The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1916, Page 9

BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE, 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 conftiets 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 (said 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 | would like to ask is this, do you sanction the movement or oppose it? As 1 understand it, the league. stands, or has stood, for state owner- ship of terminal elevators, packing plants, flour mills, ete., ever since its organization, And 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 ¢isive majority:in the history of the state elected the men pledged to car- ry.out.their program, He men elect- ed are not political fakers. ‘The state}: will, therefore, have a state-owned 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-dwned plant, and taht the peo- ple must; build a plant by private swb- 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, “that if-any such statements have been made, they are false and calculated to disrupt the Non-partisan league, The Lealer and the leaders, of the league are going through with the league program from top to bottom, because they believe in the program and he- canse they have no other course. It is the mandate of 40,000 members of the league 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 Jeague.” What the €quity 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 6000 THAT MUSTEROLE FEELS! It Gets to That Sore Spot Like Magic A-a-h! That’: those sore mt that lame back. Musterole is a clean, white ointment, made ‘with the oil of mustard and other home simpics. It does the k oof the old- fashioned mustard plaster, minus the plaster and minus the delicious relief for les, those stiff joints, spot where thie pain je—ru it on briskly—and usually the pain is gor No muss, no bother. Just con ing, soothing relief —first a gentle glow, then a delightiul sensi ness, And best of all, no bi the old-fashioned mustard plaster used to make. Use Musterole for sore throat, bron- chitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges- tion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chil- blainis, frosted feet and colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). it is least issue will have been taken.” To Begin January 1. ‘pected before January 1 at 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- , that construction will be} January 1. “Over 10,000 he states, “have already ibed for stock, 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 heen sold In small lots, a few shares | to each farmer, and there are several townships where every farmer is a shareholder in the Equity Co-apera- tive Packing plant. Straight Co-operative Plan. “The 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 credit 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 successes of any of the co-operative enterprises yet inaugurated 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- I turd, nay Bet intd the game: independ- ently. It looks as though too many cooks might spgil,the br MUST. COMPETE m FARMERS ORGANIZATION Non-Partisan League Conducting | a 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 incor- poration fee received in ao year; and that was about all that was known or could be learned. ‘ood 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, ‘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 tect land-owners and league members and owned and con- trolled by them. incorporation which confines member- ship or ownership to league members. The articles would indicate that any- one who is willing to part with $100 may own a share of League Exchange ‘stock. The management, it is true, is vested perhaps more wholly than 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. Murphy Heat "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, M. 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 500,000 of the million dollar} when tbe land is| land-buyers; | that it is an organization composed of | i | Major J.| gram; DECEMBER, 1, 10916. Just One More Week to G 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. In Suits ; there are models'with soft roll fronts, with “just enough” fronts; models with regular pockets; models with one button, two buttons, three buttons. In Overcoats, there are single breasted, double breasted, box coats, form fit- ting coats, light weight rae and coats heavy enough to laugh at th e coldest blasts. 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 | ands upon. thousands of. farmer some- |ROAD-BUILDING ROMANCE i aad ; ;has- sold hundreds of thousands of the League Exchange is an organiza- | |tion of North Dakota farmers to pro- acres of: North:Dakota: sail: 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 There is nothing in the articles of | Dakota are located at Garrison, Un- derwood, Napoleon and other exclus- jively 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 ee 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 ‘mers secure complete control of ‘th Dakota, and with the carrying out of the farmers’ legislative pro- 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 to.the farmers; the exemption of farm improvements from taxation; the establishment of just grades and dockage of grain, will bring thous- seekers into North Dakota.” Farmer: Legislation ‘North Dakota is due for a great in migration movement. Less than forty} j Der 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 fat a price so low. The best land in | the state sells around $90; there are still hundreds of thousands of acres of 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 countfy of 31,450 people, to a great, prosperous common wealth of 218,513 people. Piles Cured in 6 to-14: Days. its refund ‘money if PAZO OINTMENT fails. to. cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or. Protrading Piles. First applications gives relief, 50c. | CULMINATES IN WEDDING A romance which had its beginning in the camp of the Burleigh county road-grading crew early last summer culminated happi 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, Black Silk Stove Polish Liquid Paste No Goods Charged Miss Mary Novak, was engaged in the commissary department. Emma lost very little time in falling in love. Both were shy, however, and Dan Cupid was uot given a ‘fair chance to score until J. W. Friddle, in‘ charge of the rogd-work for the county, intervened, A Sunday drive tothe Hay-Stack buttes, arranged by Friddle, 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 j Dained him’ so that he was compelled Lewis and | to return home with Miss Mary Novak 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. 1 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, Fi gene M. Pullen, Carpenter, C, Mar- cellus Avenue, Manasquan, N. 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 worry a danger of an operation. eee