The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 2, 1916, Page 2

TWO ~ THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Farmers’ Nonpartisan League Has Stood the Test The. first. trial has: been made: and your: Farmers” Nonpa.rtlsan League STOOD THE TEST ! - You won—the political trickster:lost:.. February 22, 1916, North: Dakota tillers of the soil stood up together for the first time, ON THEIR POLITICAL LEGS, and began to walk. That day dates the beginning-of your control of this state. You.responded to the call to action ALMOST TO A MAN'! Behind closed doors, with practically every member present, you selected REAL PATRIOTS to guard your homes and your welfare., The politicians look on in dismay. 5 You have made the first great step as you “go on to make a clean sweep: of the state.” ; You surprised yourselves. : o You have discovered that you can act together Business gentlemen who prated about farmers not being able to organize and “stick together” now stand aghast. Your determination for united action and loyalty to your organ- ization is the wonder of the day. It is the hope of all good people. One purpose—the good of all—harmony, unity of action. You have proven that in your organization are all three. IF YOU CAN KEEP THEM—one purpose, harmony, unity of action—YOU CAN WIN THE GREATEST VICTORY OF THE CENTURY. But be on your guard. YOUR GREAT DANGER LIES NOW IN- LISTENING.TO. . THE ENEMY WHO NOW KNOWS YOU ARE UNITED- AND WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO STIR UP DISSENTION AMONG YOU. THEY MUST DIVIDE YOU AGAIN OR THEY CANNOT MAINTAIN THEMSELVES. Your purpose is very great—you want to keep in North Dakota what belongs to North Dakota—and to you. Congressman Young shows (read Leader of February 24, page 5) that the gambling and shipping trust were reaping a profit on wheat, above all legitimate expense, of 51 cents per bushel, Novem- ber 27 last. THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO MORE THAN FIFTY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS ON YOUR 1915 CROP! President Worst, in his address at the graingrowers’ conven- tion here at Fargo (read the Leader of January 20) points out another big loss. He showed that the by-products alone, on one year’s wheat crop, NOW ALTOGETHER LOST TO NORTH DA- KOTA, AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN FIFTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. Fifty-five million dollars worth of by-products lost each year Letters From Members Express Hopes and Determinati'on of Rank and File f0060&000&0000000000x on wheat, says Worst, and fifty-one: mlllion dollars to the gamblmg and shipping trust, says. Young.. According to these eminent authontles—ONE HUNDRED AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS. ARE LOST EACH YEAR TO NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS. If there are 40,000 farmers in North Dakota, each farmer loses $2650. Lost to.you BECAUSE. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ORGANIZED . TO HANDLE YOUR OWN BUSINESS. This is your own ploduct and it goes now to gamblers and g business: interests outside of thé state: What part of this $2650, is the $6 or $9 which you pay to build the League to-get that $2650 ? WHY DO CERTAIN BANKERS AND OTHER BUSINESS " GENTLEMEN AND SOME NEWSPAPERS TALK ALWAYS OF - THE. $6: OR: $9 THAT YOU SPENT ONCE FOR YOUR GOOD, AND NEVER MENTION THE ONE HUNDRED MILLION DORL.- LARS, THAT THE MASTERS TAKE FROM YOU EVERY . YEAR?- How far will you get if you listen to them ? 1 repeat, your purpose is very great and you can retain. as much of this one hundred six million dollars that justly belongs to you, AS YOUR LEAGUE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP. WHEN EVERY NORTH DAKOTA FARMER BELONGS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOU ACT TOGETHER AND VOTE TOGETHER YOU CAN RETAIN IT ALL. Then will North Dakota be a great state and her people truly great and happy. NO NORTH DAKOTA CITIZLN ENGAGED IN LEGITI- MATE BUSINESS HAS ANYTHING TO FEAR FROM THIS PROGRAM. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FOR 25 YEARS FED THE STATE AND DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY -PAID ALL HER TAXES ARE NOT NOW GOING TO_RUIN IT. Every North Dakotaseitizen engaged in legitimate business will be benefitted by this program. North Dakota is all ng;xt—the trouble is in the way it has been run. Come, let us make: a change and catablish one place on the face of the earth where honest, -indrustrious people can live, w01k and rejoice. It is your golden opportumty Sit tight and be ready f01 the next move. - President XOOOOdGOOOOOOQOOuGOX X00000000000000Q0.000X [} o o PROUD HE’'S A MEMBER o o —_— o o. I received certificate of mem- o @ bership and feel proud that I am o @ a $6 sucker and the Leader is.the o o best paper I ever subscribed for. o o For it sure ain’t afraid-to tell.the o o truth and fears no one, and there o 0 is no reason why . it should: be o when it tells nothing but _the o o truth. F. O. Helstrom’s article o- o was sure worth reading January. 6, o: o0 1916. That Crafty and: Slipry is: o o quite a joke. It makes me laugh o o. when I read it. I read your paper o: o from cover to cover and every o - o time I get the mail the Leader is o o. always the first one:F read. T o o hope the farmers will stick. to- o o gether. Then: we: may- stand a o o little show in- this worldi—A.. H. o: o BARTLETT. (1) X000000.0000000000000X Believes in League I am a firm believer in the principl- es of the League and am: doing all’ I can to promote same. We farmers of’ this locality are very much wrought up over the way we:have been: exploit- 3 by Big Biz through the: banks; and: loan sharks. We are in.favor of state owned terminal elevators and mills.. I believe this old state of North Dakota will get a terrible shaking up next fall by the farmers, and why not? We are the whole life of the state and why can we not run it a. little to our own advantage?—ED-- ‘WIN D. KNOTE. All Wool, Yard Wide I must say the League has made a 0od step—all wool and: a yard: wide.. %have been sick for some time but will do all in-my power to stay with you. Hope we will not-gett any of those big fellows on our ticket that will: “beller” for high tariff, for that would: be-a o am nlug ing, ever, give-away, as that is the first step to help: Big. Biz:.' Twesty=/" ] READ: WITH INTEREST o The: Nonpartisan Leader with o o lts electrifying articles denounc- o o ing the shameful treatment of the o o farmers of the state by present o OOOO .o office holders, is read' with intense o o interest.—A. SCHLENDER. ) [1 3 0: X0000000000000000000X five cents. of tamfi’ on wheat and so on would make the farmer pay one dol- lar more on the hundred pounds of flour, and the wheat 20. cents less than it is i Canada, and' God' knows living is high enough. Do we want sugar higher? No. Do the women want to go back and wear men’s socks as they:had-to be- fore Wilson was: elected? . No. we want in this state is cheaper money so: the: people: don’t have to: work for the ters: much longer: G 1?] enJoy the Leader—rea.d it all. Farmers: Need It That Nonpartisan Leader is a paper: every farmer should have because: - there isn’t anothen paper so; interest- ing as that is. I wish you all success, ' —J. G. NEUSTEL SR. xooooooooooooooooooox o 0 o WANTS EVERY FARMER IN o ) o o I mislaid: my: last. copy. of the o o Leader and couldn t afford to lose o o a number, so please send me an- o o other at once. I see more real o. o good ‘information: and work in o o‘ I:ltem every week. Every farm- o ht to: get the Leader so they o ow what is going along. 1 o time I go to o I surely want every o o may o t‘armer to. get into: the: ol o tion.—WM. BOHLIG. XGQQGGQWOOOOQOODOOQO What . -of ‘my- neighbo! -0 o o S % -] o : o. PLEASED HE'S A SUCKER‘. o o, Enclosed: find check for my o o membership and. withdraw the o o. post-dated. check from the old o o line grafting institution. I am o o more than. pleased to belong: to o o the $6 sucker _party.—OLE o o SOLBERG. o o ; [ X000000000000000000X Best Paper He Gets - I have mislaid my recelpt for mem- bership in the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political League and. can’t find it, and would be very much obliged it you .-would send me a' duplicate of it. I joined" in' July, 1915. I am getting: the Nonpartisan.;Leader and: exupy reading it more: -than any. oth {Iitfiléef ‘T :l;opt&;ye “wall s wm ght for be goyernm: BERT RUTHERFORD. Wants Neighbors In You may send me a couple of blank: petitions and I shall: try to get some: rs to become members. The League is' all right and I take great interest i in your paper. —THOS. BARNES. X0000000000000000000X ) MAKE MARK IN HISTORY o hope the day is not far away that o the Leader will be a daily paper.. o . It sure speaks the truth. As o qoeope,eo o: to’ nominate a delegate to: the o o legislative convention, who sure o o will serve the farmers interests. o [ " we: will make a mark in o o, history on: that neble date—Ai R:. o o MARTIN, ‘o o . 0 I like to read the: Leader and o near as-I' have found the farmers. o’ o..of this: precinct: will do their best o X0000000000000000000X o ¥ (% A CHANGE OF FRONT o o o Editor Nonpartisan Leader: o.. I think. you hold my check for: o $6, which I gave a Mr. B. B. Wells. o:-on September: 9; 1915. 1 gave o o him: this check. more because.I o o wanted to get rid' of Mr. Wells, o o than a desire at that time to join o o; the League.. o I figured, however, that by o o making my check payable at some o o future date, I would have a chance o o to-see what the League proposed: o o to do, and in which way it was o o going ta get at it. () o . My first opinion was that yow o o were teo: radical, and as I believe o o that each and every man has- o o: some good points, your abuse of o o o o o r 0 (1] ‘0the parties in power and the ter- o o—nble ‘cartoons, went against my o o; grain, o ' Now,: although I think at times. o . 0 you are still too.radical, I find that o a thie move stands for lots of good: o o and may lead to a great deal of o o good, not only for the farmer, but- o nearly: every North Dakotan. o o of which I have been one for 34 ) ok After reading the, first three or: g i o four issues I went to the bank and o o atopped, payment on the cheok, ) o heen. retumed. "o From the above .you ma eee- i o that I- have had some change of’ :7_ o front, and - you may therefore o "o again: present the check for o .0 ment, ‘and will mebruet the l?a&:; o a to _honor same. ‘0 @ Would' yow rather I send & o 0 meney: enderrmma then i £ o stmct me.-—G, y - f"‘,fi L . X:0/0.0/040/0/0.0.0:0.0:0:0.010.0:0 G OR ! 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