The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 26, 1920, Page 8

T A 1 R T P e R ik i e, L-—-------- ---,—----—fi---------------- " Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers ~ % ADVERTISEMENTS Bonds of Freedom . to strike away Bonds of Injustice Billions- have'been spent in the name of Liberty, but the workers still have their struggle before them. By all means let’s have a FREE PRESS—free daily and weekly newspapers and monthly magazines—but if the main channels of the news rémain clogged with LIES; the efforts of the workers’ press will be feeble indeed. The chains that bind the workers are the chains of false, - news and fact suppression. One newspaper can’t strike them off. Neither can a dozen. | A NEWS ASSOCIA- TION made up-of truth-telling newspapers all over the land-is the only weapon fit for the job. That association exists today. Will YOU take the re- sponsibility of letting it die for lack of the little financ-- ing it needs to make it a success? -~ ‘Don’t GIVE Anything— LEND $25 for LIBERTY You are asked to make an investment in the cause of Liberty, The Federated Press wants this money to ex- pand its service and put it on a paying basis. #It will sell you interest-bearing bonds in denominations of $25 each, these bonds to be repaid out of the earnings of one of the safest of business enterprises. If you don’t know enough about the Federated Press to satisfy you that you ought to be one of its backers, write and inquire. It is formed of free newspapers— workers’ and farmers’ newspapers. The Minnesota Daily Star, soon to start publication, is a charter mem- ber. The Seattle Union Record is another; so is the Butte Bulletin and the Milwaukee Leader and the New York Call, Hundreds of labor papers are subscribers to its service. It is formed to get the truth to the people, to enable workers’ newspapers to live. It has news connections all over the world. "It is endorsed by - all great leaders in the struggle for industrial liberty Address and a free press. You Can Invest—Safely—Today The Opportunity Will Not Long Be Open _ Though a bond-issue of $100,000 has been authorized by the directors, no more will be sold than is necessary. Bohds of other press associations, formed in a similar way, are now among the most coveted of securities. erated Press are likely to have the same history. Nonpartisan League Members - Are Especially Invited to Participate There are especially strong reasons why Nonpartisan League members should take part in this effort to put the people’s press on a sure foundation. :Only when the truth ds told can great organizations of voters expect to succeed in their efforts to put political power in the hands of the people. The Nonparti- flan League press saved North Dakota. , Lack of a similar press has made the'struggle infinitely more hard in other states. This is truly an investment in FREEDOM FOR THE PEOPLE. Pin a check for $25 to the blank below, filling In your name and address. Or if you want more information we will send it. But act today: Eficlosure, $ . ‘ : "Mail to Herbert E. Gaston, Tréasurer the Federated Prgss, Daily Star Building, Minneapolis, Minn. The bonds of the Fed- PAGE EIGHT * Your Magaziné on a New Basis Nonpartisan Leader to Be Issued Alternately With Official State Papers on Bi-Weekly Arrangement ] read by Leaguers. will be every two weeks. cation ir the future. every week. 3 experience to be the logical plan. Following is the statement of the national executivé committee: - & After a careful consideration of existing conditions in the League and League publication organizations, the’ national executive committee finds it necessary to instruct the League pub- lications to reduce the number of is- sues at once. The official League state papers in .nine states where they are published and the national magazine, the Non- partisan Leader, in future will be is- sued once every two weeks in place of every week. This will give members in practically all League states a paper every week, because the national paper will be published the week when the state paper is not published. The publication organization will make an announcement of the dates when this change will be effective. The date of change will be as soon as it can con- veniently be arranged by the publica- tions. 5 : : The reason for this reduction in the number of papers going to League members is that, with publication costs what they now are, it is no longer possible, for the present mem- - bership fee, to issue so many papers and at the same time keep up and ex- tend the League organization. The publications are. now. using paper that costs 16 cents per pound. Paper formerly cost 2 to 3 cents per pound and even less. e While there may be a slight reduc- tion in this price during the coming year there is no hope of getting paper { for less than many times what it formerly cost. Paper is the chief i | item in publication business, but all other publication costs have- soared.” gore, usually double the former price, lust be- paid for all supplies. The THE LEADER TO BE BI-WEEKLY - According to recommendations of the national executive committee “of the Nonpartisan league, printed in full herewith, from now on the Nonpartisan Leader will be published every two weeks. fully set forth in the League’s announcement, which should be carefully 1 In brief, doubled publication costs and the increase®- cost_of organization work make it necessary to make this change. This will be the last/issue of the Nonpartisan Leader on a weekly basis. The next issue will be dated August 9, and thereafter publication The same recommendations regarding the Nonpartisan Leader, the national magazine, applies to the League OFFICIAL STATE PAPERS in the nine states where they are published. These also will be ‘issued every two weeks in placé of every week. The state papers will be pub- lished the week that the national paperiis not published, so that Leaguers will continue to get a paper every week in thosé& states. state papers will make their own announcements as to dates of publi- The staff of the Nonpartisan Leader believes that this change will not materially affect the efficiency of the Nonpartisan Leader in the cause of democracy and justice generally and in aiding the specific pro- gram of tie Nonpartisan farmers in particular. We will be able to pub- lish a larger paper than formerly—that is, after the new pla: running smoothly, you will get a bigger paper every two weeks, instead of a smalil one every week. Most of our advertisers run their ads only every two weeks anyway.- The advertising revenue will thus be greater for each bi-weekly paper than it was for each weekly paper, because ¢ most of the ads that would otherwise go into two weekly issues will in™ * the future go into one bi-weekly issue. This means that we can get out a bigger and better paper every two weeks than we have been getting out We ask our readers to try out the new plan before jumping to any conclusions about it. We think you will find the Leader will be just as effective and interesting—even more so—than under the former plan of —publication. Few farm papers of national circulation issue weekly. They are most all semi-monthly or monthly, which has been found by As to the reasons for the Nonpartisan league recommendixig thls g change, the full facts appear in the League’s statement below, to~which the Leader could add nothifig and which you should read without fail. STATEMENT OF LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE B to make a living under high prices, ] he reasons are The various & get to OLIVER S. MORRIS, Editor. skilled labor required in the making of publications must of necessity be paid substantially more than formerly, if the mnewspaper workers, both in the mechanical and other departments, are to meet the high cost of living. Also,outside of the publications, the League gets only half what it former- ly got*for every dollar spent. Auto- mobiles, gasoline, oil and other ex- penses of organiz. ‘fon work are great- er by far than formerly. Organizers, must hayve more income. ' Stationery, office supplies, rent, heat, light and other expenses of state and national headquarters have increased in the same proportion. Salaries of League officers and executives are the only items the same as formerly. The plain facts are that the present - membership fees will not sustain the county organizations, the state organ- ization and the ndtional organization and the publications on the present basis, Jet alope leave anything for campaigns. And campaigns- are necessary if there is to be League suc- cess politically. s No'expense can be spared in press- ing organization work. In fact, more must be spent to bring in new mem- bers and extend the organization into unorganized territory. The expenses® of state and national headquarters, in- cluding the necessary supervision of organization and other work, have been pared to' § 7 penses are fixed'and no further reduc- tion can be made. This leaves the pub- lications as. the only possible fierd where the necessary savings can be made without' crippling League work. One paper every week, in place of two bapers every week, will not cripple League work., TIg vital organization