The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-14
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EDITORIAL .


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If we took advantage of all the OPP
portunities that are offered to US IN
the field Of speculation, we would be
a millionaire within a few weeks: This
morning we received another allurlng
offer from a Montana oil company to
contribute a little money in stock for
which we were assured that IN very
short time we would reap such results
that we would be immensely rich in
short time. We are getting so many
of these chances to win affluence that
it is making our head swim, and IN
order to avoid making any mistake we
are turning them all down. We have
no very great desire to get rich so sud-
denly, believing in earning whatever
money we can accumulate through
the legitimate channels of business. We
never took kindly to speculation.
The Courier-News this morning con-
tains very seductive cartoon plctur-
ing a farmer at typewriter suppos-
edIy to be editing that paper and on
TOP of that cartoon it says: Hes on
the lob himself" Then underneath is
a very fervent appeal to the. farmers
to send in their money to keep the
sheet going. Very nice of the crowd
thew have MIXED the treasury dry to
condescend to turn the paper over to
the farmers to finance and llquldate
MANY thousands of dollars Of debt.
The same thing exists in about all the
league newspaper offices-they have
been MIXED dry by a bunch OF hangers
on and now that the wave OF social
ism is receding upon the sands OF re-
turning sanity they cry aloud to the
farmers to take their junk piles and
continue on the job at their own ex-
pense.
The siXty-seventh congress convened
in Washington yesterday and for the
first time in many years is overwhelm-
ingly republican in politics. A thous-
and bills were thrown into the legisla-
tive hopper yesterday and many more
will doubtless follow. The congress
now in session has before it some OF
the most important legislation in the
country's history and the people Will
now watch with interest to see If the
party pledges of last November will
be carried out by the dominant party:
One of the most important bills before
congress is the one introduced by Con-
gresham George M. Young, of this
district, known as the emergency tar
if bill, which is designed to help out
the farmers of the northwest. This is
the bill vetoed by Presiden Wilson:
Mr.. Young is confident that the tariff
bill will be acted upon quickly and
passed.
President Harding appeared before
a joint session of congress yesterday
following the custom of his predeces-
sor, and read his message to congress.
The document was in our Judgment
one that will appeal to the American
people. His attitude on the German
peace problem will meet with the ap-
proval of all, excepting those who
have leaned to the Wilson one man
idea. He wants peace declared with
Germany by congressional resolution
at once. He has scrapped the league
of nations but says this country does
not in any way relieve Germany from
paying in full its obligations. He
favors an association of nations in
preference to the present undesirable
covenant and which the people turned
down so emphatically last November.
His stand on this question is in line
with the people of the United States.
He wants reimbursement of internal
taxes and revision or repeal OF these
taxes which have become unproduc-
tive and are so artificial and burden
some as to defeat their own purpose.
Instant tariff enactment. emergency
in character and understood by our
people that it is for the emergency
only. says Harding. Speaking of the
railroad question Mr.. Harding says
he wants efficient operation at cost
within that which the traffic can bear
and railway rates and cost OF opera
zion must be reduced" the president
says. This will meet the hearty ap-
prevail Of the people who are being
rouged every day by excessive pas
senger and freight rates. Mr.. Hard
ng's first message to congress is one
hat taking it all around is very salts
factory indeed: and shows that the ex
,cutive has full and keen insight of
what the country needs. Now if con-
rress will do its part: things should
AXE on new lease Of life to the ben
fit Of all the people. !
REGISTERING NO SURPRISE
A friend tried to surprise us the
,ther day by quoting Bradstreet's fig
Tres that "a per cent. of the firms that
JAILED in 1920 were non advertisers.
But we didn't astonish worth a cent. !
What's surprising about the fact I
hat firms that took no pains to let the $
public know how they could serve it
shouldn't have much of a public to
serve? r.. 1' r