The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 16, 1919, Page 15

'910 S. Mnchxgan Avenué. Ch:cago, oL - ADVERTISEMENTS - - The Standard - Oil Company (Indiana) and the Farmer HERE is no general class of men who understand so thor- oughly, and appreciate so well the service rendered by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) as do the . farmers of the Middle West Wherever he may live the farmer is as familiar with the dark green tank wagon as he is with the conveyance which brings the mail carrier. He knows that his requirements of petro- _ {eum products will be prowded. He depends upon the service ren-‘ dered by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana), confident that the company will deliver to him whatever products he needs, when he needs them, and at a price which is fair. During the past two or three strenuous years the farmer of America has carried the respon- sibility for feeding the world. Every hour of every day he was busy, and every minute was precious. To multiply the effectiveness of his own and his employes’ labor, he installed modern equipment — tractors, trucks, cultlvatmg and harvesting machinery. To run these machines gasoline, kerosene, lubricating oils, and greases were absolutely necessary. - To get them the farmer would have been forced to take hours of time going to town were it not for the distributing facili- ties of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana). The Company brought the products he needed to the farm, even to the tractor in the field. It is this kind of service which l;as brought" the farmer and the Company into such close and such friendly relations. = It is this kind . of service which emphasizes the usefulness of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) as a public servant. - Standard 011 Company (Indiana) ers’ association, the soldler compen- sation fund and the state bank. By knocking out this industrial commis- sion, the monopolists would prevent the whole program of the public own- ership of marketing utilities being carried out. One of the other measures that is being submitted at the June 26 refer- endum is the newspaper bill.. This is a measure designed to make news- papers responsive to public opinion. Like all the League bills, it will save considerable money—probably as much as $100,000 a year. Instead of having three official papers in each county there will be only one. And the plan of the farmer legislature is that the people of each county shall vote at the general election on which. paper shall carry the official advertising. In this way the political gangsters: so often found in county courthouses will be unable to dish out "this .favor to editors who back their schemes. ' The editor who gets the official advertis- ing must please the people of his.com- munity, instead of devoting his col- umns to a defense of the interests or of any political gang. New Trade Menace (Continued from page 5) rections of the board with respect to the conduct of business by the licensee as the board may prescribe. The board shall exercise general supervision over the business of all licensees, and shall issue such regulations, orders and directions as may be necessary and proper to promote the national welfare. Upon the failure or refusal of any licensee to comply with all regulations, orders and directions of the board, the board may suspend or revoke the license of such licensee. Any licensee may at any time surren- der his license. Sec. 4. No action or agreement of any licensee shall be held to be in violation of any of the provisions of the business laws of the United States when such action or agreement has -been taken or made in pursmance of any regulation, order or direction of - the board. After the surrender or revocation of any license, the acts or agreements of such licensee which shall be taken or made thereafter shall be subject to all: the provisions of said business law to the same ex- tent as if no license had ever been issued. ; Sec. 5. That the word “trade” wherever used in this act means trade .or commerce among the several states and with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia or any terri- tory of the United States and any state, territory or foreign nation, or between any insular ‘possessions or other places under the jurisdiction of the United States, or between any such possession or place and any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or any ter- ritory or any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or between foreign nations, or within any foreign nation. That the word “person” wherever used in this act shall be deemed to-in- clude partnerships and corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of either the United States or any of the territo- ries, or the laws of any state, or the laws of any foreign country. ATTEMPT TO KILL ANTL-TRUST LAWS ‘That the term “business laws of the United States” wherever used in this act means the act entitled “An act - to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,” approved July 2, 1890; also sections 75, to 77, mcluslve, of the act entitled “An act to reduce taxation, to pro-- vide revenue for the government, and for other purposes,” approved August 27, 1894; the act entitled “An act to amend sections:73 to 76 of the act of August 27, 1894, entitled ‘An act to reduce. taxatxon, to provide revenue for the - government, and for other purposes,”” approved February 12, 1913; the act entitled “An act to sup- plement existing laws against unlaw- ful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,” approved October 15, 1914; the act entitled “An act to create a federal trade commission, to define ‘i| ‘its powers:and duties, ‘and for ‘other g ges,” approved Septezn:er 26, promote export trade, and for other purposes,” approved April 10, 1918, : Sec. 6. That this act shall not be construed to affect the power or juris- diction of the interstate commerce " commission, or of the United States shipping board, nor to confer upon the board concurrent power or jurisdiction over any matter within the power or jurisdiction of said commission or board. LICENSES FOR BIG BUSINESS CONCERNS ONLY That is to say, this life-term board would issue licenses to the Big Five packers, Standard Oil, United States . Steel, the International = Harvester company, or any other trust, under which they could go any: limit in crushing out their competitors, -either by underselling, intimidation, boycott or other methods. It would be-all for “the national welfare,” to be adjudged solely by these nine life-termers. Their cinch would make :the ordinary ‘mili- tary dictator look like a ward: poli- tician. It’s the first warning that speclal privilege is going out to smash little business and public ownership and co- operation. Notice how it steps around the pop- ular interstate commerce commission and that Wall street favorite, Hurley S shipping board. Notice, too, that it does not repeal any laws EXCEPT AS THEY INTER- . FERE WITH THE BIG PROFI- TEERS WHO WILL TAKE OUT THESE LICENSES. An official of the house, close to Jim ‘Mann, who is sore at the federal trade commission for its letting the ‘coun- try know about the gifts that Mann took from the Big Five packers, has. privately announced that “They are going to fix up a board of nine, and do away with a lot of these commis- sions.” ARKANSANS WAITING Paragould, Ark. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: May I ask whether your organi- zation is Pplanning to rub a little League ointment on the farmers of Arkansas? There never was a time more ripe for organizing the farmers than now. All they need is to be shown the way. I often tell friends ‘'of mine- that the only hope for the farmer is organization. “They won’t stick,” is the tart reply, as a rule.’ Then I tell them of the farmers in North Dakota who did stick. J. F. CAMPBELL. HE'LL “STICK” FOR LIFE Omaha, Neb. Editor Nonpartlsan Leader: . There is some mistake about stop- ping my copy of the Leader.: :The Leader is my favorite paper. ‘I have Just given up farming because of my advancing age, but I still am a mem- ber of the League and expect to be a - ‘member as long as I live. I amin- closing a clipping from the Omaha ™ ‘World-Herald. The editor of this pa- per:never misses a chance to misrep- . resent the League. B, : - F ‘D.R.ABEK«