The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 4, 1916, Page 16

WHERE IS THE,MONEY? Our partners down in Minneap’ Do mamfest alarm y To think we’re so extravagant ‘Out here upon the farm; That six (or nine) of hard earned cash e can afford to spare Towards placing upon easy street Some vendors of hot air. Where is the money?’ » THEY should like to know, ‘Where is the money, 0! where did it go? ~ It did not go to Minneap’! Where most of our earnings go; (The g'ood Lord only knows how ‘A bxlhon bucks or so) We're tired of long hours of toil, We’ve stopped to rest and THINK. . Year after year we've mopped our snARE YOUR LEADER brow, Sendnhl Says Let Neighbors Know | Th:;lt ic(hey might hear those dollars What They Are Missing Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I be- lieve it would be a good plan for the readers of the Leader to send copies of the paper to - their friends or neighbors ‘who are_known not to be xeéaders of the Lealler, and ask them 10 become readers, either by letter or telephone if they do not live near. If this is done it will, I believe, make hundreds of converts "to our cause be- fore the primary election that would not otherwise made, .and this is but a * little expense and nught count major- ities to the cause on election day. Bt should be remembered that the state is.full of these 2 by 4 old gang press ‘that largely draw their exist- ence from the dominating t later expects to.get control of the pu lic affairs - in. our ' state. Now, Where is the money? We should like to know; Where “is the money, Oh! WHERE did it go? . —ROBERT H. JOHNSON. / NEWSPAPERS NEEDED Independent Dailies Should be Started Says Member Editor - Nonpartisan Leader: In your issue of April 20, 1916, I saw an article written by a brother member of the League on “Tainted News,” and the advisability of farmer-owned printing plants throughout the state of North Dakota, ‘This’ is" one. of theé most mx’bortant { are. sweating in the. rain, d one other thing—as many. copies of the convention .edition of the Leader as institution .in a short time, as the laboring class as a.whole take mighty M%.?“fihfi be. sent out and dis- well thh a1 5&8’: M&&hqjgnh 4 e the coni 0 e. . press, y | give ou:;i tl‘ille ne:ajvs they ;&nt y,on ht:t k:i;w SEN'DAEL. e an scard as worthless: W] 4 ; don’t want you to know, just.as tbey . NOT. AGAINST BUSINESS did with the report of the commission on industrial relations,. - Wishing the League suceess 3 through the campaign, and ready to assist in all ways. y H. rI"OSDALE INSTRUCT THE VOTERS Kane -Advises = Careful ~Drilling’ to’ Avoid Mistakes. ; silent toels. They could also be made a paymg Boy a Re Editor * Nonpartisan' - Leader: As the primary election approaches, we farmers are more and more ridiculed by politicians and the papers, for one . the Public Opinion of Bismarck. - This paper in-a’smooth way’ is trying to tell you and" me, fellow farmers, that we have th.rOWn away $6 or $9 (I pa.xd s S SRR R D o Ty < presidential candidateg:;and’ presiden- tial delegates, it appears that there was a lot of unintelligent voting done - as LaFollette ran away: ahead of Estabrook but at the same time severali Bstabrook - delegates: were elected. Now it seems to me if the Nonpar- tisan League candidates at;the pri-’ mary are put where they.‘belong"it. - . will take some instructions} ito:get the" voters in line.. I also think it would! be a good scheme to organize a school of instruction for each precinct ohel day._before election -with'the ‘delegate that was ‘elected to the leglslahve convention - arnd:" two’ others - selécted’: - by him as instructors. In this way we would get an mtelhgent vote cast; not such a farcical affair as: “the primary vote .just cast. If we are defeated this fall it will be through the casting of the ballot. The hallot will be as cumbersome as it is pos- sible to make, There is too much / -guessing, not enough nght’ sure-you- I are-right voters.” = - “farm I would like: to" see’ the® following <<~ law: All notes and mortgages that i were not accompanied by an atfached tax recei (ft showmg the. taxes -had. - been pai ‘be null, void and un- collectable. ‘Such a law. would bring ‘olutb our hidden’' treasurers -without" oubt. ) We ex] ect la:ll kllcxllds of tncl;stlto be sprung by the old gang politicians because they would not know how at" this stage of the game to come out above-board and fight a square open battle, they will use “submarines and. mined ground” to massacre us pohtlc- ; - ally, but T don’t: think we .will run ANE: e r) Opinion does not criticise us farmers direct, but our organizers. Tha.t is'a pohtlclan s tnck—any ‘way to win an ~ election.” In an editorial by George J. Smith, which I suppose isithe same gentle— ‘meetings;’” date .for governor, he ays ¢ tion’ between’ business: mi ‘a8’ Now let us go to town NOW andsgg about, it; ~We:take some -bui or eggs to the store and are told can have 20 cents in trade, TR wtle» later in comes’ some cent butter or eggs and he gets it— “"for 80- cents, double -profit. Smith says some dag g0 into ‘business and aires. ¥ e, DY S and teaching them by experience how - and hail; [§ § L { & P e hari W5 Uy ROVSCT-.4 do b S IVt e SN SO, “To 'do umte, and stay united. * up- our ticket. mto theu: ;rans—J G.IK AN & tmket fvas, made vfifi).g ‘was made 5 t certain things, element ' steps yet to be taken:up-by the farm- ; readers, don’t overlook: this - ers of the Northwest I%or the, news- § § fact and leave it to the last hour, but papers are the great moulders of pub- ¢ in time. lic opinion and should be free. As? ’emember that the man-who makes ’ long as they “are controlled by Big” hay while the: sun’shines will have it Biz so long will the people .remain in. the mow. when the other fellows way th:ndcandlm "would get betore the vvoters.—c. Je f League Only Wants to Give Farmer’s . al Chance 9) for t Editor Nonpartlsan/ Leader:. After :flZm, ti%mnfionpm?a? (I”l;)ghat?clzzfl reviewing the primary yote ‘cast for Teague:*You will ‘notice the Public man of whom.we ileavd t the League - mfl“’ ‘wan Be ‘a candi- * custdmer and wants some of that 20 The' dealer makes a - our boys may . ecome million- : Now then when a man makes . such explanations as that he is: _coaxing our. boys - :away from the I believe m giving our boys an ed- ucation but keeping them on the farm . -to ‘farm: ~But “don't¢ ‘overtax them, - .don’t overcharge them with inferest. Let the state insure them against fire: and as our state is an agri- cultural one, let us help our state: .along to make it possible for us to - get the. hlghest prices possible for our ‘grain. This "is “the essence of the - latform of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan ; all this we ust ¢ It was not Mr. Townlefy who made © our ' THE NONPARTISAN LEADER from every votmg precinct in~ ourb state. As far as Mr. Smith’s talk in his “editorials” about us farmers building up a separate class, inde-. pendent from others, we know that is { not the nature of us farmers and should not be of any citizen. ? I am not talking agaimst business men, but merely want to get rid of the-unnecessary expense of handling and therefore we earnestly hope our fellow citizens will help us along in our-battles, and I am sure it will be a benefit to the state as it will improve the farming indus- try, and consequently: all mdustnes-— JULIUS MEYER. THERE ' ARE three fellows here who would like to join the League. ‘Send me three application blanks- I will have them filled out and sent in. Keep the good work rolling. —W. A. FOSTER. I GET my paper regularly every week. I have :S:eady got my money’s worth and will do can to help the movement along. *‘I notice the delegates” did good work at Fargo. —JOHN C. HULL, ’l‘flE ‘FARMERS’ SONG Bring the good old Leader hoys, we'll read another line, We'll learn just what the old machine is doing this time; We'llreadxtasweougl\ttoreadxt \ - one hundred thousand strong, While the farmers go +marching to freedom, Chorus: - : 2 Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll bring the jubilee, : Hurra.h! "Hurrah! For the paper that makes you: free; And so we'll sing. the chorus from Fargo to the sea While the farmers go marching to freedom. How the farmers shouted when they heard the joyful sound That promised salvation for the tillers of the ground. Every farmer was glad that our organizer found; While the farmers were marchmg to edom. 3 froodon —WARD SKEEN. SEED “KILN 1914 cro%ef;)r sale. days: ear] Northwestern on my farm > ] 0000000000000000000000000 GEO.'A. WELCH, President _J. P. FRENCH, Sec. - Treas. I have about 400 bushels of yellow Northwestem seed corn of the Germination 95 to 100 than the Northwestern Dent.. with success for the. past. 10 y sthave 95-bushels of White Flint Seed Corn, same test from 1914 crop. I will sell the above at $5.00 a bushel and 25¢ extra for sacks -~ T'have 200 bushels of Yellow Northwestern and also Northwestem H } . Déiit Séed Corn from my 1915 ¢rop which has g8 bo90percentwhnehlwxllsellat$4.00ahnsbel 25c extra for sacks. 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