The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-08-04


fore Investigating commtteesLabor, Washington, D. c.
Perhaps the reason Henry Ford can increase wages
and lower rates is that he his business without
the aid of Wall Street bankers-Labor, Washington D. c.
We in receipt of an appeal from the Royal Bak-
ing Powder Co to ignore certain government report
touching their method of doing business. Pretty nervy
We have sort of learned rely government reports
particularly where they antagonzed by Big Business
We much fear the Royal Baking Powder people
and know it..
is now believed that the huge system of bank and
mail robberies of the few months solved in the
arrest of the officers of trust company in
and host of their agents The securities turned
to them and negotiated quite securely Just how
the authorities the is yet disclosed
The list of prisoners contains the of big
of finance.
Henry has given out an article for public alton
concerning his idea running we reprint
from the Denver Express another page. 1t is
we'll worth careful reading and unless miss
his vacation with the President will do much
impress his ideas Mr. Harding's mind Ford is the
greatest and organizer in the world today and
every move he makes proves it,
Lower the this nation is ruined financially
is the warning senators giving The people
asked to pay about sixty dollars a piece for
every woman and child to carry prepara
tions in time of and time devoid of menace
In spite of these warnings the machine finally wins
when the votes come to showdown, and vast
voted for batteshps that will be obsolete in two
But in the meantime the trust HourishesAonte
Journal.
Any fair feel sympathy with Pres
dent Harding in his with the reactionares in his
party 1t freely admitted that strong coalition
busy trying defeat his disarmament proposal Its
passage will inevitably put number of senatorial
of joint The Hon. from Rhode Island Mr..
Dupont will welcome disarmament decision about the
way tom cat would enjoy an ice water BATH Our
senator Phpps will anything very admirable
in that decreases his income from steel stock
There are many other senators who view efforts to end
who spadng around in the garden where buried
the victims of their crimes President Harding needs all
the he has and unless miss guess he will
prize Borah and LaFollette much more month SO
later than he does
The Lake City Silver World insists that we should
have slope before hope have
steady production in mines. The World editor is
well posted the mining question and insists that it is
feasible, but when look at the dead smoke stacks
around mining camps cannot feel optimistic regard
ing smeters unless they cooperative and ia
vorably situated league of mine who had the
CUTS stick their plant through thick and thin,
regardless of what the sneter offered, might win
We recall that had fine paper mill in Denver
and the in and offered the Denver not
but all extreme low rates white print and long
They all fell for it and the local mill
busted Now every paper in the state reaps the reward
of their shortsighted policy. The is true of
of the oldtme local smelters If the people who suffer
would only sense, play with their kind
and let the trusts alone they could bust them.
there is something be attacked which does not
tribute to their Golfers is busy telling how wicked
the express companies for charging excessive rates
fruit. Granted. What is the matter with the
in Denver ordering direct from the North Fork
and other western slope orchardsts to be shipped by
parcels post? And if the Post is suffering much
they pretend why free bureau for placing
ders with the Post be out in large lists and
filled direct to the consumer? Often have wondered
why in Denver do not avail themselves of the
reasonable parcels privileges and cut out the middle
very marked saving could be made and it would
force the throat commission to come down
out of business For three years have ordered
fruit potatoes onions and lots of other things from in
dividua ranchmen there and figure that
from 20 to so per cent On onions last year saved
200 per cent.
Our readers have observed that for weeks back
taxation that was coming up for the year. Two
week Carlton paws the subject both striving
Assessor and County Commissioners They strive make
live stock should be boosted the clouds Now the
and Municipality are the real In the face of
been taken to REDUCE expenses They all imagine that
the people will stand and they do what is
the odds OF course organized action could and would
reduction in taxation when the people take the posi-
bound to pay the fiddler and have earthly kick coming
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