The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 1, 1916, Page 18

-n o | e P e .~ SR S ..ASSESSOR. CALLED ‘And Satterlee Finds Where Farmer Gets His - Editor Nonpartisan Leader: ‘1am a farmer of North Dakota and I receive your paper and I also take the other papers of the state, and at least one-half of them are knocking the farm- ers. T would like to express my views and have a talk personally with these kickers.. They are on the wrong track. 1 had a visit lately from my neighbor, the township assessor, and say, I do not need to say that I was surprised the way- Big Biz has been handing it to the farmers. T was looking for most any- thing, but they sure have the farmers fixed right in regard to assessing. I sup- posed if we paid taxes on everything they. would stop at that, but no, that would be too easy. .Say, I would like to see the thing that they call a’ man who was at the bottom of this assessing deal. - They must sure think the farmers are a bunch of block- heads. : _A merchant told me the other day that it would be better if the farmer stayed at home and raised better crops and cat- tle and kept-out of politics. I told him I thought that the farmer has stayed home toe long as it was; that he had beter wake up and do something for himself or quit. There'is one thing sure. The big bunch has got the farmer going right now and it’s either- wake up and do semething or quit. Be sure of this: If the bunch that. put over this assess- ment isn’t -got rid of we won’t last as long as a snow ball will where they never * turn off- the heat—P. H. SATTERLEE. NEWSPAPER NEEDED Too Many Now Controlled by Political i Gang Editor Nonpartisan Leader: How would things be if all the news- papers were controlled by a few individ- uals or political gangs? I think the result would be that the rank and file would not know anything more about politics than the politicians or' office - seekers would want them to know. We have had some experience in this state. - What the farmers meeded in this state was a newspaper not controlled by polit- ical gangs. The farmers could not have come together the way they have without one, . What could the farmers have done without a paper of their own? If the farmers should do anything in politics the first thing they had to do was to get a paper of their owm. Through their own paper they can ‘discuss the political affairs’ of the state in a fair, impartial ~and truthful manner, something they could not do through newspapers con- trolled by the old political gang. The farmers needed a newspaper of their own and now they have one, the Nonpartisan Leader. I think our $6 was well invested. We owe thanks to the men who take the initiative and got the mill going. The time has come for the farmers to work together and have something to say about making and enforcing-the laws of the state. Until this time the govern- ment of the state has been controlled by others, not farmers. We have now come . together. Many of us hope the rest of the farmers that have mot already be- come members of the League will join. We haye started the ball arolling on the right Toad. Let us keep it. Let us stick together—stick until we are so SOME GALL. §- O. J. - Sorlie, of Traill County, recently announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor on the Republican ticket against Hon. A. . T. Kraabel. His only reason for - becoming a candidate, he states, is because Mr. Kraabel ‘accepted the indosement of the Nonpartisan League for the office ‘and felt honored in doing so, This -1s sure giving the “cold direct” to : ‘the farmers’ organization. It is- now up to the farmers of North Dakota to resent the insult and give Mr. Kraabel the largest vote- - of any man -on the ticket. It ‘takes some gall to oppose a man . for office’ simply because he has the farmers with him in an agri- _ cultural state like ours.—KEN- “MARE JOURNAL. ' / - some- time ago that Mr. Bacon owns Are They ~ Editor Nonpartisan Leader: ready to pay our share of the debts > Since Elmer Joi Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Some Messages Frdm the Firing Line Scared? " should not be dangerous. . Referring to the attempts in the Gang papers to scare the members of the League by trying to make them believe they are individually responsible for some of the debts of the League. If there be any, I want to say right here that in this precinct we are of the League, not only one hun- dred cents on the dollar but as many hundred cents to the dollar as it takes to pay it, and all they have to do is to let us know about it. Several farmers say they would rather pay one hundred dollars to the League which has been fighting for us than to pay ten times that to those who take it from us by force. At least I am not afraid of paying more than my share for the rest of the farmers would feel insulted if they didn’t get to pay their share. Ha! ha!l - Nothing doing in the way of a scare. W. H. DEARDORFF. ned the League — 0 e & . W, ? since FRAZIER WAs\') "N INDORSED FOR GOvernog THE HENS HAVE LAID MORE EGGS AND THE cows GWE MOR!" M ~_ 1 am a member of the League and glad of it. I think it’s the only move that’s ever been started. Ever since Frazier has been indor- sed for governor my hens have started to set and the cows give more milk,. My wife pats me on the back and says she hopes it’s a success. Even my boy, five months old, talks about it.—ELMER O. SMITH. solid together that we can never part. I have paid out a good many $6 to newspapers that have worked against the farmers, and so have you, brother. We all know we could not get a newspaper of our own without money to start it with—HANS JOHNSON. ANOTHER BACON LETTER Herald Owner Again Tells How Much Land He Owns : Editor Nonpartisan Leader: The following is a copy of a letter sent to the Grand Forks Daily Herald. It is the sentiment of many hundreds of boost- ers of the League in this vicinity: “Editor Grand Forks Herald: Dear Sir:—Am feeling good and . tired of your endless kicking concerning the Noxt- partisan League and if you continue same there will be a surprising number canceling their subscriptions before long. If your statements were a mixture of good and evil we might have believed the good part of it, but only a vigorous and continued condemnation of personal- ity makes me and all other League mem- bers avound here atrocious in mood.: “If you will attack the main issue and ~ principle of ‘this organization we would think you a little smart and léarned, but jumping ‘onto a few men will never con- vince us.” You know and we ‘all know none of us are infallible. We all have our faults, but here is the point: Don’t you think a person will ever amount to anything’ worth while if he has' made-a mistake once? Yes, and athousand times yes: : No one is perfect. ' It might seems t0. me you have accomplished very North Dakota. =~ = - -~ oo “You stated in your letter sent to me thousands of acres of land in North Da- the morning and work till 10 in the eyen- ! < el ' PAGE NINETEEN study conditions of the state so both he -and the rest of the farmers will get more for their wear and tear. . Ask 95 per cent of the farmers and I am pesitive no one ever knew there was a man by the name of Bacon. “Anether matter you have been very tacit about is that there is a great num- ber who have been writing you criticis- ing the stand you take towards the SEED CORN gt test & $5 per bushel. Only alimited League, but such letters are never seen in the Herald. Why not publish them, too? They are not written by the leaders of the League and therefore But as soon ag some odd one seems to take your stdnd Yyou use all kinds of space and print it in your paper at once. Hoping you will use a little more common sense after 3 while—HAROLD MARKHOLT.” FARMERS NEED LEAGUE If They Don’t Stand by it They are Fool« ish, Says Huso Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I address this to farmers who don’t know enough to stick to their organiza- tion and to those who knock the League and its leaders. You, brother farmer, who are against our organization, and those who knock the League and its leaders, the only thing I can say to you is I am sorry for you. . A farmer is against this organiz- ation for only one reason—ignerance. He does not know that every branch of business in our state is organized from the banker to the blacksmith. They are’ organized for protection and they get it. Every one of those organizations has a committee on legislation. That is why they get 90 per cent of the legislation and the farmers who constitute 85 per cent of the people get only 10 per cent for being the goat. Brother Farmer, show the world that. you are a man; that you have brains, intellect and common sense; that you hold your own; that you can be on an equal base in society as God intended you to be. They are knocking our leaders because they know that without leaders we could never succeed. Every organization in the world has its leaders. Where would the United States been today if it had not had its Washington and Patrick Henry? What would an army be with« out a general? What would our Equity be today without. Loftus ? i Brother Farmer, do you Temember only a year ago how viciously .they fought the Equity? The same tactics and the same gang, the very same lien- tenants today are fighting our League and its leaders as they fought the Equity and Loftus a year ago. For the sake of our liberty—yes, for the sake of our honor—when you are called to the colors for our second battle June 28, do your duty. Remember the last legislative assembly. Will you give them a chance to insult you again? Do not forget what they told us when we asked for that little terminal ele- vator. They said “Go home and slop your pigs.”—A. J. HUSO. I AM a $6 sucker, and I consider the.- Leader worth the entire sum. — F. L, GRINDBERG. High test, high grade, northern grown 1914 seed corn. . 13, Minnesota No. 23 and White Dent @ amount of today. 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