The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 3, 1917, Page 13

o - prSSEey v % R -t . v . [9 Dickinson .....June 9 Fargo .... Big Speakers in Ten Counties Four of the biggest leaders of the League will speak in ten of the leading cities of North Dakota during the first half of June in the campaign of carrying the truth to the people. Governor Fra- zler, who has not beén heard within the state for several months (except in address at the capital city) will be one of the number, and will appear at several important places. President A. C. Townley of the National Nonpartisan League, O. M. Thomason and A. E. Bowen, will be the others. They will talk about Senate Bill 84, the mock- ery of a terminal- elevator law, which Governor Frazier vetoed; about House Bill 44 and its con- stitutional provisions, that the Old Gang senate refused to let the people vote upon; and the anti- League organization formed at Grand Forks, April 11 by a clique of perpetual politicians whom the Nonpartisan League retired. FIRST HAND FACTS Most of the cities on this circuit have not been visited by League speakers since the close of the campaign last fall. Some of them are in the hot- beds of anti-League activity, and some of them - are in strongholds of the people. = Most of them have had scant chance to hear the truth about things that have been happening in the last four - months; except from the Nonpartisan Leader and from newspapers. These meetings will bring them the truth fresh from those who participated in the legislature or were close observers of it at first hand. It will be different and better than i anything that can be carried in the printed page, - and the dates have been arranged so that the ma- jority of the farmers will be at leisure, and will be able to hear the issues discussed in ten of their own county seats; while it will bring the truth to the people of the cities in a way that they have -never heard it before in any after-session cam- ‘paign. Below are the dates and every person should remember the dates and be ready to at- tend. : . ON THESE DATES: Devils Lake ... .June 5 Mott ... Minot ......... June 6 Mandan ..... June 12 Williston ......June 7 Jamestown .. .June 13 Beach ........June 8 Grand Forks.. June 14 ...June 15 The Struggle in Montana veeo. June 11 Great Falls, Mont., April 17. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: As a traveler I note everywhere I go the big demand for reform and I proph- esy that the Nonpartisan people will sweep the state at the next election. As a sample of how the farmers got stung by the last legislature, they de- manded and got a bill through the house compelling stockmen to keep their cattle fenced in or herded out:of the farmers’ grain but, the senate ran in a “joker” at the last minute stating that the law would not apply unless in cases where the whole township was fenced. 3 The house did not notice this until efter they adjourned, so the farmer has to fence his strip of breaking or let the millionaire stockmen have it. In hun- dreds of cases fences have been cut to let the stock into the grain and there never has been a conviction. A few grafters have absolute con- trol. Jim Hill and a few billionaire mining companies have dictated legis- lation since the state was admitted. After the people voted over two to one for prohibition they find that a joker was sprung- by the legislature * making their decision no good for two years more and booze continues to sell geven days every week and 24 hours a day. In this hotel where I write it sells for 256 cents a drink. The Butte Copper company, owners of the richest mines on earth—and all included in the city Mmits of Butte— mines go rich that even by fie admis- sion of their owners were worth 000,000 before the war and we know by reliable testimony they are worth ten times that amount—yet this company has paid less tax than the dog tax of the city of Butte. How's this for Justice? Could the Non Pats beat it? J. EDWARD O’BRIEN. SUCKLING THE EQUITY FARMERS TO CAUSE A SPLIT 3 It is tremendously funny to note how those -opposed to the Nonpartisan League ecotton to that dear Equity nowadays. In Inverse ratio as the Leaguers are a bad lot, the Equity farmers are “level-headed, dependable, clear-sighted” and a lot of other gush in this strain. The farmer who can’t see that this distinction is drawn at the present time in an effort to split them into factions is a dumbhead of no account anyway. The very fellows now £0 Infatuated with the Equity farmers are the same fellows who damned the Equity up one side and down the other . It would be impolitic to cuss them all, collectively, so dis- tinction is made between the ,‘“busi- ness” farmers and that “socialistic” "bunch, the ILeaguers. Any farmer taken in by this fat-headed attempt to create a split in their ranks deserves the epithet of fool, 8o often applied to farmers because of the ease and facil- ity with which they have been kept from wniting and accomplishing any- thing in & political way—that is, be- fove the League sprang into existence. S What a Terminal Elevator Can Do We received a car of wheat from Gild- ford, Montana, with a heavy mixture of barley. The best bid we were able to get was 10 cents under May wheat. We ordered the car to the elevator to be cleaned for barley. We took 9780 lbs. of barley out of the car and sold the wheat for 12 cents over May, a clear gain of 22 cents per bushel on the wheat. The bar- ley sold for $1.25 per bushel. A nice profit for the shipper. @ We have many instances of excellent results from our -elevator. “Try Equity Exchange Service” for Grain and Livestock The Equity Co-operative Fxchange - St. Paul, Minnesota . Superior, Wis. LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT South St. Paul, Minnesota - EQUITABLE AUDIT CO.,Inc. &% . Farmers Elevator Companies’ Home of Auditing and Systems for Accounting. Write for References. i-—-—-—--——_-m_---- 1 F irst Class Cafeteria in Connection. ' POWERS HOTEL l FARGO’S ONLY MODERN FIRE PROOF HOTEL 1 1 s Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in Every Room On Broadway, One Block South of Great Northern Depot FARGO, N. D. Mr. Livestock Grower! YOU ARE SURELY ENTITLED TO THE FULL MARKET VALUE FOR THE LIVE- - STOCK YOU RAISE IF YOU DO NOT GET IT, Somebody else gets the benefit you should have. The day is passed when business is done on senti- ‘ment, and only results in dollars and cents count. ‘We want you to compare the results in dollars and cents we get for you with those received elsewhere. A comparison will eanvinee you that-‘KIRK SERVICE’’ gets you the most money for your livestock. J. R. Kirk Commission Co., Inc. ' SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. AUTHORIZED SALES AGENCY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIE- TY OF EQUITY Mention Leader when writing advertisern e PG e e e S A T L TS i e O A M, - e Ot o oo