The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-12
Farmer Gives Views on Potato Ware.
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ship Gin this case city ownership or
the socialistic route.
favor the cooperative route.
The trouble with the socialistic
gentleman is that he don't, won't or
can't discriminate between essential
and non-essential functions of govern
ment. Another of his lameness is
that he don't seem to realize that while.
economy is the constant aim of all acts
of the government, yet EMINENT
SEVICE in all affairs of the govern
ment is prime to economy. While
in private affairs whether individual
or cooperative, economy is q CO.
essential with honesty.
IN COOPERATIVE UNDERTAKE
INGS we collect the funds and put
them into the misunderstanding all
political, church, social, and business
differences. Those who furnish the
funds are the recipient Of the profits
and victims of the losses.
IN SOCIALIZED UNDERTAKINGS
there are many features to be con-
sidered, viz:
FIRST. Organizing a political and
propaganda campaign, the financing
of which many times cost more than
the cost to build the utility. For ex-
ample: Leaders of the N. P. L. have
confessed under oath that they col
lected in North Dakota for dues ST.
100000, for store-stock 81 100, 600,
total of $3,000,O00. Allowing $5.-
900 to finance each mill, then that
total could have purchased and operat-
ed 120 Drake mills, and according to
the Bank of North Dakota statement
for April Is, 1920, one Drake mill
oo~ 107 EOn b,cho1c of 1xyhoot
per annum. Then the 100 mills
could have ground 16,5O0,O00 bushels
Of wheat per annum, or more than
half the average annual crop Of the
state. If we take into consideration
the added taxes, the amount spent in
propaganda could have built enough
mills to grind all the wheat in North
Dakota and half Of the South Dakota
crop. Every cent was spent in pol
tiles and not one cent invested IN
mills. Again if every one Of the 20
million engaged in agriculture in the
United States should pay dues just
one time, $18, to the N. P. L. the
amount on above basis would buy
and operate IA, 400 Drake mills and
grind 1875, 100000 bushels Of wheat
per annum, or more than the largest
crop Of wheat ever produced in the
United States.
No state ever experienced such Bit
ter class prejudice as the N. P. L.
fostered in North Dakota and which
extended to political, social church
and business affairs.
While ridiculing, harrassing, de-
nouncing, destroying character, mis-
constituting others acts, fostering
church and social hatred and class
prejudice, destroying the business Of
dissenters, and spit-fire insults is
real socialistic craftsmanship, yet
there is no record where such tactics
ever accomplished anything construct
i've.
49, SECOND. After all the expenses
enumerated in last section THEN the
state. must go to the people to obtain
the money-the same as on the CO..
operative rOute-tO construct the
utility.
THIRD. Any utility owned by the
government, whether state, city, or
United States, pays no taxes. Man
ayers for government owned utilities,
draw more salary than privately own
ed property pays. Ihis requires
the boosting of taxes on privately
owned property to make up the added
TAX DurOen. OF cAdIlple. hi'
Cathro, formerly head of the state
owned bank drew $4,000 salary per
annun, and in addition more expense
money, (hotel bills, etc., than his en-
tire salary for acting as the head of
a privately owned bank. The state
owned Drake mill had more helpers,
bookkeepers, etc, than when it was
privately owned, and in addition Mr..
McGovern drew $4,000 and expenses
per annum. While working for
privately owned elevator Mr.. Nc
Govern drew less than $4,000 per an
mum. In addition to the regular an
nual increase Of the state tax burden,
in 1920 the tax burden Of this state
was boosted $80,OO0,0OO in one year.
This was necessary to take care Of
the newly added bunch, flock, or herd
of office holders required to look after
the state owned mill, elevator, bank,
creamery and houses.
FIFTH. The difference between fl
nancing a privately owned and a
publicly owned utility, is the diff
ference between financing the essential
wants of family, and financing the
family in luxury,
TO Illustrate the Cooperative and
the Socialistic routes, take a map of
North Dakota, draw lines connecting
Minot, Grand Forks, Fargo and Bis
marck. Also Minot and Bismarck:
Let Minot be the starting point and
Bismarck the objective point. Then
the Minot-Bismarck line would rep
resent the cooperative route, and the
Minot-Grand Forks-Fargo-Bismarck
line would represent the socialistic
route. One line represents the CO.
operative route because the money is
collected and put direc.lJ into the
business. The three l:res-the out
of-the-way route-rep" ssc1ts the Sc
cialistic route because Of the two ad
ded expense items to tAc Investment:
They only scratched r." g ''f''" Of
socializing in North D. ots We. the
experiment was very Co.'S, ---.:z-:c-