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MllMilflSlii O ]the grain corporation. The Sinclair Ladd bill to accomplish this is still in the -Senate and house committees of agriculture at Washington, D. C. Readers interested in bringing about a fixed price for jfroducts that will assure farmers cost of production this year and thus enable them to get on their feet at once through ability to get more credit NOW, can help by writing their congressman and sena tor. No blank petition is needed to guide you. Simply make out your own petition, a brief one asking your mem ber of congress to support the Sin ciair-Ladd bill and help get it reported out of committee. If you want to cir culate a longer petition giving all the reasons for price stabilization, consult back issues of the Leader, which print ed such a proposed form of petition in full. Individual. letters to congressmen are helping as much as anything. Have you written a personal letter to your congressman 'V Following are the recent reports we have had from the field: L. K. Moulton of Conrad, Mont., sent a peti tion with 58 names to his members of con gress. Miss Louisa B. Larson of Lemmon, S. D., has written congressmen as well .as circu lated a petition. Frank Cierpiszeski of Arco, Minn., sent a petition of 51 names to Senator Nelson. Fred Park, Dowling, S. D„ got 27 names on a petition, sent to Senator Norbeck. Pedar J. Hjelmstad, Edmore, N. D., got.85 signatures and sent petition to congress. P. J. Doell, Hampton, Neb., -76 names on petition. H-. J. Foote, Baker, Mont.-, petition to congressman and. non-commital reply re ceived. Mary Peterson, Avondale, Mont., wrote con gressman and got a.letter saying he was tak tng'a "special interest" in bills to help farmers get better prices.. Isaac E. Wilson and others of Plummer, Minn., signed and sent a petition to Congress man Steenerson. George K. Broughton of Minneota, Minn., bag -a reply from Congressman Volstead in which he says he is supporting revival of the grain corporation. Edwin A, Kampfe, ""Gothenburg, Neb., has a letter from SenatoT Norris in response to a petition, in which the senator says that, while he is for such a bill, he'doesn't think it can be gotten through. H. M. Moon Burley, Idaho, besides getting a lot of names on petitions has been corre sponding with Senator Borah. M." F. Gilbert, Riverside, Wash., petition to Senator Jones, who- replied he Was against plan. Farmers Ask Price Stabilization Pressure on Congress for Action Continues—More Reports From the Field EADER readers continue to bring pressure on congress for stabilization of farm products and an all-year price for pro ducers through revival of W. E. Grabenhorst, Dayton, Ore'., has been writing congressmen. Adrian Peterson, Chowchilla, Cal., 23 sig natures on petition. Elling B. Anderson, Hillhead, S. ,D„ wrote Representative Johnson, who replied he was for the bill. .T" Nikolas Nelson, Hillhead, S. D., has corre e- spondedwith members of congress, urging the matter.' Joseph F. Vavra, Stanton, N. D., 66 names on petition. J. W. Thrailkill, Montague, Mont., letter? to congressmen. Ole Sanvik, Gildford, Mpjit., 50 names on petition. Ludvig La resell, Galata, Mont., 24 and letter to Senator Walsh. G, v. Kness, Voiir, Col*f circulated petition and has, reply CHEAP MOTIVE POWER Editor NatipnaL Leader We have been interested readers of. the Na tional Leader for two or three years. I wish to say that we as farmers are with you heart and soul. It certainly looks good to see that at least some of the farmers have their eyes open. If the farmers' movements, such as the Nonpartisan league, farm bloc, etc., fail, the farmer might as wtell be gin digging his grave and the sooner he gets into it the better he"*willbe off." One thing which has been very in-, teresting to me for some time back is that, the farmer should find some cheaper form of motive power than gasoline. Why not denatured alcohol I understand that Henry Ford has been making -and using denatured al- cohol on his farms and his motor com panies for over two years and that the cost is about one-third less than gasoline. It seems to me that it would be a gveat thing for all farmers if we The Separator Itself win Earn and Pay the Rest We will accept the coupon below the samea as cash for full first payment of $2 on any 1922 model New Butterfly Cream Separator Don't send a single penny in advance. Just fill out the coupon, telling us which size madiine you want (see list at right) and we will ship it for you. to toy 30 days in your own home.Then you can findoutforyourself just how much aNew Butterfly Cream Separator will save and make for you. You can see that the machine itself will save enough extra cream to meet the tor to useon your farm and your money in your pocket. If at the end of 30 days trial you are not pleased just send the machine back at our expense. 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