The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 26, 1919, Page 14

ADVERTISEMENTS ||l the Grain I Beas Out Here’s the *‘Man Behind the Gun'’—the device in the Red River Special Thresher that beatsout the grain, It's just be- hind the big _cylinder. t beats the threshed grain out of the straw right there at the cylinder. Look for the man with the RED RIVER SPECIAL this year and save enough grain and time to pay your thresh bill, David Maynard, of Hesperia, Mich., writes that_he is entirely satisfied with the 28 x 40 Red last season. He says: River Special bought “Theoperator of a Red River Special will mnever have kicks from hlmstomers No graingoes into the straw s If you are a thresherman doing cus- tom work you will please more custom- ers and get_in longer, more {)rofitable i runs with a Red River Special Or if you want a thresher for {{“r by own use, learn about our **Junior’ & River Special. ¥ Write for Circulars i in Continuous Business Since 1848 el Builders exclumvely of Red River Spe- i cial Thra ers WmdS ckers, Feeders, i Steam as Tracti i of1-G ion Engines Battle Creek They know ! to Fish Brand Reflex Slickers knows the value of this real Service Coat when there’s wet-weather work to be done. 616 BOSTON, MASS. thousands of car { ot satisfied. ? 3 | i § 8 E i in each locali -nse::eil. t:l:aenn Mellinger A i E Over there they’ve learned the value of Fish Brand Slickers, while we at home have had without. are now back on the job, ready for the boys as they come back, ready for everyone who <OWERg A. J. TOWER CO. émi After ten years test e tires. Guarantee .‘No -l.eeomi). ¢ Shl?ped ELLINGER TIRE& llllllll CO. Nichols & Shepard Co. Michigan do 10,000 Miles * @uaranteedand No Punctures by users, Brictson Pneumatic Tires neufi?flc asy riding, ! inst i _TRY'EM AT OUR !XF!NS! Make us prove tfl Do'g- v ‘e want one exclusive repres= l& ~out. their plans. Kansas Farmers for League o | Attack on Organizer by Town Rowdies Shows How Hostile Press Breeds Mob Spirit m] ANSAS has experienced its first mob action against League organi- zers, and it will likely be the last one in the Sun- flower state, because Kansas farmers, who are of the pro- gressive and aggressive type, resent opposition to their right to organize and propose to see that officers of the peace give them the same protection as other classes of law-abiding citi- zens. Organizer August Lutteken began work in Ellis county in January and it was not long until the membershlp in that county was as large as in any county in the state. Then the local papers sounded the “warning” to the town people and it was decided to make it impossible for the farmers to organize. Prompted by one of the local bankers, and backed by other business men whose names are in pos- session of the state headquarters, a mob was assembled on April 4 and” that evening these “law-abiding citi- zens” made a vicious attack on Or- ganizer Lutteken and the League farmers in his car, one of whom was badly beaten up before the men evaded the mob and got out of town. One week from the following Satur- day was the time set for a Nonparti- san league meeting in Ellis and no- tices were sent to all members. Ar- rangements had been made for the town hall and all was in readiness when the owner of the hall called on the farmers’ committee and tendered the return of the money paid in rent, :f'efusing to allow its use for the meet- ing. ' When the farmers arrived at the hour set the matter was explained to them, and it was decided to hold the meeting at a member’s home in the country. State Manager R. L. Cooper was present to address the farmers and when his auto pulled out of Ellis for the country meeting place the town was practically stripped of every vehicle. This was Saturday afternoon and trading day in Ellis and it is esti- mated that the merchants lost several hundred dollars in business through cancellation of the meeting. Three hundred and fifty farmers squeezed into the loft of the great hip-roofed- barn and listened atten- tively to the story of the League and its fight for the farmers of the North- west, passed resolutions deploring the action of the town mob and returned to their homes in a peaceable manner. Following the meeting Alexander Weltz, Ellis county sheriff, warned the organizer against continuing organ- ization work there, and the matter was immediately taken up by the state headquarters with the attorney gener- al’s office. Manager Cooper declared that the Ellis meeting was one of the best he has ever seen outside of North Dakota, and it can be taken as a criterion of how Kansas farmers feel toward the League. OKLAHOMA FARMERS WIN Custer, Okla. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I am sending you the news of one of the greatest victories the people of Oklahoma have ever won, for which the farmers and the industrial work- ers deserve the credit. The victory was in the form of a $50,000,000 road bond for the purpose of hard-surfac- ing our state roads. I feel safe in saying we defeated one of the most corrupt political machines any state ever had. D. W. STOCKTON. The Farmer and His Average Income (Continued from page 5) from their earnings and buy farms. This requires adequate prices, and while there is no law of human jus- tice which demands that the man without ability and willingness to work successfully under his own guidance shall be made to flourish as the manager of a farm, prices should be high enough to give at least five out of six a labor income.” Doctor Taylor was asked about the method for determining what are'the costs of production of farm -crops, upon which any figures showing prof- its or labor income can be based. “Average costs are not enough,” he replied. “There is no such thing as a general cost; there are many costs. What we need is a price that will cover the cost under the most unfavor- able circumstances under which it is necessary to produce in order to sup- ply the demand made by the consum- ers. You must estimate a price high enough to catch the bulk of the pro- duction. “We are proceeding as rapidly as the funds available will permit to gather the information necessary_to give a basis for estimating the cost of producing the various farm crops. We shall publish a range of costs in each case, from low to high, showing approximately the amount of each crop produced at each level of cost.” How North Dakota Is Buying Talent (Continued from page 3) where one hears men say, “Well, let’s try these new laws. If they work, it will be a great thing for all of us. The farmers will never quit until we have given them the chance to carry If anything goes wrong, we can all stand it.” But there are mighty few that think for an instant that the public owner- ship laws won’t work. They have suc- ceeded in other parts of the world, and North Dakota can’t see why they won’t succeed here in America. The feeble opposition has given up hope of failure, and has pinned its last ef- fort on blocking the people by means of a lawsuit which claims that public ownership is contrary to the constitu- tion of the state. North Dakota first came into na- tional notice by abolishing political control of the people’s affairs in pub- lic office. It is today entering on an extension of this pohcy by establish- PAGE FOUETm ing publicly owned utilities which will be run without political interference, and on the same basis as the best pri- vately owned corporations—but minus the element of profiteering. All these enterprises will be run for the benefit of the whole people, for service and not for profit. And the finest type of Americanism is rising to the emergency. The best that is -in every American is called up by the- opportunity for public service of such practical kind. The war taught Americans the ne- cessity for working together for the general good. 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