The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 27, 1916, Page 7

pos -along lines that will not subject them IO S Am glad to read the columns of |+ the Leader, and see so many good | candidates indorsed. Surely itz~‘3} i8 time that the farmer has his’| rights. I think that the actual | farmers of this state are just ay | capable as officials, as any othér | class. Let’s stand together and | this fall we will show:them' that | a just and fair cause: 'will.receive | | support.—BEN F,: HENEY. | sting paper I réceive.—. . AM ANXIOUS %o become a mem- ber of the League and will do all I can to kegp it un.—~JULE DUCATT. I CONSIDE he Leader a wonder- “ful “News! Budget”. and very interest- ing as well"as important.—JAMES BAILEY, : g I ‘I;HI)(I!K the Leader a very good pape¥ and believe it will . open other eyes<as,well as mine. We have been blindfolded about long enough.—S. H. . GUETRUD. g : 3 il BELIEVE we have a good organ- ization in the League and I hope to see results that will really help us farmers to Dbetter times.—FRANK | BEASLEY. I was glad to read that the con- ~ vention ‘'was harmonious ‘and- I haye not heard a member of the. League who: is not entirely satisfied wiith the work.—JOHN F. ROONEY. 3 THE LEADER is having its effect on the professional politicians, bhe- cause if it did not -hurt him, he.. ‘I:i%lslgn’t squeal—ANDREAS. FAD- THE:LEADER is all right. I am proud of the way things went at the convention and am going to work for the good old League—A. E ARNOLD. | “iz L AM WELL PLEASED with the. League and the Leader. I wish both success and hope the paper will con- tinye to keep us posted on the trick- ery of the state laws.—NAPOLEON FONTAINE. “da I: want the Leader, but circumstafi-. ces are pretty hard for me just now. -I do not ask the banks here for any favors, for if you do they want all vou have got for security. They are . down on this League. — TED LEONARD. e St Here is my application for mem'ber- W What Our Re THE NONPARTISAN EEADER ! Ty ‘_ : fi r&g( J/ i O Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I'can not get along without it. I now ruined [ /)‘/ ; /i .~ Cincinnatus, the 'stu.rdy old Roman, was called from the plow to lead his people and to govern.a great commonwealth. Lynn J. Frazier, the ..farmer candidate for governor of North Dakota, has answered a similar calli. The.summons of the delegates of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Politi- cal League who had nominated: him for governer of the state, found him in overalis.and “gum” boets; engaged.in the work of his farm in. Pembina county. He is-called to:lead a great fight against misrule and to. govern the state of North Daketa in the interest of all the people who: live i it. D°BY. BIGFBUSINESS EXTORTIONS. . ...Inclosed find check for $1.50 for which please send me the . Leader. through the manipulation of bankers, machine trusts and Big Biz I am i must leave.the home where I have lived since boyhood, but with the good movenient you have started in this state I think the ._,.ha_rd'wworkmg farmer will have some chance to exist. it 3 ers Say A 7 once :owned 240 acres of land but CHAS. J. ANDERSON. before May 1 kindly let me know and. I will 'send it. Please send me ther Leader because of the news in it.— JACOB METZGER. 4 OF .COURSE I am heartily in sympathy with the aims of .the Leader:and hope it means the be- ginning of good things, As I undersfand it the farmers are not. proposing to revolutionize con- ditions, but they just simply want to. continue existing under condi- tions by turning some of the benefits to their personal gain. It sets them to thinking, and after a while they will get down to fund- amentals.—J. B. LASHBROOK, finet,Springs, Kansas. '0- - ‘EAWYER PRAISES LEAGUE .. Editor, Nonpartisan Leader: I as- suresyou:that I approve of the move- ment and: the principles for which. it stands, in;so far as I am acquainted with its 3 principles, 1 believe the fanmers have a. right to organize, and it should have been done years ago. Individual;}ffi;';mets, can do nothing to ure j WS, or secure.a just con- or.” administration of our present ,.in.the face of organized capital, monied:interests, and profes-’ sions, but. organized and they will be- come a fon 2 h ¥ My .prof on, s.me in touch with the. :judici ‘and while it is a sad commentary on justice, nevertheless it is a fact that there isa we{l grounded | Helief. amongst the profession, that our judici stantly deciding causes, not upon established rules of law or equity, but to the disfavor of organized corporate and monied interests, who are not averse to use their organization: to bringi about the downfall of honest judges, and. with the aid of the press. it cam he easily accomplished. The prggls égtglese.fficts..a}moi_ lu&pfig.' 3 T am enclosing a: check for $l. o mgubscription to - thy W. LYNN. : The- Leader’s articles.on fire and hail insurance, showing the big prafits. to. the co: ies and the com-, paratively ~small -losses; -and -its ex-! ‘posure of how the insurance lobby, with the able assistance of Lieuten~ ant fi:‘:,m;llm_qr Fyainie;«defeated in. the last legislature all attempts. to have insurance rates regulated, is provok- ing discussion of the matter through- out the state." TS : Among other papers that have had articles on the subject-is the Wim- bledon News,- which, under the head- ing “Stop the Insurance Grab,” prints the following editorial, using some of ° the figures printed in the Leader: “We helieve in' North Daketa, ‘in the beauty of her-skies, in the glory of her prairies,” ¢te., but we fail to develop. any affection for-her fire in- surance system which is a damper to her progress—a travesty on popular government. Y T o ““Wimbleden has very efficient fire proteetion. This was amply demon- strated at two. recent fires that were nipped in the bud before any great dmount of damage resulted. Wimble- don has had this efficient protection for ‘over two years, but the rate mak- ers are not yet aware of the fact. -They.haven’t ‘heard of it. The truth is ‘that regardiess of fire protection the insurance rates are constantly be- ‘coming higher and higher. Onmly a. fewr~days ago the insurance rates on the Feckler block in which. the News is located weve raised from $4.41 to . $5.85 pér,hundred. No reason is giv- en for ‘“this: raise. Presumably it is nobedy’s business, only the insurance company’s.” : _ “Does the risk justify - this mon- strous rate? Let us see. The fire losses paid in the state during 1915 were $1,060,871.17. The premiums collected amounted to $2,503,436.456 leaving a différence of $1,442,565.28 which went - to the insurance.com- panies. - In other words only 42 per cent of the. &remmms ‘collected were : e losses and 58 per.cent e mgggin that went -~ wake up. to'.the situation an to the companies to do business on. Does. that Jook as though there were need: for a still further increase of rates? " Not in the compass of com- men:sense. - “Phe trouble is that in North Da- kota fire insurance rates never have been regulated by the state, and rates are made.by a.bureau.of fire insurance companies . over which the- state in- surance commissioner has no control. “It is high time that the geople i free themselves from this insurance grab. Most states supervise or regulate the insurance, rate, why shouldn’t North Dakota when the need is so apparent? Right“now . is. the time to get busy. Don’t. cast your vote for any candi- date for the le{:lature, not even your - other, openly pl himself to labor for legislation that will put insurance rates under the -jurisdiction of the state commissioner of insurance. - It is to your own inter- est and to the interest of everybody in the state. Will you do it?” 000000000000000000900000000000000000000000000000000000 [ 4 ‘sion gears. Fully guaranteed. and testimonials. 9900000000000000000000000000000000 bout Us Bums k Préeeltsgzm" iy Out el ronapl urns kerosene. ering: when plowing, Cu ransmis- . Pulls three§14-inch stibble‘bottoms‘. Four cylinder motor. The latest improvement for up to date farmers. Send for catalogue LzC0. E D uis CQO;NM*IIW,_ Distributors for North Daketa and Western Minnesota . (YTYTY Y / .'op"o'v"uo,oqno900000.000090.090 SEVEN O‘f——- e (). I AM VERY much pleased with | the Leader and all its contents. | It is the first time that us farm- I | ers have had a chance to know oW our government has been | running and get the facts as they are. I do hope we will stay on the trail until we get them, and it will not take long if we stay. | | I am yours for success.—H. J. | | KASSAN. | O - — LOOXS LIKE RUNAWAY _A delegaiion numbering in the vicinity of iifteen attended the Non- partisan League convention in Fargo Friday and Saturday. The spirit of the farmers of this community can be taken as an example of this movement throughout the state. The six dollar suckers are out to control the state government and from the state ticket selected it looks as if they will make a runaway race of it.—Kelso Corres- pondence in the Hillsboro Banner. ROLF BROS. Tailors of Quality Clothes 7 Bacon Block--- N. 4th St, Grand Forks, N. D. Ne——————————m— T ————— H. G. GROVE & CO. 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