The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 17, 1919, Page 13

— 08, 1. KOVAR, Mfr,, - ’ Me};flonthe Leader When' Wri'_:inz_ ,Adnrfl’ugs‘ ADVERTISEMENTS Wearwell Tires * AB.E STILL CUTTING OUT THE : TIRE - PROFITEER We ship them to you . C. + APPROVAL NO MONEY IN ADVANCE And every tire is guaran- teed to be perfect in ma- terial and workmanship. Size Plain Skid Tubes 30x3 $ 880 $ 9.60 $2.00 80x38 11.560 12.60 - 2.50 82x38. 18.46 14.50 2.65 31x4 17.85 18.70- 8.16 8234 17.60 19.00 8.25 88 18.50 20.00 3.30 34x4 18.95 20.40 8.45 86x414 25.85° 28.06 4.40 87x6 INNER TUBES FULLY GUARANTEED Other Sizes In Stock EQUITY TIRE COMPANY 1208 Hennepin, Minneapolis WEARWELL TIRES WEAR WELL TIRES RETREADED We rebuild worn tires and make them last for many miles of additional use. Send us_your blow-outs, etc.,.to be re-vulcanized. All” tires repaired and reshipped within three days after received. TIRE REPAIR COMPANY .253 W. Sixth §t. St. Paul, Minn, Edison Records ami Phonoyraphs Send me your orders for Edison Records. I carry.every Edison Record made and have thousands in stock. Send for list of records. I pay parcel post charges on 6 or more., If you want a phonograph. write me. WILLIAM A. LUCKER, No: 10 Edison Bidg., s St. Paul, alnn, Sweet Clover Seed Is very scarce, as will appear to every- body a little later. Delay mnot to get into sweet clover if you are a North- western . farmer—and delay not a day in ordering the seed that is not ly tested and ptoved by North Dako- ta Pure Seed Laboratories. CLOVERLEA SEED CO. BLANCHARD, N. D. KILL QUACK WITH THE Kovar Quack Grass Killer and Alfalfa Cultivator experls and thousands of _ Two-Tooth View cqi:::l"é':n?.w fo KilL Ow-muu. lllnn. 8 How the Spe"ci‘a_l. Interests Keep Track (ContinuedA from page 8) they did not know of his connections.” “I did not -ask him that,” Veeder countered. P “He could better entertain members of congress and the functionaries of the government.” “We did not know anything about that,” repeated Veeder. “You knew he was extensively en- tertaining here,” said Kenyon. “Ex- tensively entertaining people high up in government circles?” “I did not know it.” “And entertalmng the federal trade commission.’ “No, sir.” “Dldn’t you know of his farewell dinner to Mr. Hurley?” “No, sir. I did not know that.” And S0 on. Louis F. Swift testlfied that the name “Hurley,” Written at the bottom of the “Diamond T” letter, seemed to be in his own handwriting. It ha({ | nothing to do with the letter, so far as he knew. Former Senator Joe Bailey, attor- -ney for Standard Oil and retained in the past by the big packers, came for- ward as Logan’s legal counsel. But not even Bailey could wipe out the fact that this $6,000 secret agent of the big packers, whose services were as fully masked as his connections, was spending huge sums in social en- tertaining, nor that the men who din-, ed and danced and attended the the- ater at his expense were the very men who had the almost priceless infor- mation Japon which new millions could be swept into the pockets of hls em- ployers. These employers of Tom Logan profited enormously during the war. They are still employing him, ac- cording to,his sworn testlmony Are they innocent—or is the public the mnocent party" $12, 500 000 Saved From Grain F rauds (Con_tmued from page 5) has value and that which has no value. Ninety per cent of the dockage has commercial feed value, according to Doctor Ladd, and even. that part which has no commercial feed value is in fact sold by the millers, being mix- "ed in the stream with the valuable feed. : The grading and seed law, as amended and re-enacted, provides specifically that grain buyers must pay at the market rate for all dock- age which has commercial value. This is not the only improvement in the grain grading and inspection law that Doctor Ladd and the League farmers have worked out. Another important provision of the new law authorizes the state grain department to fix a fair margin on ‘which country elevators are to operate. ELEVATORS MAY CHARGE ONLY A FAIR MARGIN Heretofore only. the law of supply and demand has determined what prices the country elevators paid for grain. At points where there was only one elevator, or at other points by agreement betweern supposed com- petitors, the elevator men have been able to determine what they would charge for their services in handling the grain. These charges have often been exorbitant. . The new North Dakota law places the elevators on the same basis that raQroads and other publxc utilities are placed. The state grain department is authorized to find the costs of car- rying on the elevator business, the amount of investment that is needed, the monthly “overhead” expenses, the cost of labor and other items. With this information the state will be able to determine fair rates, that will alléw an elevator to make a reasonable profit upon the investment, but no more. Any elevator that charges more for its services than they are worth will be in danger of having its license re- voked. And with Doctor Ladd in charge it is safe to say that the ele- vator men will not feel like taking chances. Doctor Ladd is already taking steps to determine what the fair charges should be for handling grain. He is collectmg cost figures on 150 élevators in North Dakota—50 small elevators, 50 of the largest type, and 50 in be- tween. Figures for the elevators in each of the three classes will be com- " pared and with all the facts in hand _a fair figure will be settled upon for each class. Other changes are made by placmg the: work of mspectlon of elevator scales, which has been in the hands of the railroad and warehouse commis- L /PAGE 'rmn'rm G sion, under the grain inspection de- partment. The position of elevator ac- countant is provided, this accountant "to keep check on purchases and sales made by the elevators. If any ele- vator is found to have shipped out a few thousand more ‘bushels of wheat than it has taken in, or if it is found to have shipped out a lot of No. 1 wheat, when it has been buying. only No. 2 or No. 3 from the farmers, it will give the grain department a pretty good idea that some special inspection work is due. North Dakota farmers are fully of the opinion that they will have to es- tablish a markéting system of their own to cut out the losses they suffer now by shipping their grain to trust- controlled Twin Cities terminal ele- vators and flour mills. But they are also awake to the fact that they have been sufl'ermg/ serious losses close at home, in addition to what they have lost by market manipulation and plain robbery in the Twin Cities. They have taken steps to end their losses in home territory first of all, and because they have already made such a success at that, they are sure that they will make a greater success when they are able to go ahead in the greater field with their own state marketing system. THEIR FEAR IS BEST EVIDENCE Sterling, Col. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: ° I want to congratulate the Ameriean 'farmers upon havmg perfected an or- ganization that is putting fear into ~the stony hearts of the soulless prof- iteers. 'The howl that is being put up by the kept press against the Nonpar-. tisan league, is the best evidence that the farmers are on the right track. ‘Orgamzatlon is the watchword. That 16 bucks is the best investment that any farmer ever made. I find these loyal patriotic and 100 per cent Amer- icans invited to feed the world. This same energy applied at the ballot box would loosen the shackles of corporate greed and free the world. "Success.to them. H. F. BROWNS. PLEASED WITH REFERENDUM. - Los Angeles, Cal. vdetor Nonpartisan Leader:" You may be very sure that I dislike Teaving North Dakota at this partie- ular time, but my health requires it. I wish to say that I most heartily con- gratulate the national committee upon their good judgment in re-electing A. C. Townley president of the League. The stand which. Mr. Townley has taken in asking a referendum will for- ever silence the special interests’ cry of “Townley is a boss, a dictator, a czar,” and so on. 5 JAMES A. McCULLOCH, . 'Formerly of Jessie, N.'D. ., ‘ ADVERTISEMENTS YOUR CORN= —Try ' REDUCE FEED COST Convert your fodder into ensilage, 40 per_cent of the feeding value is the Corn Stalk, SAVE IT. Buy a TRIPLE WALL SILO and produce your Milk, Beef, Mutton and Pork at a_lower cost than other feed. Send for free booklet todly INDEPENDENT SILO CO. St. Paul, Minn. and Pay Next Fall Khesiasae en n. 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