The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1916, Page 8

Ja Elde oft rep) sure Jan was arir Mre cer wea mer te League Will Go Through With Project for State- Owned Packing Plant The Non-partisan league does not stand sponsor for the Equity Co-oper- ative Packing plant to be located in Fargo. In fact, the official organ of the league, the Leader, in this wek’s issue, indicates that the league is very much opposed to the Equity plant or any other which conflicts with the leugue'’s program for a state- owned and operated plant. Otto ©, Hoffman, a Cooperstown member of the Non-partisan league, writes the Leader as the official or- gan of the league, stating: “We have in our community a party (sald to he from Fargo) selling shares in a pack- ing plant which is to be located in or near Fargo, the city having donated |, a tract of 200 acres for the location. What 1 would like to ask is this, do you sanction the movement or oppose it? As T understand it, the league stands, or has stood, for state owner- ship of terminal elevators, packing plants, flour mills, ete., ever since its organization, Aud as a large major- ity of the league members in this community are taking stoc kin this ‘packing plant, It, seems to me they are working against their own inter- est in case the Jeague program is car- ried through in regard to state-owned packing plants.” In reply to the- member's «query, the Non-partisan league, through its official organ, the Leader, says: “You ask ‘whether the league sanctions’ any movements on at pres- ent for a packing plant other than a state-owned one. he Leader has noth- ing to do with any such plan. It stands firmly on the proposition for a state-owned plant, the plan the over- whelming majority, of the people of the state have approved, and, the Leader believes that,only through the building of a state-owned plant and the solid support of the farmers for it can the evils growing :out of the packing combine be met successfully. “We have not discussed the matter of packing plants before because we could not know until after election whether the people wanted the league program carried out or not. If the North Dakota people wanted the league program carried out they would elect men pledged to carry it out. North Dakota ‘by the most de cisive majority-in the history of the state elected the men pledged to car- ry..out-their program. lie men elect- ed are not political fakers. ‘The state will, therefore, have a state-owned it is does not {it is expected before January 1 at least $600,000 of the million dollar | issue will have been taken.” To Begin January 1. An agent of the Equity corporation | states that, while it was originally planned to begin operations in April, stock sales have so far exceeded ex- pectations, that construction will he d January 1. “Over 10,000 , “have already . These men are scattered all over North Dakota, and there are some in South Dakota and in Montana, with many in northwest- ern Minnesota, Most of the stock has been sold in small lots, a few shares | to e farmer, and there are several townships where every farmer is a shareholder in the Equity Co-opera- tive Packing plant. Straight Co-operative Plan. he plant,” the company’s repre- sentaitve announced, “will be run on a straight co-operative plan, paying 8 per cent on the capital and dividing the profits with stockholders on the basis of their patronage. A board of directors will be elected at_a mass meeting of stockholders in Fargo on January 17, 1917, Ample capital is in sight to make this big institution a eredit. to the entire state and from it develops a number of profitable packing plants over the state, Many Salesmen Out. “Nearly 100 men are engaged in selling stock, ‘The organization is covering all the territory tributary to the plant, and the institution prom- ises €o be one of the most pronounced succe: of any of the co-operative ente! yet ivaugurated by the Equity.” Will It Mean Friction? The Equity and the Non-partisan league have operated to date in com- plete harmony. There is a sort of in- terlocking directorate, and the inter- ests of the two organization have ap- peared one. It was hinted’ when the ‘League exchange was organized that the entrance of the league into. eco- nomic fields of activity might conflict with the Equity program, but the first intimation of any actual difference came in the Non-partisan leader's two-column © announcement in this week's issue. Grand Forks also has a packing plant project, independent of either the league or the ‘Equity, proposed as a private commercial enterprise. Mandan, providing it does not suc- ceed in procuring a state-owned plant from the. next, session. of the legisla- ture, may Pet into the game: 'independ- ently, It looks as though too many cooks might sp spoil, the broth, packing plant.” Solicitors Misrepresent. The Leader has information that solicitors selling packipg plant stock have intimated thatthe league is not . going through with..its plan :for a state-owned plant, and taht the peo- ple must, build a plant. by ,private sub- scription; that with the. plant. they will build,the .people will not’ need a state-owned, plant. “The Leader takes this. opportun- ity to say,” reads the statement, ‘a ifsany. such statements have bee made, they are false and calculated ‘o disrupt.the Non-partisan league. The Lealer and the leaders, of the league are going through with the league program from top to bottom, bee e they believe in the program and he- cause they have no other course. It is the mandate of 40,000 members of the Jeague and of the people of the state as a whole that the entire league program be carried through Any other course would disrupt the league. No Other’ Plant. Will Do. «No kind of a packing plant except one owned by the state will success fully solve present North Dakota problems growing out of the packing house combine. Do not be misled by any statements to the contrary.” The Leader cautions the farmers against diyiding'on the packing plant proposition, as the “quickest and sur- est way to kill the league.” What the Equity Says. The Equity Co-operative Packing company announces from Fargo that it will begin building operations this winter, “Stock gales,” reads a state- ment issued by a representative of the company, “have exceeded the most sanguine hopes of the men who have been active in boosting for a North Dakota packing plant, and the deci- sion to begin building operations this winter Was in response to the de: mand, of the farmers that the plant “be built and equipped as quickly as possible. Farmers of .every section have shown a tremendous interest in the enterprise. Already nearly $400,- 009 in-stock has been subscribed, and HOW GOOD THA MUSTEROLE FEELS! It Gets to 0 That § Sore Spot Like Magic A-ach! That's de’ those sore muscles. tho that lame back. Musterole is a clean, white ointment, made ‘with the oil of mustard and other home simy It does the’ work of the old- fashioned mustard plaster, minus the plaster and niinus the blister! You simply rub Musterole on the spot where the pain. is—rub it on briskly—and usually the pain is gone. No muss, no bother. t comfort. ing, soothing relief —first a gentle glow, then a delightiul sense of cool- ness. And best of all, no bli the old-fashioned mustard pla: to make, Use Musterole for sore throat, bron- chitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges- tion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruis plains, frosted feet and colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). s relief for stiff joints, nke | vested perhaps more wholly than is MUST COMPETE. ¥ FARMERS’ ORGANIZATION Non-Partisan ‘aes Conducting |! ' q Large Immigration Bureau CLEARING HOUSE FOR REAL ESTATE SALES North Dakota real estate dealers are to enter into competition with a mil- lion dollar corporation, financed by the farmer, officered by the farmer and with farmer agents. The League exchange’s incorpora- tion by the Nonpartisan Farmers’ league, the political body whose 50,- 000 members made a clean sweep at the recent election, remained for a number of weeks a deep mystery. No one, not even the “Big Five” of the Nonpartisan league, seemed to know, or to be willing to import, just what the exchange meant or what it stood for or what it would do. It was known that it had incorporated for a million dollars, paying into the secre- tary of state's office the largest incoi poration fee received in a year; and that was about all that was known or could be learned. Wood Makes Announcement Now comes the announcement of the purpose of the League Exchange. by F. B. Wood, president of the exchange, also one of the Big Five in the Non- partisan league, also manager of the Equity Live Stock exchange at South St. Paul.. In announcing the why and the wherefore of the League Ex- change he says: “The object of the League exchange is to list your land at your price and jthen direct the land buyer to your farm where he can buy your farm at your price. The land-owner will pay at the time of listing his land one dollar, and then he will pay, when tbe land is| a five per cent commission—“this | commission to pay the expenses and to maintain the real estate department! of the League Exchange.” Mr. Wood further announces that the League Exchange is an organiza- \tion of North Dakota farmers to pr tect land-owners and land-buyers; that it is an organization composed of league members and owned and con- trolled by them. There is nothing in the articles of incorporation which confines member- ship or ownership to league members. The articles would indicate that an; one who is willing to part with $100 may own a share of League Exchange stock. The management, it is true, is general among corporations in the board of directors, or an executive committee of three whom the board may name, and the directors are prominent Nonpartisan league men. irphy Beat "Em To It In its effort to protect the farmer and the land-buyer, the League Ex- change has been anticipated and gone one better by the Soo Line, whose general immigration agent, Major J.] Murphy, several years ago inaug- urated the policy of selling lands lo- cated anywhere along that railroad for $1 the acre, regardless of the pur- chase price, and Major Murphy asked no registration fee. “Only One Dol- lar Between You and Your Land,” is the slogan which Major Murphy has Just One More Week to G FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 1, and then this Great Sale Ends Take notice, take notice, you few scat- tering clothes buyers who haven’t yet been heard from. ‘We don’t want any man’s failure to share in this good thing to be placed as a burden upon our souls. We don’t want anyone who neglects to provide for future Clothing. | Wants and who repents later to say he wasn't fore- warned. Hence this final admonition. Despite the heavy selling, our selections still have the | freshness and the variety every man wants. there are models'with soft roll fronts, with “just enough” fronts; models with regular pockets; models with one button, two buttons, three buttons. are single breasted, double breasted, box coats, form fit- ting coats, light weight coats and coats heavy enough to laugh at the coldest blasts. In Overcoats, there In Suits | ‘Suits 28 Overcoats, Suits and Overcoats that: were $50. now $37. 50 Suits and Overcpats that were $45. now $34.50... Suits, and Overcoats that were $40. now $3]. 50 Suits and Overcoats that were $35. now $27. 50 Suits and Overcoats that were $30. now $22.50 Suits and Overcoats that were $25. now $18.50 Suits and Overcoats that were $20. now $15.00 Suits and Overcoats that were $15. now $10.00 Blacks and Blues Not Included - Rosen’s Clothing Sho Extra Charges.for Alterations carried for years, and under which he has- sold hundreds of thousands of acres of North Dakota soil. | And, at that, the major hasn’t put} any old line real estate agents out of business. Some of the most suc- cesstul dealers in farm lands in North Dakota are located at Garrison, Un- derwood, Napoleon and other exclus- ively Soo Line towns. Influx Predicted The league exchange predicts a great influx of land-seekers to North Dakota. It say in its recent’ an- nouncement: / “North Dakota has received more! national advertising during the fast | year than any state in the union be-! cause of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan league and its activity. Millions of farmers outside the state have their eyes on North Dakota. When the farmers secure complete control of North Dakota, and with the carrying out of the farmers’ legislative pro- gram; the passing of. laws making farming more attractive in North Da- kota; the establishment of North Da- kota markets for North Dakota prod- ucts; the giving of state hail insur- ance tothe farmers; the exemption of farm improvements from taxation; the establishment of just grades and dockage of grain, will bring thous- ands upon. thousands of. farmer some- |ROAD-BUILDING ROMANCE seekers into North Dakota.” Farmer: Legisiation North Dakota is due for a.great im-j migration movement. Less than forty per cent of the state’s 45,000,000 ar- able acres are under cultivation; not over sixtey per cent of this area is included in farms. In 1915. North Da- kota led all other agricultural states in farm production per farm capita, $632, as shown by the Nebraska state board of agriculture; and in farm production per. capita for, all the peo- ple of the. state, $350. “Nowhere in America are better lands to be found at.a price so low. The best land in the state sells around $90; there are still hundreds of thousands of acres ot raw prairie to be had for $17 to $20, and cultivated, improved lands at $20 to $50. Western North Dakota, in which the bulk of this land is located, has grown since North Dakota be- came a state, in 1889, from a frontier county of 31,450 people, to a great, prosperous common weelleh’ of S18,513 people. Piles Cured in 6 to-14 Days. Druggists refund-money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to CULMINATES IN IN WEDDING A romance which hae had its beginning the camp of the Burleigh county road-grading crew early last summer culminated happily in Judge H. C. Bradley's court Wednesday afternoon, when Lewis LaLene of Bismarck, and Miss Emma Novak of Wing, were united in marriage. The groom was employed during the season on one of the large county tractors. The bride, with her sister, —— ee Black Silk Stove Polish Liquid Baste No Goods Charged Miss Mary Novak, was engaged in the | to return .home.with Miss Mary Novak commissary department. Lewis and Emma lost very little time in falling in love. Both were shy, however, and Dan Cupid was wot given a ‘fair chance to score until J. W. Friddle, in’ charge of the rogd-work for the county, intervened, A Sunday drive to'the Hay-Stack buttes, arranged by Friddie, netted one engagement ring, and from that day until the close of the road-building work, the romance was one of the pleasant features of camp life. Wednesday when Mr. LaLene and Miss Novak sealed their vows.in wed- lock. quite properly Mr. and Mrs. Friddle “stood up” with them. The happy pair will make their home in Bismarck. Brother Injured It had been planned that the bride and groom would be attended by Jos- eph and. Mary. Novak of Wing, brother and sister of the bride. While driv- ing in to the station to entrain for Bismarck on Tuesday, Joe Novak tried a short sprint behind the bug- gy as a means of warming up, and in climbing back into the rig, a wheel passed over.one. af..his: feet.; The young man came on to Bismarck for the wedding, but the injured foot pained him'so that he was compelled on Wednesday morning. U. C. T. DANCE. U. C. T.’s will have a dancing party at ‘Patterson's hall Saturday night. No Public Dance. O'CONNOR'S ORCHESTRA. Cured His RUPTURE I was badly ruptured while lifting a trunk several years ago. Doctors said-my only hope of cure was an operation. Trusses did me no good. Finally I got hold of something that quickly and completely cured me. Years have! passed and the rupture has never returned, although I am do- ing-hard work as a carpenter.- There was no operation, no lost time, no trouble. I have nothing to sell, but will give full information about how you may find a’ complete cure with- out operation, if you write to me, Eu- gene M. Pullen, Carpenter, 252-C, Mar- cellus Avenue, Manasquan, N. J. Ret- ter cut out this notice and show it to any others who are ruptured—you may save'a lifé Or“at least ‘stop the misery of rupture and the wo: danger of an operation. i be