The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 24, 1917, Page 20

< Labor Extends Hand to Farmers Resolutlon Passed at National Convention on Sug— ’ gestlon of Glfford Plnchot and A. C. Townley Washmgton Bureau Nonpartxsan Leader E recommend- that the execu- tive. council of. the. Ameri an : representatives of the farmers’ organ- izations for the purpose of bringing about co-operation between . the two organizations on matters of importance . affecting both.” In this language the committee re- ported, on the final evening’s session of the recent national labor convention at Buffalo, upon the invitation extend- ed to the convention by Gifford Pin- chot, representing the federal board of farm . organizations, and A. C. Town- ley, president of the National Nonpar- tisan league, for closer understanding between the farmers and the city wageworkers in the political and economic field. The report was unani- mously adopted, and the executive council is expected to take action upon it at its January meeting. Pinchot told ‘the convention that “the farmer and the wage earner are standing together for the same things, which mean good citizenship, a fairer distribution of the profits of toil, clean politics, good government, and, above all, the use of the natural resources of this country, not mainly to make ~money for the few, but for the profit of all the people.” “I am not here,” he said, “to tell you in detail how this can be done, but I -am willing to say to you on behalf of the organized farmers of America that Federa.t:on :6f “Labor - be ap- 3 thorized to-meet 'or 16 Bhpoint a committee to meet with the' we extend to you the hand of brother- hood; that we look to you to help us: in the things that are good for us and’ that we. stand willing to help. you: in “the th‘lngs that - are’ good’' for you. fThen, w1th the will to get together, all that is needed is the simplest machin- ery, for, if we have been beaten over and over again, as the farmers and you have been beaten over and over again, in spite of your magnificent achievements, what power is there in this country that can stand against the just demands of the men .and women who produce the raw material and the men and women who -make the finished product? “One- thlrd of all the people of the United States are farmers; at least one-third are wage earners. One-third and one one-third makes two-thirds of all the people of the United States, and that is a safe majority. Banded together, is there any power under heaven that can stand against the just demands which this two-thirds unite upon?” The delegates thought there was not. They took the first action toward get- ting into. conference with the repre- sentatives of the organized farmers. While it is not yet certain that the executive council of the American Federation of Labor has grasped the possibilities of the situation, and will come half-way, it is certain that labor organizations in the West will enter into alliance with the farmers, and that the alliance with' the National Non- partisan league will be one of the big political developments of next summer. - Grain Buyers Reprimanded N. D. Railroad Commission Backs Deputy SHARP warning not to re- peat the “errors” discovered by Chief Deputy Inspector J. A.-McGovern, has been sent to five grain buyers in the northwestern part of North Dakota by the state railroad commission, coupled with the statement that a repetition will result in their licenses being can- celled. What Mr, McGovern discover- ed was that these elevators had been taking in dark wheat of the highest quality, which the inspection depart- ment said shoul@ grade No. 1 dark ‘morthern, and had been:grading it No. 1 northern, thus depriving the farmers of four cents per bushel; and that they had also been paying only $2 per bushel for this grain, while under the federal fixed prices, it should have brought approximately $2.04 per bushel. Mr. McGovern reported the matter to Attorney General Langer who at once began investigation te discover what rights of recovery the farmers who had lost this eight -cents per bushel, would have, and in the mean- time the matter was put before the state railroad commission to decide whether the licenses of the offending grain buyers should be cancelled. “You are warned to avoid such errors in future,” says the commission, Inspector McGovern “and earnestly urged to make a most careful study of the rules adopted for grading grain in order that it may_ be as nearly uniform throughout the state as possible. “You are admonished to remember that in grading grain you are, in . a measure, acting as an official of the state and your- active’ and intelligent compliance with the laws of the state, and rules of the commission, will greatly add to the efficiency of the ad- ministration of public affairs and good government.” This warning was sent to the follow- ing elevator managers: G. H. Sawyer, Roach; R. L. Olson, Berthold; R. A. Rasmussen, Palermo; H. J. Arnold,. Stanley; N. G. Nelson, Stanley. The commission also- at the same time confirmed Inspector McGovern in denying a license to Herbert Roberts the buyer acting for the Farmers’ Ele- vator company at Shields, N. D. These actions by the board indicate that it is back of the inspection depart- ment in seeking to enforce the grain grading rules in the interest of fair- ness. Inspector McGovern has been making a further investigation of sev- eral other elevators, and if the evidence shows they have been practicing trick- ery, action to cancel their licenses will be begun. 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