The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 24, 1916, Page 18

_‘—-_,_——’_—'_._._:_____L_'_.__-W.W,_.me_,_w.m,.__,_v,_ > N S 53 N PSR e A S B TR— | et e e —————- KODAKS Developing and Printing. Bromide Enlarging ~ Hagen-Newton Co. Jewelers and Opticians Ma‘l Orders Promptly Filled - Use Leader Want Ads The Nonpartisan Leader PUBLISHED WEKKLYfEVERY THURSDAY, Official Paper of the Farmers’- Nonpartisan Political League of North Dakota Entered as second-class matter September 8, 1915, postofiice Fargo, North Dakota, under the Act of March 3, 1670 *t e 200 % W. D. GILLESPIE Architect and Superintendent 64 Broadway Fargo, N. D. FARGO N.D. D. C. Coates, Managing Editor. ; dvertising rates on application. partisan Leader, Box 941, Fargo, N The Leader solicits ad: Fanners. ‘should they have which patronizes our- advertising co and up-to-date f armers. Subscnptzon, one year, in advance, $ Communications intended !or the pa er should be ad advertisements uack, fraudulent and i . vertised, an we will take it as a favor if any readers will advise us prom occasion to doubt or, question the reliability of any Discriminating advertisers recognize-the N partisan _medmm in the mte of North lhkots through ;‘l‘nch to reach;the wideawake : Guara.nteedWeekly Cirenlafion of 45,000 Copies and Upward Herbett Gaston, Editor. = to the Non- ota, and not to any individaal. of meritorious articles needed b onsible firms are not knowingly J $1.50; mx months, 1.00. y Leader as the best INSURANCE PAPER REBUKED i-In-last ‘week’s issue -of the Leader gomething was told about how Big . Business is trying to coerce business men of North Dakota. into opposition to those candidates who place the interests of the te of North Dakota first—in other words, opposition to the candidates ; indomed by the Nonpartisan League. The ‘same thing that “is happemng in the general business world.- is happemng in the insurance world. Orders have come down “from above.” These orders are: Fight the Nonparti- san League. : A part of this effort is seen in the re- : eent publication”in the Insurance Field of a grou!y untrue story about the Non-- artisan League. The article is dated Blsmmk, N. D., but it contains what purports to be an interview with a Fargo insuranee man named Whittlesey. The writer of the article “drew the long bow.” He was writing for a public — mostly insurance men in other states— who lkmow nothing about the great re- wolt of the farmers of North Dakota, and he-was ‘not hamperéd by the {:¢'s. - The same journal in an editorial comments on the article and ISSUE ITS INSTRUC- TIONS -on behalf of the insurance com- panies which, presumably, it represents, for North Dakota insurance men to oppose the Nonpartisan ~ League candidates. = The article: is not. meeting the success in North Daketa: that its writers might have hoped. Several insurance men:-have assured the Leader that it does not re- present’ their -yiews. A detailed answer to the article in the Insyrante Field was written and sent to this publication by . an insurance man, Kersey E. Gowin of Minot. Unlike the writer of the anonymous article in the Insurance Field, Mr. Gowin signs his - own name and tells the truth. If the Insurance Field wishes to be fair to the insurance men of North Dakota it will print Mr. Gowin’s letter in full, but in order that it may mnot be lost'to the public if that. publication fails to print it, the Leader herewith prints it, having been furnished a copy by Mr. Gowin. A J. O'SHEA ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER FARGO., NORTH DAKOTA SCANDINA VIAN AMERICAN BANK FARGO, N. D. A BANK OF S,ERVICE AND SATISFACTION 000000000000 000000000000008000008000000000000060000068800000 ‘ SERS The up-to-date, prosperous fgrmers of North Dakota have money to. spend for all artieles of wear and consumption and for the things that make for efficieney, convenience and com- fort on the farm and in the home, The increase in business for you only requires that you get your propositions before these farmers. The Nonpértisan Leader goes into more than 40,000 farm . homes in North Dakota every week, has over 125,000 readers, and gets the business for advertisers. Mr. Gowm s Letter Insurance Field Pnhhshing Co., Lonisnlle, Ky., Gentlemen: : 1 notice in your issue of July 28th, a piece written from Blsmnrck, N. b, but the gentleman fails to sign his nanie.. It was headed “Great North Dakota PDanger,” and -he goes on to teli of the terrible things that will happen when the Farmers’ Nonpartisan League gets in control of the state Ieglslatnre and their governor in the chair. ‘They are called carpet-baggers and various other names and non-taxpayers. Now, this gentleman should better inform himself to the true conditions before starting to write such-articles for publication. Mr. Lynn Frazier, who is the Republican Nonpartisan nominee for governor, is a farmer who was raised in North Dakota and knows North Dakota conditions. He owns and farms a2 section of well improved land, has a college education, and a record that any man may well be proud of. I, the writer, have lived in North Dakota slxteen years and for the past six years have been engaged in real estate and insurance here at Minot and I have had the pleasure of doing business with several of the men who are this . year League candidates for office, and every one are men that are large tax- payers; men that will meet their every obligation to their fellow men and I want to say here that no legmmate business need worry what will happen, < whether they are insurance companies or bankers. This great movement was brought about by men who have been elected to office to serve the people, and when once elected have failed to serve them that ., put them in office. Is it reasonable to believe tlnt these men who are now League candidates for office, after their years of hard work and toil, on the wind swept prairies of North Daketa, now that they all-own land and property, would want to ruin this great state, which would mean ruin and disgrace for them and their loved ones? NO. It is only those that wish to defeat the will of the people that will ‘have cause to worry as to the legislation tlut may be enacted when the real tax-payers get control of the state. Your wise and learned correspondent also states that it. has: become hard to get money on farm lands. To show you how unfair he is in this statement, I have just called on a representative of the E. J. Landers Lean Compa.ny of Grand Forks, which is one of the hrgest and oldest loan companies in North Dakota, They have brmch ofim tlus and various other tflnu in the state. They tell me money was never more plentlful for- farm Joans than now and bRt out of our daily paper, the Minot Optic-Reporter, date of August 3rd, 1 take ! the building’ inspector’s report to show yon that conditions are not what your . : ; eormpondent wishes to-show they are. Here is the report of Mr. O. H. Moon 2 and is as follows: ; - “Minot’s great building record for the year is moving. forward by leaps and bounds and the indications are that bytheendoftheymntmllreaehthe million dollar mark. To August 1st he hul issued permits fox' 3899 805 in- buildings.” This certainly don’t look too bad. THERE ARE. SOME PEOPLE:- HERE IN NORTH DAKOTA THAT “BELIEVE THAT SUCH.FELLOWS AS YOUR CORRESPONDENT DO - MORE HARM TO OUR GREAT STATE THAN ALL THE SOCIALISTS IN THE STATE. PLEASE ASK HIM TO SIGN NAME TO THE REST OF THE ARTICLES, AND WITH ONE QUESTION TQ HIM, I AM THROUGH. = i3 is is strictly a farming country and if our farmer fiumds have more 5 moneytcspend,wnllitnotbebetterfora]l? They generally buy at home and - all are good spenders if treated right.: 'l‘hey toil in the heat of the summer o = ‘when others are sitting in the shade, and in the cold and stormy winter, while . others are by a good warm fire.....Are they not entitled to a fair share of the wealth produced by them? ° Respectfully,” ERSEY E. GOWIN A GET RESULTS THE ONLY ENGRAVING PLANT IN NORTH DAKOTA Send us your next order. Copper- half tones; Zine half tones; Zinc etchings; Color or embossing plates, Re- touching of buildings, machines, .etc. Wash drawings or birds eye views . Designs for letter heads, cards, labels, booklets and catalogs ; Cover designs Pashion drawings ' Tlustrations - and- cartoons for any purpose ' . Stereotypes SEtE We have experfs m each department Mmm vumoeucmumcco pEN 9% FflRGO NORTH DAKOTA. =i wear For “Want Ad” Results Try the Leader m&mmr-mwum PAGE EIGHTEEK N <y ¢ divetiasi A S R R e T R