The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-11-18
EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL
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The Courier-News has cut down it's
editorials to single column eight point
type. Why not cut them out all to-
gether?
In speaking of the change of heart
Of Senator McNair couple Of fellows
who let somebody else do their think
ing for them made the statement that
big business had succeeded in getting
the Traill county senator. That Is
about the usual statement made by
these fellows when somebody re-
nounces their vagaries. They have
heard Townley play on the prejudice
Of those who let him do the thinking
for them when he tells them big bus.
mess" is responsible for the change OF
heart of some men who have seen the
light. Wonder what these me too
individuals would do if they did not
have somebody to coach them up to
yelling big business every time Town
lev sneezes. Big business, traitors,
scoundrels are the terms applied to
those who cannot longer follow the
w;ll-o-the-wisp Of state socialism.
Thinking people do not need calomel
to clear their vision these days. The
house of cards built by the Townley
machine is going to be blown away
very soon.
From all over the country comes the
report of high prices being ripped and
wages slashed while thousands upon
thousands of men and women are be-
ing discharged and are now out Of en-
ployment. 1t is estimated that mil
lion workers have been put out of
Jobs in the past few weeks. The Cour-
ier-News this morning says that hun
dreds of unemployed are out Of jobs
and are looking for work with very
little success. The closing down OF
the big factories and the Tightening up
of the money market has caused a
wholesale. discharge of men and worn-
en- all over the United States. And we
have only just got started along these
lines. Inflated prices of everything in
GLIDING wages have got to be adjust
ed and the toboggan slide seems to be
we'll creased at this time. War prices
are a thing of the past and the coun-
try is going to see some great changes
in the next few months. The unem-
ployed are going to be out of luck dur
ing the winter.
Why all the robberies which are oc-
curing during the past few months?
Just what can this be laid to? Pessi-
mistic observers during the war de-
clared that robberies would flourish
after the war, declaring that the ex-
soldiers, after being discharged from
the army, and many of them finding
themselves out of employment would
resort to this kind of livelihood. This
may or may not be the case. There is
another side of the story at the pres
ent time. Employment is hard to be
secured by unskilled labor. The de-
mand for skilled labor has also fallen
off. Many men who have never work
ed at more than one trade in their life,
find themselves suddenly thrown out
of work, many of them with very
small bank account. They must have
money to live, and robbery is about
the easiest method to obtain it. If they
the penitentiary, of course, but they
are assured>of their daily food and a
bed to sleep on. This wave Of law
lessness seems to be increasing rather
than decreasing, and will perhaps con-
tinue to do so until the country gets
back on pre-war basis, with factories
running to full capacity, merchandise
lower in price, and wages paid labor
in proportion. Then only will the era
Of restlessness end The quicker this
happens the better for all concerned.
It is pretty hard these days to find
out what the Courier-News, the league
organ at Fargo really means or
wants. Before election that yellow
sheet continually kept saying that the
independent press wanted to ruin the
Bank of North Dakota. Now that
the election is over and the people
have said by their ballots they want
the funds of the school districts and
other institutions returned to the pro-
per counties instead of being kept at
the Bismarck bank, that displeased
the Courier-News. Realizing that if
everybody made run on this bank
as soon as the law gave them permits
sion to do so, the independent press
has advised moderation in withdrawal
with view to. giving the bank
chance to handle the funds satisfac-
torily and without endangering the
institution. This appears also to be
displeasing to the Courier News and
it comes out this morning and says
that the independent press is now TAX
ing back lies it said about the bank
funds being deposited elsewhere than
in the state The indenendent nress