The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-12-22

A meeting of farmers from Nelson,
Steele and Griggs counties, composed
of leaguers and l. V. AS was held at
Neville recently to talk over ways and
means to carry out the suggestion of
Gov. Nestos for rigid economy in
state, city and township affairs in or
der to help reduce state expenditures.
The meeting was characterized by
very friendly feeling and all political
has was thrown out, both factions
working together for the common
good. This is the right kind f spirit
and the spirit that should prevail all
over the state. We have had enough
bitterness and fighting, and now that
we are up against the problems of
conserving our resources let us all
join in and try to put it over in a de-
cent and pleasant manner. The state
officials need your cooperation and
help and the only way that they can
do anything at all under existing fin
anciai conditions is for all to back
then up and try the best they know
how to bring North Dakota back to
normalcy. This idea of predicting
that Mr.. Nestos will fail in carrying
out his campaign pledges is only born
in a spiritof foolishness and hate and
in a spirit Of foolishness and hate and
fair to all concerned we must at least
give the new officials a chance to
demonstrate their ability and honesty
of purpose in trying at least to bring
about confidence and a business ad-
ministration of state affairs. If, after
giving these new officials fair trial
and they do not carry out their
pledges to the best of their ability
with the resources at hand, then it
will be time enough to think Of sup
planting them at the June primaries.
These men have only been in office one
month, yet many radical leaguers are
throwing bricks because these men
have not been able in this short time
to overcome the evils that the past ad-
ministration had been five years in
putting over on us. Gov. Nestos and
his fellow workers seem to be making
an honest effort to carry out their
campaign pledges. Give them a fair
chance to make good.
News reports do not carry much in
formation regarding the strike of the
meat packers and one would suppose
that this strike had gone the way that
it was expected by the public, to go
Union leaders are claiming that the
strike is complete success and that
unless their demands are complied
with, it will last long time But we
notice that the packing plants in the
country are still running as usual.
The strikers showed poor Judgment in
calling this strike at a time when
there were so many unemployed in the
country. When there are any number
of men anxious to step into any va
cant job it is a simple matter for the
operators of these plants to fill the
places of the strikers. Enough of
the higher trained men have stayed
at work so that very little inconven-
fence is experienced. The strikers are
Directing to a reduction in wages, and
in this we think they are wrong as the
reduction was not out Of line with the
reduction in prices in other commodi
ties. But we cannot see the necessity
for the raising of meat prices by the
packers as soon as the strike got un-
der way. They claim their plants to
be operating as usual and whatever
loss they would incur as result Of
the strike would be infinitesimal. This
is one of the hazards of the business
and should be borne by the packers
instead of being passed on to the
consumers as they have done. The
strike serves as an excuse to raise
their prices when the announced raise /.
will offset any loss many times. The
strikers are losing their wages and
their positions and it is direct loss
to them, while the packers are adding
to their profits through the strike.
While we do not uphold the strikers