The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 4, 1916, Page 5

gy from Vernon ' county, - |* A NTON T. KRAABEL, who needs no introduction to the people of North Dakota, has been indors- ed for the position of lieutenant gov- ernor by a mail referendum vote of the delegates of the state convention of the Nonpartisan League. Albert Stenmo, orginally indorsed by the state convention for this position, had reviously been chosen by his neigh- Eors of the League in Grand: Forks ' county to run for the senate from that district, and although offered the high- er honor by the state convention pre- ‘ferred to make the race for the sen- ate. He therefore will be the League candidate for the senate in the Sey- enth - district, and" Mr. Kraabel will “ make the race ‘for the' League for Jeutenant governor. ; Mr. Kraabel, who served as lieuten- ant governor. for one term, being elected in 1912 and presiding over the 1913 legislature, will run for the no- mination on'the Republican ticket in - the June 28 state-wide primaries. He ' is in the hardware business at Clif- - ford, Traill county, has’ served two . terms- in the legislature and is well and favorably known throughout the state as a progressive republican. He ' 1s an ardent prohibitionist.- and has L peeq identified with prohibition organ- - 1zations for years. He has the indorse- ment of the Enforcement league and {ggher prohibition organizations.- IN- SYMPATHY WITH THE . FARMERS' OF STATE, o tenant governor has always been pro- - gressive in. politics and is thoroughly - Fo.r'merr. Lieute By Referendu The League’s new -nominee, for lieu- . of the North Dakota house in 1903 and elected to the senate in 1907. Mr. Kraabel’s experience_in the po- . sition he is now again seeking makes him an ideal candidate. As lieuten- ant governor he will preside over the nant Go_vérnor Chosen to Make Race m Vote of League’s State Delegates senate and appoint the committees, a most important function. His kind of politics, his connections, his record and his experience add greatly to the League ticket. Some of the district conventions mi - ;in_sympathy with the proposition of ' e _farmers organizing as they have done ’fi'the' League, and he supports the ague’s- program. “In the mail referendu andedalen, 3y 1862. - He i’stmame& children, - He came to North Dakota . He -was ' educated in .the - common schools of Wisconsin, was a member . All Ready for the Big Race She’s a Winner. .- party designations; etc. The list, a8 e of the Nonpartisan League have made changes in the legislative ticket of the organization.: The District No. 8 convention, Traill county, met again and accepted the resignation of Peter F. Enger of Hillsboro, who did not want to make the race for the League for the house but who says he is still loyal to the League and its principles. To run in his place Henry Strom, a well-known farmer, was named. This convention also named E. J. Quam of Portland, to make the race for the house in place of W, J. Burnett of Cummings, who has:lent his aid to the interests fighting the farmers’ organ- ization. The convention of District No. 16, Steele and Griggs counties, has named Porter Kimball of Hope to make the race for the League for the house in place of Sten Nelson of Finley, who has withdrawn. In place of H. T. Quanbeck the League convention in District No. 17 has not named any man as yet. Mr. Quanbeck refuses to make the race. John N. Hagan, who was indorsed for- the house by the convention -in " District No. 34, part of McHenry county, was later indorsed for com- - missioner of agriculture by the state convention of the League. So it be- came necessary to name a nmew man for the house in this district, and the " district convention has given the * honor to Frank Lozier. ! Others who did not desire to make the race for the legislature, but 'whd, in resigning, have pledged their loy- alty to the League, and who will work to elect the League ticket, are E. H, Restemayer in District No. 1, Pem- bina county; James Murphy and* James A. McGilver in District No. 6, part of Grand Forks county; David - .Jones in' District No. ‘21, Ramsey scounty and George Gilmore, District No. 89, Billings and Bowman counties. i 5l 0! yther “changes in'the list of legislative in- dorsements have been made, such as _corrected to date, is republished -on page 24 of this issue of the Leader, Railroad Rates and the Farmer i S a farmer who has resided in St - Morton county since the days: x . it was a cow county, I have ex- . perienced .all ‘the. trials and tribula- .. tions that.are the lot of the farmer who' tries ‘to gain a competence for i himself and family. under the adverse conditions that have prevailed in this state so far as the :farmer is con- cerned. i E /:7As’ I think over the platform- the . ‘Nonpartisan League proposes to put: in effect my mind is busy with some: . of the history of the state, especially’ in_relation to a state-owned' packing: . plant; which the League proposes tp{_ {establish. S e AR SR ..-Within a . short:distance :from :my: farm there is an old trail that was made by General Sully when he led his troops in the early seventies - -across the western part of the.state 7'and crossed the Little Missouri’ at +.Medora. I recall that later, in the eighties, at that same Medora, the . . expense and loss: occasioned bir shi; ging‘ cattle . to the packing plants at outh St. Paul, Omaha and Chics ‘meat to the same country for "Qon-:' on the hoof, and shipping back the' Packing Plant Experience in Early : Days Showed Need of Regulation BY C. W. BLEICK OF ELGIN Cal-\d'idate for Railroad'C_d)mmissioner» Indorsed: by.Nonpartisan League. why it was not feasible to establish’ packing plants in the heart of the- cow: country at the source of supply. When I came to: North Dakota I learned the reason. I -fourmd that Wwhen the Marquis De Mores estab- lished the ‘plant at Medora that the railroads failed to provide: sufficient cars for the product of the plant and charged such high freight rates that ' De Mores could not compete with the Omaha, Chicago and South St. Paul firms.. He was. discriminated against ~and the packing house industry for North Dakota was nipped:in the bud. - - The big packers, favored by freight rebates, were able to drive De Mores. cout of business. .The outside pack-: _~ers.could ship cattle from this state - on the hoof to distant packing plants, butcher them and ship the meat back, te” undérselling De Moresi: When he: ‘was put eut of business the price of meat in: North Dakota: was-put back to the old figure. = = All” of “this' discrimination ‘was of ‘course not:above board. " The eastern: : lia:qk'e!;s : _enjoyed ‘secret “xebates' on ‘whfn;_iai.Dq ‘Mores was unable and * - mission who will ‘stop this sert of dis- crimination. . A" vigilant and active: kota ' packing. plant ‘a fair deal.’ North Dakota' needs- packing plants, to give farmers a fairer deal on their - - cattle and to make mest. cheaper; in . this: country, and-it is a part of the’ program of the League to ‘obtain ! them. But the farmers must have a railroad commission which will see : to it there is no discrimination or un- | fairness on the part of the railroads, ' if such plants are to be made a Suc-. cess. We ‘do not want to hove the. sad experience of De Mores. I also recall the experience of one of my meighbors, Andrew. Mirnick, who last.fall hauled a load of graim to a market where there was only one elevator, an old line one. ' His wheat ‘was: graded” No. 2 and he was paid " ~accordingly. The mext day -he haul- ed another load of the same ,wheat from: the same bin to another market pany at this point gave him a grade’ No. 1 on his wheat. The railroad" ‘commission has supervisionof ele- “wvators : and: warehouses : and - there should. be men _elected :to the co émding laws and .to make fair grade iing “laws. Perhaps some legislation isineeded to aid the commission in work of this kind. . : You will all agree with me when I . say that the price the farmer pays for everything he gets is the sum of i ‘the- cost of manufacture, the profit :of ‘the jobber, the profit of ‘the retail . - stances still fail to give a North Da- dealet_. and the freight of the trans- portation company. -The price of the ultimate seller is fixed to include all these things. =~ . el You will also agree that everything the farmer sells: is sold at ‘a price ‘reached after there has been deducted from ‘the ultimate -selling price the -profit of the man who buys.from ;the ‘farmer, the profit. of the jobber, the ‘profit of the ultimate: seller and 'the freight charge of the transportation company. ; In both ‘instances these prices are figured ‘and fixed without the farmer . having' any voice in it. And one of ‘the principal items in these prices is freight rates. The farmer needs men on the railroad ecommission to see that these freight charges are fair. The farmerpays the freight not only on ~what he buys but’on what he sells— -they ‘get him going and coming, and s ¥ -he ‘should ‘have some voice in how town, where there also was an eleva-"" 'm 5 tor belonging to the same old line ~company, but where. there was also-a. - _farmers’ elevator. . The old line com- “Isn’t that fair and logical? ; - . I-realize all: these things and I ‘wonder at the Job-like patience of the .farmers, who_have, failed till now to “demand farmers on the railroad com- mission,: farmers with ‘a native sense much-he" is -soaked-for -~_fl;ese ‘things., .o_{i.;equal 'qufi:e‘to all ‘and’ discrimin- -ation: ‘against mone.’ That -is ® latform T am running ‘on. fol: mtihxl‘E ‘road commigsioner,v'*witgh' the indorse- ment - of the" vN(mp:nl‘{tisgp ‘League.