The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 8, 1917, Page 14

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Corn, Seed Grain, Garden Seed TREES and PLANTS WILLS PIONEER C;it‘zgzg Tells all about | the Hardiest | and Best 1 CORN, Bismarck Nursery Breeders of Hardy and Corn in . GRASSES, Green- SEEDS, ’ N. Dakota., N PR LR TREES & |\ houses. D ‘ SHRUBS : for Establish- - 34 OSCAR H. WILL & CO. ed 881 ~ BISMARCK, N. D. PIONEER SEED HOUSE NURSERY AND GREENHOUSES BISMARCK, N. D. Years e e T T T — R Who Runs Minnesota? Not the Farmers, it is Plain From thes on Two Bills to Stop Grain Gambling (Leader Staff Correspondent) St. Paul, March 3.—The Twin City dailies used a considerable amount of their space in the discussion of the de- bate and vote of the house on the Knutson bill to tax grain futures, and still more space to the Teigen anti- futures bill, both of which had been made special orders for Wednesday of last week, We would say that for all the oratory, all the discussion, all the amendments offered to these bills they were not under consideration at all. The real question under consideration was: Does the State of Minnesota run the Chamber of Commerce or does the Chamber of Commerce run the State of Minne- sota? The decision was that for for two years more the so-called sovereign state of Minnesota is to be ruled and governed by what may be termed an invisible gov- ernment inside of this government and known as the Chamber of Commerce. The debate was nevertheless inter- esting, and at times even laughable. The Knutson bill, being House File No. 80, was the first to be considered. Rep- resentative Knutson maintained it was a’ revenue measure, pure and simple. Magnus Johnson claimed it was against the Chamber of Commerce, and would help the poor farmers. THERE’S NO SUCH THING" 25 AS A POOR FARMER | . Representative Mossman of ‘Todd county 'said that this talk of the poor, down-trodden farmers was }gettmg monotonous; ' that with two-dollar wheat and thirteen-cent hogs there was no such a thing as a poor farmer. Representative W. D. Washburn, a 4ing, all of which was lauded and cheer= ed by the FARMERS. HERE’S THE LINEUP: FARMERS VS. BIG BIZ Mr. C. M. Benedixen in very ap- parent innocence submitted the most disgraceful joker amendment which virtually made a farce of the bill and some explained their vote against the bill on those grounds, but the real friends of the bill stuck to the ship even though the masts were down. The vote was 54 ayes and 72 nays as follows: For the bill—Anderson, Baldwin, Bendixen, Boock, J. W., Carmichael, Child, Christanson, A., Christianson, T., Cumming, Danielson, Dare, Davies, J., Davies, T., Dealand, Devold, Donovon, Dwyer, Frye, Green, H. M., Hammer, Harrison, H. H. Hinds, Holmes, Hompe, Indrehus, Johnson, Knutson , Kuntz, Larson, McLaughlin, Madigan, Malm- berg, Marschalk, Mueller, A. W., Moen, Mossman, Neuman, Nordgren, Odland, Olien, Pratt, Putnam, Ross, Shipstead, Stenvick, Stone, Strand, Sutherland, Swanson, S. J., Swenson, Teigen, A. F., Tiegen, L. O., Warner, Welch. Against the Bill—Bernard, Bessette, Birkhofer, Bjorge, Bouck, C. W., Bor- - gen, Briggs, Brown, Burrows, Corning, : Parker, Pattison, Pendergast, son, A., Peterson, A. M., Peterson, O. * cousin of John Washburn, head of tha - ‘Washburn-Crosby Milling Co. in lead- ing the opposition claimed he was a farmer bhecause he owned some .land somewhere up in Northern Minpnesota, and said that the farmers are making more money than anybody else & the amount of money invested. ANOTHER GOOD JOKE; THERE-ARE NO TRUSTS Representative Harrison of Still- water again insisted that there was no Steel Trust,” nor any grain combine, but admitted that there might be some interlocking arrangements. When they had gotten the farmers well excited fighting among themselves the Chamber representatives started shooting in amendments, and a total of eleven amendments were adopted, all supposed to be to strengthen the bill. The result being that when it came to ‘a vote a large number of the members asked to be excused from voting be- cause they did not know what they ~ were voting on. ayes and 86 nays. The Teigen anti-futures bill was then taken up. Representative Teigen compared the present system of grain speculation with other forms of gamb- ling, notably the Louisiana Lottery cited its effect on the market; also its effect on the men engaged in it; drew a vivid picture of the crazy scenes in the pit; spoke of the other states where it had been abolished; quoted the Re- publican and Prohibition and Demo- cratic platforms: dwelt especially on the Democratic platform upon which President Wilson had been elected, which vehemently condemns the perni- cious practice of gambling in . food stuffs, and finally wound up with the strongest plea yet presented for any bill in the legislature at this session in the form of a huge stack of petitions signed by farmers from all parts of the' state, urging the passage of his bidl. o ONLY GRAIN MEN HAVE RIGHT TO TALK He was opposed by Asher Howard of ‘\Imneapohs, member of the Cham- ber of Commerce, who claimed that only grain men had a right to discuss this bill because they were the only ones who knew anything about tho business; said Minneapolis had never asked a favor of this legislature or of the! national government and ‘asked none now. -(We wondered ‘what there was they didn’t have, or what there is to! ask for.) He said there never had been a time since the Civil war when the farmers enjoyed such privileges as they were now enjoying, nor such prices for their products; maintained that would it not be for their speculative markets they could not-keep up paying more for grain in Minneapolis than ‘anywhere else, as he claimed they have been do- The result was 39 FOURTEEN : - \ » Crane, Erickson, Flikkie, Frisch, Gerlich, Gill, Girling, Gleason, Grant, Greene, T. J., Gullickson, Hale, Harrison, J. M., chlxen, Howard, Hul- bert, I\onzen, Lang, Lee, Lennon, Leonard, ' Levin, ‘McGrdth, McNiven, Miner, Moeller, G. H., Murphy, Neitzel, Nett, Nimocks, Nolan, Nordlin, Nor- ton, Norwood, Novak, Orr, Papke, Peter- M., Pikop, Pittenger, Praxel, Reed, Rodenberg, Searls Seebach, Siegel, Sliter, Solem, Southwick, Steen, Stevens, Sudheimer, Swanson, H. A., Thornton, Tollefson, Washburn, Winter, So the bill passed and -its title was: ' ; agreed to. The evening that followed was spent in the form of several little dinner parties, celebrating the event, but of course the League representative did not have an invitation to these hilari= ous love feasts. THE PATRIOTS OF 1917 (#ditorial in Bismarck (N. D.) Pale ladium.) Again The Palladium is impelled to express commendation and encourage- ment for the heroic efforts which are being exerted by the members of the Nonpartisan League to carry out their promises to the people by enacting the legislation whiéh they are now attempting. These members are hon- est in their convictions; they are en- «deavoring to release themselves from the bondage which has spurred them on to giving battle. The very fact that they have the fight of their lives to make, and that they are meeting with opposition which would cool the ardor of any other than patriots, proves the grasp which their enemies have on the people of this state. Robbed in wheat grades; robbed again on dockage; robbed again in railroad rates; robbed again by the loan sharks; when they attempted to sell a prod- uct of their toil, and, in addition to all this, compelled to pay 80 per cent of the taxes of the state withoyt a word to say as to fl\eu‘ condition or their government, these sons of toil, these men who feed the world, have arisen like a giant and are determined te burst the bands w hich have held them in. bondage. What their degree of success may prove out to be cannot be stated to= day; but, if defeated by a dominating minority, just. as sure as tomorrow’s sun shall rise, ‘just so sure they will register an overwhelming viGtory at the next election. These people are in the same position as the patriots of 1776, when they" rebelled against “La\atum without representation,” and this should be their slogan. In the words of General Grant, “they in« tend to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.” It may take two summers—and a winter or two—but a determined people, fighting for the right, cannot be eternally denied in this land of ours. ' All honor should be accorded these ‘men who are engaged m battling for this righteous, cause. Their hearts, their souls, their manhood are wrapt up in this principle, and in years to come, when it is settled, and future . generations are enjoying the benefits brought about by this struggle, pos- terity will sing to their memory that anthem of praise, “Sires of old, your names are writ in gold,” as they pro- claim the honor o! “the patriots. of 1017.” \ Flowers, * robbed on every side ° {0 S PSS ol pob ol ool Pt ped fod ok AS A TH b Ay