The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 2, 1916, Page 23

B B e N e e e e et UNITED STATES SENATOR OFFICE TO BE -'VOTED FOR GEORGE A. GILMORE : N. H. BJORNSTAD | DAVID J. GORMAN OTTO 0. SOLBERG JOHN MAHON WILSON D T. L. POTTS 8. L. NUCHOLS W. G. JOHNSON JOHN A. WRIGHT chs HEGREBERG PRESIDENTIAL S A : ELECTORS The farmers of North Dakota have indorsed a ticket standing for state-owned ele- vators, flour mills, packing houses and cold storage plants. They have done this as a means of protectmg themselves agamst ‘the robbery of the Trusts. 5 But many things that the farmers use are national in nature. be owned nationally. ‘The railroads, the mines, the banks are of thls kind. The Umted States Govern- | ‘ment must ‘own them. Socialist Pam' for ThoSe things must - Public 'OWn.ership But the Republlcan and Democratlc parties do not favor public ownership of the railroads, the banks and the mines. The Socialist party alone stands for Public Own- ership of these things natlonally, and is pledged to- the enactment of the following program: “The collective ownership and democratic man- agement of railroads, - telegraphs. and telephones, express service, steamboat lines and all other ‘social means of transportation and communication and of all large-scale industries. “The immediate acquirement by the mumclpal- ities, the states or the federal government of all grain elevators, stock yards, storage warehouses and other distributing agencies in order to relieve the farmer from the extortionate charges of the middlemen and to reduce the present high cost of living. “The extension of the public domain to include mines, quarries, oil wells, forests and water powér.” The Republicans and Democrats do not even mentlon Public Owner- ship.in' their platforms SOCIALIST | PARTY AGAINST MILITARISM - The Wilson administration has appropnated more than 660 mlllions ‘ for Mlhtansm for: next year. - ' That is more money than was reqmred to build the Panama Canal It is two hundred million dollars more than ‘was spént by’ Great Britain during- the year-before the Great War. And Great- Britain spent more than any other European ‘Government’for that purpose. © - R Mr. Hughes and the Republican pohtxclans criticize President Wilson and the Democrats for not having spent more money-for Militarism... -The " Republicans say in their platform that “the Democratic party has. utterlyv fzuled to develop” sufliclent mxhtary power;. though ‘the. Democrats haye spent 660 million dollars for one year. and his party spend? A BILLION perhaps? Army and Navy Appropriations of the Chief Belligerent. Nations for the Year Preceding the War Great “Britain - i i Fn s ~$461,830,459 Germany ... ... 293,181,125 France ... 281,596,205 : Russia ... - --.-435,308,657 Austna—Hungary e 124,300,000 Ttaly: inadl nra by e e 132,478,147 dapanciclio o S i B e 9‘7 105, ,162° For 1917 i - United States ... L s e $662,476,512 = The North Dakota farmers do not favor spendmg billions of dollars for Militarism. Mr. Benson, the Socialist candidate, is the only nominee for the Presidency who is opposed to Militarism. In his articles, which have .. appeared in Pearson’s Magazine, he has. opposed. the wasting of the - people’s money: for such an unholy purpose. His article in the last . (November) issue shows where the Socialists stand on this xmportant : questlon. : Mr. Fa.nner, you have. voted long. enough for the things you DIDN' ’T i want. . Vote once for what you DO want. While this is true of the Democrats;,the Republicans are even ‘worse. - - -You have shown'by your vote ‘(in the pnma.ry) that you want to. ge 5 rid of Private .Ownership .in-Terminal .Elevators,,Flour Mill: d ~> +ing Plants. ‘' Just.take one more ndvsnced step: on”l‘l'ovembelE ’?fl?n an(f :‘cilt‘e‘_ Sy : i'l?rl o :Eubhc Ownerslup of Rall'roads, ‘Coal ' Mines," Telegraphs andl ' } eep ones. - i How vmuch would Mr. Hughes - ZEY « " The ONLY Way you- can do th1s is by; voting for Allan L. Benson for Pl_‘es’ident; ' : A vote for Benson means also a vote AGAINST Militarlsm. oAt ool G socmms'r CAMPAIGN comn I'l'l‘EE