The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 9, 1920, Page 10

‘Another Score Is Against Mrs. H. A. P, Pity for Idle Rich' Echoed Montana Woman Quotes Wilson-on Dooming ~of Scions of Wealth to Obscurity #| DITOR Nonpartisan Leader:. In an- 1| swer to Mrs. H. A. P.s letter, “the wife of a clever business man,” who by. chance read one of our Nonparti- san Leaders, will say she is ‘wrong. This nation is not in need of leisure vich. Idleness goes with great riches. Idleness is one of the ruinations of humanity. e poorer classes are not striving to obtain the places or posi- tions held by the rich of today. ; The honor of being really rich is made bitter by the way in which the rich have been dominating over the poorer class. We are striving for something far greater for the people than riches, something that riches cgn .ot buy, and that is justice to one and all. And Jjustice we shall have, : ) The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it, the man who is in the fight knows what blotvs are being dealt and what blood is being drawn. . The man who is “on the make” is the judge\. of what is happening in America today. Not the man who has made good, nor he who has emerged from the flood, nor the man who stands on the bank looking om, but the fman who is struggling for life, and lives far dearer to himself than his own, is the mzn who will tell you what ~'\s going on in°America today. ; The man who thinks common thoughts, he who has had common experiences, can interpret America aright. J ; We are proud of Abraham Lincoln, 2 man who rose out of the ranks and interpreted America far better than any man had done who had risen out of the privileged classes or the educated class of America. Mr. Wilson, speaking at a school where most of the young men were sons of rich men, told them he looked upon them with & great deal of pity, because most of them were doomed to obscurity. “You will not do anything,” he said, “you never will do any- thing and with all the great tasks of ‘America wait- ing to be done probably you are the very men who will decline to do them.” Is this the kind we have to look forward to for our future governors and presidents ? = Some man who has been up against it, who has come out-of the crowd, someone who has had the whip of necessity laid on his back, will emerge from the crowd, will show that he understands the crowd, understands the,interests of our nation, united and not separated, and will stand up and iead us. I am sorry Mrs. H. A. P. feels we are trying to tear down our government, At present it is being zm by the moneyed rich, or in other words, by a few. We can not look for justice from that source of gavernment. In reality we are trying to obtain justice through' a government by the people-and for the people. Raymond, Mont. MRS. M. S. Protection of Motherhood Sheppard-Towner Bill in Congress Aims to Aid Childbirth ’ ' The Sheppard-Towner bill for the protection of ‘motherhood and infancy merits the approbation of every woman in the United States. It is the first attempt to deal in any governmental way with the constant dangers that beset maternity and make of it a most hazardous undertaking. It is the first attempt to provide for the child, both before and after birth, the protection and care without which he ¢an not survive. | This bill is, in a word, a frank recognition that the first concern of a nation’ is the welfare of its people, : % "This bill, introduced into the senate by Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas and into the house by Judge Horace Towner of Iowa, is sensible in'its ap- proach to the task it‘undertakes. By\this act the states become co-partners with the federal govern-. ment in the carrying on of the work, all states bénefiting by the act, but those states -benefiting most who appropriate sums equal to‘thoge appro- priated by the federal government. The bill is sen- /.\ THE FARM WOMAN’S PAGE ~ , 3 sible, too, because it recognizes that such a big ac- complishment can not spring full grown and com- plete into immediate “existence. The '‘amount of money appropriated begins modestly with the sum of :$2,000,000 for the first year, the sum to be grad- ually increased until it reaches.$4,000,000, and ap- portioned according to the state population, provid- ed states decide.that they can appropriate like sums. In addition to this amount, however, the bill provides for an annual appropriation of $480,000 to be divided equally among the states without guar- antee of a like sum. Any state, no matter how poor, can therefore benefit in some degree by the passage of the bill. SECRETARY OF LABOR WOULD BE CHAIRMAN OF NEW BOARD L 3 The Tederal administratit;n\‘of the act is to be in the hands of a board of maternal and infant hygiene bt to consist of the secretary of labor, chairman; the - chief of the children’s bureau, executive officer; the surgeon general of the United States public health « service, and the United States commissioner of ‘edu- cation. Plans for the state work must be submitted to and approved by this board. The administration of the acts in the states is to be in the hands of a like board of maternal and in- fant hygiene, or in the hands of the state board of health, provided that such board gives due atten- tion to child welfare and child hygiene. The federal board may require the co-operating state boards to appoint advisory committees both state and local . 1o assist in carrying out the act. At least half of the members of these committees must be women. ~ The work done under the act must include in- /~struction in the hygiene of maternity and infancy through public health nurses, consultation centers and other suitable methods. It makes provision of medical and nursing care for mothers and infants at home or at a hospital, when necessary, especially in remote regions. . 7 b ~ Mrs. Ina Phillips Williams of Yakima,"Wash., came; into national prominence “recently as one of thej leading figures at the Farmer-Labor party convens tion in Chicago. She is_a strong League booster, a member of the Washington legislature, a mémber: of the Committee-of Forty-eight and a thorough progressive.. When not engaged in defending the rights of the workers, Mrs. Williams looks after her farm. She can milk a cow as well as any “We’ll Sticker,” she avers. THE MAN WHO STICKS The man who sticks has this lesson learned: ‘Success doesn’t come by chance—it’s earned By pounding away; for good hard knocks = ‘Will make stepping-stones of the stumbling blocks; He knows in his heart that he can not fail, That no-ill fortune can make him quail, y ‘While his will is strong and his courage high, For he’s always good for another try. He doesn’t expect by a single stride =~ To jump to the front; he is satisfied To do every day his level best, And let the future take care of the rest. For the man who sticks has the sense to se@ He can make himself what he wants to be, ~ If he’ll off with his coat and pitch right in— . Why, the man who sticks can’t help but win. : . PAGE TEN : *banners, Nonpartisan papers, books [y S5 Junior Nonpartisan Clubs in Formation The Junior Nonpartisans Frazee (Minn.) Children Arouse Enthusi« asm—Will Aid Campaigning ORMATION of junior Nonpartisan | league clubs are next in order, judg- ing from letters from young boosters of the Middle Wést to the editor of the Woman’s page. The “We'll Stick Juniors” club was organized recently at Frazee, Minn., with a substantial membership, while Miss Freda Beilke of Stewart, Minn., writes t the young folks of her section have organized: a ¢lub to entertain Leaguers. - : “We have organized the ‘We'll Stick’ soldiers by a new name,” writes Edward Kinnunen, president of the Frazee organization. “It is the ‘We'll Stick Juniors’ and here are our bylaws: - : “The We'll Stick Juniors are to be useful by do- ing work at home and obeying their parents. “The We'll Stick Juniors will be useful to the © League in distributing pamphlets, ete., to the farm- ers, posting campaign posters, selling campaign ete. “The boys that belong will be the future Nor- partisans, as they will understand the movement . ‘when they are still young. ‘We charge 50 cents & year dues, and have a membership card and a but- ton. The fees will be used in campaigns, and if we get enough cash we are going to get a small press and print a small paper for the We'll Stick Juniors.. Boys from 13 to 21 years old are eligible.” Miss Beilke writes: “Being very much interested in the Farm Woman’s page, and having watched it closely, I am convinced that the women are waking “up, and I wish to say that we are all'awak; in this county. (2% G : \ “We young folks here are organized and that makes life very pleasant indeed. We gave a Non- partisan league program last year and intend to do the same this year. We are all true blue to the Nonpartisan league and hope that we can win in the fall election.”? : Idle Women Gamblers Oklahoma Woman Decries Mrs. H. A. P. : Clasg Indolent G Editor Nonpartisan Leader: In the last issue of your paper I saw a letter from a woman who signed * herself Mrs. H. A. P. and you ask is this woman right? I think she is most decidedly wrong. In part, she says: “We must have a wealthy leisure class to cultivate the finer things of life and educate and train theyoung to become our future governors and presidents.” Is it our wealthy leisure class who chiltivate the finer things of life? And have not some of our best and most honest presidents and governors come from the working people? Just the other day I read of a wealthy bunch of idle women -gamblers. One of their number, having lost heavily, stole from her companions. She is now in prison, a fine example of & woman with every chance to cultivate the finer things of life had it not been for too much money and idleness. I ask ~you, is it right and did God intend, that in a land _ of plenty we should have a people who do nothing and yet can afford to feed their pet dogs better than- the man who"toils from norning until night can “feed his children. The farmer and laborer are the real Americans and where would our wealthy leisure class be were it not for them? If man, by his labor, could have a good home of his own, which is his by every right, a place where he could bring up his ' family in comfort and plenty, educate them, which is their due, then all could cultivate some of the finer things of life; as‘it is we have too many social para- sites who feed off the labor of our working men and women. The result is our country is in a state of riots and social unrest which tends to tear down our government and society. Even with the landing . of the Pilgrims we had the social parasites who wanted fo live from the labors of others and no:- doubt, as Mrs., H. A. P. says, “train, their young - to be governors and presidents” and tl(e colony was * in danger of becoming a failure until their leader made the, rule that those who did not work could nop/eat. Had this same leader lived today he would be branded by Mrs. H. A, P. and her kind as an “unprincipled agitator.” o Billings, Okla.- |/ MRS, DAVIS E, MOORE. v