The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 15, 1917, Page 13

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Associated Press Leased Wire News and complete Market Reports make this the best daily for South Dakota farmers. $4.00 a year. Ask for booklet ¢‘ The Story of The North Dakota Non- - partisan League’’ free with every subseription. d N Yoxews1ia League Invited to Illinois Chicago Man Makes Striking Address on Farm- ers’ Movement at Equity Meeting at Bismarck By Staff Correspondent ISMARCK, Feb. 7.—L. P. Straube B of Chicago, addressing a mixed Equity and Nonpartisan League meeting in the Commercial club rooms at Bismarck today said that the peo- ple of Illinois will welcome the Non- partisan League into that state, and he predicted a nation-wide success for the movement. He said that he found people everywhere who knew of the movement and were deeply interested; “but,” he said, “there is a conspiracy of silence against it” on the part of the newspapers of Big Business, in the hope of smothering it. Mr. Straube’s address was one of several at the opening meeting of the State Union of A. S. of E, in which speakers referred to the changed condition that has oc- curred in North Dakota since 1915, when a few Equity men met here and were rebuffed by their legislators. “The trust press is in a conspiracy of silence against North Dakota,” said Straube, “fearing the tendency of that state to breed a spirit of emulation in other states and bring about an up- heaval. They have been pretty charry about giving us the good news of what is going on over here, but I have been reading the Nonpartisan Leader, and s0 I know something about it. They are trying to do what they always do when anything they deem radical or un- precedented occurs—they are raising the dominant note of the alarmist. They are saying: ‘Oh, sit down, sit down, haven’t you learned that the farmers can’'t stick together? You can buy them off for a quarter of a cent!’” And for years it seemed as if there might be some truth in that statement. At any rate that is their open boast. HOW PATRIOT AND POLITICIAN DIFFER “Do you know what is the difference between a patriot and a politician? I will tell you. The politician is always saying: ‘What can the country do for me? The patriot is always saying: ‘What can I do for my country?” The politicians have always been long on promises and short on performance. Their memories do not carry beyond election day. I can imagine how the people of North Dakota enjoy the sight of the politiclans at this session .of the legislature. It reminds me of the story of the Irishman, who came along and saw a British soldier with both legs and both arms off, at a street corner with a tin cup for donations from the passers by. The Irishman dropped in a twopence and then took a look at the soldier and dropped in another. Finally he went over to the soldier, took out all the change he had in his pocket, and dropped a gold soverign in the cuP. Surprised at such. generosity, the soldier asked the Irish- man why he gave so much, a.nd the Irishman replied: “ ‘Begorrah, and if yiz is after tellin’ ye the thruth, Oi’ll do it. This is the furrust toime in me loife I iver see a British soldier trimmed up to suit me. “This, I believe, is the first time in their lives, that anyone ever saw & politician trimmed up to suit the exacting taste of the most honest-to- God citizen. COME TO ILLINOIS IS HIS INVITATION “But I had to tell Townley the other day, that while I am mighty glad to see you succeeding so well, I think you are a little selfish. Why do you keep this good organization to yourselves? Don’t you think the rest of mankind wants a little butter on its bread? I think it is- time for you to come over into Illinois and preach pohti@a.l emancipation to us. “The politicians have been trying to keep the people quiet with a little sugar pap. Government by the people and for the people in this country has been a farce comedy for many, many years. As soon as the people of the rest of the country realize what you have done over here, this idea will spread like a prairie fire—and you pioneers know how that is. You are blazing the way of the American citi- zen to freedom from political skuldug- gery, and the only way to freedom is MEETING AT ALMORA Almora, Minn. Editor Nonpa.rtxsa.n Leader: The meeting came off as” announced at Horne’'s hall at Almora, Minn, on February 7, with a full house and Mr. Gilbert as speaker. Mr. Gilbert is an able speaker and can certainly state the facts, Hope we can have more meetinzs. 5 SYVER IVERSON. - THIRTEEN along the way that the people of North Dakota have pointed out. God help you, folks. I hope you have nailed your flag to the mast, and that you will never take it down until it waves over a task accomplished.” Throughout his address, Mr. Straube was applauded by the audience of 200, among which wsare many members of the legislature. Other speakers at this session were: J. M. Anderson, president of the Equity Co-operative exchange at St. Paul; A, M. Baker, editor of the Co-operator's Herald of Fargo, and Superintendent of Public Instruction N. C. Macdonald. There were several entertainment numbers, State Railway Commission- er M. P. Johnson, president of the North Dakota Union, presided. * Mr, Anderson summed up the prog- ress of the past two years in Equity history, and referred to the scene in the senate when that body killed House Bill 44, as “the nearest thing to a riot that he had seen since 1915,” when the Equity farmers marched in a body to the capitol to demand terminal elevator legislation. 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