The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 5, 1920, Page 14

b ADVERTISEMENTS L ' 5 100 spring pi.gs both sexu sired’ by sons of wor;d champi " Write for price 3 CHARLES E. WALKER, Glencoa Mlnn 2 Mention the Lender When Wntlns ‘Advertisers Here Isa Book That All Leaguers Should. Own - THE STORY of the NONPARTISAN LEAGUE A Charles Edward Russell Here is a true record in book form of the causes that led up to the League; its growth and its accomplishments. It is a permanent: hlstory of the League, bound in cloth. " It contains 332 pages, with illustrations and index. The book is sold by its publishers, Harper & Brothers, New York, at $2 a copy. The Leader has made arrangements to offer 1t to League members at $1.25" postpaid. = This book contains proof of the trickery and manipulations of Chamber of Com- merce men that resulted in cheating farmers out of their It contains also the full story of the Nonpartisan - league and what it has succeeded in doing up to this time. Crops. If you are a League member.you want this book You can get it now at a low price. Fill out the followmg blank and mail it, with renuttance, 1o the Non- - partisan Leader, Book Department, Box 2075, Minneapolis, - Minn. . ————-—-——-—-—--——_—u—-————————— Nonpartisan Leader (Book Department), Box 2075, Minneapolis, Minn. Gentlemen; (To. League members, $1.25) T inclose check, draft, ‘money order, currency for Write Plainly CHESTER WHITES If you are looking for a good ' boar ‘to head ‘your herd, come to _Fargo, N. D., July 12 to 17 and' , Grand Forks, N.D., Julsr 20 to 24 WHEN CLOVER BLOOM FARM | will brmg to North Dakota the best blood in the Cheuterh _ White breed, and a show herd that will be an exhlb1t at five, : of the leadmg state falrs this fall : Remember we take bankabls notes at 8 per cent et due October 1, 1920, So come and get a good boar and pay for h1m when you get your crop thls fall ', il A P RANS R F. D 4 Sprmgfleld an. Walkeracres Poland Chinas ion Bla ce and leming Tlmm =2 1 Uneeda. All' high class § 54 : uon:enmn Bnos Atwmr, mnn Please send me, postpaid,. “THE STORY OF THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE,” by Russell, $2. Reolthg Type Ditocs ‘Herd Headed by - Orlon Pathfinder 2ud. and ‘Col.: % Cost of Sprmg Wheat Placed at $2 65 ’ Department of Agriculture ‘Investigations Show Few 8 Farmers Making Profits, but Many Are Losmg OST of wheat productmn . studies made by the Unit- ed States” department: of many - sections of = the Umted States wheat is bemg produced 3 | ataloss: ‘The department of agnculture made its investigations’ on 481 farms. It : says of its method:: * “Trained = enumerators’ mtervxewed the wheat growers and obtained from them careful estimates with reference - - to the man, horse and tractor labor that' was utilized in producing the { 1919 wheat crop. These records were ‘taken in such a way as to provide com- E plete data concerning the ‘hours of man, horse and tractor labor required in performing the various field opera- tions, beginning with the initial prep- aration of the land' and concluding with' harvest and ‘market costs.. A “careful analysis was also made of the value of man and horse labor, the quantity of seed and twine used &nd . the value of same, manure charge, - threshing expense, rental walue of land, taxes and msurance, crop rlsk and overhead expense.” - The department does not tell what ‘interest was allowed: the farmers on their investment, but it is significant that a Kansas investigation along the‘ same" lines' allowed the farmers a re- i turn of only b per cent, whereas war contractors were -allowed 10 per cent = on the ‘“cost plus” basis and 10 per ‘cent is now charged by practlcally all . western banks. The' investigation ShOWS, however, that the: average cost. ‘of ralsmg a agriculture and just puh— : lished : indicate: that in bushel of wheat on these 481 farms was $2.15, allowing no profit to the farmer, whlle the cost - of producmg y spring wheat was placed at $2.65. ‘The mvestlgatlons of thecost of : producing spring. wheat were confined ‘to North Dakota, Minnesota and South: - Dakota. North Dakota was found to. have ‘the lowest average eost per acre. —$20.35—-but the highest average cost per bushel—$3.25,. ‘In Minnesota the average cost per acre was' $23.26 and - the average cost per bushel $2.81. In: South Dakota ‘the. records show an’ average cost per acre of $23.70 and a ‘cost per bushel of $2.40, but it is'sig- ..nificant that the investigations were all made in Spink county, one of the . 1" best producing areas in'the state, and that of the 9,500 acres seeded in the ~ farms selected for these investigations every acre wass harvested, a record: that “hardly can ' be . mam‘tamed Y throughout any large section. 'Fifty per cent of the total wheat 5 . produced cost from $2.20 to $5 per - ‘bushel, the investigation ' showed: . Therefore nearly half the farmers, in- stead: of making a profit operafed at_, ~an actual IOSs ; HIDE STOCKS HIGHER 'In the face of the fact that shoe prices are higher than sver before the number of hides and skins in-stock: ~April 80,1920, was muc}rgreater than “a year previous, according to reports to''the United States departm_enh of agriculture. .~ Cattle hides 'increased - from 5,256,384 to 6,057,770, calves and - kips from 2,266,728 to 4,208,221, and other hides i m proportmn. R Palmer and the High Cost of L1vm Attorney General’s Work DITOR Nonpartisan Tead- er: I am a -retired Had = been in 'business Lad made very good. ‘| Sold out three years ago on account of my-health, but when the United States went into war they needed food so I came out here to North Dakota to open up my land holdings. As to my taxes last year, T wxsh to say on account of the reduced rates in. hail insnrance my taxes are paid twice over. per.acre and:last year state insurance cost 26 cents, which tells its own story.’ Now in regard to Attorney General’ ‘Palmer’s work. You will probably Te- member when he landed in St. Paul last fall he had his picture'in the Min-- :neapolis Tribune and addressed the ; ‘people as follows: 4 “Do’ you know. the ‘reason 1 am’ “here? 1 am here to reduce the high “cost- of living. ' In the East, where I come: from, the producers are-protest- ~ing’ the ‘decline in prices and we w1ll ~have the same thing here.” . . A few days after hogs dropped from : 22 cents to 12 cents, and cattle in the ‘same proportlon, which meant a lot of ‘suffering here in the West. A Iot of /I people had only one or two hogs which ‘| they had bought bran and 'shorts for *|vall summer to fatten for fall, so they | ‘could buy a’'few clothes for their chil- ' dren, but when-that slump took place - ' the chlldren had to be kept out of, || school 'on account of lack of clothes: The M‘nneapohs Tribune came out, : either the 2nd or 3rd of January, stat- | ing that Attorney General Palmer had. : nderful thmg here last fall dO‘ne merchant of Minnesota. - there for 15 years and’ ‘Two years ago'l. pald 90 cents Prmcxpally for Benefit of : Packers, Says Merchant He reduced the pnces of hogs, ete.; but. _the housewives and consumers haven't : noticed the decline in prices. 'The - - packers got the farmers’ hard-earned stock for nothing, you might say, but their products, - such ‘as lard, bacon, ham, etc.; kept almost the same level:. T also notxced by the Tribune that " Armour & Co. declared’ a’ dividend of . 134 per cent, so T thmk ‘this will tell . its own story. ' C A. BUETHE Berthold N D (From the Evemng Journal Belhng— & o 7 ham, Wash:)/ ¢ . The United 'States supreme court ~‘has upheld the legality of seven of the - . most important laws enacted by the Nonpartisan league legislature” of North Dakota, all ‘of which gave the - state power to- enter private business fields. . * - * * . The Nonpartisan ‘league should' be’ thorough]y and cor- 5 ~rectly understood ‘both in its objects =~ here and in the effects its coming dinto “power would produce, because it ‘af- fords an avenue for independent ex- - pression in a nonpartisan way for the Whateom, San Juan and Island county farmers, and, in fact, for the 60,000 farmers in thls state who have here-' ; “‘tofore ‘been ‘without such expression of their political interests through ex- . isting political ‘organizations. There- : fore, not' because the North Dakota - ‘Townley is: good ‘or bad* not because ‘have been Socialists or: Republicans or Democrats, but becanse. the League . 18 a distinctly farmers’ organization, = | the ‘readers ‘and 'supporters of the = ° Journal are entltled tu 1he truth-'- : about 1t ; ; .program is: good or bad; not because T some of the League’s supporters: ‘may i