The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 15, 1916, Page 3

‘A newspaper that dares to print the truth e R . Official Paper of the Farmers' Nonpartisan Political League of North Dakota ' VOL.2, NO. 24 TR o) TnNETT #0° i TH R ) . { ot ey g e e e iy = o =t e 1ok i S : 4 4 mnuuq-’uu sy : ? : BIG BIZ HARVESTER Co. - ALEXIMCKENZ(E. ADIES and Gentlemen: - Attention! - . & ; We have with us today an artistic delineation of the present | “®—political situation so far as the Old Gang is concerned. Don'’t laugh, please; it’s a sad affair. i Here we have the tragedy of the busted machine, which is SOME ‘ ~ tragedy for Big Biz and his busy little helpers in North Dakota. { The machine here depicted is what is known as a separator, or threshing machine. You knew that, anyway, didn’t you? But we want it to be plain to all, even to the townspeople who read these lines." Tt has been used in the past to separate the farmers of North Da- kota from their cash. It has been doing this efficiently—very, very ‘ - efficiently. * Every year the farmer fattens up with wealth he has pro- S8 duced by long, hard work in the fields, tilling the rich North Dakota soil. ; - Every year, when he is “ripe,” he has been reaped and put through this ‘machine. He comes out with tattered clothes and empty pockets, while - the stream of golden grain has been poured.into the bins of Big Biz and carted off to build palaces and fortunes in other states. : . Tt has been 2 highly profitable business for Big Biz, the owner of the threshing outfit, and the members of his crew, consisting of corrupt _ politicians, the servile newspapers and some citizens of North Dakota. - But Big Biz has got most of the profits. The others -have only worked ' ‘on wages and they have had to work hard and:do lots of dirty work for . their money. 5 A e nrvarrenate Al S 1o - And now it's broken down...The expert underneath—old Crafty ) himself, we do believe !—gives it as his opinion that “we’ll never be able to thresh ’em again.”. - . SR . SRR But over there on the right is another expert who seems to have a ' different opinion. He’s a hopeful cuss. He’s one of these fellows con- - pected with the air blower department, and according to his idea if you only have a 3 - whether the rest of the wheels turn or not. - St ' . ‘He'sa ‘good air blower, but‘an awful mutt in some ways. - He seems to think that if you have a good blast of air it don’t make any difference . whether the air is moving anything, or not. " His business is just to fur- : d.and he has another cute scheme for doing that. : v nb down into the works of one of these machines yours and dirty and greasy and struggle away with | knuckles at ‘some stubborn bolt and then have some wise guy FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1916 L What's Wrong_ P good. circulation of hot air it won’t matter very much - " TION DAY ~ PAGE THREE . WHOLE NO. 39 With the Separator? = | Z ---8) - [N —--7 el | {) % A WRENCH IN HE st 0710774 & [ § standing at one side with his hands in his pockets try to tell you just what was wrong. This is Mr. Know-it-all. “All we need to do now is to get a new blower belt,” he is proclaiming. But what is wrong with this machine? +in here,” says Crafty, underneath. into ’er,” mourns Big Biz. We don’t want to accuse anybody, but it may be so. It may be that the farmers of North Dakota are tired of being threshed for the benefit of Big Business and that they have done something to this North Da-~ kota political machine, patented by Alex McKenzie and in operation suc- cessfully for many years, separating the farmers from their wealth for the benefit of citizens of other states. - ; “Somebody threw a wrench “The farmers threw- a pitchfork 'THE ABSENT VOTER’S BALLOT g' RE YOU going to be away from home on primary election day? - ~You don’t want to miss your vote if you are—and you don’t need North Dakota has an ‘“‘absent voting law” and an “absent voter’s ballot.” - This ballot can be obtained from the auditor of your county on personal application. You sign an application blank and he delivers you ‘the ballot. It can be voted and sworn to at once and handed back to him; 1If you are now absent from your home and will not be back to your home county before the primary WRITE AT ONCE to the auditor of “your county for an absentee voter APPLICATION BLANK. You must on receipt of this-fill it out promptly and return it, when the auditor-will send you the ABSENT VOTER BALLOT. The ballot MUST BE VOTED IN THE PRESENCE OF A NOTARY PUBLIC or other officer authorized by law to receive oaths and must be sworn to before him. It is then returned in the envelope furnished for that purpose by the auditor. (& > : The auditor preserves the ballot in a sealed envelope to be opened by the judges of your precinct on election day. Absent voters’ ballots are now in the hands of the county auditors. You may vote them before leaving your county or may vote them else- where and send them to the auditor. But IN ALL: CASES THEY MUST - BE IN THE AUDITOR’S HANDS. 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