The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 25, 1916, Page 18

; % ; 1 ] | R o N S t D C. Coates, Managing Editor. Advertising rates on application. partisan Leader, Box 941, Fargo, N Farmers. Quack, frandulent and i should they have occasion to doubt or and up-to-date farmers. The Nonpartisan Leader 1 PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY THURSDAY. | Gfficlal Paper of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political League of “North Dakota Entered as second-class matter September 8, 1915, at the postoffice at Eargo, North Dakota, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription, one year, in advance, $1:50; six months, Communications ‘intended for t:e;tg)aper D T O R b e B s S o RO The Leader solicits advertisements of meriforious articles needed by vertised, and we will take it as a favor if any readers will advise us promgtly y which patronizes our advertising columns. Discriminating advertisers recognize the Nonpartisan Leader as the best : medium in the state of North Dakota through Herbert Gaston, Editor. o > $1 should be. addressed to the Non- akota, and not to any individual. ible firms are not knowingly ad- question the reliability of an; MORE COMEDY FROM FROGGY EORGE SMITH of Plaza just simply won’t let us forget him. He G insists on being the clown of this political show. .He has a new comic trick for our amusement every day, something to add to the 3oy of life, something rich and rare to cheer one up after the day’s work is done, something to chuckle about the next day as we drive a seeder or concoct some more hot shots for Big Biz. But we’ll not delay today’s joke. Here it is—a letter from Froggy—not to the farmer, mind you, though Smithy, of course, is the particular friend of the farmer—but read it and see: - NORTHWESTERN PRESS ASSOCIATIO! Publishers of the = PUBLIC OPINION Dear Sir: I am now working on a directory of the Bismarck, N. D., May 7, 1916. barbers of this state which will be com~ piled in pamphlet form. If your name is not correct on this letter, or there is any change in the post office address, I wish you would let me know at once, in order to make a correction. This directory will be distributed to the barbers of the state free of any charge. As you probably know, I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of this state. I want to secure the active suppart of each barber in the state. I believe with their cooperation, s wonderful campaign can be carried on. There is no other way that I can think of, to reach the people as quickly as thru the barbers of the state. I think I am the first fo try this and I want your co-operation. ' Ilmowthein’flnenceyonha.veandllmowthatiflcansecureyouractivesupport that I can be the next Governor of this state. I would rather have you fellows with me-than the newspapers of the state. K You may never have thought of the influence you exercise in. coming in contact with all the people of your locality. The accumx nlative effect of the influence of all the barbers in the state, carried thru a campaign, {8 more powerful than any other class of business that I can think of. I am going to send you a poster to hang up in your shop and I trust that you will keep it in the view of all. Let not a link of this chain be broken and let us see what can be done by putting up a united fight. Iamenclosingap‘vstcard;wecanfumishyouasmanyoftheseaqyoud&im fosend your friends anywhere in the state. I am also going to send you a eopy of fhe “Public Opinion™ during the campaign, grafis. With kindest personal regards, I am a Yours very truly, g GEORGE J. SMITH. The man is a genius, is he not? Who but Froggy could have thought of this? The barber shop candidate—with his picture on the wall, and a free directory thrown in to make the barber feel friendly! Does not the barber come into “contact” with all the people of the state? You bet he does—into personal contact of the closest sort—and one would almost dull razor. give up and vote for Froggy rather than suffer under a But will the barbers fall for it? Some of the bankers have, but a banker is a serious-minded person the Plaza comedian at his real value, , who might not be expected to assay But a barber? We doubt it. A barber has a sense of humor; he can be expected to-see a joke. The barbers have had their laugh over this and one of them has been enough of a good fellow to pass it along. The Leader will be We see that our Senator Martin has eome out against the League and hands 8 roast to Kraabel, League candidate for lieutenant governor. As we remem- ber it up here Senator Martin’s record .in the legislature is not any too good. _He fs a fine one to be knocking a genuine’ progressive and ‘farmers' man like Kraabel. Can you tell'us what Martin’s legislative record was?—<Louis Schmidt, Morton county. . W. E. Martin of Mandan, representing Morton county in the upper house of the _ last legislature, voted against insurance regulation. There was a series of bills . before the legislature giving the insur- ance commissioner authority to examine fire insurance rates and regulaté them, a progressive measure that Minneaotg' and ASKED and ANSW-ERED _glati' to answer the questions of any of its readers seeking information within its ability to give, = It is especially glad to answer the questions on the legislative record of candidates. other states have put on the statute books. The bill was introduced as & result of the fact that the fire insurance companies were soaking the state pretty hard. The companies were turning back to the insured only about half the prem- iums they collected, using the rest for expenses and profits. Rate regulation was intended to correct this, but Martin ;vielzls; opposgd to it and voted against the The insurance companies had a power- | ful lobby at Bismarck, but’their greatest strength came from insurance men in the legislature and they headed off regu- | help. Senator:: Martin also voted with the gang in the’ lation with Martin’s senate to repeal the mill tax for terminal elevators voted by the 1913 legislature. ~ the mill. tax for terminal The bill. repealing the mill tax, | : orted . held ;&by"a-,rd‘eren&nn;byfl:e farmers end will be’ voted:on+at*thie election thia fall, : Please tell us -how the representatievs from the sixteenth district voted in the last legislature.—Hans Westby, Coopers- town. : ¥his district, comprising Steele and Griggs counties, was represented .in the lower house of the last legislature by A, M. Baldwin of Cooperstown, E. WA Everson of Walum and R..A,. Lathrop of Hope. Lathrop was aligned through- out with the interests opposed to the farmers. He voted for indefinitely post- poning the terminal elevafor bill, thus helping to kill it, and he voted to repeal inal elevators pas- sed by the 1913 legislature. The. bill repealing the tax to build terminal elevators was passed by both houses but held up by a referendum of farmers an wfllbevoteduponbgtbepedple this fall. Everson voted for terminal elevators and against repealing the elevator tax, taking the exact opposite stand of Baldwin voted against indefinitely postponing the terminal elevator. bill but he did not vote on the repeal of the tax to build elevators and was not excused from voting, thus lending his aid to those who were opposed to terminal elevators. - Could you tell us how the represent- atives from this district voted on. the terminal elevator question 2—J. J. Musil, Bowman. ing Bowman and Golden Valley counties, Robert & Iist of Scranton, John J. Odland of Sentinel Butte and George McClellan of Beach. List voted for post- helping to kill it, and voted for repeal- ing the mill tax for terminal elevators passed by the 1913 legislature. Odland voted the opposite of List on these ques- tions. McClellan voted for the terminal elevator bill itself but voted for the re- peal of tlie mill fax for terminal ele- vators passed by the 1913 legisiature and afterwards held up by referendum peti- tions of the farmers, You published how our representatives in the Ilast legislature voted on the terminal elevator bill, but how did they vote on the elevator tax?—A Reader, Lisbon. - The representatives of the district ine cluding Lisbon, the 14th district, were Daniel Torfin and . J. S. Bixby. The former voted against the terminal ele- vator bill and to repeal the tax with which to build terminal elevators, passed at the 1913 session. Mr. Bixby, as we recorded before, went on record against postponing the terminal elevator bill, but Like his associate, Mr. Torfin, voted to “CONSISTENTLY PROGRESSIVE” For the People Even Between Campaigns Political Advertisement NESTOS -, jcure a more equitable share in . R. A. Nestos of Minot th legis Iators from this district voted, passed, but'is not effective; because held up for a vote by the people thi ”u.ecooomooooméou.oq . CONGRATULATIONS, DA' The ex-preacher, On-agin-off the elevator tax, for; which b tude towards the Nonpartisan League. If there is anything we can get along better without tham the Fargo Coutier-News i is 8 tin “Lizzie” with a bad cough.— PARSHALL LEADER, 0000 0C0CPO00C008000000000 THAT SCHEDULE State Awnditor Jorgemson’s tax ag sessment schedule is deservedly umy popular with the farmers—POWERS LAKE ECHO. ‘ . : B B 5 Paid : Political Announcements ne. 28, I am a armer and member of the Nonpar- L e and will sincerely ap-' preciate any support given me, . 5 PETER OBERG ™ Midway BELIEVES— That the functions of the Postal Savings Banks should be extaéggdnand there tssholulu.i be enacted Rural Credits legisla< tion, designed to meet the needs of the borrowers and especially our agricultural communities. - That congress should also en- act laws to provide for the Ing of grains and should pro-. vide storing facilities for agri- cultural products at the great terminals, the end that the farmers of our country may se- ‘the product of their labors,