The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 20, 1918, Page 8

T S A THIS 1S MY PROGRAM FOR BETTERING MY JOWN CONDITIONS! Some words that the reactionaries like above all others are, “For the duration of the war.” They would like the people to suspend thinking “for the duration of the . war.”- Whenever Presi- dent Wilson succeeds in getting through congress some measure curbing gambling in the bread of the people or profiteering in mines and factories, the old gang sets up a shout that it is only “for the duration of the war.” . Many supporters of this war for freedom assume that when peace comes, a democratic paradise will come with it, automatically and without effort. Is that assumption warranted? Have we who: desire a better world only to sit still and wait for all our old liberties to be restored intact along with new powers of democracy ? s . : War is a red flower that leaves behind it the seeds of more militarism. War has been to every seeing eye in every country a revelation of the strength of reaction. Every reader of the Leader is familiar with the mad proposal of the official junkers of Minne- sota for a suspension of courts of law “for the duration of the war.” There actually are would-be autocrats in free America who advocate a resort to courts' martial to try the civil populace. T T S B RS Sairy — MONCARTISAN - LEAG UE STATE . Owne PAGE EIGHT » . ‘ " THE VOICE OF UNCLE SAM | } ] THERE WILL NEVER BE A TIME [N [_] AMERICA WHEN A CITIZEN CANNOT| BETTER HIS 7 9 CONDITIONS! . —Drawn expressly for the Leader by J. M. Baer Emergency legislation has given despotic power to non-elected and uncontrolled officeholders. Who thinks that they will be will- ing to resign their dictatorial powers after the war? 2 . The farmers of America are facing the cold facts. They realize that they must organize to make democracy secure. There are big business Huns at home who are organized to prevent prog-- ress. They persistently refuse to face the facts of the situation. They either do not perceive or admit that reason, justice and hu- manity are against them. But they take every care to avoid rais- ing these issues, knowing that such calm discussion would tell against them. » That is why, instead of attempting to answer the plans of the farmers for obtaining fair markets, a square deal for all and the fuller control of state governments to make them responsive to the wishes of the people, these monopolistic interests resort to lies and violence. : ‘ Listen to Uncle Sam, who is just the incarnation of all that is best in our nation, full of common sense and honesty: A CITIZEN CAN NOT BETTER HIS CONDITIONS.” “THERE WILL NEVER BE A TIME IN AMERICA WHEN P,