The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 25, 1915, Page 5

THE NONPARTISAN LEADER PAGE FIVE Among The Live Boosters For The League HERMAN LEMATTA, - : 7 Herman Lematta, near Guelph, N.’ Dak. ‘was born in Norway ‘and came . with his. parents to N. D. in 1883. Ha. farmed all his life and is a strong Leaguer. H. E. JURY. H. E. Jury was born in Illincis in 1877. He moved to Nebraska in ea-ly life and came to North Dakota in 1910. He has farmed all his life and Sees the value of the League. C.E. DINSMORE & OSCAR BiLLEY. JOHN A. SKOGLUND g : : This is a picture of C. E. Dinsmore and Ozcar Billey, of VanMeter Town- John ‘A. Skoglund was born in Gotenberg, Sweded in 1879. He came ‘to N. Dak. in 1904 and settled near Geulph where he has farmed ever i ship, near Ellendale, N. D. thresking the Dinsmore crop. They are both A boosters for the League Northwood township is not finish« ( ed yet but Hans Tufte has promised to arrange it so that the organizer will have clear sailing. it | | - John Peitron of Avon joined the|: League last spring, so when his son asked him to go out with the or- ganizer a day he didn’t hesitate. He had some cement work to do but con- ship the most pressing. Halvor .Thompson of Walle town- o ship. is about ready to. retire but % did not - begrudge $6.00. and a half - _day’s time. to help the organizer " . reach his: neighbors, 1 - : T J. Ronan of Ferry township was M. * Chicago, Nov. 20.—A Iot of pople were hungry: :This: man started out to feed: them. Last winter he fed 100,000: men. ' Not one of ‘them paid. “a cent for his meal. It was a big i6b. of needed charity. No good ad- vice was mixed with the food. When that was asked for or:' was plainly. needed it came after the grub. The best: advice won/t. go. far with a man whose ‘b:lly is empty: W‘hl!e he was out drubbing up free ‘raw material>for- 100,000° meals the man ran his ‘hose hard, into a big:eco- nomic-problem. ‘He uncovered a situ- - business man. He- would: - like “to know. what, Chicago. husiness men. ar gomg to do about it?: @ots Supply in Michigan. h q On' the side ‘he left thousands. of '+ people:who rarely get enough to eat; who never get. fresh fruit and fresh vegetable ,“because they cannot_af- > sidered the: organization of his town- | “‘ation which is a sad reflection on‘the boasted efficiency of the American ~He. simply crossed Lake Michigan. the first man approached by our or- ganizer in his vicinity. Mr. Ronan not only signed up, but dropped his iwork and went along and got'twenty ‘more. Peter Stromsodt of Rye township 'spent two days with the organizer and his township shows: it. Ole: H. Brenna did not stop with his own name. When he got out of the organizer’s car at noon Brenna: township had twelve more farmers in the League, including his two sons. Blooming township a;pp. ars on the League map through the efforts of Lewis Johnson. Mr. Johnson could ground because they could not be sold - for enough to. pay the: cost of: raising - them. - He.- found: whole or- chards ‘of peaches and pears, hang- g.|ing heavy with fruit, which the own- ers could not even afford to pick at ‘the prices offered’ by the Chicago markets. Loses Money Packing Fruit. -ed, ‘and. packed 800" barrels: of arples ‘and shipped them to Chlcago What :he- got: out of the: shipment was a re- ‘quest: to serd-a .check for $3 to pay the balance of the freight. His net return on 2,000 bushels of prime fruit king, sorting, barrels, and hauling: | The ‘total loss, on. the: crop was at least: §500, : On one side of the lake’ thousands t*be ‘producers: can’t afford: to ship it! On'- the . cthen thousands: of peopls ‘going. hungry because they can’t af- ord to buy food. mooth: water between, them, aches, hangx on ' the trees unti ‘convention. ©One man, for instance, picked, sort-. ‘was’ a deficit of $3. rlus the cost of] food: - going to. waste because’ And fifty miles since. He is'a League booster. have been plowing that day but he considered organization -the most im- portant and tied up his. team to help the organizer. August Marquardt of Michigan township, not only put his team in the barn and acompanied the organ- izer but also did the -talking wher- ever it was necessary to talk German:. Mr. Marquardt donated, nearly two, idays’ time to the League and counts it time well spent.. Thomas Kenmir helped put Chester township on the map and then over- hauled and tuned up the League auto while the: organizer was making his report.. Who says. farmers _co-operate? South Water Street in the twilight, picking half-rotted fruit. Dr. Myres “the Angel*’ The man is the Rev. Johnston My- ers of Immanpel Baptist church. . Dr. Myers did not stop - with making.a nice, little easy thecoretical investi-- ‘gation. He went over to. Michigan last fall to. speak at a Sunday school ‘When ke saw the fruit and vegetables going to-waste on the ‘Michigan farms he changed the sub- ject of his- address;. He asked the Michigan farmers, some of whom fac- ed the loss of a large part of their cror, to'lose a little more in the name of Christian charity. “If I raise morey to. pay:the freight:| to Chicago and attend to the haulin and distribution of the stuff among the poor of that city, will you put gan. free of ckarge? It was a good deal . Tons 'of W lnt. Tpkipg the whole ‘some of your serrlus fruit and -pro- ‘duce abroad' the-cars here in- Miclu- to ask but. .thex sent several carloads -of fresh: 'fruit and vegetables to the pastor of Immanuel church and he.saw that' In Michigan a thousand: bushels. of :thousands of ' baskets wera sent: out: {Jito. poor: families, = : people 2o hungry almost: within sight Hugh Marshall’ saw to it that the organizer had, a good chicken dinrer before he went out with him, which perhaps partly explains why Oak- ville township needn’t be ashamed; iof 'its showing. The mills, elevators, railways, and banks are this year taking from North Dakota farmers an amount ‘equal to the entire wheat crop. of {1915 if sold at a dollar a bushel. A farmer divided against himself ‘canot stand. If the Nonpartisan League kéeps : on the Minneapolis Chamber of Com- cannot | merce will have to send their lob- bies here in submarines. | Thousands Are Hungry While Food Rots it is estimated. that at least two- thirds of the total peach crop was rot even picked from -the ‘trees this vear. It was a total loss and waste of thousands of tons of food. To ‘complicate - the situation, August {Geweke, presidnt of the Cook County. Farmers and: Truck Growers” union, declares that every year within ten .or fifteen miles of Chicago tons of vegetables: are allowed to rot in ‘heaps .on the grourd ‘b: cause the :price’ paid- in: the local’' market will ‘not .cover the: cost: of hauling themt to town. Dr. Myres pcints to the contrast which: such a situation presents to the conditions now: prevailing in Eu- vope: In Germany, France, England, and practicaly all the warring coun- ‘tries the government has, taken con- ‘trol of the food supply. Every scrap ‘of food 'material is husbanded: by govern‘nent ord:ir and great cams paigns are being cenducted to teach ‘peaple how to get the most out of .everything which can be raised.. Meanwhile in Chicago and in every ‘other ‘American city thousands of ; uheapmndhemplmw feod phesg o