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Canadlans Wm New Farmer Government of On- : tano Makmg Good H. HAINING of Sault :Ste. Marle, Ontario, ‘or- ganizer for the United ‘F'armers of that prov-- " ince, now in Minnesota to learn somethmg of ‘the : Nonpartlsan league at close range, re-. ADVERTISEMENTS b *RUPTURED’ | TRY THIS fREE New lnvenflmi Sent on 30 !)lyl Trlll Wltllont % W : Simply send re your name and . will send you my new eqpyrlshbed rupture ‘book measurement blank. = ‘When you, return the 2 _‘blank I ‘will send ‘you my new invention for " rupfure. When it arrives put it on and wear ‘..t < Put it to every test you can think of. The * ‘harder. the ‘test the better -you -will tike it. - You will_wonder: how you ever got along with “the old style crug) spring. trusses or belts with ' Jeg straps of torture. . Your:own good,-com-' | /e oD sennenndyonrown doctor will “tell you 7 it ia the only way 'in:which you ‘can ever expect . a cure. After wearing it 30 .days, it it is not “entirely satisfactory in every way—if it is not [ easy ‘and’ comfortable—if you ‘cannot’ actually seé your. rupture getting: better, and if not convinced ‘that & cure is: merely a guestion .of “time, fust return it and you are ont-nothing.’ i Any rupture appliance sent on 30 days’ tnnl without pe:umsefr? d«;u \;grth a triné.n g il your Tu is. BAS : CO 1728 Koeh Bldz Klnsu Glty., Mo.—Ady. -~ ernment_ of his provmce. is making as rapid progress ‘as can be’ expected flts legislature is' now in session. The ‘wild stories circulated there, as well as in our states previous to election; to the effect that the farmers. would stand for class legislation only, “wre well met by the fact that the new “Ontario legislation so far writtén on the ' statute books is chiefly ior the people of the towns. & ' Property qualifications for munici- pal offices have been abolished. : Cities are given lo¢al’ option in ‘tax- ation for the first time and this will ‘enable them to exempt: their improve- ments to encourage building. ' Farm empt there, according to Mr. Haining. ; ; 5 6,000!!!19. Gmrmteod : Mothers’ pensions have been estab- : | No. HomylnAdmce. 2 €. 0:D. on APPUN workmen’s compensation law greatly | increased. ‘ : ‘Cabinet, officers, who eorrespond to. | our different state officials; ‘are -not ' ~elected in Canada by the’ people di- ‘rectly but are chosen by the legisla- tore.. Two of ‘them, the ministry of mines and the ministry of labor, haye been allotted to lahor members of the Ontario parliament. . The rest are " held by :Earmebrepresentatwes, w1th a farmer as, premier. . BITTER FIGHT MADE AGAINST LEADERS g Mr. Haxmngs personal expenence in the ‘last . election reminds one’ strongly of tactics used by special privilege here. Inasmuch as he was chairman of the ‘local organization committee = the. ‘opposition assumed that he would be the candidate ‘and Rib. Kant ‘Tread Skxd Tu ..310.00 $10.90 33 00 z 80 13.95 2.50 EQUITY SUPPLY HOUSE Béston Block - MINNEAPOLIS, MINN | 1ocal controlled press. His patnotxsm “was more than questioned. :The tac- tics included the rifling of mail which * he sent through. the ‘postoffice. . Mr. wHaxmng allowed them fo . think that he was’ the candidate and thus drew I*chkey_filazed,Tde Sllos “The Fruit Jar of the Field” : SAVE l% oN IAI!GH ORDERS. § when: arrives, d !or uulos No. 28, W.S. chley Clay Mig. Co.. xmm City. na cnnmoon.mn. : tion, when the farmer-labor candidate | was brought out. The opposition thus had no time to develop the usual foul tacties against this man and he de- - been premier of the province. | e - Until the farmers and labor had af candidate, the local press and politi- _cians . presented ‘innumerable argu-. ments: as-to" why Sir” Willism. should 1 be elected ‘without a contest or, as the Canadians say, by acclamation, Duroc-Jerseys | The home of Model Orion,; the 1 $20,000 boax. Stock for sale. at all HUBERT PINSKE, Arlmgton, Minn. _out notice that they would not let him || “be elected by acclamation or any other ‘means, and later results proved that they were as. good as their word. The ‘new farmer-labor govemment _accordmg {o Mr. Haining, expects to. _push -the work: of the Ontario power "'commlssmn as rapidly as possible; tPhe provmce of Ontario owns vast s hydto-electrlc developments at. Niag- ra Falls and other waterpower sites. ‘furnishes current from the Falls, instance; for just half of what an_guistanding so ot | private enterprise on this side of the Vicion lt: gk m'f'. Falls: furnishes. it to nearby. cxtlzens | of the United States for. i "New sites are being developed and the cemmission in time hopes to make this ‘power available to most: of the: Ontario farmers, as. ~well ‘as’ to fac- tories, stores and homes m the cxtles HERRIAHN’S BIG TYPE PGLANDQ 3 have a fino lot of March and April' f: They of the best: hreedlnf ‘We have“the blood Tines ol’ such: bnm as Bob’s Dictator, Repeater, Giant Price, §. .Shl-dow ‘Wonder, - Clansman, Liberator, moiuuon +1 and others of the bmt - Pedigrees furnished. . Write any of u woF A, Fo HERRHMIN. Nomod. Illnn ‘ ‘BIG TYPE nvnoc-mnsms ring pigs at weanin; d Deal - ngour\tllt]ur. I[nnfl:mnur‘, fix‘nhe i by'sfmmm edigroe. furnished. ports that the new farmer—labor gov=" |~ improvements always have been: ex--f lished and the benefits pravrded by the |- their fire until two weeks before elec- | feated Sir William Hearst, “who had ' couldn’t “have ‘produced works that: dovetailed so nicely ADVERTISEMENTB 5 "NOW READY! 'kWhat you have been wanting for a long timel o Histories (in book form) of the Nonpartlsan League By speclal an'angement with the publishers, the Nonpartisan - Leader can offer these books to League members at low prices, These are the only. volumes published telling the true story of . the gréatest farmers’ organization. Here are the answers to all your questions and the questions of your friends and ac- quaintances—all the fascinating details of the formation of the Lieague and what led up to it—the account of its struggles and victories—the facts, figures and events of the campaigns and elections in which it took part—what the farmers’ legislature_ m North Dakota is doing—Mr. Townley’s llfe and work. : All in These Great Books Not propaganda for or against the organized farmers—just the facts.as they are, written by men who KNOW and who do - not put their names to books they would not stake their repu- proceeded to pick him ‘to pieces in the S tations on, books that they are willing-to have themselves and their work Judged by in the days to _come, by friends. or enemles. - Here They Are: f"l'he Story of the Nonpartisan League “-By Charies Edward Russel] author of “Soldiers of the Gommon Good,” ““The Story of the Great Rallroads, “ete., etc., journalist, magazine writer, economist—master of a lucid, 51mp1e style which makes his ilearned analysis of economic condmons lively and interesting. This book is pubhshed by ‘Harper & Bros New York. - Cloth bound, * ‘jllustrated with halftones. The price of thxs ‘book is $2.. “The Leader will send it to League members for $1. 25 postpaxd . ,;f“'l'he Nonpartisan League” By Herbert E. Gaston, former editor of the Nonpartisan Leader, now v “editor of the Minnesota Daily Star, for 15 years connected with the big dailies of the: West. This book is published by Harcourt, Brace & Howe, New: York. Cloth bound. The price of this book is \~~‘$1 75. The Leader will send 1t to League members for $1.25 postpaid. You Need Them Both (Mr Russell’s book is an economic, interpretation of the farmers’ movement, - rives the whole background of the movement for 50 years back and an ranalysxs of the leglslatmn_ fathered by the League in North Dakota. . " Mr. Gaston’s book is a reporter’s story of the stirring events in North . Dakota and adJommg states during the last five years—a plain narrative . wof the organization; growth, battles; reverses, and successes of the or- ganized. farmers, written by a man who was on the ground from the advent of Mr. Townley as a farmer organizer. Neither Gaston nor. Russell knew the other was wrltmg a book on the T.eague till they had both:finished their work, but if they had got to- ' . gether’ and' decided mot to'cover exactly the same field, 'so that each book would put: emphasis: on a differént phase of the' subae% tlfiey hether " Leaguer, anti-Leaguer, student, educator, editor, you need BOTH these books—Russell’s for its hlatoncal ‘background and economic interpreta- -Ition, Gaston’s for the running story of events that have made so much i }.Amencan lustory the lagt few years.. But the farmer-labor committee senf - L..........-..........-..............,..’. 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