The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-12-22
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By c. T. RAWALT


Opposition the four party agreement of the dis
in the United Senate will
least advise tha people what is being done to them In
the beginning when President Harding proposed the
ference warweary world fairly yelled with glee. 1t
step in the direction of using common sense and all
civilization except the worshppers and benefciares
in it possible relief from their crushing burdens.
But the thing started than the reaction
got busy and from this conference apparently
fresh hostlities and they in countless numbers
and of all, this country is to be tied up in worse
shape than under the League of Nations, SO thor
oughy and repudiaed by the people in
the last election As the Christmas holiday approaches
period observed in of the birth of the
Prince Peace observe the alleged Christian nations
doing all they to destroy what He was bor lived and
died for. From gathering to consider disarmament IL
has degenerated four-cornered conspiracy for
plotting China Evidently the Japanese more observing
figure that later they will be menaced
from the Their statesmen probably consider the
possibility that Chinese -RussianGerman and perhaps
Indian coaation might easily be formed to operate as
against the allied forces that caterwaul about
making world safe for democracy while at the same
time giving their attention to making it safe for
plutocras and money kings Should that time come
Japan would like to be able to call Uncle Sam free
and successfully present ten billion dollar debt
did For little heathen the Jap sees things mighty
clear and rarely overooks bet 1t is almost too much
to hope Borah LaFollete, Read Watson ct al can
and overthrow this last attempt to saddle the
League of nations this country That they will try is
the people of the entire country should awaken
and uphold their hands, There is much force in cam
pagn of letters and senators expressing
the public demands and postage is cheap The occasion
that juses every Senator and Congressman who
is in favor of this medtaed crime receiving at least
million telling him where his constituency dis
with the plan The brains of the senate already
oppose it.
In view of the enthusiastic promises of the prohibit
beat Senator Phpps for being right just
might be well for libertyloving citizens try and
give him enough support to make things even Ever
think, you narrow-minded crucifxonsts, that
play your game? If find out how to vote
will be counted the side Anti Finch
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Those innocents who thought the sales bill
dead might we'll grid their lons and for
another fight The graft is again knocking at the
doors of Congress- Big Business will till it has
fastened the payment of the debt firmly the
backs of the small home and laboring The
sales tax is the easiest and surest And again the
people will have only few stalwart defenders Of
all help them and must by everlasting
protest representatives That what beat the
last bill and it must be repeated to beat this
Under the head of Letting the Cat Out of the Bag
reprint first page short story which is well
worth reading 1t follows up what told week so
ago about the wreckng of the Rio Grande Railroad
you will read the story you will how railroads de-
stroyed and how stockholders robbed right and left
Also you will that of the roads made huge
Iey while claiming they operating at loss. The
world has to point where honesty in the ranks of
Dig business is an unknown quanty we oe1y any tnhk
ing man to examine the record of D. g or Burling
ton operation for the ten and that
the directors at least belong in the penitentary.
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The middeman tells us the law of supply and de-
mand prices In the last few days u S. Courts
put stop to price fixing eggs in Chicago Result an
immediate drop in egg prices of Sc dozen And in the
face of this sort of thing this administration connives
price fixing in STEEL lumber sugar and other commod-
tiles They furnish the proof of their nfamy by the
singular and isolated action the Chicago egg market
Do not think for moment that the government
not sraghten out the mddemen if they to. They
can, but will not, if the middleman is big.
| Now they trying to amend the Volstead act
to raise money for the soldier bonus Somebody pass
Antjag Finch the smelling salts please. However, we
in favor of that soldier bonus if have to
peal the prohibition law in toto to do it,
THINK 1T OVER