The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 26, 1916, Page 24

~ VOTE = dor McCumber by Democ'rat ‘votes. " . spoke in part as follows: ; - “So far the Congress has been deaf to their cries for assistance, until the farmers themselves in my-state and in other states have been forced: to take drastic measures. They asked for Fed- .- eral supervision of the grain trade. The Congress of the United States denied it. They asked for Federal standardization. The:Congress denied it. - They asked for Federal inspection. The Congress - denied it. - They presented to the Congress of the United States the fact that they, being compelled to sell their product in another state, had no con- ““trol, by legislation or otherwise, of the rules which govern the selling of that product.. Still the ears " -of Congress were deaf to that cry.” 'So in my own state; exasperated beyond endurance, they asked - for an amendment to the constitution of the State “‘of North Dakota which would allow the state to purchase or-erect an elevator at. the great ter- minals and be able to handle their own grain, and suffered at the hands of this great grain system. “The state having failed to pass the nceessary legislation, there followed a great farm organiz- ation in the state of North Dakota. ~That organ- ization nominated .its own men in the great political "parties, and with an overwhelming majority it succeeded in electing at the primaries views.. It may be that some may regard: their. >l GRAIN _ escape, if possible, some of the injustices they : . every certificate that is being issued. ‘those men whom it _had chosen to.carry out.its. This Shows Where He v — Fat PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT HE ALSO ADVOCATED A FEDERAL purposes as radical, but here are some of the things that they are demanding, and they are things that they will carry out before they-get through: - : “The first is a terminal elevator or elevators in which they will handle their own grain by their own 'state in a foreign state. “Secondly, they are determined now to provide for state packing plants. . “Third, they are determined to have state insurance. ; ¢ -‘“Fourth,’ they are determined to have a system of rural credits. - i “Thaf element, which Was initiated in the state of North Dakota, is not going to stop its opera- tions. Minnesota will feel it. South Dakota will “feel its influence, and these grain elevators and this great grain system that have so persistently defied the honest demands of the farming element for- honest” grading and. honest inspection ‘have- been cutting their own. throats: : “I am seeking to assist them as much as I can in securing honest standards by securing a Gov- ernment supervision that will insure confidence in . “Every interest in.the United States that is ‘opposing:the just demands of the rural population of this country will be called to account in the very: Stands and the F_ar_mér 'McCUMBER CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - YOTE for McCumber : | SENATOR P. J. McCUMBER REAL RURAL CREDIT TAW and tried to get amendments offered by the NOl‘fl'\l_ Dakota Society. of Equity made part of the present' law, but whicli_were defeated GRADING LAW o e - Which Would Save Millions of Dollars to the Farmers of this State. =8l Senator McCumber in a speech in the United States Senate on August 4th last, in urging aneffective federal grain grading law, near future. If the farmers can not secure justice in the only forum that will reach beyond state porders,'they must necessarily ‘take all matters into their.own hands and govern all state legis- latlop. They do not ask for anything that is unfair. - They do not ask for the enactment of any \_vild or radical theories. Give them straight, fair justice, and they will go on witk their labors with patience without attempting to interfere with other lines of business. ~But I say, Mr. President, that they have been calling in vain for any real beneficial legislation: O A “Why, in my own state they have read over your rural-credits bill. - They are not blind to ‘the fact that it is topheavy, expensive, complex, and that it will never give them the character of relief that they seek. So today they are ‘seeking to secure real beneficial legislation through state instrumentalities. If the governmental system is made simple ‘and easy of operation, if it is made effective, there will be no necessity for any state legislation upon the subject. But when they asked for bread you gave them a stone; when they asked for a Tural credits bill you gave them a mighty system, designed mainly to afford remunerative positions for deserving politicians. They haye - therefore - been compelled to seek, through thir own legislatures, the relief that they hoped would be nation-wide.” s Should Stand By Him