Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-09-20

Attorney sivef serumgards presided
as chairman of the meeting and In
introducing Mayor Sweet Us the frst
speaker comments on 4 the Mayors
recent move ct sFargoEto refund 1.-THE
tax payers,aor stockhoid ders, asFtthey
we're termed eby# the Mayor, q, ssdiyi-
dend,a II being money which has ac-
cumulated III the city treasury during
the past year, = profit which the city
has made in the renting Of their
streets to the street railway company,
ETC., amounting tosa consid derable sum.
y While Mayor Sweet lacked the finer
elements of oratory, his earnestness
and enthusiasm lent dignity to his ap-
peal. Mr.. Sweet in part said: s,s
There are many things in the pro
gressive party platform Of intense in
terest to the people, but among the
noble and sincere sentiments there set
forth there are matters Of vital and
Immediate importance to the people
of this state OF North Dakota. And
the thing which comes home to>s ssa
more strongly than ANY thing else is
that plank ii the platform which says,
we demand the immediate repeal 81
+ the Canadian Reciprocity Act. q
&. mo, my friends, there Is nothing In
the world more sure at this moment
than that the overwhe helming wish q
the farmers, the merchants and the
business men OF lN orth Dakota is fol
the repeal of the Canadian Reprocity
Pact. 5$553sE
Every man whose interests are
identified with North [ Dakota knows
that is that obnoxious act IS not re'
pealed, the Canadians will very; soon
take advantage Of ] its permission to
deluge those markets il which we dis
pose sof odr 5 grain with II not q merely mil
Ions hut tenss oft millions of bushels
81 grain. with the result that the
prices Of our markets will be beaten
& down and for short periods, durinl
which the glut is heaviest anda aat the
very time when our farmers most neei
I the advantage OF and active denant
for their products, the pricessIwill sgs
It'd a 1eVel that means disaster. AM
the continued 3 repetition Of thess
things win ID tnrn react upon the vai
ues Of our lands.
s'sH there ever was q single thini
iii which the farmers found the Ad
.., vantage of the policy III protection
not only tor American industry bu
American production, II 10 in the mat
ter of this tarif on canad dian wheat
which both the old republi lean part,
ana the democratic spartyy are commit
ted to destroy
3E Consider the logic 81 the situation
The candi date sof tis republi lican part,,
is| the author of the recipro rocity san
and viii never errnit its repeal Their
iss therefore no hope for the, farmer
either directly or by influence sinS th
election 81 MI. TAFT for president 40
Hanna for governor Of this state. q
the platf orm of the republican parts
on the other hand. the democrati
party is.s conamitted absolutely NJ sre
& trade, ana 4 the people of North sll'l n
5kota do not want smother Wilson go
man bili, with all of the disasters g
panic and industrial &depre asion. the + p
win never seek for help in the repes
OF thetFeeip pFOoity act from tssat part.
It. here, III only one reeollrse left
the farmers and the speople gof Mort
Dakota, and that is 70 take there saGan
squarsIy and immediately behind n,
platform of the national progressiy
/ Continued % Page Eisht,