The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 10, 1917, Page 16

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It pulls a 3-bottom plow and does it easily. Also your harrowing, discing and seeding. Pulls 2 8-ft. binders or a 28-40 Standard separator and does all other farm work perfectly satisfactor- ily. Call or write us. C, 0. D. TRACTOR SALES CO. H. H. BERG, Distributor. FARGO, N. D. v | —The League : Exchange wilk VL L list your land “free of cost and will make a strong effort to sell it§or ~ you. -Exclusive listing will not be necessary. You get the benefit of a large ‘organiza- tion, much free advertising.and ‘.you pay only a small commission “when land is sold. If you think ‘this is fair and if you think we rcan do you any good, send for land listing blank and pamphlet. * Address LEAGUE EXCHANGE FARGO, N. D. R e A R SR, Mention Leader when writing. advertisers . - 3 = ‘ 3 Advertising rates on application. rural population of the Northwest, New York Chicago advertising columns, The Nonpartisan Leader PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY THURSDAY Official Magazine of the National Nonpartisan League Entered as second-class matter September 3, 1915, at the post. office at Fargo, North Dakota, under the Act of March 3, 1879. @’ OLIVER S. MORRIS, EDITOR Subscription, one year, in advance, $2.50; six months, $1.50. . Communications intended for the paper should be addressed to the Nonpar- tisan Leader, Box 941, Fargo, North Dakota, and not to any,individual. The Leader is the supreme advertising medium through which to reach the THE S, C. 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Guaranteed Weekly Circulation in excess of 60,000 Copies Detroit Kansas City Business, In---Politics Out (Continued from page 5) ation of the street car lines; it has not put politics in them.” Since the city has gone into the street car business with the intention of ultimately absorbing the entire sys- tem of the city, the United Railroads have refused to extend lines on the plea that they can not do so without long-time franchises, which the city refuses to give, or long-time extensions of present franchises. In 1913 the city hired Bion J. Arnold to report on the transportation facllities. He is a noted expert on the subject. His conclusion was that 72 more miles of track was needed in the city limits at once to meet traffic conditions. Since then the city has built 28 miles and the United Railroads not u foot. CITY STANDS OUT FOR 50-50 CUT The United Railroads have been forced to exchange transfers on equal | terms at a number of points with the city lines, but at other points, where transfers should be exchanged in justice to the public, the company is trying to hold up the city for an agree- ment on a 40 and 60 per cent basis, the city to have 40 per cent and the com- pany 60 per cent in the transfer ex- change. The city will not stand for this and is. fighting. for a 50-50 ex- change at all points, which it is en- titled to. The city wants 2% cents for every passenger it carries on a transfer from the company, and will give the company the same deal. But the com- pany wants three cents for every pas- senger it carries on a municipal line transfer, and will give the city only 2 cents for honoring company transfers. It would take some argument to justify that kind of discrimination against the city line, but the company is probably long on argument. A million people live around San Francisco -bay, over half of Them with- in the city of San Francisco. It will not be long before San Francisco will have to resort to subways and elevated lines to solve the transportation prob- lem, like eastern cities have done. Market street today-is congested at all hours, and other streets are rapidly developing the same condition. The time will come when surface cars, one on the heel of the other, will not move the people. fast enough, even though “four lines of surface track are operat- ed on Market and the few other streets, like Van Ness, wide enough to permit four tracks. When that time comes it will be the people of San Francisco themselves who will build and operate the subways and elevateds, not any private corporation. San Francisco is committed to® public ownership. It could make a success of municipally owned and operated peanut stands. Sly Work by the Enemy Cooperstown: N. D., Aptil 80, 1917. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: When a farmer has to get up at 5 o’'clock in the morning and work for 15 hours every day, there is little time for writing. Yet as the little engine is busy shaking and rattling the fanning mill, trying to spill the much despised . wild oats, there are moments ;which could be spared for using the pencil if one eye could be kept on the grain meanwhile. This I am endeavoring to do, if not for anything else than to tell that I have read Mr. Townley's speech at Grand Forks, which to me seemed grand indeed, and I believe that that speech should be printed in pamphlets and spread broadcast. Great things are to be accomplish- ed by the League for the agricultural class if only the members will stand firm. The enemy will do all in their power to split the organization. If they can do it with money they will not be economical.’ They are very busy right now. I can only refer to an incident right here. A farmer not far from hére who is well-to-do, main- 1y by owning much land, was a loyal member: of the League. Two' of his sons are-working in banks, right smart fellows, and are fighting the farmers’ League. They are narrow-minded enough to think that if .the League should win out they would be out of employment. One of them most lik2ly has expected a purse to do some underhanded work between times. Anyway, the old man, who used to be quite loyal, has now turned around, opposing and denounc- ing the Ieague and—Townley. Now isn’t that queer? Although it's only one here and one there that falls out, it plainly shows that the enemy is busy. ' The worst thing is that we farmers are so busy tilling the soil, milking the cows, and “slopping the pigs” that we have no time to read or do any campaign work. Of course we want to stick just the same, for I believe that if one falls out, two ov three will follow, but let us not get discouraged. Surely some of the money spent on the League has been wasted, such as for instance in our dis- trict on . E. W. Everson.. Some men are very anxious to become famous, and maybe Everson thought this was the way to become such, and surely we voters will not forget him or his kind next election when he will try to run for sepator. His aspiration to such an honor is unmistakable. But how are we going to avoid that we do not make a mistake in selecting the next men? I, for one, believe that at the conventions the men to be se- lected should only be voted upon by ballot; not as is general—by acclama- tion. That is why we got two men nominated for the legislature from our district that were incompetent. As for Hemerlin, his neighbor, who was not a delegate but a member of the League and who was allowed to get in and partake, made the motion to nominate him. It is not a pleasant thing to stand up against a man that is mentioned by one as subject for nomination, so that. generally those mentioned are se- lected.- But that does not at all ‘indi- cate that it is the will of the conven- tion. We have paid dearly for the ex- perience so let it be done the right way in the future by insuring the get- ting of the right man. HANS WESTLEY. ENEMIES HELP LEAGUE .Benedict, N. D., April 11, 1917, Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I see statements in some papers that the League is breaking up. I can nail that as a lie as far as McLean county is concerned. We have had our Mc- Grays, as I hope; for the last time. Like some other counties have had their Englunds and Divets but instead of breaking up the League they are solidifying the .rank and file of the farmers. & OLE VEDO, SIXTEEN ADVERTISEMENTS RADIATORS REPAIRED VULCANIZING Ship your work to us. You get it back in 24 hours. = ALL WORK GUARANTEED WADE H. MURRAY 419 N. P, Ave: Fargo, N, D. 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