The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 4, 1920, Page 5

COLORADO “OVER THE TOP” | Leaguers Win Sweeping Victory in Primary Election With Ticket Headed by Collins for Governor EAGUE and iabor forces of Colorado mary election of September 14. League -candidates were nominated on the . Democratic ticket with big majorities that are still growing. From unofficial returns, available as this issue of the Leader goes to press, it is apparent that the majority of James M. Collins, League candidate for governor, will be at least 10,000 -and may reach 12,000 or more. These are the candidates whose victory is as- sured: ) Governor—James M. Collins. Lieutenant Governor—Ed Anderson. State Treasurer—William Tanner. State Auditor—Ray .Price. Superintendent of Public: lnstructmn—Mary 3 C. C. Bradford. Congress, Second District—A. F. Browns. In addition to these candidates, whose nomination is assured, the following League candidates are slightly ahead of their opponents on unofficial and incomplete returns: United States Senator—W. R. Callicotte. Attorney General—George H. Hetherington. Complete official returns probably will be neces- sary to determine definitely the winners for these - offices, but Leaguers are confident that final results will show a clean sweep for their ticket. Mr. Collins, like Governor Frazier of North Da- kota, is a. regular “dirt farmer.” He is president of the Farmers’ union of Colorado. Under his guid- ance the Colorado state Union has grown to be one of the livest and most progressive in the country. Ever since the Nonpartisan league started organ- ization work in Colorado Mr. Collins has been a booster. He has served on the state executive com- mittee and at all times has been a tireless worker. He saw from the first the necessity of political ac- tion by the farmers through the League, in addition .to co-operative action through the Farmers’ union and the. Grange The three orgamzatlons alwavs have worked in harmony in Colorado. Ed Anderson, the candidate of the League and labor forces for lieutenant governor, is a leader among the organized workers of the state:. For many years he has been secretary of the Colorado Federation of Labor. Mary Bradford is the present superintendent of schools in Colorado and was in- dorsed for re-election on account of her excellent record. The other winners also have records of service in behalf of the people of Colorado and can be depended upon. CALLICOTTE STRONG MAN WITH A FINE RECORD 3 If Mr. Callicotte is finally successful in his contest and is elected to the United States senate, that body will have as a member one of the strongest and most characteristic members in its history. Mr. Callicotte is 78 years old, but is one of the most forceful and active men of the West. He was born on an Indiana farm, fought throughout the Civil war, returned and followed successfully the vocations of farmer; superintendent. of schools and civil engi- neer, providing «_for the rearing - and education . of five younger brothers and sisters, in ad- dition to his own family of five. In recent years Mr. Cal- licotte’s time has been de- voted almost . exclusively to campaigns in _behalf of legis- lation in the “people’s inter- S i est. He was chairman, at . Washington, -D. C., of the Farmers’ union v won a tremendous victory in the pri- - “backed by Rockefeller money. In legislatlve committee that secured the patcel post law, the law establishing the bureau of markets and the amendment to the Sherman anti-trust law exempting farmer and labor co-operative organ- izations. ; He also has been a leading fighter for state and national prohibition, the initiative, referendum and recall, and co-operative laws. For more than 20 years Mr.. Callicotte has been a leading figure in Colorado’s political life and he now bids fair to take a well earned-place in the affairs of the nation. The fight of the people of Colo- rado for political freedom has many points of similarity with the fight of the people in Montana, where the Leaguers also have won a sweeping victory. Both Montana and Colorado are mining states. Both have been ruled for years past by great min- ing corporations—Montana’s mas- ter has been the Anaconda Copper Mining company, with which is allied the Milwaukee railroad and Montana Power, company — all Colorado the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, another Rockefeller cor- poration, has been supreme in the industrial world. While the Colo- rado Fuel & Iron company has been engaged in beating down the work- ers of the state a highly monopoliz- ed milling combine and the Great Western Sugar company, the Moun- tain states branch of the Have- meyer sugar trust, have beaten down the farmers. Wheat prices in Colorado consxstently have been based on the Kansas City market, minus the freight, ‘while flour prices have been Kansas City prices, plus the freight, the Colorado millers thus makmg the profits on both wheat and flour freight, in addition to-all the normal profits of the business. year in exorbitant profits on sugar, while beet growers have received barely enough money to keep in the business. Co-operation has been promoted among the farm- ers by the Union and the Grange, but was fought at every step by the monopohzed interests. The lead- ers in both the Grange and the Union saw the necessity of polit- ical action along with economic action, and joined forces imme- diately to promote and encour- age the Nonpartisan league since the time it entered the state. The past three years have been devoted to quiet, effective organization work. At the same time the labor men of Denver, been active in their own polit- ical organization. The two forces met in con- The state capitol of Oolorado at Denvet, where a farmer and worker admimstratlon bids fair to hold forth after the fall election. PAGE FIVE James M. Collins, farmer can- didate for governor of Colorado. The Great . Western Sugar company has made millions' every Pueblo and other cities have - vention a few months ago and named the candidates who have now proved successful at the primaries. At first the opposition scoffed at the idea that the League and labor forces would be able to carry Colorado. As primary day approached they grew more apprehensive. Thousands upon thousands of dollars were spent in a last-minute drive and all the old lies against the Leaguers, familiar for years to the farmers of North Dakota and Minnesota, were dug up, rehashed and repeated. “When returns began coming, in from the election it was expected that Collin<’ oppo- nent, Robert Higgins, a prominent Democrat, would lead with the city and town precincts reporting first. To the surprise of everybody Col- lins jumped ‘into the lead at the start. The labor men of the cities of Colorado, remembering the long misrule of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, culminating in the Ludlow massacre of women and children, had adopted the “We’ll Stick” slogan. LABOR IN CITIES . STICKS WITH FARMERS As country precincts began roll- - ing in Collins’ lead grew larger and larger and it became apparent that all other candidates on the League ticket, with one or two possible ex- ceptions, would be named as- the Democratic nominees. In addition to nominating all state and congressional candidates it is reported, as this issue of the Leader goes to press, that League candidates for the legislature were nominated in every county in which the farm- ers entered the contest. In practically all of these counties the League also had a complete county ticket which received a big majority as against the old-line Democrats. The labor voters of Denver nomingted their can- didate for congress, Benjamin C. Hilliard, three state senators and 11 representatives. The Democratic “old guard,” sore at their defeat all along the line, are talking of running their can- didates as “Independent Democrats,” representing the machine, at the November 2 election. Such action, it is felt, will insure League victory this fall if the farmers and labor men and women go down the line behind their ticket as they did at the September primaries. Livestock Overcharges , In the course of its supervision over livestock mar- kets under the food control act the department of agriculture has been investigating the practices of livestock commission firms licensed under that act. In a number of instances overcharges by such firms on feed furnished by them in the stockyards to their patrons’ consignments of stock have been dis- closed at some of the largest livestock market cen- ters as a result of audits made by accountants of the bureau of markets stockyards supervision service. These overcharges in some cases have amounted to many thousands of dollars annually. One large commission firm recently was required to restore to its consignors overcharges made by it since January 1, 1918. A number of firms, insisting _.that these amounts in their own cases accumulated without any knowledge or willful intent on their part, but by reason of the method of doing business in the stockyards, and not claiming the money as their own, have assured the department of their willingness to remit to their shippers on an equita- ble pro rata basis. Arrangements to that effect are now in progress. Others have refused to adjust the overcharges in this manner and notices have been served upon such firms that unless they make proper restitution to their shippers their licenses will be suspended or ‘revoked, as the circumstances may warrant. Six of these firms at Chicago, on whom these notises were ' served, were granted a temporary injunction re- straining the secretary of agriculture from revoking _ their licenses pending a hearing in federal court.