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AR W G ' 8e ’ pe (Continued from page 5) . among the real progressives, had been able to turn the trick. It would be useless to €l about the senatorial investigation that followed. - That is a matter of well-known current political history. No amount of ex- posures ‘of political corruption could - make up for the fact that the La Fol- lette progressives, through lack of a political . organization, had lost. - Big Business had ‘won. And that was not to be the last of the Big Business victories in Wiscon- sin. In 1910, when La Follette him- self was a candidate for re-election, there was a progressive sweep that not only put La Follette back in the senate but elected McGovern as gov- ernor. But again the lack of organ- ization -became - apparent. Jealousy grew up between La Follette and Mec- Govern. It is not for the writer to say who was to blame, but the trouble was there and’'it grew. There was no or- ganization to straighten it out. In 1912, when La Follette was a candi- date for president and when McGovern was re-elected governor without oppo- sitionn, McGovern suddenly came out against his old political benefactor and joined 'the Roosevelt forces. The progressives were split wide apart. The La Follette faction and the Me- Govern-Roosevelt faction spent nearly as much energy fighting each other as they did in fighting the common enemy, and the battle went merrilly on. ORGANIZATION NEEDED TO FORWARD REFORMS The battle has gone on ever since. In 1914 there were four progressive Republican candidates for governor and one standpatter —Emmanuel Phillip. The progressive vote was split four ways and Phillip won. ' He won again in 1916. La Follette was re-elected senator that same year. The X - *How Wisconsin Won—and Lost—Its Fight people approved him, but through lack of an organization they elected a standpat goverpor at the same time. Any movement that depends wupon personal -leadership alone is likely to fall. - It is sure to be halted by the death of the leader. It may stop be- fore that if the leader betrays his fol- lowers, if he leaves the state or if he’ becomes personally unpopular. It would be folly to pretend that Senator La Follette has the united personal support of Wisconsin voters that he once had. He has been a- hard fighter—some say a bitter one. You can get today almost any kind of an opinion in Wisconsin on La Fol- lette. Thousands swear by him, other thousands swear at him. The war has created new issues; it has succeeded to some extent in clouding old ones. General opinion in Wisconsin is that if La Follette were to be compelled today to stand election for his present office he probably would win. How- ever, La Follette’s best friends do not claim that he exerts the influence on the political thought of the state that he once did, and the history of the last half-dozen years is enough to show that“La Follette’'s following is largely personal and can not be direct- ed-to insure the election .of other men who think as La Follette does on economic questions. And what is true of La Follette is also true of McGovern, who is not as popular as he once was. The fact is that personal leadership in Wisconsin has not been enough. What is needed is a people’s organization that will not be limited to any one man’s lifetime, that will concentrate the people’s vote on one man, instead of scattering it among a half dozen, that will bring worker in city and worker in country together, instead of keeping them apart. That is the sort of an organ- ization for future progress that Wis- consin is going to have through the |. Nonpartisan league. Anti-Gang Editor Attacked Farmers Rally to His Defense and Pledge Cash to Punish Further Mob Rule in Douglas County. . ' ARL A. WOLD, editor of tke Park Region Echo, a news- paper of Alexandria, Minn., that has been friendly to the organized farmers, was attacked re- cently and beaten up by a man named Watters, because Watters objected to something Mr. Wold had published. - Mr. Wold was walking home to dinner at noon with Mrs. Wold and a woman friend, -when he was called aside by * Watters. Without warning, and tak- ing him completely by surprise, Wat- ters (who it is said has beaten up other people before) -struck him on the head, knocked him down and pounded him. Mr. Wold was.dressed in over- coat, heavy cap and mittens and was unable to defend himself. : This is the second attack upon Mr. Wold since he has been fighting the =Minnesota political gang. “following a 'big League meeting in Alexandria -which Mr. Wold had cov- ered in a manner showing his friend- ship for the farmers, a mob broke into his office, wrecked the machinery, scattered the type and generally -wrecked his plant. 3 The people of Douglas county, as soon as they heard of this, started a campaign for a fund to buy a new lino- type, and in a short time the office was re-equipped at the expense of the Park Region Echo’s friends, and has con- tinued its fight against political crooks and mob action. ' In similar manner Mr. Wold’s . friends gathered to his defense again, - as'Boon ag they heard' of 't,i'; : on ' ain Torcrar e P TR AT Last fall,- he personal . ing called at Alexandria without his knowing of it, they passed resolutions denouncing the person who attacked him as a coward, and declaring they will financially back every effort to prosecute and punish any further mob efforts in Douglas county. This meet- ing was called Monday, following the Saturday of the attack, farmers being brought together by telephone from all parts of the county. Many who were not reached because there was little time, were disappointed at being over- looked. The resolutions adopted were as follows: 2 5 ‘“Whereas, we .as a committee of 50 or 60 farmers have this 31st day of December, 1917, assembled for the purpose of seeking some legal pro- tection for our editor, Mr. Carl A. Wold, also, - “May it be known that this meeting was called by the farmers’ organiza- tion to consider the situation and de- termine upon some line of action to combat such a cowardly act as occur- red last Saturday, December 29, 1917. “Whereas we feel that any attack upon Mr. Wold and the publications _he edits and publishes is an attack, upon us and our organizations whether it be the Equity or the Nonpartisan league, therefore, = - Bl “Be it resolved that if any further outrages. of this nature occur against Mr. Wold or his plant, we, as an or- ganization will both financially and . . otherwise back up any efforts to prose- - cute to the full extent of the law. “OLE LANGHAUG, Chairman.” “0 1 NEWHOUSE Ten. Sag ADVERTISEMENTS 100% In many instances—Persons have suffered untold agony for years doctoring for ner- vous weakness, stomach, liver or kidney disease or some other ailment when their real trouble was lack of iron in the blood —How to tell. New York, N. Y.—In a recent d@iscourse Dr. E. Sauer, a Boston physician who has studied widely both in this country and in great European medical institutions, said: “If you were to make an actual blood test on all people who are ill, you would prob- -ablY be greatly astonished at the exceed- ing ir large number who lack iren and who are ill for no otherreason than the lack of iron. The moment iron is supplied a mul- titude ,of dangerous symptoms disappear. Without iron the blood at once loses the power to change food into living tissue, and therefore nothing you eat does you any good; you don’t get the strength out of it. Your food merely passes through your system like corn through a mill with the rollers so wide apart that the mill can’t grind. As a result of this continu- ous blood and nerve starvation, people be- come generally weakened, nervous and all run down and frequently develop all sorts of conditions. One is too thin; another is burdened with unhealthy fat; some are so weak they can hardly walk; some think they have dyspepsia, kidney or liver trou- ble; some can’t sleep at night, others are sleepy and tired all day; some fussy and irritable; some skinny and bloodless, but all lack physical power and endurance. In such cases, it i3 worse than foolishness to take stimulating medicines or narcotic drugs, which only whip up your fagging vital powers for the moment, maybe at the expense of your life later on. No mat- ter what any one tells you, if you are not strong and well you owe it to yourself to make the following test. See how long of Delicate you can work or how far you can walk without becoming tired. Next take two five-grain tablets of ordinary nuxated iron three times per day after meals for two weeks. Then test your strength again and see for yourself how much you have gain- ed. I have seen dozens of nervous, run- down people who were ailing all the time double, and even triple, their strength and endurance, and entirely get rid of their symptoms of dyspepsia, liver and other troubles in from ten to fourteen days’ time simply by taking iron in the proper form, and this, after they had in some cases been doctoring for months without obtaining any benefit. You can talk as you please about all the wonders wrought by -new remedies, but when you come down to hard facts there is nothing like good old iron to put color in your cheeks and good, sound, healthy flesh on your bones. It is also a great nerve and stomach strengthener and the best blood builder in the world. The only trouble was that the old forms of inorganic iron, like tincture of iron, iron acetate, etc., often ruined people’s teeth, upset their stomachs and were not assimilated, and for these rea- sons they frequently did more harm than good. But with the discovery of the new- er forms of organic iron all this has been overcome. Nuxated Iron, for example, is pleasant to take, does not injure the teeth and is almost immediately beneficial. Note—The manufacturers of Nuxated Iron have such unbounded confidence in its potency that they authorize the announcement that they will forfeit $100.00 to any Charitable Institution if they cannot take any man or woman under sixty who lacks iron and increase their strength 100 per cent or over in four weeks’ time, pro- vided they have no_serious organic trouble. Also they will refund your money in any case in which Nuxated Iron does not at least double your strength in ten days’ time, . It is dispensed in your city by all good druggists. Read What Some of Say About Our Mr. Ferguson—Dear Sir: get an opportunity. Dear Sirs: My car of cattle you Gentlemen: my load was handled. You can expect Yours very truly, Dear Sirs: sold yesterday. mission firms, and was surprised that South St. Paul Exchange, the Equity is ear Sirs: After Receiving Their Returns: 3 R, Equity Co-Operative Exchange, South St. Paul, Minn. < Coming home from St. Paul, I remembered I had forgotten to say good-bye to you people there, and while 1 believe in criticism . wWhen due, I am just as sure to praise any one when it has been earned, and the way you handled my shipment this time makes me believe that you are a lot of nice people from top to bottom, and I will boost for the Exchange whenever I Equity Co-Operative Exchange, South St. Paul, Minn. ‘Will have a car of hogs for you to sell soon. Equity Co-Operative Exchange, South St. Paul, Minn. Have received returns on the car of cattle and hogs which I shipped you today, and am well pleased with the sales and the way in which - Equity Co-Operative Exchange, South St. Paul, Minn. ‘Wish to say that I am well pleased with your sale of $9.35 per hundred that you got for the load of cattle that I had consigned to you and I saw other cattle weighed up that were sold by other com- I learned while there was that while other commission firms are bonded to the Respectfully yours, A LETTER FROM RAY McKAIG Equity Co-Operative Exchange, South St. Paul, Minn. D Having béen a cattle raiser in North Dakota for a number of Our Shippers Have to Sales and Service No. 2, Pekin, N: D., Oct. 15, 1917. Sincerely yours, (Signed) P. A. PETERSON. Litchfield, Minn,, Nov. 16, 1917. * sold today_far better than I expected. Yours truly, (Signed) J. A. LaMONTE. Grey Eagle, Minn., Oct. 10, 1917, our future shipments. (Signed) C. A. WOOD, Mgr. Grey Eagle Shipping Assn. Newport, Minn., March 22, 1917. you got $9.35 for mine. Another thing bonded to the State of Minnesota. * (Signed) VICTOR MUNSON. Mandan, N. D., Dec. 1, 1917. years, having had occasion to ship stock to South St. Paul and Sioux City, and knowing the tricks of the commission men and their treatment of the farmers, I welcomed the organization of your Exchange as one of the reliefs from an almost hopelegs marketing entanglement. A .I shipped to you this fall two carloads of stock, and was immensely pleased . by the returns that I got. found that you did not sell these beeves to the speculators, but that you made it a point to get the fairest and the best price possible. You took care of them. You watched over them, and all I can say is that if any man wants to get the best price possible for his stock, he wants to send it to the Equity Co-Operative Exchange, which is a place where the farmer gets a square deal. This recommendation I give of my own free will, and do so gladly."’ Yours very truly, (Signed) RAY McKAIG, State Master.. ~ Equity Co-Operative Exchange LIVESTOCK DEPT. SOUTH ST. PAUL, I‘VIINN. FIELD SEEDS You will be astonished at our low prices for extra high quality Field Seeds. Sold on approval. Lon’t pay two prices for Grass Seed. We have recleaned Timothy $3.26 per bushel; Alsike and Timothy $5.50 per bushel; Clover at $14.00 g‘Abushel and up; Alfalfa 38.50 per bushtl; other Grass Seeds in proportion. We are SS and FIELD eed lists, selling at bed-rock prices. We make pecialty of anges and 25% LESS MONEY