The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-02-23
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NEEkIY LETTER
Where the Money Has Gone

was ii circulation less than year
ago and now With drawn
Cooperative Marketing
After a FIVE days fight on the floor
of the Senate TO nulIify any effective
legislation ii the interest Of cooper
i ative marketing, every substitute or
amendment offered BY the opponents
Of the bill, many Of whom pose as
friends Of the farmers, was defeated
and the bill supported nv the farmers
friends was enacted into a law. When
the final vote came on the bill which
was a record vote only one vote was
cast against tie measure. Why was
there a five Gays battle OH the Senate
} floor il all the Senator's but one were
/ to vote for the bill !? The agricultural
blOc's influence helped to make for
effective legislation and all are friends
Of the farmers sometimes and in cleo
ton years especially. Ait the last
minute a strong effort was made to
introduce, had it succeeded, what
would have proven to be a most dam
gerous joker and would have permit
ed existing great corporations and
monopolies to escape prosecution for
any violatoion of the antitrust laws
and the consuming public would have
been feeced to a finish and the farmer
again further penalized and all under
the sanction law. But the effort fail
ed because those working for good
Legislation did team work in standing
for what they knew to be in the in
terest of the country while afording
real farmers on opportunity to handle
their own products without being con-
stantly harrassed and hauled into
court. / took for market growth in
cooperative marketing if the bill, as
Il believe it will be, is approved by the
House in its present form and signed
by the President. Again I commend
the farmers bloc and it should have
the support Of all liberal-minded peo-7
pie. T.. =. -: @5..s. / 4 II
Tobacco Conspiracy and Profiteering
The Federal Trade Commission re-
port that i'm the tobacco trade there
has been conspiracy, especially on
the part of the Anne lean T3baaso Co.
r. Loullard Company and to q less t.x-1
tent the liggett and Myers Tnbaccoe
Company with numerous secsio III and
local jobbers associations 10 keep up
the price of tobacco products n the
United States through agreements and
in.inl'datn ms. This in spite OF the
antitrust ..etree entered usp III J u.
In some localities the Commission
shows that agreements to keep up the
price of tobacco originated with the
jobbers and in other cases with the
manufacturers; that is tobacco manu-
facturers fostered and aided the job
bers in nationwide conspiracy to
fleece the users Of tobacco by profi-.
teering. }Z .5.s- s5s 1=37. i'1z, 4 :.
The tobacco growers for 1921 made
no profit but sold their crop at the
prewar prices for 1918. Then why
should the high prices of 1919 still
prevail? Profiteering is the answer.
This At the expense Of the farmer and
consumer as well The American peo-
pie will rise and srnite those who
should put stop to these evils soon
unless Congress and others take heed.
Read Senate Document 121 on prices
. Of tobacco production. What is taking
place in the tobacco trade is undoubt-
edIy true iii many other fields even
among many retailers il the necessi-
ties Of life. sss, ssss. ss .:3.. s.s .5.s
Shall, Haiti Be Free Or Oppressed
Why do the common people Of prac-
tically all the Latin American states
look with disfavor on Uncle Sam, the
big brother Of the North? Haiti and
Santo Domingo are among the oldest
settled regions Of the Americas and
here it was said was built the first
American church begun in 1902. The
people were contented and happy
not 10 today. No matter what our
Commission may report, Americans
are not loved or wanted except BY
!. the few who are apparently used TO
!. accomplish a purpose.
Why did we invade Haiti in 1915
and why does the Marine Corps con-
tinue to remain? We have helped to
purge China OF alien oppressors, many
u sylnpathize with ireland in her long
struggles for right to govern herself.
Our people at heart believe IN pro-
tecting the rights Of weaker nations
and people, yet we hold our soldiers
\ not only in Haiti and Santo Domingo
but likewise in Nicaragua since 1912
\ Ia Cuba, Porto Rico, the Canal Zone
and possibly other Central American
states. When are they to push on to-
ward the South Pole and where an
they to stop, and did Congress specif-
] ically authorize their invasion BY The
Marine Corps and when are we a
withdraw their invasion by the Mar.
Inc Corps and when are we to with.
draw them We're the Marines Or,
4 dered to these weaker countries Il
help establish peace or was It to- pro.
mote comercial and financial interest.
of special privilege? or was their III
yasion purely Of military origin.
III the name of America more rever,
"a or hated ia Latin America nov
that we have occupied these countries
from six to twelve years? What kind
Of Declaration of Independence am
w writing for our weak sister ~,