The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 3, 1916, Page 10

el § ECE IS S 800060030 annn shown in the picture above. picture held aloft on standards. Fourth of July at Driscoll, as at man y other towns in North Dakota where farmers congregate, was a double “Independence Day” celebration, a celebration of the farm- ers’ victory at the polls and their independence from Big Business as well as of the nation’s independence. One of the features of the Fourth at Driscoll was the big floa’t This. float, drawn by ten farm horses and its sides covered with placards of triumph, carried a dozen League boosters. thh_Mr. Frazier's The photograph was sent to the Leader by William Meyer of Driscoll, one of those who arranged the float and the celebration. Grain Growers’ Meeting Called NE of the most important moves O -ever taken in the United States to assure fair prices to grain growers is announced by the Grain Growers’ division of the Society of Equity. ol 1S Under the auspices of .this organiza- tion there will be held in Fargo on August 15 a meeting of the grain growers of the northwest, to get accu- rate estimates on' the present crop and figures on the cost of production of all grains to be harvested this year. With this data at hand and tabulated & fair price for this year’s crop will be estimated and such other steps taken as will enable farmers to realize fairly on this year’s work and prevent the -hammering down of the price of grain . ag was done last year. LAST YEAR SPECULATORS HAMMERED DOWN PRICE ’ The Grain Growers’ division of the’ Society of Equity has sent out the fol- lowing announcement of the Fargo meeting: “Last year the grain manipulators succeeded in reducing the price of grain "as low as 89 cents at the Minneapolis market. It has, therefore, been decided to call a general meeting of the grain growers of the northwest, the meeting to take place at Fargo, North Dakota, ‘August 15, 1916. The object of the meeting is to ascertain'the crop acreage, the yield per acre, the actual cost of production of grain of all kinds, the cost of marketing the grain, and to consider what the price should be, based on the actual cost of production and marketing, allowing a reasonable profit. 3 “It is urgent that you attend this meeting. Elevator managers are re- quested to notify their directors and stockholders. If you find it impossible to attend this meeting in person, please fill out the following as soon as possible and forward to us at 209 Pioneer build- ~ing, St. Paul, Minnesota.” FARMERS ASKED TO REPORT !FACTS: ABOUT CROP ' _The blank referred to above to be _ filled out and sent in by such farmers as . ean not attend the meeting requests ~* data on acreage, yield per acre, cost of '~ - 'production, cost of marketing and price - ‘wanted ‘for the crop by the farmer to assure his paying expenses and making " afair profit for the year. 1t is expected through the filling out and return of - A’s UP‘tol- YOU—-Read 'fhé_A@fing¢ement on Page 24 and Declde these blanks and through information and discussion at the meeting to get at a price that the farmers ought to receive for their preduct this year. The Fargo meeting will doubtless draw hundreds, if not thousands of * *farmers from all parts of the northwest. Those in charge of the meeting and back of the plan to prevent the ham- mering down of the price of grain this year consider the proposition of the utmost importance and urge every farmer who can possibly do so to be present. If they can not be present they should fill out the blanks furnished by the Society of Equity and return them at once. Farmers-are referred to the Grain Growers’ division of the society, How a Burleigh 209 Pioneer building, St. Paul, Minn., for further advice and blanks, if they can not attend the meeting. TO HEAD OFF REPORTS FALSIFYING CROP FIGURES This is the first move of this kind in North Dakota and adjoining states. The idea is to accumulate enough data on the crop and the cost of its produc- tion to assure a fair estimate of what price every farmer should receive for his grain, to net him the necessary fair profit. What steps will be taken, if any, to bring about the obtaining of this price after it is once arrived at will be discussed at the meeting. The meeting county town celebrated the Fourth of July. Viéw of the Frazier float in the Independence day parade at Driscoll. ; building, St. Paul. - Kind of Grain Oats Barley Flax - .. "Dumm 5 quity Wants Crop Figures The Grain Growers’ division of the Society of Equity requests farmers who can not attend the meeting in Fargo on August 15, where crop figures and costs will be discussed, to fill out this blank and forward it to 209 Pioneer »No. Acres .Yield per Cost of Cost.of Price Acre = Production Marketing Wanted will get at actual facts and be able to head off unfair and misleading reports of the crop circulated by the grain gamblers and manipulators for the pur-- pose of cheating the ' producer ' and- influencing him to sell his grain at low prices. LET ENEMIES BARK Editor Nonpartisan Leader: The mouthpiece of Big Business, ap- parently making it their plan to rule or ruin, have been tooting their horns ‘and condemning the League for some time with such success that everybody in the 43rd legislative district is for _the League. ; Some of the statements they are ma- king are so far from the truth that one ' would almost believe that these papers - would print anything, and we sometimes’ have a_curiosity to know- how much Big Biz is paying them. Really it can not be much, for everybody that would knock a convention that was conducted" as fair and square as the Fargo con- vention is small enough to do most anything. % 3 : But let the little Cur-rier bark; it is an ill wind that doesn’t blow somebody some good, and the bark of Big Inter- ests has given us a warning that makes us stick together all the tighter. - Thera, is. only one thing that woud cause a commotion up here and that would e we wouldn't get the Leader. I was. a delegate ‘to the Fargo con- vention from the 43rd district, compris- ing Renville county, and will substan- tiate the. statement made by J. N. Hagan and other delegates. I never met a finer bunch of fellows. They were all there for business and on the job all the time, ; i Congratulations to theé League officers for the able service they are rendering, and thanks to the league members for th‘e fight they are. putting ap. I am with you till the polls close next Nov- ember and if -the ballots count up right I will be with you “on to Bismarck.” —G. PATTERSON. 4 2 b in case something would happen that' into_the history of this state but a few years, and if they ‘recollect what hap- pened to -the candidates for Judicigh positions indorsed | by the state bar association, and ‘can’ they expect to have much ~better ‘luck?—CARRING TONRECORD; . oo b