The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-02
ATTENTION READER, PLEASE.


When that conflict begins, unless this and lots OF
other papers which "Unawed by Influence and Un-
brbed by Gain have given the true facts to the public
aforesaid public will be unprepared to consider
the trouble as was the same public when the coal miners
struck the socaed five day week and six hour day
Deliberately framed propaganda of the Mine Owners
kept papers the people think that the miners were
asking unreasonable things when the fact was that they
were demanding merely the opportunity to earn living
They striking for days week and minimum
hours instead of maximum The public was lead to
believe they trying to shorten, instead of
enghen their labor and sympathy lost to them that
belonged with them.
In the same identical fashion the propaganda is
finding print showing how unreasonable
railroad mems demands
The series of articles are beginning to print will
give the Engineers side fairly and with ample proofs
Understanding the question will not hurt if
think have interest But 1T will enable you to
pass intelligent Judgment what takes place.
This administration has given proof that it is
behind the to disrupt and destroy labor organ
izations We may confidently expect force of
ernrnent be with the employers in their attempt to
crowd wages the lowest possible level and the
reduction of the aborng mans purchasing is the
of the local business and the producing
class So we are all in the and ought
to be prepared to judge fairly of what is done.
We strongly urge you to read ALI. of each of
these articles
If we can afford to invest the labor and space in
printing them without any compensation whatever you
ought be able donate the time to read them and
educate yourself on the great coming struggle
SOME people good for nothing, and some good
for revenue only.
DISARMAMENT of opposition to the treaties in the
Senate item of business the program. u
SENATOR pH1Pps can finish his political career very
easy All he has is vote against Fords
Muscle Shoals offer, Cappers Truth in Fabric Bill, and
help Senator Fall destroy the Forest Reserve and he will
not get enough votes to know he has been running
WE will never agree with those men who think the
appointment of Senator Kenyon the bench is mater
ia injury the farm bloc in Men like Kenyon
needed the bench and the farm bloc will be big
enough in the congress without him. Unless this
congress does mighty progressive things mighty
quick. whole lot Of them will be kept at home perma
nently after the election. as9
THE first skirmishes on ratifying the four power
treaty submitted by the Peace Conferences, shows that
there be very bitter opposition and possible defeat
many parts The President is apt understand Pres
Wilson's troubles with great clarity before he il
through with this his last p. After ths
election he will deal with a substantial democratic
majority in Congress- and will not be apt to do as ucl
damage he with republican one.
THE soldier BOYS find quite different sentiments
pressed about them since the compared with wha
said prior thereto We all recall the frenzed elo
with which the drafted boys were promised mos
everything when they returned But the who rail
roaded them to France and promised great things 70
them-if they got back-stayed at home and stole tn
Government blind Now they refuse to give them addi
onal compensation unless the money is taken from
pockets and transferred to the other Oh
how Paytriotic the Big crooks are! ~
1t THE administration is seeking to create smoke
vocferang loudly about the economies in thi
direction Representative Byrnes Of South Car
olina shot through the smoke the other day
brought clearly view the fact that while the Pres
dent was talking about direct saving Of $50 0upOd
an indirect saving Of Sl04oo0000 he has recently aske
deficiency bill amounting to Si0S7o4
2s6 which when added to the deficiency bills alread
passed makes grand total up to this time of $3.50 537
953 Mr. Byrnes added II rejoice that the President
terated his opposition deficiencies, becruss hestnt
to think what amount would be requested if he
opposed to deficiencies "-Manatee Journal, Fla
THE American Constitutional League is again payin
expensive advertising telling Of the terrible condi
tions in North Dakota According to the League, tn
wave of Republican prosperity" affected North Dakot
only The advertisements give the number of banks tha
failed North Dakota. but neglect to state that st
more banks failed in Oklahoma and do not mention tn
tremendous number of bank failures in other souther
and states. Depression, according to the Const
tutonal League has pnralyzed North Dakota ndustr.
Somehow who wrote the advertisements hs
never heard Kansas Nebraska the other
cultural states which responsible for the mi
lion dollar loss Sears Roebuck Co, because they, to-
are reaping the the practical business
at Washington for which they voted las
November And by the way, Sears-Roebuck Co. lost NOR
money in 1921 than the whole state of North Dakota
charged losing by the Constitutional League becaus
Nonparsan League administration even granting tn