The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 2, 1919, Page 12

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ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS farmer, Mr. Stull points”out that in reality ~there is mighty little of it and that most of the bills so labeled bear the label because of the influ- ence the name “farmer” might have increase of the farm mortgage indebt- edness for 1906 of $8,092,336, in 1907 of $10,074,881, and in 1908 of $9,707,- 244, with nothing like an adequate in- crease of the farmers’ assets.” SELL YOUR R AR AT FARM PRODUCE In this connection he makes the in- teresting computation that if the peasant farmers of Russia could bor- row an amount equal to the mortgages now resting on the farms of the great corn belt of our West, “it would have sufficient money to duplicate every ‘house, barn, granary, crib and fence, to buy all the cattle, horses, hogs and sheep now upon these farms; and have hundreds of millions of dollars left with which to buy Ford cars, victrolas and see the movies.” Of the Nonpartisan league the au- thor says: “That most effective com- bination of American farmers ever organized.” He refuses to discuss the merits of the League plan, but holds that the nation should take it as an evidence of unsatisfactory farming conditions. “It took possession of North Dakota a year or two ago, and but for the war would now hold the balance of political power in most, if not all, the corn belt and Pacific coast in securing their enactment. For illustration he tells how the home- stead law was amended to remove competition from railroad grant lands. “This act deprived the homesteader of his right to claim 160 acres of land as provided by the original act, except in those lands outside the 20-mile strip—10 miles along each side of the railroad bed. If inside that strip, it was reduced to 80 acres.” At that time 80 acres was too small for successful pioneer operations. The land outside the railroad strip was too far away from markets. So the new farmers had to buy railroad land. As a further aid to railroad land the gov- ernment land inside the 20-mile strip was' withdrawn from regular sale. As to farm gains he says: “The financial condition of the American farmer has not improved during the last 20 fruitful years, and especially during the last six years. 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In Continuous Business Since 1848 constantly worse. * * * In no country in Europe during the last two decades have the farmers received so little for their produce and the con- sumer pald so much for their food- stuffs, as in this _country. “The increase in farm mortgage in- debtedness in Nebraska during 1917 was $29,7565,109, as compared with an is weak on remedies, probably because the author was primarily concerned with protest. He is also away off on organized labor, evidently because he knows notl;ing of city labor except what he reads in the controlled press. “The Food Crisis and Americanism,” by William Stull, 185 pages, price $1.25; the Macmillan Commmy, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The Hail Insurance Fight North Dakota State Plan Will Reduce Premiums and Cut Away $600,000 Annual Profit of Risk Firms ONE YEAR / W T0 PAY cluanfimmin : NEW BUTTERFLV fec o P et e ¥ @ From Factory To ‘farm i som, 39 cents f. o. b.’Stillwater. 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Olsness estimates that the premium charge will be around 25 cents an acre. “If we take the average amount of payments made by the private com- - panies in the last 10 years, and figure that we. will have to pay that much money out, the state will yet save each farmer from 50 to 75 cents on each acre of ground insured. This will be a very big saving to the people of the state,” he said. “Another saving to the people of the state will be the cutting down of over- head expenses. A very large part of the hail insurance premiums go to the agents, and the cost of operating tq the private companies is 35 per cent. That is only for the hail insurance. “The state has for the past years handled from $22,000 to $30,000 worth " of insurance at the small expense of 10 per cent. With a business that did not even come near being comparative, the state cut down overhead expenses 25 per cent. That is where the farm- ers are going to receive a large bene- fit. “Saskatchewan has conducted $100,- 000 worth of hail insurance business for enly 4 per cent of the income. We ought to beat that. “There are-16,000,000 acres of crop- ped land, and if we estimate only half being insured, which is a low figure, we will do a business which is esti- mated at over $1,000,000. Some. ob- servers have even placed the figure as _high as $1,200,000. With this vast - amount of business we can save the people much money. “’l'here wxll alao be a bxg savmg in “ adjustmg. The state insurance will cover the state like a blanket, skipping very few, like the private companies must of necessity do. This will make adjusting more easy. “We have a formidable opposition to fight on this bill, for there are in the state about ' 5,000 insurance men. There is almost one in every town, and in many towns several.” According to the last report of the commissioner of insurance there were 19 companies in the state doing a busi- ness in hail insurance. Those 19 com- panies did a, business of $16,313,157, ° that is, wrote policies for that amount. They received in premiums $1,280,000 and paid out only $703,615, leaving a profit of $576,384. The fact that the state insurance will greatly reduce the premiums to the farmers and make the securing of the insurance so easy that a.gents will not be needed, explains the vicious " fight of the insurance men on the bill. Commissioner Olsness stated that warrants would be issued for the pay- ment of hail insurance by the state in . December, bearing interest, and which could be used by the farmer until the taxes were ‘collected, when he would be paid cash, according to present plans, - LIVESTOCK DISINFECTION The fundamental principles of dis- infection are: First, reliable disin- fectant; second, thoroughness of ap- plication; third, method of application (liquid spray). oresol is one of the best. Use in three per cent strength, this means _four ounces to one gallon of soft wa- ter or one pound to four gallons of water. Before using disinfectant re- move all litter and visible dirt of every deseription, all manure, cob- webs and dust must be cleaned out. ‘No owner -of valuable livestock can well afford to be without a spray pump of some sort, which can be had for a very nominal sum—$4 to $8— compared to the valuable results from the use of it—NORTH DAKOTA § AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Compound solution of Dtlh SERVICE AUTI Sufnlcnfipdfognmn.?:& Mo, 5 s profits easily made selling tires. 5 Big Work spare time or full time. Every auto owner a prospect. Save tomers 30% and st.lll make large proflu 1f. e have contracts with rite today. Dept. 54, SterlingTire& Supply, 1355 Mich.Av., LEAGUE MAN WINS CASE Officials of Pierce county, Neb., signally failed to make out a case of sedition against Charles Dean, a League organizer, who was tried re- cently. It was alleged that Dean said to a man named Logan that the gov- ernment had no power to conscript _wealth, that the money from Liberty bonds went to the bankers and that it was all a “graft.” Logan made a complaint, he admitted, only after an anti-League lawyer ha(’i asked him if Dean did not say so-and-so, putting the words into his mouth. A League farmer who was present when Dean and Logan had their conversation de- nied Logan’s version flatly. Dean him- self gave his organization talk, show- ing that he was boosting the League program of conscription of wealth, in- stead of attacking it. The case ended in disagreement, the jury voting 11 to 1 for acquittal. As a result the case undoubtedly will be dismissed. _ LEAGUE DEBATER GETS PRIZE William H. Schlossm, Cedar Falls, . . Iowa, won third prize in an oratorical contest at the state normal school at Cedar Falls. Mr, Schlossin used as his subject the Natlonal Nonpartlsan league, : s