The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18

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NEW YORK is the pooketbook of both the Repub.
and Democratic parties boasts the Wall Street Jour
nal And that's exactly what the plain people kick
ing about
WHILE friends of Gov. Sweet will naturally resent
the malicious and vainous fight being put on him by
the Denver Post they should be thankful that it
Did he receive commentator from that
mark him indellibly as unfit Post abuse is always
ommendation and makes any many friends.
1T would queer stroke of politics for the Dem
ocras of Colorado to Gov Sweet down He was the
strongest Democrat in the election electing
himself and pulling through what Democrats were elected
except possibly Mrs. Bradford for State Superintendent
Why party does not want to stand by strongest men
is quite puzzle We will find that when the test comes
the large majority will be with Sweet It is few chick
en- politicians who against hmCenter PosDspatch
EUGENE v. DEBS delivered lecture at the oud;-
torium in Denver few days and in discussing the
recent world war made the Woodrow Will
son was elected President the u S. by an overwbem
ing majority for keeping out of the that he
(Debs got ten years for trying do the same thing
That same large majority repudated the Democratic
party at the last national election for misleading them
and the deceased President Harding pardoned Debs The
score ought to be far Debs concernedCen
ter Post-Dispatch-
WE do not observe the republican papers making
feature of the reduction the Sweet
mnistration They very distinctly number of par
dons issued by Mr. Sweet and fail observe that thew
exceed in slight degree those by preceding
republican governors. But they blind as day old
puppies to tax reduction that into hundreds of
thousands For fear some of our people overlook the
fact we will state that state reduced from
44S mills last year 1893 mills this year. or to make
it more comprehensive taxes purposes are
reduced oneeghth, and that the FIRST years record
of economical DEMOCRATIC state administration
The abolition of the Ranger Pest responsible for most
of the reduction No essential has been crippled and
incidentally no instructions have occurred
AN earthquake in Japan raised the price of lumber
on the Pacific slope $1,000 thousand The lumber is not
worth because millions people died in japan
and billions of dollars worth of property destroyed
But the lumber kings already rch pass up an
opportunity to make off of other peoples
tunes Our Government donated the of many battle
ship and cruisers to take upon of food and
clothing to the suffering people in Japan In every viii
liage and city in the United the common people
responded to the appeal for help from the water
but those who control the lumber supply which Japan
must have shipload shpoad take the selfish view
and roll wealth Those who control lumber steel and
other commodities always and make big profits off
of misfortunes and likewise wars-Nuca Independent
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APPLE growers faced another wear of no
market, The Grand Junction News mournfully relates
the sad news that Mesa county grower Kansas CITY
with three fruit he cannot sell How would it
have been if Gov Sweets plan for storage
plants had been supported by the last legislature? Would
it not be mighty nice if hundreds of apples
were safe in cold storage plants for the winter
able asset which growers could borrow money? But
the News and all other standpat reactonary rags o-
pose plan that help their local growers Next
spring apples will be high that but the very
prosperous them Every of profit will have
been taken down by middleman who has really done
nothing to it. He manpulates the market now
against the Then he will perform same func-
ton against the consumer And, absolutely dumb
people stand for the hodup Also they support papers
that protect it.
WE print leading story this week in the shape of
article from Senator Smith Brookhart, Iowa The
Senator has returned from his Russian and tells US
doubtless more truth than could get any other
Incidentally he shows how malignant has been
the anti-Russan propaganda The great of those
who vicously attack Russia is that set up
better government than have and they that
the contagion will spread. Mr. BrooIhart sees some
weaknesses but considers them subject remedy, and
probably is right We ought to welcome experiments
government particularly when they dspace
ceded the Sovies in Russia Instead arms
help those who seek the governments destruc
should give at least friendly greeting was
not the plan of Big Business naturally went the
they wanted to GO We have been doing that for
Senators like Brookhart, perhaps may obtain some
belated truths about different situations.
UNDER the guiding hand of a half baked preacher
in Saida, the Ku Klux Klan preparing to organize
This means only thing: That friction and trouble
will take the place of orderly law enforcement
advocate the organization of hooded thugs
place of officers elected by the people, without