The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-02-01


fraction of o creed, nationality, pol
ties, the rich or poor nor ignorau
could have won the war. But whe
we used our brains and forgot our dit
fesences and went unanimously we
won the greatest war the world eve
experienced.
| Some win try to tell you the worl'
is prosperous right now. / believe i
is outside of agriculture; SO I say lei
the prosperous side pay US a fair mar
gin for our food products. Others arr
prosperous simply because they exact
from the world q fair profit. Some
will try to tell you it would bust the
government, fixed price on wheat
and hogs. Who is the government
Now use your brains. just think a
moment and use common horse sense.
We, the agriculturists, represent over
ond-half of this government and we
are allowing ourselves to go busted.
Hows Through ignorance and no 9th
err way, which is the worse of tbs
two, the capitalistic monopohes own
ing the government or the government
ownership or control of two staple
farm products that will benefit tho
great majority. and they the hardest
working class on the face of the globe. |
Here are few facts of government
ownership:
The largest water works plant in
the world New York City, is public
Iy owned.
The largest hydro-electrie develop.
nent in the world province of 0ntar-
o) is publicly owned.
The finest cotton handling dock and
system in the world New
)rleans) is owned BY the state of
louisiana.
The greatest canal in the world
Panama) was built and is owned
nd operated by Uncle Sam.
The largest dam in the world (As.
ouan, Egypt is public institution.
The Oldest bank in existence is still
wned and operated by the govern.
tent of Sweden.
The grain raisers of New Zealand
nd Australia get larger share of the
'nsumers' dollars than any other |
rain raisers in the world. Their gov
nments help them get it. II
The cheapest manufactured electric s
lrrent in America is provided eiti- +
ms by the city of Cleveland, Ohio. q
And yet an office hunter with big !
lsiness money in his pocket will G
imeniy assure the public that public
gnership is everywhere failure. NJ
Now comes taxation. The moneyed
wers such as corporations and the
manufacturers pay taxes on their n
earnings only. How many of you
rmers would have paid a red cent
last three yearss I claim not one.
GU are going to summer fallow an
or lou acres this year. You go down 90
your tax collector and tell him 70 -,
ike that so or 100 acres off the A.
list, that you intend to summer
low and it will be out of commits D.
n. He simply tells you, nothing do -,
dia
some say cutting down your acreage 1,
set the price. Yes, but you paw D.,
riy for it. Others tell you to lock "a.
DOORS nail up the windows and !,
en- the world something. / claim NJ.
rs fools talk, for the average :.
N would be consumed in three -,
rs by the mortgage, interest and ~
49, Inc balance, if any, the weeds a.
Id take. 90
lstory proves to us that it took D
years after the Civil War for az. ~.
iture to get on sound footing. At of .
rate we are travelling the avera0o
Ter won't last three years. Our a.
salvation is in forgetting our DIFF ne;
noes and uniting on one subject 49,.
OIL ~. Al one cnan- este,
ana tnat ls politics. Senator Borah as
US that 2 per cent of our popula. l.,
controls IS per cent of all our
IN. 1 claim we have 65 per cent -.
le population, or vote, and we are 80 !
tnan ignorant if we don u mako
per cent of people with SIS per ~,
OF the wealth more than sweat o.
asst exact from them what ia fair
verify Mr.. Borah's statement bv 49, 800
,ctesel,or !. ss man, D. the t
, Eora -. v'ooo'ooo'ooo, of al
,storo n,,n Y1'ooo'ooo,ooU, above
yandarh,,t. aroo o oea senne'mers plicat
,ess $4oo mn mo- Ooo'ooo eacn pointi
aoaIa. Meilon, estate
nd VIM. Rockefeller over $3.50. w
Q each, IA persons worth over ssas.'
100000 eaehs 20 persons worth :. -.
S'o'ooo,ooo each, and "a persons 49,
worth loo. anu anose band,
'er the one million dollar mark 81, =
0 numerous to mention. h s :
ohm ID. Rockefeller na;d