PROFITE`*.
WAR SAYSU
"Meders warfare isna eg '
a question of miaitary eaigk 4'
Every productive
every belligerent nation I
Ing strained to the fles
nation which faltesebept*
this strain will be defeated~
"After bitter expeIe 4
England, France and ftsI
ound that private ewnersh p *
th Inevitable profiteerlag hi4*
lied and they were forced
ke government control of the 4
sential industries. Russia fadl
to take such a step. ,Her ece.
mic structure collapsed. The
nson ought to be plain for the
ople of the United States.
"Our government will finally 4
forced to control the baado 4
dustries and any delay in the +
tter will simply prolong the +
ar. 4.
"The railroads broke down +
der wasteful and inefficient +
ivate management, and the +
sident was forced to take +
m over to prevent disas. +
us congestion. Profiteering +
the coal mines tied up ship. +
g through lack of fuel. The +
uction of copper was cui. +
ed deliberately for higher +
es. Millers and packers +
exploiting the people at +
e by excessive prices. +
here Is but one remedy- +
have the government con- +
pt industry just as it has +
ipted men. This is a +
ion of winning the war +
all true patriots should +
e, forgetting politics, and +
nd speedy action toward +
end. The national Non- +
san league is unequlvo- +
pledged to carrying out +
program. It Is the first pol- +
organization in America +
mand war control of in- +
les and It is the only or- +
tion in America- today +
is backing up President 4
n in his fight with the +
lans and profiteers to +
out his program."-Ex- +
of speech by Charles A. +
rgh, Nonpartisan League +
ate for governor, Ro- +
r, Minn., May 9. +
WNERSHIP
WORKS WELL HERE
t rtisement issued by the la
ment of Queensland, Aus
appearing in the Brisbane
March 14, 1918, bears strik
ny to the benefits of state
applied to the very facill
d in the platform of the
League.
gue advocates the state
f stock yards and packing
people of Queensland have
r about two years with the
shown in the Brisbane
t the price of meat has
d materially to the con=
the producers have been
bigger income than ever.
lumns of prices show ,the
tween government handt
at meat handled by private
iii In the government shops
sirloin steak is 13 cents
the competing private
bane it is 18 cents per
elbourne. where ther$ is
nt competition, it is 24
d. i'illet steak under
s is 16, 24 and 36 cents
p steak 15, 22 and 30
* State insurance rates
are $5.86 as against
private companies in
ales.
AT HIS OLD JOB.
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17
l 9' n. xw ssorsspr
.ak ter's nsesao
pI
recent f n ,tr.m
4d' ,.part, n.-cm howin un
eon,~M `~j ~millers for the
Iatg~g wil b g~~i enei to
the farmers who hnvTe =ben compellet
te -their whet t ta reduced sor
earment Aparn d beh k the tour
at prices that 't olm4 excesaive pro.
fits to the_ imers.
The gross profits iear ltJobba's'
have been fixed at U cents a barrel
" and -that of smai ink distrbtators at
50 to 75 cents. The fixie of prices at
the mill would mske, the chain corer
plete to the retailer or baker, and, as
the report says, the standardization of
"war flour" orders makes the fixing
of four prices much easier.
With a fixed price set in hirness
to the consuming public and calculat
ed to yield the efficient mills 6 to 8
per cent on actual investment, the mil
lers would be in no worse position
than the wheat tarmers since Septem
ber 1, 1917, when the farmers had to
sell at a Axed price which in many
sections of the country meant actual
Mitlern Made Huge Profits.
A significant part of the report i1
that dealing with millers' profits. Al
though presumably depending on 1g.
urea furnished by the milling compan
ies, the Trade Commisuion found in a
study of 128 mills that their average
net profits in the fiscal year 1916-1917
was 52 cents a barrel and 31.8 per
cent on the investment. In the pre
ceding year the profit had been .19
cents a barrel and 15.1 per cent on the
investment. In the spring and sum
mer of 1917 actual mill profits per
barrel of flour undoubt dly were much
more than 52 cents a barrel; On May
23 Myron W. Thatcher, a St. Paul ac
countant formerly a miller at A~sela,
Wisconsin, estimated the net promt
even in the smaller and less profitable
mills at not less than $1.48 a barrel.
The report brings out the fact that
the large milling companies are in the
habit of conceq)lag thekr excelebp
profits., On the whole the meport. is
a .tr~king Jastlla$siqn of .the demand
of the Nonpajrtisau League that the
government Ix the price of flour to
correspond to the government price
of wheat.
BIQ LOSS FROM GRAIN GRADING.
"Grain producers of the Northwest
will IoBe$5,000,OS0 to $O000,000 this
year through foollah government
grain grading,' declares I. B. Mills.
chairman state yallroad and ware
house cormetsales.. One of the big 4
things the Nationel Nonpartisan
League is fighting for Io Congress
and throughout the nation is state or
federal grain grading based as it
is under the North Dakota grain prad
lag commission, on the milling valae
of thq grain.
The opponent of the Nonpartisan '
league would be perfectly willing to 4
have the farmers organise a thimble
bee--with the understanding that no a
membership dues be charged.- The t
Enterprise, Deering~, N. D.
.s none, "a cas 00 the -daes
of the ooy MaY -S W
has 4pent the: Plstwekdteat
with the ut assessors for 1918
sad the smesses tk 1918 sB
cations will be severl times those
tiled in 1917.
-The -applit 4tion blanks noow in the
handm o f tit farmers were prited~
.before the -special sesson of the
keg' latur'e; Thee da on. which. tip
. moaors 'ýay accep h appii
tiuns was :exten~ded to, Jane i by
rte- legislators at the special seasical
If any losses occur in this coupty
they will be appraised by farmers a
this county Under the rules of the
'State board. Thre Sheridan county
conomissioners haeve appointed A. F.
Ziebarth and Wes, Muanean *to take
care of any loses that maay occlr.
Thee will cost not to ex
ceed 60 cents per ware and the losses
will be appraised on a basis of $12
per acre for total losses. A surplu
of $40,000 was carried over from
1917 and will be used to help pay
losses if needed.
Mr. Bowman says that the central
and southern parts of the state have
an enormous acreage of winter wheat
and a urerd of a good yield. The
wheat is coming into the boot and
the ground is well supplied with
moisture. The northern part of the
state is in good condition and if any
thiat like present conditions continue
the result will be a great blow to the
kaiser.
ARCHER TO HAVE
FINE NEW CHURCH
Forty New Members Secored and
$1,200 Sabscrihed.
The Golden.VaUey congregation is
6 the oldest in the pariah, but has up
t to this time had no church. The
I services have been held at tie homes
of members ar # the last faqir years
in the Archer schoolhouse.
1n order to build a church and.
sure t1he coutia " of
church work at a pylae, to' thMi
a are necessary-first, a church e
P bersfiip that is interested in and
will continue the work of the church;
and secondly, "a tufient funds for the
erection of the church.
Together with one of the ,charter
members of the confregation the
pastor therefor met out recently to
obtain the two necessities above
mentioned. In about two days of
work about forty new members were
obtained for the congregation and
subearibed nearly $1200 toward the
erection of a Lutheran church in Ar
cher.
There are yet many who, it is
hoped will both join aid coatrbute.
Then comes the ever faithful La
dies AidI with a cash balanei of
nearly $1,000 in the bank to be add
ed to the chr bildiag-ftad. -
RA business meeting was held after
services on Snday, May 10, t ,h
the new members were received and
preliminary steps taken to get the
building operations under way as
aown as possble.
An important business meeting is
to be held after the servicesa Sun
dy June 16, at 3:0O o'0elck
Sitet Atoued try amd be
preeat at that time. A united lift
and there wil span be ascot m$eted
-church b aind aid P for a. At doer.
AU ms -uJn the hurch - on
tribute thevr mn twud the A
so Aar attemdsces at sezwi L A
NYý TUBo MTANTA
_)EIA .M mt wo ~ ni~gur and' mdu ft inbaed with
t mo leave nothing undot* that wil contribate to a final and conclu
sin vatory frA eric auk' her Allies- the battle against autocracy and its demon-_
a evils ad dangers, the call for the observance of the twenty-eighth day of
June as National War Savings Day comes with. peculiar insistence. We are rapidly becom
*ng, if indeed, we have Pot already become, a solidified Nation with respect to the war and
the necessity for the mucess of our arms.
'Tis not all of war to fight. Each time we send a host to the front to fight for. a
government, the very life of which is at stake, we at home must be prepared to make some
further sacrifice in order that those men may be maintained on the fighting line at the
highest possible point of efficiency. When we reflect upon the sacrifices to which the people
of Europe have schooled themselves in the four blood-red years just passed, we have forced
upon us the conviction that we of America as yet have little realization of what sacrifice
realy means.
Incidental to the contemplation of Thrift Day is the thoutht of economies that may be
pacticed every day in order that the sinews of war may be provided speedily, steadily and
adequately. If by denying ourselves some 9f the thigs that have come to be regarded as
the nevepities in our daily life we inay cobserve our financial resources to the point where
we May devote still more of our funds to the maintenance of the government's war activities,
surely we owe it to our fighting men, to our country, and above all to ourselves and our loy
alty and our self-respect to make such self-denial effective. It must never be said that a
loyal American refused or neglected to make any sacrifice that would result in increased
efficiency for our forces in the field.
At this hour of crisis in our Nation's .affairs, to waste anything that may add an ounce
of force to our blows for liberty and demoeracy is nothing short of a crime. As a people
we should be proud to conserve on every hand. There are no doubt many instances where
by refraining from indulging ourselves in the posession of some slightly-needed require
ment we refrain from entering into competition with our government and thereby make
it possible for factory and workshop to more speedily fill orders that demand immediate at
tention in pushing the war work.
Our government has provided forms of securities that are within the purchasing power
of every citizen-either Liberty Bonds, War Certificates, or the humbler but none the less
effective Thrift Stamps. Perhaps because of the small denomination of the latter, an impres
sion seems to obtain that these securities are intended peculiarly for purchase by school child
ren, by little ones who may transform their pennies from their coin banks to the stamps.
This is an error that should not persist. The government has asked for a maximum sale of
these stamps, and adults should not hesitate to add their purchases to those of the great band
of loyal school children of the United States, in the hope that the maximum may be largely
over-purchased.
THEREFORE, I, S. V. STEWART, as Governor of the State of Montana, do most
urgently call upon the people of the State to meet at the places designated by their County
Directors for War Savings on the Twenty-eighth day of June, .then and there to pledge
themselves to the purchase of War Savings Stamps to the greatest amount they can afford,
denying themselves every non-essential and devoting every possible resource to the purchase
of our government's securities, and thus making more sure the successful termination of the
conflict. The habits of thrift formed at this time will be of incalculable benefit to us indi
.vidually and as a Nation when we come to the readjustment that must follow the cessation
of hostilities.
Thrift and elf-denkI sme handmnaidens in the house of Victory. Our actual necessities
at home are infinitesimal as compared with those of our soldier boys. Let it never be said
of any red-blooded Montanin that lhe was heedless of the call of his country in this regard.
I devoutly hope that every citizen of this State, of whatever race or age, may on the twenty
eighth day of June be enlisted in the great army that stands back of our heroes in the service
and by their self-denial and their investment in securities proclaim to our soldiers and to all
t~he world that we are backing them to the last penny of our resources and the ultimate
ounce of our energies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and cause the Great Seal of the State tobe
Gret Sgd affixed.
of teDone at 'the City of Helena, the. Capitol, this, the thirty
State of first day of M4y, in the year of our Lord one thou
Mueteus. sand nine hundred and eighteen
Rj te Goerno: S. V. STEWART.
C.T. STEWAIT,
Secretary of Swtat f 't 44
Hampton Say
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THE FLAX CROP AS PART
OF` THE WAR. PROGRAM
There is a growing demand for
flat seed. The uses of linseed oil
are licreasing. each day.. To add
to the situation our acreage of fla
in this- constry is falling off. High
prices for seed sai oil during the
past few years have reflected the
shott5.. Last year ww enough
seed wh. produy to ' obethird
our Since ' S we
have ou to. Argentine
to w1 stit pro
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T lo eam. prman for on haN
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* GIGANTIC NONPARTISAN *
* LEAGUE PICNIC.
* #
* The huge Nonpartisan
* League picnic that will take *
* place at Brush lake is go- *
i ing to be about the biggest *
* thing that was ever pulled
* off on these plains. *
- here will be speaking, a
* barhequeT, baked benas, pic
* nic dinner, dancing) singing,
* swinunint and boating, and
* all sorts of races and sports. *
i The Red Crmss will take *
* charge of the stinds. *
* MIss Jeanette Rankin is *
* comng washngton. *
* B:-.. ,: waqr--td Editor *
*Craihemi, Tegpem and o4- *
* es wM speak. Maybe Town
* vahwR be tbe.
* Colo yomrlf and bring *
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T ! . Mr Mver miass .an
a. a w $t the
lips The Motsn
i'!w * ewfath- lar
agcl t ead