The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-07-07
THE MOTHER CONTRIBUTION

THE MOTHER CONTRIBUTION
An editorial writer with plenty of
time to figure on queer statistics tells
in recent issue Of a weekly maya
zine of the contribution made to the
nations wealth by one woman who
"has never earned any money" She
is mother who live-and works
on a farm. Here are few of the
things she has accomplished in her 80
working years: r.. ~ ~
She has served 235,425 meals; she
has made 1880 garments, $500 loaves
of bread, $3.50 cakes, 1860 pies, 1900
gallons Of lard; she has grown 1928
bushels of vegetables, 1850 quarts of
fruit; she has raised 1850 chickens.
churned $500 pounds Of butter, put
up 1925 jars Of preserves, scrubbed
177,726 pieces of laundry; and she
has put in F35,64O hours sweeping.
washing and scrubbing. i
Of course wages for the different
kinds of work she has performed
have varied considerably during the
past 80 years The writer estimated
her work as worth about $115, 485.5O.
However, she has no bank account to
show for it, and no savings on which
to retire to an old age Of rest and
comfort. az
Multiply this farm mothers achieve
ments by all the farm mothers-and
CITY mothers, too-in the country who
work with hand and mind to promote
the material welfare Of their families.
The total contribution to the nations
wealth through care Of the nations
families is we'll worth little tho ght-
full study on the part of husbands and
sons and daughters. The spiritual
contributions can never be estimated.
An assistant federal judge is to be
appointed by the president for the dis
trict of North Dakota in the very near
future. OF course there are lot Of
lawyers who are looking for the job
Senator Ladd, who was put in the
United States senate by the help, Of
the nonpartisan league, wants Seth
Richardson's, of Fargo, nonpartisan
candidate for the state, supreme court
in the last election, appointed. Sena-
tor McCumber,. who has seemingly
formed an alliance with Alex Nc
Kenzie, has said that he has promised
Andrew Miller, a former attorney
general of the state, his support, and
that he cannot very well advocate any
other lawyer for the jub but Andrew.
Now Miller's appointment is distaste-
full to at least ninety per cent OF the
people of the state who do not want
his appointment made from politi-
cal standpoint. There are many bet-
ter lawyers than Miller in the state
who would make a better judge than
he. But then McCumber is going to
buck the whole works and stand by
Friend Mckenzie, who with McCum-
Der seem to have the ear of President
Harding in the North Dakota ap-
pointments. We are going to predict
that McCumber will be the dominating
power in the appointment Of this
Judge and that it will be po-
iitical appointment more than
one on the fitness of the candi-
date for the job-but just what Mil
Ter has done for McCumber to get his
personal support we cannot see. The
position of federal Judge calls for the
best legal mind that we have in the
state regardless Of political affilia-
ton. It is an Office that should be
taken out Of politics and made &C.
icording to the fitness of the man who
is to hold that very important Office
The great trouble with our American
political life is that politicians are ap.
pointed regardless Of their fitness for
the job.
WHY NOT A .".HOUSE WARMING?"'
Being professional friend Of the
farmer" is not without its substantial
rewards, it would appear from the
sworn testimony in the Brinton per-
Jury case now on trial at Bismarck.
Our relentless" attorney general
Mr.. Lemke, we learn owned seven Of
the 10 shares Of the Consumers Unit
ed Stores company, into which the
farmers Of North Dakota poured app
proximately $1,000:00O.
True, the company is in receivers
hopJe pn1u ond n hos hoon Uff1rnpd