The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 28, 1915, Page 10

o i \3 R G e 9" 9T St PR P ¥ R4 Immmwm ; _ l PAGE TEN g Fros THE NONPARTISAN LEADER . e R e s e D P R TS First Money Conference |trial thought of the country. ; “ , |~ How _to extend the nsatien's agri-| Chicago, 1ll., Oct. 24.—The first|culturists a more practical long-‘t-inch Government meney ‘conference of thei| credit at a lower rate of intex:est is, United States was called to order|2 p.r:ble.rntth;:t mus(ti il_)& m:; ‘fl::(: bere today by Dr. Karl F. M. Sand- | country is to be caved from the gr berg in behslf of the People’s Moneyof the Money Wl’ League. -}~ _This _ conference will be watched This conference will be addressed |With interest and we hope to be: by the leading thinkers of the coun- ‘t’}l:le to (l’:tlr gfivteh_our x:faders»sqx_net:fg try on -the perplexing: problem ofthe results of this conference in the money in general. Some g‘f the sub- | future. In fact the Leader has cor:n-: jects discussed are: Basic Principles | Pleted arrangements whereby we will) of “a Sovereign or Law;Made Meoney,|be able to do this. Shall Government Money Be Paid or Loaned -Into Civculation, Government{PLAN NATIONAL WAR BUDGET Issue of Full Legal Tender Meoney, OF NEARLY $400,000,000. Money Without Interest, The Next. — Step'in ‘the Eveolution of Money, The Money of the Fiture, Land ‘Currency, Rural :Credit and, State Development, Rural Credit in Denmark, etc., ete. This promises to be one of the most far-reaching conferences of its | available today it is proposed for thej kind ever held. 4 : | mext six years at least to increase ap-’ Tt is recognized by students of the propriations from about $225,000,000 money question that a radically -dif- | by from $145;000,000 to $175,000 =m- ferent system of curremcy mwust be nually. The differing number of new devised in order to free the people | dreadnaughts - authorized each vear from the grip of the money power | will caure a fluctuation. of Wall Street. Money reform. is .one bf the fundamental factors in the|the army range from $155,000,000 to —_— Washington, Oct. 19.—An .annual ‘war” ‘budget of from $360,060,000' to $400,000,000 is the plan involved | in the administration’s natienal de-] fense program. According to figures now permeating the social and indus- |:diture of $184.000,000. | ] l Presents for All That Will Write Answers to Our Probleiis, FIRSTPRIZE - - Twenty Dollars in Gold SECOND PRIZE - . Ten Deollars in Gold THIRD PRIZE - - Five Dollars in Gold FOURTH PRIZE - - - Three Dollars To Every School Pupil Under 19 years of Age That Sends an Ans- wer The Leader Will Send a Beautiful Christmas Card Free. HERE ARE THE PROBLEMS. A North Dakota farmer took & wagon load of wheat contain- Ing 52 bushels ‘to an elevator where the whest was graded No. 4 and docked 6 -pounds. ! 3 Two days later he took another wagon load, 52 bushels, of the same wheat to another elevator and it was graded No. 2 and Ppaid for at- the price of No. 1, while it ‘was docked only 2 and one-half pounds. ' Between the price received for the first load and the net price received for the second load,. allowing for fluctuations of the market uneanwhile, was a net actual «difference -of $9.87. Su the ‘total wheat crop of North Dakota to be 110,- 000,000 bushels. ; ‘Suppese it .all to be put into wagons containing 52 bushels each. ; » Snpfiose that because of misgrading and - there is ’{osfi to the Tarmers that raised it $9.87 on every second wagon oad. HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED: 1.. What would be the total amount of loss in dollars to the farmers of North Dakota in Dockage and Grading Alome? > ) o How many automobiles at $460 each would that amount y'3. How many boys and girls would that amount send to col- lege for four years at $400 per year? ? : 2 4. If it cests $100 for a month’s wacation For & farmer’s ! As these Speculaters are the .enly ; |3t that s very Httle, it any at w1l Annual expenditures planned for | mous profit. ! i great progressive movement that is $175,000,000 after mext year’s expen-: s | i | | OUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT "READ THIS ALL YOUNG PEOPLE To Have Govt Elevators |ers of Argentina last year lost from this source alone more than $70,- The Union Star of Brookneal, Vir- |900,000. This Tact brought sbout the 1 ginia, of recent date, quoting another, determination to build government says: i One of the great wheat producing ity to hold the farmers’ grain. countries of the world, the Argentina Pas: y 2 % + nd s gme $3:,- republic, is about to try an experi- It is W Q;3DenC S0, ’t ment is government ownership thet 000,000 in building these goverr}mc.en will be, if not entively new, at least | €levators. The contract for building ’ o i E " . . oy b - more extensive in its line than has|them in all ‘probs _! o ko ever beett ttrie@l before. ;very seen to a former .'Z[:opeka man, The wheat raisers of Argentina|C: A Fellows, who has just return- have suffered greatly om acceunt .of, ed from Argentina, where he made o x . Y k a 3 e imsufficient elevator facilities. As a Wh“ *’:‘h:e;ls. e, ‘:fs a] suc::i;? result, the grain is often piled up on bid “on ke i : elevators of sufficient number and ca- | the ground =nd “subjected o thel©s weather. This naturally vesults in ‘a) good deal of damage to the grain. |, ‘The specutators then come aleng and'v offer "to buy the wheat =t the low-i: est price for bmdly -damaged grain. {! For years the farmer - has tried | to’ separate WILD oats ; from his seed with fan- Saie | ning mills and grad-! ‘Wee have ers yet in the fall For learned . he has that it takes a oah special separator ‘W'iid to de this perfectly. We | are now puttingen the mer- ket what is known' as the Cotton Flan- n¢él Lined Drum, highly recommended by agriculturists and seed men, : te - 2 ‘rate forca : {:d:y. Address, Hoiland Wild Oats ‘Separator Mig., Fargo, N. Dak. buyers having ‘effected a complete combine, the farmers are compelled to take whit they offer. The spec-| ulators, or grain buyers’ combine, i then takes the wheat, grades it, and/] as there is a_large proportion of || dameaged, tthe combine ma¥kes an -enor- i The secretary of agriculture for| the republic estimates that the farm: | . ) wife and three children how many such mothers would be able with this ameunt to enjoy a vacation of travel and mecreation? 5. How .man! membersfiéf in the Nonpartisan League would the amuunt pay for at $6 each. How many at $10 each? 5 6. If the farmers of North Dakota were to establish their own -elevators would ‘they not eliminate the loss they now sustain ind and in gra ] ely ewned elevators? Wat is a par:;i!g?by adeib 8. How many 1 now pnbliéhed in the state of North Dakota have advocate e ‘abolition of the present system of do;:kage and misgrading of grain? Why have not the others done s0? . 9. If the farmers, who comprise 73 percent-of the population, stick together, can they or can %n,-y not change the Taws of North Dakota so that they will zetain for themselves and their families the money. that is now taken from them by the present system of docking ‘and misgrading of grain? ' RULES AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST . Write plainly. Give name, postoffice .address, county and state, % Contest open o all schesl Boys and scheol girlls under the age of nineteen years. o All replies will be comsiderod that reach the office of the rtisan Leader in Fango met fater than 12 o’clock mosn on Dgcgmber 15. Eunclr contestant will e allowed fo sond but ome set of answers. ¢ . Neatness in writing and brevity of statement will ‘be faver- ably considered. 2§ ) ; &3 Write on one side only of the ‘paper. Mail Answers to “Contest Editer’, Nompartisan Leader, Box 919, Fargo, North Dakota. Names of ‘the winners will be printed in the Leader of December 29, % We invite all sur young friends to enter 1his contest. All awards ‘will be sirictly on merit. 3 tae 0 ] ~W~'M"IW LTI IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIHIIIIHMIIIIIIIWIIHI"II_..'—E ' C.J.LEE,Presidfent «C.B.MAY, Ist VicePres. J.W. WASSON, 2nd Vice-Pres. A, M. BAKER, Sec’ G. 5. YOUMANS, Gen' Mgr. Valley Gity, N. D. Asgmsyille, N.D. |, V&a, N.D. Fargo, N. . ’ and Treas., Minot N. .i).gr » RURAL CREDITS # i FARMERS RURAL AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $500,000 WHEN AND WHERE HELD ; School Sessions will be held ‘each afternoon a12:30 :and evening at 7:30, for five comsecutive dmys, Monday to Priday, inclusive. These schools will be definitely located, and ‘dated, when at lenst fifty students have been enrolied for a School in =z eertain-locality. - Special cash ‘prizes will be given @way ¥or the best papers on various subjécts, as outlined in privted Hterature. o » A compjete course of stpd’y will be furnished, to teach farmers : How Farmers can ‘Co-operate “to ‘Increase Farm ’Pi‘oflt'-. ' S SR N CHARTERED 1915 CREDIT ASSOCIATION Rural Life, Rural Credits, Farm Necessities, Production, Markfiug," Taxation, Ceo-operation, IIIHHMIHI_IMIIIIIIIIMIIIIllllllIlll!lilllfl!lllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIlIllIll|IIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllIIlIllll|IIIIlllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ; 2 MINOY, NORTH DAKOTA Q : Given Under the Direction of Farm - Organization, and Financing, \Farm, Business FREE INFORMATION BLANK Farmers’ Rural Credit Asseciation, ik - Mnot, North Dalwta. X 1 i 'Gentlemen: 4 X " i I am in faver of Farmers Scheols to teach Farmers ‘how to i Co-operate to dmcrease Farm Profits s i . Kindly msil me ¥ull partieulars. - " Name .... : S0, cess - | . _ Write name and address pifinly, cut out, then mail in for free | information covering Farmers’ Schools. . . : e SR —O——wm