The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 18, 1920, Page 9

terference Wwith any peaceable gather- ing of men or women whether they came from the towns or the farms. Mr. Wray is president of the Ne- braska Social Workers’ association and is taking an active part in the drafting of a new ‘children’s code in Nebraska which will adequately protect the chil- dren of the state. He is a lawyer and_served three terms as county judge of York county. . Robert D. Mousel of Cambridge, ‘Neb., is known all over the United States and in fact over the world as “Bob” Mousel, breeder of Hereford .cattle. He also was born in Nebraska and still lives on the homestead taken by his father 46 years ago. Mr. Mousel is a member of the: Nonpartisan league, is married and has six children. . F. L. Bollen of Wayne, Neb., Inde- pendent candidate for attorney gen- - eral, is a leading attorney of northeast Nebraska. He has been a resident of Record of Thirty-Six “Farm Papers”’ (Continued from page 7) ers’ association, with no mention of its having been prepared by the imple- ment dealers. And the so-called “farm papers” began picking up the manu- facturers’ propaganda in their edi- torial columns, and telling that their own investigations had convinced them that there was no hope of a reduction .in implement and machinery prices. In' June another joint conference was held between the implement manufacturers and the “farm papers.” Another statement was agreed upon,. entitled “Why Present Prices of Manu- factured Articles Go Hand in Hand With the High Prices of Farm Prod- ucts.” Again the manufacturers pre- sented the statement and again it was issued, not in their name, ‘but in the name of the Agricultural Publishers’ association. Meantime steel prices had been re- duced sharply. Early in July a break came in the ranks of the manufactur- ers themselves. A few prominent com- . penies decided to give farmers some aavantage in their saving and an- nounced reductions in tractor prices, among them the Avery and Interna- tional Harvester interests." Whereupon Frank B. White, man- “aging director of the Agricultural Publishers’ association, wrote a letter to.tractor companies, demanding that they explain to him why they were re- ducing prices! White’s letter demand- ed information on the following lines: “First—Have you lowered prices on any or all styles of your tractors? -If 50, how much and for what reason? “Second—Have you lowered prices on any other 1mplement or .imple- ments ? “Third-—Do you antxclpate further readjustment of prices in any of your lines ? “Fourth—Is : there, in your judg- ment, any prospect of lowering of ~up. They were supported in this by Nebraska for 81 years and _served in the 1918 session of the legislature, where he made a splendld record as a fighter for progressive laws. In the third congressional district the Nonpartisan league and organized labor have indorsed Mrs. Marie Weekes, editor of the Norfolk Press, as the Independent candidate for con- gress: Mrs. Weekes has been making a fine impression everywhere she has spoken and has been drawing great crowds. - That the race in that district is be- tween Mrs., Weekes and Congressman R. E. Evans is generally conceded. Congressman Evans’ record in the last congress was reactionary to the last degree. He voted for the Esch-Cum- mins bill even when it contained the anti-strike clause and also voted for the Fess amendment which would have placed every farmers’ co-operative company under the provisions of the anti-trust law. “costs on basis of materials or salaties | that may justify & -lowering of prices? “Fifth—What can we say to our members (the individual farm papers) that will satisfy them that prices are being or will be reasonably maintain- ed? “It is our desire to co-operate with you to the limit. Naturally we expect you to safeguard our interests by /glv- ing ug dependable information, so’that we may confidently pass it on to the buying public.” The inferences and insinuations in this letter are plain, The so-called “farm papers” had accepted as gospel truth and put out under their own name the statement that no prices would be reduced. Now prices were being reduced. Instead of represent- ing the farmers who subscribed to the so-called “farm papers,” White, as: their spokesman, demands that the tractor manufacturers account to him for not keeping prices up to the war level. He offers to “co-operate to the limit,” but insists that when the manu- facturers say they will keep prices up, they will have to keep them up, or tell White the reason why! There, in the last analysis, is the reason why farm 1mplement and farm tractor prices are not coming down. In the first place most of the manufac- “turers naturally wanted to keep prices the so-called “farm papers,’ supposed to represent the farmer but in reality ready to sell out the farmer on: a moment’s notice, ) But when a few more far-sighted manufacturers, with materials reduec- ed in price, see a possibility of reduc- ing the price of farm implements to the farmer, the so-called papers” cry that this must be prevent- ed, that manufacturers must keep up their prices, whether they want to or not—to protect the farm papers! - ‘What Does It Cost to Raise Wheat? (Continued from page 5) slightly higher in ‘1920 than in 1919, . It is therefore probable that the cost per bushel was approximately the same, or slightly less. , 5 ‘Wheat today is selling at country points in North Dakota and other states for considerably less than $2 per bushel. The average cost per bushel is approximately $3 for the state, - whichever set of figures be taken. It is therefore evident that most of the farmers of the state are producing wheat at a loss under present prices. In publishing this. pamphlet - the North: Dakota Ag'ncultural college is performing a service to the farmers . quite different from that performed by most so-called = “farmer agencies,” which urge increased production, whether at a profitior a loss. * It is evident from these figures that ~higher prices must be obtained for wheat, otherwise its production can not be continued. As Herbert Hoover pointed out in a speech printed in the last issue of the Leader, only 3 cents out of the 12 cents that the city work- er pays for a loaf of bread goes back to the farmer who produced the wheat. The farmer must have a larger share of the 12 cents if he is to con~ tinue producing wheat. Otherwise less wheat will'be produced, there will be a scarcity and bread will be hard to ob- tain at any price. “farm | "HA adjustment. 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