The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-31

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ing grain, that might help some, but
about every farmer in the country
needs the money from his crop to
meet his obligations and prepare to
supply himself with the necessities
needed until he can get another crop.
AS it is the farmer is facing con-
dition that takes all the joy out of his
life. He is getting practically nothing
for his whole years work, and in adj
dition is facing crisis for getting his
products to market so that he can ges
what little there is in his crop out in
cash so that he can look his creditors
in the face. If most of our farmers
are not optimists they are not to be
blamed under existing conditions.
While the Courier-News from time
to time is roasting the senate for the
tariff bill and talking it's head off
about seating Senator Newberry, it
does not seem to refresh it's memory
long enough to ask Senator E. F. Laid
why it was he ducked a vote on that
same tariff bill and went to Europe
! to study industrial conditions. Mr..
Laid has a great faculty for telling
the farmers not to sow certain kinds
of wheat and the state administration
how many billion dollars could be saw
ed through the state mill and elevator
if properly run, but when it comes
time to cast his vote on bill that
means more to the people of the United
States than any other measure before
Congress, it seems to be very conven-
lent for him to duck the vote and
/ leave for the other side of the big
herring pond. The junior senator is
real four flusher. He doesn't have
to leave the United States to study in
dustrial and economic conditions, be-
cause there is lots of that sort OF
thing floating around home, and the
tariff bill was one place where his vote
should have recorded for or against
but he ducks, like lot of the reform
ers of his class usually do.
The utter silly childishness of the
editor of the Fargo Courier News is
exemplifed in the following from that
papers editorial columns yesterday:
"There are signs which would indicate
that if the Nonpartisans should fail
to put up a candidate to oppose Mes
tos, a dissatisfied faction Of the I. v.
A. will. 1t appeurs that when lot
! of people voted for Nestos it was with
no thought that he would give US
dollar wheat. Others Of course vot-
ed for him with that distinct under
standing-but they we're on the inside.
The l. V. A. is an organization where
the outsiders do the voting; where the
insiders reap the profits and the out
siders--hold the sack" The I. V. AS
are very satisfied with Gov. Nestos and
have no intention Of putting another
candidate in the field against him. But
what has the governor to do with the
price of wheat We did not know that
the governor of North Dakota or of any
other state had the setting of prices for
grain marketing. If the opposition to
Gov. Nestos cannot rake up any other
charge than this to try and fool the
voters with the C. N. better turn it's
attention to other matters-that of
shaking the farmers for more dollars
to help keep it in existence. What we
need at Bismarck is business admin
istration and we think under the pre-
sent regime the people are getting it.
Gov. Nestos has called statewide
congress for the discussion of the lig-
mite industry and fuel problem in the
northwest to be held at Bismarck at
2 o'clock on Wednesday, August 80.
The North Dakota Ignite Coal Op-
orators Association wants state and
federal authorities to fix coal prices
on Ignite coal to allow sufficient mar
gin of profit to the operators to en-
able them to purchase new machinery
and equipment in order to increase
the production of Ignite throughout
the state and the operators want the
same price at the mines which has
been set as a fair price in the eastern
fields. There should be big attend
ance at this meeting and a fair and
reasonable price should be fixed for
mining the coal, but the operators
should not expect to raise their prices
out of reason just because they see a
shortage of coal the coming winter
and know that they have the public
at their mercy. The need of new ma
chinery should not come out Of the
pocket of the public. If they are
getting a fair price for their product
and, a good profit now, operators
should equip their plants to handle