The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-04-20

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CONGRESS drove nail in the coffin of the
republican party by voting down the to reduce the
naval strength of the nation Congressman Madden told
the house that their vote would be reflected in the eec
tion in November and it will However it could
not be made much worse in any event. When they are
beaten the size of the majority is not material.
HON. C. H. COWAN left for Denver Monday night
in obedience to the Governors call for help in the mat
of the grave emergencies said exist viz impera-
tive need of flood prevention at Pueblo which
not be under the next five at best and
another attempt to bambooze the poor folks along the
Moat road into mortgagng their farms and homes to
help that aspiring octopus Neither proposal is in
any emergency sufficient to call the legislature
together but the Governor desire to have
money put dadoes the armories fresh deco
rations Pat Hambone and his command These be
ous times and the people easy to separate from
their money that the Governor deems neglect of the
portunty little less than criminal Hence the extra
THE closing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
by the President be fully justified 1t turns out
that Liberty Bonds Stamps and Money have printed
for private account and the loss into millions
who abolished system under which theft i'm
possible, is not disclosed, but it is established that
check kept the printing of paper worth thou
sands of dollars that thefts easy and probable
cape from punishment certain. Thievery from S100 a
year down through all the ranks of government en-
ployes the smallest saaried worker have
urated the departments Well they turned loose Charley
Schwab and host of other big thieves and it is just
we'll if the little get by also The people who nearly
starved to buy Liberty bonds some money
and off the fraudulent along with the legitimate
There is possible to determine the spurious
ALL kinds of canned goods are going up Reason
short pack last fall Not short crop The farmers raised
plenty but the would not buy and the rot
ted in the fields One thing admire the w. w. for.
They fight They have mighty little judgment but they
of gumpton If only the farmers would fight
Nobody kicks bull dog but everybody takes free
kick at the farmer If you would be respected you must
fight-Farmer Correspondent in Montezuma Journal.
There is lots of solid truth in that mans views. The
factories and do limit their output to what in their
opinion will keep prices very high The farmer is the
first lose and also the last But gradually the
work, he will get results The farmers have not
exercised the of the mules they drive There is
thing that readily solve the farmers grief
intelligent political action. In the matter of taxation
alone, he could relieve himself greatly if he would only
take interest in his affairs Learn to you
suckers for yourselves for the who exploit you
SAM BLYTHE, the political writer for the Saturday
Evening Post and some other prominent publications. is
in bad with the editorial writer of the Grand Junction
News. The News editor unhestatngly brands Blythe
with rapidly advancing eny because he expresses his
opinion that the existing old parties alike
it is possible for two rotten to be- Mr. Blythe
out nothing when he made his statement 1t was
said before by thousand country editors in thousand
different ways and will be said again by many
less great reform force compes the adoption of de-
cency prominent plank in both of their plat
forms Some years back the popuss wickedly dsci-
pined both that they fairly fell another adopt
ing and putting populst ideas into effect and into the
laws Then populism sleep and they both began
o what they had accomplished. Whenever the peo
Pile neglect political duties, of the crooks
will into control and graft extravaganza and cor
ruption the place of honest administration of gov
ernment. The party idea is good and necessary Il
win bring the demanded Blythe should be
followed, not condemned