Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-29
COMMUNICATION

National Constitutional Prohibition
The National Convention OF the An
tf.Saloon league will convene at 20
lumbus, Ohio, Nov. 1918, 1913. Dur
ing thre days before the convention
a Superintendent and Workers Con-
ference will be held where the rep
rs%entatives Of fOrty.nine states Will
plan for more effective work. Unusu'
al interest centers in this convention
because at this time will be formally
launched what is known as The Fl.
nal Step in the Battle with the Liquor
Traffic" or National Constitutional
Prohibition. The announcement has
been submitted to the State Superin-
tendents and approved.
The plan will be to elect United
States Senators and Representatives
| who will vote to sublnit a COnstitu.
tiCral amendment to the States which
| when ratified by two thirds of the
states will become q part of the consti.
tuition. When a state has once act
ed favorably it cannot retract but will
count and await the favorable action
of other states. .. .
In connection with the above it may
be said that North Dakota Is already
in Line as a prohibition state. If the
resolution am to a vote to submit
a National Prohibition Amendment to-
morrow every Senator and R%epresen.
tative from North Dakota would vote
for it and the next Legislature would
ratify it and North Dakota would be
the first or among the first in line.
National Prohibition SO far as North
Dakota is concerned Is an assured fact
now without any agitation Or getting
ready. The thing we can do that will
aid toward this great end Is to thor
Ollghly enforce Il laws and set an
example to the states Of what prohi-
bition will do for a people.
II. l.. Watkins, S,lpt.
Hebron. N. D., May 2S.-Editor Tri.
bune. | see by the Tribune OF May
% that t he commercial club is plan.
ming for big times this summer and
are going in to the matter Of better
farming. Now il they really have the
interest OF the farmer at heart after
a careful study Of the existing circum.
stances they will change and turn
their attention to better marketing
conditions as the farmer will tend to
the better farming and we think he is
perfectly able ana qualified. But we
do need help and all We can get on the
marketing of farm produce.
Now we will call the attention of
yourself as well as the club to Mr.. B.
Il. Yoakum who wrote an article that
speaks for itself. The article we refer
to is on page 4, of May %, issue Of
the Tribune.
Take the last 2 years and look at
the facts figured out OF our govern.
ment reports. The report shows that
in the fall of 1912 when the last crop
started to market that the visible sup.
ply of wheat vas 80 per cent below
the average The last crop was 10
per'cent above the average leaving a
deficiency Of 20 per cnt below the av-
erage' still existing. In the fall Of 1911
and the spring OF 1912 wheat was sell.
ing in our local markets at or around
80 cents. Last fall and this spring
wheat was selling from 68 to 20 cents
with the visible supply 20 per cent be.
low the average. Now we cannot see
anything in this but discrimination
and the trust methods or price fixing
not taking into consideration the sup.
ply and demand. We do not deem our.
selves competent to handle these mat.
tiers and think tina: the most good
would come from help in this direc.
ton. Think it would be a wise thing
to try and let better farming stand
back a little as we cannot see, taking
it from a money standpoint, where
the last crop has been benefited as a
whole. as it lacked almost two million
dollars of putting as much money in
the farmers hands as the crop before
did. .. a..
We have given you our eason and
think they should be sufficient
grounds for what We ask. What in.
ducement is there in raising bumper
crops. paying bumper prices for every.
thing We buy and taking the very
lowest prices for what we have to
sell. Nothing went down but the farm.
ers' grain. v
Yours respectfully,
C. H. ELDER.