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ADVERTISEMENTS Q2¢ 34 Years Work. the minister has received. His living expenses have risen just as fast and as far as yours. - But he is paid on the éverage just 52 cents more per church member than he was paid 34 years ago. : The Minister Never Fails Y Every officer of the Government with a war message to deliver appealed to the ministers first of all. But 80% of the ministers receive less income than government economists figurg as a minimum for the support of an average family. When hospitals need money they enlist the support of the ministers—and receive it. But when sickness visits the minister or the members of his family they must be treated in a charity ward. His pay is less than a day laborer’s. 8 out of every 10 ministers receive less than $20 a week—about half the pay of a mechanic, We Pay Him Half the Wages of a Mechanic And of these pitifully inadequate salaries, how much do you contribute? Nothing if you are outside the church; an average of less than 3c a day if you are a church member. All of us share in the benefits of Christian ministers to the community. They marry us; bury us; baptize our children; visit us when we are sick. In their hands is the spiritual training of the youth. : THAT is the kind of increase in salary We Are All Profiteers at Their Expense Part of the Interchurch World program is this—a living wage for every minister of Jesus Christ; an efficient plant, and a chance to do a big man’s job. If you want better preachers, help to pay the p}'wchers better. It’s the best investment for your community—and for your children—that you can ever make, WORLD MOVEMENT 45 WEST 18th STREET, NEW YORK CITY The publication of this advertisement is made possible through the co-operation of 30 denominations. Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers Nonpartisan League Histories Written Charles Edward Russell, Herbert E. Gaston and O. M. Thomason Tell of Struggle of Organized Farmers “histories of the Nonpartisan league, written by Mr. Russell and Mr. Gaston and reviewed below, the Non- partisan Leader has arranged with the publishers to sell the books, as a convenience for our readers. Any one interested can obtain either book by sending check, draft or money or- der to us, as follows: = For “The Story of the Nonpartisan League” (Harper & Bros.), by Charles Edward Russell, $2, postage prepaid. For “The Nonpartisan League” (Harcourt, Brace & Howe), by Herbert E. Gaston, $1.75, postage prepaid. Checks or money orders should be made out in favor of the Nonpartisan Leader and addressed to Book Department, Box 2075, Minneapolis, Minn. Every Leaguer, friend of the League and student of political and economic questions should have both these books. They do not cover the same field, as BECAUSE of the importance to Leader readers of the the reviews below show. In reviewing these and other books the Leader wishes to em- phasize that it assumes no responsibility for the personal views of the authors. Neither does the Nonpartisan league. It is the author’s right to express his own opinions on any subject that he pleases; in some cases he may be right, in others wrong. The Leader believes that the books listed in this column will help to inform the public about the League and will, in addition, prove extremely inter- esting reading, whether the reader agrees with the author at all points or not. For this reason these books are recommended, but their opinions and conclusions are not indorsed. MR. GASTON’S BOOK The first complete history of the Nonpartisan league in book or other form has been published. The volume is called “The Nonpartisan League,” and is issued by Harcourt, Brace & Howe, New York publishers. The -book is by Herbert E. Gaston, who has been with League and farmer publica- tions in League territory for four years. He is now president of the farmer-labor company which will com- mence issuing shortly the Minnesota Daily Star, at Minneapolis. Mr. Gaston’s book is a reporter’s story of this great farmer movement, rather than an economic discussion or personal interpretation. It is a plain recital of the facts of the origin, pur- pose and accomplishments of the or- ganization to date, with sketches of A. C. Townley and other farmer lead- ers, and a description of the organiza- tion in various states, especially North Dakota. Mr. Gaston got his facts first hand through being on the ground almost from the start of the move- ment, and he writes with a sympathet- ic point of view, although in no sense can the book be called “propaganda.” The facts are all there, just as they are or happened, and the reader can draw his own conclusions. This is the first attempt at a real complete his- tory of the League in any form. Such articles or series of articles as have been published concerning the move- ment have been written to prove the League right or wrong, or have been incomplete. Mr. Gaston, in this history, has made few errors. Throughout it is plain that his effort is to give the truth, no matter what his own opin- ion has been. His warning -to readers in the preface to be on their guard because he has been a sympathetic ob- server and participator in the move- ment, seems unnecessary. It is clear throughout that he is reporting what he saw and knows first hand, without any attempt to make converts or paint the League in any colors but its own true ones. Of course, the real and final history of the Nonpartisan league can not be written in this generation, but it is our guess that Mr. Gaston’s will be .one of the books and among the few current writings that will furnish im- PAGE TEN . partial, first-hand facts for the future historians who will tell this great story in permanent form for posterity. Every Leaguer should read this book and have a copy of it in his library. MR. RUSSELL’S BOOK Charles Edward Russell, the noted writer and publicist, also has written a book on the League. It is called “The Story of the Nonpartisan League” and is published by Harper & Bros., New York. The book, on the whole, covers a different field than Mr. Gas- ton’s. Its most important feature is its full report and discussion of polit- ical and economic conditions existing in the Northwest, particularly North Dakota, prior to the organization of the League. Mr. Gaston sketches briefly in a chapter the conditions which made the League necessary and brought about its formation, and pro- ceeds in narrative form to tell what it has done and accomplished to date. On the other hand, Mr. Russell devotes over half of his book to the back- ground, carrying the story away back to pioneer days and giving the reader a thorough and highly interesting eco- nomic analysis and interpretation of conditions preceding Mr. Townley’s advent as a farmer organizer. This description of Mr. Russell’s book should not lead prospective read- ers to expect a “dry” or abstract dis- cussion of economics such as a musty college professor would give. On the contrary, Mr. Russell has a style which enables him to handle ordinarily difficult economic questions with a breezy and interesting effect that probably can not be equalled by any other present-day writer who handles so-called “heavy” material. There is not a dull or abstruse paragraph in ail Mr. Russell’s book. Yet he “dissects the economic and political conditions that brought about the League, giving as complete and accurate details as any learned economist could, and makes it “live” and interesting. Mr. Russell had unusual opportu- nities to study economic conditions in the Northwest. Years ago his inves- tigations prior to his writing his vol- ume on the great western railroads and other works took him all over the -territory where the League is organ- ized, before the League was thought < (=