The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 7, 1915, Page 7

“s q 1 THE NONPARTISAN LEADER PAGE SEVEN F armers Warmly Welcome the New Newspaper: To The Nongartisan Leader: No. 1, Volume ‘1, of Nonpartisan Leader ar- -rived today and I have sust_ finished readmg it. ‘It.came as a surprise, as I did .not .expect its first fesue. for some time:to -come. . Also.its articl:s and general makeup shows lt} no hap- hazzard publication but:thé product . of much thought and :preparation. When it hits its stride qit, will be worth while making some pf our big papers dodge the issues or try to ex- cuse their former ridiculing, slurricg ~attacks towards the Nonpartlsnn Lea- gue. This. issue, I hope, marks 2 new . epoch.to the farmers of North Da- kota. With highest hopes of success, I am . -Yours truly, ‘W. Maddock, Plaza, N. D. To the Editer of the Lcader: 1 have just received the fiust issue of the Leader. At last we have a. pub- lication which truly b2 longs to the farmers of our state. In it we can voice our-sentiments and discuss leg- islation which will henelit the farm- ‘er and not the big interests. +* The organizers ard b illiant men who first conceived the idea of g.t- ting seventy-five thousand farmers together in onz grand organization have accomplished their task. It behoovs us farmers, the rank and file, to do our share, to stand . together in one solid mass, to vote -and-work as a unit, to show the gang that we are.men capable of looking .after our own interests. . To this end det every member of the League put - up a solid front against our oppres- sors:and when election ‘day arrives return a unanimous vote from every country precinct in favor of the men VOTES FOR WOMEN The United States commission on ~industrial . 'relations, . appointed . by oledged..to do our bidding. L.t/ us| a man who works little for much pay. may it hey-day for the farmers. i .Yours for the success - of the “Ritbes”— & & 8. J. Aardahl, Litchville, N.: D. To the Editor of the Leader: I have jasterlooked over the first number of the Leader and am very much pleased with it. Having visited the chief gambling joints of the country, name- ly: The stock exchange in New York City, the Chicago Board of Trade, the Minneagolis Chamber' of Com. merce and the Grain Exchange of Omaha, and witness:d the inside workings of same, it has be:n clear to me for some time where the ma- jority of the fruits of producer’s toil went to. But the task of educating the farmer up to the point wh:re tley would stop this “illsgal” trade hzs seemed . almost imposs.bie. . However, I feel that the Nonpartis- an League has and is succeeding in doing this and that at least. the farmers-of the Northwest are on the right track. It also gives me pleasute to see that you recognize “editorially” the man whom the avarage farmer has a terdancy to look down upen, that is the itinerant werker or “jungleite’” as he is termed among his own kind. This man, voteless and driven from place to place through economic nec- essity is, and has been, fighting for the same thing the farmers are now battling for—the right to organize and secure more for his toil. On the surface of things it appears that the farmers and wage-workers’ interests are oppesed; 7o the laborer the farms er is a man who pays little for much work. 'To the farmer the. laborer is brother to protect herself. It is certainly wise and desirable for the state to protect the weak and deperident, and defend the de: President Wilson to probe the causes|fenseless, but how much wiser is that of social and industrial, unrest, has recently made paublic its report 1“l.‘hls report was drawn up by Basil M. citlzenshxp the disability which caus- ~Manly, director of research ard inves-{ @ tigation for the commission, and was accepted and signed by _Frank P. Walsh and Commissioners * John-B. Lennon, James O’Donnell and Austin B. Garretson. One of the oonclusmns gac}xed by | the commission is that *u4as @ result of their unprotected gonditiof woren " -and children are explmted in indus-/ try, trade, domestic sq\xvxse, and ag- riculture to an extent which threat- . zeds their’ health and ~welfare .and menaces.. the.. well being .of future Chairman | However, sooner orlater, they must all realize -that. their interests are the same and learn to stand together against the common enemy. We need the laborer and he is entitled to his share. We do not need the Chamber of Commerce. When. this parasite is removed farmer and laborer will be benefitted and we will be on the high road to the solution of the farm la- bor problem. Ira C. Frendburg, Hillsboro, N. D. Editor the Leader: I have before me the first copy of the Leader¢ and it is ‘with much feeling that I have gone over its pages. As one of the much. talked of or- ganizers I have been lookmg forward to the first issue of the paper with much interest. And whatever may have been the hopes and fears of the promoters and friends of the Non- partisan League we have at last ac- cemplished the launching of a paper, which without doubt will be the mest beloved as well as the most bitterly hated publication in the state, -and which stands in a class by itseif. In the first place it is published solely in the interest of the Ncrthwsst farmer and a great deal of its mat- ter will be compcsed by actual til- lers of the soil. Second, there is not a subseriber on the list receiving the first issue that is not a bona fide farmer. Third: It starts out with a eir- culation approximately three ' times that of any paper published in the state and its list .growing at the rate of better than 300 a day. In fact the North Dakota farmer ds the”whole thing in the Nonpartisan League of which- the., Nonpartisan state which removes from half its es them to be classed among the weak and dependent and which transforms them from the-defenseless into the. defenders?—defenders of" children and their right of childhood, defend- -4 vor. of. enfranchisercent .. of women:- with this: “In answer to the repeated : each your hand-to me,my fmend "With its heartiest caress— Sometlme there wfllcmne anend : generations.” And another is that 1 © «<i'the pesition-of women inindustry i o - has been rendered. doubly hard by reason of - their-lack oI training: for |- * industrial work, by the oversupply of - ‘such labor-and the consequent com- petition, by their traditional posit- , . ion of dependence and BY THEIR i DISFRANCHISEMENT.” ~ Suffragists are gratified to find that the first remedial ' measure recom- 5 mended by the commission is equal L . suffrage.’ On the other page of the| . A digest prepared by the commizsicn{: 7 . appears the. following significant - ‘'statement: “Among the recommend- ations ig’ & strong ‘argument ‘urging -equal political -rights for woien. as .~ ‘one’of the means by whieh-womren in|, + industry’ may obtain living wages. ) The rerort further says, “until this principle is recognized and wo- men are accorded' equal political rights, -the extension of state pro- tection of women, through Ilegisla-| ‘tion regulating working conditions; hours of service, and minimum wages is highly desirable.” -~ %80"in the opinion of these distin- gulshed commissioners the state pro- =* “tection of women through legislative enactments is necessary only until . “t.'such time as she ean go forth with - the ballot in her hand, as able as her A Would make all thc darkness day And alo somo sunny way @ \9 Lead me ugh an April-shower; Of my tear's to is ]‘an« hour Leader is the spoke:man. Oh! you North Dakata farmer, cnce you come to know .your power, whlt can stop your progress? The success of Big Biz in keepmg us-divided and disorganized is the on+ ly thing that can stop us. 'But take it from me, -the day -of the urorgane ized farmer is fast passing into his- tory in the state;of North Dakota.” It is amusing to look over the col- lection of state gpapers, such as the Fargo Forum, QCourier-News, Grand Forks, Herald, :Bismarck - Tribune. These, all this spring ard summer, slurred.and vilified our organization and the promoters thereof, all sing- ing different songs of' ridicule but -umiting in one voice that it was only, rthe ignorant -dupes among the farm+ ers who affiliated themselves with this; organization: and parted with their $6. .However, my experience in organization -work - throughout the summer taught me the ovpposite, I , | have always found two classes of men who refused to support the Ieague. The ore:class was in onc way. or an= other tied up with the banks-and big -business and the otker lacked int:lli- gence -of - solf-preservation—or in other words a man dead to the-inters est of -himself and his class. And the next thing I am looking for in the gang papars to whom the farmers are so “dear” is the cry of class legislation. But what have we tad but class legislation as long as North Dakota has been' a state? And the farmers have always been the victims of such legislation. And ‘now if the, tables are turned they 'squeal. . Well, WE, SHOULD “WORRY. - With kindest regards, An Organizer. ers of civic morality, of geace and of education? When the fifth biennial convention .of the :National:Women's Trade Tin- jon League of America met in " New York city -early in June, in it were féund delegates reporting that a majority of 7,000 women and children -Lin certain trades iy ‘Miszouri-receive less -than: $2 a' week -in ‘wages. demands for equal franchise. ‘They preface:their resalution.in fa+ statements * of - opponents -of -woman suffrage -that ‘working women do not want the .vote, .we, the National Women’s® Trade' Union League, Tepre- ‘senting tens of: thomsands of organi- -zed ‘working-women,.in. convention as» Jeen heard:in opposition 4o suffrage; | that the. -leagne frem’ its inception has stood for the enfranchisement of -, women, ‘and has at all its conven« - Jtions,: without _a -dissenting vote, in« ‘| sisted that ‘suffrage ds .a: necessary. instrument for -the etablishment of industrial justice,” GETTING EVEN. “There’s a church'near," said the ‘| country-farmer to -his paying guesffl 1 “not that I ever puts:mymose in it," “Anyi:hmg the matter < with = the viear?? . .= ! “Well, ‘it’s tfils way I sold the il'old ‘vicar milk and eggs and Dutler. and &xeese, and seeing as he patrons .| ized ‘me 1 patromzed ’im. But this: ‘| new <chap keeps ’ens. ‘If That’s your game; ‘I‘flmught,‘ : ’is own cow and ‘we’ll ’ave ’ome-grown religion, too,’ ™ —Tit-Bits. ' "APOLOGY: Germany’s apoll'o'gié's somehow recall | the little boy who was told to apolo- gize ' to another little ‘boy whom: he- am sorry -that you are a liar” This did something toward: increas- - ing - the fervor of the irade union* sembled, hereby :declare that no body of organized working women has ever,, | had :called a liar. He said: ‘Johnny, L 7 KEH STt 3