The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 13, 1921, Page 15

The Si gnificance of Maintained Quality P24 F highest significance to the mo- torist is the fact that during those times when the demands for gasoline have beenso greatas to threaten positive famines, Red Crown, the high- grade motor gasoline manufactured y the Standard Oil Com an?r (Indiana), maintained its standard o the face of every difficulty. Impartial tests made on authority of the Government proved Red Crown sur- passed the specifications set by the Gov- ernment for its requirements of motor gasoline. These facts indicate the ideals of service which animate the activities of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) in every department of its business. quality in . G. 0. P. “PROSPERITY” Editor Nonpartisan Leader: We are having real Republican prosperity out here in this neck of the slashings. The First National bank of Clarkston, Wash., caved in about 10 days ago, four state banks in Idaho, along the Clearwater, went with it, as they were under affiliated management or mis- management. Also the bank at Stites, 10 miles up the river, petered out just before the others. Of course it is easy to account for bank failures in North Dakota—the Nonpartisan league—but what causes them to go broke other places passes all understanding. The . country is fall of people with long faces and blue feelings and empty pockets, for you see we were wise last fall and voted for the “good dope” so we would have no- system such as North Dakota has, with guarantee _of ; bank deposits. Congress and the interstate com- merce commission continue to mulet the people in gay style to help the poor railroads. At other times we would hear much about the law pre- venting taking property from one (by taxes) to give it to another. But the railroads are in such great need that we can not do without them. Well, let’s own them ourselves. : We hear much from commercial ,clubs and tin-horn politicians about " doing something for the “deer peepul.” I would like to give them a gentle hint. The best way to help people is to help them to help themselves—to become. self-supporting. But this is the Non- partisan league way and therefore bad. A. G. Letters From Our Readers hoss” show that used to come to our town. The performer did a little sleight-of-hand performance and kept the crowd wondering what he -had up _his sleeve, but they always went home dissatisfied. 'We wonder how long the Republican administration’ can keep -an audience of 106,000,000 wondering what it has up its sleeve. . Hinsdale, Mont. - A, B. EATON. . . FROM WYOMING - . Editor Nonpartisan Leader: - Con- ditions are very bad with the men that are trying to settle Campbell county. The country is so new that as yet we have no markets éxcept local buyers that pay you about the cost of hauling the grain to market. I am keeping in touch with the League movement through friendly papers and was dis- appointed on learning that organiza- - tion would not be attempted in Wyom- ing this spring. The fight is bitter.and may grow : worse (if possible), but if the sup- porters of this movement “stand pat” - it will win. If the League program is lost every person not a profit-gatherer will be lost. - If it wins'the producers of ecat- tle, coal, corn and every needed prod- uct, with every person who is render- ing service to society, will eventually be able to hold vp their heads as free men and women, enjoying the fruits of their labor and a fair recompense for all services performed. May we not lose! F. O. DE LONG. . Maysdorf, Wyo. - 4 AGAINST SALES TAX To maintain the quality of a product | et ldahe. R e when the demand 1S normal 1sa gen‘eral ONE: WAY congress will be a tax on poverty. Its practice. It is when demand is pressing and the sbtpply is low .that insistence upon maintained quality is a true meas- ure of a manufacturer’s integrity. To maintain the quality of each product at the point set by the technical staff is an outstanding characteristic of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana). Red Crown is a good example. Ancther is Fortnite long-time burner oil. This product is used in railway signal lamps. These signals are often .located at points remote from human habitation. For public safety their un- interrupted service is of the utmost importance. It is essential that the oil shall burn with a clear, bright flame for days at a time without attention. ten days that traffic was tied up, and at the end of that period they were giving perfect service. It is only by multiplying such records of‘qual.ity/ . and integrity of manufacture over a long period of years that the reader can the degree of public confidence enjoyed by Standard Qil Company (Indiana). ; : Standard Oil Company : (Indiana) 910 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IIL. - Editor Nonpartisan Leader: As I have not had time to write to you for a long time I am going to try it to- night, as I see a letter in your last paper from I. E. Murphy, Dombey, Okla. Mr. Murphy, the next time you have any steer hides on hand do as I have done this spring. I have got four big steer hides out in my corn- field. When the farmer can get to see as far as the end of his nose he will never bring a hide to town, or ship it, when he can not get anything for it. I am not going to bring a hide to town before I can get enough so I can buy a good pair of shoes for my wife and myself, and there are more around here that will do the same. GEORGE L. ANDERSON. Battle Lake, Minn. WHAT ABOUT WALLACE? Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I have been a very close reader of the articles written by our new secretary of agri- remedy for them. Mr. Wallace in a recent statement said that he does not believe that the farmers should set the price on their products and that it would be very wrong for them to do. so. But he does not take the trouble to tell why the farmer in particular should not set his price on his prod- ucts. Can Mr. Wallace name any other business that is not run on that basis? And yet they all seem to prosper. We understand that Mr. Wallace wrote some of Mr. Harding’s speeches before his eléction and we are wonder- ing if Mr. Harding does not have a hand in the ones Mr. Wallace is spell- binding the rarmers’ with now. Mr. - greatest burden must be carried by the poor, who generally rear the larg- est families, while it will be easy on bachelors, spinsters and barren fami- lies, because lap .dogs, etc., are not heavy consumers. : = If deflation is desirable, why not demand a law that all interest exceed- ing 4 per cent be turned over to the government, with all other net earn- ings placed in the same boat. Demand a law limiting the federal rediscount to 3% per cent, which will stop the federal reserve banks from milking the cows without providing a pasture. Besides this, let us place on. our statutes a law providing that all net income exceeding $3,000 per year be turned into the government coffers until all war debts are paid. ‘This ar- rangement will simplify the income and excess profits taxes. . d In short, let us be fair and not at- tempt to make a large majority of the people beggars, with anarchy face to Editor Nonpartisan Leadér: For some time I have been greatly inter- ested in the development of the Non- partisan league. Yet, due to the fact . that all our papers here are published and owned by the opposition, I had been unsable to get- much real infor- mation. ) I shall graduate from the old Michi- gan state normal college in June. Previous to coming to college my oc- cupation was farming. I. understand and appreciate the difficulties under which the Michigan farmer labors to- day, owning a large farm myself. I feel that-the farmer must have a . political organization with-truth in it, and have it soon. From' what I have been able to learn I think the Nonpar- ~ During the blizzard of January, 1918, lamps | culture, Mr. Wallace, and must say fa%! :11{.! f);e gdf(ing. CARL BERG. b filled with Fortnite, located high up in the Rocky | that they look very nice on paper. PR g g p iatinige - This man sees so many ills that must —_— o1 le Mountains, burned mght and .day dunfig the - | be cured but does not seem to have a | WANTS TO HELP ' Wallace and the Republican adminis- tjsan ‘Jeague ' offers -that thing. - 'In Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers ' PAGE SIXTEEN a : ) :