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%TH P D UERS NSWS PAP ? R OF THE P LE, BY T~I a' ~ P R _P LE a oN<R PmR I SJG COMPRRY, P I ER Application made for entry as second class matter, at the postoffice at p ywood, Montana, under the act of March , 1879, A ' 19, 1918. CHARLES E. TAYLOR, Editor and Manager. Advqrtising rates on ap- Communications should plication. Subscription be addressed to The Pro one year, An advance, ducers News, Box 587, $2.00; six -months $1.25. Pleltywood, Montana. "ck; fra dunrt and irresponsible firms are not knowingly advertised, and we will take it as a fvor if any reader will advise us promptly should they have occasion to doubt or ueestiou the reliability of any firm which patronizes our advertising columns. FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918, League Again Vindicated The recent decision of the Mk nesota supreme -court clearing A. C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert, respec tively president and manager of the Nonpartisan League, of the charge of circulating seditious literature, putt the Minnesotu political . ang and the big business of.it in a bad li The iia *aes to a.gt opponents. I this body .Lam of long judielal training and experience could nad nothing disloyal in these resolutipns, Big Business Disloyal By a s5range twist of circum stances the big monopolists of Wall street have started a campaign fav oring cotapetition and government regulation is the operation of the railroads, express companies, tele graph and telephone systeins after the war. In a recant newspaper ar ticke they cunningly intmifte that the government operatior of the rail roads and express business has de monstrated that the prlficiple of combination and consolidation is a failure. For years they had been hr going for consolidation in order to justify h trats. What has caused .this. sudden The Govern e railroads, ex p.i. has so the snperi and consolida Burnquist s Elastic Canscience Governor Eurnquist seems to pos sa - a wonderfully elaste and ac com ntdating executive will when it comes to serving the big business in terests. Two months ago when a " farmers' telegation asked him to protect the Nonpartisan League against mob violence and disorder, he replied he could not interfere in lo cal affairs. 11e smilingly advised the iuiposuible procedure of local suits. AT THAT TIME MOB VI OLENCE AND DISORDER HELP ED BIG BUSINESS. When the Minneapolis newsboys struck recently and demanded that share of the raise in newspaper rates and the labor administration refused to take sides against these boys, the gvv or saw a new light. He was 'Vdlue of Organization Whether or not President Wilson the bill for $2.40 wkeat, the to the farmers of polt ical or has beens istad Over haf the members t theoa' t< apd the house of represae s have voted for the raise. What has got this to do dwith the political ox' gtnization of the farnars ? Simpl.` this: TEe L bnpartisan League has become a terrible political bugaboo to the old party poiticians; they arc under the continual becesity of do= Coming Political Batle Now iis the time for the former to 108 up! their jpolitic.1 orgyiu~ dios. Well :tpt hs .shaed e psad Mo of gowonmexait -{er $p ar Upt ticle thse am - i Ite :fit the q ýum frl or ~i~thepol h bsw the ryda4 express sad -hUj 'ILAom "d ~ i osý MO b~ e~g~e - te w 1 ueL~s ~ ~ T VIA ^.' R sCý`. ý 'Y2 r A what can we may of these political gangsters who pretend to find in them enough to convict and destroy a whole political organization, Were they poisoned beyond the point where judgment and common sense ceases, or were they merely taking a desperate chance in a crooked game? lfter witnessing this farcical at temn t of the political agents of big business to destroy a iarmers' or g nd atton by fourmeans, it will not be so 4ifficalt in the future for the people to believe that the entire charge of dii1QyAty and the repeated arrezts and trial Qf League speakers and organizers are nothing but the schemes of subservient and design ing } liticians to cestroy by hidden means a r;,ovement they dare not Atht in tbe open. tion that it has taken away every excuse for private monopoly. Now these intereits are dishonest ly claiming that government opera tion and consolida eon has failed and that our only salvation is to to re turn to competition under govern ment regulation. They know when they advocate a ZeturD to competi tion that competition died years ago and that big business units can not compete beuse they hare learned that laws mean nothing in the face of secret understandings. They know also that government regulation un °der existing conditieia means .that the trusts will regulate the govern ntent, and not that the government will rýgult6 ti* taUi t*. This coven attack pi big business 9n an eaabbshed war policy is both disleyl and dishonest. perfectly able to interfere in local affairs when he thought disorders might hurt the big business interests. He threatened to remo7e the labor administration for alleged failure to maintain order, although there are more than a score f cumnty and town administrations throughout the state that have openly encouraged mob violence against the farmers and are still on the job. From all that can be learned from authentic sources there was very lit tle disorder and nothing that could be called mob violence duniag the nevsboys' strike. ` They bite won, and Burnquist again stands before the woi'rers and fanrers in the light of a most brazen and unfair partisan of big business. .Ing somein for tefarmers in or fer to keep from )qelig votes--to the League. The stroner the Leatue gloms t~ *1b the pres he Pte oihy" p*1 ""ote. tn*he mIy -cjiinub )akumsl po tics~y but he mutpt~hefpa w hicIý)t u gsob n *ji. -i ojd setle1 thint te e e~mma'wm~in - ý tare F~EMS , Tim Sheridea .±e wM al be cTa I a~ Dnlan the will o~f the maJority of course prev iled as A does in xall .epartisa activities. In the selection of a ticket it is a1 ways i a e to pledac every one. E~bb man ijterviewed in reference to the ticket says that the - ticket could not be better except for one man-and each, individual -points out a different candidate as the wrong man. This is bound to be, no matter who was noiminated or who com posed the ticket. Among hundi beings there will al ways be a certain amount of person ality. We must, however, be broad enough to forget personality; for it is only by sticking can we Win. The delegates are y our delegates-they did what in their eyes, seemed the best under the circumstances. No one can do better than his best and ±f you. had selected the ticket, some one would have been displeased. It was the policy of the farmers to endorse those now in office who have conspicuously made good. This, proved their disposition to be fair-this proved them to be above petty; place honting, pie counter politics. 'This shows that they are in politics for a principle and not for revenue or plunder. 0 Those who, have made good were xe-endorsed. Those who have made a conspicuous and. dismal failure, those who have been weighed in the balance and found wanting, were re pudiated and men nomineted in their places whom the farmers believe will meet the requiw ments of the office fQr which they were named. These endorsements for the old officials comes from the farmers as the highest kind of r.:ognition of worth and ability and character. On the other hand it could not be more of a rebuke to those old offi cials who were not enda:sed. The farmers are not 1.laying petty politics. They are working honest ly for the public good. Every man on the ticket is worthy of your support. iou cannot serve ourself and the public better than ýy supporting it. We'll Stick; -We'll Win. Wi~ning the war is our first busi ness. it can be carried on more ef fectively if the farmers are orga nised the same as every one else. Th. way to get results today is t1ogh organization. Big business is not pushing the sale of Woodrow Wilson's book, "The New Freedom!` That is one reason why the farmers think it is such a good book. Another reason is be cause they have read it. The Nonparisan League is dead in Minnesota 150,000 strong. A few more killings of that sort will give big business a setback such as it never expected to experience before. The only way that a man can pro tect himself, his wife, his family and his business is through organization. In this respect the farmer is no difr ferent than any one else. The Wall-Street ideal is to have the farmers all hired men working for them. But how about a republic founded on such a citizenship ? Many who voted for Governor Burnquist at the Minnesota primaries wanted to set him up so they could knock him down in the fall. Since the government has made such a success of running the rail roads we -should not hesitate to trust it i ith the packing plants. The farmers of North Dakota not only believe is majority - rule but they practice it. SIB3 DAN 0 0UN1T 1111 iRS COE fl'E The Fed ral Food Admiiistrat r for Monta4 sapointed Mr.:. S. Bca, aier, .or f . erdv itV Witn:t teeS ,ZW. Berson,. , unty agr ~l &r*1 agent Petywed,`a d X7r. ý'"1 Ie~ ._m n *okoti,~ W ý -ý -SAT PRODUCERS MUST BE REPRE SENTED We do not know just how the government contiIt of the public stockyards will be handled, but we presume by a body of managers se lected by the secretary of agricul ture. Since there are s-veral con hicting interests involved, there will doubtless be repres'fntat'ves of al classes selected. It gocs without :a.r ng that the iacker uwijers will see to it that their interests are ful ly protected, and it also goes 'with out saying that through their close organizations, the interests of the lvestock dealers, triders and com mission merchants will not be over looked, but how about the unorga nized and those- most ''tally inter e.- Led, the livestock producers them s.lvEs? Will they be properly and fully represented? It also behooves the officials of the several \livestock producers' asso ciations to bestir themselves and make it known that the livestock producers want to be properly and fully represented upon these boards. The great fight against packer con trol and ownership has been won. It is now necessary that we reap the benefits that should accrue to the livestock producers.-Feeding and Marketing. ANOTHER FRAME-UP BUSTED The mouth patriots, peanuts poli ticians and cappers for big busine s have been making much noise for some, time about A. C. Townley, pres ident of the National Nonpartisan League, and Joseph Gilbert, nation al manager of the League, having t * en indicted in Minnesota for sedi tion. They were indicted all right and , he Leaguers claimed a frame up. :'he matter was taken to the su preme court of Minnesota and that tribunal Friday, threw the indict ments over the transom, so to speak, on the ground that there was no cause for action. Gosh, but this will make the capitalist manipulators and their loud blatting cappers feel like 'V cents. They lai-i great stress on this frameup to prejudice the. public mind and now that it is shot full of holes the poor patriots have no string to harp on. The league has up to date won in every case that has been brought against them. All they have teeded up to date to beat their per gecstors is to get a square deal, and,t rresto, there you r ge. A knockout @je first round.--Linocln (Neb.) Her THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE. Within the last three years a new granger party has sprung up in the Northwest. It has swept the older parties out of one state, North Da kota, organized in tve states and In vaded at least eight neighboring states. This is a political phenomenon worthy of observation. From the standpoint of political expediency it can not be safely ignored. Move ments of this character do not spring up without cause. There are human wrongs at the bottom of them all and it is the part of common sense to look them squw cely in the face and deal with them, not to try to de story theln, ostrich-wise by shutting our eyes to them or by swearing at them.-The Chicago Tribune. "The Sheridan county board of commissioners appear to have pulled down a hornets nest about their heads over the letting of the rounty printing. The taxpaye' are entitled to the facts and circumstances in the case and there is a well aroused bunch of newspapers in the county that will see that the taxpayers. get them."-Wolf Point Herald. The primary election in North Da kota resulted- in a sweeping victory for the organized Farmers, and they noandited their complete ticket. The charges of disloyalty against " the League fell flat there, for the farm ers are thoroughly .familiar in-that state with the purposes of the L ague, it having k'ad control of the 9l go rnment durin; the past two yesra. If thete had been any wrp with it the farmers Would never have 3idorsed it again, ad 4 was thE ng communities tht rabr the ticket. It is= c ly shown that the ato disloyal made -against a or ation were noth lng. a uoir less than a frame-up are afraid of : *, pIi 1. power. .TI ~ 4 ~ M= b rimk ý.:`mgt Y I ý;i "J' Ic b ell tfrehas .fy*d i t 1sin~ plx business and has ut down ei penses that the o . meat prodcts at, hl the _former poe, while the, pldneeo gets more than before. To try to .bring about such a condition in the United States Would be COl dered "dzsloyal" by the old gang ef Minneot5 politicians but our federal government may come to it without asking their per mission.--Sacred ' Heart (Mimn.) Journal. REDMOND HAS NOT REPLIED There is not .a littl, surprise in Poplar that County Auditor Jim Red mond has not acceped the invitation of the Standard to declare himself on the county printing scandal. We, of course, know ptrsqnrlly where Mr. Redmond stands but we did not believe it would be quite fair to the genial County Auditor to put him on record in this most disi zaceful. af fair without his consent, so we of fered him of the columnm of the pa per gratis to come and tell the voters what he thought of this. jiigh handed EQUITY Hail, Fire and Automobile INSURANCE Save Your Insurance for the Equity. It is Farmers Co-operative Insurance. Patronize your own Institutions. Best and Cheapest. Aspelund & McLean, Dooley AGENTS Montana CASPER & GERRICK General Blacksmithing and Repairint Horse-shoeing a specialty. Give us a triam Outlook - - - - Montana Plentywood Bakery Groceries, Butter, Eggs, Creamn, Ice Cream and Cold Drinks Light Lunches Served all1Da ED WEISS, Proprietor 1Practical Plumbing - N~ in all its branches is our speci A ~~work. Having a teurou Oof ledge of the modern practi th Plumbing we are fam~iliar 1witb eclentific and up-to date priDC'Pbet of the trade. We employ noneb6 4 experienced help and u5e onl rki 'ery best materials Ou dork" esi'bIl and thorough and w~ebI prept .. We give thoroug wertmt very moderate price'. Garneau piece of work, but as ye' I accepted. There is no doubt b he will in the very immuedia however.--Pop'ar Standad i With government control of ways a fact, and the control oil graph and telepho Sste, o ted pacing plants alr,, Est aites a one of the planks 01 the plaetaifty principles of the Xnlerian feor of tion of Labor seer: , in a ir edera. become true. The financal lay to main that has buir z o 'any gerde ten fortunes in this counti -got soon to be relegat{d to the class es the dodo.-Fort y 0o, th 'Ind) W0 er. Every day in ti, ;-ear Burnquist is using is high oo er or a means of furthr :ng and ht ing the hold of spvcial privilege u on the state, and mne rear of Nonpartisan Leaguc is driving to desperation. ciliy, a little pol tical pull and a S: Ed of overwork patriotism is made to put over sod awful things in this grand old a of Minnesota.-No: h Dakota Lao Leader.