The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 11, 1916, Page 14

IR A Ry S. C. BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS HALF PRICE NOW JOHN A. WINBERG Eldridge; N. D. WILTON MUTUAL STORE GENERAL MERCHANDISE s . Dtadunart- WILTON N. D. 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. You will always get a square deal if you trade with ; Chicago Cash Store Co., Inc. J. K. Ed elman, Pres. and Mer. GENERAL MERGHANDISE | Egelgnd and Rock Lake, N. Dak. The Edmore Mercantile Store ul’sants your business, e 5, it;fle also want your good will. Edmore, Righttreatment should get N.D. ‘both. We try to beright. YOU atways find Satisfaction in baying at the Peoples Trading Co. General Merchandise HANSBORO, -2 NO. DAK. Our established motto is ‘““MORE FOR YOUR MONEY’’ Michigan Mercantile Co. MICHIGAN - NO. DAK. J. D. Reeves. G. B. Smith Auto Repairin, Garage A", Repairing e Guaranteed STEELE, -2y NO. DAK. DENTIST Dr. Prescott, of Steele KINTYRE.. v 1 to 13 TAPPEN............ May 29 to June 10 COL. H. A. KINNEY REAL ESTATE AND REGISTERED STOCk AUCTIONEER Phon: or Write Me at MILNOR PURE BRED POLAND*CHINA We offer March and April furrow sprin; pigs. Write for. prices and breeding to If. N. Midgarden & Sons, Hoople, N. D, _ Beaufort Hotel Minneapolis, Minn. European Plan, Opposite Old Post Office. Rates, 75¢c to 1350 single; s 1.00 to 2.50 Double.” *‘‘Service” is our Motto. - Special attention will be given the members of the Farmers Nonpartisan Political League of . North Dakota. . R. H. GREER, Manager ~ higher wages. Let Workers Unite Union Man Expl*ains How Inferests of Farmers and Mechanics Are Identical - Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Being a member of organized labor for 25 years and organizer of one of the old- est ‘and largest trade unions in Amer- ica for over seven years, I have naturally always taken’ great interest in any movement which tended ' to- wards the improvement of conditions of the workers, the producers, be they of the shops, the mines or the farms. I considered every effort towards or- ganization as a step forward. which was bound to be of benefit to us who have been struggling for justice and better conditions for-lo these many years, both on the economic and the political field. ; I consider. therefore the organiza- tion of 'the Farmers’ Nonpartisan ‘League of North Dakota as one of the ‘most " gratifying signs of a beginning -awakening of a class: of workers of whom it -has always been claimed that -they ‘could not be organized, nor would ‘they stay' organized after they were organized, especially in' the political field. ; ; Truly if any class. of men: needed ~organization. more than' the farmers, I have never met that class. They -and their families work, regardless of heat or cold, as many hours per day as' any worker in the sweatshops of the large cities, they and their fam- ilies struggle and toil, pinch and actual necessities and at the end of the year they are fortunate indeed if they come out even after paying all bills, especially. if weather conditions have been unfavorable. g They are exploited by the same class of leeches and non-producers, “Who toil not, neither do they spin,” but who manage to secure the lion’s share of what is.produced by the farmers as well as by the workers in -shop and mine. They are our common enemies, which must be met and de- feated by the combined forces of the trade unionist and the farmer. ' 'Too long have we been kept apart by a feeling of mutual distrust and suspicion, carefully created and kept alive by our enemies. : The farmer was told that the high prices charged for his implements and other manufactured goods which he needed was due to the continued agi- tation and demands of union men for Now, speaking from experience and - taking farm implements and machin- ery as an example, I dare say that not one of the numerous firms which manufacture that class of goods and have distributing branches in Fargo, can truthfully claim that they are running union’ shops or are recogniz- ing the unions when setting wages in their plants. The manufacturers of implements believe in and insist on the “open shop” which means a closed shop. to the memhers of organized labor.. Those gentlemen believe in organization—for themselves—but not for the workers. Their organiza- tions “have a very elaborate strike breaking system and keep profes- sional strike breakers on their pay- roll-all the year around, whether they work or not. Each employe before entering their employ must sign a contract in which he agrees to refrain from joining a labor ' ‘organization or to demand’ higher wage during the life of that contract (usually one year). These powerful corporations have, by the introduction of labor saving machinery, practically eliminated the skilled mechanic and have reduced the cost of production to a fraction of what it formerly was. Have they re- duced the price of their machines pro- portionately, or at all? On the other hand, -the subsidized press had a great deal to say about billion dollar crops, the high prices the farmers received for their product and their general prosperous condition. The average wage worker in the cities, being compelled to work for starvation wages and pay high prices for farm produce, was ground between the two mill stones, found it almost -impossible to -barely exist and he naturally blamed the “hoggishness” of -the farmer as much as the low wages for his miserable ‘condition, conse- quently there was little love between the two classes of workers. : But during the -past few years ! _things have changed, slowly but sure- scrape and deprive - themselves of -] y. Farmers formed cooperative or- ganizations, they sent men to attend the conventions’of state and the Am- erican Federation of Labor. Organ- ized labor, in turn, was represented at farmers’ conventions. They began to understand each other, they found that they were both being deceived and that they were both victims of the same gang of exploiters. & Farmers found that the union men were not a bunch of dynamiters or anarchists as they were led to be- lieve. -We - discovered that the big profits extorted from us for the neces- . sities of life' did" not flow into the pockets ‘of the farmers but into those of the peoplé who oppressed and op- posed us. A But a great deal remains to be done yet by both of us. We must learn to trust éach other and bear in mind that our interests are identical, that if one class is prosperous the other is also. We must act harmoniously in the po- _litical as well as in the economic field and strive to eliminate the middle ‘men who stand between the producer and the consumer, as they represent an economic waste which we have to pay for. 7 Therefore, I hail the organization of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan League as a .grand step towards our mutual goal, “the emancipation of the workers” and it behooves organized labor and all thinking working men to take an active part in this struggle. It is our fight as well as the farmers’ and we would fail in our duties as union men, - we would be betraying ourselves if. we did not give this movement all possible support. Get busy! : JOSEPH TRUMBLE, Fargo, April 26. LIVE STOCK MARKET South St. Paul, May 8.—With about 3500 cattle on the market today, the butcher market ruled steady. Prime fed killing steers $8.50 to $9.25; good to choice $7.75 to $8.50; fair to-good $7 to $7.75. . Prime fed cows and heifers $7.25 to " $8; good to choice $6.75 to $7.25; fair to good $6 to $6.756; common to fair $5.60 to $6; canners and cutters $3.75 to $4.75; shelly old cows $3.50 or less. Butcher bulls $6.50 to $7.25; bolog- nas $5.75 to $6.2b; common light bulls $5 to $5.50. i Veal calves held steady, $9.25 top; seconds $7 to $7.50; culls $5.50 to $6.25; weaners $4 to $5. Stockers and feeder market strong to. 10c - higher; select heavy fleshy feeders $7.75 to $8.50; good to choice gggs to $7.75; fair to good.$6.50 to ' Good to choice yearlings and calves $7.26 to $7.75; fair to good $6.50 to $7.26; common $4.50 to $5.50. ; Common' to choice heifers $6.75 to $7.25; something select, more; fair to. good: $6: to $6.75. = ; ) Feeding cows good to“choice: $5.75 to” $6.265; fleshy, more; fair fo ‘good $5 to $5.75. ] ] G : Stock bulls $5.50 to $6.25. . a Dairy cows held steady; good to' ° g]égicev $65 to $80; flai!_.‘ to "gqod $50ito" - expected decided slump .in. wheat on . eling with no likelihood of any rise un- less unforeseen circumstanec s come to -~ | ngland indicated The hog market 15 to 20c lower. Range $9 to $9.50. Bulk $9.40 to $9.45. Pigs going around $8.35.° - Few sheep coming. Market held steady. X J. R. KIRK COM. CO. WHEAT SUMMARY The relations between Germdny and the United States were reflected last week in' the stock market at New York and slightly in the west, but the that -account, did not develop. The news of the receipt of the German note, however, appeared to give some encouragement to that attitude of the that wheat is destined to go lower. The break, such as it was, varied from. half a ceént to a cent in New York and was about the same in Minneapolis. Bear interests were further encour- aged by: the explosion during the week green bug and Hessian fly were going ‘to seriously cut down the wheat crop ' in the middle ‘west. With the pros- -Seriously, wheat’ easily. settled: deeper into the rut in which it*has been trav- [its support,: ; ports. . from -En that the British Isles ‘are now. well supplied ‘with grain and will not buy any more-before harvest, and that if -perchance any further buying becomes: tralia“can supply:it, all wheat trade for many weeks past, - of more or less persistent rumors that pect that these pests. will'not: develop : AUG. B, JOHNSON, H. G. HIGGINS BALDWIN STATE BANK : BALDWIN, N. D. = Capital and Surplus $11,500.00 - KARL KLEIN, G. HELLING, Vice Pres. . Asst. Cashler Before buying an Automobile : see the : ‘GRANT “SIX"..........$795.00 Fully Equipped ' % = i Nt B, NELS%N, i gent, Emmons Coun HAZELTON N Francis A. Brugman, M. D. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND ' THROAT. : ' GLASSES FITTED - . 36 So. Main St. MINOT, N. D, G. G. Wood Lillian J. Wood WOOD & WOOD - MINOT’S PIONEER ' > CHIROPRACTORS Drugless Healers Brauer Block Minof, N. D. UNION NATIONAL BANK of Minot Capital and Surplus $90,000.00 Farm Loans Negotiated at Lowest Rates. Prompt Service. No Bonus.. MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA Henry G. Middaugh and = Rollo F. Hunt . 'LAWYERS g Devils Lake, North Dakota Meritorious matters,'only accepted or desired. ! T B O B T T T DB ‘We Want Your Trade - b LOFTHUS BROTHERS CO. Dealers in Hardwaré ‘and Farm' : . .Implements 7 Adams, — T North Dakota I Appreciate Your Trade NELS E. STEEN Manufacturer of = * VELVET ICE CREAM . - Groceries, Fruits and Confectionery - “North Dakota Adams, Al Quality Goods BROTHERS -Tuttle, N. D. N Groceries, Full Line of Hard- ware, Shoes and Clothiag, ware, Tinware, Cutlery andTools. e JULIUS KLEMIN _ wmexp | S '_dl;flquxmas__ofi o Automobile Repairs, Vulcan '9,;