The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-07

people. 80 they placed a clause in thu
constitution which forbids this GOV.
eminent from handing out titles. The
best government = the government,
that gives the most happiness to III
greatest number OF its people at tn
least expense. What have w9Nin- tn
United States today? The titled
artstocracy that doomed as q menace
to- tho rights Of the people at the
time those liberty loving souls Werc
laying the foundation Of our severn.
ment. ne9er saw the day when IT
earls, dukes and lords, welded the
oppressive power over the people tina!
Il In the hands Of the money lords
right here In the United States today
Show me the duke or the lord 8.
this old feudal system that Eve
welded the power Of our milli0naires
and blllionaires.
It Is the nations wealth, .centered
In this American aristocracy, tina;
now controls the affairs OF. this ma
ton. It Is dollars and not people
that rule the land. A happy content
ed middle class is the balance wheel
to any nation. We are losing cur bal
ance wheel.
The farmers of this nation consti-
tute the greater part Of our middle
class. Our government needed agri
culture during the last war and agri-
culture, filled that need; the govern
ment profited to the extent OF fifty
seven million dollars on the produce
of the farm and then deflated the
American farmer to the verge OF
bankruptcy. It then left hin, to be
plucked some more "by the srnallc.
members Of that peerage who profited
by the deflation." Thus the money
mad who rule the land today leave
agriculture In . position where 1t
must borrow money at q high rate OF
interest or so into bankruptcy. I'm
der present conditions the one Is but
a slower and more painful process
than the other. Here we find the
greatest industry Of the nation in the
last stages OF decay. There has been
much said about getting back to nor
NAL and stabilizing industry tut the
man who thinks that prosperity or
any degree Of stability can be Dor
rowed at nine per cent interest has
not yet attained a degree Of intelli-
gence that entitled him to be ,classe.:
Is q good American citizen.
When the manufacturing industries
Of this nation were young our FORE
fathers enacted q protective tariff
that those industries might grow AL
though the industries Of this nation
have long been as strong as those Of
other nations, they still have that
protection at the expense Of. the peo-
pie Of the United States. We don't
begrudge this protection but believe
agriculture should have a protection
that means as much in dollars and
cents as the protection enjoyed by
other branches Of industry. II Amer
lean farm machinery manufacturers
arc permitted to dump their surplus
"A the world market, thus making
available at q reduced price American
made machinery that is used to pro.
duce foreign agricultural products
with which the American farmer
must compete, the American farmers
should be permitted, to sell his sur
plus wheat In the same manner.
without some means Of dispcsing of
. surplus, a protective tariff is of no
use.
But I forget that We are here deal
ing with q SPECIAL privilege and that
the machine manufacturers have be-
come wealthy and that with wealth;
goes power and this power develops
into money. madness. Money mad
ness pushes aside any consideration
for the welfare Of the nation. To
those afflicted with this single pur.
pose in life, the welfare of the people
Il no consideration. Profits are their
aim. Where conditions are not IA
vorsble for big profits, they change
the conditions. II pcace-tin1e 'condi-
lions fall their purpose, wartime con.
ditions must anNNer. Wren the sup
ply Of money in this country threat
ems 70 reduce the interest rate it IS
invested In foreign countries a. what
ever It will bring. It Is the invest
ments OF those money lords In foreign
countries that lead to foreign en-.
tanglements. We must find a cure
to this money madness or. permit the
entire wealth Of this nation to flow
into the Golfers Of this American