The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-24

publicity as we are going to publish
the names Of those found guilty in
court after this. We are pleased that
our officials are going to put the lid
on this kind of stuff and will back
them up in their endeavor. Another
nuisance the police should abate is the
driving of cars with the cut-outs wide
open. There are few fellows who
drive up and down the avenues of the
city making hideous noises along
these lines that need teaching a whole
some lesson - and the law says that
they cannot do these things. Let's
enforce the law.
With something over seven hundred
thousand votes tabulated the Literary
Digest prohibition poll still shows
about the same ratio of voters in ia
vor of modification of the Volstead
act which would allow the sale of
light beers and wines. The Literary
Digest is also taking special poll of
two million women and, strange to
say, the woman vote is running about
! the same as the general poll. North
Dakota, a state that has been in the
dry column since statehood, shows
a goodly majority in favor of the
modification of the law, giving a vote
SO far of 1900 in favor Of strict en-
forcement, 2400 in favor of modifca-
ton and GAS in favor Of repeal.
On the soldier bonus poll North Da-
kota favors the bonus by $500 to l.
700, South Dakota, $500 to 1900, Min
nesota, II 900 to 10000, and Montana,
2,10O to 1900. If the soldiers were
depending on the North Central states
for their bonus they would certainly
receive it if this poll is any indication
of the public feeling in the matter.
However, the eastern states oppose
the measure quite strongly, the total
vote giving a majority opposed to the
measure. Some people claim that the
Literary Digest poll is no indication
Of the way the country would vote if
the questions were brought to gen.
eral election but it is hard to grant
this contention as the list Of names
to whom the ballots are sent are TAX
en- from the telephone directories all
over the country and does not contain
any selected class of people. An as
tute politician will not place much
confidence in the ordinary "straw
vote" but the present poll is too ex-
tensive to be entirely disregarded and
should give very good indication Of
the way the voters of the country feel
on the questions given.
With the decline in prices for farm
products, the buying power for the
farmer is fast declining. He has very
little cause to look even little bit
pleasant these days as he is confront
ed with his bills falling due and the
Csc per bushel he is being offered for
his wheat. Farm products are going
down hill fast so far as price is con-
cerned, but everything the farmer
has to buy is practically remaining
stationary. There is very little de-
crease in living expenses while what
is raised on the farm-speaking of
course Of grains-has gone down very
rapidly. Farm labor at 81 per day
and board, threshing at say &c per
bushel, the usual dockage when the
grain is placed in the elevator does
not leave much of a margin for the
producer and after all expenses have
been paid he has not much to look
cheerful about to our notion. One
can hardly be blamed for kicking
when he sees every other commodity
sold for a reasonable profit while what
he produces on the farm is sold at a
loss. At the present prices and after
the experiences of the past two years
very little will be left to pay off obli-
cations after expenses are paid, un-
less there is decided raise in price
of all kinds of grains. Just where
the fault lies we do not know unless
it is the gamblers of the country who
control the markets, but one thing is
certain better price should be paid
the farmer for his produce and we
honestly believe the country could
afford to pay better prices. We hear
much from this source or the other as
to the why's and wherefores of low !
prices of grain, but this does not re-
lieve the situation. Is the producer
being paid what he is entitled to for
his grain? We unquestionably say
that he is not. But how can the mat
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