The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-21

). VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
August when in all proba bility the
warfare will again be renewed. The
proper method of preparing for mar
ket this Ignite coal can only be es-
tablished after the expenditures of
large amount of money. Then there
is the problem of saving freight rates
and handling by burning the coal at
the mine and transmitting the power
by electric wires. In these huge rough
buttes in the bad lands lie great pot
terry possibilities, which should be
studied and encouraged. While some
excellent crops have been raised in
the western part of our state, lack OF
rainfall has made crops uncertain.
This vast territory should be made
the garden spot of the state thru irri-
cation, dry farming and diversified
ton.
The war brought to us new prob
lens which must be solved by new
methods. Our nation is under last
ing obligation to the men who brought
victory to our arms and re-establlsh-
ed the principles that gave America
birth. Our first consideration as
nation is to care for those who were
crippled in battle or lie tossing on
bed of pain, in our hospitals while
those who were called from the pro-
ductive avenues of life should be COM
pensated by this rich and powerful
nation in a measure that will in some
degree be equal to the difference in
pay that they could have received in
civil life and the amount actually paid
by the government. A definite means
of raising the revenue should be in
corporated in the bill. The North Da-
,kota bonus bill which gave our boys
twenty-five dollars each month in the
service received my support in the
Legislature as. we'll as the War Men,
orial Building erected at the Capitol.
The World War costs the United
States Government $4,000, 900, 900;
$4,000, 100000 of this amount was
loaned to other governments and
should be repaid with interest.
| When we consider the loss of hui
man life, the tremendous expenditure
of money entailed by war, every effort
should be made by our people to make
another war practically impossible. 1t
is a serious reflection upon our civili-
cation that we are not able to settle
our disputes by arbitration rather
than by the sword.
This same principle applies equally
within a nation. There should be an
impartial industrial board created
where labor and capital could submit
their differences and have justice done
to all.
The Manchester Guardian says il
the period between January and June
1920, S,977,79S people took part If
strikes; and there were 114,S14,9S(
work days wasted. The same paper
claims that in two-thirds of the strike
recorded the strikers fail to achiev'
their objects, so that in only one-thlr+
of these industrial wars did the strik
ers gain advantage. If these figures
are correct, the creation Of an indus
trial board is more for the protection
jof the workfmen than for the EN-
'ployees. The right of men to organ
lie to better their conditions canno
he questioned: men have the constl
Itutional right to work and be protect
led. The public is vitality interested
lin every strike and the public ulti
mately pay the bill.
Today, we have one of the creates
crops in our history and our farmer
are suffering because of the railroad
strike.
We are paying about ninety time
as much for War Indebtedness o
preparation for war as we are for re
search, educational and development
work. This leads US to the conclusion
that education has not received the at
tention it should from the Fedora
Government. In the North Dakot;
Legislature, favored Federal Aid TO
educational work but the League lead
ers opposed federal aid and defeated
Senate Bill 80 in 1917. The impor
lance of education should not be over
looked. The public school system, op
ems to rich and poor alike the door o
educational opportunity and l shall
support any measure that will aid thi
\ system.
No less important is the study o
human disease and our government
should make appropriations for ad
vancement of preventative medicine a
lxuoll nc curative There is nOthln