The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 11, 1919, Page 4

Th cr Se ERS BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1919 va (HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Nostot lee, Bismarck, N. D., as Second GEORGE D. MANN, -- = ~—S~S*«S itor Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, CHICAGO, - - : - DETROIT, , Marquette Bldg. : : - Kresge Bidg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK, ke - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches hereim are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year ++ $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (In Bismarck). 720 Daily by mail, per year (In state outside Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by_mail, outside of North Dakota... ++ 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ——— = | MR. FRAZIER’S COAL STRIKE Demagogue to the last, when he finds that the strike so carefully engineered in defiance of the! United States governmen weight, Mr. Frazier gives the coal operators of | North Dakota just twenty-four hours in which | to comply with the demands of Mr. Henry Dren- nan of, Billings. Indications were plentiful yes- terday that this articifically created strike could| not last another twenty-four hours. Mr. Frazier | jumped -into the, breach late Monday afternoon! —too late to get into the columns of any evening newspaper—with an ultimatum giving the mine operators until 6 o’clock tonight to capitulate to Mr. Drennan. If at 6 o’clock the mine operators} have not yielded, Mr. Frazier will seize the mines;} he will place a Townley mine manager in charge, and he will operate these mines for the benefit of | Mr. Henry Drennan of Billings and for Mr. Frazier. * * * is to fall of. its own! There has never been a question as to where! Governor Frazier stood in this strike situation which he, either as a meddlesome muddler or as a political trickster who would sacrifice the com- fort and safety of a whole State to gain his ends, has precipitated. He has stood from the first with Mr. Henry Drennan of Billings, Mont., and against the people of North Dakota. The proposals which Mr. Drennan and Governor | Frazier agreed upon following several days of| conferences in which the Townley press was filled with the perfectly dear things which Mr. Drennan said to and about Governor Frazier, and the ter- ribly nice things which Mr. Frazier said to and about President Drennan, didn’t take the coal operators or the coal consumers or the coal miners of North Dakota into consideration. The Frazier-Drennan plan as submitted to the operators when they. finally were called in to re- ceive the verdict of Mr. Drennan and Mr. Frazier | was that the operators assess against the con- sumers of coal in North Dakota a tax of $1.25 to $2 per ton, not to be paid out to the mine workers, who were until Mr. Frazier began his muddling, satisfied with, their $7 to $12 per day, but to be paid into the treasury of the United Mine Workers to be used in paying fancy salaries and living ex- penses for such men as Mr. Drennan and a pitiful $8 per week in strike benefits to the mine workers| whom Mr. Drennan and labor misleaders of this type had ordered out. if * * * “At the conference, the United Mine Workers made certain proposals which under the circum- stances in this crisis appeared reasonable to me,” says Governor Frazier. Yes, Governor Frazier considered as very rea- sonable, from his point of view, Mr. Drennan’s suggestion that the mine operators be forced to pay a premium of sixty per cent on the labor of their men into the strike funds of the United Mine Workers of America. “Pass it on to the consumer,” said Mr. Drennan. Mr. prazier says: “It is an interesting com- mentary upon the attitude of the miné operators that the proposals. which were presented to them, if accepted would have caused them no financial loss,” which is‘Mr. Frazier’s echo of Mr. Drennan’s “Pass it on tothe consumer.” * * * And “pass it on to the consumer” no doubt is | {of other states in idlene EL SD \to Mr. Frazier, to be operated by him thr | American bank of Fargo and other Townle poses that in the event the mine operators of this state do not join with Mr. Drennan in open de- |fiance of our federal government and in the! |plucking of North Dakota coal consumers “the {mines will be taken over by the state and will b operated for and in behalf of the public, with jus |tice and fairness to all.” | Is the public, the coal-consuming public of North Dakota, ready to stand for the operation of the |mines by Mr. Frazier for Mr. Drennan of Bill- jings, Mont.? Is the public, to build up political | prestige for Governor Frazier, willing to pay from | $1.25 to $2 more for its coal? Are the coal miners jcontent to go back to work for Mr. Frazier and |Mr. Drennan and to allow Messrs. Drennan and Frazier to dip from their pay envelopes 60 per cent of their earnings to be used in maintaining miners ? Are the coal opera- ing to turn their valuable prope: | tors wi Townley manager, on the s b and honesty which we have found in the C sumers’ United Stores company, the Sea: | prises ? The day’s developments will tell! ONE YEAR OF PEACE armistice terms Marshal Foch dictated, war they had already lost on the battlefield land and sea. One year ago today a new era of peace began. A world was to turn from making munitions to pursuits of peaceful industry, and millions of men were to change from uniforms of destruction to overalls of construction. Wonderful projects of readjustment were planned—and planning is | about as far as they went. | One year has gone by and what plans of read-| justment are not piled on the junk heap are woe-| fully in lack of repairs. We are still talking about} the peace treaty. We haven’t done anything with the railroads. Nor with the merchant marine. The peace cost of living is higher than it was dur- ing the war, and we have done little but talk about it. Industrial unrest, and this includes both capi- tal and labor, has been the subject of no end of conversation, while production lags and waste continues. One year has not brought the returned soldier nearer the farm he wanted and which the govern- ment was going to make possible for him to own. But with all these things not accomplished, urgent matters left undone, business unattended | to, we—the nation and the people—are better off today than when the last shot was fired. Our vast armies have been demobilized. The boys have come back home and gone back to their jobs. Their convention beginning today in Minneapo- lis shows they realize the need for team work— work together—for their own and their country’s welfare. It has been this lack of team work, the peace-time failure of co-operation, which has slowed up production in the United States within the past twelve months, and which has stirred the feeling of unrest naturally following war. We who may not have the honor of being mem- bers of the American Legion may take a tip from them. We can learn that co-operation in peace is as fruitful and as necessary as it was during the war. Labor and capital must learn this lesson. So must the producers and consumers. Our first year of peace would have been entirely different, immensely more pleasing to all of us, if the war-time spirit of co-operation hadn’t ebbed away with’ the signing of that armistice. Let us bring it back into life, starting with this the beginning of our second year of peace! Wilson is improving rapidly. Let us be grate- ful that something in this country is improving. Babe Ruth informs us that he will demand $20,000 next year. Are we to infer that he will strike out if he doesn’t get it? bron erase eared Palmer thinks honest business men should show up the profiteers. If honest business; men will || PEOPLE’S FORUM | “Lest We Forg ot” eS | «LUTE YOUR DADDY!” | A % o —t THE W. C. T. U. AND THE SOVIETS| Bismarck. N. D.,| Sovember 8, 1919.| President W Bismarck, N. D., Dear Madam: i There is an impression abroad that the local organization of the W. GC. T.) U. is more or less inclined to an ad-| miration of the Russian Soviet Re- public, An intimate knowledge of — the things for which the W. C. T. U. has) stood for many years, leads me to} believe that any advocacy of these; principles would not be tolerated by your organization if you understood} the nature of government which ha-l been imposed upon Russia by the re- volutionary socialists. For this rea- son I am taking liberty of directing to your attention some of the provi- sions of the constitution’ of Soviet Russia which I am sure neither the W. C. T. U. or any other body of peo- vie affiliated with an organization founded upon the Ten Commandments, will approve, In passing it might “be noted that Section A to G of Chapter 2, Article 1, of the Constitution of Soyiet Russia provides: that the private ownership The ick Wi to son a Cough This Homie=mane sgdbde ere tee. work In a hurry. ly pre- pared, and saves about $2. You might be surprised to know that the best thing you can use for a severe cough, is a remedy. which is easily pre- pared at home in just a few moments. It’s cheap, but for prompt. results beats anything else you ever tried. Usu-\ ally stops the ordinary cough or chest- cold in 24 hours, Tastes pleasant, too— children like it—and it 18 pure and good. Pour 2% ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle; then fill it-up with plain granu- Jated sugar syrup. Or use clarified Olasses, honey, or corn svrnd instead of sugar syrup, if desired. us you make a full pint—a family supply—but costing no more than a small bottle of ready-made cough syrup. ; And as a cough: medicine, there is really nothing better to be had at any price. It goes right to the spot and ives quick, lasting relief. It promptly feats the inflamed membranes that line the throat and ait passages, stops the annoying throat tickle, loosens the phlegm, and soon your cough stops en- tirely. Splendid ‘for bronchitis, croup, hoarseness and) bronchial asthma. of land is abolished and it is appor- tioned to those best able to utilize it without compensation to the form- er owners, All personal propérty, 2% well as improvements on real proper- ty, is made the property of the state; likewise, all factories, mills mines, railroads and, all treasures of the earth, forests and waters of general public utility, banks, stores, factories, and ete, were taken over and now be- long to the State. In order to per- petuate this rule Section G provides “that all workers be armed, and that w Red Socialist Army be organized and the properticd class be disarmed. It wag not, however, to point out the ‘Joss of the home and everything that we ‘call our‘own under the Soviet form .of government, that I am writ- provisons whch.more closely touch your organization. For instance, und- er the chapter devoted to Church and State, Section four, provides: L“The proceedings .of state. and other public legal institutions are not to be accom- panied by any. religious custom or ceremonies.” This means tsat law making bodies can not be opened by prayer, of public oflicials may -not take an oath of office, or any other ceremony permitted in public. bodies oracts allowed which ‘recognize the Deity. Section nine provides: “The teach- ing of religious doctrines in all state and public, as well as private, educa- tional ‘institutions in which general subjects are taught, is forbidden. Ci- tizens may teach and study religion privately.” This means hat ‘any- ,thing referring. to Deity, Church or religion must be banished from ‘our schools, public’ or private. Section twelve provides: “No church or religious socicty has’ the right to own: property. _ They have no rights || of a juridicad person.” Section thirteen: provides: “All the propertics 0. fthe existing church and religious socicties in Russia are de- clared national property.” Article four declares that only all who have acquired the means of live- lihood through labor which is _ pro- ductive’ and useful may hold_ office and vote. This includes housekeepers zens of these classes who are unable to work and perform their duties, Even if contained in fhese classes the following people may not vote (Subdivision A, Sec. 65)Persons' who employ hired labor in order to obtain from it an increase in profits.” This means that if Farmer: Jones, livin}: ing you this letter, but to point out; soldiers of the Soviet Army and citt-! EASES A COLD WITH ONE DOSE “Pape’s Cold Compound” Then Breaks Up a Cold ina Few Hours Relief comes instantly, A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks up: a. severe cold and ends all the grippe misery, The very first dose -opens your clogged up nostrils and the air pas- sages in the head, stops nose running, relieves the headache, dullness,' fever- ishness, sneezing, sorenss and stiff- ness, ; “ and snuffling Clear your congested head! Nothing else in the world gives ; Such prompt relief as “Pape’s Cold Compound,” which costs only a few cents at any drug store, It acts with- out assistance, tastes nice, containa no quinine—Insist upon Pape's! SSS “Monks and clergy of all denomina- tions,” If we were blessed with this Rus- sian Republic then the preachers, couldn’t vote and’a good many politi- clans who have tried in vain to stem the tide of prohibition would consider the last provision a most excellent one. The Chapter on Mariage declares that marriage is a civil contract of the same nature as the purchase of a bushel of potatoes or a pound of steak., Quoting an explanatory not: “Gurch-marriage is a private affair of those contracting it, while civil mar. riage is obligatory.” Section ten of the chapter provides: “Children vorn-out of wedlock are on an equality with those born in wed- lock with regard to the rights and dutics of parents toward children, and likewise of children towards parents.’ Divorces may be obtained in Rus- jSia “while you wait.” Section 1 of the chapter of divorces provides: ““farriage. i annulled by the petition of both parties or even one of them. A declaration of annullment of mar- riage by mutual consent may be filed directly with the department of re- ‘gistration of marriages in which a record of that marriage is kept, which department makes an entry of the an- nuliment of the marriage in the re- cord and issues a. certificate.” : If we had ,the blessed Russian So- i upon state land, hires Farmer Smith’s Pinex. is a highly concentrated com- pound of Norway pine extract, famous for ita healing effect on the membranes. To ayoji disappointment ask | your druggist for “2%, ounces of Pinex” with advertise their prices, the profiteer’s days will the theory upon which Governor Frazier pur-,| be numbered. directions and don’t accept anything elte. sGuaranteed'to give absolute satis- boy. who also lives upon State land, to pick up potatoes for him, he is dis- ‘franchised. Section B_ disfranchises \“Persons who have an income avithout doing any work, such as interest. from capital, receipts frém property. etc., Section © disfranchises: “Private viet system in North Dakota, Mr. and Mrs. Jones could agree at. breakfast that they desire. to annul their part- nership and’ through the simple state- ment signed by both and filed with Judge Davies of the Probate Court, their marriage would be disolved. faction or money refunded. The Pinex merchants, trade and commercial bro-| The marriage’ agreement in Soviet] Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. @ © Section D . disfranchise: sata WPT Russia would snot even be a good con- -\fratd in its execution. ‘Don’t stay stuffed-up Quit blowing". tract in North Dakota. The Judke there does not ,bother himself about the cause for divorce, but if either party convinces him they want a di- voree, it will be ‘granted. . Section six provides: “Having .convinced himself tat the petition for the annulment of the marriage really comes from botn parties or from one of them, the judge personally and singly, render the de- cision of the anulment of the marri- age and issues a certificate thereof to the parties.” In North Dakota the contract for the sale of a horse cainot be anulled by either party except for a viola- tion of the terms of the contract or But in ideal Soviet Russia, one party to the mar- riage contract, by a simple request, ,{¢an annul it, Againywe find ohat all inheritance is abolished,..No parent may trans- mit property to his ehildren and in that .chapter we find the provision: “No distinction ig made between the relationship that arises within wed-. lork and that which arises outside Of wedlock.” «5 sess wees i ’ I might go on througr this consti- tution and decrees based on it and fill many columns of a newspaper with provisions which\ are repugn- ant to our notions of. civilization, A persual of the eighty-seven- pages of the Constitution of Soviet Russia apart from any knowledge of the ac- tual history of its ‘results, will’ con- vince anyone that it utterlly disre- gards the ‘Ten''Commandments upon which our modern civilization is bas- ed. Above all it repudiates the ethics of the New. Testament’ and bases so- ciety upon class , selfishness, ‘greed and ‘batred, in addition to repudiat- ing all forms of the Christian’ religion. I presume that I am going counter to the farmers’ movement in North Dakota in pointing out ‘these provi- sions in, the constitution of the Soviet Republic. of Russia, and that I am guilty’ of ‘treason, since the Couier- News appears to approve of it, and the North Dakota Nonpartisan Lead- ér quotes with approval thé following from the resolutions of the “Farmers and Laborers:” 3 our suport to the forces in every coun- try which are struggling for democ- racy and especially to the people of Russia in litis hour when the new democracy of the east is beset by foes within ‘and without.” If it is treason to repudiate the basic principles of Soviet Russia, then I am a traitor and must suffer the consequences, because I am _ most earnestly opposed to the Socialistic Rpublic as manifested in Russia. 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