The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 9, 1915, Page 16

S S N B N AN N i 01538 20409 "SIXTEEN THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Hi’am A. Rube, Alrite! IN JUNE WHEN |T WAS was $1.50 BECKY,THAT'S|||{ sTILL $1.20, SHE SED MY WIFE,SED I LOOKED LIKA MILLION DOLLARS RIS An editor of a weekly paper up in the North Central part of the state pays the Nonpartisan. Political League a nice complimen by say- ing that ‘the growth of this organization has been the imost rapid of any sim- ilar body in the history of the north- west.” How refreshing it is to fird an edi- tor that staggers wup against the truth cnce in a while. Just Pipe-Dreaming But no sooner are we feeling hi- larious over thiz manifest truthful- ness and fairness when we are sent tumbling down into the depths of disappointment by a little further rerusal of the above mentioned “write-up’”, and find that its author shows signs of having been indulg- ing in a bad brard of pipe dope. For irstance we cannot hold back the loud guffaws, when we read thz following: Broke His, K Sacred Vow. “We inade a vow that we were not geing to say anything about the can- didates—not yei—but this write-up would be inzomplete without saying something about them. McCumber, who has been posing as the farmers’ friend, has had hopes of getting the endorsement of the League, but this he will not get.”...... “Gov. Hanna never had any hopes of getting the endorsement of the League.”........ Helgesen hopes to be endorsed by the League and it is entirely possi- ble that he will be successful.”..... Geo. J. Smith the Plaza publisher, I LOOKED PLEASANT, O s s The League will never stand for Tom Hall....... Tom is the feilow who stood in the back of ths hall at Bismarck and yelled “Retten.” Neither Fraine nor Linde hope to [iave the support of the League..... Wm. Langer cannot get the support of the League.” At the Wrong Fountain. We have quoted at length hecause it is so excruciatingly funny. The average person, upon reading the a- bove statement would be forced to conclude that the editor had been drinking deeply at the original fountain of undeflled information. He may have been drinking alright, but not at the fountain of informa- tion. \ No man having the slightest in- side knowledge or authority, has ev- er given out any such information as the above. It was spawned by the fertile imagination of some strad- dle-of-the-fenc2 don’t-know-which way-to-‘ump, knight of the quill. Trying to Confuse Us. PR et e SR SRR U S o Wt TS Y SR el Most positively and emphatically we again repeat the Leaguers must rot believe ANYTHING they see or hear about the League candidates until tkey see it in the Nonpartisan Leader.: These little crumb-pickers under tke table of the rich are sim- ply trying to fool you, to confu:e you, to muddle you. Miss Emily Porter of Philadelghia kas been elected fire chief at Welles- ley college. 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BUuT AFTER ALL MY HARD WORK WHEN AT BRO'T 70% SHE SED I LOOKED LIK' NOTHIN’ Farmer Gets Piece of Paper * By Eric Moen. We farmers have been easy. I'm the easiest one in the bunch. And it took a League organizer in a mud-covered Ford just five minutes to prove it. : For instance, we haul wheat to the elevator and store it. We receive little ulips of paper called grain checks in return—a penny’s worth of paper for thousands of dollars worth of good hard wheat. Then we hold for a raise. We hold pieces of paper. The grain combine holds the wheat-—also the money for that wheat. We hold, off our creditors, hold our children cut of school, hold back pre- parations for the holidays, our breath —and the penny’s worth of paper called grain checks. We wait. We keep on waiting. Then, we wait some more. But nary a rise in price. Setiling Time Coines Finally we have to let go. We settle up. We settle down. Then we begin to wonder why it was. Why was it that, with thousands of us holding onr grain for a high:r price, the market didn’t go up? * Since that organizer called I know. It’s easy. Here’s what he said in his own words,—and it opened my eyes so quick I couldn’t sign that nine dollar check fast erough: . “Holding your grain? ' Thunder, you fellows are not holding your grain you’re _holding GRAIN CHECKS! ‘THEY have the grain. You deliv- ered it to them. It takes DEMAND to make the price rise but you SAT- ISFIED that DEMAND. N — “What do they care for grain checks,—a fifty dollar clerk can fill out barrels of them. They want WHEAT. They GOT wheat. Also they . wanted to keep and use the Money for that wheat. They did keep and use it. What do you suppose they let you “hold” your grain FOR? “They have both the money and the wheat. YOU have the grain checks,—just pieces of paper. Thouzands Lining Up. “And as long as ycu remain satis- fied with pieces of paper you.are going to get pieces of paper. As long as you stand for low grices you are going to GET low prices. It is up to YOU. ‘Fifty thousand, - North Dakota farmer: have decided that they WON'T stand for it. There a thou- sand or more right here in Grand Forks county. They sent me to see if you had enough red in your blood to line up with them. “If you want something besides hard work, low prices, and pieces of pager your rlace is in the League a- long with the other farmers who want something. “Now is the time to act. Get in the game and show you've got a fight in you!” - "It was right at that point I put my name down. I knew it was time for me to “get into the game.” And I'm in the game to STAY. Gardena has a stock shippers as- sociation among the farmers, organ- ized by the farmcrs eclevator there. That looks like organizing to take care of their own interests.’ THE UNION NATIONAL BANK OF MINOT ' CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $90.000.00 - FARM LOANS negotiated at lowest rates. Prompt service. No bonus.. 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