The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 5, 1918, Page 4

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NEWSPAPER. | ‘ (Kstablished 1878) - bs eee COLVER AND HIS CLUB - William B. Colver is head of the federal trade commission which has so completely and honestly torn the cover off the whole'mess of . pro-German ..and anti- American profiteering in big busines, The commission’s " re- port is a mass of figures going clear to the bot- tom (and up to the top) in the matter of cost of production, cost of: distribution, pre-war profits “and ' excess | profits seeeeeeeee 126 ‘lhe has been in his. warfare upon it. approaches it in importance.” greatest of all wars. This latést'report'is merely one of the. ways in which he has fought here at home to aid our boys in their figtit “over’ there.” i" saw Colver mixing whitewash and they well'that he wouldn't let any whitewas tor | might, find: For Colver isn’t that sort of an inveatigator When he. investigates he doesn’t turn over. to the | suspected person or corporation the reins of¢nves- tigation. He keeps them in his own hands. There never in Colver’s life was a time when patriotism and profiteering went hand in’hand. For him capital never marched ahead of human beings, and dollars were never as’ precious as men, women and children. Years ago Clover came ‘Bis see the value of pub- a8 a way of evading such penalties: but he’ cat \ot escape the whip of. public opinion. - A Oe If Colver had lived a hundred or ‘more- years ago he would have been.a wonderful pamphleteer, and no doubt would have spent considerable time in politics, in—wherever he might have found it. 4 For Colver has never been afraid to fight greed, and the bigger the greed the more énthusiastic And’ as. he was unafraid, so he was the sort of man who could not be persuaded from the fight by. offers of. friendship, political preferment or wealth. Ag’ long’ as Colver is the head of the federal trade commission. we: may rest aagured that. at least.one member of the commission: will’ always side: of right and justice and The day when America, entered: aa William his war. Winning: the 98, and. nothing ’e is nothing so,im rtant: -war. is the nation’s . busi Sirice then‘he has given “two days’ every “da hours to helping his’country and ‘ours ‘in this FREEDOM FOR ‘SLAVS FOREVER “Freedom; for all, forever! y ; slogan means what, i égped Since} world: safe for Deh le 1 most- startling. accusation of corporation profitee ing ever: ‘made-and it is arene backed: 8 e dence. ‘It points to the enormeus . war: ‘profits, weiing out of the meat. industry by the. “big five” pack; ers. It: reveals the excess ‘profits made: by coal barons. It charges the. large flour millers wwith exacting immense war profits ata time when th farmner proddbers: were regulated by government-| . It goes all through the list in a)" al’ price fixing. most: mi pines manner, ‘telling who h pay ering ang! thow..much.:; ‘The cbmmission exonerates some large business insti-| - tutions of profiteering’ charges, ‘atid does not hesi- tate to express its opinion when. it finds hands soiled by unpatriotic profit taking. “These packers,” says the report, “have preyed upon.the people unconsciously.” And again— “Some. of “it: (profiteering) is attribut@ble ; to inordinate greed and barefaced fraud.” .- ‘This lack of patriotism upon the part of: some big: business concerns is measured in dollars. and cents of profits: For instance, the packers are a few hundred million dollars short. of being real patriots. So too the commission places ypon the wrong side in this time of war the profiteering coal barons, ‘steel: magnates; copper companies, ‘and even milk canners, upon whose product’ hundreds of thousands of little children must live... No honest person can read the commission's re- port, study those figures of profits, and not come to the conclusion that these profiteers have helped the kaiser in this war ‘against the nations fight- ing for freedom, for all, forever. They have in- creased the cost of living both here, in France, Great Britain and wherever else American pro- ducts ‘go to aid in fighting this war. By thus increasing the living cost to fatten their own pock- etbooks in such greedy fashion, they have dotie their best. to: weaken the morale: of the people and the soldiers fighting for us. They have done all they could.to make the burden of war harder for the American people to bear. They have been of gréater assistance to the enemies of democracy. than the whole collection of pro-German Germans and: anti-war socialists in these United States— and they have done this not for principle but for dollars! ‘ “All: this the federal trade commission has bared. It isn’t pleasant. No uncovering of such rotten- hess.and-disloyalty could be pleasant. But it had to: be doné.“ It would have gone on, growing. worse, until it might have. threatened the very fabric ' of the nation and invited defeat “over there.” ! Fighting Ameriga owes a debt of gratitude to the federal trade commission for this report. Ev-| ery: honest American who placés patriotism above profit cannot but applaud the commission which ‘so thoroughly dug into the mire of profiteering. tease of his maternal ancestor, George tof Eng: -And.no man ‘on that commission has a ‘larger share in that report-nor is more entitled to the people’ ’s thanks than William B. Colver, chairman. Those ‘people who have come to know Colver ex-| _ pected that he would go to the bottom of the matter. They didn’t expect any half-hearted ‘in- vestigati with: Colver-in: a ares. “They® never Jever!, Bosnia, Ser Slovenia, , Podolia—all the ttle 1 na- tions of.central Europe of.whieh w. but.which are suffering under:the heel f Aus | and German 1 cover up any disloyal profiteering the sorpmninsion : licity is a greater. punishment far the .profit-)" .00/eer than a prison penalty in any. anti-profiteer- 90 | § ing law congress coul dpass, for'a profitee in prison for daring ‘to attack greed in business, i stand with. the great American: Beagle “upon the}. a B. Colver said: ,“‘From.now on, until, we win there’ 4 | sections of ‘the -s1 1 Tattending the; ‘ seco) feee of ais jet and America has’ thrown down: the | gai intlet,. de-/i and finally: There’ can e Slavs! cannot: be as ~The ‘Hungarian tried to excuse. Exciises aré pretty poor food fie a st tion. 4 prewiiticn also make 8 and women. Heo "Your: congressman waving: a flag i is:e some applause; your congressman waving the with one hand and voting to tax, war Profits with the other is entitled to another term. Having taken the.W. S.S. pledge there‘is ‘only one other thing to do: Keep its he had ‘been born into‘private ‘tife, ‘and ‘had ‘been|: conipelled to’ depend on his own €xertions, che ; would Have remained in obscurity, utterly lacking in force. ‘In some subol inal tion he would doubtless have beer faithful. moderately: industrious, and if he did little he. would have done no harm. But this man, ‘without the ¢ ship, .was placed: in a posit ‘and leadership of the highest type was required. ‘He not. only}: failed to make use of his opportunities, but his weakness and vacillation. made -hi his‘country and to the world. Incapable. of. con- ‘anf toncise’ pi ident’s. deye years: of trolling affairs himself, he relied:on those’ him, and he was at the mercy first. of on group ip of intriguers and ‘then of. another,. and, as the land, his occasional ‘fit of : stubborntieas “only served to coniplicate matters: still mo! : The. most: dangerous ‘man. in public’ tot ho yields himself up to:the domi |—6ea Forks: Hebald: ret ceminerncinnen an “Debs was-al x at the county") pending. ig hearing before the United States cou ‘He Bras iY, uty. galled ‘to. take him:to a nearby restaurant for breakfast: “1 -wish tq .be. ing any statement,”“Debs said, as ‘he smiled at Staff Artist Higgins through: but |'the small, window in hi what: I think do. not wish a a NN) ‘In’ the city: annual conven: pi furance Co. of mat 10. this office Clausen, 'L. G. ‘Simpson, J. A. Hillmer, C, E. Granner, Devils Lake; not; G. P. Thompson, Schwartz, New Se marck; ans dQ eh ne He ‘ poe A siotyyed ye Leaving for Home- . Her daughters. INJAIL Is ALL SMILES AND THANK-Y0 "PBI HAVE. FRIENDS WHO WOULD - GO MY Cott Has gv tine ‘ “ ast quent | agency force and their wives. Satur- day’s progggm will consist of shop talks anda general review of business and prospects. Agents present are Ben Iverson, Bis- Nuss, Jamestown; BE, E. W. Moses, H. P. Goddard, Bis- STRICKEN IN MINNEAPO {LONG RESIDENT OF cry) Expected home to. enjoy the Fourth -wo,| with her family, Mrs, Augusta Little, one of Bismarck’s best known women, was feral stricken. in a _physician’s in. Minneapolis on the eve of her departure for home, expiring a few ,| minutes later without regaining con- sciousness. forward’ to having their mother with DS, SKET ED. BY ARTIST looking Sinan | Well’ Known Bismarck ‘Woman (i : Dies Suddenly. on Eve of ro) i> eaeeeagilp them again’ for the Fourth, were shocked to treceive a message an- nouncing her death. ‘Mres. Little had been ill for about four months and was under treatment in ‘Minneapolis. She. had shown great improvement for the past seven jweeks, and-had expect- ed to leave for home on the third. It was during a final consultation with her physician that she was stricken. The deceased was born in Filmore, Minn., fifty years ago, Augusta -Peter- son. ‘She came to Bismarck with her parents in. 1886,-and three years later was united in: marriage*with* Francis R. Little, with whom she resided on a farm 20 miles. north of. Bismarck until..16, years..ago, :when. the, family took un’ its residence ‘in Bismarck, O'ER SNOW AND ICE Nothing Monotonous About Travel in Greenland. \| Passenger on Dog Sleigh Likely to be Furnished . Sufficient Thrills in Day's Journey to Carry Him for, Some Time. “as a last novelty I was treated to a sleigh drive, when the earth had been covered by snow,” A, Riis Carstensen says in “‘S'wo. Summers‘in Greenland.” “The administrator prided himself on. having the best team in Greenland, und Indeed they were,a spirited lot;to behold as’ they: tore-away over the ground with ‘their tails curved: over their oacks, ‘Neither rocks’ nur holes, no obstacle, indeed, under a steep wall, would have checked then. Two young ones, Ajax the Virst.and Second, had never been harnessed, before, aud Jooked pecullayly. stupid on finding themselves captured, When the team , started, all for one smd one for‘all, the two recruits,at first tgled.to make, their escape, but in the effort they rolled over and over, bumping from rock ‘to rock as’ they were! dragged ‘along, un- til they finally took their places In Ae pack and learned that their most sensi- ble course was to Work with their ¢ panions, ° “The amount ot knocking about Which a'sleigh can endure without be- ing. smashed {6 tnéredible. The low runners, some. six {eet long, are Jash- ‘ed with sealskin thongs to the cros#- pieces that form the seat, aad afford elasticity. The two tipright polés. gtve a hold to the driver if he has to fok low on foot and steer the sleigh from behind. . The dogs.are partly mulded ta by. the whip and. partly | by the voice, but i in many Instances the dogs know. bet:- ter how. to. find their way than does thelr driver. On smooth ‘ice 18 miles 4 may be done ini an hour, but on rugged ground a pece of four-or five: miles ts called good, avid 500 pautds is consid ered a-load for‘eight dogs. : “Where the ice was broken, as often was the case near-land, or in crossing large fissures, great‘skill was required. to get dogs and slelgh across... ©. When ‘uncertain where t go and you_ had to leave It to the dos to find the Way, you might be’ always sure that thelr instinct would keep them trow running {oto real peril, . In case ot danger aliead the ‘boss’ dog would stop’ and grow}, sniff, pnd ura i ome other, dizection.,;- “It was impossible without. having a “bew here Mr. Little died in: 1905. daughters, all living here.. They are isses Florence. May, Laura, Lucinda, lara Ethel, Helen:Frances’and Ruth Josephine Lite! There also survive \‘a_sisfer,, Mrs... I Yea ‘Woods, and,two brothers, one re- siding in Great: Falls, Mont., and the thier in Burdette, Alta. The remains re expected to. arrive this. evening or omorrow : morning, . and funeral ar- rangements will ibe suhonnced tomor- row. * Licorice Root in Demand. Licorice root: is’ found | ‘parts of the province of Cape.of. Good Hope. After its introduction there’a number of farmers-planted It: and-then, probably on account of the Jack ‘of a market, neglected it. ater. It 50. spread in certain loc ith come. a pest difficult. to éradicat its usefulness ‘has been recognigi thé diggers pay two, cents a pound for the privilege of digging: te GOOD MORNING GENTUEMES., HOW ARE YOU.THIS MORNING? WAS MR-DEBS* GREETING . ‘ards be wast Sela excused from mak- fast. ‘Hare, the same charge as Mrs. Stoi so avery, Very good? friend of ‘and: in my opinion the conviction of both these fine. women was outrage- ous and far tfrom just. long before jhe dep-|ards O’Hare. was guilty, I think the sentence given her of five years. was| 4: unjust and unreasonable.” As he was leaving the jail for break: Debs, with a smile, asked to be excused a minute to get some litera- ture he had found in his cell. : convicted: on pi If Kate Rich- jatid it'is interesting to know that peleon spent some time i jt} time,’ il at one 2 id. ~ Indictment ‘af Debs came as a result y/of a speech made at - Caiitoaeo yy at “|the state convention of the Socialist party. He was arrested as he was about to address Cleveland Socialists, having been secretly indicted by a fed- eral L) grand jury in .Cleveland Satur- dressed in expensive, cool summer clothing and wearing a soft hat, was the center of attraction for those chfinedzin the ailj, as well as outsiders, and was’ profuse with his thanks’ to joil officials’ for their at- tentoin. “The deceased is. survived. by five}, x ‘putes and has to est cate, :: hind, perhaps.tie:np. each aulmal; and himself take one:of the peice and aut: asa brak At of? Feuching. a. Auman: dwelling, they general made for-Jt,. but - Billeroriag they would enennif.{i A Doctor on War.” Thougi? the ‘Phystelan in war. mafns néutral as far assis’ voi concerned, ‘his thoughts ‘are’ free, a 5 ghts upon’ the origins, of even ‘aud id disaster ‘as the pres from: physical infirmities has been served. - Napoleon's ‘inordinate : ambl- tion and enormous egotism were pi ably exaggerated by the fact that he was physically small and Insignificadt; Tamerlane, who made. himself ‘master of nearly, the. whole of Asia, was lanie, and, according” to ohe of hia: bio; phers, “deformed and impious: of f ture.” . Pope,'with«his: deformed body, became the: “Wicked ‘Wasp’ of ;Twick- enham,”: Byrot,.doubtless spurred. by hts’, clubfoot;- “swam Hellespont. The. kaiser, with, his: arm withered from birth, ‘Treitechke, atone deat from, childhood, and Nietzsche, with years of brain disorder leading to paresis, were the unholy trinity -of the new | Teuton religion which, hus .driven ‘a whole nation into irresponsible ?anati- cisi@ and_aimost wi recked the planet.— Re Frederick Petersou in thé Cen- ury. wi: Owls Devour Pigs, % Sam Yik ‘Kee, Chitiese patriot and Pig raiser,.'{s distressed and the po» tential pork: production of Canada Nas, been reducedl:;b¥ tén fine pigs as the * Tesalt of ‘the depredations of. homed Owls. rw Sam Yik Kee had ten ‘sturdy tees Pigs. : Then-there’ were nine; and he ~ couldn't “account for’ the shortage; Next day another disappeared, Rach day thereptter ‘the Yile-Kee pigkery: was shy another suckling animal. After the nine had disappeared the Chinatian“hupipened td look “upward and saw the carcass of one of. his cholce pigs hanging fromthe Mmbs of a tree. The mystery was solved, He had been robbed by ‘horned ‘owls.’: Au active war Is now being waged against the feathered thieves. Chemantus a. G) Cor. New York World. try wis) MOTHER'S: FRIEND FoR Debs was later released on $10,005 fore Federal Judge D. C. Westenhaver. /bond and the trial'set’ for July 30 he- | Expactant. Meters v MELPS RaTurs * (ay