The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1918, Page 3

“ i Ped N ; ahd league members in particular that POST Re Fhe FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918 7 7 “BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE course had his ill-will from the very day that I had that conversation. iMany farmers in the state remem- wer some of those ‘troubles and one cannot blame them for going a little slow in supporting this reform -move- ment in its present form, They can- not see why the league should not be incorporated the same as all other standard fraternal bodies and that |'title to the North Dakota ‘Leader to- ; ether with all state records should | be vesied in such corporations; like- wise as much of the Nonpartisan | Leader and the Courier-News and the ; equipment for these as has ‘been paid ‘for with money odtained from North WHERE LEAGUE. HAS FAILED 10 KREP PLEDGES Christ Flagel, Former German Organizer for Nonpartisans, GERMANY ANXIOUS TO BREED RACE, = OF “SUPERMEN” BUT STRONG AGAINST POLYGAMY, SAY THE NEWSPAPERS; many “irresponsible persons” in Ger- many who hold queer ideas as to the breeding Of the future German. The Amsterdam, March 8.—(Correspond- ence of the Associated Press)—Circu- lation in other belligerent countries of the report that official recognijion | terliner Tageblatt devotes an article of polygamy had been given in Ger-|{to them, it \cgins vy saying that the many, in order to fill up as quickly§ pamphlet quoted in the house of com- as possible the tremendous gaps which| mons had no sort of official sanction tthe war has made in the Germanjand that, on the contra it was army, has aroused indignation in the| quickly suppressed. The Tageblatt, German empire. This report is\ said| however, mentions the activities of “Kden and Mittagsbund’ move- ‘o have been mentioned in the Brit | the Hears From Members TOWNLEY’S CORPORATIONS | Dakota, members. sh house of commons ty Arthur» nent and the “Hammar Community,” I have held these views for a long time and have felt that these matter: should be pulicly discussed at the proper time when it can be done with Theodore G. Nelson of Dunn: out injuring the progressive movemen Center, Asks What These “Organizations Will Do that -has found expression in the ‘league. I velieve now that that tim is near at hand in this state. It is not ‘ow a question as to whether Big Bi: is going to control the state govern Light on the condition of affairs | nent or a reform movement. The da: within the league is shed by the fol-| of antiquated stand pat ! sone forever and a determined de lowing letter, received this woek Ly ‘Chris Flagel of Kulni, a former prom-| inent German-speaing organizer for the Nonpartisans, Theodore G. Nelson of Dunn Center, | proprietor of the Hill Top farm, and formerly an active and enthusiastic league member: March 1, 1918. Mr. Chris Flagel, Kulm, N.D., Detar Mr. Flagel: Your letter came some time ago. 1 presume you have been waiting for an answer so here: goes. ‘You ask how the Nonpartisan league movement has been coming out here since you were here last summer. The speeches: you made in German in ‘behalf of the league program and peo- ple’s government no doubt-did a whole lot of good and I know that many of our German farmers joined the league through your efforts,. But you know that there are many farmers out here, as everywhere else, who have during their lifetime had considerable ex- perience. in the way of farmers’ or- ganizations and many of them have had. their fingers,burnt. Creameries and farmers’ elevators have failed inj many places, sometimes because the farmers who put their money into the; creamery or elevator and sometimes! the store elected men as directors ‘because they were good church mem- ‘bers of a particular church, or some men would. boost a relative that they thought was deserving of a little hon- or, The result was that we had a set of dummy directors who would en- trust the manager to do anything and everything. The manager would,| Piece ‘by piece, work the ‘business so as to get a little more out of it for himself until he had a verv rood in- come, and if he did‘not bust the coms pany by negligence he would do it by re yer mos OL oe TNA gers sere honest, however, and the failures OL many of tne enterprises were due to ignorance and indifference. Of late years you know splendid methods of keeping accounts have been developed gpa managers have been trained and tock-hefders are holding: directors; responsible more than they used to,/ and as a result these farmers’ co-oper- ative enterprises are now nearly al- ways a success. ‘How to Handle ‘League. Well, these boys that have’ gone through the: mill have a. notion that’ the Nonpartisan league. should be handled the same way, That is, they can’t see why the members of the league should not elect a fair-sized ‘board of directors to manage the af- fairs of the league and be held re-; sponsible for their own acts ands for| the acts of-all officers and employees! that they may put to work. | There are also some who feel that the leaders of the. league. in thjs state are not true to the league program when they are encouraging, or at least | not diseouraging, the formation of a) lot of private corporations in which the farmers are asked to invest on the presumption that they are a part of the league program. If the Farmers Knew, i I have an dea that’ if: the farni-|\ ers. generally know that there have and . written ‘by | « politics is mand for reform is enthroned. What Kind of Reform The big question now is to WHAT ND of reform we are going to have It Ivoks to me as if there is need of very definite ‘program of Government al reform fostered by some agency that’ will leave alone all such’ side shows as are now being hitched uy with the Nonpartisan league. One bad feature of the present temp erament of many people in the stat: is the inclination to ‘brand everything that is said or written without the ap- proval of the,““Powers‘that be” as a message from Big Biz and the pro- duct of an enemy of the common peo ple and farmers especially. This is the: situation: If any person ‘has any idea on problems of Government o1 the management of the league that does ‘ot coincide with the “Powers that be” he cannot get it expressed in the ‘Nonpartisan Leader and if any other paper then picks it up then one hears at once “traitor of the common people.” It is true that ;some of the papers in this state have editorially defended questionable men and mea- sures from time to time and even juggled and colored facts, but we should not let prejudice blind us sc that we will not hear but one side That mental condition borders on in sanity (Insanity is generally an ab- normal development of some “bug” of some kind) and if joined in by great numbers for any length of time is dangerous’ for the welfare of any state. Untruthfulness and mis-state- ments’ of facts will creep into most any paper. This has happened even in the Nonpartisan Leader. It wil! ‘Ontinue to happen until we can get mediums of publicity that are not pub. lished in the interest of personal gain or political preferment for individuals or groups of individuals. When I tel! you that the league caucuses out here were attended on the average by from: one-third to less than one-fifth of the voters of the various precincts you can readily see that there is a lack of interest or something wrong some- where. The silent clgmour of the mass of the people must be respected if we are to have genuine and lasting governmental reform and if it cannot be done thru the movement we now ‘now. as the ‘Nonpartisan league it should be done otherwise. STATEMENT OF COLD FACTS. Some of the matter I have express- ed in this letter may surprise you Mr. Plagel -but “them’s: my .sentiments” ‘ind the statements are cold facts. O, yes I should perhaps tell you that some of my friends here are boosting me for the senate by I. am not taking the candidacy very serious ly and will say that if you see any ‘ing in this letter that you think would be of interest to other people you are at liberty to make it public in whatever way you see fit regardless of what effect it may have as to mak- ing or unmaking the senatorfal candi- lary started in my behalf. Please accept our thanks for your zood wishes for “Junior.” He is do- ing very well. Come out here next summer and we will go to the “Brakes” and incident ‘been rormeu in chis state five or six corporations to do banking, merchan-} disine, mannfactnrine: minine: bri-| quetting,- buy’ and ‘sell patents and! Leauge. silatps, promdte ‘private’ and’ public utillty corporations, étc., and) that the directors of nearly ‘all of! them include either A. C. Townley or! his stenographer or some .office em-| ployee of his or one or more close! personal ‘friends, they: would ‘be: still more backward about ‘pushing. the league or even taking an interest in it as it now stands, by I will-confess, Mr. Flagel, that it looks to me as though privately own- ed corporations have been formed to do everything that the league pro gram provides that the state should do and that it has all been done with’ Townley’s consent or knowledge. It does sometime look to me as though he ought to publi¢ly warn the farmers formation. of private or semt-co-opera-} tive corporations for such purposes are contrary to the league platform advocating state or federal ownership and operation of. public utilities. It is not. right to stir up enthusiasm for governmental. reform and ‘then take advantage of that enthusia&m to secretly. and openly further personal amvition and promote private enter- prises. , \ 44 The Old Equity. , .This. whole imatter reminds'me of our experience im the early days of the American Society of Equity. You know. we woke up one year (1907) and found that the man who was pres- ident of the society owned its officialt organ and refused to turn it over to the society. Also that he had thrée| other. corporations through which he juggled public confidence: for private) gain, We had noticed for some time that it was almost impossible to make! atly headway under. his administration with any. sound and. substantial propo- sitions, ‘but’ we- could ‘not’ understand why until we analyzed his intérlock: ing directorships. He even opposed |! strenuously the idea of the Equity. Cooperative Hxchange' when I suggest- ed that to him in the spring of 1907, ‘by him: having control of the pa- per he made it very’ hard to make any ally see if we can tip yo out and crack your hat as Aleck Leiderback did with us in ‘Oliver county last sum mer. pee a ZAP NOTES. John Meyer of Zap has moved hie stock of: merchandise into a building just. completed. ; This,is.a new busi ness venture here. Guy B. Hunner of Camp wodge, Ia.. is here on a ten-day furloug DROPSY TREATED FREE By Dr. Miles, the Great Specialist, Who Sends a $3.75 Trial Treatment Free. Many Report ‘Cured After Others Failed. At first no disease is apparently more -harmless than dropsy; a little swelling of ‘the eyelids, hands, feet, ankles, or abdomen. Finally there is @ great shortness of breath, cough, faint spells, sometinies nausea’ and vomiting, even Lursting of the Hmbs, and a lingeriitg and wretched: death if ‘the dropsy is not removed. ‘Dr. Miles has been known as a leading specialist in these diseases for 30 years. His' liberal offer ofa $3.75: Treatment free to all sufferers is-cer*| tainly worthy of seriatis consideration. | You may never have such anéoport- unity. again. The Grand .Dropsy Treatment con: sists of four dropsy remedies in one, also Tonic: Tablets and Pura-Laxa for removing ‘the water:. This treatment is specially prescribed for each “pa- tient ard is three. times as successful ‘as that of'most ppysicians.: It usually relieves’ the first day, and removes swelling in six days in most cases. De- lay is dangerons. -Send for _Remark- able Cures:in Your State. All afflicted readers may have Book, Examination “Chart, Opinion, Advice, and a Two-Pound: .Trisl . Treatment free. Write: at; once.” Describe: your cage. Address, Dr.’ Franklin’ Miles, Dept. DA., 222 to Franklin *St., whose dets for increasing the birth- vate and to breed the “Germanio su- verman” are regarded as distinctly pe muliar. Then -there is the “German society for regeneration” the “order of he New Templa which want to maintain the balance of births as against the fert of the Semitic ‘hlets advocating plurality of wives} “aces, Finally, a society named “Ar- uch as the one referred to by Lord} ‘ona’ frankly yocates free love. Robert Cecil, are the work of “irre | None of these s e Tagedlatt as- i ns" and should not be] serts, is of any importance. The pa- Moreover, Pr sor| per further argu at the societes 3alfour, the British foreign min ster and by Lord Robert Cecil, the In the religious weekly paper, Die Shristliche Welt, Professor Martin tade declared recently that polygamy s countenanced neither ‘by the Ger- nan government nor by the German veople. He contends that single pam- Rade holds that history has shown] lv work on the vies of Darwin hat after all great wars, the losse | and Gohineau—both of them non-Ger: ave ‘been made’ good ‘by normal mar | man—who advocated selective brecd: siages. ing of a superior grade of human be There seem to be however a good! ings. | Annan RnR Aarne Any,one who de- ther binoculars government t the weather dur: | ipt will be given, | Vill then be tagged and | ly wrapped, di dD tment. ‘The trument w. vloged and given narck declared that Mr. Burdick w: » number, close of hostilities | . candidate. and that the Nonpartisan; “‘e glasses: willbe cithey returned or} league did not “look with disfavor! ‘he owner reimbursed to the extent | wgon his candidacy.” “I am nat a, of their value. | sandidate for any office,” he said last | aight. | | win wy, U. S. NEEDS -GLASSES | s 6 | 0.-W. Roberts of the weather ( | >ureau, who has an exceptionally fine) 1S , : | iair of field glasses, is loaning them ) the government for the use of the, ——$—$—$—$—$———————_—__—_—_F y We cah suggest nothing better for your Lenten Meatless Day | United States nav BURDICK DENIES res to loan gla HE'S CANDIDATE '« « Grand Fo! L. slared here tonight thi randidate r congress Norton. Recent — repo : Ahan Fish. : ' Fish has been acclaimed by : scientists as the most nutritious | 5 L of foods, and the best for nerve and brain-building. Fish that is WE THANK YOU caught in different waters, or! different climes, tastes different, but the best eating fish comes from the cold countries—for in- | stance the Canadian lakes. All our fish is received direct from the Canadian lakes where BANANA SPECIAL—Per Doz. , 20c-———25e ——30e Fancy Celery Head Lettuce Ripe Tomatoes it is caught; frozen i Pingo to us: Upon arrival the fish is a fd — EE placed in our cold storage plant, | Fancy Grape Fruit where the temperature remains | FOR WHEATLESS DAYS the same all the year around and keeps fhe fish frozen and fresh just as when caught. Fish that is frozen, thawed, and then froz- en again does not make good eating. That is why we lay such emphasis on this particular point. We have an unusually fine lot of fish of different’ varieties— such as pike, pickerel, salmon, halibut, whitefish, etc. This fish will be sold at reason- | ably low prices ard guaranteed | to be strictly fresh and in first | class condition. : Just received a fresh shipment including four dandy cookies— Rye Biscuit, per Ib. ..... «200 Phantom Cookies, per Ib... . .25¢ Oaten Cookies, per Ib. ...... 25¢ Wheatless Cookies, per Ib.. .30c EAT VEGETABLES Cabbage and Onions, per lb.. .6c Rutabagas and Carrots, Ib...4c Parsnips, per Ib. ..... Bisse Oe Van Camp’s Pork and Beans at Prices That are Right— 5 ‘i - | happier vereees HBC) E aC fish and lots of fish. It is No. 3 éans .. "30c |good. and healthy for you! Place your orders early for ein prompt delivery. ‘ Both Phones 211. 120 3rd St. | tinwaboreeee Geo, Gussner Other Week Days, 4:45 P. M. SPECIALS jj | forSaturday | «6-inch N. P. Combination Pera!) ose red eks« 29¢ ; Lace Leather Cutters. .39c Brown The Most of the 1310 Main St. in SAVE MONEY ON MEATS | Pure Lar : “The Satistaction Store” ~ PAGE 3. MERCER COUNTY BANKERS BOOST Golden Valley, N. D,, March 8.—The bankers of ‘Mercer county held a meet- ing in Golden Valley on Tuesilay even- ing to discuss the forthcoming liderty loan. It was decided that the county banks would -e take its allotted share and then make a vigo sc) ing campaign in their respectiv munities. P. 8. Chaffee of Beulah will again head the drive, and Mercer) ——— = county will again head the list as the | first in disposing of zonds as far as| the governmemM getting the money is concerned. 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