The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 30, 1918, Page 12

soldier or by’taxing the whole . people. But a great many will “ hold that this reclamation of Let no one be so foolish, however, as te believe sthat “back to the land” is the solution for the demobilization .problem. - A majority of the soldiers who coime back will not return to the land undér any conditions we could possibly offer them by working hard. -at progressive legislation for the next 10 years. They have seen the world, they like its stir and bustle, and they would not think of going back to the isolation, drudgery and poverty that is the lot of the majority of farmers. Australia, for instance, like the Unit- .- ed States, has idle land and the gov- ernment is offering it to returned sol- Al s . ' PLE HAVE MORE WANTS THAN THEY CAN EVER SUPPLY. : and themselves from misery and deg- redation, can special privilege be forced out. If the people have lost much by having to sacrifice for the profiteers, they have gained much in education. . If :they . thoroughly - or- ganize to apply this education, our . « after-the-war problems will be solved. A LEAGUE-HATER ot . Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I am inclosing’a paper that Dabney White is putting out in Smith county ‘as a sort of a knock against the Non-. partisan league.. But the people are land will afford a great deal of This driving of special privi- e | ) A5 work at the right time for men lege from our basic industries o out of employment. This is and this eliminating of idle s © just another bait which the land, will not merely solve the - Ry speeial interests hold out to problems of demobilization, 5 fool farmers and workers. No but will make the payment of ° & nation can afford to poorly em- our war expense, even if it ty ploy its labor when other and runs to fifty billions or more, 7 more useful employments are very easy. Properly handled, oL 1 available. How much better, we will not only find this bur- e for instance, it would be to den very light but the result- ol PR put this labor to work on build- ing impetus to industry will "\ ing improvements on land bring in much better industrial - forced out of the speculator’s and farming .conditions than § hands and in building up our we had before the war. A . roads that farmers may get to large number of American 1 the market with less expense. business men depending on ~u Our railroads need rebuild- their own ability rather than '_i“. 3 # ~ .. . ’,4‘.1 : éfig nt:t]-ol;ansd;:isga}‘léogificagg Work and the soldier are chums: There need be no fear that on tHeir return our boys will ;llz’icinfllége?tage cgfnl;ngf tsopef}?; 1 if deme rightly under govern- attempt to live on their reputation. They will be:eager to get into harness again, but will point of view, as well as farm- £ ment ownership, this will want . fair vyorlfing conditions, hone_st wages-and equal-gpportunities, with no ex- ers and workers. Real special & take many thousands of men ‘ploitation by the monopolies that control our natural resources. privilege is on the defensive, ot 2 for years from the moment the : . : and if we can only get together || war ends. Again, the government should develop ditions well under way when the soldiers begin to it will soon be on the run. + PN all possible waterpower resources for the benefit come back. More employment and better employ- A large stock exchange firm in New York, Good- a of the people, that farmers, manufacturers and ment, food and other supplies brought to the peo- body & Co., said in its June market letter: “It is -l householders may have the cheapest possible heat, ple at cost, good housing at fair rentals, and social a pity, though, that this and other countries can | light and power. Then there has been little build- insurance. But where is the increased employment . not find ways of raising revenue that will neither ing in our cities since the war started, and over a coming from, some who have not grasped the re- hamper production nor burden consumption. Why h third ef our city people are paying rack rents for pressive tactics of big business may ask? If we would not heavy taxeson idle lands, in the country ‘v—. s mere hovels, Under city and state governments run can remove the monopoly influence from our coal or in the city, bring them into use and increase the, l in the interest of the people, the rebuilding of our supply, our iron ore, our copper, our petroleum, production of goods? Why would not heavy tax- = z cities would take another large army of workers. our waterpower, we will greatly stimulate manu- ation of our coal, ore and oil lands force them to ) ‘ 1 A éRE AT OPPORTUNITY ‘ facturing. 2 If we can keep our railroads and ships !:he fullest use ?_ Is there any ot.her means of open- i FOR PROGRESSIVE STATES under efficient government control, we can get more ing up production and greatly increasing the sup- ‘ ] e i 0 gty " of :h&l world nlxa:_ket. LI ?lt t(lille slam(e1 tlm: gre_ dm_re ply of goods?” v e fundamental importance of land-speculation ou e. speculation in all idle land and bring in 3 in the question of getting land for the soldiers of- other reforms demanded by organized farmers, ’II‘NH%USIEEIYA%VA)?%%?I‘RACY ! fers the progressive state an opportunity to build we will greatly increase agricultural production. ' D i “ itsed up in a wonderful way while at the same THERE IS IN FACT NO LIMIT -TO THE Referring to this issue again in its July market S8 o time doing a patriotic service. Obviously the state =~ AMOUNT OF GOODS FARMERS AND CITY - letter, the same firm says European countries are #al whieh throws its unused land open to settlers on WORKERS' CAN SWAP WITH EACH OTHER likely to act on this program and “if not, whole- = | fair terms by making the holding of land out of ' PROVIDING EACH GETS THE FULL PRODUCT\ - sale repudiation of national debts must result, fol- ! use wnprofitable, is going to attract the settlers “OF HIS TOIL, FOR ALL THE COMMON PEO-. lowed, perhaps; by such poverty and discontent that \ firstsy It will have flourishing farm- - . many will wish for another hellish Al ing districts where states in the grip ; : war to bring back 1’),rosperity to those. - of §he land speculators have idle land ~ who are not killed. i i yielding no income. : It will attract THE CANNING SEASON We can not successfully demobilize ! factories and the best workers. For : e the troops and munition workers nor : years western Canada has been build- ¢ ‘ give the common people what they <@g ing ‘itself up at the expense of our N \ X hope for after the war and at the ? western states by this means, so that same time keep industrial autocracy b it i8 not an untried venture. j in whole or in part. It must be ex- b Already North Dakota has exempt- . terminated root and branch. For 50 E = ed all but 5 per cent of farm improve- years the American people have been ments from taxation, thus raising the - trying to live with special privilege e taxes -on unimproved land, and the and . have not succeeded.” 'Fhe war Nonpartisan league farmers are de- conditions havé taken still more from a4l - manding a system of state hail insur- the many and bulged the pockets of anee’ which will put part of the cost the few. Ten million workers thrown - on idle land. - Also at the famotis con- on the labor of the United States will { feremce ‘of producers and ‘consumers give special privilege its opportunity held in St. Paul in September, 1917, for complete victory; its beneficiaries organized labor and organized farm- now are gloating over the prospect ers. demanded a 2' per cent tax on of starving labor and concentrated 3 idle land in city and country. These industrial control. We can not expect S g L - measures carried into law would open it to step. down and out gracefully’ -8 the idle acres to people who could use because the soldiers have fought well A% them for what they are worth at the or because the people have sacrificed { present time, and the states first to for the war; such things have nothing 4 adopt them will greatly stimulate their to do with profits. - Only by force, by _ growth in population and business. ghe concen(tirated I}Qgie!' 01;{ organized armers and organized workers voting %%%rsggg‘g%%§gfi,¥g§s the same way to save their country Par st HE getting to know White and'all of his -~ tricks. = Mr., White is putting out a - Lol “daily paper in Smith county. He has. § knocked the League until he has about = - § killed: his paper. SN TN ¢ ) -White"is one of our worst enemies. e Let anything come up that will benefit~ - 7K the laboring ‘man and ‘he will jump ¢ —Drawn expressly for the Leader by Congressman J. M. Baer As soon as the new farmer legislature is elected in North Dakota the Leaguers will proceed to make jelly of all the old évils that remain. Nonpartisans in Minnesota, Idaho, South Dakota and other, western states are building a fire in the cookstove for the selfsame operation, The kaiser will be canned by the “- joint efforts of the boys in France and the fathers in the fields. And Big Biz, the Old Gang and the other grafters and autocrats. . - e owill get theirs about the same time. . by A diers on fair terms, but already the mustered out soldiers there are-hold- ing protest meetings to demand other work, : | ; : . .~ The way out is better general indus- if - triak conditions obtained by forcing . speeial privilege out of the basic in- dustries; not after the war is over but - -mow, that we may have the new con~ TroeECTe