The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 4, 1915, Page 2

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A e e A5 B s Nk s % tx(;'n, when the final ‘association will ' ry org‘fimi tion plans-of “the Ksms'xsl Ito benefitting humanity, are the ones - mary X mterest to{ 10 2 and mcrease zprice for wheat. i w2 AN ' i to gain selfish ends should come to an {end to be replaced by singleness of ; fafl'mrs who join the union not to PAGE TWO smdie, THE NONPARTI K ansas Farmers Plan| Te ‘Hold Wheat To Point of . Productlon' ‘ Nov. 1.—-A farmera trust that if it is finally worked out | will nval ‘the:steel, tobacco, and rail- “Yohd monopohes of the country, “is being lorganized by the farmers ofi Kansas. The chief object of the or-| gamzatlon is“to maintain the price} of wheat at the farmer’s door at not less than $1 -a bushel. v "The plan of the organization has Just been complbted and adopted- byx a mass c wentlon of farmers at 1 ast week. Mass meet- mers of “all the wheat ! growing counties of the stite have been dalled for Novembe1 19, when ‘kchosen *fo the state ol‘gam?a- be formed -at Hutchmson January -8, 1916 W ‘;;Wht T'hoy Plan -to'Bo Here re the objects of the -asso- g ‘am‘lounced in the tempora= | Wheat' Growers’-union: To flx theuminimum priee of ‘wheat, baced upon Fhe average-cost of ‘pro- ductmn, estimated “to be at least “$l'a bthfl, and "o -enforee ‘this mimi- | mum- priceshy-toncerted nomn-delivery. i To give ke market for the first: tew nwnbhs -afteér- harvest ‘tothose torced - togel ‘and vinterest 'tothose - who Etove by a monthly ‘increase «in firice of 2 .ceats a bushel, ‘beginning with Augmst-esth year, thus:prevent- img ~excessive - delivery-=at ' threshing time - ~and . poeviding for -delivery!and: navy in preblems of mational de- threughout ‘the -year -as-demand re: quires.’ i Torl Eshbhohoflnrkofi i stablish: - and © maintain ¢ pri- imarkets - and - -sales~- -agents | timmgh which-to - market their- sur- plus ~wheat” in.-the - most expedient | and veconomical way. . - i ‘Do -:gstablish--a -daily- trade paper: through which- reliable . information | exrert: advxce relatmg to -the| 145 ‘cai‘e of and . marketing | whsat can.be: given to the producer | hich-official organ the mem'bers and tfielr officers can com- | 7 y-opelate ’presentatlves, when ! otect the" interests of | wheat—-gwwezg_ in congress, ‘legisla- tures, and bafore-national and- state g 'M'de ng with matters of ] To secune "%he co—opeartlon of all mteresL_ lich- will- share-in the! ,rospenty ultmg from ‘a- stable; rmers Trust the farmers’ trust was| ‘a committee of farm- ‘county. ‘W. W. Bowan, uh, and = W. H. Kerr committee. All png residence in Kansas. ee was named at a mass ome- 400 - wheat growers nd Septeber 18, when it ¥ that some'such organiza- needed to' protect the ho- see their profits going whenever the price of #of their lands. +The associatin proposes. to bind the eir wheat except under direc- ~of the union and through the 'u?lgas agents. % i ’-The rassociation is organized and W5 for its objects some of the plans e old Farmers’” AHiance ‘that swept” Kansas ‘and all ‘ the farming ~ sections’ of the middle west twenty- |t five yeawago. ‘The -alliance :became. some extent SAN:LEADER Szgmfzcant Things in Events of the Bay Broad Minded A Men|ls ‘Gaflemmenfit Try-|Shipping Facilities Not Diplomats Must Solve War Problem Chicago, ~Nov. 1.—Broad-minded men of great mental attainments whose lives have been devoted to the betterment of -humanity, are the men Jane Addams would have upon the world’s peace commission in place of diplomats and international lawpers. Miss Addams, whose chief work for the last year has been the promulga- tion of European peace through per- sonal interviews with the warring governments’ heads, conference with ‘President Wilson and work at the International Peace congress in San i Francisco, outlined ker vision of the body of men which she hopes will some’ day rule supreme over the des- tiny of nations. Her opinion, she said, also ‘is the general opinion in “Europe. ' Miss Addams said: “We must ‘have men whose minds ‘are trained to visualize not only the [ needs of Germany or America, but of all -nations. “Men like Marconi, and others whose -entire lives have been devoted best ‘fitted to comsider problems of international portent.” Warriers “Gan’t ‘Biing Peace ‘Miss Addams then referred 'to the dipdomats -and - continued: ‘ When .universal peaee is attained, ‘it ‘will ‘not ‘be through the medium -0f ‘men whose lives':have ‘been de- voted “to:professional war making. “The idea 'behind the organization of ‘the .commission recently appomted by Secretary Daniels ‘to:aid ‘the army “fense ‘could ‘be -applied ‘to the organi- ‘zation of a werld’s peace commission. ‘“The- geniuses of every country, the scientists and men of commercial at- tainments, -could ‘be selected and ‘to j them delegated the power of the set- tlement of international disputes. These men would' be:broad enough ‘to grasp the needs of evvery nation and unselfish enough to act in the inter- ests of all peoples. Future Would ‘Bewsfit “Future generations would benefit by the work of such a body as this. { The high ideals and nobleness of pur- pose concentrafed in the commission would be reflected throughout the world.. “Reports of my recent utterances ! regarding diplomacy and diplomats kave been misinterpreted. It is not my intention to ‘slam’ these govern- ment agents. But it is my firm belief that the old days of secret diplomatic conferences with each .government seeking. through its representatives purpose - to- ‘benefit - all- mahkind through universal peace.” Solicitor General J. W. Davis, Unde Sam’s international lawyer and diplo- matic affairs’ expert, refuted Miss Jane Addams’ statement that interna- tional lawyers and diplomats are not | fitted to conduct peace negotiations because their training Thas been nar- rowed to give them a view only of their respective countries’ interests. “What Miss Addams says is not al- together true,” says '‘Davis. “In bringing about' peace it is :possible that the person who is a ‘professional in international affairs may-be able to help as much as the person who is. an amateur. Such a person might be able to help a little more than an amateur.” ¥ 3 The Leadef fights for the farmers. a powerful factor/ in agricultural ‘matters and really - was-able to con- trol pnees forfarm products .- .|doth .are very .able men. ‘lin the ‘case _is the presanta‘g ing To Lay Down on New Hayen Case? By Agness McSween. Washington, Nov. 1.—Indignant denial is made by the attorney gen- eral that he has placed inexrerienced and incompetent lawyers in charge of the New Haven prosecution, with a view to:losing the case for the gov- ‘ermment. ‘The attorney general would necessarily ‘make such a denial. -selection of unknown Iawyers is, how- “ever, causing general comment. Good Lawyers for McAdoo It s recalled here that when the whole ‘sdministration rushed to the defense of Secretary of the Treas- ury McAdoo and Comptroller of the Currency John <Skelton Williams, with a view to justifying their -high- handed treatment of the Riggs Na- tional iBank, the-attorney general em- ployed -as‘the attorneys in the case Louis D. ‘Brandeis, of Boston, and ‘Samuel Untermeyer, of New York. Brandeis 'is one of the most dis- tinguished and able lawyers of the country. -Untermeyer is ‘also distin- -guished by:his shrewdness and ability as a lawyer. The:natienal bank in this case had charged ‘that the :secretary of the treasury .and the .comptroller of the currency had ‘exceeded the autheri eonferred upen :them 'by law directors ‘they ‘maintained a fe of personal hostility. There was no great public ques invelved, ‘but .it ‘was regarded ;great political importanee that a charge ‘as ‘this ‘Should ‘be :disproved in court. § The New Haven prosecution is in charge of Batts and Swacker, the for- | mer a law . partner of” the attorney general of Texas, and the latter a former employ of the interstate com- ‘merce commission, who has been prac- ticing law, it is 'said, for but two years. The attorney general says that Mr. Batts has been a prominent member of the ‘Texas ‘bar for several years. Mr. ‘Swacker, as an ‘employe of the inter- state commerce '‘commission, aided in the development of the case against .| the New :Haven combination. In addition t6 this, the attorney general says that the New Haven case is so clear that it is only neces- sary to present the evidence to the jury in-order to obtain a conviction, unless, ‘indeed, ‘the .jury is determined to acquit the New Haven directors. In such an ‘event, the fault will be with ‘the .jury, and 'not with the prosecution. ‘While this- stateinent is reassuring, the -faet ' remains that Swacker and Batts are prosecuting men ‘who 1nd1\1dually, through their associates, control big business in the United States. Corporations Have the ‘Best Lawyers These men are represented by the ablest corporation lawyers that “big ‘business’ ’has been able to develop and employ. .If the ability of lawyers can get them out of their present embarrassment, these defendants will certainly have ‘the benefit of all that able lawyers -can do. In the meantime, the public, in ‘whose interest the case .against the New Haven directors has been brought, is solely dependent uppon Swacker and Batts. James W. Os- borne, of New York, is also of coun- sel for the goyernment, but for some reason, Mr. Osborne is taking no con- 'spicuous part in the proceedings." Here in Washington it is hope& h(s ém’&ihsxons* ‘and 'that all His® that the ‘atforney general is: jxght dn Result in Great Fi- nancial Loss .to Country. ST. PAUL, Minn;, Nov. 2—From various sections of ‘the country have come stories—vivid and -eloquent—of great heaps of peaches ‘rotting on the ground. That expression—"rot- ting on the ground”—is ~common in the United States. We hear it every year. Appples, pears, peachgs—all fruit——tomatoes, nelons—varmus veg- etables—all arz ‘rotticg on the ground.” It means that therroduzer cannot afford to pack and ship his rroduce at the prices that the micd- dlemen are willing to pay. “To mar- ket my ypeach crop,” says an Okla- homa .grower, who is permitting 3,- 000 bushels of peaches * to.rot on tke ground,” would wot bring me returns enough to pay me for my timg to-say nothing of returns for the crop itself and the receptacles in which it must be packed.” So he, like hurndreds of other growers all over the -country, has thrown his orchard produce into a huge pile; he has “ scrapped” it, consigned it to ret and waste. Worst of all :Beuntries. In no ether country -in the world is there a waste like this. :Here, how- ‘ever, -even thugh we know what it - means, we toleratg it. ‘Wi talk about it, discuss it, employ -experts to es- timate ‘the .annual loss :it ‘occasions and tell us how much ¢heaper things " |- weuld be if the waste were only part- ly reduced, but we :go mo ifurther. "Naturally, the pooducer ‘feels it, of ‘course, more :keenly thananyene else; it ~empties his ‘pocketbook. But-it al- so ‘helps to -empty ‘the wpocketbhooks of :all the rest.of us. While ‘thousands -of “bushels: of -paachss are “rotting on the ‘ground,” the ultimate. consumer is-paying crop failure prices for them. ‘Where the Truoble Lies. Most of our trouble is"due, expzrts tell us, to lack of facilities for trans- porting the surplus of one section of the country to another sgctin where there is a dearth. That, no doubt, is true. But there are other sources of the trouble. The producer, to bagin with, seems to be utterly helpless un- less the commission man comes to his rescue. . If the commission man ‘fails him he is lost. The Iong dépendence appears to have robbed him of iniat- ive. Yet it might seem that the Okia- - homa orchardist with acreage and trees enough to raize 3,000 bushels of peach:s—and others like him—with a considerable capital invest:d would be far-sighted and prudent enough to have at hand some means of hardling his crop if the commission man should fail him. Would there not be a mar- ket for these peaches if they tvere cannegd? Or could he not, by one way or another, market his own crop—amd direct to the consumsr? Perhaps,-af- ter all, if the producer, the orchard- ist, the farmer would také the pains to learn as much about the commis- sion business as the comission man learns about the crops, a good deal'of the waste would be eliminated at en: ce. ! : ; It’s time the other fellow paid’ your price awhile. Turn about is only fair play. _ : ¥ -_— the evidence of the jury. At the 'same time it is recalled that the pub- lic interest in many very imyportant instances has suffered through inad- equate presentation of ‘the: ‘govern-. ments’ side in court proceedings: How First Trust Case Was Lost The first anti-trust case was lost by the government, as the suprem2 court subseqpently proclaimed in lits 2d | decisions, thecaise of inadequate ‘pre- of sentat)on by the ‘government.

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