The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 5, 1920, Page 7

i Southem State Ready Go Into Lea.gue List rSEe F rom Texas ,Somethmg Domg Down in Dme i Land | er: ' Here is 'a gleam from the land ‘of ' the Lone Star, the land of ‘sunshine _verdant . plains;’ V.slnes “and sxlvery tongued - political. asses. Texas is a wonderful state. She . L . produces. everything good, from the most luscious: peach to. the prettiest wonen, .and everything bad,: from fever ticks to polecats and old-gang' _Democratxc politicians. . Crooked politicians ‘are ‘as thxck a8 - mites and they all want some office: These . professional politicians = are about as much benefit to Texas as a t:ck is to a:cow. . We have been dip- ~ ' ping our cows to get rid of the ticks _ and now we are planning to get rid of _ the politicians.” We have decided that the Nonpax:txsan Jeague is the best: = remedy to remove the. pohtxeal para<; . sites.. The-job is going to be “dead - ‘easy,” for the Democratic: party is . split into factions and the politicians ~© are now .rabxdly fightmg each other. “Teague sentiment is growing rap- 'idly in the western part of the state. '_ Some ‘of the‘wealthie‘st men are’ join- “ing the movement in Haskell' county. - We expect to elect every county offi- “cial in this county. ~ J.D: Horan of - Waco started the orgamzatxon here. He has done some very.effective work. ‘He is; ‘perhaps, the first orgamzer to * venture out into the west. o Joe: Hudspeth is orgamzer for Haa- .kell county:. This county had a num- " ber of ‘delegates at the eonvenhon in Waco May 22. The little towx{ of Rochester has a | Have Xo o : GHT oF o TfloqrAxPAYeR? e and flowers, azure LETTERS FROM LEAGUER : very strong orgamzatlon, perhaps one of the strongest: in Texas.. Doren Brown is president of the organiza- ‘tion. W. T. Bradley, a business man of this town, has boosted for the DITORNonpartxsan Lead- League from the begmmng, helped it ¢ finaneuflly and every other way he Zcould. Mr Bradley’s. friendly atti= ' “tude will long be remembered by ‘the farmers and League orgamzers L. J. Sulak has been, and. 18 now, . doing much good in western Texas, : speaking and creafing League ‘senti- ment. MONROE JONES. Rochester, Texas. : : “REPEATERS" IN STRAW VOTE : Your « Editor Nonpartlsan Leader: . statement in the issue for May 17 re- ‘. with you thoroughly. Standard Oil A.nswermg the Questions of a A Leaguer =1 DITOR Nonpartisan Lead- er: “You haye advocated .government: - control- of ‘and railroads, you have trust, the coal trust and other great monopohes, in all of which 1 agree Howkever, 1 have not yet seen when you have criticized the: ‘St,anda‘rd 0Oil: ‘company for things which:I can mention. The price of' various petx oleum:, fuels and oils have jumped since last - year and there isa large shortage of ?gardmg the poll that was taken by . the Literary Digest, to the effect that =’ %A straw vote will sult is desired—if the ive whatever re- ‘ballots are dis-- tributed carefully,” is: ce!tamly true, . but even it does not tell all.’ ‘%o 'add to it this sentence: “Particu- larly if certain persons a;e presented w1th ballots enough.”- ‘I happen to know that eertam lxsf:s : 'here in Norwalk, notably “of clergy-" ~men; school teachers and . business firms, have been circularized over and ‘over again, at intervals of a week or.: 10: days. True these different mail- ings have been addressed in various hands and may have been an error on “ the part of the Digest’s mailing forcs, - ‘nevertheless I noticed: that the gentry .. 1 want’™ gasoline in this country, which they . claim they can not help.. Yet I understand shlpload after - shipload. of gasoline is being sent to: ‘Burope, where it sells for from $1.25 t0. $1.50 2 zallon, while the people of - the United States suifer on account of “‘ahove mentioned, particularly the busi= ~ ness firms, have not neglected to mark: " - and remall all ‘the ballots delivered to ‘them. Needless to add that the * ‘bulk of these “repeaters” are staunch ’ Wood supporters RAY 'S KELLOGG Norwalk, Ohlo. '““‘the shortage. Distillate, which is ‘used in hun- dreds of engines: for u'ngatlon in the West and also for running fleets of fishing boats, was taken off thé mar- ket early thxs spring, which forced the use of high-priced gasoline when it could ‘be obtained. A natural resource and necessxty is - thus under control of a private nonop- oly. 'Is this any more nght than' the packmg d:mst R (S Y E. MATTHEWS. Patterson, Wash. ot i :The Leader beheves emphatlcally lfl. gove ent ‘control and ultim pub- lic. ownership of both pubhc lities and natural resources. A Quristand has * ‘mot been: changed in the least by the faet that the ,Slmndard 011 company - the “Big Five” packers. also condemned the steel . .a free press, Publxc Ownership of ~ Natural Resotirces. | has placed the Leader on its advertis- -ing schedule, - As ‘we said editorially in’ April, 1919, when this advertising started: “We are opposed fundsamen- tally to' control of mnatural resources, that should belong to all the people, by a few men. Neither John D. Rocke- .feller nor any of the men: connected with him put the:oil into the ground.” We have not refused to allow Stand- ard Oil to present its side of the case, because we believe in free speech ard grd *has: never sought/to control our editorial poalicy. ' This is. quite differ- ent from the ‘advertising policy of the - packers, who' place their advertising only ‘with ‘papers. that will present their case. editorially, at the same tlme —THE EDITOR, eee pa _—— LIKES LEAGUE .HISTORIES Editor Nonpartisan %’eader histories of the League by Russell and “ Gaston ‘are just what 1 have waited :for. . Though not a’ member. of the League, because I am.not & farmer, I Forthermore the Stand- ! siowaeiTed The " “have been from ifs inception in Minne-{.. sota an ‘active sympathizer, doing all in my power to further 1ts cause by talking, Success to the League. A HEYMOOLEN Gtand Raplds, Mich. ' GUARANTEED PRICE _Editor Nonpartisan' Leader: tainly would like to see the guaran: feed wheat price continued:for another year. ‘talked to are of the same opinion. We farmers. around “here “have had o crop for three ‘years, so we sure. “wonld like the guaranteed pnce to continue ‘and h(fie we will get a crop’ this year. CHRISTE EN' Mercer, N}D )u_ L 10 WANTS THE e:tgz COH ¢ { MUST NOT VOTE FOR THE BONUS - oy FEEL FoR POOR axpnyer. : But it has refy ‘Wall street hrokers ; f& T cer- All: the farmers that I have explaining ~ and defendmg.'