The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 17, 1917, Page 17

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CAMERON o (A O T ) T ) 1 TR O O Y WD ) Y PR T ) VA e O 6 B R O z ] Mention Leader when writing-advertisers (Editorial by J. H, Worst in New Rockford State-Center) The sixty-fourth congress was composed of approximately 300 lawyers and eight farmers, though five of the eight farmers were engaged in other kinds of business, such as banking, manufacturing, etc. The United States senate was composed of 74 lawyers and five farmers, two of the latter also engaged in other business such das banking, etc. The agricultural interests of this nation represent an investment of approximately $46,000,000,000 and produce-a trifle under $10,000,000,000 annually. - It would be interesting to know what amount of investment the lawyers represent and the annual wealth they produce. In face of these facts will some one possessed of the requisite versatility explain why congress should be composed of 375 lawyers and 13 farmers? And yet the day the sad news was flashed across the country announcing the death of Congressman Helgesen a half dozen lawyers were mentioned as probable candidates to fill the vacancy. There ‘was nothing out of the ordinary in this proceeding; in fact it was entirely ordinary, but why have we comé to as- sociate lawyers always with congressional positions? Moreover at the very moment Mr. Helgesen’s death was received a self appointed convention was in session in the city of Grand Forks made up largely of lawyers—at all events they did most of the speaking—roasting the farmers for their audacity in supporting an organization designed to liberate their busi- ness from the iron grasp of the milling and grain monopoly of Minneapolis and Duluth, but which it appears is not the kind of organization these gentlemen can indorse. Did the Grand Forks convention propose anything for the relief of the agricultural interests of the state? No, the speakers simply roasted, denounced and ridiculed individuals. They proposed nothing concrete. They offered no remedy. The men composing the convention would not object to farmers organizing, but it must be done in some ineffective manner. A different leadership would not be objectionable, especially if these patriotic gentlemen could dictate the organizers. The League must be crushed like a snake—until its tail does not wiggle— as one pious-lawyer is said to have remarked. Now there are thousands of farmers in the state who are not satisfied with prevailing market conditions. . They are convinced that they are not getting what their grain and livestock are worth. . Are they simply deluded, mistaken, being fooled? ‘What do these patriotic gentlemen that met in Grand Forks propose to do about it? X If the state should be controlled by farmers would they likely court disaster by engaging in any enterprise that was unsafe? Have farmers not sufficient sense and good judgment, even if the constitution permitted them to bond the state for $100,000,000,000 to not bond for a penny more than good business judg- ment would warrant and for purposes that would be as safe for the state as the directors of a corporation would issue bonds under the same “sky limit” privileges? S After all government is largely a matter of judgment. We are forced under the circumstances to believe that the attorneys and other politicians do not give | Are Farmers Représented? | Fargo, N. D. |} farmers credit for much integrity, sanity or business sagacity. Then again when a great nation that depends mainly upon agriculture for its support sends 375 lawyers to aid 13 farmers to frame laws for the country is it any wonder that this profession should presume that they are the whole thing and that the farmers are of little consequence? “Carry the truth to them.” "Indeed! . But where is one to look for truth? In his pocketbook or to political oratory? Let the Spéc.ulators Help Why not take some of the idle land of the speculators for the public wel- fare and put it into crop since all the farmers are straining every nerve to heed the government’s call and produce food stuff? is the question contained in a letter of C. B. Kegley to Secretary Franklin K. Lane of the interior de- partment. Mr. Kegley is an ardent Nonpartisan League worker of Palouse, ‘Wash., master of the Washington state grange, and is now helping with League organization in another west- ern state.’ Here is his letter to Secre- tary Lane: Honorable Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, ‘Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary: In the St. Paul Daily News I read the following editorial: THE'OWNER OF IDLE LAND “Secretary of the Interior Lane is a convert to the principle that no man , should own land and hold it OUT OF USE. “Calling attention to the fact that there are 700,000 acres of land in the reclamation projects which have water available, but are not yet under culti- vation, Secretary Lane urges that these acres be made to yield. “ ‘Here is a great opportunity for our citizens to render assistance,’ he says. ‘These lands are not public lands. They belong to private owners, and if the latter do not utilize their property the time may not be far off when our na- tional needs will require confiscation and government cultivation. No one is entitled to that which he does not use’.” & Good, Mr. Secretary. But why not. just now confiscate for use the mil-" lions of acres held by speculators all over our broad land? In Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana there is idle land enough held out of use by speculators to feed an empire. Every loyal farmer will_gladly join in the campaign to “Feed the Nations;” but it rather grinds on him to farm his quarter section industriously, and see three quarters of speculators’ land lie idle alongside of him. Not only does it lie idle, but it is a breeding ground for all manner of pests to destroy the crops of the industrious farmer. The day of speculation in food sup- plies must come to an end, and at the same time let us bring to an end all private ownership in unused land, so that not only our nation, but the na- tions of the earth may be fed as be- comes a toiling people. No greater menace to the rights and liberties of any nation can be dreamed of, than that one man or set of men may be permitted to hold out of use productive land purely for speculative purposes, while millions of men, women and chil- dren go to bed hungry every night, that these land hogs may profit off of the industry of those who till the soil. It is a relic of the old feudal days, and - has no place in our modern economic ideas of ‘justice. This campaign for greater produc- tion is all right. But why not seize the idle lands and put them to use? I beg to express the hope that ‘this will not end in suggestions. The peo- ple are anxious for action along the line indicated by the editorial quoted above. What they want, and what they are looking to those in power for, is action along the lines suggested. I am Respectfully yours, C. B. KEGLEY, Master Washington State Grange. $55,000,000 A YEAR If all the farmers were compelled to sell their wheat to elevators, it would be easy to figure out just how much they lose on account of market condi- tions. But some of them ship their grain themselves, others are able to hold until market conditions suit them, but most of them have to sell as soon as they thresh to meet urgent bills, or because they have insufficient storage room. Take the wide difference in the market spread, add to this the value of the screenings lost, the freight paid on the screenings, and figuring on a basis of a hundred million bushel crop, a considerable portion of the $55,000,000 loss (frequently referred to) is ac- counted for. As we understand it however, Mr, Worst (who figured this loss) bases his .estimate of the loss the farmers sus- tain largely upon the milling of wheat in Minneapolis instead of in our own state, thus saving the mill by-products, the freight, the screenings, and the loss in “grading.” In the meantime the little matter of | solving the problem which will permit the farmers of this state to earn a fair return upon their labor and investment goes merrily on, with the farmers at- tempting to solve it themselves, while others,’who have long had the oppor- tunity and failed, decry the efforts of the farmer, claiming that it is revo- lutionary, Socialistic, anarchistic, and the Lord only knows what not.— DEVILS LAKE JOURNAL. Enroll at Button’s Business College 4nd Correspondence School, Fargo, N. D. We guarantee positions and wait one year for our pay. Write us. —Adv., SEVENTEEN = - e e o b s e N e o R B e e — - ADVERTISEMENTS Save All Big Flour Profits for. 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