The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 1, 1918, Page 12

try districts, and the organized farm- "o Siganize our aany ‘a;xd 'figllftr: candida or legislature and con- h gress in the city Estri;‘ts. b and is fraught with defeats, but final g The fact that the League is organ- success will be won. So it is in the _ | ized in 48 of the 67 senatorial dis- cqgg"ldOftour distributing syStem{;h ot & tricts of the state was a great sur- roduction matters are in e b { * prise to many who did not know the {landgbof the department of agricul- - i League’s strength. It was expected ure, but my own views, simply from El i that the state convention would not a food point-of view, can be easily = ~ contain delegates from anywhere near summarized. All the grains and all : this number of districts. The 19 dis- }r:xeat proglucts are food and the world - tricts, from which there were no as reached a point where it no ; League representatives in the state longer particularizes to so great a de- % convention, are city districts and dis- | gree between different grains or dif- ! tricts on the iron range in northern ferent meats. , AP Minnesota, where there are no farm- “What is needed is more food, and T ers. Legislative candidates in these : ) the consumer will adjust himself to Lol 19 districts will be indorsed by or- FARMER: GUESS I wiLL change in proportion; of different « gamze;d labor and accepted by the CUT OFF THESE OLD ;ommotlllities without difficulty. There- - armers. . : 24 ore, what we need nationally is more X All the state candidates of the PARTY LINES = THEY _ production and -for eve:y' f};;;er to ? League in Minnesota will run in the NEVER DID GIVE VERY use his own judgment as to what he B Republican primaries for nomination, GOOD SERVICE ! ™ can produce most advantageously i except the candidate for state treas- fifla from his own farm -and to his own § urer, who is a Democrat and who will Ik/fl,/g interest, ~ £ run for nomination in the Democratic : al : ! B Sty peimary i —Drawn expressly for the Leader by Congrqumm J. M. Baer “In the matter of wheat the farmer : % | er. in une legislature he was num- bered among the minority of farmers’ men who have fought /in vain for farmers’ legislation that the people of the state now- expect to obtain through the Nonpartisan league. In indorsing a banker for state treasurer, the League convention showed that it had no hostility to- ward the banking and business inter- ests of the state, and proved that the farmers are willing to co-operate with the business interests when those in- terests are willing to co-operate with the: farmers. Thomas Meighen of Preston, Fillmore county, is the League candidate for state treasurer. He is a banker and owns a farm. - The claim of organized labor for. representation on the ticket were further acceded to by the farmers in the indorsement of F. E. Tilquist for railroad and warehouse commissioner. Mr. Tilquist has been an avowed candidate for the office for some time, and has the indorsement of organized labor for the position. He is a railroad above enumerated, the Nonpartisan league will indorse candidates for the state legislature selected in the city districts by organized labor. The League will also indorse and promote the candidacy of candidates chosen by organized labor in the city con- gressional districts, of which there are several. In the rural congres- sional districts, the farmers will put up their own candidates. There will, therefore, be no conflict between the claims of organized labor and the or- ganized farmers. Organized labor will support the farmers’ candidates for. congress and the legislature in coun- LEAGUE PROSPERING _ Carmen, Okla. This is what the farmers of Minnesota did in St. Paul last week. convention—Republicans, Democrats and a sprinkling of ‘Socialists and Prohibi- tion party men—and they severed all ‘party lines. The League Minnesota Ticket Indorsed by the organized farmers in convention assembled at St. Paul last week. f Charles Lindbergh, Republican, farmer and lawyer, mem- ber of congress for 10 years, for governor. f R. E. Crane, Republican, farmer and member of the legis- lature, for lieutenant governor. e Victor Power, Republican, lawyer and mayor of Hibbing, Minn., indorsed by organized labor, for attorney general. S. 0. Tjosvold, Republican, farmer and former auditor of Yellow Medicine county, for state auditor. Henry Holmes, Republican, farmer and member of the leg- islature, for secretary of state. : Thomas Meighen, Democrat, banker of Preston, Minn., for state treasurer. ' s F. E. Tilquist, Republican, railroad engineer, indorsed by organized labor, for railroad and warehouse commissioner. - Delegates Wire | CUTTING OLD PARTY LINES - l They met in vou our united shppbrt until those aims are accomplished and a lasting and democratic peace is assured. “We have urged all farmers and workers to keep up their splendid ef- fort at increased production and con- servation of food supplies, and to gen- erously support the Liberty loans and all other war activities calculated to aid our boys at war. Patriotism de- capacity and we wish to assure you that the farmers and workers appre- ciate your efforts to protect their in- terests. “Do not be misinformed by politi- cians, The farmers of the Northwest cheerfully acquiesce in your decision fixing the price of wheat on the basis of the 1917 crop, only asking in re- turn that congress enact legislation which will enable you to carry out your price-fixing program so that other commodities may be dealt with upon a like basis and the people relieved of the extortionate profiteering that still largely contributes to the war, but, further, that the agricultur- al community must receive a fair re- turn for its produects. “I have always contended that no section of the community, whether farmer, manufacturer or distributor, is entitled to profits beyond the pre- war normal; otherwis¢ he is taking money from all this blood and misery. “It is not always easy to enforce this in our complicated and, in many ways, wasteful manufacturing and distributing system, but I believe the food administration has gone a long ways to eliminate profiteering in the food trades and will go farther. does enjoy a unique position. among producers: of all commodities in that he alone in this product has a govern- mands service of all according to their . N ° e engineer and lives at St. Paul. He is admirably P d burdensome cost of living. | fitted for the position and adds material strength tO r CSI ent “The heart of America beats loyal and strong L8 to the farmers’ ticket. : : and we know that you believe in us despite the vile i After considerable discussion, the League con- 4|RESIDENT TOWNLEY of the Non- slanders of a subsidized press. et vention unanimously decided to defer consideration partisan league was instructed by the “National Nonpartisan League, { of a candidate for the United States semate. The ‘Minnesota state convention of the “By A. C. Townley, President.” T convention did not decide to keep out of the senate farmers to send a telegram pledging —_— i race, but merely to take the matter up later. The the support of the farmers and the W state convention took no action in regard to indors- League to him and to the government * - HOOVC]‘ Sends a Message ing candidates for the 10 places in congress which in this war. Mr. Townley sent the president the & Minnesota is. entitled to. Congressional district following telegram, which was first read to the v ERBERT HOOVER, United States i conventions of the League will be assembled in a « four thousand farmers assembled in the St. Paul % % food administrator, sent' a message to = week or so to indorse farmer candidates for con- auditorium: | = be read to the four thousand farmers L gress in the various districts. = “Delegates representing the 45,000 patriotic assembled in St. Paul during the - WILL CO-OPERATE farmers of Minnesota who are affiliated with the i| Minnesota staté convention of the t WITH UNION LABOR National Nonpartisan league, assembled in joint League. His message was read to the A convention with the organized workers in this city, delegates and roundly cheered. It follows in full: { It was decided not to indorse any candidate for indorse wholeheartedly your statement of the war “The food administration, as every other group L4 justice of the supreme court or for clerk of the aims of the United States and unequivocally pledge of thoughtful citizens, must recognize that not only ; supreme court at this time. is the production of foodstuffs one of .?. i Besides the representation of or- the prime necessities for winning the i~ ganized labor on the state ticket B They selected a ticket good men and true to capture the state for democracy, regardless ot‘c peart‘;}: They didn’t even know what party the candidates indorsed belonged to, till they looked it up afterwards. Minnesota has always been overwhelmingly Republi- can, except two years ago when the state almost went for Wilson, though it elected a Republican governor with a landslide. But the Minnesota farmers have a Democrat on their state ticket and a large per cent of their candidates for the legislature are Democrats. = Minnesota farmers have cut party lines, ‘but they leave the good old Nonpartisan wire in operation, PAGE TWELVE ment guarantee. No matter what hap- pens this one staple at least is as- sured as to price for all next year, while every other staple in the land 1s speculative. It would seem to me, therefore, solely from the light of his own interest, that those who want to play safe will plant a due proportion of wheat.” ' Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I am a member of the League. It is coming along all O. K. here. The business men of our little town are all knocking, but I don’t think they . are going to cut much ice. I am send- - ing you some clippings out of the Wichita Daily Eagle. H. PELTER. R g N e