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LABOR, CAPITA!. AND LIBERTY
Concluded from laH issue
"Social insurance is one of the
first forms of bait held out to dis
trnct labor's eyes from the chains
behind the persuader's back. So
cial insurance will pension labor in
its old uge, will insure labor's life,
will guard its health, will treat its
accidents, and look after the well
being of labor's children. The busi
ness of insurance has been some
what entered upon by our Govern
ment already and indications are
not lacking that the necessary*
insurance business so far under
taken is in some quarters evi
dently intended as an entering
wedge for governmental assump
tion of many lines of private in
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snrnuce.
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"There is no particular reason
whv Government can operate in
surance—fire, life, accident, or
any other branch—any better or
flnv cheaper than private enter
prise an Any government for"
of insurance is b-r nd t" ni- .rr
restricted and ie- -uited t. the
iridiyiduai case than private in*ur
ance. Any lessening of expense
that the Government, ^ould lie abb
to show would not be actual. I"
would only mean that government
expenses would not be charged
«j-ar" ««i ihist its insiiranc
bureau but would be paid out of
general taxation, of which labor
pnvs its own great and proportion
ate share. But when capital is
controled by Government, labor
will pay all the taxes, and taxes
can be mad6 to cover a multitude
of expenses that do not openly ap
pear.
For these reasons, it would ftp
pear that labor can well afford
keep a keen eye upon all govern
ment encroachment upon the free,
private choice of both labor and
capital.
There is a respected old 'saw' to
the effect that it is unwise to put
all your eggs in one basket. There
is a different version of this saw
t» the effect that it may be well to
put your eggs in one basket and
then watch that basket. Every
egg that the American people
allows its Government to collect
means that much more watching
During the war Americans could
afford to put their eggs all togc
ther and then watch the basket
unceasingly. But now the war
over everything should be left fret
to return those eggs to the nest-
fropi which thev cRme.
To give a Government too much
power chii only do one of ^two
things—either create a perpetual
emergency, requring all' men
keep jealous wwtch upon their
leaders', or else require a virtual
surrender of the freedom of the
people, a waiver of that libery
whic1* Americans have always
cherisluabove all else.
Tho.-e who see in federal owner
ship readymade panacea for all
the ills mankind is neii to will .esk
to perp°tuate and entrench the
principle of governmental control.
In times of more or less national
unrest and readjustment, such as
are bound to follow any emergency
of the scale of the late world war.
men are very prone to be misled
hvapper1—ces, to follow the lead
ens,typoi tne more active element
—no matter how small the nii|»r^
ity—so long as there is action that
seems to be going somewhere.
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/OL. XXXVI—N o. 45 FOREST CITY. POTTER CO., SO. DAKOTA, FEBRUARY 27. 1919
Unless a wrong step be taken, it
is the part of wisdom for thought
ful men to be alert and '»n guard,
in defense of their rightful free
dom. Action in opposing wrong
is as needful as action in doing
right. Without action, nothing is
accomplished.
One inseparable truth must "not
be lost sight of: Americans have
unquestioninglv pooled their free
dom in the cbmmon emergency.'
They have yielded to their leaders
whatever was asked of them for the
purpose of bringing victory to the
Nation. The emergency nu^- is
nast. There must be no blinking
the fact that concessions granted
to combat an evil may themselves
serve to create evil under changed
conditions: that powers given great
purpose may tomorrow fall into
the posession of unrighteous men.
when no stern common cause exist
to force the choice of tire upright.
Americans have freely given of
their property and their freedom
that victory might be won in the
rvi( of wo liberty. Is it not
just to rt quire that what we
•no more in the way of property,
and surely no less in the way
our freedom—be returned to tH.
now that victory is ours?
—New West Magazine.
In a footnote, the editor r**fei
the author of the above article
follows:
"Mr. Henry Evans is also the
autnor of 'America's Future ,deal
ing with reconstruction opportuni
ties in legislation, shipping, bank
ing, insurance, commerce and labor,
and of 'America Fore', telling of
the vital relation of insurance to
banking and shiping*in the world's
rade after the war. The latter
work is especially addressed to
bankers, capitalists, shipers and
troducers of trade commodities
Mr. Evans is president of the Am
erican Eagle Fire Insurance Com
pany, the Continental Insurance
company, and the Fidelity Plienix
Fire Insurance company, of New
York."
FERRYBOAT BrD
ACCKPTRD
Capt. Henry Olson has been
busy'this week signing up. the pa
pers connected with the purchase
of the Ferryboat, 'White Swan',
front the government, his bjd hav
ing been accepted by the*latter.
His bid on the l»o-'t was for
§1800 00, with the acceptance of
all of the condition- but one, viz:
that the boat should always re
main here. This the government
•nuts in accepting the bid.
It is a little tooe»rl.\ yet to state
•»hat Capt. Olson's plaji- are: but
it can be stated that he intends to
perate,the boat so as to compete
with other points for our share of
the cross-state travel and traffic.
Mr. Norris and family, four miles
east of town, gave a farewell partv
hist Friday evening Th« family
will soon move to another farm
-outh of Gettysburg. Carl Cosand
and family will move on to the va
cated premises, which he has
ought
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"Tkt iniury of one ts the Concern of all."
A N O O
Opening of Bids on Land on Reser
vaiion Makes 102 Happy Indiaus
The i.iggest and best land sale
ever pulled off yet at Chevenne
Agency took place today (Thurs
resulting in the sale of one hun
dred and t'\o tract*of land, rang
ing from section of (40 ncrcs
do ti. all the lesser sutmIi \i-iorn
The tit t| amount of the and
offered was some 2+5 tracts, mi
which there were very near 2()n
bidders, 102 of wh'om were success
ful. Capt. Burton C. Mossinan
had the highest number of bids in.
—12—of which ten were success
ful. Rev. Fr. Vogel of Eagle
liutte was another interested bid
der who was present, with two
bids in, one of which was not high
enough t,o win.
There were a number of other
bidders present from various part
of the country, ai\d the force in the
Superintendent's office was kept
'iisv from 2.ptn till supper time
opening and reading bids. pSH
If it keeps up at above rate
Cheyenne Agency and Dewey-co
are sure going to get a
kbooui.'.j
TWO DEORASED—
sgllL'K (il-K, GK ANT
Oliver Black Eagle died Friday
night at 11:30 oclook, at the Agen
cy, after a brief illness, tho he had
been failing for some time from the
effects of consumption. The fun
eral services were held Monday
under the direction of Charley
Gabe of the Episcopal church.
Tht parents of the deceased died
some years ago. Tnree children
survive him. He had held a num
ber of positions on Indian coun
cils, Fair management etc and was
held in high esteem by a wide
circle of friends and acquaint
ances.
Mr. W. C. Grant, whose illness
was noted last week, passed away
Monday morning, the nest of care
having been given him at the
Stevens hospital. The remain?
were sent to Scotland S. L). his old
home for burial. He was mem be1
'f the Masonic fraternity and the
'•ites of that order were held over
the remauis previous to shipment
by \IE»S:S ,|IMH'» II \|c(ir'g
and ••'. E. 'iM.n.
Mr. tira-.t was wid.dy ku
i-vo
one of the early pioneer et.tler
the St«te, working nis \\ty up
from- Yankton county. Hn-viou
coming to this Reservation In
established a home at Set land, S.
D., where h:s family has resided
ever since. For the last few years
he has filled the position of gov
ernment farmer on the Cheyenne
River reservation, coming here
originally as a cattle buyer
for e°stern firms. He was
held in high esteem by a wide
circle of acquaintances for his
soetal and genial nature and was
a capable and industrious farmer,
Ills last enterprise being the clear
ing off of the under or ush and
weeds in the timber adjoining the
Agency
Hi* wife was not able to get
here owing to the severity of "Su
weather, while his son who was
here last week had to leave Satur
day because of duties as electric,
iani.-
Have you named your farm?
When
you do, get y.onr
a-
envelope.-
and nonheads printed at the Press
office.
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IN I A N O
TS SN 'IPKIt
John Rieger returned home
Monday with an honorable dis
charge and a wound stripe. John
did his share in France. It was
one day in the Argonne forest that
his company was pocketed with
enemy machine gun? on three
ides of them and only a few of
'he men escaped alive. John was
-hot thru the heel and is still a lit
tle lame, altho he does not think
that his wound will cause him anv
permanent inconvenience. He says
rhat, he is glad to have had a share
'u the big fiirht. He was keenly
nterested as long as he was in the
jfame, but when he was invalided
tome and was actually on the way
lie fel all the ntgs of homesick
ness and no 1'itierit and anxious
for his .:
John Fritz Hartman at
(/amp Dodire. He said that Fritz
had gone east to see his mother and
expected to be in Gettysburg with
in a couple of weeks. iTritz got his
when with an officer and a few men
ho was cut off for two days. The
party had no water and nothing to
er:t. To relieve the pangs of
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'hirst
Fritz drank some water that had
been poisoned from
poison
gas. lie
also suffered from *hell shock and
has been left in rather bad shape
as lo eyes, ears and stomach and
will never be the same again.—
Potter County News.
A resident of the Agency who
was over 1,0 Gettysburg dining the
»ast, week is adding to the above
by relating that John Claymore Jr
•t Cheyenne \gency Indian was at
me time in company with the
ibove named Rieger and Hartman
vhen they got within range of a
ierman sniper located up in a
ree. The three boys agreed to go
i.t'ter the said sniper, when the
atter got a ball from Claymore's
gun that made him come tumbling
down and cnued his career.-
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RIPPLES OF THE RIVER
Harvey Gates made another trip
to Gettysburg last. Saturday after
coal
Miss Annie Voorhes is filling a
position with George (JoraeauV
family -h
Mr. Rramblee was a visitor in
Gettysburg the fore part, of the
week remaining over night
Mrs. Anna Jacobson is at Geo.
Comeau's to fill a week's engage
ment to do some sewing for his?
family
George Aldritt of Gorman has
our thanks for the prompt renewal
of his subscription to the Press for
1U19 also, Judge J. H. Bottura,
of Faulkton, S. D.
Capt. B. C. Mossman was an ar«,:
rival Tuesday on business at the
Agency, remaining on this side
over night as the guest of Mrs. L.
Oliver's rooming house.
ill Pence was a pleasant visit
or at the Press office Sat. and left
the collateral for am'ther year's
subscription He attended the par
ty at his neighbor Mr. Norris' and1
reports a big crowd and a good
time
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
GETTYSBURG, S_ D:
Dep't «if the Interior. U.S. Land Ottice
S-D
I'ftiMiary 18. 1919.
NOTICE Is h«rnbv j?iv«a that Arthur
D. Wager, of Gettysburg. S. Ii.. who on
April 10. 1910. Additional H. E.f
No. 0l3i96 sue. 3 act 2-19 (Kt. for tile south
east quarter of see. 33. township 180 N..
R. "8 W.. has li'ed notice of
inteiitloii ti mako tlireo yuar proof.''
to ^stalilish claim to th land above
described, before Harrv H.-iiuuer. the clerk
of courts, at Gettysburg. S. I.. on tin*
lith day of April. 1919. Chiiminit. names
as witnesses: Lawrence M. ||, ron,
tieorstn VV. Thompson. Oscar C. Peterson,
and Harvey A. Lyman, nil four of Eates,
S. D. JOII.N
TI.
COGAN
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JOHN C^MPB^LL
Cashier
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