The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 2, 1917, Page 15

Lo S - R . T A K Uniofi Labor With Farmers Minnesota Federation of Labor Agrees to Co- operate With Nonpartisan League in Mak- ing State Safe For Democracy HE Minnesota State Feder- ation of Labor, holding its annual convention at Fari- bault, has.declared for closer relations, with farmers’ or- ganizations and has specifically in- dorsed the attitude of the. National Nonpartisan league on conscription of wealth. The resolution adopted by the labor men reads: “Whereas, the government of the United States has considered it neces- sary to conscript men for the purpose of waging war abroad, therefore, be it resolved, that we favor conscription of wealth as equally necessary to the suc- cessful conduct of war.” Delegate J. W. Green of the Hib- bing labor: assembly, in introducing the resolution, referred to the action of the Nonpartisan league, saying: “We indorse the position taken by the farmers organized in the National Nonpartisan league and hold equally with them that to conscript men and. exempt wealth coined from the suffer- ings of humanity is repugnant to the spirit of America and contrary to the ideals of democracy.” REPORT ADOPTED ON FARMERS’ PLAN The convention had present as fra- ternal delegates representing the far- mers, two members of the Minnesota Nonpartisan league — Joseph Gilbert and L. W. Samuelson. In reference to definite co-operation with the farmer movement, the following report was submitted by the committee on fra- ternal relations and was adopted: “The exchange of fraternal delegates being of decided advantage to the members of organized labor, we recom- mend the continuation of such prac- tice by this organization. “As state federations of labor exist primarily for the purpose of advancing the welfare of workers in industries, protecting them against those who would oppress them, and securing them in every advantage' gained in their struggle on the industrial field, we therefore recommend that this convention records itself as advocat- ing a closer union, for purposes offen- sive and defensive, both economic and political, with all labor unions— whether at present affiliated with the American Federation of Labor or not —and with all farmers’ organizations. “In order to attain this end, we fur- ther recommend that -a committee of three be appointed by this convention to invite a conference with similar committees of other organized bodies of producers, such as unaffiliated labor unions, the National = Nonpartisan League of Minnesota, the American Society of Equity, and other organiza- tions of farmers to formulate practical plans for -co- operating both economic- ally and politically. Farmers of Russia Speak Their Declaration of Principles Not Unlike Those of the Nonpartisan League of the United States HEY don’t call it a Nonparti- san league -iM Russia, but that is what it amounts to— €24)] this All-Russian Union of Peasants, recently organized at Petrograd. < For centuries the Russian peasant has been trodden down by autocracy and by the masters of the land. With freedom the first thought of the peas- ants was-to form their own organiza- tion. They organized within a month after the revelution had been effected. It took American farmers more than a century to form their organization for political action. That the Russian farmers fully ap- preciate the benefits of organization is shown by this quotation from their declaration of principles: “When the ear of wheat is ripe a bug will bend it; a sparrow sit- ting on it will break it altogether, but when the reaper has bound the ,“ears into a sheaf, what athlete can break it?” The official statement of the or- ganization of Russian peasants, al- though written in the. poetic form of speech used in that country, bears many points of resemblance to the program of the Nonpartisan league. The Russian farmers pledge their un- divided loyalty to their country but in- sist that reforms are needed ampd that the farmers as a class must organize to look after their own interests, which naturally are different from those of city residents. Following is their statement, drawn up in the form of an address to their brother-farmers, serving in the Rus- sian army, and signed by 111 delegates to the All-Russian Union of Peasants at Petrograd: SUPPORT GOVERNMENT “Brother-soldiers: In these days when the Russian people have at- tained their freedom, namely the op- portunity to develop freely their men- tal and spiritual forces for the better organization of their life; let us re- member that we bear the name of soldiers only as long as we are needed for the defense of our fatherland against the cruel enemy. Our duty to- day to our country and to our children is to crush our enemy and thus defend the_liberty we conquered. But having “"done our duty we will return to our normal work, back to the soil. “Remember, brothers, that the Rus- sian army is a peasant one, compris- ing now the best men of the whole peasantry; that the Russian land is the peasant’s land; that the peasant is the principal 'toiler on this land— he is its master, therefore, without the master it is impossible to solve properly the land question. NEED ORGANIZATION “Remember, brothers, that when the ear of wheat is ripe a breeze will swing it, a bug will bend it, a sparrow sitting on it will break it altogether, but when the reaper has bound the ears into a sheaf, what athlete can break it? We have been maturing many a century, now, it seems, we are mature, let us then, brothers, gather into a sheaf. ‘“The elections to the constituent assembly are pending. This assembly will enact the basic laws of the coun- try, define the form of our govern- ment and the rights of all the pebple. Every one in Russia will have a right to vote for the delegates to the assem- bly and as we comprise the largest part of the population we justly should be represented by the greatest num- ber of delegates who should look after our interests. - THE, FARMERS’ INTERESTS “Of course, our interests are differ- ent from those of the city people and | the factory workers. If we do not look after our interests, if we do not unite, the results of the elections to the con- stituent assembly may prove disad- vantageous to us, we may select stran- gers -to our cause instead of friends, we may be decoyed by a pheasant in the sky to let go the sparrow we are holding in our hands. “And our sparrow, peasant-soldiers, we consider the following: “Since we approve the program of our provisional government, we shall inform our delegates to the constituent assembly to stand by this program, only adding the following demands: “a. To establish a republxcan form of government. “b. To divide among the toilers of Russia the appanages, the lands be- longing to the imperial family, to the state, to the churches and monasteries; also the lands belonging to private owners, allowing them fair compensa- tion, and lastly to fix by law a maxi- mum form for individual land holding. “c. To provide for popular compul- sory education. MUST WORK TOGETHER “This is the sparrow we shall. not let go. All other things may be left to the ‘constituent assembly. “Brothers, great is the work that confronts us, it is the organization of the national life. This great work can be accomplished only under conditions if we work together, in perfect order and mutual respect, and if we over- come the enemy. Brother, let us forget the guilty ones, let us look after each “one affectionately, let us not tolerate disorder; let us do our service zeal- ously at the front as well as in the rear, Let us remember that these are days consecrated to the permanent shaping of the lives of our children, whose curses will fall upon the heads of those who by their dissensions are threatening the people’s cause.” " PAGE FIFTEEN saves the grain the thresh- ing machine wastes. It puts your grain in the sack, and does not waste it in the stack. See that your thresherman uses a Grain Saving Wind Stacker Obtain catalog from thresh- ing machine manufactur- ers illustrating how the GRAIN SAVING WIND STACKER puts the grain in the sack. 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