The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 22, 1918, Page 20

E = £ = = = = E = E = = = E = = = = E] = £ E = g El — 2 =8 E = £ E] g = = = = =i =1 =. =i = = g = g = = 2 = 2 =i = = = = = s El =8 g =i = - ADVERTISEMENTS IF COWS COULD TALK “Good morning, Mrs. Fawncoat. I hear that all the cows in the county are joining the ‘Win-the-War’ Club.” “Yes, Mrs. Starface; Secretary of Agriculture Houston says we must increase the production of butter-fat, and we cows have all promised to do our ‘bit.” ” et “There’s one thing I want to say right now,” spoke up - Mrs. Black. “The farmers have got to back us up in this movement. I’m with the rest of you, heart and soul, but what chance have I got?”_ “Why, Mrs. Black, what’s the matter? You have a fine warm barn and plenty to eat and drink.” “Yes, I know; but what can I do as long as they use that old cream separator on the place? It never was any good, anyway, and now it wastes so much cream I'm just plain dis- couraged.” g “Well, you’re not so badly off as some cows, where they haven’t any cream separator at all.” “T don’t know about that. There’s a lot of cream sepa- ~ rators in this county that are only ‘excuses’—not much bet- ter than none at all. I tell you, Mrs. Fawncoat, with butter at present prices and -the people at Washington begging every one to save fat, it’s almost a crime to waste butter-fat the way some of these farmers do.” “That’s one thing I'm thankful for,” Mrs. Fawncoat, . “there’s no cream wasted on this farm. We have a De Laval Cream Separator and everybody knows that the De Laval is the closest skimming machine.” “Well,” said Mrs. Starface, “we never used a De Laval on our place until last fall and supposed one separator was about as good as another; but, honest, the De Laval is the first cream separator we’ve ever had that gave us cows a square deal.” - 4 P.S, Of course your cows can’t talk—but if they could you’d never have a ™ moment’s peace until you got a De Laval Cream Separator. : Rememler that a De Laval may be bought for cash, or on such liberal J terms as to save its own cost. See the local De Laval agent, or if you don’t know him, write to the nearest De Laval office as below. :._THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 165 Broadway, New York 29 E. Madison St., Chicago * » ZFUL JUG T 5 PATRICK’S \ “ ' different taste. bought. 25 No. 2nd 8t.,, Minneapolis, Minn. § Gal. Keg $8.00 10 Gll.'K?c 15.00 - tMmfiw the Leader When Writing. Advertisers S, $1.97 25 Gal. BBL, $36.00 50 Gal. BBL. 70.00 NEW TICKLISH DRINK A different kind of Grape Juice with a Once tried—always . It’s a treat and a surprise that will bring on that delightful smile, Order Direct—Today—From: J. PATRICK, “Square Dealer” havé pictured them, I have faith enough in the intelligence and capa- bilities of the Minnesota farmers to believe that Mr. Townley and the “Big Five” would be relegated te the rear on short notice ik they lived up to your predictions. : On the other hand, if they are mis- represented, abused, slandered; if they are efficient and fearless and honest, by heck, Mr. Lee, we'll follow . 5 Binford, N. D.: Editor Nonpartisan Leader: sk - Enclosed are some clippings from: the Emmons Leader, Freeborn county, Minn., and my answer to the same, sent the Emmons Leader for publica- tion. - You may publish them if you so desire, as I do not expect it to be published in the Emmons paper be- cause I never yet saw anything favor- able to the Nonpartisan league in that paper. Here is my letter: : Editor Emmons Leader: For the benefit of the farmers amongst whom my own interest is to be found, I de- sire to record my protest against any paper that takes up the task of fight- ing or in any other way, direct or in- direct, opposes or belittles the farm- ers’ organization. B For every poison there is an anti- dote, Mr. Editor. We have no better .evidence for the League being the right thing than the politicians and the interests fightiig it. And any paper that takes action against the farmer in his fight for justice, should .be promptly discontinued by every member of the League and all who are in sympathy with the farmer. There are two reasons for this. For in the first place, you take just (From the Valley News, Glasgow, Mont.) The address delivered in this city last Friday afternoon by F. A. Mills, a Nonpartisan league lecturer, drew a hall full of people, and the audience heard an address that was very dif- ferent from what the opposition dailies have trained the Montana pub- lic to expect. Mr. Mills showed that it isn’t so much what the Nonpartisan speakers say as what the standpat party newspapers would like to"have them say. The home guard was well represented at the meeting to make sure that the speaker and his mes- sage were all right, and as one of the leading members remarked to the editor of the News later, “there was absolutely nothing disloyal or unfair in the entire discourse.” The county attorney said practically’ the same thing. = It is to _the credit of Glasgow’s home guard that it is composed of men of sane and fair judgment who, unlike those some places in the state, are willing first to hear what _ing him or the cause he represents as unpatriotic. There are “black sheep” organization be religious, social, com=' mercial or political, and the Nonpar=' tisan league would be the world’s first’ exception if its membership could not be pointed to with discredit because of some of its members. But in their despération the p\olitical leaders of the old parties have worked what might have been an effective: campaign; ruse on the public, too early in the game, and another month or two of actual ‘| campaign work of League speakers will put the “unpatriotic” accusation in the discard. Bl Would Deprive Enemies of ““Pep” Way to Do It Is to Quit Supporting Papers That Fight the .Farmers, Sayg North Dakotan : Home Guard Praises League Enemy Predictions of Treasonable Utterances at Montana A Meeting Cause Reaction a speaker has to say before condemn- in every organization whether that ‘purposes they-are aiming at. The rebound from the. pbfifiml per- - e ‘the town had mno right to chase the '/ . PAGE TWENTY. : o : e e them clear across the Rhine into the Berlin of. Minnesota plutocracy! + Now, Mr. Lee, these are just a few of the simple reasonings of a simple farmer. If they are right, you ought to admit it. If they are wrong, I wish you would put me right, because, then I want to leave the flock before it grovels in the ditch. As a seeker after truth, I am, yours respectfully, L. J. SCHLATTMAN. - L] that much pep out of the papers sup- porting the politicians and the money manipulators; and in the second place the amount of money you thus would save would in most instances pay the bill for maintaining your own organ- -ization. By taking such papers we are pay- ing the same sum of money towards an organization working against us, besides all the many $16 we pay and don’t know we are paying to all kinds of organizations organized against the farmers. I also note the North Dakota farmers are “afraid of the League,” according to one Mr. Payne. Wonder if Mr. Payne has any stock in the Grand Forks Herald and the Far- go Forum? Do you fellows - know that Congressman Baer, the only League congressman in the national congress, is from the district you re- fer to? Do you know he was elected by a majority over all the other can- didates? Is this a little light on the subject for you? If not, I would be pleased to have you take the North Dakota Leader and be convinced. You have the privilege to criticize the League. We are at liberty to cancel our subscriptions. J. P. RAMSEY. secution of the League has already set in in Minnesota. MONTANA A FREE STATE WHERE FARMERS HAVE RIGHTS : Big Sandy, Mont. Editor Nonpartisan . Leader: Enclosed js a clipping from the editorial page of the Havre (Mont.) Paily Promoter. Really, don’t you boys in boss-ridden Minnesota envy us in Montana, where we have a right to -hold our Nonpartisan league meet- ings without being called disloyal? We' have two things here to be especially thankful for: First, the Nonpartisan league; second, that J. A. A. Burnquist isn’t governor. Governor Frazier was here and held a big meeting. Result: more en- thusiasm per square inch than pre- viously to the square mile. g J. G. CRITES,* Mgr. Farmers’ Produce Company. The editorial Mr. Crites referred to, entitled “Whose Ox Is Gored,” and crying “Shame on Minnesota,” is as follows: 5 “A few -citizens of Minnesota have gone mad. They have been fed upon graft and power so long that they can not stand to think that their day has: passed. They have commenced ; a campaign of persecution of the Nonpartisan league in that state. We are certain that it will defeat the ~“Farmers -are a very quiet and un- - obtrusive people as a class but it will not be well to arouse them. R “The officers of one county in Min- & neséta have —arrested ‘one of the' = prominept officials of the League. The: virtue of the arrest is uncertain. But - regardless of the fact whether or not = the case is a just one, the people