The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 9, 1917, Page 3

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D., May 15, 1917, The Nonpartisan Leader, Fargo, N. D. Gentlemen: ; For goodness sake take that ad out. " Pups are all sold and there isn't enough pups in the county to fill the orders. It will cost me all the profits to answer the surplus answers. Yours truly, ANDREW FRITCH. . Mention Leader when writing advertisers A There is Only One Criticism for Leader Classified Ads . You Will Learn ‘ - What it is by Reading the § ~It is Blows for Liberty FOR WEALTH CONSCRIPTION Washington, D. C., July 20, 1917, Editor Nonpartisan Leader: My long service in theNationalGuard of Kansas, from a private to a com- mander-in-chief, is probably the rea- son for my more than ordinary interest in this world war and the part the United States is taking in it. Every citizen should give it his most serious thought and contribute in every way possible to the success of the allied cause, not only with his personal and financial assistance, but with his ideas. The greatest sagrifice in this war will be made by young men who g0 into the trenches and give their lives for their country. The next great sac- rifice will be made by the citizen who gives his money to assist the govern- ment without hope or desire of getting it back again. The citizen who buys a Liberty bond makes no real sacri- fice; for he is only making a very safe investment at 3% per cent interest free- from taxes. The man who pays excessive taxes does make a sacrifice, but if he is able to pay the taxes he he is only doing his duty and ought to be happy to feel that he has an in- come or property that enables him to « pay taxes. If we can conscript our boys we can conscript our v-ealth, and we should do so. I do not believe in excessive bond issues, but I do believe in ex- cessive taxation of wealth, Excessive bond issues will be paid by the great mass of the consumers in the end. The money for this war should bhe raised by levying an inheritance tax, a graduated income tax, an excess profit tax and .a_tariff tax upon lux- uries mainly. If the war is long con- tinued a graduated property tax should also be levied. The graduated prop- erty tax is the New Zealand plan. 5 W. H. SEARS. FURNISH GOOD QUARTERS Blanchard, N. D., July 26, 1917, Editor Nonpartisan Leader: There is one thing that I should like very much to-lay on both the minds and hearts of my fellow North Dakota farmers at this time of stress for labor. this: Better accommodations ought to be given the men who come here to take off our crops. In many places and for many years North Da- kota farm hands have not been given places fit for any man to sleep in. In- stead of being inviting to a tired man, they are repulsive in looks and smell and no doubt in feeling. H Everybody knows that even a hog will select a clean bed if given a chance, yet farm hands in' North Da- kota are often given quarters that are downright repulsive—and it is made up to them in high wages, a compensation that is the only thing holding many a man through our harvests and thresh- ing. ¢ f It is my judgment based on~thirty vears farming here that we little dream of, the financial loss, turmoil and trouble that comes through not properly caring for our men. ‘What should be done? Improve things! How? I can nof attempt even suggestions in detail, but may say this: scrcen every window and door, keep the bunk house, however plain, well aired and clean with enough blankets and have the dining room unfailingly _ clean and attractive. And I may add that the largest return on any invest- ment in this behalf is a pleasant place for the men when the work is over, This means some trees and grass. If you have no trees for the men’s house take my advice and begin to get them as soon as you can.” These things not only pay, but unlike most things on a Dakota farm, are not at once consumed, but last on to, bless him who receives and thrice bless him who gives. DATUS C, SMITH. NEED THE LEAGUE Frazier, Mont. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: My brother and I joined the League last fall and were among the first to do so in this part of the country. I have always been in favor of the farmers organizing. We like the Leader for its way of' telling the truth. The North Dakota farmers have certainly been cleaning house. There are as many cobwebs in the corners here as there were in North Dakota, and -we too need the League. 5 Here is hoping a Baer in congress will devour some who are burying the farmer. ‘Wishing success to the Leader. BENJAMIN G. PONTIUS. A PROTEST Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Noting the statement of Proféssor Ladd in your/last issue, I take this thethod of personally raising a protest PAGE TWO against the dirty business of petty politicians at the A. C., and would suggest that the farmers act in con- cert in a rousing assault on the regents demanding an instant stop- to their pet scheme against the faithful men who have given their all to the up- building of the Agricultural college, and I for one would go so far as to de- mand the return of Dr. Worst to his former office in spite of Ladd's excel- lent work, for the reason that Worst was unfairly fired. Let there be such a hot protest against these regents that they will feel it safest to take to the woods! A READER., CO-OPERATIVE MILLS Great Falls, Mont. Editor Nonpartisan Leader. ‘A phase of co-operation quite out of the ordinary is brought out by the strike among the workers in the timber industry on the Pacific coast, Within the last two or three years there have been organized in this region a num- ber of mills owned and operated co- operatively by the men who perform - the actual manual labor of transform- ' ing the giant fir and cedar trees of this moist country into the lumber, shingles and other timber products of commerce. Some of these co-operative mills have been enoying remarkable success, owing, not only to the fact that they were co-operatively owned, but because they are efficiently managed and have established a reputation for putting out superior products. Comes now the strike of the over- worked and underpaid hireling labor- ers of the great corporations who con- trol the lumber industry. The com- panies refuse to arbitrate and the mills stand idle. By the way, it has been but a few months since the settlement of a ten-months’ lockout and strike in which the corporations reaped a large harvest by price advances forced through shortage of supply, the work- ers and general public, as usnal, being the sufferers. But not so in the case of the co- operative mills, Having no occasion to hire laborers, there is no opportunity for dabor troubles. Here we solve two fundamental difficulties. First, the question of the interference of produc- tion on account of differences between labor and capital. Second; the com- plete and eternal elimination™of the gigantic wrong of exploiting human labor. Here, to the extent that co- operation reaches, every man actually gets the “product of his own labor.” However, the point to which we de- sire particularly -to call attention is that, while a strike of the workers may cover the entire industry, it in no way affects the operation of co-operatively operated plants in that industry. It will be seen at a glance, since the whole output of the plant goes to the workers, that to “declare a wage scale” in con- formity with the requirements of any labor organization effected, is the easi= est thing in the world, because the stockholder-worker cares not a rap whether his weekly check is marked “wages” or ‘“dividends,” it will go as far either way at the store. And so while the strike rages merrily all along the coast, the co-operative mills drive serenely on, while the mill men stop to fight with their help or among themselves, taking advantage of the rising prices and urgent markets. 2 O. H. M'GILL. MINNJSOTAN WRITES 2 Cedarbend, Minn, Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I must say the Nonpartisan Leader hits right where it aims. I hope to see the day when the Old Gang is defeated and closed out like the snakes in Iree land (not out of the country but to the handles of the plow) and then they will realize and find out what the word “hayseed” stands for. That cartoon of the idlers on the fence advising the farmer tells the story to everyone. We also need a few like Frazier, Townley and John M, Baer in this state to wake up those sleeping. But the rope is getting stronger and we hayseeds will not let anybody tie a knot in it until it reacheg from coast to coast and then some, So join hands, you hayseeds, and see that that chain that hangs on our neck is taken off. < I have often heard that times are getting better, but let me_say to the farmer, since I can remember, from now back into the eighties, the cost of things has been going up. It has reached the limit now. Overalls in 1895 were 75 cents. The same today are $1.50 and more. Flour in 1895 was $2 to $2.50, and today it is $7.50 and more. But you all know as well as I do what's what. ALBERT W, BIZEK, .