The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 5, 1918, Page 15

‘confronting the NEBRASKA JOINS “SOLID WEST" (Continued from page 8) continue their splendid efforts in the support of increased food production and comservation of food supplies, subscription to Liberty bonds, Cross and other war activities. Patri- otism demands service of all according to their capacity. DEFEAT THE KAISER AND THE PROFITEERS “We hereby declare that we, as farmers and producers, will cheerfully acquiesce in whatever rules the president, the congress and the food administration may deem wise in the regulation and price-fixing of our wheat and other products, and we earnestly and re- spectfully petition the president and congress to also fix a reasonable price upon the things which we must buy, by regulating the products of the steel trust, the packers, the millers end other industries in which it has recently hLeen shown by the federal trade commission that profiteering ‘still runs impudently rampant.’ “We fully realize that the greatest task American people today is the defeat of German military autocracy and the preservation of democracy, and we desire to g«:s keverything possible to assist in the great “We condemn all efforts of mobs of irre- sponsible persons, or of any one else, to sup- press free speech and peaceable assembly, and declare that all persons who thus resort to lawlessness, under whatever pretext, are them- selves guilty of disloyalty to their country and its laws, and are guilty of interfering with the prosecution of the war and with peaceable and orderly government. We agree with President Wilson when he says that such the law-making body of the state, therefore we invite them to co-operate with the farmers in a political way to the end that combined producers of the state may secure proportional representation for the purpose of securing such_legislation as will eliminate the unnec- essary middlemen and profiteers who stand between the producer on the farm and the city consumer. The real producers of wealth constitute the majority of the voting popula- tion and they can and will control the con- ditions and laws governing marketing and d:;gributlon whenever they unite for political action. . “We extend the hand of fellowship to or- ganized labor and welcome their co-operation and pledge our candidates to the faithful service of the workers on the farm, in the shop, the railroads, the mines and the forests. “We favor shorter hours of labor in the strenuous, hazardous and unhealthy occupa- tions, in order to conserve the health of the workers., “In the interest of national efficiency during the war we especially urge the importance of the adoption by state and nation of the policy of the elimination of all unnecessary middle- men profits and labor of handling of the nec- essaries of life and war supplies to the end that all waste may be eliminated. FOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF UTILITIES “We favor government ownership of rail- roads, telegraph and telephone lines and all public utilities which are monopolistic in their nature. All other corporations should un- der government control by a system of li- censing, in which a possible. revocation of NEBRASKA LEAGUERS WIRE WILSON To Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, ‘Washington, D. C. The National Nonpartisan league of Nebraska, in convention as- sembled, unanimously adopted the following resolution, with instruc- tions to wire same to you: RESOLVED, by the National Nonpartisan league of Nebraska, in convention assembled, that we send greetings to you, the greatest ex- ponent of real democracy, and assure you of our utmost confidence and loyalty. We heartily and unequivocally indorse your high and noble purposes as expressed in all your messages and in your declaration of war aims and terms of peace. We pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor in support of our nation’s struggle to free the world from autocracy and establish democracy. We pledge ourselves, as farm- ers and producers, to do everything within our power in the production and conservation of food to support our allies and our boys in the trenches. We will cheerfully ac¢quiesce in whatever rules the president or congress may deem wise in the regulation and price-fixing of our wheat and other products to assist in winning the war, and we heartily indorse your recent declaration for higher war taxes upon incomes, lux- uries and excess war profits. We assure you of our united support in your commendable’ efforts to curb profiteering in the necessities of war. We urge all Nonpartisan league members and all good citizens to give -the president their undivided support in winning the war in order that autocracy may be crushed and the world may be made safe for democracy. high-handed outrages, if continued, “Will place us on a level with the very people we are fighting, and affecting to despise.’ We there- fore call upon all good citizens and public officials to see to it that all cases of - alleged erime and sedition be dealt with according to the rules of law and order, and thus set a worthy example to all the world that we are in reality a democracy—a self-governing na- tion. of law and justice. INVITE CO-OPERATION OF LABOR “Agriculture is the greatest and most im- portant industry in the state, and the number of persons engaged in it is greater than all other classes combined, but in spite of these facts the last legislature of the state was composed of only 38 farmers out of a total of 100 members, and the senate contained only five farmers out of a total of 33 mem- bers. Therefore we urge all farmers to or- ganize as other industries have organized in order that they may be enabled to secure pro-. portional representation in the law-making body of the state. “Labor has practically no representation in .license would insure proper regulation and control by the government, to the end that extortion and. profiteering might be eliminated. “Nebraska has sufficient waterpower to sup- ply every inhabitant with electric light and power at cost. We favor the development of this by the state and are opposed to having this mighty resource get into private hands. We ask a more workable initiative and refer- endum and demand the recall so unfaithful public servants may be quickly shorn of their power, .- “We favor a strict enforcement of the child labor law and recommend- a practical and workable minimum wage law with strict en- forcement. “Legislation should be quickly enacted "making our educational system more prac- tical and encouraging development of the rural school system. “In conclusion we urge all Nonpartisan league members and all good citizens to stand squarely behind President Wilson, the greatest ' exponent of real democracy, to win the war and make the world safe for democracy and also to preserve democracy in the United States and in the state of Nebraska.” Keep Your Eyes on Washington State (Continued from page 5) proven to us, both by word and deed, that she is possessed of a most rare .. and- sincere devotion to her country, and . _ “WHEREAS, our president, Wood- row Wilson, has, through the depart- ment of justice, made a very exhaus- tive investigation of the National Non- partisan league and its leaders, and has, through the bureau of public in- formation, proclaimed them most loyal and patriotic, and as proof of his con- fidence in them, as such, he has, and is mow, sending his personal repre- . sentatives to their meetings, to speak "from the same platform words of en- couragement and good will of the ad- % _ministration towards their organi- zation. ; - “BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, léy Cub Creek Grange No. 575, of - - Okanogan U‘cqupty,-.; Wash., that we % most severely condemn as illegal, un- warranted, un-American, despotic and strongly savoring of degrading polit- ical intrigue, the action of the county superintendent, Georgian Donald, in summarily dismissing our said sister from the said board of education; that we consider such-dismissal as unjust . in ‘the extreme, and as an attempt to besmirch the fair name :jrour said . sister; that the county has wrongfully “been deprived of the most valuable services of one of its foremost edu- cators. “Dated July 7, 1918. “FREDERICK DAMMANN, . “Master. “MINNIE CARROLL, : S0 N i T “Secretary.” Here is the action of another . “BE IT RESOLVED: by ‘'Pomona Grange No. 22, of Okanogan county, . " PAGE FIFTEEN - Wash., in regular session assembled this 13th day of July, 1918, that the foregoing resolutions are fully con- curred in and hereby adopted; that we firmly believe in the absolute loy- alty, staunch, clean womanhood and good citizenship of our said sister, Alfa Salmon Ventzke; that we un- hesitatingly recognize her sterling worth to the cause of education; that we sincerely deplore that the wide- spread and promiscuous use of the charge of disloyalty appears to have become a convenient implement in the hands of designing politicians, for the purpose of intimidating or destroying opposition. ' “W. T. BEALS, Pomona, Master. “P. A. LARSON, Sec. Pro Tem. “W. C. OSTENBERG, “ARTHUR WELLS, “Committee on Resolutions.” Truly, as J. E. Willis, an attorney of Chehallis, writes to the Leader, “Paradoxical as it may seem, a good cause is often promoted by the very methods used to destroy it.” The Yakima Valley Farmer sums up the situation in Washington thus: A TEST OF AMERICANISM “Farmer Jackson of the Lower Naches wants to know what the farmers are going to do concerning attempts of politicians and small- town people to prevent farmer polit- ical organization and agitation in this county. “This is a question that an editor can not answer. Only the farmers themselves can settle this question. We say this advisedly. The farmers can settle it, all other opposition not- withstanding. All that will be neces- sary to settle the question in favor of free speech and free assemblage and the maintenance of the principles of American democracy will be for the farmers to stick determinedly together in support of their rights. “The Nonpartisan league is not disloyal. more nor less than an organization of farmers to promote and protect | the interests of farmers through leg- islation and administration. “The League’s tentative. program for this state is plain and need not be misunderstood by any honest person | who seeks to understand it. It de- clares for state ownership and devel- opment and operation of the great natural resources of this state; state- " owned elevators, packing plants, etc., and a marketing system that will bring -producer and consumer closer together and eliminate the wasteful- ness of too numerous handlings of farm products. “These things are neither disloyal nor unpatriotic. They are, however, threatening the profits of interests that have fattened through perform- ing these semi-public functions in a private way. And in proportion to the degree that the carrying out of the League program will eliminate or reduce profiteering in necessities, the League program is distinetly patriotic and loyal to the nation and the war.” Pioneer—Farmer—Builder Idaho’s Next Governor, H. F. Samuels, Is a Man Who Has Made Good (From the Idaho Leader) Henry Floyd Samuels was reared in Crawford county, Ind. When 18 years old he moved to Nebraska and continued going to school at Ulysses, Neb., working nights and mornings to pay expenses as he went. After finishing school he studied law and was™ admitted to the bar in 1892, and came to Idaho April 1, 1892, at the time of the opening of the Coeur d’Alene reservation.. He located at Medimont, Idaho. Here he went out in the forest and cut saw- logs and took them to the mill and got lumber and built a law office. That winter—1 8 9 2—he school at St. Mary’s. In April, 1893, he -moved to Grangeville, Idaho, and practiced law there until 1895. At Grangeville was built his first house for his wife and baby. In 1895 Mr. Samuels moved to Wal- lace, Idaho. - At Wallace he followed the practice of law and in 1898 was taught elected as the first county attorney" for Shoshone county. It was at Wallace that he became - interested in the Hercules prospect and struck ore there. Then Mr. Sam- uels quit the practice of law and de- voted his entire time to mining. In 1904 he bought the control of the Steward prospect and developed it and opened up the great ore body of that mine. — He continued in the mining busi- ness until 1915, when he sold out. Of all the mining property that he has handled: the ones: to -whom they were sold have received in. dividends more than what they have paid, and had the mine left. In other .words, all. have given value received for all that he has sold in mining. / In 1912, always having had a desire to go out on the farm—Idaho had been good to him and he loved the state, its people, its mountains, its valleys—so he went to northern Idaho, in. Bonner county, and bought over 10,000 acres of cutover land and pro- ceeded to clearing. Since that time he has cleared about 2,000 acres, stumps all eled ready for machinery, and this is now in crops. In 1913 his wife and children moved to the ranch as soon as they cleared enough ground in or- der to start a home. They are also attached to the farm. The first year they went to California to spend the winter, and the children got so home- sick that they and the mother came back before Christmas. The next year they went to Portland to spend the winter and were back before Christ- mas. * Wishing for the home to be modern and complete, convenient and efficient in every way, Mrs. charge of building a home as she wished it, so selected a site on a hill in the center of the valley, which gave a view all over the ranch. The creek that flows through the valley is harnessed and creates the electricity to light the home, runs the electric iron, electric washer, electric churn, and also creates the electricity to light the barns, turn the machinery for grinding the feed, and do the milk- ing. The house is built of brick and tile, concrete floors, slate roof, fireproof, 50 by 80 feet; it is built in a most beautiful valley, surrounded by the mountains. Nearby is a 50-acre lake, which has no visible outlet, fed by springs. The water is supplied by the water ram. Mr. Samuels has four children, two - girls and two boys. The oldest daugh- ter is married and her husband, a .physician, is enlisted in the navy. Her name is Amzen Collings. The next daughter, Helen, is 12 years old. The .next, Henry Floyd the third, is nine years old. The next is Harry Jenkins Samuels, who will soon be five years old. Mrs. Samuels is a woman who is devoted to her home and family. THE HORSE LAUGH ' Kremlin, Mont. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: ; I am sending you some clippings from our little one-horse editor here. . 'What do you think of such pieces? : C. T. DACON. In the Yakima valley and | the state of Washington it is nothing | Samuels took