The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 20, 1916, Page 18

- N 4 * N i i 4" , i & S | | N L4 y - * b {3 < { * } oy ’ N AR | e ] ~a M By I Y IO T T s Now Is the Time to Get New Members' PSS i 4 There are seven or eight thousand farmers in North Dakota who have not yet joined the League: a few in each township. Some were not home when the organizer called. Some were afraid “it couldn’t be done.” Some said “the farmers wouldn’t stick.” Some wanted to “wait and see.” But all said they were willing to join and do their part if everything went all right. Now is the time for these men to come in and do their 'share to make certain the success of this great farmers’ movement. They have no _ longer any excuse for refusing to come in. Most of these men are willing to join you now if given an opportunity. And you peed them in the League and they need the things the League can do for them. Let the League boosters in each township get together and call on these non-mem- bers and get them into your organization. “This is your work now. It is the greatest work you can do. Go and show them why they should be with you. They must be either for you or against.-you. There is no middle way. You have paid the expense so far. They should do their part to win the next victory. No man who is fair and square with his neighbors will want to admit next summer that he refused to do his part in the great work. Get busy now: Get your precinct fully organized and make certain vu:tory in November. dated check in the sum of $9 for each member secured. I hereby make application to join the Farmers’ Nonparhsan League. Name. Postoffice Address Use the blank below. Send check, cash or poste ;. DISREPUTABLE POLITICIANS } (Editorial in Starkwater Times.) " The Farmers’ Nonpartisan League nominated every candidate they indorsed. Their election this fall is conceded. The farmers stuck and-they stuck tight. Henceforth and from. now on we can expect them to manifest themselves in all. political affairs. The farmers by voting together can control every office’ -in the state because they have the.nfost votes. s Good Clean Amusements Now that the farmers have shown that they are aroused and intend to take a hand in affairs, it would be well to consider the causes that brought' about the conditions that now exist in the state. In the past there have been just:two states with worse governments than North Dakota. They are New York and Colorado. The people of the state have long known this fact but have made no effort to remedy it. The direct and immediate- causes for the Nonpartisan League are of more recent date. During the legislative session of 1914 the farmers were almost unanimous in their demand for a terminal elevator, better marketing con- ditions .and a better system for testing grain. They. also wanted a compulsory state. hail insurance law and other similar - legislation. The legislature, dominated by the business interests and controlled by Hanna, Twitchel, et al., . refused all these measures despite the THE largest 1ndependent fair in the northwest opens fora five-days expo- + sition of the resources of the northwest on JULY 25th. ; | An Exceptional Display of Live Stock The Great Patterson Shows on the Midway Auto-Polo Afternoon and Evening Seven Big Vaudeville Acts Daily ~ Walter Raub and Two Lady Assistants In Sensatnonal Balloon thhts and Parachute Drops An additional feature is the famous Canadzan “Kiltie” Band wzth 25 pwces, together with Scotch dancers ;- and bag-pzpes - £ The last day devoted to AutOmobzle Race-S,. wzth seven world famous drivers fact that the people by a three to one vote had declared in favor of a terminal elevator. By way of making matters worse, the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce had Attorney General Linde and other state officials bring suit against the equity association in an attempt to drive it out of business in. this state. Of all the corrupt and disreputable things that the big business interests have done in this state, the suit against the Equity asso- ciation was the worst. and the products of the farm and home in front of the Grand Stand T AT A A i i e e e et A A