The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 4, 1916, Page 3

o 1 1) - ajd those who e The subscribers pay their money to the publish- ers for sending them the paper. : get value for what they pay, whether it is $1.50 a year in the case of a weekly paper or $4 to $7 in the case of a daily. A Though newspapers and magazines often derive large revenue from their advertisers that revenue is dependent upon their sub- “Ads” are only valuable insofar as the readers:of the paper make them valuable by buying from the advertisers. ; scription list. “Thus it is true that the readers: and .the subscribers are - -actually the sole support of any reputable ' ‘publiéation. " They pay for the paper and they pay _for the advertising by buying of ~ the advertisers. : : SR Newspape1 readers have a’ right to inquire what they are getting for their money. They have a right to expect that a Anewspaper ‘shall represent their interests. - They support it. There can be no other legitimate ‘support. No one ‘else has so '-_good a right to mfluence ‘the of the . newspapers. own readers. txme run con- - 1t per pay. masters it: must have. _ they paymasters.. swmdlmg. No newspaper :.' thad a vight to take money for ! torial policy con- haping: its trary to-the interests of its rea “elected expect that these newspapers- . % * shall work for their interest. If, on the contrary, these newspapers . ay and despoxl the farmers, their readers ought hem, because such: Tewspapers ‘are _n althful more dangerousbto ‘the people than ;; eorrupt i eneéurages and promotes corruptm‘n m every jelds breach _ tin- 5 ,It fIt: must be:: ers any -more than a public of- . ficial has a right to accept money. for betraying those “him. Tt is brlbery in e1the1 , , farmers of this state:f-‘ are suppo ng most of its news~ - ‘ papers. - They have a right to Official Paper of the Farmers' Iylgnpaflisan‘ Ealilical League of North Dakota * “FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, MAY 4, 1916 They expect and should i Swat | the Fly! & 4 Y / - The Farmer: ‘These pesky flxes are bot.herm again tlus “year; but: they haven’t got the blte they used to have.” The League’s Candidates For Governor—LYNN J. FRAZIER of' Hoople, farmer.* For Lieutenant Governor—A. T. KRAABELof Clifford, merchant. For' Secretary” of State—THOMAS, HA,LL, present incumbent. commissioner. For State Treasurer—P. M. Casey of Llsbon, farmer ‘For Attorney General—WlLLIAM LANGER of Mandan, State’s attorney of Morton county. For Superintendent of Public Instructlon—N C MACDONALD of Val- : ley City, now inspector of rural and: consolidated schools. For Commissipner of Insurance—S. A. OLSNESS of Sheyenne, farmer. For Commissioner of Agriculture—JOHN M. HAGAN of Deering, farmer. law, state university; J.- E. ROBINSON, lawyer, Fargo, R. H. GRACE, lawyer, Mohall. - 4 5 For Ra.llro ommmsxoners—CHARLES BLEICK: of Elgln, farmer; M. farmer get the For State Auditor—CARL R. KObITZKY of Bismarck, Bnrlexgh county i For Judges of the Supreme Court—LUTHER BIRDZELL, professor of JOHNSON of Tolley, farmer; - SAM AANDAHL of Iatchv:lle, : .- they have it. “ A newspaper that dares to print the truth WHOLE NO. 33 Who Controls Your Paper e EWSPAPERS are supported by their subscribers and their good question to ask of the publishers of some of the daily newspapers : - readers, of this state. What have they done. with your. six dollars, or four dollars, or five dollars, as the case may be? Have they used it-and are they using it as a weapon to fight you with? f ) A QUESTION ANSWERED. ' . Y THE way, don’t forget that some of these newspapels have themselves given the right answer to that question they seem to ache to have the League members answer. “What have the “League officex‘s done with your six dollars?”’’ Why they have built “the greatest political machine in the state,” or, as one puts it, “the most dangerous po- litical machine in the state.” .Dangerous?. ‘Well, that de- pends on whether you are in -front of it or behind'it. It’s dan- gerous to some people, all right, but not to the farmer or any honest citizen. Dangerous ? Sure, so is dynamite, but has its good uses. K is excellent for blasting obstructions out of the way Let’s see; what was it the far- mers subscribed their money ~for? To build up a great politi- cal ‘organization in the interest .of the farmer, wasn’t.it? Well, It’s .the greatest the -state' has ever seen, your - enemies charge; and who are we to deny it? Farmers Independence Day will he June 28. This is the date -, ing to take all the : QUIT. HURCHES and other or- . ganizations - 'which open their doors to all comers ioften have been‘innocent suffer- . ers from their own ‘trustfulness. . They cannot go back of a man’s «sword. They must accept his pro- fessions -at face 'value. They . miugt have confidence in human- " ity.” And so discredit sometimes -.comes to them.! A:man who en- ' téred ‘from evil and ‘selfish ‘mo- ;. tives finally shows himself in his . true light. -He becomes a re- i fioach to all who: assoclabed w1th 14Tt has been’§o with the Non- partlsan League. It would have been strange if it had not been so. While nearly all entered in all honesty, sincere in their de- sire to help themselves and their “brother farmers through . the new organization, some joined to see what use they could make of the new organization. Just a very few, perhaps, joined with the deliberate purpose of trying to disrupt the organization, to cause dissension and to thwart the 0 ement if it should show promise of success- - of .those have shown: their’ true colors, a development ;'wluch hps been_ ailed fi:th }]10}' by th ( e League and the acts of the esert, t! o e D REJOICE WHEN QUITTERS T ut'now. A time rmght come do greate: damage_. They might ‘get into and the farn betr: