The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 21, 1916, Page 9

A True Story of Mlnnesota I notice on the ' stripped the Iowa man as clean as a suppose. Sattiala ahove - fine farm equipment, mcludmg stock, is - ‘club. . ~_same stamp of “critter” as we find the - world over. Now: ev E and . vermtendtodo < any busmess with thém; but at the same time I'would lik See Sorhe of the worst . type get it in the eck ‘good and plenty rather late’in the win- e'to tlus state from Problng Rotten Teeth _ This is the second true story of the northwest to be prmted in the Leader. -The Leader wants readers to send more of them. ~they can tell of present times. The Leader. will pay liberally: for .. true stories accepted and printed. Stick to the facts. ' The Leader - “will not print true names when the publicity would humiliate farm- ers. No attention will be paid to: anonymous let TS mclovmg stories of this kind. - ' = The writer of the true story on this page has drilled nght down into-the nerve cavity of a rotten tooth of our @conomic system. He has prodded the nerve and-it-hurts. Tt is only by such robmg «tand prodding that evil condmons;:afi be brought to public attention - =—when a rotten tooth like.this on have it repaired; or if too badly rotted we will extract it. This true story tells” of the.exploitation of a tenant farmer. th.'in that looked good and as about to go fuzther when Some one 5 suggestedtohxmthathecallonalocal Yeal estate man. . .. ' Oh'yes, he—the real estate man—had ?‘ust what this Towa man was looking for. " “Why didn’t 3 you come to me jn-the-first . place,” he said.’ “I’'ve located lots' of: - you Towa kmen and they are all doing well | ‘- —getting nch ‘hand " over ‘fist. . They ‘ ] here, anyone can make land enough for everyone who wants it and:is willing to put brain. . and brawninto it and make it yield. But landlords are withiholding “thé farmer merely a slave. They* charge enough rent so that he - has. nothing left over after paying expenses—they. milk the last “.cent of tribute out of the tenant. This is not a remote problem. + an alarming rate. Our landed rural populatlon is’ fast becommg a i renfing peasantry. 3 This story also shows the results when unscru ulous,real ; men . are. allowed : to. deceive intending land buyers and renters ““Let the buyer beware;” the’ slogan of the medieval mey- - chants; is all well- enough ; but what: of it ‘when' all our laws and customs ‘are made to' give the ‘seller a free field to“exploit and the __buyer little chance to: prevent-himself being .exploited; when we { ""the level and the’ ‘agent i< that about 99 per cent o ‘Estate Man would a lot raf er.. 1" than rent’ the place, but the ; story points‘out? * Because he is a ‘booster’” he is'a member of. the Commercial club, and his influence gets laws aiding. nmmgratmn on a plan to benefit real estate middlemen and not the. .immigrant or ears: first, and’ fina.lly dxd B at’ $450 Der acre- for a ; “it. OME wtg BEAUTlFuL- FARM " W, ‘BARN (AND. BUILDINGS AT $ ASH PER P«CRE.. o with, He th the agent and - = et E A 3 " Th ek Raboree ot 2 =2} ‘S“'""ERSWL.\.E DITOR" Nonpar- »lows is God’s tmth That agent took “wasn't for his family he even wouldn’t . that before the real estate men got hold ~ tisan Légder: all that second year’s crop for the second ~ be drawing that down for himself, for if of everything in this country that wasn’t ~In your issue year’s rent, and he foreclosed the chattel he was a single man they would gamishee nailed down, land could be rented here of December 7 mortgage for the first year’s rent. He his pay. and make him hve on roots, I - for from $1.50 t6.$2.50 per acre.’ A hound’s tooth, and’left him broke and. = That agent is stxll doing business'at the . of the land’ at that, if he worked kard, strandedwithout a cent and a long way _same old stand and I understnad has the -He could send his clnldren to school and .~ from Towa. . And there was a blg place rented again to another poor cuss. let his.wife take a rest once in a while. grocery “bill - to. pay, and the. rumming = He is a respectable business man. He ~(God pity the wives of the tenan@ farm« ;- expenses of the : famfly for nearly two belongs to the class we have been send- ers.) Now the Iand is up. to $4 and $5 years to ‘square up. mgtothe legislature to make laws for us. ._an: acre and the poorer the:land the North The Iowa man, who came to Minnesota ' He is.a town booster and his words have - higher the rent, so it seems. Ninety per sl with enthusiasm, two strong hands and a - weight in the. counsels of the ‘Commercial 'cent of the renters are not making good. to' mnny of them are about the working for. a dollar a day, and. 1f 1t In closmg this true story 1 mlght add bad, but the rent has to be paid. just the They. should tell of pioneer days and the struggle of the farmers, whether successful or not, against conditions, ‘or, like this one, urts we pay attention to it and Why should farmers have to:pay rent for. land anyway? . There is'* it from production for speculation or for high rentals that make - -The last census showed that tenantry on:the farms i is increasing at | “ protect by law and custom the unscrupulous land agent when we ‘| shower honors on him as an emmently respectable person and often ! send him $o the leglslature to make laws for us; ag the writer of this . .the resuients already on: the land and trymg to make a hvmg out of | renter ‘could make a living on the best Of course, the last few - years Have been -same. < Yours respectfully, Ry RENTER. ' : ' ChfistmésGifts Worth While - Our dlsplay of wabches is“very com- lete—Braceélet watches for ladies and hin model for men, Gold filled $156 ap. to $85. - Solid gold $35 up to.$225. Platinum and’ diamond $400- ; In jewelry “you will find everythmg 2 Afrom - collar buttons at -2bc each to & dlamonds. ‘Hagen-Newton Co. ‘Established in 1873 ‘A Diamond Store for a Generation " FARGO, N. 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