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.ism'*©1, ft*?** *. TU 1 1 1. lt art .'1 1^,' A SAFE ANCHORAGE We will be pleased to number you Tribune Building, 31 1 South? Willm&r. Minn., by Victor E: Lawson. under the Arm name of Tri bune Printing Company. (Entered pecember 6. 1902. at Will mar.' Minnesota, as second class matter, under act of March 3, 1879). THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHES ALL OFFICIAL MATTERS OF COUNTY AND CITY. l*w Bates, Xffeetive Jaa. 1, 1MO. One year. In advance .$2.00 Six fnonths 1.00 Three .months 60 On*, year to Canada '. 2.50 .One year to other foreign coun trie* .- W among our many customers. A Savings account will make you independent. Make our bank your bank. W1LLMAR TRIBUNE Established Feb. 19. 1896. every Wednesday at the Fourth Street Published 3.00 kA-U suDscripiions are now discontin ued oil expiration, unless sooner re* promptly to Al subscriptions are expiration unle Please renew nswed avdla„b.«lng ctat off, Advertising, rate card will be sent* on application.' Do a little hard thinking the next four weeks and be sure that those lit tle crosses you will make in the elec tion booth will stand for your own in terests and for the interests of your children. You have repeatedly given your votes to a political organization that has promised much but have been unable to do any more for you than conceded by the masters of industry, commerce and-finance, to whom they also owe allegiance. Why not try an organization t^at is financed and back ed by the common people themselves? DO1 NOT DIVIDE VOTE Henrik Shipstead as candidate for governor two years ago received 281, 402 votes«t^ 81,293 cast for Hodgson, democrat-, who by the way was high man on his ticket. The least number cast for a Farm-Labor candidate was 177,256 for Rl it. & W. Commissioner, and the least number received by a Democrat was 53,738 for Attorney Gen eral. Still some newspapers try to make out that Oleson and'Indrehus have the best Chance of defeating Kel logg and Preus Any progressive who votes for Mrs. QJeson and Edw. Indre hus helps Kellogg and Preus just that much. It is too bad that these two sets of candidates should be out ap pealing for progressive votes, but as the committees have failed to get to gether in the interest of the progres sive cause, it remains for the rank and file to use better judgment and give their solid vote to Shipstead and John son as the most likely candidates to defeat reaction. WHAT MAQNU8 WILL DO In his1 speech at St. Paul last Mon day night, Magnus Johnson, Farmer Labor candidate for governor, said: "Years ago'the politicians made no promises at all. But the farmers and the workers began to awaken. As we gained more power in the legislature and voted more solidly the politicians began making promises. They are out flow dolrig^aome of the things* that we would have done long ago. They are Still far behind us. "While they are talking diversified farming, we are far ahead, urging not only that but a comprehensive pro gressive program including state-own eft public utilities and state credit for toe farnwkrkuTwo years, ago the poli ticians taught cooperation and the tonnage tax. When they were elected al tonnage tax law .was put through tsfat levied $nly a small tax on the, Jiton Industry. That is their system, ihey go .onlyLJhalt.way^ just enough, A -V- ii-- .,* '*. -f*, ZS ., •j they think, to satisfy part of the peo ple so that they will be re-elected. "If I am elected I will pledge that, though I may not have the classical education of Mr. Preus, I will use com mon sense in administering the office, and not follow the dictates of the state interests. '^1 will veto the state police bill if it is put thru the legislature, and I will cut out unnecessary state depart ments. The large number of inspectors will be reduced. They are now noth ing more than political henchman go ing about the state campaigning for the present administration." That Magnus means what he says and will do what he can to carry out his promises no one who knows him doubts for a minute. WATER POWER GOING '.The people will wake, up some of (these days and find that all.the water rights along the harnessable rivers have been acquired by, private inter est* Others who fondly imagine that they are shareholders in some big wa ter-power company will find that,.they own some transmission lines only and that whatever water power, they have is only leased. \E"or several years back a systematic but quiet plan has been pursued buying and selling farms al ong river banks, the selling differing from the buying in that a clause re serving the water rights has been in serted in the deed. 'The water-power •trust of today which is said to have the most powerful lobby at Washing ton will in the future be more import ant than the coal combination of our day, for the "white coal" will event ually supercede the black coal in many of its functions of furnishing heat, light and power. One of the most far sighted public men of today in Min nesota is Mayor Leach of Minneapolis who is making a fight for the public's right to use for its own benefit the dam which has been built by the peo ples' money between St. Paul and Min neapolis. It is a sad commentary upon the statesmanship of our public men that 'little effort has been made to de velop for the public benefit the vast power which is now wasted every day in our big rivers.' COLLINS AND CHASE •Lieut. Gov. Collins and State Audit or Chase will speak on the political is sues of the day at the courthouse at Wilimar Oct 17. CANDIDATE HERE I. B. Anderson,,county treasurer of Swift county, was a visitor, in the city on Monday. He was accompanied by Mr. Sivert Simonson. Both motored here from Benson. They visited with Mr. N. O. Nelson. Mr. Anderson is a candidate for re election at the coming fall election. VIKOR Y. P. S. The Vikor Y. P. S. of the Solomon Lake church will hold their October meeting on Friday evening of this week in the church basement. A pro gram- will be "rendered and refresh ments will be served. John Olson and J. J. Rykken families will serve. Ev eryone cordially invited. THE PAVEMENT CLEANING ISSUE The matter of providing a pavement cleaning apparatus was not decided by the city council at last Monday night's meeting. All bids were re jected and a more comprehensive call issued for bids to he received at next regular meeting. The issue is between providing a temporary expedient in the form of a horse drawn sweeper or a more expensive motor driven mach ine. In case oLthe latter, whether a sweeper or a flusher. A flushing ma chine also carries a very efficient sprinkling attachment, so that in day time it could be used tor sprinkling the streets of the city and at night for flushing the pavement .«,„ ~.^ "V PLAY MADISON HERE ON SUNDAY at? Wjflmar Challenged By Twin City Teams For •Game There 11 The WilTmar football team by^ita two victories over Benson and the draw gamV with Redwood Falls, lias created a reputation which has even caught the eyeshot two strong Minne apolis teams, The Oaks and the,li berty*.~ A telegram and a telephone call was received yesterday toy Wal- Madison will foe here Sunday for the fourth game of the season for Wilimar and its second home game. A large crowd is expected to turn put for this game. The boys indeed deserve a boost and- the support of local fans. ter Erickson, manager of the Will-'parrying crops and merchandise, so mar team in which they invited Will-^that farmers and small business men mar to Minneapolis for a game next' Sunday. As Madison will be played here Sunday it will he out of the ques tion to fUl that date. Another date may be agreed upon however. ,-^Wil^marhas this year built up quite a strong aggregation and it is taking its place as one of the best in the state. It contains both college and high school stars and has shown a high class brand of ball this season. DOCTOR BY AEROPLANE N. O. Johnson, of Kandiyohi town ship, brother of our county attorney, Charles Johnson, has been critically ill during the last two weeks. Uast Wednesday, Dr. Oliver Porter, who is attending him, called in a specialist from Minneapolis who arrived by aero plane in an hour's time. The machine.! first alighted at C. A. Berg's place but. after getting their bearings more closely flew up and alighted at the Johnson .home. This is the first, in stance of using an aeroplane to bring a doctor on a case in this county as far as we know- Mr. Johnson is re ported as being better at this writing. WHO CAUSED THE BIG WRECK? Read Thb and Then Enthuse For Kellogg and Volstead If you -.••-- Can By BASIL M. MANLY (Director People's Legislative Service, Washington, D. C.) Two years ago this autumn, Amer ican agriculture and a large section of American business were wrecked in a disaster almost without parallel in the annals of the commerce and: industry of the United States. Some are still buried under the wreckage, while oth ers are just regaining enough con sciousness to ask what hit them'. No wonder!' The disaster all came out of a clear sky as far as the ord inary man could see. Do you remem ber what a wonderful year 1920 seem ed to be? Demobilization was complet ed at last, the great steel and coal strikes which had torn the country to pieces, were over, American industry was settling down on an even keel after passing through the financial whirlpools of the past winter, labor efficiency was rapidly increasing, the. fields' were green with bumper crops, everybody was bending to work in re sponse to the slogan, "Produce. Pro-, duce. Produce."—which every commer cial booster was shouting at the top of his voice, and prophets of prosperity like Charlie Schwab were predicting the greatest boom in history. Everybody was on the boom wagon and it was flying down the road at 60 mites an hour, kicking up such a cloud of gold dust as the world never saw. Explaining the Crash Suddenly there Vas a crash and most of the passengers found themselves in the ditch more dead than alive. When the passengers woke up—the farmers, industrial workers and small business men—they asked what had happened. '•Nothing much," they were told, "Eu rope stopped buying and the machine ran out of gas." This sounded good, but it dida't fool anybody. They knew that when an automobile ran out of gas, it didn't wreck itself in the ditph, but just slowed down, easy like, and stayed in the middle of the road, They figured that when a financial machine ran out of power because Eu rope or somebody else stopped buying it^would slow down the same way. They also found a little later that the whole story was a fake, because Eu rope hadn't stopped buying, but actual ly bought more wheat during the latter part of 1920 and the early part of 1921. than ever before in the history. Then a little man who had been watching everything spoke up and told just how the wreck occurred. He said, "She was running along fine, making about 60 miles an hour, I guess, when I saw that fat fellow on the front seat the-one they can 'Big Business,' reach down and grab the hand brake and jam her on so quick he locked both driving .wheels and she skidded into thev ditch and turned uppide down. I guess 'Big Business' figured that, sit ting up on the front seat between those' government officials that were doing the driving he wouldn't get hurt. He was right/ He didn't even get a scratch." Putting Brakes On They found the little man was telU ing the truth. When they went over and investigated the wrecked machine they found the brakes set on both ^iving^wheefe-^us^as he said -When they looked a little closer, they Ifound that one of these driving wheels |hat made the whole 'American com jniercial machine go, was named '^Cre j&i£," and the other was named "Tran sportation," As soon as they saw this [everybody began to understand just ^what had happened and to remember "that they, too, had seen the brakes flapped on those driving .wheels, just ^is the' little man said. 'They recalled ^bo^w freight- rates under the Esch railroad.law were made so $eavy jthat wheels,, of traffic could lhardly turn and how bankers in cities ||nd small towns, acting tinder Qrders [from "higher .up, suddenly, began to .:call loans and to refuse all credit for £all over the country were ruined and the savings pt a lifetime were wiped £but overnight. This may sound a bit fanciful at 'first, but it .you will think it over, you Will find it a jpretty^accurate picture of just what really.:happened. Almost everybody now knows what happened to credit, because this oc- PHONES 265-266 curred right undervltheirveyes ,and^the local bankers as a rule told the folks just how the big fellows had sent the word down thru the federal reserve system that it was time to "deflate. But a lot of the people don't under stand yet just what happened to the railroads or what this had to do' with their prosperity. Effects of Esch-Cummins Law Thirty-one months have passed since congress enacted the Esch-Cummins rai'road law—officially known' as the "Transportation Act of 1&20." (Blinded by false railroad propagan da, the senate and house threw to the winds every economic and political principle* that had nifjthe past guided the development-vahd regulation of American transpori^tlon_.^..a*hil voted like sheep for a biir which*had:.*iee^jfeHer-Kuhn-Loeb drafted by the g-r^&t financial inter^l sts that control the railroads. Everjfl Co-operative Cash Challenge Sale faxm^org^nizj^iejn«£ business organiza tions and labor organizations, who presented carefully considered plans for the solution of the American rail road problem, but they didn't count when it'came to drafting the law. For aH*"practical purposes, Cuyler was the o.nly witness. Moreover, Cuyler and Either railroad representatives '*sat in" while thebill was being drafted and were consulted even about minor vamendnjents.^ .. Now"""-the important thing to note about Mr. Cuyler is that, while he is Chairman of the Railway Executives' association, he is not a railway exec utive and he|V«r Has been. He is a lawyer. He holds* this enormously pow erful 'position only because he has been put there by the Morgan-Rocke banking "group. Part Kellogg Played i? |f spai^ permitted it would be easy important feature of the "so-calle^$0lut iuVler'ife.proposals and ^the Esch-Cummins law is to be founajnf the testimony of T. De Witt Cuyleiv chairman of the Association of Rail way Executives* and spokesman -for the New York banking gr^upi Theje were dozens qi witnesses representing ?fina% Es^ch-Cijtmmins. law in parallel columnsSaiid s&w#that they are iden tical inj'X^ery^impjortantV feature. But Jt should nothe understood from this that Cuyler put th.e bill.through con gress single-handed By no means. 1922. Sincerity Clothes. In Ladies Coats Suits and Dresses, Men?$ and Way's Suits and Overcoats OUR CUT TRICES We challenge any buyer*to check onr prices in these departments on good standard up-to-date merchandise and you 'will find that in many. and many instances the sayings to you are fifteen cents totwenty fiwe cents and- even inore on ev ery dollar you spend. Come prepared to find just what you want far below the price ,. you thought to pay. The variety is complete the prices are triumphs. Come to our store (or first-class ^Merchandise. He had .abi.e^a^sist«neefe^ssembled around him* as chief spokesman was the greatest'crowd of lobbyists ever seen in Washington. The Wall Street Journal said editorially. at the time that the capitol corridors were so crowded with 57 varieties of railroad lobbyist^ that they trod on each oth er's toes. And there were other helpers. Chief among these was the Honorable Frank B. Kellogg, the famous "trust buster," Who busted the Standard Oil trust so hard that they made a billion dollars out of the fake dissolution. Kellogg was a member of the senate interstate commerce committee which had charge of the bill, and It was he,who always knew exactly what the railroads want ed and saw that they got it He was the line of communication between Cuyler and the committee and be tween Cuyler and the republican' lead ers In the senate at every stage of the fight. If the whole truth were known, this railroad law—the "Crime of 1920"—-would-be called the Cuyler- Keliogg act, because it was these two, more than Esch and Cummins, who really shaped it and forced it through. WILLMAR, MINNESOTA y"