The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-30
MURPHY DEFENDS
Sen. M'CUMBER
TAKES EXCEPTION TO.
BIASED ARTICLE or sEcRE-
TARY OF THE AMERICAN so.
GETTY or EQUITY AND SHOWS
MccUMBER HAS HELPED.

Secretary Anderson Of the American
Society Of Equity recently rushed into
print to make little anti -McCumber
political medicine. Mayor Murphy oil
Minoa shows the anirnus Of Anderson
and also calls attention, as a member
Of the American Society of Equity to
some of the good work that the North
Dakota senator has accomplished for
the A. s. of E.
Anderson's article apr cared in the
morning papers of Fargo and Grand
Forks and Mayor Murphy had the fol-
lowing in The Grand Forks Herald:
Having Just finished reading the
article of T. M. Anderson, secretary OF
the North Dakota union of American
Society of Equity in your issue of yes
terday under the caption Equity So
siety Not in Politics" my first thought
was "deminimus non. curat lex
meaning the law does not notice
trivial matters.
Being. however, a consistent mem
Der of the society, one who has con-
tributed to some extent in its spread
and upbuilding, and realizing as every
Intelligent member of the American
Society of Equity must, that no public
man during the last decade has done
or is doing more toward the promulga-
tion, not only of the principles upon
which the society is founded. but for
the welfare and projections of the
American farmer than Senator Nc
Cumber. am loath to let Mr.. Ander-
son get away with the cover: nasty
little phrase that "he (McCumbecN pos
es as the defender of the soc!ety--the
champion of Lozsrus at the gates of
Dives"
If to champion everything that the
American Society of Equity stands for
honest weighing, cleaning and grad
ing of our grain, enactment of national
pure food laws, which is of ilestimable
value to every honest producer of food
products, adequate protection of our
products against foreign competition,
spreading the gospel of scientific agri-
culture-the doing in fact of every
thing possible. in season and out, be-
fore and after election, to assist the
farmer in becoming a business man
and getting him into the procession of
progress that he may march to the
quick step of 1910-if all this is posing
| as the champion of Lazarus at the
gates of gates of Dives"-Well and
good, for this is McCumbers record.
Mr.. Anderson is captious, censorious
and unkind in his criticism of the best
and most powerful friend the Amer
ttcan observation-disclosures who feed a
hungry world-has in public life today.
The American Society of Equity
needs friends in congress. 1t has not
had to send delegations to Washington
to assist or instruct McCumber He
has studied and anticipated our needs
and aspirations, and while the society
lis as a matter of course, non-partisan,
lat should not tip backwards in this at
titude nor refuse commentator ia
lpublic servants like McCumber, who
lis ever watchful of our interests, on
the job all the time, doing big mans
work i'm big mans way
/ / would call Mr.. Anderson's atten-
ton to the fact that scoring at the
successful efforts of those whom we
know to be our friends, denying the
possibilities of worthy motives, TO
menting distrust among our members,
and weighing every action in the dis
ltorted balance of a suspicious imag-
4 ination is not the way to build up the
/ American Society of Equity.
l. venture the assertion that If Sena-
tor McCumber mailed to our office a
dozen sacks of speeches." as Mr.. An
lderson says he did, {. at Mr.. Piesson
Tor some one else apparently in au-
thority asked for them. Let Mr.. An
derson inveigh against H. Bachelor all
The pleases, but / object to his
Igratituous statement that he is "con-
WINGED" Bachelor is paid from money
taken from McCumber's campaign
fund
1t would be as reasonable for the
writer to assert that because Mr. An
derson is a democrat, which he is, he,
Therefore, took occasion to work him
! self in as secretary of The American
/ Society of Equity tina. he may be of
help to his political organization. An
dersons sending copies of the article
published in The Herald to other news
lpapers-and he did-shows a political
animus not in keeping with his posi-
ton as secretary, The acting presi-
\ dent of the society in the state wired
The Fargo News not to publish Ander-
lsons article. but il did, j-st the same,
as of course that sort of dope is duck
soup" for such a publication as the
News
Secretary Anderson should read
what former President Fitch Of the
lChicago board Of trade said before the
congressional agricultural committee
and see what our natural and hered-
itary enemies think of the principles
of the American Society OF Equity, and
McCumber's work in checkmating
those who have filched hundreds OF
millions from the American farmer
Also he should read the interview
OF Mr. Edgar, the spokesman of those
who would be benefited by free wheat
in the New York Sun Of the 18th OF
March where he says The east does
mot realize how narrow a margin there
lis between consumption and supply
IT we ever get free wheat the eastern
part of the country will have TO bring
lit about The demand win have e
come from this part of the country
for free food
The American Society OF Equity
: should love McCumber for the enc
mics he has made and is making.
/ Now, while we have as yet no fed
eral law governing the inspection and
II grading Of grain. every intelligent
farmer knows that the agitation OF this
! vital question by McCa nber. who hat
been fought at every turn by every
I board OF trade and gambling institu.
ton in America every intelligent
, farmer, / repeat, knows that this agi.
tation is responsible for the vast i'm.
) provement in conditions at terminals
J like Duluth And while we are still