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i! k Note.—The dealin; unfairly, or which off ned to the writers. Ail letters, aaa SCORES ‘POLITICAL RACKET- EERING’ New Rockford. N. D. June 22, 1932. Editor, Tribune: Political racketeering has again ™made its appearance in North Dakota. It is reminiscent of the gpod old days of Alec McKenzie and gang politics. In this most recent development the Iv. A. organization appears as party of the first part, and Halvor Halvor- Son and the “Jeffersonian democracy,” 80 called, parties of the second part. The “Jeffersonian democracy” thing is sponsored by two well known Personages of the Democratic persua- sion who have been the objects of Republican beneficence for lo, these many years. It seems that the I. V. A. machine figured there was real danger to the Shafer candidacy in having so many Democrats running loose at the pri- mary election. There being no con- test in the Democratic camp, what more likely than that the Democrats in large numbers would go over into the Republican camp and help the Republican brothers solve their prob- Jems on June 29th? And, horrors and dismay—wouldn't that mean that most of those Democrats would take it upon themselves to vote for Nye? Likely enough. And what wouldn't that do to Mr. Shafer? These were disturbing speculations, and necessity being the father of in- vention, the panicky I. V. A.’s pro- ceeded to solve the problem by creat- ing and projecting upon the body Politic an infant terrible dubbed “Jeffersonian democracy.” Coinci- dent with the birth of this political monstrosity, and with a fine flour- ish of trumpets, comes Mr. Halvorson, political purist of the first water. He comes to bat as the pure and adulter- ated exponent of democracy at its very best. In the Fargo Forum of the 22nd he tells all about it, as follows: The New Rockford convention was packed and steam-rollered; the 5} tem of apportionment of delegates the convention was a fraud, etc., etc., his candidacy as a Jeffersonian Dem- ocrat is by way of protest against the nefarious practices indulged in at that convention; his candidacy represents | truly the free choice of the unfet- tered democracy of the state. ‘Well, I venture to say that Mr. Hal- vorson’s candidacy représents other considerations which naturally he does not intend to proclaim from the house-tops. The system of apportionment of delegates for the New Rockford con- vention was in accordance with the regular practice both in the Demo- cratic and Republican organizations. It was based on the vote cast at the last preceding election. That is the rule under which Mr. Halvorson has done business, not only in Democratic conventions but in Republicay con- ventions as long as he has been in politics in North Dakota. I under- stand he has played in both ‘camps betimes. As a matter of fect, at the present time he is maintaining—so I am told—a rather fively campaign in Ward county as a candidate for state’s attorney of that county. Also he is now a member of the legisla- ture, elected as a Republican. ‘The charge that the New Rockford convention was a “packed” affair is made out of whole cloth, and without the slightest justification. Mr. Halvorson was asked to permit his name to go before the convention as a candidate. He refused, stating that he was already a candidate for state's attorney in Ward county; that his son was just recently out of law schoal; and, on that account, he felt the obligation al] the more pressing to go through with his candidacy as state’s attorney. Besides the time and expense demanded for a state- wide campaign was prohibitive, etc., ete. A short time after the New Rock- ford convention, however, a confer- ence of the I. V. A. organization was held at Devils Lake. I am told that at that conference Mr. Halvorson was present. Soon after that conference, “Jeffersonian democracy” came into being and Mr. Halvorson blossomed forth as its candidate for United States senator. And he tells the world that his candidacy, as a ward of “Jeffersonian democracy,” is solely in the interest of real, honest-to- goodness democracy in North Dakota, and never, oh, never, with any refer- ence to the candidacy or fortunes of Candidate George Shafer, I. V. A.! This Shafer-Halvorson case bears some resemblance to the notorious McKenzie-Frank White case in the campaign of 1920. McKenzie, as we know, was the boss political racketeer of his time. And in 1920 the prize was an United Bais peer Thus does history repe: . Frank White was induced by Alec McKenzie to enter the lists as candi- date for the U. 8. senate. This, not- withstanding that Senator Gronna had already been named as the regu- lar Republican party candidate. Mc- Kenzie’s aim was to split the Gronna vote so as to.insure the latter's de- feat. White was just back from France. He was popular with the sol- Gier boys and it was figured he would get a few votes that otherwise would likely go to Gronna. And it panned out just that way. Gronna was de- feated, Ladd elected, and White be- came @ good boy. The vote was Ladd, 54,957; Gronna, 51,142; White, 5,477, Gronna being defeated by 2,815 votes. ‘White's candidacy had done. the job. Subsequently, through McKenzie, ‘White was appointed treasurer of the United Stat And what fal Halvorson get? He still stands as @ candidate for state’s attorney in Ward county. If he gets the nomination for U. 8. senator on the Democratic ticket and is pitted against Nye in the fall, no doubt he will expect and obtain the support of the I. V. A. machine, On the other hand, should Shafer win the Repub- lican nomination, Halvorson, no doubt, Election Night Party World War Memorial Bldg. North-Dakota’s Scientifically Cooled Building Gallery Free to the Public—Music and Novelty Features for Your Entertainment—Dancing 10c Per Dance—Dancin sign the pseudonym first and will respect such requests. We reserve the right to of letters as may be necessary to conform to t ~ | public schools. A continuance of the ‘| present system will certainly bring _ PEOPLE’S FORUM Editor's Letter: Tribune’ welcomes letters on subject with controversial religiou aubjecta eiiae Ae atrts id falr play will be igned. If you wish to use name beneath it. delete such parts his policy. Must will be expected to and lie down and turn over and play be a “good boy” dead. In which case he certainly! will be entitled to get wert whtiee get something If he loses the nomination for U. 8. senate as a member of the “Jeffer- sonian democracy,” he caf fall back on his nomination for state's attorney of Ward county. And if he loses that, he still has the Republican state and national administrations to fall back on—provided, of course, there are any such animals to be found after No- vember, 1932. He can probably have & Job as assistant attorney general of the state, or a job as assistant United one iid attorney;: or, who nows?—maybe the job of United States treasurer! ; NEW ROCKFORD. * A LOT ABOUT TAXES Wing, N. D., June 19, 1932, Editor, Tribune: The Defenders of the Public Schools are alarmed because certain initiated! measures threaten to reduce taxes, | They challenge the measure setting @ new basis for taxation. Also the measures limiting certain county salaries and reducing the mileage of | Some officials. The public schools may be in danger but the menace {s rather in destroying the means} whereby they live. Loading the tax-! payer with such a burden that he is unable or refuse to carry the load does not help. High taxes beat down and destroy the price of land. You can see it here as well as other places. | It is my humble opinion that there is more land owned by the Public to- day than there was 30 years ago in the homestead days. It is reported that in South Dakota over 100,000 acres, Wisconsin 200,000, Michigan 1,700,000 have beeti taken for taxes. Then to that add the federal land banks and a few state banks whose holdings are beyond taxes. It is the | over-taxation that is a threat to our wreck and ruin. In looking over some county com- missioners’ proceedings I find two jitems to the point. I find that a sheriff's office drew $470 in mileage @ month or $15.64 per day, including Sundays. Some farmer must feed, milk, separate and haul the cream from 10 good cows to town for 44 days to pay the mileage of that sheriff for | one day. I find in another place that |the county superintendent of schools drew somewhat more than $180 and I presume for one month in mileage {alone. That is $9.00 per day for every school day in the month. I would! like to compare this with a farmer's! Profit on a bushel of rye, but I am up against a stone wall. The profit | is so small I can’t find it. We may ignore his item of labor but we must allow for threshing, time and deliv- ery. If we do, we can only hope for & profit of one cent per bushel. At! jone cent per bushel you can soon fig- ;ure how many bushels of rye it takes to pay a county superintendent $9.00 & day mileage. Let us make a few more compari- sons. A license for an old car should be a-dollar where it cost $5.00 a few years ago. Teachers who got $80 to $100 per month would be getting from $20 to $30 per month. A county au- ditor who 10 years ago got $2,000 per year should now receive a salary of $500 to $700 per year. But no one has asked for any such radical cuts in either salaries or mile- | age. They are moderate to the ex- treme. Those most nearly affected by them should congratulate themselves | that the reduction is so light; that the new basis of taxation will produte @ steady flow of money to the public treasury and insure the schools a firmer foundation in the future. This is just a little effort to help balance the public budget. Governments are run by paid taxes, not by the unpaid. Better a small as- sessment, and it paid, than a large one unpaid. Unpaid taxes mean more state prop- erty is dead to taxes and leaves its burden to those just behind, thus mak- ing their load heavier. They, in town, one by one, or a few each year, give up and little by little, ‘year by year, we arrive at state ownership and state ownership is communism. We need not follow any red flags or listen to any long-haired orators but we will reach the goal and we will recognize it when we see it. We are in a depression. It has lasted three years. Prosperity is sup- posed to be just around the corner. We'd give worlds to know which cor- ner. Some think it a saloon corner, but we can’t get around there on account of the 18th amendment. It looks as though a continuance of this depres- sion was simply a struggle between natural and artificial prices. Natural are those controlled by the law of supply and demand such as the prices of cotton, wheat, hogs, milk, corn, common labor, while artificial are those maintained by the governnient or through government aid such as tariff, licenses, interstate commerce commission monopolies and labor unions and banks; in fact; any class that derives part of its income through government aid or other artificial means. We can’t change the law of supply and demand but we want to see whether or not some of these ar- tificlal prices are still within our power. It is only a small, weak ef- fort to make the‘scales of justice bal- ance. 4 proved a di Are we going to allow the fear of|the new tariff on hides. reducing our neighbors’ tax to stand|cent tariff legislation the same un- in the way of lopping off some of the/ friendly attitude towards stricken ag- burden of our own. That old fraud|riculture was shown to farm produc- of putting the burden of taxes on the jers of our great staple surplus crops, railroads, public utilities, merchants,/such as wheat, corn and cotton. elevators and absentee land owners is | §; being revived to defeat these laws.|were adamant toward the That old le, dead but unburied, in|reduction of manufacturing tariffs, many @ town and school district still | which would have tended to lower the smells to high heaven. It has always|living costs of our farm population. and returns to' They ; j destroy the sender. The elevator de- ducts it from the price of your grain, the merchant adds it to the cost of the goods and you pay it. You pay it and a commission for collecting. If you were to take all the tax off homes and farms, turn every cow, horse, hog or sheep loose upon the prairie tax- free and load the whole tax upon these utilities, they would probably not make any serious objection. Why should they? A tax is a tax. No matter what it is on or how it is collected. it Js direct or indirect. On land, stock, gasoline, tobacco, stamps or un- der whatever name it masquerades. The nub of it is there is too much of it. One man out of every 10 is riding in the old political chariot and Part of the other nine are climbing over the wheels. Townships, counties, states and national government vie with each other to invent new ways to get more taxes. Always more, never less. They can always add but the Process of subtraction is beyond them. In the present national ‘political cam- Paign we hear of great governmental economy but that is talk, pure and simple, but the new billion and a half dollar tax levy is something that we will probably be able to feel. The cure for these evils will come .from without, not from within. You have an opportunity in these initiated measures. This tax plant has made a wonder- ful groth in the fertile political soil of the United States. Starting from the tiny seed of a penny a pound on tea it has spread to every nook and corner of the whole country. There is no clime or soil from the Atlantic to the Pacific in which it does not thrive. It flourishes in both city and country. Wars water it. Political greed cultivates it. Crooks fatten on lit while honest people starve. It twines its graceful tendrils about our cradle at birth, follows us as a shadow through life and wraps itself about our coffin at death as though loath to let us go. Its depressing effect has ruined agriculture, closed banks, broken down the transportation sys- tem of the country and the commerce of the world stagnates behind tariff walls, We cannot reduce taxes unless we reduce expenses. These proposed laws have originated in the proper place. It would be folly to expect them to begin among those who feed upon taxes. They are just, but they are very liberal. They will become a safe- guard of the public schools. This is your battle. Vote “yes” on all these measures to reduce taxes. JOHN H. KYLE. | HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT Reeder, N. Dak., June 22, 19: Editor, Tribune: At the recent Republican conven- tion in Chicago the Republican party adopted a platform that needs to be commented on, in order to let the pub- lic know the facts as they are instead of the misleading statements as given in the platform. In regard to its stand on the agricultural problem the {platform adopted by the Republican party reads as follows: “In 1928 the Republican party pledged further measures in aid of agriculture, principally tariff protec- tion for agricv#tral products and the creation of, a federal farm board clothed with the necessary power to Promote the establishment of a farm marketing system of farmer-owned and controlled stabilization corpora- tions. N “Almost the first official act of President Hoover was the calling of a special session of congress to redeem these party pledges. They have been redeemed. “The 1930 tariff act increased the rates on agricultural products by 30 per cent, upon industrial products only 12 per cent. That act equalized, so far as legislation can do so, the protection afforded the farmer with the protection afforded industry and prevented a vast fléod of cheap wool, grain, livestock, dairy and other prod- ucts from-entering the American mar- ket.” There are in particular two items we wish to call the reader's attention to. The Republicans pledged tariff protection, as well as other considera- tions to agriculture and in reply to this they say they have done what they can do, so far as legislation can do so, and in view of this, they have redeemed their pledge to agriculture. But let us look into the matter a lit- tle further and see with what truth and sincerity these statements are made. At a conference of leading Progres- sives held in Washington on March 11 and 12, 1931, Senator Costigan of Colorado made the following remarks in regard to the tariff act of 1930: “It was during the unfavorable en- suing year (1930) that the highest tariff law in our history was enacted. That law was originally proclaimed as intended to aid agriculture; instead it has greatly burdened that stricken industry. Enacted last June, and hur- riedly approved by the president, the law has been followed by worse, not better times, and by increasing un- employment. This was to be expected. The law was approved by the presi- dent over the public warning of more than # thousand of America’s ablest economists, against the advice of our wisest business men, and regardless of the objections of many nationally known representative farm leaders. Instead of benefiting American agri- culture, it has tended té increase the prices of almost everything the farmer must buy, without increasing the prices of the great bulk of the prod- ucts he sells. Its benefits are trivial to farmers; its burdens substantial. For example, the law was so framed as to increase the average family’s cost for shoes approximately two and one-half times the amount of bene- fit that family under favorable con- itions might expect to receive from In our re- n for the administration insisted on continuing and in- ‘Whether | already creasing tariff subsidies for our ma- jor manufacturing industries, and Proposed no alternative tariff relief for the benefit of agriculture in its hour of direst need. At the same time the suggestion of leading farm repre- sentatives, looking to government aid for the marketing of surplus agricul- tural products abroad, were rejected by the administration with studied heedlessness. Here was signally illus- trated the manner in which our gov- ernment, year after year, favors the Prosperous beneficiaries of Privilege while turning a deaf ear to workers on farms and in factories, not to mention other. consumers.” At the same convention Milo Reno of Iowa commented on these same Pledges of the Republican party. He said: “I happen ta hail from the state that produces more hogs and Republicans than any other state in the Union, and they seem to get along very congenially, ... As an old-fash- foned Republican, and they are the only ones that are honest any longer, I regard a party platform as a con- tract, and the man who accepts the condidtions of that contract is as much bound to carry out his pledges as in any private business transac- tion. The man who accepts the re- sponsibility of a party declaration, a proposition made to the people of this nation through that party platform, and does not do everything in his power to redeem it, is a repudiator and should be discharged for incom- Petency or else dishonesty, and I am going to call your attention to just two pledges that were made in 1928. I listened to the first one very care- fully. It was in the speech of ac- ceptance by the president of the United States. I would like to repeat the sarcasm of the honorable chair- man and say one of the two greatest presidents, but I can’t do it, in which he made this pledge to sdciety, that if permitted to carry out the policies of the last 12 years, that with the help of God he would vanish poverty from this nation. Somebody has not been on the job. Maybe it’s God. I don't know. The answer to that pledge is more hungry stomachs in the United States today than in the history of this country. The answer to that Pledge is not Coxey’s army but Hoo- ver's army. The answer to that pledge is at least one and a half mil- lion bankrupt farmers in this coun- try today that have honorably and diligently fulfilled their duties to so- ciety. “The second pledge was made at St. Louis, Mo., the last speech before the election, and that was a solemn pledge that if elected he would carry out the party platform which guaran- teed to the American farmer economic equality with industry. That pledge .| went a little farther and said to the farmer, the little farmer, the little, in- {dependent farmer down at the forks of the creek, that we will protect you in your homes. You are the bulwark of society, and that he had no sym- pathy whatever with mechanized farming or mass production. In other words, he pledged «himself and his party to protect the little farmer on his homestead. I am asking that that pledge be redeemed and if it is not redeemed, it is up to the American people to redeem it for him.” The sum and substance of the promises of Hoover and his party were that they would restore prosper- | ity and put agriculture on an equality with industry economically. The an- swer has been a depression with un- ‘employment, bankruptcy, poverty and | misery in place of prosperity. For economic equality the farmer has been | handed the lowest prices paid for ag- ricultural products ‘in the history of man while the prices of manufactured jand tariff protected products remain almost on the same level as before. In spite of these tragic conditions fac- ing us the Republican party can de- clare that they have redeemed their pledge to restore prosperity, and to top off all this arrogance and self- conceit add that they have provided proper tariff equality between indus- try and agriculture, so far as legis- lation can do so, In other words there, is nothing more that can be done for the farmer when it comes to passing federal legislation for his benefit while this same administration can pass $2,000,000,000 reconstruction cor- poration acts for the aid of industry. Hoover's crowd do all they can to stabilize industry that has had an over-abundance of government pro- tection before and then turn a deaf ear towards the appeals of agricul- ture for consideration, and yet have the audacity to come out in their party platform and say they have re- deemed their pledges to agriculture. We just wonder how long this political hypocrisy and humbug is to be fe to the public. While we have presented facts which show that Hoover and his party have not fulfilled their pledges we shall, however, make one excep- ion to this. There is at least one case recorded where Hoover has al- most fulfilled his pledge and that is the following: In 1922, while Hoover was secretary of commerce, and therefore a mem- ber of the Harding cabinet, there came up the question of sending aid to Russia where the people were starving as @ result of a severe drouth of the year before, The question was brought before congress and Hoover was so interested in this matter that he opposed with all the power he had the sending of aid to’ Russia. During this time Hoover and Benjamin C. Marsh, secretary of the People’s Lobby at Washington, chanced to discuss the matter one day, and during their dis- cussion voiced the opinion that the greatest ambition of his life was to crush out Soviet Russia, Marsh, real- izing the dire condition of Russia at that time, and also Hoover's open activity in opposition to sending aid over there, asked if he would starve the women and children of Russia to accomplish his defeat of the Soviet government. Hoover an- starve =e Pledge over there he has partly ac- complished, it here in the United States instead. So we reiterate that for once the honorable Herbert al- Pledge. at THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1932 —————— EEE Dakota, the I. V. A's, have not said in their platforms or cam- Paign material about.this one great aim of their great spokesman. These Real Republicans try to be proud of the accomplishments of their party leader, Mr. Hoover, but here we find that they have nothing to say, nei- ther pro nor con, on this proposition which Hoover himself says-is the am- bition of his life to fulfill. Now why is it that you Real Republicans give neither credence nor support to these great (?) ambitions of your leader? Being Real Republicans we thought you had at least some backbone, but evidently you are not as Real in your Republicanism asyou imagine yourself to be. We wonder just why. A FARMER FROM REEDER, N. D., who always was a Republican. WHAT COMMISSIONS COST Bismarck, N. D., June 23, 1932. Editor, Tribune: . On June 16, 1932, I listened to a radio speech by the I. V. A. candidate for governor in which speech he re- ferred to statements made by the Nonpartisan candidate for governor, William Langer, relative to the five commissions created by the last I. V. A. controlled legislature, creating jobs for 65 new employes whose salaries were saddled on the taxpayers of the state of North Dakota. Hyland stated the different commissions, their pur- Pose and membership, and after enu- merating the membership made the statement “serving without pay.” Thus he went through the five com- \ Y 4-PLY SIZE 29x4.40/21 $49 EACH a ZZ ture, and believing that Mr. Hyland attempted to create the impression that these five commissions cost the taxpayers of the state of North Da- kota nothing, and in so far as cer- tain per diem amounting to six dol- lars in some instances and eight dol- lars in others incorporated in the pro- visions of these acts proves that a salary was actually drawn by mem- bers of these commissions and that Mr. Hyland deliberately falsified the actual facts in this address. I would like to submit the following-facts in regard to these commissions which facts were taken from the records of the state of North Dakota and let the voters of the state of North Dakota decide whether he is a man of suffi- cient veracity to place in one of the highest offices of the state of North Dakota. The figures are as follows: Capitol Building Commission: Ap- {pointed by governor, consisting of |three members, who are Adj. Gen. G. A. Fraser (received $250 salary as Adj. Gen.) and travel expenses on capitol commission to June, 1932, has drawn $1,300. F. L. Conklin, draws George Bangs, draws travel, and to date has drawn $1,553.49. Aaron T. Jahr, draws $150 per month salary and has drawn $1,860 to date. Frank Anders, secretary of capitol commis- sion with salary of $4,000 per year, or $333.33 per month and travel expenses, |to date has drawn $3,666.63 salary and $1,569.70 travel expense. Jahr apparently appointed by board travel, and to date has drawn $896.35. | retary, which is allowed in the law. Chicago International Exposition Commission: Commission composed of governor, secretary of state, com- missioner of agriculture and labor, commissioner of immigration and three citizens appointed by the gov- ernor. To receive necessary travel expenses of said commission. $18,000 appropri- ated for purpose. Iridustrial Survey Commission: Con- sists of governor, secretary of state and attorney general. Receive their | salaries as state officers and $10,000; | appropriated for expenses of the com- ; |mission. Their duties are to make a| | state-wide industrial survey, and they | make a report to next legislature. John B. Cooley, on this commission, draws a salary of $166.66 per month, | and to date has'drawn $1,368.30 ex- penses. Since last March John B.} Cooley has been on two commissions, | and seems from then on to have drawn a salary of $125.00 each on this |commission and on the North Dakota governmental survey commission, making his total salary $250 per |month and expenses. | North Dakota Governmental Sur- | vey Commission: To consist of five members appointed by the governor. |May employ secretary and such oth- er employes as seem necessary. Each member shall be entitled to his ac- and $6 per day for each day they are; absent from their homes on business | J. D. Root .. missions created by the last legisla- las superintendent and Anders as sec- | per day while at work on the com- mn. Duties to make comprehensive sur- vey of functions and processes of the entire government of North Dakota. $10,000 appropriated by legislature for purpose. Members appointed are: Expense Drawn C. D. Cooley of Mandan (tak- ing place of Carr) ... $121.43 V. A. Corbett + 181.50 « 257.51 |W. J. Bickert + 16410 J. B. Cooley « 97.92 J. W. Carr .. + 40.24 Missouri River Commission: Con- sists of five members, who are the governor, adjutant general and three residents of state, to hold office for two years. No compensation, but shall be reimbursed. for actual and neces- sary expenses. Appropriation of $5,000 made. Duties are to contemplate the Missouri river and its tributaries, and | conservation of the waters of princi- pal lakes and to cooperate with U. 5. to secure development and flood con- trol. Those appointed are: G. B. Metz- ger, has drawn to date $328.68. Frayne Baker, draws salary and expense, and to date has drawn $318.23. Adj. Gen. Fraser, draws expenses, and has drawn $404.01. Figures don’t lie but sometimes liars figure. ‘WM. B. FALCONER. It is said that five million years ltual expenses, and in addition $8.00 BUY THIS (A nationally advertised 4 ply tire) WHEN YOU GET THIS 6 p/y 6 full plies RIVERSIDE & from bead to bead you today! it is possible to produce. 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