The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 27, 1919, Page 10

/p of straw which goes to waste and this aloge will pay for the : Facts Kept From Farmers ~How to Finance the War ‘Here are three books which will make any Leaguer an A No. 1 g ”nnucunonun DEPT. ADVERTISEMENTS tting on 30ylond. of more, acre, am sure | wonldhd | HESB letters answer every question yon may have about the Nisco Epreader. We will' gladly send you the writers’ addresses and copies of similar letters from many others, if you want further proof. These letters, like the Nisco itself, stand every test. '.I.'hey prove that you yoursel! should bhave & Have been dsing your spreader on two different farms for a yurmdfindthemlichmindn&ofuylhvemund. Two horses will pull them anywhere when the ground is not too soft. The straw attachment is ideal for top dressing wheat ground or any kind of small grain. It gets rid of a great deal ulMOfl New Idea 4 THR OBIGINAL wide spreading @ spreader that revolutionized old- ¥ fashioned methods—that_ has al- Has solid bottom with chain conveyors. Pulverizes thoro fihly and spreads evenly. Drives with heavy sprock- ets and chain—no gears. Low down light draft, Loads and pulls with out undue sirain on man or team. When you buy insist’ on the ¢Nisco’’—the machine you are sure of, If you don’t know our dealer, we'll send you his name nnd a copy of a splendid book on soll fertility. Send your name today. * Spreader Specialists Coldwater,. Ohio - League Books and Pamphlets These books and pamphlets will furnish you with geod ammumtlon. They are sold at actual cost of printing and- mailing. A hook of 94 pages full of just the things you' want to F aCtS £0r Farmers know; 156 cents single copy; lots of six or more, 1214 cents each., A book of 82 pages giving the inside of Big Biz politics; 15 cents a single copy; lots of six or more, 1214 cents e’?;h. ey rhat e Los HE i e whole story of what the gue has done in Where the People Rule North Dakota—the best argument of all; single copies, 5 cents; lots of 10 or more, 8 cents each. Purpose and Method of Origin,, National Nonpartisan League S, Popys,end Method of hov; ansdl why and what of the League; smzle copies, 3 cents; 12 for 25 cents; 50 for $1. At the Producers and Consumers’ Convention A' ownley,s Speec in St. Paul. The best speech Townley ever made, .nd that’s going some; amgle r::lpiii. 3 cents; 12 f:r 'fis l:ents -f50 fox‘-:h $1. o “’ The ngs you wan! now rom e presidents lnnmg the ar letters, messages and addresses, including the 14 war and peace aims which all the world is discussing today; single copies, 5 cents; lots of 10 or more, 8 cents each. Make everybody pay according to their ability to.pay; a scathing denunciation of the prof- -, fteers; single copies, 5 cents; lots of 12 for 25 cenzs 50 for $1t : f o n argument or two ior you Why Should Farmers Pay Dues A% 2rsument or two for sou to are so worried about that $16; single copies, 8 cents; 12 for 25 cents; 50 for $1. We will send you.one of each of all these pamphlets Spec:lal Bundle Ofier an?i :ook:e?or i?) c:n:s = See:‘:! for a bundlg today. THE LEAGUE LIBRARY Iibrary. Every League member ought to have these books. 99 President Wilson% great book. This is the W The NeW Freedom bc:o“ ei:;1 us;ness would like to suppress and has tried its best to do so. It will furnish you arguments and open the eyes of some of your friends in town. Get this book by all means. 2. 3, “What’s the Matter With Farming,” for it tells you what is the matter with it and why the farmers have to organize to change conditions. A book full of facts. “Democracy or Despotism” By Walter Thomas Mills. Tells how to get it; shows how big business maintains its rule through. politics, and how we can take it away from them. Special Offer an three of these books for $2.50. Order now. Prices for “The New Freedom”—Single copies, $1; lots of five. or more, 80 cents - each; lots of 10 or more, 70 cents each; lots of 25 or more, 60 cents each. Prices for 'Democraey or Despotism’”—Same as for “The New eredom." Prices for “The High Cost of Living”’—Single eopxes, :$1; lots of five or more 80 cents each. Send in your order for books ‘and get posted. THE NATIONAL NONPARTISAN LEAGUE “The High Cost of Living” M./ % u$ T waud®is ; 'l’. PAUL. lll’NN dustries, with opportunity for soldiers in training camps to be taught trades, including agriculture, and construc-- tion of public improvements in order of urgency. Placing agriculture upon a sound business basis through the establish- ment of a sound method of marketing farm products, extension of personal credit to farmers, reform of the land system, governmental construction of terminal elevators and expanding government action to stabilize prices of agricultural staples. Payment of the cost of the war by taxation of excess and war profits, in- comes and inheritances, and by taxes on unused land and other resources speculatively held. * Restoration of personal liberty at the close of the war, and general amnesty for all political prisoners. Establishment of the principle that labor is the first fixed charge upon all: industry. Passage of the Susan B. Anthonyv amendment for full suffrage: to wo-‘.‘ |_men. z Reorganization of our system of rural education to adapt it to “eco- nomic and commercial conditions. The program expresses opposition to compulsory militaristic training, and indorsés the principle of physical training in our schools; demands that American troops should not be used to fasten on any people any form of government; and approves the idea of an international congress of farmers ficial peace conference to consider farmers’ mutual interests. Among the delegates present at the conference were: Mark P. Bates, prominent livestock raiser and former League candidate, for governor of South Dakota, J. D. Ream of Nebraska, Arthur Le Sueur of Minnesota and Doctor E. F. Ladd, president of the North Dakot’:a Agri- HE Minnesota legislature has now completed - its organization. The 46 Nonpartisan league-la- bor members, represent- ing a political element which cast 150,000 out of 400,000 votes in the state, are given no rep- resentation whatever on such com- mittees in the senate as military af- fairs, finance and rules,” which are among the chief committees.. In the house, the all-important committee to labor, the labor committee, has only six labor members and no Leaguers, out of a total membership of 19. The reactionary machine in control of the committee on markets and marketing, through which proposed legislation of the farmer-labor forces concerning the cardinal planks of the League program must pass. The League-la- 17 seats on this committee. Only one committee in either house or senate has a majority of farmer-labor legis- lators, that on public institutions and buildings in the senate, an unimpor- tant and practically useless com- mittee. - The banks and banking commlttees, of course, have been packed with bankers. = Thus there will be no legis- lation reforming = banking reported out. On the other hand, labor is not even- given control of the labor com- mittee, and the League farmers are given only seven out of 256 members on the dairy products and livestock committee, only three out of 19 places on the grain and warehouse commit- ee and only five out of 19 members on the agnculture and hort:culture | committee - ~The old - gang machmes An both houses, which detaermmed on hamper- to meet at the same place as the of- . house also took no chances with the bor forces were given two out of thes cultural college—representing ~ the. Nonpartisan league. ° J. l’j Tlttemore, presxdent H. A. Fuller, vice president, and Doctor J. Weller Long, secretary-treasurer of the National Union of the American Society of Equity and representing that body. Grant Slocum, national secretary of . the Gleaners. H. Q. Alexander, president, and W. B. Gibson, reptesentmg the North Carolina Farmers’ union. C. H. Gustafson, presxdent of the Nebraska Farmers’ union. John ‘A. Simpson, president of the Oklahoma Farmers’ union. Ed. C. Lasater of the American Na- tional Livestock association. C. C. Patterson, secretary of- the - Intermountain Association of Sugar Beet Growers. 2 Doctor T, C. Atkeson, chairman of the executive committee of the Na- tional Grange. 4 B. L. Ross, representing the Prod- uce Growers’ assocxatlon of Seaford, Del. " Colonel H. Martin Williams and Jackson H. Ralston, representing granges in Maryland. Obediah Gardner of Maine and Her— bert F. Baker, representing the gov- erning board of Farmers’ National Headquarters. § The organizations subscribing to the program have associated them- selves in a National Council of Farm- ers to have charge of carrying into effect’ all those parts of the program not assigned to special committees, the governing board of the Farmers’ National Headquarters being = the nucleus of this council and all farm organizations being entitled to repre- sentation in the council. Farm organizations will arrange massmeetings of farmers within their jurisdiction to ratify the farmers’ re- construction program. “Same Old Tactics in Minn. Legislature | Farmer-Labor Forces Slighted in Committee Appointments —St. Paul Labor Demands Voting Wlth Farmers ing and: cnpphng the farmer-labor minority so far as possible, worked smoothly enough in the commlttee ap- pointments, as well as in the election of a house speaker. They have given the farmer-labor forces just: enough committee appointments so they can give some basis, no matter how slight, to a claim that “fairness” was used. OTHER OPPOSITION TO GANG But there is other evidence, even thus early in the session, that the whip of Governor Burnquist may not beeffective in all matters. A bill has already been introduced to abolish his public safety commission and to in- vestigate its activitiés during the war. The bill does not come from ' the farmer-labor minority and -it is ex- pected to get a lot of support from the majority, as well as from the farmer-labor minority. The governor desires to retain the public safety commission as a “reconstruction” -body. He recommended in his mes- sage its continuance at least until complete - demobilization is' accom- plished. While the farmer-labor forces have mtroduced a bill for a tonnage tax on iron ore to carry out an 1mportant‘ part. of the platform on which they were elected, a tonnage tax bill has also been mtroduced from the ma- jority side and it is doubtful if the Burnquist machine can keep the ma- jority lined up against the measure. . The steel trust lobby, which for some - time has seen the inevitable ‘coming. of a tonnage tax on iron ore, may not try to block the bill introduced: by. the non-Leaguer, but will content ~itself in killing off the more drasfic’ =~ . . League bill. ‘The non-League bill is« =~ the same bill that was defeated'by a former session of the legulatnt‘ “and.