The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 17, 1918, Page 8

- TAKING THEIR DAILY HATE ,‘.’“’, R YNoee g 7 /,}"/\\. « /[/ '\ \ ’ - 3 \\\ —Drawn expressly for the Leader by W. C. Morris | The Germans have their “Hymn of Hate.” So have the para- sites who are sapping ‘the life of Ameri®a. Here they are in this . funny picture. The Professional Politician understands better than - any one else what is happening. He looks grim and desperate, as if he had lost all. The War Profiteer, who sees his pile of excess profits about to be taxed away,_ is gnashing his teeth. Big Biz shakes his fist, the Grain Gambler puts his thumb to his nose, and the Kept Press sticks out his tongue. Thanks for putting out your - tongue, Mr. Editor, we’ll call a doctor and have him see what your disease is. Maybe you need a pill for failing circulation. ; What’s all the hate for the farmer about ? :Oh, just because he no longer thinks that the success of the country is bound up in the success of any of the old political parties. Partisanship and boss rude are too old-fashioned for him. Through{the Nonpartisan league the farmers have begun to feel that they have the power to protect their own interests. The farmers have found that they - can control the political situation, and obta"'x justice. From now 00 PAGE EIGHT . ) el ‘ yd X LA on the men elected to office in the'West will be dependent upon the rural vote for the permanency of their positions. : 2 Monopolists and grafters will have to flee to the tall timber. Big Biz will have to go to work for a living. Politicians are going to find out there’s a new boss. Some of them have been consciously dishonest. But Big Biz didn’t have te bribe all of them, some of- them he just fooled. L . : Lirs , No longer are the people fooled.. Nor can they be bribed by false promises from the men who have violated year after year all the pledges on which they rode into office. 2 2 Get this: THE ORGANIZED FARMER IS HATED BE- CAUSE HE IS STRONG. The cheats and grafters which infest public life hate the farmer because they themselves are weak. Well, they'll have to learn to like the farmer before they are through. ' There’s nothing like getting used to it. Maybe it will be a relief to them to be able to be honest for once. will be a relief to every one else.. ; We know it