The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-03-24

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Several thousand dollars have beer
paid out by the administration boart
the past few days for page ads. to tel
all about what success the new day
is in this state-and all taken from
the money of the people. This amount
would have paid several bonus checks
for deserving soldier boys who are al.
lowed to sit around and wait, and wait
for their money. &c.
Threats are being made by those
in charge of the league that if the re-
call is ordered all those who sign the
recall petitions will have their names
published in the papers of their home
counties. This scare may result in
keeping few timid ones from signing
up the petitions but it should have no
effect upon those who believe that
they are doing right when they sign
petition. B.
If the ruling of Former Attorney
General Palmer is going to stand then
we look for a lot of new drug stores
to be opened up all over the land. He
has made a ruling that a certain
amount of beer may be prescribed by
physicians which can be sold by the
druggist, for those who are. sick. Sick
ness is very liable to increase very
rapidly and we look for an epidemic
of maltitis to spread over the land.
We know nothing about constitution
al law but that decision seems to be
a peculiar one. The "drys" will have
to find some way to set it aside
Will you make 1921. boom or
boomerang A boom means good
business3 active buying, the easy cir
culation Of money. Or will you enter
into another buyers strike, such as
the business of this country experience
ed last Fall and developed into a
boomerang" that put two million
wage earners out of employment. A
boomerang is a weapon OF the Aus
tralian bushmen, which when thrown
into the air, sails into circle and re-
turns to it's starting point. Just so,
a buyers strike" returns to its
source with inflicted 'hard times"
lower wages and unemployment,
Start boom, not boomerang. Buy
now and keep buying for Prosperity
sake.
A law of physics tells US that cold
contracts and heat expands. II you
turn a cold shoulder to your duty OF
the products your brother
is employed in making he is shortly
frozen out Of a job and his buying ca !
pacity to consume what you produce
is also contracted until you are frozen
out of a job. On the other hand, il in
the warmth of enthusiasm keeping
business pulsating with activity eV-
erybody sells, everybody works, ev-
erybody thrives then in both the prin-
.iples of physics and economics pros
perity expands. What will you start
"a boom that boosts your prospects
Or boomerang that comes back and
knocks you off your financial balance.
Unwittingly paying tribute to a re-
publican administration, the Char,
otte. North Carolina, observer"
upon the fact that Presi,-
lent Harding appointed Gas assistant
Secretary of State Henry P. Fletcher
who had served as Ambassador to
Mexico under President Wilson. Says !;
The "Observer"; "It may be re-
,arded as another evidence of Presi-I
lent Wilson's capacity for selecting
men," But the truth is
hat President Roosevelt was the man
Who first recognized, the ability of Mr..
Fletcher and appointed him to the d.
,lomatic service where he remained
through the Taft administration and
through the Wilson administration
until he resigned as a protest against
he Wilson policies in Mexico Since
he "Observer" sets Mr.. Fletcher
lown as competent man," what
conclusion is to be drawn from his
epudiation of Wilsonian policies? |
= The reaction from stagnant buying
5 mighty serious matter. Buying
RELY develops prosperity in which
veryone participates. Tightening up +
as far reaching effect that touches
very WORKER merchant. producer
arWer, miner. and their families
'NeE .Ole-QudILeF Ol- million SCoe'
'orkers are unemployed; over 100000 {
'orkers on automobiles and accessor- t
IS are out Of work Thousands and ,
1ousands Of tailors, weavers. shoe
lakas, and factory hands of all kinds t
re IDLE totalling over two million 6
merican w0rkmen. And why. Be !
s1fse an ill-conceived movement on q
lie part Of the public and the press g
cecipitated buyers strike last fall t
merica has every right to be ring n
g with prosperity. There never has t
zen greater demand for our products 3
it'll an adequate supply. And our z
oney alone holds it's par value. Re- r
me buying now for a prosperous t
Fl. Qualities are finer, prices are v
wer. I
Most of the labor unions are voting b
'ainst any reduction in wages. In ii
few isolated cases thes1n have vot- ii
to stand for a rs to 20 per cent re- "
ction. It seems to be a onetsided Il