Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-09-29
OBSERVATIONS
(By the Cornfleld Philosopher)

uCdNt0u NY HUH IN oAApoSSs~~ |
for Governor has been duly filed. 1t
is now the duty and business of all
of us who want good government in
Minnesota to see to it that the ticket
wins out on election day. BY "good
government" l mean, government for
the masses, the common people, and
not just in the interest of the few.
The new system of putting repre-
sentative local farmers in charge OF
the work in each township I believe
is going to be winner if carried |
out thoroly and universally. 1t will
give the>people big advantage over
the Plunderbund because the big |
fellows cannot find leading farmers |
in but few sections of the state |
who will serve their cause either for |
| love or money. Intelligent farmers
everywhere almost to man are lin |
| ing up on the side of the people in
| the pending contest.
! If your Uncle Samuel owned and
operated the railways we would have
| On st antly decrea sine
freight and passenger rates just as
we have had in the matter of postage.
| Then we would have plenty of cars
to do all the transporting required;
and no one in business could get any
| advantage over another by means OF
rebates and determinations Farm
ers could then cooperate in packing
plants and flour mill enterprises and
even construct wooden mills and man
ufacture their own clothing from
their own wool and cotton. They
could extend this system to any
length that might be desirable. In
order to bring about this change we
must elect a President and Congress
Of our way of thinking. 1t don't
make very much difference what la
bel they bear tho l doubt very much
il this can be done thru either of the
old parties.
Railroad operations by men hos
tile to the idea would likely prove
failure 1t certainly could not be a
brilliant success, for no law has ever
yet been satisfactory whose enforce
ment was in the hands of it's enc
mics. If a Judge believed it was
right to steal horses and a majority
of the jurors were of the same Opin-
ion, how many horse thieves would
get convicted in that court?
Along with government operation
of the railroads we must have men
at the head of affairs who will take
pride in making transportation by the
government a success
And now it seems that North Da-
kota is to be the only state in the
Union where freight and passenger
rates will not be. increased on local
shipments? Do you ask why? Be-
cause that it is the only state in
which the Supreme Court has a
greater interest in protecting the
people from extortion than it has
in guaranteeing profits on watered
railway stocks and bonds. The Court
up there has to be shown the necessity
of raise before it will consent to
the proposed increase and this is
something the railroad magnates
have been unable to do.
A fellow said to me not long ago
that the organized farmers and work
ing men would close out in North Da-
kota on election day. Well, the
= grafters in that state are pretty nu
merous and mighty sore and the re-
:, dictionaries in both old parties have
L formed a complete fusion on one tick
l. ct and outside money will be freely
r furnished to grease the wheels OF
/: the political machinery and influ
q ence every voter that can be reached
n so the boys will have a hard time tc
S hold what they have gained but they
g are going to win.
We are beginning to fill the United
II | TO with 10 frion6c nj
e the people. La Toilette is still there
l. and they cannot get rid of him.
S North Dakota will send Dr. E. F
n Ladd to help him and Georgia is go
l. ing to elect gallant Tom Watson the
long time foe of special privilege
r All the reactionaries in the West
o whose terms expire are having the
fight of their lives to get back agar
l. and have to make promises and apol
ogize to the limit.
k Minnesota passed law some years
e ago prohibiting injunctions in labor
disputes but it seems that joke1
4 was slipped in it in the shape of {
e qualifying phrase reading, "excep,
e to prevent irreparable injury t
0. property" Some judges have con
% strued this to authorize injunctions
y instead Of preventing them. There
is should be a change and this is an
a other reason why Shipstead should
It be elected Governor. When work
ing man who quits his job can be
l. sent to Jail without a jury trial il
e is time for the voters who value thei1
e liberties to wake up. Government
Re by injunction must go.
L The farmer owned county paper is
l. a sure winner. Let the boys see tc
it that they have at least one Of
these papers in every county an6
IS then give it their solid patronage
s We should read our own side of the
e controversy now going on between
e the people who create the wealth and
S the Plunderbund. and we cannot gel
" "the truth and the whole truth and
nothing but the truth from the kept
press. When the people know the
k truth, the truth will set them free
and make them prosperous and
= happy.
It is the mission of the farmer
!, owned press to spread the truth and
" the more papers we have of this
. class the better.
e The one exception is the Willmal
u Tribune which altho privately owned
has been on the firing battling