The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 2, 1916, Page 26

VOT E McCumber V()T E McCumber SENATOR P. J. McCUMBER Was the One Man in the U. S. Senate Who Labored for a by Democrat votes. - GRAI CREDIT LAW and tried to get amendments offered by the North Dakota Society- of Equity made part of the present law, but which were defeated HE ALSO ADVOCATED A FEDERAL DING LAW G' Which Would Save Mlllions of Dollars to the Farmers of this State, - Senator McCumber in a speech in the United States Senate on Au spoke-in part as follows. Z "So far: the Congress has:been deaf to thexr enes for assxstam:e, 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 “.10.sell their product in another state, had.no con- trol, by legislation or otherwise; of the-rules which : = govern the selling of that product. Stxll the ears - of Congress were deaf to that cry. So in'my own .. state; exasperated beyend- 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 escape, if possible, some" of - the injustices they * suffered at:the hands of this-great-grain system. - “The slat:hba ;- bf:elegd to passfthe nceessary. legislation;-there fo! a great farm ‘organiz- aetgi in the' state of North Dakota. That organ- its own men in the great - political parties,” and with an. overwhelming ‘ majority it succeeded in electing at the primaries ‘those men whom it had chosen to carry out its > wyiews. It may be that some may regard their. “tiol 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 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 determmed to have state surance." “Fourth, they are detenmned to have a system of rural credits. “That element, which was initiated in the state of North Dakota, is not omg to sto] Minnesota will feel i 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: mspectmn have been cutting their own throats. “Iamseehngtoaamstthanaflmnchaalcan 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 opposing the just demands of the rural population of this country will be called to account in the very McCUMBER CAMPAIGN COMMIT.[‘EE its opera-. g'ust 4th last, in urging an effective federal g'ram .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 g 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 re beneficial legislation. 2 “Why, own state they have read over your mralfl'ed};ts 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 aeg(slatmn upon the subject. But when they ed ‘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 gomtlons for deserving politicians. They haye -therefore been ompelled to seek, through thir own legmla};ures, the relief that they hoped would be nation-wid . ;Thls Shows Where He Stands and the F ‘armers Should Stand By Him