The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-03
EDITORIAL


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over. Many voters are averse to re-
calling any official, no matter how
rank he may have been in the dis
Grafton the fact that recall election
is one of the hardest elections to put
Many people are saying that the
v. A. victory with SO small majority
is not much of a victory after an
These people do not take into consld-
charge of his duties. Then again when
you consider that the last time Frazier
had 1900 majority and this time Mes
tos has about the same, the turnover
is a good one. The fact remains also
that with no absent ballots being USED
this time the Independents lost at least
between four and five thousand votes
From our viewpoint the victory IS
notable one.
The Courier-News this morning
saws that the initiated laws and
amendments have been defeated and
then proceeds to give table OF tour
teen counties showing the vote. In
this table are twelve of the strongest
league counties in the state and only
two that are independent. Yet in spite
of this we notice that the Bank OF
North Dakota proposition onl y car
ried in these fourteen counties by 995
votes. The first congressional district
gave Nestos between $1,000 and $1,000
majority and the votes in these coun-
ties on the amendment have not been
given. The laws may have been de,
feated by the people of the state, but
the showing made in those fourteen
counties does not su&stantlate the
claim of the Courier News at this
time.
1t is very appro priately remarked
by the Manufactur Record that
unless the farmer gets a better show
he will quit the job and then starva-
ton food supplies and famine prices
will endanger the nation" This does
not mean that all the farmers will
quit entirely. 1t means that many
of them will quit entirely and others
will greatly reduce their production
making an effort chiefly to produce the
things needed for their own families
When a farmer, at the end of the sea,
son, sells wagon load of hogs ana
then, after figuring up the results:
finds that he would be richer if he had
killed the pigs when they were a day
old, there is little prospect Of his rails
ing many hogs the next season. The
same is true of producers of other
agricultural products. The probable
ity of loss will sooner or later cause
the farmer to quit and seek a JOB that
pays better-working for railroad
for instance.
Those who figured that the voters
would not be interested in the recall
election have another guess coming.
1t was predicted that a light vote
would be cast, but the voters evidently
got out in real earnest because there
have been cast approximately about
$4,000 votes, only about nine thous-
and less than was cast in the presl-
Dental election. The voters evidently
had in mind the fact that the COVER
nor, commissioner of agriculture and
attorney general were the ones they
wanted t. Gust from office, for they
have recalled them by majority. 81
four Thousand votes while on the mi
tiated petitions they voted no, showing
that in the main they wanted the pro
gram con tinued. A year ago the mi
tiated laws carried by from ten to
sixteen thousand while Frazier car
ried the state by 1900. But then the
laws involved different proposition
than they did in the election last week
After all the noise has died down it
is apparent that the farmers want the
program as originally planned, CARRIED
out in the main. The different de-
partments Of the state will pass to the
Independents in about thirty days and
it will be up to them to keep their
pledge to the people by economy and
efficiency. They were elected on that
basis and it will be up to them to make
good or go down.