The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 14, 1917, Page 17

Banker Slams the Farmers Claims They Do Not Support Government— League Answers Liberty Loan Charges An answer to the charge made in Minneapolis last “week by Theodore ‘Wold, governor of the Federal reserve bank, that the Nonpartisan league has been obstructing the sale of the Lib- erty bonds was made in an official statement issued from League state headquarters in Fargo Saturday. The charge was also answered in a state- ment dictated by A. C. Townley, pres- ident of the League, whose speeches throughout the state during the past week are believed to have formed the basis for the charge. FARMERS ARE BLAMED BY BANKING HEAD A dispatch sent out from Minneapo- lis reads: 2 ' MINNEAPOLIS, June 9.— Gover- nor Theo. Wold, of the Minneapolis federal reserve- bank announced today that he had evidence to show that the Nonpartisan League is working to de- feat the sale of Liberty L.oan bonds in the northwest. ‘Washington has been advised of the situation, and a thorough investiga- tion is being made. As quick as addi- tional facts can be established they will be published. Unless the northwest farmers who are “apathetic” wake up and do their share in the next week, the Liberty Loan in the Ninth federal loan district will be a failure, Mr. Wold said. In‘a statement following a meeting of the bank's officials, the Central Liberty Loan commission, Minnesota Bankers’ association and various com- Panies’ chairmen, Governor Wold and the Central Committee Chairman John H. Rich, today united in saying that the farmers who are more prosperous than ever before are failing in their support. SAYS FARMERS GET THE HIGHEST PRICES The statement which calls atten- tion to the success of the loan in Min- neapolis, St. Paul, Duluth and Butte, says the agricultural district re- turns are disappointing. “The farmers who are receiving the highest price in history for wheat, hogs and crops are not responding to the call of their government and are displaying apathy and indifference,” the statement says, The official League statement says: “The position of the League is not one of opposition to the sale of the Liberty bonds nor to any other steps taken by the government to prosecute the war. League speakers, however, have reserved the right : 1d have con- sidered it their patriotic duty publicly to urge the adoption of a policy which will better sérve to concentrate the full resources of the nation on the task of bringing the war to a successful conclusion. They believe that rather than load a heavy burden of debt on future generations of workers it will be better for the government to use the surplus wealth which the nation has created and is creating to bear the expense of the war. They believe in the conscription by the government of huge war profits and of swollen inw comes.” TOWNLEY ANSWERS WOLD STATEMENT President Townley’s statement fol- lows: “I said yesterday at Grand Forks and I repeat: ‘You are told it is your patriotic duty to buy these bonds. If the war cannot be financed in any other way it is your patriotic duty to buy these bonds. But if we think there is a better way, are we to be prevented from proposing it?” “The National Nonpartisan League proposes what we believe to be a better way, that is. to use the same method cf raising money as is used in raising men, to conscript money, the same as human life is conscript for war duty. “It has been shown thru government sources that thousands of corporations have made immense profits as a direct result of the world war, and are con- tinuing to make mi:llions. upon millions from our people and our European allies, the suffering and bleeding. na- tions that are now fighting in defense of world democracy. . The making of these immense profits makes it more difficult for us to win the war, and is working a hardship not only upon our allies but upon our own people who are forced to pay exorbitant prices “or the necessities of life. “We demand that profit making cease during the war, and that the war ° be financed by the conscription of these profits. We believe that this is a better way to finance the war, ‘““We are told that it is a crime to make abnormal profits during the war. We agree with these authorities. It is not only a crime but it is treason for American corporations or individuals to make enormous and abnormal prof- its while humanity is suffering and bleeding, as we are told, in defense of democracy—and while the flower of our manhood is giving its all, its life blood in this defense.” Cheers Creat League’s Stand (Continued from page 7) gold their produce last fall at compar- atively dow prices. ‘“But there was one stand-pat New Jersey man who declared that he be- lieved $5 potatoes were a good thing, because if the potatoes had not been so high priced the farmers would not have had enough for seed! He also thought it was a good thing for the poor consumer because it kept him from being wasteful.” Governor Frazier, who spoke after the crowd had come back from the tire sympathized with the citizens of Jamestown who suffered losses in the blaze, and hoped that all were well Insured. ; That North Dakota had the best trained national guard regiment on the Mexican border last summer, was the statement made by the governor, which was heartily applauded by the crowd. He also paid a tribute to the Jamestown company, as one of the crack units of the First regiment, SOME BUSINESS MEN 32 UNDER A DELUSION. O. M. Thomason, first speaker of the afternoon gave a rousing talk In which he made a special appeal to the business men in the audience to con- gider fairly before they passed final Judgment on the Le e. “The majority—but by no means all, of the business men of this state have . been laboring under a strong delusion,” said Mr. Thomason. “I do not say that they have willingly deluded them- selves but that they have listened only to one side of this great controversy and have therefore been unable to form fair and just conclusions. Al that we ask is that you hear and weigh the evidence—hear both sides to the controversy—hear the defense, and then draw your conclusions. If you refuse to do this you cannot l_ay claim to being a fair and. impartial ury. 4 “The local business man must re- member that it is the farmers’ hands that feed him. It is the farmer that furnishes him his bread and butter and he will put jelly on the butter if the business man will only help him in this fight. “We want to see, not only the farm- ers of our state more prosperous, but we want to see the business men. of this state more prosperous. As the farmers become more prosperous so will the local business men become more prosperous.” . A. E. Bowen gave a short but effec- tive address, discussing the league of opposition, recently organized at Grand Forks, It was after six o’clock before the speaking was finished, owing to the Interruption of the fire, but time was taken to act on resolutions that were passed “Friday at the Grand Forksg meeting, and are published in full in this issue of the Nonpatrisan Leader. They were passed by a unanimous ris- ing vote. BUT THEY WILL “The people never voted in favor or on House Bill 44, and we do not believe that the intelligent farmers of this state who own property, will ever vote for House Bill 44” opines “Froggy Smith” in the Plasa Pioneer. It is just because the Old Gang re- ‘fused to let them ‘“vote in favor or on House Rill 44” that the farmers of this state are now enrolling in the Non- partisan League at a rate never be- ore heard of, and they know what they tend to vote on in November 1918. “Froggy” does not believe they “ever will” vote on 44, and all the Old Gang- sters in the state are racking their brains to prevent their doing so. But they will Just the same. OTHERS SEE THE TRUTH City men who have never heretofore taken any interest in problems of the farmer have been doing some investi- ADVERTISEMENTS Dr. Ferdinand King, a New York Physician and Medical Author says: “There can be no strong, vigorous, iron men nor beautiful, healthy, rosy-cheeked women without iron—Nuxated lron taken three times per day after meals will increase the strength and endurance of weak, nervous, run-down folks 100 per cent in two weeks’ time in many instances. Avoid the old forms of metallic iron which may injure the teeth, corrode the stomach, and thereby do more harm than good. Take only organic iron—Nuxated Iron.” druggists. gating of their own since the war broke out and they have come to the same conclusion that the people of North Dakota long ago did,—that the farmers are not getting a square deal. Gov. Frazier tells how he was sur- prised to find these men at Washington expressing the same convictions that the League men do here. The nation is waking up. It is realizing that the farmer must get a square deal or he can not be expected to produce the maximum crop. Every consumer is as vitally interested in this, as are the farmers. The consumer now knows that he has been tricked by the graft- ers into thinking that the farmer was his enemy.—PUBLIC OPINION. It is dispensed in this city by all good FARMERS Ship us your eggs, poultry and veal. We pay highest cash prices. Fat hens 20c 1b., alive. EGGERT'S MARKET 105 Broadway, Fargo, N. D. THE GARDNER European Plan. FARGO, N. D. zsszco;rz;bSionation sample rooms with bath, 70 rc_)orf:s ‘with running water, $1 to $1.50. 80 rooms with bath, $1.50 to $3.00. 3 Finest cafe in the Northwest. Cuisine unequalled. Restful, quiet—only hotel in the city not on a car line. A. H. Leimbacher, Mgr. Twenty Per Cent Advance In Price Owing to increased cost of raw materials the price of PULL- MAN,AUTOMOBILES now $860 will be advanced twenty per cent July 15. 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