The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 6, 1916, Page 27

i i. 3. 1 4! i S A ST P ey e e e e e e A e e ! ¢ ot {3 i 4 i ¥ i ! i ¥ i it 53 e e i TWENTY-EIGHT THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Crites Praises the League’s Candidates Equity Mafiag;er Indorses Men Whe Have Been Selected for High Ofiices J. G. Crites, until recently manager of the Bquity elevator at Lisbon, new- ly appointed: general manager, of the Fquity Cooperative exchange at St. Paul, opened the convention. mass- meeting in Fargo Saturday moining, April 1, with a talk on “Terminal Elevators and Grain Gamblers.” He told of the profits made by elevators and grain buyers on screenings, for which the farmer gets no pay. He said on the grain he cleaned at Lisbon before shipping it out the elevator made $3,600 last year. “There are 2037 elevators in the state, and if what we made is a, fair average—and we didn’t clean all our grain—you can see what is lost to the farmers of North Dakota on this one item alone.” Mr. Crites declared he was against shipping grain out of the elevators at primary markets until it was. ac- tually sold and the farmer actually paid for it. He was referring to the practice of shipping out stored: grain and buying hedges against it. which he said was gambling an an evil out of which. the grain gamblers made big money. - “I am not a member of this League,” he said; “because: I. am not a farmer. I am a farmers’ hired: man, running- an, elevator for them, but I want to say I am: with you: frem: the start to finish, I am: a: Demoerat: but 1 am going down the line for your ticket, regardless of whether they are Democrats or Republicans. Those who know Mr. Frazier, whom you put up for governor, say he one of the finest, - truest, most honorable men in North Dakota, and he is a real man and a farmer. That’s the kind of a man who should be governor of this state. “T am glad you have indorsed that man. Langer for attorney general. I want to tell you something about him. He’s the man who cleaned out the blind-piggers in Morton county and he has turned them into honest farmers. Now I want to say that that’s going some. (Laughter and cheers.) I am glad too that you have indorsed my friend Casey for state treasurer on the Democratic ticket, I can guarantee him. You could not have done better in your selections.” Ray McKaig, farmer of Morton county, ex-preacher and lobbyist at the 1915 legislature for farmers’ measuves, gave a talk on “Clean Leg- islation,” in which he told a few mortality. companies do. Every Farmer territory in which it operates. cooperation the world has ever known. educates the boy and supports the widow. It strengthens credit and proteets enterprise. able asset of ever increasing value. ; -If your life is not insured at all, or FILL OUT THIS SLIP AND: RETURN: TO: CRARY-TU-R_NER' AGENCY, STATE AGENTS, Fargo, North Dakota. Wifhout committing myself to any action, you may submit a propositioh for § | FARGO NATIONAL BANK BLDG. things. about lobbying at Bismarck. He told how the insurance lobby and others. at the state capital kept a stock of booze and how the legisla- tors wore out the carpets filing by to- get drinks. BANKERS DIDN'T NEED LOBBY, SAYS MWKAIG. “Ryery interest had a lobby at the last legislature except the bankers and they didn’t need a lobby,” hc said. “They owned the legislature.” Mz, McKaig’s speech was one of the best received: He made a scath- ing denunciation: of one of the pa- pers that has come out against the farmers’ cause. “This paper pretends to be aginst booze and yet it lines up with the interests which use booze at Bismarck to bribe legislators,” he said: Beecher Mopore, one of the organ- izers for the: League, entertained: the crowd with a: deseription of the organ- ization work. It gawe: the members of the League an insight into: the:in- ner workings of the League, its troub- . les, its- battles, its problems and its suceesses. J. M. Bber, one of the cartoonists of the Leader; gave the entertainment hit of the meetings in a “Chalk talk.” He drew pictures of prominent. per- sons. much to the: delight of the aud- ience; and teld humorous stories as he went along. He was dressed as. a “rube” in overalls, wide straw hat and- comqab pipe, The addresses of President E. F. Unions Offer Help Fraternal Delegate of State Federation Is Seated at Convention Mass Meeting. One of the features of the big: con- vention and: massmeetings of the League in Fargo was the seating in the convention of W. G. Besserer, fraternal delegate to the farmers’ convention from the North Dakota State Federation of Labor. The un- animous seating of this delegate is significant of the feecling organized: labor has for the farmers’ cause and the feeling the farmers have: for the cause of organized labor. Both classes are producers and in general have much the same prob- lems. The State Federation of Labor requested. that its delegate be seated and he was warmly welcomed at the meeting Friday evening in K. of C. hall, at which time the auditorium was in use for a theatrical perform- ance and no meeting of the League was regularly scheduled. Several hun- dred of the League members, how- ever, met informally at K. of C. hall. Mr. Besserer gave a talk which was enthusiastically received. : “We think the time has arrived,” Veeds he' said, “when: organized: labor and: the - farmers should® cooperate more closely to solve the problems of the producers. We are all producers and our united strengtitr can accomplisir more than either of us can separate- ly. We: should cooperate in our poli- tical fights; labor especially needs the cooperation of farmers to get the le- gislation it wants." “Organized labor was double-cros-. sed at the last session of the legisla- ture, just as the farmers were. You lost your measures and we lost the workingman’s compensation act which has: been put on the books of every progressive state. “I can say that in this fight in which you: farmers are seeking your political rights. you will: have the un- ited support ‘of organized: labor in North Dakota.” Mr. Besserer was warmly welcom- ed to the assemblage in a talk by R. B. Martin, ont of the organizers of the League and one of its lecturers. . MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA h IS A jthe plan that you believe best for a man: of my. age. JTUAL Co for an insufficient am mpany It has paid to beneficiaries and policyholders $16,000,000. It has over $85,000,000 insurance in force. It isia Western Company, insuring the lives of Western people and investing its funds in the West for the upbuilding; of the It assures to its policyholders the largest possible returns. First. Becausc its business is confined: te the most healthful portions of the: United States;, assuring a low Second: Because: its funds ave invested in-first mortgage farm loans in the best farming sections of the West (1;- 242,200 in North: Dakota farm loans) affording the most absolute security and not investing in stocks as many Eastern Month_ Dzy Life Insurance THE NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. ount,. yoim wife and children carry the risk. ‘, i Ladd: of the Agricultural college and Professor John M. Gillette, dean of sociology ‘at the State university, . were among the real educational treats: of the meetings and will be covered: by the Leader more in’ full than space in this issue permits. The: Saturday talks by legislative candidates indorsed by the League were an interesting feature. A. E. Bowen, one of the best-known and most popular organizers for the League, was rcceived with: cheers and besides: a- speech on: “Rural credits,” told stories that kept the audience in the best of humor, His analysis of the new personal property schedule and the work the Leader has done against it was a feature of his talk. Magnus Johnson, who was on the program for a. speech; was unable to be present and Ex-senator R. F. Pet- tigrew of South Dakota also could not -.come at the last minute. Paid. Advertisement LAST CALL See Page: 31 For Good Government Only 2¢ ~ League Members Never Fail to : Call on: i CLARENCE. E. EIEN ; BAKERY _Confectionery, Fruit, Tobacco and. gars Adams, North: Dakota Anstrom’s. Clothing. Store ‘Tailored:and Ready-made Clothing. for Men and Boys. Shoes, Trunks:and:Bags, Men’s Furnishings. Lowest prices in town. WILTON, N. D. Third. Because-it is asmutual company, conducted solely in: the interest of its policyholders, with no. stoekholders: to.draw any pavt of its earnings; its expense account reduced to: the lowest possible point, consistent with seund‘ man- agement. Its officers-are well known and experienced life insurance men. Life insurance is. the most beneficent form: of It creates a: cash estate instantly through the payment of a small amount.. It It constitutes 85 per cent or %-of all the estates left for administration. It is the one sure provision against emergencies of life. It is a depend- . Address e T e R S A B e R st A S S e CRARY -TURNER AGENCY STATE AGENTS. : e ‘ » ' FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA .