The Bismarck tribune., 1922-11-28

must dance, let them pay the 1looler
with all that goes with it.
A FATHER.
Dear Editor, Tribune:
Your editorial for November
18th, entitled what Of the Future,
prompts me to ask space for re"
remarks. ....-a . =,
l have admired the frankness OF
the arguments presented by the
Tribune in discussing pro and con
the League program Of North Da-
kota and you are absolutely rlgnt
when YOU assert that Campaigns
can no longer be fought in North
Dakota merely on the mistakes OF
the past" Both the Recall and
this last election were based ana
fought solely on the issue Of alleged
mistakes Of. the League admins,
tration. The issue in the future
will be whether We shall have more
public ownership or repeal the
laws creating the Bank Of North
Dakota. the Mill & Elevator at
Grand Forks, State Hail Insurance,
State Workmen's Compensation
and the other branches of state
insurance now on our statute
books. That there will be a sys-
tematic propaganda staged from
now on to prepare the public mind
in general and the legislators in
particular, for such repeal is
evident. u-.
The Tribune condemns the par
tial or limited socialism as advo-
Gated by the Nestos faction as
ridiculous, temporizing and COM
promising upon principles. The
Tribune's attitude is sweeping, but
still it does not state how far it
wants to go in redeeming the state
from Engaging in competitive
business" Do you mean to go
back to pre-League conditions, or
do you wish to wipe out other
equally socialistic institutions, such
as public schools, highways and
bridges. prison ,twine plants, etc. ?
We have now, and have for years
engaged as state or government
in competitive business with what
once was private enterprise. There
is the common school system, which
knocked out private teaching COM
pletely, except for a few cases of
the rich who engage private tutors
for their young. The time when
certain roads and bridges were
maintained by private owners and
a toll collected from the public for
travelling over them is yet within
our memory.
Who will deny that the Panama
Canal could have been built with
private capital, as, business pro-
position? That our postal system
might have been conducted as is
the express business, by private
business men, or that our public
roads and streets could be built
and all transportation over them be
run just as the railroads and steam
ships are being built and run, by
private concerns? II we are so
anxious to preserve competitive
business from the encroachment of
public ownership; why not have all
socalled public buildings erected
by private enterprise. to be let the
same as flats and office structures
are handled? Would the Tribune
and the rest, who fight the League
program of public ownership, want
to see the st. Lawrence Canal pro-
ject promoted and run on the COM
petitive plan by private capital or
by the Government? Does the
Tribune regret the entrance Of the
great bridge that now spans the
Missouri because it completely
knocked out the Benton Packet
Company's ferry? Here is strik-
ing illustration of public ownership
Estate socialism. if you please) VS..
private competitive enterprise! 1t
is true that there will be some
jealousy and friction in placing
these state institutions such as you
illustrate in the case of Grand
Forks and Bismarck with reference
to the Mill & Elevator and the
Bank of North Dakota, but this will
not be any worse than past and
present fights over county seats or
the locating of state institutions.
I have before me Bulletin No. Z,
Virginia Workmen's Compensation
Law, Questions and answers for
use in the public schools of Vir-
ginia." This means that in that
state they think so much Of the
Workmen's Compensation furnish
ed by the state that they teach it
in the public schools. Which re-
calls that in North Dakota, when
the League administration attempt
ed to introduce practical subjects