The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 4, 1918, Page 18

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Will’s Seed Annual L tells about the best seeds for the Northwest. Send ‘\',4 today for a copy—{ree to all readers of this paper. = OSCAR H. WILL & CO. ¥ Box G, BISMARCK, NO. DAK- = 7 2 0, Field Seeds ns You will be astonished at our low prices for extra high quality Field Seeds. Sold on approval. Don’t pay two prices for Grass Seed. We have reclcaned Timotby $3.25 per bu; Alsyke and Timothy $5.50 per bu; Clover at $14.00 per bu. and up; Alfalfa $8.90 per bu. other Grass Sceds in proportion. We afe GRASS and FIELD SEED specialists 11§ bedrock prices. W f Gi and Farm Club orders. Write today for I rices and les. AMERICAN MUTUAL SEED €O, "0 ™ P hent 255 ™ CHICAGO, TLLINGIS US> ¢ e Surely Endiitled to the Full Market Value for- Yoeur Live Stock - If you do not' get it, somebody else gets the benefit you should have. The day -is passed when'business is done on sentiment, and only results in dol- lars and cents count. ‘We want_you to compare the re- sults in dollars and cents we get for you with those received else- where. = A comparison’ will con- vince you that “Xirk Service” gets you the most money for your live stock. J. R. Kirk Comm. Co., Inc. South S8t. Paul, Minn. Authorized Sales Agency of the American Society of Equity o ® almng Fighting isn’t the only duty of a soldier, and exposure to bullets is not as serious as exposure to kinds of weather and dampness. Rheumatic aches; sore and stiff muscles, strains and sprains, chil- blains and neuralgia, all are enemies of the soldier, and the relief for all these pains and aches is Sloan’s Liniment. Clean and convenient to carry or use; fl:!oee m?b.atain. and spenetrates without: rubbing, 7= v | 1" Generous sized bottles, at all- druggists, i i25c.. 50c., $1.00, > Sloan’s ILiniment KILLS PAIN : Mention Leader when writing advertisérs PERCHERONS I am offering' this spring some very choice young stallions and mares, all raised here on conditions. I emplo{ no traveling salesman. One profftis all Task, .~ - =0 |/the farm and therefor suited to Northwest CHANGED HIS MIND Nonpartisan League, St. Paul: Up to the time I joined the League tention to the merits of the League. Circle, Mont. I had paid very little at- I joined about the time of- the St. Paul meeting and was reading the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, which was of course making a great ‘‘holler’’ about La Follette and the disloyalty of the League, and as I read only such comment and as I had a broad streak of patriotism, I made up my mind if these things were true, and I had no reason to be- "lieve they were not, as I only got one side of the question, I im-- mediately went to town and told my banker I didn’t care to have . anything to do with an organization whose patriotism was doubt- , ful and desired that he should not pay the check for my dues. About the time I got my first Leader and also for the first time light'on the subject, I went to town again and told my banker to " pay that check. He asked me if I wanted to pay it and I told him I sure did and paid him on the spot. I study, write and ‘‘talk League’’ all day and dream League all night. Yours for success, A. L. MOORE. Grow Wheat, Says Townley Says He Feels Government Will Rectify Injustices .in Price—Is Patriotic Duty ORE wheat must be planted by Western farmers as a pa- ' triotic duty, regardless of greater profits possible with other crops, President A. C. Townley of the National Nonpartisan league urges in a statement issued last week at St. Paul. While at present prices wheat is a less profitable crop than others, Mr. Townley believes President Wilson and Mr. Hoover will take early steps to adjust this condition: Mean- tilne there is an urgent necessity for immediate planting of more wheat if the war is to be won. The statement of Mr. Townley is as follows: “The spring seeding season is close at hand 'and at present prices, corn, rye and barley all will pay the farmer much better than wheat. Rye is bring- ing $2.16 & bushel and an acre of rye yields as much or more than an acre of wheat and is a much easier crop to handle. Barley and corn produce from two to three times as many bushels to the acre as wheat and they are selling respectively at $1.80 and $1.75 a bushel. - “But the government ‘and our allies need wheat above all else. Its increas- ed production is of paramount import- ance. We must have more wheat to win the war. Many farmers, burdened by pressing financial obligations and pos-. sibly unaware of the vital necessity for more wheat, may ‘decide to plant corn, barley or rye instead of wheat. This is a very natural thing for the individual farmer to do but if it is done generally it will be a national calamity. “Therefore, I urge in the strongest . possible manner that all farmers pre- pare to plant more wheat, to the ex- clusion of ‘other less needed crops, purely as a matter of patriotism. And I know that the farmers will respond to this plea. The farmers are patriotic and are behind their country. There is no sacrifice that they will not make. I feel sure that they will plant wheat even when they know there is more .money in other less needed crops. ~ “But at the same time I do not think the farmer and the farmer alone, should be penalized for his patriotism. I think that the government either should advance the price of wheat or = scale down the prices of commodities which the farmer is compelled to' pur- chase. I believe this will be done. : President Wilson has pointed out the injustice of reducing the price of what i the farmer sells but not reducing what ‘he buys. “I also think that the- price of all* grains and other farm products should be regulated—when that which the farmer buys likewise is regulated. All the farmer wants is justice. He is per-: fectly willing to have the price of his products reduced if what he buys is correspondingly lowered, but he can not help feeling resentful when “the price of his ‘principal farm product is sharply cut down while unchecked profiteering continues on all sides. “I am confident that President Wil- son and Mr. Hoover will take steps to adjust this condition. I think the farm- ers can depend upon this being done. But in the meantime seeding time is appl;oachlng, the situation is very, very - serious and I appeal to all farmers to prepare to plant wheat even if this seems to threaten a pecuniary loss. I feel sure that this loss will not actually occur and that the administration can be depended upon to adjust conditions satisfactorily from the farmers’ stand- point.” ; . ‘Open Letter to Farm and Home " Springfield Anti-League Editor Gets Some Straight Tips ' from a North Dakota Farmer - : Egeland, N. D. Editor; Farm and Home, > Springfield, Mass. Dear Sir: § 2 5 In ‘your February issue I notice in your “Business Talks With Business Farmers” column where you have an article on the Nonpartisan league. As you are editor of a farm paper I was surprised at the tone of your article. I would like to ask you a few ques- tions and I would like also to give you a few of the many reasons why farmers are joining and supporting the League. Are you in favor of any legitimate organization that will better the con- Where did you get your information . concerning the League? ! = Do you believe that the marketing of farm produce as it is now marketed is fair and equitable to all? . T Are the .interest rates now charged on real estate and chattel mortgages too high or too low? 3 You state in your article that many" farmers are asking you “if they should - i pay $16 to join the League and agree - to support whatever it does in state - . i . and national affairs.” B Lss Now, Mr. Myrick, I joined 'the . League and paid $16. The organizer never asked me- to support’ them in anything. Do you really think that a