The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 21, 1920, Page 7

A S Lo e ] Sy (Continued from page b) well. While I was ta]kmg to thls farm started punching him in the ribs and So he moved farther down front. And about 10 minutes later, when the con- vention was ready to get under ‘way, a whole flock of policemen and: fire- men went down the aisle and herded out “all the assistant sergeants-at- PYEN arms, my friend among them,-and chased them clear to the back of the . convention hall, where they couldn’t see anything, hear anything or- even ,__* o sit*‘down, and kept them there. I'wonder if this president of a farm ( ‘organization: {an organization that doesn’t go into politics) thoudht, after this experience, that farmers could get anything they wanted by just asking their friends, the politicians, for it - politely. I wonder if he didn’t want File 3 \4.. to have a hand in running the next . convention, and perhaps give some of ik the politicians (or Judge Gary) the . . “freedom of the floor”—and then et chase THEM back .out of the axsle, " like a flock of sheep. : Ly Yes, there are a few farmers down altogethel They want to get ! some "Yl ¥ 2. planks'in the Republican platform and 5.4 a = rexpect to get them by askmg for them. pohtglg T L ajs’ The National Federation of Farm | - Bureaus repress ..the ultra-congerv- e .ative farmers. They are opposed to having anything to do with organized % labor or getting into politics directly. ; Nobody considers them much—though ; they get plenty of kind words and en- couragement in the hope that they. s will take the place of the Nonpartxsan league. Sl FARMERS’ PROGRAMS OFFERED ( CONVENTION ¢ The. National Board of Farm 0r~ Pk ganizations also is here.. This orgam— : zation “includes both progressive and _conservative farm- organizations. The ‘union presided over the meeting here. ~The 20 or 30 farmers in this meet- ing decided to request certain planks in the Republican and Democratic na- tional platforms in the interest of farmers. They decided not to ask for anything that ALL of their members o7 S son they decided not to ask for planks for government ownership of rail- roads or opposition to any anti-strike legislation, which most of the mem- ; +bers appeared to favor but some op- AL - posed. They finally submitted a list el of 11 planks, which they thought any reasonable man ought to be able to } agree upon, and asked the Republican uf’. 7. committee on resolutions to 'include it . these in ‘the national platform These Sibrg 11 planks were:. 1. Representation for farmers' in et the president’s cabinet and in" appomt- -ments: of commissions and officials. : R & 2. Right of co-operative orgamza-n T ‘tions to fix prices and to be protected: against discrimination by private busmess interests. : 8. Government control of packers _owners to buy farms and to get loans ‘on farm commodltxes and personal credxt ] vprotected interests. - 6. Studies of farm prodnctlon costs I “and the uncensored pubhcatlon ofv i facts Iound in such studxes e A Ten-Million-Dollar Political Show them and Bill Thompson 8 boosters as organization presnient a pohceman : . ‘telling him he’d have to keep moving. its and mhentance taxes to pay ‘the ‘them.” 7. Conservation of natural re- |° sources i 8. Repeal .of all laws restnctmg free speech and. peaceable assemblage. 9. Opposition to compulsorr mfll— i tary training. . 10. Graduated income, excess prof— cost of the war. 11. Strmgent immigration laws; es- pecxally against Oriental labor. “Most of these sound very reason- able, there certainly is nothing “radi-’ cal” abcut any. of them. How many of ‘these were adopted by the Republi- can resolutions committee? Suppose you look over the Republican platform’ and see if you can identify any of The Farmers Natmnal Council, composed of progressive farm organ- izations from all parts of thé country, ) (Contmued -on page 11) - Front St, Fm Mndiwn. lowa FEI(CE BOOK” -You ghould” haye our. direct = from' factory to farm . prices GRS before you buy fence. 4 5 HIGH QUALITY. FENCE-—LOW PRICES. . You can not afford to miss this opportunity. - Write our: nearest factory today. ‘ UNITED. FENCE COMPANY OF STILLVIATER Pay - later when silo arrives, Send for' catalog ‘No. 28, “W. S. Dickey Clay Mig. Co. MACOMB, ILL. 'Kungas City, Mo. Chattanooga, Tenn. 6 Main St. - s:lllwntef.' Minn. Harvesting ha; fier ayhnwk way means and . monayndaéed Ji huwk Stnck- vv.mrrum. C0.. 922 u.su ST.. w.m.mu The farmer’s B reliable - treat- ment for Lump Jaw in cattle, Fleming’s Actmoform Sold for $2.60 (wu' tax paid) n itive nrnm.ee sinc: at the convention—probably 30 or 40° could not get behind—for which rea- . .4, Extension of the farm loan sys- " tem" to “allow tenants and non-farm 3 b Equal consxderatlon for agncul-- Y ture in- tariff leglslatxon with: other~ 851 : - _ most influential and important mem- | PRSEE bers are the varions Farmers’ unions, national and state. President Charles & .; &« S. Barrett of the National Farmers’: "-‘ e N SELECTING a tractor it is im- portant to consider the matter of speeds—the speed of the engine (number of revolutions per minute) and also the field speed of the tractor - (mxles traveled per hour). Heavy, dusty work, such ‘as plOw- : ing, requues a slow-speed engine — an engine that will not burn itself up and grind out-its bearings on- hfe-sappmg high' speeds. The Tltan 10-20 tractor engme .. loafs along. at an easy, comfortable speed that is especially well adapted to heavy—duty work In the matter of field speeds, it has been »demonstrat}ed that' less - work is accomplished bya tractor at fast Speeds than at the normal speeds,’ of between 2 and 3 miles an hour, - for as the speed increases both fric- tion and plow draft increase. A trac- tor that will pull four plows with _ease at two miles an hour will ex-. perience difficulty in pulling half as many at double the speed; and it travels twiceas fareven though doxng less work. = As the field speed in- creases, the 'strain on both tractor and plow increase. And striking a buried boulder while traveling rapid- ly w1ll do much more damage than contact at an easy gait. The Titan 10-20 has two forward speeds—2% and 2% m. p. h.—the - right field speeds. Think this over - when considering the purchase of a tractor —and see your nearby Inter- natlonal dealer. luTERNAflONAL HARVESTER;«COMPANY GH!CAGQ _QF AMERch W‘ iA S RGNS it Y atilar When Wettistes R basrbisden S by