The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 21, 1920, Page 3

Lh ™, 05 - “it will involve innocent individu- - Al IN THE INTEREST OF A SQUARE DEAL: FOR THE FAR! . Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at: » Miuneapolis,. Minn., under ‘the ‘fict of March 3, 1870. . Publication ‘address, (427 Sixth avenue 8., Minncapolls, ' . ~ Minn, ' Address 'all remittances_to. The Nonpartisan ot Leader, Box 2075, Minneapolis, Minn, v bl fos Nlonpa TR —HE »Wéli‘S\"'.feet‘ Fonrnal calls tvhe:‘Nb.nparti‘s.a'n‘leégue‘ “the the Journal explains was MOSTLY WATER. In another issue the Wall street paper shows that the NET 'PROFITS of the American . *... Woolens corporation amounted to $180.62 a share for the last three %’Afld it refers to both of these achievements with evident DD et : : e : - a state system for marketing farm products at fair charges—which big-business was unable or unwilling to establish. That is “plun- -der,” according to this défender of the profiteers. A burglar yell- - ing “police” when his victim ‘catches him and tries to recover the loqt". is a parallel case. . “AGENTS PROVOCATEUR” ‘When a corrupt city political gang wants to “get” an enemy ‘ R.ECENTLY a new term has been found for an’ old pbrac'ticeb..b‘ . a police department “stool pigeon” is sent out to incite the marked man into commission of crire, and when he steps over the line he is arrested and sent up for a term of years. The practice K . was one of the chief standbys of the czar’s government in Russia. - It-always goes with official and unofficial spy and espionage sys- ~ tems.. The secret police of a government “plant” -evidence so that - als who may embarrass the gov- =~ ernment. in one way or another. : Qfidal i(ngu_iue,.of i!h% National Nohpntism League—Every Week OLIVER, B. MORRIS, Editor. ; ~ MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, JUNE 21, 1920 Wall Street and the Charge of “Plunder” ¥ ‘Nonpartisan organization for plunder in North Dakota” and - _in the same issue shows how the United States Steel corpora- has “earned” $238 a share since 1901 op common stock which . © These corporations are making prices for implements and. clothing unfairly high to North Dakota farmers, in order to make profits at a rate that in a single generation would absorb the entire _surplus of industry. That is “successful business,” according fo - the Wall Street Journal. , The farmers of North Dakota organize .- o protect themselves against just such profiteers; and to establish ANTI-LEAGUERS STRIKE A SNAG A’ MAGAZINE THAT DARES TO & TUUPRINT THE TRUTH One year, in advance, $2.50; six months, $1,50, Clas- sified rates ‘on clussifle 8 on*appi : au of Circulations. . Beckwith Spectal ‘Agency, advertising represen- tatives, New -York, - €hicago, ‘St. Louls, Xansas City. WHOLE. NUMBER 246 “ E\@;/Pouaaf olains . e B p . Hes RoPRING ~helped in framing the platform of the Communist party, so framing it that members of the party could be arrested and deported as “‘en- emies of the government” and “believers in violence ‘and terror.” - “It 18 clear,” said Judge Anderson, *that the government os- erates some part of the Communist party.” 3 : Judge Anderson is not a sympathizer of radicals or of alien - agitators.. Heis interested only in enforcing the law and the Con- _.stitution. His charge against Palmer, if true, should cause Pal- ~ mer’s impeachment—a vitally serious matter, ] - { What did congress do to investigate this matter? Answer—nothing! : 2 'THE CAMOUFLAGE OF WORDS i A7 HE ability of the voter to strip political campaign statements Gk of their outer coating of meaningless words, to get at the . meat of what the person or organization putting out the statement means; is what counts. Those who want your votes sel- dom come out in the open and state specifically their real purpose; which they generally conceal under several layers of high-sounding * words and phrases. For instance, consider this sample: : .5 Started in New York a few weeks ago the moveément for organizing he middle class, or average citizen, for effective protection of his con- _stitutional rights, is rapidly spreading throughout. the United States. . That sounds good. The interests of the “average citizen” should certainly be proteeted, and ‘constitutional rights should of course be enforced. Continuing the statement says: - The purpose is to present as a unit the will of the majority and ; ‘make it felt in governmental and political cireles, from which “sources the needed relief can be speedily obtained. : 2 o All very good. - Everybody wants the will of the-majority felt in governmental and political circles. After wading though moza : 7 e + = of the some kind of statemenis, - we come fo the meat of ‘tha to . munist .This evidence is “discovered,” . .the vietim hopelessly involved - and ruined. The practice was so . ~widespread during the war that- " “a French term came to be used: “ to describe persons engaged in- ' this nefarious and immoral - . -work. They were called “agents - provocateur” — that is, agents who provoked persons the gov- ernments wanted to “get” into’ “disloyal words or acts, so that. _they could be arrested Va_ngl‘_, proc- © . Have we official = “agents - provocateur” in America? Fed- ~ eral Judge Anderson of Boston says we have. After hearing ‘Attorney General Palmer’s cases - - against several radical aliens,; ac- ' cused of belonging to the Com- party; which party has “been put under the ban by Pal- "mer, ‘Judge Anderson asserted " from the bench that “agents pro- A S e anti-League outfit, known as the “United Americans,” backed K V" by a long string of Wall street financiers whose.names and made much headway in "t}v.lefiLéégu’éj states; probably' League sen- ~ timent has been too strong for them. But in the East, where the ~ing money and putting out literature at a great rate. +League is not organized, the “United Americans” have been spend- And now it appears that they are in some trouble. One of their statements attacking the Committee of Forty-eight has ¢ -brought them into the courts as defendants in a $500,000 libel suit. - We can’t feel very sorry for them. Whether the Committee of Forty- In awhile, to call liars and call them hard, e VAR E e i ?AGETHREE e st SO_ME time ago the Leader reported the organization of a new - records we listed. The “United Americans” do not seem to have eight gets its money or not is problematical. If the League were - to go into the courts every time it was libeled it would need ail the - lawyers in the country to try the cases. But it is a good thing, once matter.. The statement finally SV SRR s “The 'movenient has al- ready 'indorsed Governor Ed- ‘'ward 1. ‘Edwards of New i Jersey for the Democratic - presidential nomination; be- cause of his long-maintained - ‘stand. for ' ‘personal ' liberty and state Tights. ; o ..~ So, in plain language, this.: propaganda is gotten out by the “wets” and. liquor interests for the ' repeal of the prohibition amendment, " although none of those things are mentioned. Why not state it frankly and honest- ly? There are many who do not believe in prohibition and who are honestly of that belief. They are within their rights in work- »ing for the repeal of the dry . amendment. . But do they gain anything by sending out camou- ' flaged . statements, instead of making a fair and open apveal .-on the merits of the question? = . » AT Rl T e T