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

TC-UlSCOuuLS. we 1luU CNdC our local
institution, The Security National
Bank, assisted in the financing of the
late campaign through a chain bank
scheme, the money in this instance:
and presumably others. being furnish
ed by the Bank Of North Dakota. In
this connection, why should public
| moneys, deposited with the Bank of
North Dakota, be used to buy certifi-
Gates of deposit on bank in Montana,
the bank of Plentywood?
The evidence produced clearly indi-
Gates that the public moneys have not
been impartially distributed. Friend
ly banks have received more than their
just share to assist, financially, the
various league schemes. Large
amounts have been re-deposited in dis
tricts where the money was not need
ed, through local conditions, while dis
tricts which needed the moneys badly
were neglected in the. redistribution.
Public funds have been placed with
banks known to be insolvent and the
money thus withdrawn from public
use. This results in legitimate orders
on the Bank of North Dakota being
refused payment Private citizens are
forced to advance private funds to re-
place these public moneys, which
have been tied up in insolvent banks
| and league paper, in order to keep
| our local schools going. Can this con-
| dition, resulting from the action of
the nonpartisan officials, be reasonably
blamed to any action of the indie
| pendent forces? We may not be as
consistent as the League papers re-
ferred to but we are unable to con-
meet the names II. V. A." and "Bank
| Wreckers."
| A writer in the New York Herald
! gives Mr.. Gompers some facts why
five million men are out of employ
ment. The writer says: Samuel
Gompers is quoted as asking, "Why is
it that five million Americans are out
of work through no fault of their
own? I can answer this inquiry
with reference to few of the five
millions. . Building materials have
come down in price from Is per cent.
to so per cent, or an average of over
80 per cent, but the building me-
chanics refuse to accept one cent re-
duction in their wages. would like
to build small cottage, but it is i'm
possible to secure an estimate from
builder which is not nearly 100 per
cent. more than it would have been
few years ago, and therefore l am
simply deferring the operation. This
, means that work which would be given
/ to few mechanics during the next
season will be deferred possibly for a
year. Multiply this case by the cases
of thousands of other people in the
same situation and you have account
ed for very large part of the un-
! employment. Houses must be built in
order that people may live, but un-
less prices are reduced the same
method will be followed by the public
that has been followed in the clothing
and other trades, namely, the refusal
to buy. To paraphrase the Quaker's
remark, we might say. "Everybody's
thine" 81 The mechanics want all prices
including rents, to come down except
their own wages, and this is a condi-
tion that is absolutely impossible.
On July first it will be unlawful to
smoke tobacco in any form in public
dining rooms, cafes, restaurants or
eating places. or in railway coaches
or street cars except in sections re-
served for smokers. 1t makes not
only the smoker himself liable to
; prosecution, but the owner of an eat
ing house. or the conductor of train:
permitting such violation, liable to
prosecution. This law has been pass
ed by the North Dakota legislature
and only needs the signature of the
governor to make it law. Personally
we think the law is good one. There