The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-11-02
LOCAL BUSINESS
MANS VIEWS

"The people of this state have
watched for several years prior to the
Recall Election by which Governor
, Nestos supplanted Governor Frazier
the increasing interference of govern
ment in private affairs; the growth of
a paternalism as obnoxious as it is ex-
pensive; the Capitalization of our gov
eminent to the destruction of state
and public individualism; the foisting
of fool theories of uplift by law and
by regulation of a hardy, self-confi-
dent people who have won their place
,, at the front of the world by lifting
themselves instead of being lifted by
fiat of law; the spread of smear of
messy socialism under the guise of
common good flubdub; the ceaseless
foray against the very business en-
terprises that were chiefly responsible
for the development of this state to it's
erstwhile supremacy, all of which has
been inspired and undertaken, not for
sound, economic reasons, but rather
for unsound political reasons, and
which has resulted in almost confis-
eating such business enterprises by
taxation.
The servile partisan legislature of
the dominant League has FASTENED on
every occasion to capitalize any spec
ial interest that showed itself, accom-
panied by threat of political reprisal
unless its specified demands were
needed. Night and day during the
period mentioned we have been beset
by spying, censoring, uplifting, re-
forming, regulating and restricting of
liberties Of both speech and action; the
expansion Of the particular class idea
in Legislative methods and influences,
and with it all the vast complexities
and devastating expenses OF this sort
of government that proceeds on
the assumption that the state CT North
Dakota is corrective institution, with
the people its inmates, insteaA of q
cooperative state with the people
partners as it's constituents.
Indeed, we have plainly and. clearly
seen the decay, as far as government
is concerned, Of the old vigorous and
successful western American: pslicy
and creed OF individualism and self.
help, and have been messed and muss-
ed about; taxed to the point where
thrift asM effort are penalized; regal
lated, restricted, uplifted, reformed.
and directed in our ways and walks
by a crowd Of political shysters wloee
oray motive is self-interest; over
whelmed by an avalanche of useless
and expensive laws as exploited by an
alleged agrarian class legislation that
had its selfish origin and warrant in,
the desires of the class legislated for
regardless of the people and the: pulit-
ical necessities of the legislators who
framed it. We have been harrassed
with the growth and establishment OF
a bureaucracy that has increased ten
fold in the past six or eight years,
and the expansion of the commission
system until members of these gov
erningr bodies barnacle the Ship OF
State I'M such numbers that little of
the original hull can be seen, each
commission providing salary and. SUE
tenance for politicians at the expense
OF the people, and not one in all of
them worth five per cent of what it
costs fer organization and mainten-
allce-
Why should we, stalwart pioneers
and their equally fearless and effc~
lent sons and daughters, who, were
prosperous and successful unto, the
climax of our fondest desires when
. this nonsensical crusade began, con-
tinue to fuss with each other?:, Why
not reflect and reform ourselves ane
resume the reciprocal fellowship, so.
eiety and business under which we
throve and waxed strong before the
ehimerical schemers excited car emo
tons and beclouded our judgments
which resulted in mistakes OFF govern
ment from which we are. suffering?
! November 9TH offers us an CD
pOrtunity to do so. Let ,,ss take sr}van