The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 18, 1920, Page 2

Y i ' ‘The Nonpartisan Leader OCTOBER 18, 1920 o TWENTY PAGES (G701 BRI (< e SIS SRR oS I 1 By Congressman john .M. Baer Pages3and4 . . . . . R Topics of the day of espec:al mterest to Leaguers Pageb5 . . . . What Does It Cost to Grow Wheat? Answermg a big question for thousands of farmers Page6 . . . . Record of Thirty-Six “Farm Papers” How farmers were ‘sold out” by their pretended friends Page7 . . . . . North Dakota Taxes Are Lowered Facts you won’t figd in anti-League publications’ Qolor Cartoon Editorials i 3 Saw Your Own Wood With Your 1!, H. P. Engine. This easy running saw frame, suitable for cord- wood or pole, from factory to farmer. Complete cu Built' strung and well braced; suitable for use with 1% to 8 H. P. en- gines, Buy direct from the factory and don’t get b the trust. Without saw, PRICE, $28.00, price of high znde wurrn.nuad saws below. Diameter of saws, inches 2 30, 32, Price of SAWS wvvee... 54 55 50 fl 50 $8.75 $20,00 B o i totay Pages8and 10 . . . . . . League State News The HOOf Mfg. CO. Live news from Co]orado, Nebraska, Idaho, Minnesota and elsewhere Wo ‘afe moi 13 ths 4rat. Pages s 2 VL KR p ..~ Farm Woman’s Department, & Of, by and for the new voters Pagel5 . .. . . ..u Armour & Co. Write Us Again Some facts about the earnings of the packers Pagel6 . . . . . TheProposed National Wheat Pool What are the prospects for its success? Page 17 . " . v Peasant Farmers Organizing in India Asm takes lesson from the Nonpartisan league Page 18 & LA e “ '« o . Cut and Dried The Lender'u popular “Sense and Nonsense" department Page19 . v . ¢ o 0. Classified Advertlsements The farmers’ market place EIGHT CARTOONS BY W. C. MORRIS IN THIS ISSUE - Sawed by On AWA, Get your own fuelatless il than 2¢c & cord, then supply demand 820 a cord Over tgd H-P. 8.}3 ptrokes a minute. Wheel- mory Prloo HOW. Write to Ottawa Mfg. Co. 4 2349 Wood St. Ottawa, Kansao. Advertising and a Free Press BY OLIVER 8. MORRIS EDITOR to tell me specific instances regarding advertisers being bulldozed or scared away from using the Leader’s advertising columns. He told me the other day that ads of a well-known farm machinery manufacturer, who has used our advertising columns with splendid results, will not appear any more in the Leader. This company frankly stated that the chamber of com- merce was “fighting” the crganized farmers and making it so “hot” for this company that the company would have to withdraw from the Leader, presum- ably to maintain its necessary financial and business connections. You shnuld have our direct ’ from factory to farm prices = ! belom ym_ buy fence. i HIGH QUALITV FENCE—-LOW FRlGEs Yeu can not afford to miss this opportunity. our nearest factory today. Dogglfifv%\'&onm After hearing this and other similar stories it occurred to me that the m“-fi&fi?.‘..shwa stiltuator, Winn. Leader ought to take you, its readers, into its confidence in regard to our ex- periences with advertisers. These experiences are highly interesting in them- selves and throw much light on our fight, and the fight of many other independ- ent publishers, to maintain a free press. So in every issue in this same place from now on I am going to discuss advertising with you. : I am going to give you important and often sensational facts. First, let me say that the Nonpartlsan Leader is the best pulling adver- tising medlum. circulating among farmers in the United States. This is not an idle boast. The records of those who use our columns demonstrate it. The Leader’s pulling power is due to your interest in the paper and your patronage of the manufacturers and business houses that use our columns. Yet it is an uphill fight to get advertising for the Leader. Hundreds of advertisers who use the other farm papers refuse to use the Leader, though they admit it would I(EL!.Y DUPLEX °C0Tver ande Grmding Mill Grinds alfalfas 4 out shucks, onta.rye. bnrlew. corn and all other grains. prULL p&m g_u mhf.'..:. mean more profit to them if they did. Why? Because the Leader is promoting cg;lggnfo, Fie e capesi, | B farmers’ program and backing a farmers’ organization that the big finan- sets of cial and business interests disapprove.. These interests are able in various ways.to influence or force advertisers to shy clear of the Leader. Even after they start to use the Leader they are sometimes compelled to withdraw on account of too great pressure of the farmers’ enemies, as the incident re- counted at the start of this talk shows. ° Now it follows that those advertisers who DO use our columns, who DO defy or ignore the threats of your enemies and our enemies, are business men whoido not seek to influence us, or UNFAIRLY fight your organization and your program. I do not say they APPROVE your program. But they are not UNFAIR. They advertise because they want to do business with you, our )\ dunceludcun Mmflm.fin- mediom aniform hgnnhx ?3 t. be bu@ Emclnllv adapted Gltofi!l. Engl lor froe DUPLEX MIILL & MFG. co.. on 889. Spfln'llall. Ohlo “ ick: to Ithinkyoueaneesilyp up $1200 mbalinc aayl el Co n.%mer.flmuo.. Ammndewmn dmfh an/ Admiral Hfl Press program and organization. AMERICAN ‘BUSINESS MEN:WHO DO NOT SEEK TO CONTROL THE PRESS. Their very presence in our columns proves that. 'Their presence there is in spite of the threats and pleading of enemies of the farmers’ program, and in spite of the fact that we are boycotted by most advertisers who use the farm papers generally.” This further clinches their claim on your respect and patronage. 'When you patronize them' you not only help them ahd the Leader— P ,&Vgpfi’wwfl'fim s, | YOU STRIKE A BLOW FOR A FREE PRESS IN AMERICA. Such business Dy e, e O A e rone | men should be encouraged, AN business men should learn, as some are learn- and auy lenth or thickness 20; 10088 ing now through the Leader with your co- operatlon, that it PAYS not to try- No time to learn. Sell extra rope to your to sandbag and gag-editors and publishers... . ,':,"?,,é“,}}:{’.}’;é‘ ispeciai on this adver- Continue to give these men your patronage. Next issue T will tell you EcoNoMY Mmm 2 fi.fi o o 507, Hllmnfls. Mina, | 2bout some advertisers who DO seek to control the press, and will explam d in quantities to agents. their methods. Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers PAGE TWO | i [ e T S ; EXPERT Automob'le and Tractor Me- THE advertlsmg manager of the Leader occasionally drops into my office | JOS. J. KOVAR, Mfr., readers, not to bring pressure on us here at the Leader office to betray your-~ In other words, the Leader’s advertising columns are an INDEX OF ADVERTISEMENTS BE AN AUTOMOTIVE EXPERT! chanics are demand everywhere. Well trained men earn big money. YOU ¢an qualify for these positions. We teach wou by daily actual practice under skilled instructors. Experience in training thousands of mechanics for U. S. Govern- ment. Coursé include all branches of automobiles, tractors, welding and tire vul- e ea. O 150 classes. ca'talog tells how we et automotive. posi- U c ggrx:s.‘ Send for your "’ “ ( ‘Motor Institute, Ine 73 ‘ i 2622 University ‘Avenue S. E. Earn $100 to $400 a Month Young Of fid by'hldlflm m ! UB.Gov * and over neelunla.numlnniav : Do previous necessary. Write today for fllustrated free catalog mE fimfinu hundreds of Eictuu men KILL QUACK Kovar Quac Grass l(nller and : Alfalfa Cultivator horoughly tested on my 'own and other farms. Endorsed by agricultural experts_amd thonsands of satisfled _ users. Keeps Two-Tooth View" 3‘;‘.‘,‘{‘"{,,3,’?%" to 780 0wnw Minn, Jor comfort | Every pair guaranteed L MADE AT SHIRLEY MASSACHUSETTS uine Stand- _ - Writing, Undenmod. newg 8 rebuilt, yours for $5.00 % down and then easy month ts, at factory Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers