The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-03-23

IS SJJs Aso"t c~AA0 4iiAAAy AiOAS 0IC S1II aug
ing to put in their crop cheaply
(which is bad) and figuring to drive
out, early, before the cold comes
again, many of them don't know
where but they'll be forced TO go. Two
men ] know of are feeding two ol
three of their youngest horses upon
what feed they have, and let the 9TH
ers live If they are able. feeling that
they'll put in what they can get, and
use their best horses to leave with. "A
number of their horses died this win
ter in awful agony, when cut open
it was shown that the animals had
been so short of feed that the bolts
had attacked the stomachs and intes-
tines and bored holes thru them, which
resulted in death. In ten weeks one
family had nothing sweet, like sugar
or syrup and no tea or coffee, tho
they did have spuds and pork. Some Of
them were here begging straw the
first Of February and hauled it over
drifts and II miles-all we dared
to spare. Another, neighbor applied
two weeks ago to the county for help.
These people, like ourselves, sold
wheat last fall at 75c that the seed,
two years earlier, cost $2.55 per BUSH
ell and many Of them were obliged to
sacrifice their seed in order to get
thru. We are creditably informed by
the market reports from New York
that some of this sas.fe wheat that
we got 70 odd cents for, brought in
the neighborhood of $500 per bush
el when exported. A paltry million
for seed? (and believe me we appre-
ciate even that) when ten million
would hardly be adequate and yet our
great Chief Magistrate recommends
80 million subsidy for the people who
purchased A billion dollars worth of
shipping Mat the people paid for, at
the ridiculous price of 200 millions.
I'm Republican, George, but swal-
lowing things like this is bit tough.
The million given the railroads while
we farmers cannot get seed is anoth-
er bitter thing. On top of that our
present state Attorney General car
ried our Dockage law to U. s. Su-
preme Court where our old friend
VIM. Taft got an opportunity to help
others cruelty US by deciding that for
us to be paid for the flax in our
wheat or for the oats in our wheat
is unconstitutional. The first year
that law was in effect, the farmers
were paid nearly million dollars for
this valuable doekage and many more
millions since. Now we' are in three
short months since the Recall election
right back where we were eight years
ago (regarding Dockage.) Besides its
good bet that the same old game
will. be played next fall, even tho we
get a crop. Nothing to keep then,
from bearing down the price until
they get the grain, then Bull it up
as now in order to grab further mil
lions and further impoverish us. We
also understand the proposal to tax
us for the Soldier bonus. They, the
soldiers were forced to sacrifice ev-
erything in order TO 81 and defend
the very people who have something
worth defending and who are able ia
reimburse them but will doubtless al
so be able to make US pay II IN orde,
to make us sore upon just compen-
sation for the boys who so richly de
serve it. Great Government eh,
George? /? Well, we put everything we
had to win, and are glad we did, but
II we want those who are able to do
50, to come across now, / suppose
that's treason eh ? Agriculture is dis
integrating and if what they say al
the Capitol IS true that Agriculture
is the foundation of the Great Re
public, then when that foundation has
crumbled far enough, the great edi-
flee will come tumbling down, won't
ii ? And history after some thousands
of years will have repeated itself, and
one Of the causes will be such work
as the seating of Senator Newberry
of Michigan. Nice business, that, eh?
and Mr.. McGumber voted to seat him,
too, did he. not Wonder il the peo-
pie viii continue to stand FOR this
kind of thing indefinitely, do You
think 50 7 suppose any voter To crit
icize these nasty things lii d radical
and every thing else unspeakable, but
there's no danger George, only of !
swan song, here on there such as this