The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-05-05
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EDITORIAL
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Wholesals prices for farm products
were only rs per cent higher than In
1918 according to figures issued by the
limited States Bureau of Labor sta
tistics while metals and metal pro-
ducts were 80 per cent; wnolesaIe
foods, so per cent; clothes and cloth,
ing, 92 per cent; fuel and llghtlng' w
per cent. All commodities must seek
the level of agricultural products OF
agricultural product must advance IL
the farmer is to receive justice.
The supreme court of the United
States by declaring in decision that
tha act under which Senator New
berry. of Michigan, was convicted TOR
alleged bribery in his election to the
senate has saved that gentleman from
going to the penitentiary tor two
years and paying fine OF $lO,oV! IN
edition. If the law is unconstltu,,
tional under which he was convicted
and we feel that the court has sim,
NV decided the matter from legal
standnoint-then Mr.. Newberry can
shake hands with himself for his mar
,,o,u escape. That he used an undue
lot of money to secure ms electlon ~
one will deny and he had the sentence
coming to him for so dong. !! -
TOO bad that the law is unconstltu.
tional as decided by the supreme court
for it now throws down the oars 70
any and all politicians to &c, ana 40
likewise. This sort OF thing shoulo De
stopped and those going into 1t pun
ished.
The last legislature passed a law re-
ouir;ng city councils to publish the
proceedings of that body. In accord.
ance with the law the city council OF
the city of Valley City last night ap,
no;nted the Times-Record the otflcial
paper of the city for this purpose only.
We wish to thank the council for TINS
aunointnerit and in doing so we Pc
iieye that they have made WISE
choice for the simple reason that tnls
paper is the better medium OF news
in which to give these proceedings
publicity. We have the largest clrcu-
iation Of any other paper in the CITY
and Il is the city reader that wants
this publicity and in addition to that
we can give quicker service than a
weekly PAPER. Then again we are
going to give the council the pencil;
Of the weekly publication wnlcn wv
be given free and without any aooeu
expense to the people OF the CITY 50
that these proceedings vii! De gwen
double publicity at one and the same
price which to our notion IS benenclal
to everybody.
In speaking before the Commons
Club of Fargo, Secretary h. 3. ful-
Ter of the North Dakota Farm bureau
Federation laid special emphasis upon
the value of the cost of productlon
records that the North Dakota Farm
Bureau Federation is securing TINS
SUMMER in cooperation with the Farm
Management Department Of the Agrl-
cultural College. Mr.. Fuller states
that three things are largely respon..
sible for the making Of the price OF
farm products, namely, the law OF
supply and demand, the cost OF pro-
duction and the manipulation upon
the boards of trade. Hithertotor sup
DIV and demand and manipulation
have been the principle factors IN
waking these prices but in most man.
nfactured products the cost of pro-
duction has been the governing fac,
tor This has stabilized prices and
the farmer proposes, through ms COM
modify marketing organlzatloms' 10
make the cost of production more
largely the dominant factor IN DETER
mining the prices of farm products.
This can be accomplished, by means
of cooperative marketing, without
anv material increase in prices to the
consumer He states that this Would
tend to stabilize prices and bring the
farmer an adequate return Tor MS
labors.
The board of health has decided to
prosecute those who fail to report
small pox cases and also those who
fail to obey quarantine regulations;
and in this decision the city council
last night decided to back up the
board Of health. 1t is reported to us
that there are or have been $50 cases
of small pox in the city, the biggest
part of them not being reported ana
not being under quarantine. This IS
decidedly wrong and should be at,
tended to in the future. We are told
of a family where nine had the dlsI
ease, no report was made and no phy-
stefan called in and these victims were
running around at will scattering the
disease broadcast. This is only one
case. People do not seem to care
how much other people are put in the
way of contracting that disease so
long as they themselves are not put to
the inconvenience of being quaran-
tined. Many people say the disease IS
not hard and does not matter. That
NAV be in their own particular case
but they cannot say how hard it might
hit those who contract the disease
through their carelessness. 1t is time
a halt was called on this sort OF thing
and the offenders who will not obey
the laws of the state severely. pun
ished. Chickenpox is also disease
where the state law compels those
who have it to be kept in room sep
arate from other people and the VIC
tins are not allowed to run at large.
These rules are not observed in the
least and should be enforced. If peo-