The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 24, 1916, Page 19

P RR AT o S The Nonpartisan Leader PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY THURSDAY Official Paper of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan: Political League of North Dakota Entered as second-class matter September 8, 1915, at the postofiice at Fargo, North Dakota, under the Act of March 3, 1879, e "KODAKS Developing and Printing. Bromide Enlarging agen-Newton Co. 7 Jewelers and -Opticians oD “Use Leader Want Ads D. C. Coates, Managing Editor. Advertising rates on application. partisan Leader, Box 941, Fargo, North Farmers. and up-to-date farmers. . INSURANCE PAPER REBUKED In - last ‘week’s issue of the Leader something 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 state of North Dakota first—in other words, opposition to the candidates indorsed by the Nonpartisan League. The ‘'same thing that “is happening in the general business world is happenin in the insurance world. x 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 grossly untrue story about the Non-: partisan League. The article is dated Bismarck, N. D., but it contains what purports to be an interview with a Fargo insurance man named Whittlesey. The writer of the artiele “drew the long bow.” He was writing for a public — mostly insurance men in other states— who know nothing about the great re- wolt of the farmers of North Dakota, and Subscription, one year, in advance, $1.50; six months, $1.00. Communications intended for the paper should be addressed to the Non- The Leader solicits advertisements of meritorious articles needed .t:iy uack, fraudulent and irresponsible firms are not knowingly ad- vertised, and we will take it as a fayor if any readers will advise us prom; ‘should they have occasion to doubt or, question the reliability of any p which patronizes our advertising columns. Discriminating advertisers recognize -the Non, medium in the state of North Dakota through which to reach;the wideawake Guaranteed Weekly Circulation of 45,000 Copies and Upward Herbert Gaston, Editor. ; = akota, and not to any individial. partisan Leader as the best he-was not hamperéed by the {:z'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 Dakota that its writers might have hoped. Several insurance men-have assured the Leader that it does not re- present’ their -views. A ‘Qetailed answer to the article in the Insyranee 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 not be lest 'to the public if that publication fails to print = @ it, the Leader herewith prints it, -having been furnished a copy by Mr. Gowin. Mr. 'Gowin"s Letter \ X Insurance Field Publishing Co., Louisville, Ky., Gentlemen: V. I notice in your issue of July 28th, a piece ‘written from Bismarck, N. D, but the gentleman fails to sign his name. It was headed “Great North Dakota Danger,” and he goes on to tell of the terrible things. that will. happen when the Farmers’ Nonpartisan League gets in control of the state legislature and their governor in the chair. They are called carpet-baggers and various other names and non-taxpayers. - Now, this gentleman sheuld 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 a section of well improved land, has a college education, and a. record that any man may well be proud of. 1, the writer, have lived in North .Dakota sixteen 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 whe 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 legitimate business need worry what will happen, whether they are insurance companies or bankers. 3 5 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 that 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 rain 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 that may be enacted when the real tax-payers get control of the state. 3 3 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 Loan Company of Grand Forks, which is one of the largest and oldest loan companies in North Dakota. They have branch offices in this-and various other towns in the - state, They tell me mo:_\ey;was never more plentiful fortfv"nm loans than now and out of our daily paper, the Minot Optic-Reporter, date of August 3rd, I take the building’ inspector’s report to show yon that conditions are not what your correspondent wishes to show they are. Here is the report of Mr. O. H. Moon . and is as follows: “Minot’s great building record for the year is moving forward by leaps and bounds' and the indications are that by the end of the year it will reach the million dollar mark. To August 1st he had issued permits for $899,805 in | buildings.” This certainly don’t look too bad. - 3 ot THERE ARE. SOME PEOPLE HERE IN NORTH DAKOTA THAT' BELIEVE THAT SUCH. FELLOWS AS YOUR CORBESPONDENT 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. e ; This is strictly a farming country and if our/fi:lfiet friends have more money to spend, will it not be better for all? They generally buy at home and all are good spenders if treated right. They toil in the heat of the summer 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? 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