The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-07

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Three hundred breweries are clam:
orine for permits to brew medicinal
beer under the recent ruling of the
department of justice. Federal Pro.
hibition Commissioner John F. Kram.
er said today. One or two breweries
could manufacture enough beer to
meet the legitimate demands of the
nation, Mr.. Kramer says. The pro-
hibition commissioner has the wrong
dope, If they once let this beer man.
ufactured there will not be enough
doctors in the country to fill the pre-
scriptions or enough breWeries to, NIL
the demand.
Before the independents decided up
on a recall election the leaguers
howled loud and long that they want
ed a recall, then when it was finally
decided upon they come out now and
say that it is scheme on the part
of the independents to wipe out the
state industries. The League papers
put US in mind of 9 little boy whose
sister was sick and her mother put
a mustard plaster on her chest. Little
Johnny was not at all satisfied about
that and leased and leased for q
mustard plaster until finally his
mother thought the best way out OF
it was to give him one and she did.
He does not want any more OF Them
which is about the attitude of the
league newspapers. They wanted a
recall mustard plaster to start with
now they do not want one.'
Thrift is not self-denial of the en-
vironments Of life Thrift is the regu-
lation of our income in such man.
ner 50 that you can participate in the
good things Of life now and in the fu-
ture by sensible distribution OF spend.
ing and saving. During the days OF
high wages and high prices, when
everyone spent freely and INDUCED in
nlea sures and conveniences that they
newer could afford before, the saw
ings deposits in the banks of the
country increased tremendously
particularly among wage earners;
There Vas a chance for Thrift and
Good Living, But if buying stops:
production stops. work becomes
scarce. wages come down, thousands
are unemployed and the chance. Tor
saving. thrift, or the purchase OF en-
iovments and extra comforts become
rare. When you stop buying, you put
a binder on the bankroll-on mine, on
the man. Who buys from me, on the
things YOU are paid to make, and the
boss who pays you to make them
who's the Goat?-You are eventually.
Those republicans who have told
that first. second and third class post
masters under the order OF Presldent
Wilson have life job and who have
heen dispondent on that account. now
have a chance to cheer up. according
to adv;ces from Washington President
Harding will probably modify that or
der of Mr.. Wilson'S. You see tnat
order was given when all the import or
ant offices in the country had been M.
ed by democrats: gong INTO eHect
four years after Wilson had been IN
Office, thus making very fat perrin
for all these postmasters and Whlcn is
not considered square deal: Mr.
Harding will be asked to modify the
order and to ask for the resignation
If the postmasters as their four years
term expires, then the job will be
thrown open to a civil service examln,
tion and the three highest certified
for appointment, so that under this
rule it is barely possible that large
number of deserving republicans will
be given the jobs as any one OF the
three certified can be appointed under
the new ruling-and we rather figure
that there will be some republicans
among the number. This is certainly
= cheerful message from Washington
and has nut a lot of hope and expec-
tation among the faithful who want
the privilege of looking after Uncle
Sans postal business the coming four
years: -.
The Fargo ourier-News has start
ed out on another campaign to get the
money. Yesterday it came out with
4 long drawn ont pathetic appeal to
the people to rally around the paper
With another shakedown, using the
same old stereotyped story that big
business was trying to wipe out all
the state industries and that 1t was
necessary to come across with the
money If they wanted the paper to
exist. 1t also stated that the COM
n1ittee of five elected by the league
was now in charge of that paper and
that it was YOUR paper now. Mr..
Lacquer, and it is up to YOU to come
across with more money. If the Cour-
ier-News cannot exist only on politi-
cal pap and contributions then the
sooner it passes over to the scrap
pile the better for all concerned and
thus let it make way for real news
paper for Fargo-a morning paper
that will have standing with everys .
body. The. Courier-News has never !
been right. It was not right during
the war and it is not now under its
present management. It condones
everything that the bunch of social
ist leaders do and it approves law
breaking by the officials at Bismarck
no matter bow fragrant. Gov. Frazier