The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 11, 1918, Page 16

L R TPy S NEWS AND VIEWS FROM NORTH DAKOTA THE OTHER CHEEK Speaking of the non-resistant theory of turning the other cheek, when the farmer is smacked on one cheek by low prices for his produce and banged on the other cheek by high prices for the necessaries of life for himself and family, he has no cheek left to turn. He ¢an only duck to the best of his ability, which soon gets to be ‘a tiresome and senseless form of exercise.—FARMERS’ LEADER, Bowman, N. D. WILL SUPPORT LEAGUE Cooperstown, N. D. Fiditor Nonpartisan Leader: On inquiry of the “Reform” (a Nor- wegian paper published at Eau Claire, Wis.) by a reader who reads.both the Reform and the Nonpartisan Leader, asking whether the Reform would sup- port the cause of the producers and consumers in the Scandinavian language, now that the Fram of Fargo i is going to join the Normanden, the ! following reply was received from the editor of the Reform: . “Thank you for your kind Ietter. Yes, it is our intention to support this movement (the League). Lobeck (a i state senator of Minnesota) is very much in favor of this, and it was on that account that we decided to move to St. Paul. We might have been there | now if the war hadn’t broken out. : “Reform is not a local paper. It has i readers all over the United States i wherever the Scandinavian people are i+ found; and the Scandinavians are, as ‘1 a rule, farmers. Thousands of these ¢ farmers read the Scandinavian language i better than they do the English. It is ¢ therefore of the utmost importance that in the battles that are to come, we have a paper that will fully espouse the cause of the people in the Scandinavian language.” I hope you will kindly take up in the Leader this question of a Norwegian paper favorable to the Nonpartisan i league and give it a prominent place. ¢ T. T. TUGLESTAD. ADVERTISEMENTS 74 % MORE LIGHT ON THE ROAD ROAD RAYS NOT SKY RAYS. NO GLARE NONEED FOR DIMMING COMPLIES WITH ALL STATE LAWS The Fargo Cornice & Ornament Co.Fargo, N.D. Particulatly famous em account of its i excellent GCAFE { Mention Leader when writing advertisers - Wrong “Dope”—That’s All - Farmer Lays Business Men’s Opposition to League to Rank City Newspaper Influences Maddock, N. D. DITOR Nonpartisan Leader: I have often wondered why so many business men that are doing business in the state of North Dakota, are opposed to and are fighting the Nonpartisan league, and still the main business of these men is with the farmers. I believe there is a reason for this. The business men in general only read the dailies printed in the cities and mostly own- ed by big business. They don’t seem to take time to read the League papers and therefore don’t know what the League is doing or will do. There is also another reason; in most all of the towns in the state is a weekly newspaper, consisting of eight pages, and part of four pages is print- ed in the home town. The rest is printed in cities. There are three kinds of this pub- lication in North Dakota towns. The first seems to think that by lies and slander they can defeat the farmers’ League, and they never spare ink for that purpose. They generally use arguments that are so rotten that any sound-minded man whatever will keep a distance from a paper of that kind. The second class includes those that dare not come out openly with their opposition, thinking they will give the League free advertisement by so doing, but the editor will un- dertake to censor all others as to what they may have to say or write, and will not give space for anybody that has a different opinion than the . editor of the paper. The third class includes those that have come right in line with the farmers’ League, and openly declare themselves in favor of the reform and will fight for it through thick and thin. By investigating in towns where the first mentioned weekly is, we find that most all business men from , @ banker to a post-hole digger are i opposed to the League. In towns where the second weekly is, we find that one-half of the business men are .in.favor of the farmers’ League, and as a rule a good understanding be- tween the farmers and business men exists in spite of the fact that they have an editor walking around with a sour stomach. ; Now Mr. Farmer, weekly paper? where is your Is it for or against DATES-FOR WALTER T. MILLS (All at 2 P. M. unless otherwise noted) 0akeB. oo s s ae s Saturday, Feb. 9 Nome............. Monday, Feb. 11 New Salem.......... Tuesday, Feb. 12 Glen Ullin...... Wednesday, Feb. 12 Hebron.......... Thursday, Feb. 14 Richardton,........ Friday, Feb. 15 Dickinson. .. ......Saturday, Feb. 16 Belfield..............Monday, Feb. 18 Sentinel Butte..... Tuesday, Feb. 19 Beach,....... ..Wednesday, Feb. 20 . Marmarth. ....... Thursday, Feb. 21 Bowman, ., ........Saturday, Feb. 23 _ DATES FOR JUDSON KING (All at 2 P. M. unless otherwise noted) Bismarck..........Saturday, Feb. 9 Baldwin....... ... .Monday, Feb. 11 Washbura. . .......Tuesday, Feb. 12 Garrison.1 p. m., Wednesday, Feb. 18 T e North Dakota Meetings PAGE SIXTEEN you? Do you believe it is a good business principle to pay your money to the -Nonpartisan league to help right the wrongs that now exist, and then to pay $1.50 a year to support a paper that will at all times try to defeat the farmers’ movement and all reform that comes before the people from time to time? I, for one, believe that if the farm- ers and the fair minded business men put in a good local farm® newspaper, say one in each county to begin with, and then get a live editor to take hold of it—but be very careful and not get- one of this sour-face or tooth- ache-looking kind—but a pleasant one, and one with good sharp teeth that will bite if it becomes necessary, I be- lieve in that way we will get the old politicians on the run, so the people of the state will get what legislation they want, rightly belonging to them. -If the people are kept posted on what is going on we will find that the majority of the people is right every time. 0. J. KOPPERDAHL. WOULD BE CONSISTENT The public safety commission of Faribault county, Minnesota, has just drawn up a set of resolutions to dis- courage Nonpartison meetings in that county. The resolutions state that- La Follette spoke at the Nonpartisan Producers-Consumers convention last fall. We would suggest to the F. P. S. C. that it might be wise to pass resolu- tions to discourage the purchase of Liberty bonds in that county, as Presi- dent Wilson, who is at the head of the government which sells the Liberty bonds, some few weeks ago had a friendly chat with A. C. Townley, who is president of the organization they would bar from holding meetings in their county.— EDGELEY (N. D.) MAIL. GROWING FAST - / The National Nonpartisan Leader will hereafter be published at St. Paul instead of at Fargo, as heretofore. The Nonpartisan league is developing at such a pace in national scope that it was found necessary to move to a more central distributing point. The maga- zine now has over 150,000 subscribers. —M'HENRY (N. D.). TRIBUNE. Wing .0 UaRh T Thursday, Feb. 14 Regan............. Friday, Feb. 15 Wilton........... Saturday, Feb. 16 Killdeer . +...Tuesday, Feb. 19 Golden Valley. . . Wednesday, Feb. 20 Dunn Center. .. ...Thursday, Feb. 21, Halliday...:...:....Saturday, Feb. 23 DATES FOR FRED J. ARGAST AND LEO. 8. HORST Ellendale...........Saturday, Feb. 9 Loraine and Wirch. . Monday, Feb. 11 Forbes............Tuesday, Feb. 12 Duani..........Wednesday, Feb. 13 Monango.. .., ....Thursday, Feb. 14 . Potsdam...........Friday, Feb. 15 Edgeley..........Saturday, Feb. 16 Streeter...........Tuesday, Feb. 19 Gackle. .. ......Wednesday, Feb. 20 Alfred. ..........Thursday, Feb. 21 La Moure. ........Saturda"Feb. 23 . CONSISTENCY! The Minneapolis Journal is one of those mnewspapers which has been shouting ‘‘traitor” at Townley and the Nonpartisan league ever since the United States entered the war. Yet that organ is one of the few which criticized and condemned the government for the fuel order. “Consistency, thou art a jewel.” —STARKWEATHER (N. D.) TIMES. : MUST HAVE STATE HELP Drake, N. D. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: : I wish to ask herewith how a per- son is going to get his seed wheat and seed oats, also feed grain for spring work. You know we have had no crop in this part of North Dakota and to straighten up this fall I had to mort- gage all of my personal property—also the 1918 crop. I own a farm of 160 acres. This has a mortgage of $2,500. Could a perscn get a second mortgage to pay enough seed for 40 acres and for 40 acres of seed oats and some feed grain? The balance of the farm I have in winter rye and. pasture Have a family of seven children. ‘I would be much obliged to hear from you. Has our brother, Governor Fra- zier of Bisinarck, going to see that we get seed? H A .- You are referred to the Federal Land Bank of St. Paul, Minn., for informa- tion as to the possibility of an addi- tional loan, this being the federal bank for the district in which you live; also to Governor Frazier at Bismarck who will see that your question reaches the right parties in the state. A special session of the North Dakota legisla- ture has been in session to revise the county seed bond law and through this you may get the help you need.—THE EDITOR. T. R. WONT CUT ANY ICE Wing, N. D. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: As I just got through reading the Leader, I will tell you what I got from its contents, and some thoughts which entered my ‘mind. ' The press is con- trolled by the money power and the. people are being educated to the wrong ideals. The common people are not to be blamed for their ignorance nor blindness to the conditions of the world, as they have got their knowl- edge through the fake press. : Now I would like to give' you some _idea as to the necessity of reaching the people and the cheapest way to do it, and the quickest way is through the press. I would that we could work out. an educational plan on a huge basis through the League and our press. I realize from my own experience how the League paper keeps the mem- bers from being misled, and from dis- sension. The press is the whole nour- ishing system of our organization. With it we win. Without it we lose. As to Roosevelt’s proposed tour of the West and Premier Borden’s also, all it takes to offset their orations if they orate against the farmers, is to- show that Teddy is only seeking to further his own private aims. Also continue to show up his relations with the corporations and how he favored them in his own days in office. I have just returned from a visit to Canada. Borden can also ‘be shown up to be against the interests of the farmers in Canada, the same as Ted is against the League. = Splnen G 5 HARVEY REDBURN.