The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 7, 1919, Page 17

‘ efficiently and peaceably itandled, the iabor problem, “Voluntary idleness deserves the ut- most contempt and earnest discour- agement of every citizen, but we must not shun it. We must reckon with it. This has been the policy of our state and while the governor has effectively handled the situation with a firm hand, he has given every encouragement to those who honestly seek employment. He has dealt with firmness but he has administered with justice. 1, there- -fore, point with pride to the labor conditions in North Dakota and be- lieve that if other states had handled the situation as wisely as has our . governor little credence could be given to those who predict industrial strife and labor revolts. SPECIAL INTEREST RULE OUR DANGER “T fiave little. patience with those who would measure as with a ther- mometer the Bolshevik temperature of our communities. North Dakota is the answer to the question of bolshe- vism. When the people are freely al- lowed to exert their political power and the majority rules, we truly have democracy. -When the forces who are opposed to majority rule come into power and suppress the people’s de- sires it breeds bolshevism. “Great credit must be given the pa- triotic efforts of our business men— the former employers of the -men in our great army. They have placed the returning soldiers into their old posi- tions and are rapidly absorbing those men who so gallantly defended our country. “While I understand there are a number of idle men in some of the large cities, I do not believe that the situation is critical and that as soon as farming operations are begun the slack will be rapidly taken up. “We have witnessed the unparallel- "ed results of the unity of purpose, the unity of command and the unity of ef- fort in what was not only a stupen- dous and gigantic military and indus- trial achievement, but also the great- est moral victory in all history. This same unity of purpose demands an equal community of interest in the problems to' be solved during the period of reconstruction. 53 “I am glad, therefore, that the president has called for the intelligent co-operation of the chief executives of our states. I hope that there will be a unity of purpose and a definite plan worked out in this conference in order to handle the labor situation and which will work to the best interest of our beloved country. To preserve the ideals and institutions of this repub- lic is our one and supreme and un- shakable purpose.” “SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS” 3 DUE The year 1919 is likely to be one of the worst “locust years” on record. But entomologists of the United States department of agriculture see nothing alarming in the prospect. The periodical cicada, the real name of the insect commonly called “locust,” will appear this year in the following /states: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, JIowa, Xentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Néw Jersey, New York, North Caro- lina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Caro- lina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the Dis- trict of ‘Columbia. ; Thé injury done by the periodical cicada consists almost wholly in chis- eling grooves in-the branches of trees for depositing eggs. This injury al- ways appears to be greater than it actually is. Popular alarm is usually out of proportion to general damage. Young fruit trees are sometimes killed by the cicada. The precaution- ary measures are: Defer putting out © young fruit trees till next year; post- ‘pone budding operations; do no prun- ing this winter or spring. When the insects begin coming out handpick them from young fruit trees or spray them with pyrethrum pow- der, kerosene emulsions, or a solution of carbolic acid or acetic acid. Later, when the insects are ready to begin laying, spray young fruit trees with whitewash. — DEPART- MENT OF AGRICULTURE. WHY CULTIVATE YOUNG TREES Young trees will do well if culti- vated.” The young tree can not com- pete with grass and weeds. If the trees are planted two feet apart in rows eight feet apart, or four feet apart in rows four feet apart, they will in a few years throw enough shade to smother out the weeds. For good results the cultivation must be kept up till the trees keep out the weeds by their shade.—~NORTH DA- KOTA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. We are anxious for a league of na- tions, but we are just as anxious that we shall not get a clique of nations. 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