The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 2, 1916, Page 25

VOTE McCumber VOTE for McCumber ~ SENATOR P. J. McCUMBER Was the One Man in the U. S. Senate Who Labored for a L'} REAL RURAT CREDIF T AW ; ~ and tried to get amendments ofl'ered by the North Dakota Society- of Equity made part of the present law, but which were defeated _ R : by Democrat votes. | o o HE ALSO ADVOCATED A FEDERAL \ | | ~ GRAIN GRADING LAW | | Which Would Save Millions of Dollars to the Farmers of this State. - Senator McCumber ‘in a speech in the Umted States 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. i A They asked for Federal inspection. The Congress A denied it. They presented to the Congress of the = I ' United States the fact that they, being compelled - to_sell their product in another. _ trol, by legislation-or otherwise; of the-rules which =govern the selling of that pmdnct. Still the ears of Congress were deaf to that cry. So in'my own .- state, yond’ engurance, they asked " for:an amendment to the constitution of the State " of North Dakota. which would allow the state to o ; purchese ‘or erect an elevator at the great ter- - minals andbeabletohandlethelr own grain,-and " escape, if possible, some" of - the: injustices they o : suflemdat«thehandso this great-grain system. gy ; -“The state: failed to pass the nceessary = B legxslahon, theremflfilowed a great farm ‘organiz- : ation in the state of North Dakota. That organ- ization . nominated its own men in the great z _political parties, and with an . overwhelming o B ority it succeeded in electing at the: ‘primaries WSl Buitan | m nfen whom it had chosen to carry:out its 7v1ewa. Itmaybethatsomenmyregardthexr state, had.no con- / purposes as radxcal 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 eTevators in which they will handle their own grain by their own state in a foreign state. “Secondly, they are determined now to provide t'or state packing plants. “Third, they are determmeifto have state insurance.” “Fourth, they are determined to have a system of rural credi “That element, which was mltmted in the state of North Dakota, is not oing to stop its opera- ‘tio Minnesota will feel it; South Dakota will fee 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 mspechon have been cutting their own throats. “Iamseehngtoasmstthemnsmuchaslcan in securing honest standards by securing a Goy- ernment supervision that will insure confidence in: every certificate that is being issued. “Every interest in the United States that is posing the just demands of the rural _population Xg country mllbecalledtolecountmthe very McCUMBER ,CAMPAIGN COMMI’ITEE Senate on August 4th last, in urging an effective federal g;:ein grading law, near future. If the farmers can not secure justice in the only forum that will reach beyond state borders, they must necessarily take all matters into their own hands and govern all gtate legis- lation." ‘They do not ask for anything that is unfair. “They do not ask for the emactment of any wild or radical theories. Give them straight, fair justice, and they will go on with their labors 2 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 leglslatmn : “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 rural credits bill you gave them a mighty system, designed mainly to afford remunerative positions for deserving eXoht:u:m.ns. They have -therefore been compell through thir own legmlatures, the relief that they hoped would be nahon—wxd