The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-08-24
Cong. Knutson's
Address at the
Stearns Co. Fair

The following Is the text OF the aa
dress delivered by the hon. feir
Sank Centre, Saturday afternoon. :.
sometimes wonder, my friends II
we appreciate to the fullest extent
this really wonderful country or ours.
tiles such as are known in no other
country on earth. TWO years ago
it was my privilege to visit num-
Der Of European countries and was
struck with II the Dgpe over and
here. There they are weighed down
with taxes that are truly staggering,
and the great burden which they are
carrying will be handed down from
generation to generation, and without
exception the poor over-burdened peo-
ole over there are looking to America
as the promised land to which they
would go for relief.
Use Bread Cards
! II Is true that taxes are much high
er than they have ever been beIore
but they are comparatively small when
compared with the taxes OF Europe,
both belligerent and neutral. l wish.
me to so present conditions over there
that you could visualize them as
they really exist. In many sections
bread cards are still being used and
labor is woring for mere pittance:
over here that are out of joint but
but they are comparatively few and
mild in form when compared with
conditions over there, and / am happy
to say to you that the government or
the United States is trying to bring
ABOUT readtustments wherever posi-
BILE.
found ourselves in a bad way Thou-
sands of human lives and blihonS IN
treasure had been poured on the altar
Of patriotism by generous an IDEAL
istic people During the great con-
test all had been called upon TO make
sacrifices and the manner In which we
met those calls was indicative OF our
greatness, personally ani as ma
ton.
Peoples Rights Ignored
During the war we became accus-
toned to high prices and wages and
when the time for REIMBURSEMENT came
it was hard for many to submit to the
openly refused to do so. This atti-
tude resulted in labor strikes, the
most serious of which were the coal
and railroad strikes. I do not pose
as an authority on economics, never
method can and will be devised to set
tie differences between Labor and
Capital in a manner that will do Ill
justice to all. Heretofore both sides
have more or less ignored the rights
fguratively speaking, been ground be.
tween the upper and neither mill
stones and always have had to foot
the hills. ..'
& Government Must Act.
The question Of maintaining thhe
transportation of the county so vital
ly affects the material welfare Of ey-
cry American man, woman and child
that no disagreement between railroad
employer and employee sh 'uld be
permitted to paralize or even impair
it. They very life Of the Nation he-
ponds upon it's maintenance. Gov
ernments are instituted to oroIsct life.
liberty and property and any govern
ment that is unable TO guarantee to II 8
citizens the three essentials, fo.d
fuel snd transportation wo aid infced
be leurile and would soon fail anto
public contempt.
The interests Of the general publ
are always paramount and sho I'D ell
ways be the first consideration Ct
supply of food and fuel, AMI the
means Of transporting them to the
consumer must not be interrupted re-
gardless Of any differences thst may
arise between employee and employer.
Failure to recognize this funia.nen-
tai principle would necessarily result
in untold hardships to many innocent
people For instance, the one recess
sary article of food to safe guard the
lives of babes is an adequate supply
of fresh milk. II the government
should supinely permit the cessation
of all transportation and this neces-
sary article of food could hot be
transported it would result in an