will be no more eXpulsions
or exclusions of socialists from the
New York legislature. That is the
gratifying intimation which comes
from Albany The governor-elect, Il
jurist who holds law and justice above
playing politics, is understood to have
taken the lead in that wise decision
which is the more creditable because OF
the overwhelming strength which the
Republican party will have in the state
government after January i, and
which will enable it to do as it pleases
----Harvey's Weekly.
The action of the New York lcgis.
lature in denying seats to men legally
elected merely because the majority OF
the legislature didn't like the plat
form and the principles OF the party
which chose the expelled members. was
one of the gravest mistakes ever made
in American politics. So far as the
expelled men themselves are concerned
the matter is not so serious, but to
deliberately disfranchise five election
districts is proceeding that strikes
ut the very foundation OF popular gov
eminent. We submit to the recorded
Judgment of the majority at the ballot
box, whether we like it or not. Any
other course leads to bolshevism and
anarchy. We certainly hope Harvey's
Weekly is right in its conclusion.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

love of pure woman is held by her
as the most sacred gift which she can
bestow. 1t is not to be bought with
gold or silver, or precious stones. 1t
is given freely to the man she loves.
81. Entrance into heaven: There is
an old saying that ''shrouds have nc
pockets Money, which will purchase
nearly everything in this world, can
not be taken to the next and used as
a means of entrance into heaven. The
keeper Of the portals Of the heavenly
city is not susceptible to a bride
There, at least, money has no value"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

Congress is now considering the
question Of whether or not to increase
the members of the house Of represei-
natives to conform to the increased pop
ulati0n as shown by the 1920 census
or whether to hold the membership al
the present figures by increasing the
basis of representation. The consensus
of opinion is plainly in favor of no
increase IN numbers, but how to sc
about it is the problem that cannot
be solved. However, if congress would
obey the constitution, (and why not
obey the constitution, that is what il
was made fOr,) the problem would
solve itself. Congress could cut off
about fifty members by following this
constitutional provision when the
right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for president Of the
United States on representatives in
congress is denied to any of the male
(now includes females) inhabitants OF
such state, being twenty-one years of
age and citizens of the United States
or in any way abridged, the basis OF
representation therein shall be reduced
in the proportion which the number OF
such citizens shall bear to the whole
number of citizens twenty-One years OF
age in such state"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27
PANIC PREVENTION.

The American City: jim Smith, mill
hand, is out Of a job. The textile
manufacturer, his employer, has been
compelled to LAY. him off" for an in
definite period because of lack OF or
ders. The manufacturer has human
sympathies and is sorry for Jim
Smith; but he is a victim OF circum-
stances which he and Jim as individ-
uals are unable to control.
Jim Smith and his family are suffer-
ing serious. Inconvenience from the
cutting off of their income. II unem-
ployment continues much longer, the
Inconvenience will become real pri-
vation. But the employer and the
workman and their. families are not the
only victims The traction company
on whose cars Jim had Travelled to
and from his daily, work is collecting
fewer fares than before; the clothing
shops and food stores at which Jim's
family traded are making fewer sales ;
and even the movies are collecting few
er dimes. 4f
Meanwhile, a lot of able-bOdied men
in other trades are idle, too, or work
ing part time. Every one Of them needs
a lot of things that the rest are cap
able of making. They all know that
any talk of Oyer-pfoductiOn' is absurd
so long as there are unsa tis1ied human
wants vastly in excess of the existing
goods capable of supplying those
wants. But for some mysterious rea-
son "times are bad" and the processes
of production and exchange have be-
come disUrdered. II Jim, who can
weave clothing, and John, who can
raise wheat, and Jacob, who can build
houses, and few others like them,
we're cast on an island with ample ma
tural resources, they would not sit
around in idleness waiting for price
readjustment," but would get busy and
make things and exchange them, so
that each would have as many COM
forts as all working to the best OF their
ability could supply.
Sometimes in their days of idleness,
these men wonder whether an indus
trial revolution might not bring about
conditions approximating those on the
happy island. But the wiser heads
among them realize that the socialism
or communism that might work well
in primitive society of small num-
bers would bring only disaster to a
twentieth century nation Of n hundred
million people. These wiser heads have
studied the fundamentals Of economies
and know that wages and capital and
interest and rent and profits are found
ed in the eternal nature of things. But
they don't believe that the eternal ma
ture of things requires such extremes
Of poverty and wealth as are found at
present, together with long periods of
unemployment and frequent business
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27
@.Haszlssssss I,

Still Democrats inNIowa are now
whining because, the Republican leg
sslature of this state may amend the
primary laws, making it more difficult
for Democrats to nominate Republican
candidates. Republicans in the sure
Democratic states Of the south would
be glad if they had a chance to even
vote at the elections, to say nothing
of the primaries. ~ $50
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

An occasional tramp is now seen
begging from door to door to remind
one O, times just before the war. The
fellow who shirks on the job and does
a poor days work is the first to &C
when jobs are scarce, and being I'M
moyident he seldom has enough money
ahead to pay months board. Conse
quently he hits the road" and becomes
M expert seeker after handouts"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

Some of the "big fellows in New
York are finding it impossible to pay
the last quarterly installment of their
income taxes, which became due on
the 18th of this month. Just what the
government is going to do about 1t has
not vet been indicated. The slump in
business seems to have hit all sections
and interests.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

Trying to. reduce taxation is like try
ing to cut down interest You cant
do: IL except by paying off the princl-
pal.-Washington Democrat.
Taxation can be reduced by economy
The Webster City council proved it this
year and for city purposes has reduc-
ell the levy. Just at present interest
rates cannot be reduced except by the
method suggested by the Democrat, but
the time is coming when debts can be
refunded ut greatly reduced rates.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

supply domestic demands. Our ex-
portations Of corn III the year before
the war reached only 1O,S9S,OOO
bushels, not much more than the
amount produced in three Iowa coun-
ties like Hamilton, Wright and Web
ster and less than has been imported
into the United States some years
from Argentina.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

The man in line for the next Nobel
peace prize is the man who settles the
English-Irish sauabble so that both
sides will be Observation-Disclosures Dem
ocrat.
President Wilson was awarded the
Nobel peace prize this year and the
country is wondering what squabble
he settled to the satisfaction OF both
sides.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

reclamation policy let ii open up some
coal mines and oil fields. The prod
ucts of such industries are, now com
manding almost prohibitive prices and
are held up arbitrarily by those who
have the power to do it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-12-27

: While you are talking about cabinet
positions, it might be remarked that
Geo. e. Roberts, formerly of the Fort
Dodge Messenger, would make capt.
tai secretary of the treasury.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-09-30

Kensal-The biggest silo in the state
is being filled on the Nels Holm farm.
1t is 20 feet in diameter and 81 feet
high, and the biggest silo filler made
is being employed. Mr.. Holm raises
beef cattle.
Alexander--Mike Anderson, 10, was
shot through the neck with a rifle in
the hands of n small playmate. The
bullet came out through his mouth,
taking a tooth. He will live, physi-
clans believe.
Sheldon-Fllling his own unexpired
term as county Judge of Ransom coun-
ty Is the status of F. S. Thomas. He
resigned and then asked to be rein
stated.
Mandan-William G. Mcdonald, 80,
died here after Al years of continuous
residence in Mandan. He had been
an, employee of the Northern Pacific
50 years.
Fargo-Ninety days in Jail and 500
fine was the punishment melted out to
Matthias Kemmer, 20, for reckless
driving. He struck and fatally in
jured Mrs. Agata Aldahl. 60, tile Sec
nnd time he sat at the wheel of car.
Maddock.-The high school has been
advanced to the second class.
Fairmount. The auction season
starts here with three big sales.
Kindred.-The village will bond for
SIS 900 to purchase the lighting plant.
Ellendale.-The mains of the CEN
trail heating plant are being extended.
Fargo.-The First National Cattle
and Loan company has been incorpor-
ated
Berthold.-Community mass meet
ings ''for the good of the town" are
being held.
Sixty-four young women
completed the Is lessons in the Red
Cross home nursing course.
Hurdsfield. - Yeggs operating in
North Dakota again entered the Farm
ers and Merchants bank here.
Washburn.-A public health nurse
will he employed by the Mclean
county chapter Of the Red Cross.
Velva.-Experimental bee culture
proved profitable to John Nussbaum,
who had fine crop of honey this fall.
Hankinson.-Four cars of oil were
burned when the local 500 train be-
tween here and Glenwood was de-
rallied.
Grand Forks.-The North Dakota
Educational association will hold its
=! annual meeting here November 10, IL
and -.
Colfax.-Morris Larson, 9, was beat
en- to death when his clothes caught
on shaft protruding from grain
elevator.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-09-30

Why has Cathro seen fit in the past
to deposit such mammoth sums in
eastern banks? This question is
worrying many voter these days in
Emmons county, end North Dakota
rownley told his followers before
the Bank of North Dakota was start
ed that we were suffering because
North Dakota banks were carrying
millions Of reserve funds in eastern
banks at 2 per cent which simply
helped to buy big automobiles for
eastern millionaires. Now, develop
ments have proven that Cathro has
been doing the same thing, his deposit
at one time running into millions of
dollars and DRAWING TWO PER
CENT.
Consistency, thou art a jewel. +"
Waters says Cathro is an actual graf
ter. That hasn't been thrashed out
yet in court. But the matter of man.
moth deposits in eastern banks is
proven. Cathro admitted it on the
witness stand in Bismarck.
It's great old game.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-09-30
Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION

While the league papers are max
ing great howl about the fine things
McGovern has been doing for the far
mers, facts are coming to light to
show that McGovern's department
doesn't begin to know what it is do
ing. 1t seems this league gang has
pulled enough fakes already without
working stuff like McGovern is doing.
Elsewhere we have an article CIV
ing the experience of Chris Bosch,
manager of the local farmers eleva-
tor had with McGovern when Meow
ern placed a lower grade on his wheat
than the mills themselves were glad
to pay. If those mills were willing
to pay the farmers elevator the top
price, they probably knew what they
were doing for they were paying with
their own money. Then to have Nc
Govern come out and place a lower
grade on the grain than the mills
themselves did looks pretty rotten.
We are told also of another scheme
that was worked to show up the Nc
Govern grain-grading outfit. A line
concern took several samples out of
the same wheat and had various ele-
vators send the samples to McGovern
so that this department would sup
pose it was all different wheat. I'm
agine the laugh the company had at
McGovern's expense when he sent
back the various samples with differ
ent grades when it was in fact the
same grain in all the samples.
This business of Showing up big
business is great game, especially
when run by man who himself bust
ed one little farmers elevator in South
Dakota.
Come on, Mr.. League Newspaper,
pirate some more about your wonder
full Mr.. McGovern. There has been
so much rottenness, graft and inef-
ficiency in the other departments OF
this administration that the Record
has perhaps sighted the McGovern
end of it a little. But our heart is
in the right place. If our imported
league county manager, Mr.. Miller
really is looking over the columns OF
the Record each week with such deer
concern to find what we have to say
about the grain business as it con.
Germs the political situation today, We
will say we are at least trying t
accommodate him now that our atten
ton has been called to the oversight
Whoopee!
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-09-30

The local league paper was ex-
tremely busy last week worrying over
the possibility that the people might
support law that would give the To-
cal school districts, townships, ETC.,
chance to deposit their funds wher
ever they could get the most money
in interest.
The editor of that paper has made
one claim in extenuation of that ar
ticle that is worthy of note. He says
that the Bank of North Dakota is
paying more interest in Trail county
than the Trail county banks formerly
paid. But, whoa. Is the editor OF
the league paper here to support a
law that helps Trail county but in
iures Emmons? If that's his posi-
ton, it seems he ought to be publish
ing league paper in Trail instead
of here. But here are the facts:
Under the proposed law, if the
banks of Trail county offer less than
the Bank of North Dakota, then nat
urally the Bank of North Dakota
would get the funds. But here In
Emmons, where the local banks have
always paid larger interest rates than
the Bank Of North Dakota is now do.
ing, conclusions would be different.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for the
editor of the Free Press to think fol-
minute that the interests Of the PEG.
pie of this county should be the first
concern of county newspaper pub
lished here? Why not let Trail
county look out for it's own interests
There isn't an argument in the
whole wide world against the propos-
ed initiated law relative to deposit OF
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-09-30

"Jack Knife" Meitzen was in town
Friday night. Meitzen is the husky
league organizer and orator who un-
premeditatedly knocked a travelling
man down on the N. p. branch last
spring, and pulled a wicked looking
jack knife shortly afterwards.
"Jack-Knife" is real guy. He
likes to refer to himself as the ''car-
petbagger" from Texas. You see,
Meitzen tried to be governor of Texas
on the socialist ticket once.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-09-30
COLLEGE GIRLS
GET COLLEGE JOBS,

Two students of Dakota Business.
College. Fargo. N. D., were re-.
Gently given secretarial positions IA
colleges. Miss Mae O'Keefe went:
to Moorhead Normal School. Miss
z. johnson got a splendid place It:
North Dakota Agricultural College.
More desirable positions are
open tor Dakota Business College
pupils than this busy school can fiji.
1000 new students will be needed
within the year. Superior training.
Join the 1OO0-and Follow the.
Successful. Fall course now open.
address +. I. Watkins, Pres, sos
Front St., Fargo, N. D.