The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 25, 1918, Page 19

.practical good for the farmer. " man. er it is a blessing’ to have his crop stolen? Suppose some commission de- cides all farm papers should hand over 86 cents out of each $2.81 they have received during 1917 ($2.81 being the price of wheat would have brought here at $3.06 Chicago) all other trade papers and newspapers to keep all they can get (witness the price of corn, to- bacco, cotton, wool) and then let some farmer come to your office with these same “job’s comfort” arguments that your paper carries into his home—sup- pose he should tell you “the farm papers are quite right in their claim that they would have more money if the commisgion had not acted in this way BUT if war had suddenly ended as it began in favor of the Germans the farm papers would have been left holding the bag while the Germans took the contents. Suppose all this, could you control yourself to telephone the police, or would you grab a chair and beat him to a frazzle? We rather think the latter, and that if you wish to be square you will come across and explain that these southern and eastern college: men of the com- mission did not understand conditions, that a sad mistake had been made, but congress has done its best to rectify it by crop guarantee for 1918, and now all pull together to win the war! What is the answer? H, P, DAJARMOND Farmer Calls “Farm Paper” Colorado Member Shows Falsity of Subtle Attack ' on the League . Merino, Colo. by a man signing himself “Farmer Putnam.” The letter was taken from a paper called Western Farm Life. It passes for a farm paper, but so far ag I have been able to find out, it has never done anything of any Now I sent a very mild answer to the Put- nam letter to Western Farm Life, and am sending it to you. . ; DITOR Nonpartisan Leader:. I am sending you a letter written My son, Neal Dilley, and I joined the * League here last July, as did also my older son, J. F. Dilley of Atwood. We did all we could to help the organizers, - Mr. Willlams and Mr. Howard. This part of the country is pretty well or- ganized. We are always glad to get the Leader. I think you are doing a great work. Keep right at it. We are always ready to help along with the work in any way that we can. We have a great fight ahead of us here in Colorado. I did not take up any points in Putnam’s letter because I did not think he made any. Do what you see fit with it. Yours for the right. SUMNER DILLEY. Here is Mr. Dilley’s letter to West- ern Farm Life: Editor, Western Farm Life: I noticed in the last issue of your paper a letter from your Missourian claiming to be his sentiments regarde ing the Nonpartisan league. Now he says in the start that he is without any new ideas. Now he shows that in his remarks. When a man undertakes to rigdicule a movement which nearly every progressive farmer believes in - and is working for, it shows conclu- sively that he has ngc new ideas, and s not trying to grasp any. In fact he shows that he knows but very little about the Nonpartisan league and Mr. Townley; or he is intentionally mis- representing them. The first statement he makes in re- gard to -Townley is-false and if he would take the trouble to post himself by reading Mr. which he has-been delivering in Minne- sota and North Dakota he would see his mistake as said speeches show that Townley is as loyal a citizen as any Then why does he harp so loud and long on what LaFollette said? 1If it is Townley he is after why not tell something he has said or done that:is disloyal? Why try to blame Townley for what anybody else said at that great producers’ and consumers’ con- vention? Why not just as well blame some of the government officials who were not there? They are just as re- sponsible for what LaFollette said in . his speeches as is Townley. In fact there was nothing disloyal in the convention so far as the Nonparti- san league was concerned. Why does he not publish the . resolutions which were brought out and indorsed by that 'great eonveptlon after the qpeaking G was over. Townley’s speeches ssourian had better study up on this subject and perhaps he will get some new ideas. Not presuming to dictate to you, but I honestly believe it would be a good thing for you to study up on the principles advocated by the Nonpartisan league. I think nearly all the ideas the Missourian has he got from what you wrote about the League some time ago (he said they were not new) s0 you see you ought to be bet- ter posted so as not to mislead others. Now as to the kind of nonpartisanism the Missourian is in favor of, he is like the man who wanted union in religion . and- politics, but he wanted it in the Methodist church and the Republican party. But this does not suit the farmers. Of course big business men object to the plan of the League be- cause they know it has succeeded in North Dakota, and if the same thing happens here, there will be a lot of politicians out of a job.” And by the way, North Dakota never had as good state government before as it has now for every one except the professional politician. Now the leaders of the Colorado Grange and Farmers’ union have in- dorsed the movement. I am a member of the Happy Valley Grange of Logan county, Colo., and the Grange members nearly all joined, so you see, if one of us is fooled, we are all fooled, and all the farmers of this part of the coun- try do not get the idea that because politicians and some of the big inter- ests are against it that it will not suc- ceed, for it will in spite of them. Now, Mr. Editor, you claim the Western Farm Life as the official paper for the Grange.” We are thinking that it is not only doing very little for the Grange, but lately you have been working against .it.. Now.. the farmers know what they want and the time is past -when you could manufacture public opinion for them. Again, Mr. Editor, I am now asking you to publish this in the Farin Life. SUMNER DILLEY. CONDEMNS WEEKS' AMENDMENT Merino, Mont. Hditor Nonpartisan Leader: Your article and comments on the opposition of the moneyed interests to the passage of the appropriation for the federal farm land banks will be eagerly read by the farmers through- out the country. But our experience here is that 50 per cent of the prospec- tive borrowers fall for the wiles of the local -agents of the old line mortgage houses and renew their loans at more advantageous rates than hitherto. 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