The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 15, 1919, Page 5

Dl Al > v e Dakota. Coal - _“ment, upholding’ the right of - facts of the present coal strike " the western half' of the state. « . representing every variety of field and garden seeds 7~ grown:in North Dakota. During one hour of each “.day there is put on an auction sale of samples. ' All - ‘- samples entered in these contests become the prop- - - erty of the Seed Growers” association and are sold /. 7at public auction for the purpose of giving oppor- . tunity for‘any grower to invest in sufficient seed to : start ‘a seed plot, and have an opportunity_to own .+ < samples of the finest quality for trial. FKinally, .. all ‘of the exhibitors in' this contest place in the hands' of the stateseed commissioner the record, - origin of: their. crop -and the number. of bushels:. ' LIGNITE SOLE FUEL - OF PART OF STATE - which they hold for sale as seed and certify that that which is to be sold is neither better nor worse than the sample exhibited. This enables the state seed commissioner, in behalf of the seed growers’ association and citizens of the state to place on a " list the names and addresses and the amount of ~seed for sale, and to send those lists to all thoge * who wish to buy good seed.: This co-operative idea gave origin to that portion of the state pure seed law which authorizes the state seed commissioner to conduct field ‘crop .in-.. spection, standardize seed varieties, to issue certifi- - cates as to variety and quality, and tb build state = seed. lists for the distinct’ purpose of keeping rec- ords of those who have improved or pedigreed seeds -~ fit" to Sow on the land. North Dakota was the first- state to, enact a seed law with such provisions and, ~as yet, is the chief pioneer in this field. The law covers all 'seed crops. The North Dakota Improved Seed ‘Growers’ annual contest is-a great place for the grower to sell his seed crop. It also affords . great opportunity for buyers, handlers and users of - Acts of Governor Frazier in Mine Strike Situation Necessary o purposes, imprbved seeds to lay in their:stocks for planting' The ‘contest this year will| show the great possibilities of this prairie state in corn, S potatoes, alfalfas, clovers, cereals, forage and gar- den crops. ) & The annual North Dakota Improved Seed Grow- ‘ers’ association' each year aids the pure seed de- partment of the state to list in the mneighborhood of 200,000 to 500,000 bushels of .seed: suitable for use on the land. The merits of this state listing and co-operation with the Improved Seed Growers of the'state rests in this, that the man who buys good seed to sow on the land will be a benefit to the public in general, to himself and to the state, in that he will be able to educate his children and pay the taxes necessary for the support of a progres- sive state. GiE tc to Prevent :Widespread Disaster, Federal Judge ‘Amidon Holds . = |[HAT Governor: Frazier, in taking over -the ‘coal mines when the strike of lignite niiners of the state threatened, perhaps pre- C. ‘F.- Amidon ;of the TUnited States district court in refus- ing an injunction asked by the ~state operation of ‘the mines. " Judge Amidon, in his decision, held that the necessity of the whole people must be placed above - the private rights of the workers and the mine oper- ators. “The decision of Judge Amidon is an amaz- ingly clear and forceful docu- =~ . ! : s the’ executive to exercise his. « full police power when the pro- tection of the citizens of: the state appears to-make such ac- _tion necessary. A Judge Amidon’s decision, full, followss = . - ° S * Every strike in a key indus-: > try involves three rights—the®. . rights of the employer, the = rights of the employes; and the - rights™ of the public.’: The greatest. of these is the rights of the public.. The firm estab- ! lishment of _the supremacy by law of the rights of the puhblic is the next step in the life of = the American: people. Hergto- - fore the public has-been the sufferer.: Private rights have . - * been placed’ above public wel- }[ \ A fare: ‘Employer and employes: - Hl m 'f have been ‘permitted to fight = UK while the- public :has: acted W simply as a police officer and w borne most of-the loss. By long ; suffering we have got sufficient wisdom to end'that regime. '~ n " What are the controlling as they appear in North Dako- " “ ta?, Lignite coal is the fuel of - - vented anarchy in the state, = was ; the contention of Judge - ‘Mining . company to prewent . mines have to be continnofisly operated if ‘they are to meet the public needs. The present coal strike was announced to: occur on: November 1.° A few days after that date, 'and 'when the governor of . North Dakota acted, an unprecedented storni swept __over the state.. The mercury fell to 8 to 10 degrees below zero over the whole territory supplied by lig- nite. ' There was a large fall of snow; showing that the winter had actually set in, and that from that time forward we must look for steadily falling tem= peratures. S ; : + It 'was to.meet the crisis produced by that situa- tion that the governor issued his proclamation -call- ing upon the owners of lignite mines to op= erate their mines, and warning them that if they Pa failed to do so they would be taken over by the state and operated. . They failed-to meet the re- ‘quirement. He called out the militia and has taken the steps complained of in the bill. The statute of _the state and its constitution authorize the gover- nor to call out the militia whenever there is immi- nent danger of violence, either of mobs or of a great ~ public: calamity. The right to call out the militia means, of course, that when he has called them out he may use them in such way as seems reasonably necessary to.avoid the disaster for which they are - called out. - The question before the court in the present case is, may he deal with the causes which need - only the ordinary course of nature to result in ’ death by freezing and by disease, and the disturbed: condition of society which would necessarily 'result from ‘such consequences— 1say, may he deal with the causes rather than wait and deal as a mere palice _ sequences? I answer that guestion in the affirmative. ‘do_so, and it would be an abuse of judicial power, in my judgment, to define stricted manner as to for- bid him to protect society. VERBAL ANARCHY AND REAL ANARCHY ' ° real anarchy. I do not think of ‘the' coal mines which has ment of the defendants in this cantrary, if the situation which ing of disease because of the .men under the excitement of been: driven to acts of violénce been spoken of-as anarchy. -I"haye seen some anarch ~my'day. I have s . ~result from aHowi it, that perhaps might have T his' powers in such a re-: ' failure “of fuel supplies; and Such ‘a situation, as that had’ to relieve themselyes against officer with the direful con- - ** . He may. It is his duty to: . 1 think I know the difference between verbal anarchy and the quiet and orderly*flperafidn ¥ ', taken pldce under the manage- - was. presented to the governor -at the time he calléd' out’ the .militia had-‘been permitted to actually: arise, and people had been freezing to death and dy- s e B b o R g & R P RS case, can, properly be charac- terized as anarchy. On'the &1