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AN EASTERN FARM PAPER GIVES AN UNBIASED ACCOUNT OF WORK OF NONPARTISAN NORTH DAK. Interesting Story Published as Result of Special Investigation of The Great Farmers Movement in the State in Which it Started. Shows Kept Press Lies. -,IIIII 1l: 11111IllllllllllllllI11lmIIIlllllill!ill11 11IlIIlIIIfllllllllllllllllllllll lllllilllý . A STORY WORTH READING The Montana Nonpartisan does not usually print long-winded stor ies, but is printing an article takl,,: from The Farm Journal, pub lished in Philadelphia, for the reason that that paper sent special representatives to North Dakota last Summer FOR THE SOLE PUR POSE OF GETTING AT THE Tl T1tri, first hand. This paper simp ly wanted to place the TRUTH helfo: its readers, and as it is in no = way connected with the Nonpartisan league, it is interesting to read what these unbiased representatives found in North Dakota and what they determined the aims of the league are. It is encouraging to - members of the League, as well as to others who are not members, = but who think the aims of the League are just, to read this whole- - some, frank 4,tory, which completely refutes the Kept Press lies - which are continually flooding the country, stories written by pro fessional liars who have sold their birthright for a mess of pottage. = Read this story carefully and get the views of honest, impartial out- - siders relative to the work of the Nonpartisan League AND SHOW 2 THE ARTICLE TO YOUR NIGEl iO(;llO WHO DOES NOT TAKE THE MONTANA NONPARTISAN. llllllllllll lIlll IIIIllllllll ul1111111111111111111 l IIIlIIlilllllllllllllll lllll IIll IIIll Illll ll " VISITING THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE From the Farm Journal, Phila delphia The Nonpartisan League is the North Dakota way of fighting for "A Good Living and 10 per cent." Its main object is to get rid of the grafters who have taken the pro ducer's hard-earned dollars from him. There are no neutrals in the state; every one is strictly for or violently opposed to the League. The oppon ents of the League have organized themselves into the Independent Vot ers' Association, commonly abbreviat ed into the I. V. A. Leaguers call them the Poison Ivies. My visit to the state fell in the midst of the re ferendum campaign in which the vot ers were to decide whether certain laws passed by the legislature last winter were to remain on the statute books. The campaign was a hot one. The League people assured me they would carry the state easily while their opponents were just as/certain that every one of the laws would be voted down. I naturally watched the newspapers after the election was over. The first dispatches in our eastern papers said the league had ! been defeated on all counts. The next day it was stated that the ma jority either way would be small, and the result uld not be definitely known for i days. Then we heard not . till the North won. The membership of the League is said to be increasing rapidly in the general region dominated by the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. This body controls the wheat market out there, and is accused of disre garding the rights of wheat grow ers. Perhaps there is some relation between these things. The League Attitude on War. North Dakota went "over the top" fairly early in the Liberty loan cam paigns. Last winter the state legis lature passed laws providing state funds for building homes and buying farms by North Dakota citizens who are able to make a small advance pay ment, easily in the reach of a labor ing man, who is at all thrifty. They give long-time credit on the amor tization plan on deferred payments, i so that any citizen who has energy I enough to stand up against a strong wind can get a farm or a home in the city, if he wants it. One does not need to remain a tenant out there i many years before being able to get a farmi of his own. This is the Lea- I gue method of solving the problem l of tenancy. We do not hesitate to approve it. While certain other localities were I organizing processions to welcome a our returning heroes, these people I were enacting laws granting every North Dakota soldier or sailor in the great war $25 a month for every month under the colors, provided the money is used in building a home, buying a farm, or going to school. A man who has served two years thus gets $600, which is enough to make a first payment on a house or him for the balance, or to give him two or three years at the state uni versity or agricultural college. Attitude Toward Public Ownership. Many cities have found that the 1 only way to get satisfactory serv-. ice at reasonable rates from certain i public utilities, such as water, elec- a NO LETTERS WILL BE PRINTED IF WRITERS DO NOT WISH IT. The Montana Nonpartisan received a letter this week from a staunch League member wishing to be assured that his let- i ter would not be published if he sent in some very vital facts about some crooked work that was going on. He said his banker would close down on him, as well as the merchant with whom he was doing business if his name appeared to a - letter giving such information. We wish to assure all League members, or anyone else, that letters containing such infor. mation, or letters of any kind will ALWAYS BE HELD IN " THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IF THE WRITER 80 DE · SIRES. We like to publish letters 'rom farmers and others, but above all WE WANT THE INFORMATION. If you do not want the letter published, we will not publish it, and will not use your name in any way. Be sure and send us any im. portant information you have. We will take the facts from your letter and write the story and not connect you with it in any way. WHAT WE WANT IS THE INFORMATION. SNone will ever know where we got it unless you tell them, or state that the letter may be published. lIlIIIIflIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfI1 IIIIanII I lIInIIIIlllllIIuIIuaIIII IiN,1lflllli. tric lights, gas, and street-railway systems, is for the city to own and operate themm Our national capital owns its water-works, furnishes ex cellent water at reasonable rates, and makes a profit out of it. The farmers of North Dakota have been unable to get satisfactory service at reasonable rates from certain busi ness concerns that are public nec cessities. The state has therefore undertaken to manage these busi nesses. I heard nothing of the state owning the instruments of production. I did, however, hear much about a fair return for services efficiently rendered. These farmers are trying to eliminate unnecessary expenses and' exorbitant profits between pro ducer and consumer. Their methods may or may not prove to be practic able. They are undoubtedly experi menting in a new field. Probably they will make some mistakes. But it is not possible to study what they are doing, and their method of going about it, without at least granting their sincerity, and the fine spirit of public service that actuates most of the officials they have placed in charge of their state government. A Farmer Governor. The farmers of North Dakota have twice chosen for governor a man of their own kind. This man is Lynn J. Frazier. Our party had lunch with Governor Frazier in his office. Nearly all the state officials were present, and there were several visi tors, all farmers. He has these luncheons in his office every Mon da LThev qre his eabinea, mee*rg. Th"';governor also presided at the meeting we attended in Bismarck, a regular old-time farmers' smeeting. We thus had a chance to form an opinion of him. It is difficult to characterize this man, for he is unusual. He is ab solutely devoid of any air of as sumed importance. I have met the same type often amongst owners of large plantations in the south-men of quiet, natural dignity, perfectly at ease at all times, inviting compan ionship and accepting it cordially. He is a real farmer with a farmers' way of looking at things. I heard him talk a good deal. In all he said there was never a suggestion of hos tility to any one. But when he men tions any of the progressive move ments for which the League stands it is good to see the look of enthusiasm in his eyes. He talks fluently on these things. Governor Frazier is a young man. I think we shall hear more of him if this movement continues to grow. Like nearly all league leaders I met, he impresses me as being conserv atively but very determinedly pro gressive. If I were trying to put across a crooked deal against the people of North Dakota, I should not attempt to get Lynn Frazier's sup port for it. Mr. Townley. Mr. A. C. Townley is the father of the Nonpartisan League. His farm was taken from him by a money lender. He made a study of con ditions in the state and concluded that the only way for farmers to get a square deal was to organize for polih tical purposes. Ordinary cooperative organizations he thought were not able to accomplish the defeat of the powerful groups preying on the peo ple. He worked out the details of the league and started out on foot to recruit members for it. As memb ership fees accumulated he got an auto, and soon had several men out l;'n:lizing locals. At first the men !, r..hip fee was $6 a year. It isnow S!G for two years. This fund is scct in increasing the membership of the i.ce'gue and in keeping the members :uosted on what the League and its nreiieiv are doing. Our party met Mr. Townley for a moment as he stopped in Bismarck in the midst of a strenuous day's work in connection with the referen dum campaign, but we did not see enough of him to justify any kind of opinion of the man. The enemies of the League recently succeeded in bringing Mr. Townley to trial at Jackson, Minn., on charges of sedi tion. The Nonpartisan Leader, of St. Paul, in speaking of this trial, charges that Mr. Townley was de nied the right to address the jury and that he was not allowed to pro duce witnesses to testify as to his loyalty, altho he had many. Mr. Townley's' friends think it probable that the trial was staged at Jackson with deliberate purpose to take ad vantage of local public sentiment that had been aroused against the League by editorial attacks in local papers as well as in St. Paul and Minneapolis papers. They claim that the Non partisan League lecturers had been denied the right to speak in the county, and state that nearly half of the voters in the county favor the League, yet that in spite of this not a single friend of the League was found amongst the venire of 144 sum r"oned from which to select a jury. They claim that the commissioners that selected this venire were ene mies of the League. If these charges are true it would seem that there was a miscarriage of justice at this trial. The League Program. The legislature of North Dakota last winter passed 407 laws. Only a few of them aim at objects hitherto not attempted by state government. Provision was made for an industrial commission to have charge of busi ness undertakings by the state, such as a state bank that loans money to farmers as well as to city men, state owned elevators and flour mills, state hail insurance, home building and financing of tenants who., want to buy farms. Other laws provide for advertising the opportunities in the state for immigrants, compensation of workmen injured in accidents, child labor regulation, tax laws and a one man tax commission, a small board of administration to replace the nu merous boards of regents of educa tional, penal and other institutions, giving voters the right to select an official paper in each county in stead of leaving the selection to county officials, compensation for soldiers and sailors, and redistrict ing the judical districts of the state in order to relieve certain districts of too much work and give others enough to keep the courts busy. The opponents of the League cir culated petitions and secured a refer endum election on seven of these measures, selected almost at ran dom, but including the one for an industrial commission, without which several other laws would be u eless. ,T.h. League ,pn ott in thp tion, with majorities for the mos part larger than were obtained for the recent constitutional amendmens adopted by the voters of the state. Space is not available for present ing in full the reforms contemplated by the farmers of North Dakota. Their program has been much mis represented. They are undertaking to conduct industries under state management only where the grossest profiteering has prevailed, and their purpose is to stop this profiteering. They are employing the best experts they can find, and pay them good salaries. Men in responsible posi tions are adequately bonded. Wheth er these farmers will secure their "Good Living and 10 per cent" in this manner we can not tell. We shall watch them with interest. If everything turns out as they fully We Tan Hides into nice soft and warm fur coats and fur robes. horse and cattle hides made up into fur garments for your own use direct from the Manu facturer. Price list and shipping tags sent free upon request. Ad dress your letter to our nearest office. Miller Tanning Company Established 1894. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. CROOKSTON, MINN. ST. PAUL, MINN. I have done business with this firm for 20 years. They turn out first class work and I have always found them absolutely reliable. Editor Montana Non partisan. ARE YOU A DRY FARMER? ID you get a crop last year-the year before? Do you know the reason? Not enough rain? Well, that was one reason but there are others. Those who read the Scientific Farmer and followed instructions g.t a crop, not a big crop, but enough to pay expenses. Why? They followed the Campbell system and con served the moisture th t they did get. You know that Canmphell is the father of dry farming. But do you know the Scientific Farmer founded by him is the only farm paper from which you can get any information on crop raising under papor from which you can bet any information on crop raising under dry land conditions. Did you know that? Well, it's a fact. If you doubt it send for a sample copy and judge for yourself. Another thing, and this is important, the Scientific Farmer is the only farm publication in the northwest that has had the courage to defend the principles of the Nonpartisan League. Cut out the Kept farm papers fill out the following coupon and help to sustain a genuine farmers paper. SCIENTIFIC FARMER, Billings, Montana. Enclosed find one dollar for which send me the Scientific Farmer for one year, beginning with the........................number. Keep up the fight and "We'll Stick." N am e ......................................... P. 0 .................................. tat ............ Stat ............. expect, We niav loule tot suiiiuiir Ig'" islation in many other states, Unless e business men generally who deal with s farmers come to a realization of the fact that farmers deserved a square deal. REDUCES APPROPRIATIONS e OVER A MILLION DOLLARS c -o During the special session of the North Dakota legislature, which adjourned last week, the Non partisan League members reduc "End Your Rheumatisi Like I Did Mine" - Say Pastor Reed; Wife Also Rid of Neuritis Suffered Tortures For Years-Ne Telling Good News to Others. 'Don't Believe That Old Humbug About 'Uric Acid' Being the Cause of Rheumatism-It's Not Sol" Emphatically asserting that thou sands of unfortunate sufferers have been led into taking wrong treat ments under the old and false belief that "Uric Acid" causes rheumatism. Pastor H. W. Reed says: "I had suffered agony for years from rheumatism and associated dis orders, and Mrs. Reed was tortured with the demon neuritis almost be yond endurance. We had read and talked so much about 'Uric Acid' that our minds seemed poisoned. But the 'Inner Mysteries of Rheumatism' made it all clear to us and now we are both free from the suffering and misery we endured so many years. I believt I was the hardest man in the world to convert! For me to discard the old 'Uric Acid' theory, and what I know to be absolutely false, for the new, scien tific understanding of the cause and cure of rheumatism, was like asking me to change my religios beliefs' But I did change, and it was a for tunate day for me and mine when I did so." NOTE - The Inner Mysteries rcf Rheumatism referred to above by Pas tor Reed lays bare facts about rheu matism and Its associated disorders overlooked by doctors and scientists for centuries past. It is a work that should be in the hands of every man or woman who has the slightest symp toms of rheumatism, neuritis, lumbago or gout. Anyone who sends name and address to H. P. Clearwater, 822-B Street, Hallowell, Maine, will receive it by mall, postage paid and absolutely free. Send now, lest you forget the address! If not a sufferer, cut out this announcement and hand it to some af flicated friend. Put an End to CATARRH Head Noises, Hay Fever, Deafness An Old Physician's Genuine Remedy That Hits the Spot Amazing bene fits are being re ported b lpersons S wtro suflfered froln ckttarrl, pmsistentmt colds i tfie hlmi, and nmany w I, troe troubled hy ontinl. nll h-lin-to be sd noke i and T'i i a"e fL- parc dtg o tlhcuit heariaj t`ýý il, 1 dmme toanme caouse \" dn iathalso haimey feer and rose euld. A notmd physi ctti (s ou y an, f r. Bouprsser, has fo:,:td a rolmbhiaatimi of hierb--fragrant. soothing mni healing-to be smoked in a .pipe cigarotte, or by turning in a spoon. inhale otime rwholesomn ledilated vapor. ].mmmk for quick. hapmpy relief. Tihe r',mmledy i lm;mmrl.mls; it contains no to .lepo or ot, r dcletcrialus drtgs. No stolllaci mIll.ilg: n mliimtllmmma m remliemlmf dircl'eitet towsard Snqllqllie ulrle of irlrit tiom n, dishl'ia ges, otlen-r ,' miollo r. fallmlg of Ilmucus into tlhroat; also buLý.ing, rallring, rillglng t'{qulty dlut to eert, Ob .lrirle catarrh. 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Send your nam ADDL.NI - - - 24- Arrnd ulldin TWO VALUABLE Christmas Gifts "Taxation of Mines in Montana," Price..............................$1.00 "The New Freedom" by President Woodrow Wilson........ 1.00 The two will-cost you anywhere................$2.00 WE WILL SEND YOU THE TWO, POSTPAID, FOR ONLY $1.40 The "Taxation of Mines In Montana" is by Prof. Louis Lev- - ine, Ph. D., professor of Economics at the State University of Montana. It was for writing this splendid work that Dr. - Levine was suspended, but he was reinstated because of the S furore his unjust retirement caused throughout the state. His book gives a wonderfully clear insight as to where a'big portion of the taxes in the state should come from instead of I being shoved off on the farmers, laborers and smaller busi ness men. "The New Freedom" written by President Woodrow Wilson, relative to political conditions in the United States, describing i the Invisible Government by Big Business, is worthy reading = by every man, woman and mature child in the United States. GIVE THESE BOOKS AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO YOUR RELATIVES AND FRIEND. = Send $1.40 to us and we will mail them with a Christmas card enclosed with your name on it, to any address. You can have one book sent to one party and the other to another if you choose, or we will mail them both to you direct. Send in your order today, as we have but a limited supply of these splendid books, both interesting and educational. S Send postoffice money order, check or stamps to MONTANA NONPARTISAN, -Box 185, Great Falls, Monaam. - IHmmnuffllHEIunum uu iummflHmnulalInlnUmUl State Flour Mills, etc, were im monsely successful from the very start. Starting the State Bank did not cost the State of North Dakota ONE PENNY, and the en tire appropriation of $100,000 has been turned back to the state treasury. TUBERCULOSIS It was when physicians said it was Impossible for J. M. Miller, Ohio Drug gist to survive the ravages of Tuberculosis, he began experimenting on himsilt, and discovered the Home Treatment, known as ADDILINE. Anyone with coughs showing tubercular tendency or Tuberculosis. ,me and address to - * - Columbsm. fhl..