The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-03

all, otherwise great majority of the
people would like to see the strike
continued until one side or the other
wins definite decision. If there is
any halfway settlement now it will
not last long and it will only be a
short time until some other grievance
comes along and another strike is
pulled off. The people Of the country
should be safeguarded some way
against these periodical strikes that
causes so much trouble and inconveni-
cnce. Every time we have strike it
is not only those concerned who are
the losers but the public generally.
Profteering is INDUCED in in vari-
Gus places and the public is gouged
at the smallest opportunity to do so
such as on fuel, eatables and general
necessities.
Big headlines in the morning papers
convey the startling news that Sec
ond Minnesota town is being terror
lied by bootleggers and moonshiners,
so to rs of these undesirable citizens
operating in the vicinity of Olivia and
the authorities either will not put
stop to it or are powerless to do SO.
This is a fine state of affairs to. hold
up to the world-that here in Ameri-
ca where we are supposed to be able
to operate the fundamental govern
,nent of the country and state, we are
told that bootleggers and moonshlners
are terrorizing and running things in
a supposedly civilized and law abiding
community. To our notion there is no
positive excuse for any such condi
ton. The power of the state is great
enough to put stop to it and right
quickly at that if the proper officials
want to stop it. If the officials want
to stop it and have not the necessary
power, then the governor of the state
of Minnesota should send his Com
manding Military officer down there
with a force of men sufficient to rout
out these law breakers and put stop
to the undesirable advertising that
town is getting. If the state author
tiles cannot cope with the situation
then let the federal authorities get
busy-there should be no such thing
as failures when the whole resources
of the United States government can
be brought into play - and there
should be no backing down for such
bunch as are reported to be defying
the law at Olivia, MINI.
The I. w. W. IS menace to the
farmer as we'll as to the honest work.
ing man who seeks work in the har-
vest fields of the state. No farmer
can feel that his crop or buildings are
safe as long as this class Of man is
allowed to do as he pleases in the
state. A few years ago the man who
was then governor Of the state ad
vised all police officers that they would
be removed from office if they inter-
fered in any way with the activities
of the I. w. w. AS consequence the
"reds" over-run our state and did
about as they wanted to and no
sheriff or police officer dared to inter-
fere with them. Attorney General
Sveinbjorn Johnson has just sent
word to all states attorneys and pc
lice officers that they would have the
backing of the entire law enforcement
machinery of the state in curbing the
activities of the I. w. W. and this
action is backed by Governor R. A.
Nestos. This should be welcome news
to the farmers and should curb the
unlawful activities of the l. w. w.
And still the non-partisan league is
asking the farmers of the state to
support the man who supported the
!. w. w. and to turn down the man
who is doing everything in his power
to aid the farmer. They might be
able to get by with that program in
some other state but the farmers here
are wise enough to know who is work.,
ing for their interests and won't be
misled by any such plan.
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The harvest hands are beginning to
arrive. Some of the men seem anx-
ious to obtain work while others are
typical I. w. WIS and always demand
a dollar more per day than the farm
er offers them. There is big camp
on the river near the 500 depot and
every train coming to the city brings
more men to add to the bunch already
there. Several farmers have ap-
preached these men and offered them
jobs at $500 per day but the men de-
manded $500 per day and refused to
go out for less. Most of the harvest
laborers are going out for the $500