The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 30, 1918, Page 14

ADVERTISEMENTS =~ - \ o Kovar New Quaek Grass Destroyer /i { Thousands in successtul use. flx e8 the work of ordinary harrow and does it bemr Allo nch KovarNew Quack Grass (§ Destroyer will take the pisco of & 20 wheol disc. LY Q.. KILLS QUACK enAss z"'&a Endorsed b; Agtloultura egeru.(’:mmw * Q,R" i e o ‘“%M?&‘fi’é’é’&wm = 5 .. deslted mz\mm tractors. % poa! mnnwe mtmuflon or wnl mnney Writs for compiets aformation and prices ROW. JOSEPH J. KOVAR, Owatonna, Minn, All Ten of N. D. (Continued from page 4) meaning., A voter in this sense is an elector who exercises the privilege con- ferred upon him by the constitution and laws of voting. He is an elector who does vote, and in the present instance a voter is one who voted at the last No- vember general election, and on the ques- tion in controversy is one who actually voted, ‘either for or against the creation of the new county. . The opinion. then goes on to give the history of the present Australian [{ -l aboorhed ln miu bwl’th. t.h‘is oi'l burning heater; your stock wm dri BUSBY wikire TANK IIEATERS Mnlu-unt w.'x,--...n %m REPAIRS 18 supply REPAIRS and PARTS. 17 S. Third Street, U. S. STOVE REPAIR COMPANY, Minneapolis, Minn. \VATER FOR STOCK Xou mldn't th!nk of bumlnu $1.| ngnln nnder .Y w-m unH Yet that’s what ohuxi mflk mleut. ‘Warm them and IOI- FEEZIII C. W. BUSBY & 00-.912-A North mm Amuo. wmmn'l'ou. I0WA FOR ALL FURNACES AND Send us Name and Number and we will ballot system adopted by this state. The origin of the present system shows very clearly the exact mean- ing of the phrase “votes cast.” In considering this subject Judge Spald- ing says: Under the old system it seems quite clear that it could not reasonably be con- tended, that when a question was sub- mitted to the electors, gathered in a_body at a voting place, where either a plural- ity or a majority was required to elect, if the words “votes cast” were used in the law or constitution, it should apply to anything, except votes cast, when the electors voted for the filling of the par- ticular office being voted upon, or for or against the specific question then in issue, In such instances it would be absurd and ridiculous and a false and_ un-American standard to require a candidate for an office to have a majority—not of the votes cast for the office for which he was a candidate, but a majority of the total number cast to fill some other office, or on some other question at the same meeting. The result of the submission of each propo- sition was announced when completed, and no one ever thought of delaying the an- eed—save bushels of grain. noa WA‘I’EIIEIIS STOVES - We've Got the Hog Squealing!| For more than twenty-five years we’ve been fighting the “Lumber Trust” to get fair and. honest prices for Farmers. We’ ve been a sharp thorn in their side because we've interfered with their pet occupation, gouging the Farmer. But now the Lumber Hog is squealing. - You knew hogs. either hurt or scared or hungry! The Luimber Hog is squealing through its pa- . The big tears are run- ning down its fat jowls because we dare to drag it away from its pet feed trough, the per, squealing about us. Farmer’s purse. ~ Tltis Letter Appeared in the Mississippi Valley Lumberman,\ Mouthpiece of the “Lumber Interests,” October llth 1918 “Rditor The Lumberman: ~Dear 8ir: I appreciate . your -prompt: response to my previous letter and the information you ished me in such comprehensive detail. You omitted the name of the L. James Lumber Company from the list of mail order houses. . Judging from an advertisement which I noticed in the Twin City daily papers, they are still in b\miness In this announcement they claim that . are offering the consumer an opportunity “lm lumber- at cost.”” The. quotations they nve to aubstlnthte the statement did not allow 5 per cent margin of profit above fi}ha wholeule vnlues. What ‘I would like to know is whether the L. James Lumber Company are still actively . soliciting trade. in the -country or are. they: con- i fining their efforts to selling building material to the Minneapolis. and St. Paul -trade? I do mnot object to your answering this inquiry through the Publicity Department of your paper, 785 1 am sure there are many other dealers who 3 c;uld like to Imow what thei‘g competitors are - he When they squeal they are The “Trust” is telling its lesser fry that we are blackmailers, calling us the “James Gang,” ac- cusing us of every kind of low-down, crooked dealmg and they print this letter to show what vicious criminals we are.” That makes us laugh. For this letter proves we are on the square with the Farmer. It accuses us of selling lums ber to Farmers for only 5 per cent above whole- sale values! We admit it. Every dealer knows it costs him more than 5 per cent to handle lumber. We are selling for less than dealer’s ‘cost. That’s what makes 'em squeal! Millions Saved for Fart_hers We have saved Farmers millions of dollars—that’s where | the shoe pinches. The “Trust” wanted those millions, and ~wants the millions more we will save Farmers in 1919 vby holdmg lumber prices down. Let UsSave You Mofiéy on Lumber We buy milljons of feet at a time, often the whole output of big: mills. - 'We buy cheap and you get the advantage. Our prices are no higher than dealer’s cost. You save 15 per cent to 30 per cent. We ask no advance payment. You, Send NO Money have the privilege of inspecting the lumber -we sell before you pay us a cent. That’s our guarantee that you will get exactly what you order, both in quantity and grade. That’s another thing that makes the Trust squeal; it makes their metho,dn look ahifty by comparison. farmer ho s golng to build’ Send for Price List S aks eiu ce list aml lee what a ing we will make him. He oqught to lea: how much less- tha ces: we ask - for- Jumber, mill. worl h buflden lnrdwne. ropm “d)‘nll other lmi!dlnx materials. Write today. % Amendments Pass nouncement of the vote for one omcer, or one question, until it was known whether on some other question & greater number of votes was: cast. A ballot, ‘as. distin- guished from a vote, in the legal sense, and in a general way, is the piece of pa- per upon_which the. voter - expresses his choiee. Under the Australian -system, for the reasons above enumerated and many others, " the voter is permitted to express his_choice or vote upon many offices and perhnpa many questions on Itxge same bal- lot. is but an application of the same pnn‘ivle that prevailed when thc¢ choice of the voters was expressed viva- voce or by any of the old methods, in other words, notwithstanding he may use but one bal- lot, the voter casts as. many separate votes or expresses his choice as many times as there are candidates or questions, for or against which he votes. The court then proceeds to inter- pret the words “votes cast” in the light of the above reasoning, and in application to their meaning as situ- ated in the clause-then under discus- sion. In so doing it writes as follows: And it is clear to us that the words “votes cast’” as used in section 168, mean the total of the separate votes of the vot- ers for and against the question submitted. The votes cast for presidential .electors have no relation in determining who are elected or which party prevails to the votes cast for governor..and visa versa, There is no more reason why the votes cast on the question of creating a mnew county should have any relation' to - the votes cast for governor, than the votes cast for presidential electors should have. Nor isthere any logical reason why the votes cast for govemor should have any -relation to: those ‘cast on the creation of a new county. Labor Government in New Zealand * (Continued from page 5) in the midst of industrial depressmn and disaster. ' These measures have been mutilated and their administration has been in unfriendly hands for some years. But : their good effects on -the mation:in spite of reverses and betrayals have been very marked. 3 In New.Zealand there are no unem- ployed.. The state still absorbs the unemployed in public work as tbey— appear. - - . There are - practically no evictions and foreclosures as we know th'em here. Trades which in other' countues are . not organized, and classes of workers like shop girls, dressmakers, appren- tices, and bookkeepers, which aré usu-. . ally overworked and underpald are organized, protected, and given stand- ard wages for standard days of labor. There is no beggary as we under- stand it. I was three years in New Zealand and mever but twice was I approached with a request for personal. = 2 relief, . Once a man came to my office saying® that the railway department had given him work and a pass with which to go to his job, which he show- ed, and asked for the gift of the price ' - of a dinner, which he got.. The second instance was later in the day when the: same man returned more than com- fortably intoxicated; and asked a fur- - ther gift for a ‘supper and a night’s: : _lodging as he had missed. hls train. Not once during these years did” - I see an aged or helpless man or “woman or a needy child begging . for relief. 1 know of no other country ' of . which 1 could: say . the same. ~ AH these thmgs are true-in New . Zealand becaunse a lahor govern- o * ment has been there. It ls over- due to come again. (The subject ‘of the next al'tlele in- “this series will l)e “The Natlon as a; Producer ") LIKES THE: LEADER . Spring Groen, Wxs. detor Nonpartlsan Leader. S