The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 3, 1916, Page 18

.N()W Is the Tlme t() Get New Members There-are seven or eight thousand farmers in North Dakota who have not yet joined the League: a few in each township. Some were nol 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 liongerrmexcnsefnrrefusingtowmein. Most of these men are willing to join you now if given an opportunity. And you need them in tha deague 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-mems. “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 mary -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 Name Northern School Sapply Co. Fargo, N. D The House of = Honest Goods Fair Dealing Efficient Service i’ Attend Button’s Business College, Fargo, N. D., and Pipestone, Minnesota. Deposit your money in the Bank to be .paid to us after we place you in a position. Write for catalog. 454t | Magn.etds Repaired and Overhauled All magnetos need care to prevent extensive repairs. - _ Bosch Magnetos . Satisfy Always Howard B. Tilden Magueto and Battery Expert Auto andGas Engine Specialists All sizes of ‘Auto and Gas Engine: Cylinders. bored and reamed, and] fitted with' larger pistons and rings. We weld ~all *metals.” Make “or § machine anything._ : » Dakota Welding & Mfg. Co: i N. > 'rg_:.fia_zg. * government; * I hereby make applieation to join the Farmers’ Nonpartisan League: ake certain victory in November. Use the blank below. Send check, cash or poste dated check in the sum of $9 for each member secured. E G Postoffice Address ; Two Kinds of Bankers \HE clese - cooperation between the. ' farmers -who compose -the society of Equity, .and.the farmers of the Non- partisan League was shown by the invitation extended by the leaders of the Equity in Traill county to Lynn J. Frazier and former Congressman James Manahan of Minnesota, to attend the annual Equity_ picnic at Hatton, July 19, and deliver addresses. Other enga; ments for both on that date made accept- ance impossible, but the League sent N. S. Randall to represent it and Mr. Frazier, and an enthusiastic hearing 'was given him. . There were 4000 people at the picnic. Mr. Randall used. as his subject, “Political Democracy versus Industrial Despotism.” One banker present objected to the movement to give farm- ers a.part in the legislation of the state such as the League proposes to do, and Mr. Randall replied that as the bankers and, professional men had been controll- ing“legislation\ for 85 years it would be no more than fair for them to let the farmers have a part in it now. E. G. Quamme, another banker, was one of the speakers on the program and advocated the course being pursued by the Nonpartisan League, in organizing the farmers to safeguard themselves. He said he could see no injury to any- one in the carrying out of the program of the League. A. T. Cole of Fargo, who was named in the primaries as the opponent of Judge C. A. Pollock for the November election, also spoke briefly’ and was well received. J. G. Crites, sales manager of the Equity Exchange of St. Paul, delivered the principal address of the day, dwelling upon Equity problems, and was accom- panied by G. W. Gleely of Chicago, who made a special appeal for support for the Loftus fund, being raised by admirers of the late George S. Loftus to care for his dependent family. The farmers subscribed $1000 to this fund. The picnic was held in a beautiful grove near Hatton, and two of the main attractions were several selections by the Norwegian male chorus, and several numbers by the Hatton brass band. At the conclusion of the picnic it was decided to make it an’ annual tri-county affair, to include Grand Forks, Traill, and Steele counties, all of which had representatives there. - Drys Would Aid Farmer A plank favoring the federal regula- tion. of the grain and cotton markets and the eliminating of gambling-in farm products was adopted by the national convention of the prohibition party in session at St. Paul July 20. The plank " relating to agriculture was presented and “argued by S. H. Greeley of White . - Bear, Minn. It is as follows: “While: it is admitted that grain-and cotton are fundamental factors in-our national ' life, it cannot be_ denied that proper assistance and iprotection. are not given these commodities at terminal - markets, in the course -of inter-state commerce. “We favor and pledge our efforts to obtain pul;lic grain elevators at neces- sary- terminal markets, such elevators to ~be-owned and operated by the :Federal also to secure [Federal - grain inspection under a system:of civil service and to-secure the abolition of any board. of trade; chamber of commerce, or other place of gambling in grain or trad- ‘ing in ‘options’ or ‘futures’:or ‘short- selling,’ or any other form of so called specnlation wherein products. .are- not . received or. delivered .but wherein so- _called contracts are settled by the pay- ‘ments: of -‘margins’ or ‘differences’ through clearing houses or otherwise. “This party -stands ‘committed to free and open markets based upon legitimate supply: and - demand, absolutely free PAGE NINRTEEN from questionable practices of market manipulation. We also favor govern- -~ment warehouses for cotton at proper terminals where the interests of. pro- ducers require the same; and the abso- lute divorce of all railroad elevators or warehouses owned by railroad com- panies, either public or private, from _operation and control of private indiv- iduals in competition with the public in merchandising grain, cotton or other farm products. “We furthermore indorse ‘all proper methods among producers of those means of co-operative mutual enterprise, which tend toward broader and better ‘'markets- - for ‘both producer- ahd consumer.” . .. GUILD LEAGUE’S ALLY If anybody thinks the Nonpartisan League is losing ground they have another think coming. New members are joining by. the hundreds 'and the farmers are awake in every section of the state. Parson Guild, of the Fargo Courier-News, is to be congratulated on the good work he has done in getting the farmers fighting mad for now he has his coat ‘off and is working to swell the majority - at the. polls. Par- son Guild’s newspaper has a -stench of the old gang about it that smells so strong of the “long green” that one can almost feel itt—MINOT MESSENGER.. If you have anything to sell use the . " Mention the Lesder When Patronizing Advertivers. g e Send For An Expert If “more ‘convenient to you we can-send an expert out to put your engine in per- fect shape. Write us mow, have it done before the rush. ° Full line of stay bolts, boiler bolts, i boiler taps, flues, etc. Fire boxes over- hauled. | Architectural iron workers, founders, machinists, and boiler makers. * Fargo Foundry Co. FARGO, N. D. 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