The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-31
WHY FARMERS SHOULD VOTE
FOR HANNA.

WI iioa1o IS 80
B. Hanna for governor? 1t must be
admitted that the farmer is the bone
and sinew Of North Dakota prosper
ity. Let the agricultural industry be
removed from the state and 1t returns
to the conditions in which the pioneers
Of the EOS and SOS found it. Seventy
FIVE per e n Of the states wealth is
directly or indirectly dependent upon
the farms. It is evident, then. that
an administration Of state affairs that
will be beneficial to the farmers will
be beneficial to the whole state.
But the farmers themselves should
be the benefciaries directly if they
vote for Hanna for governor for rea-
SON Of prosperity. No n believes
that the election Of MI. Hanna will
enable the state. through its oficiale.
to distribute vouchers IN the state
treasury for money. Some democrats
believed the national government
would do that when President Cleve-
land was elected the first time. The
benefits to the farmers will come from
lower taxes and greater results from
the money expended for them. We
are willing to become surety that II
Mr.. Hanna is elected governor he will
not cut the appropriation for farm
ers' institutes while he makes a trip
across the continent on a special train
for the purpose Of Matching a MOTOR
iety boom for vice president.
Farmers institutes is merely one
way in which the farmers derive ben
ntit from the state. 1t is a recognized
fact that the improved conditions in
farming. and the consequent increase
In the value of farm lands. are direct
~ due to the instruction received by
the farmers in institutes. This being
true. a governor who understands the
needs Of the farmers from some 9TH
or angle than selling them farm ma
chinery at trust prices. can serve
them better than one not so situated.
The protection Of live stock from
outside %epidenics. the %glandered
horse law and scores of other laws
on the statute books-designed to pro
tect the property Of the farmer-can
be rendered worthless by the COVER
nor's veto power over the appro-
prlations for them. It would be as
easy to cut off these as it was to u
out the farmers Institutes.
Mr.. Hanna has always been a pub
lie servan rather than Il politician.
When a man for years in public life
has followed a marked policy. it Is
n pretty safe assurance that If again
elected he will do the same thing.
Mr.. Hanna in all his past public life
has looked to the interests OF the peo-
pie before his political ambitions. II
that be SO, is it not reasonable that
II elected go, he will look after
the interests of the farmers because
their prosperity means the prosperity
of the state? Those are some Of the
reasons why the interests of the farm
ers will be better served by his cleo
tion than by the election Of any one
else.
If a selfish motive dominated him.
he would still he the best man for
governor from both the farmers and
the business mems standpoint. He has
large farming and business interests
In h state, and any thing that would
add to either would add equally to the
same interests Of every man in the
state. Even this policy. while selfish,
would be better for the people than
one which was merely the building up
OF a political ambition.