The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-25

tho farmers Of North Dakota 40 cneaD
and often cheaper than any Other
state. In addition to all this, Mr.. He'll
strom secured reduction Of rates on
twine shipments and made possible the
connection Of more railroads into the
p%enitentiary so that the farmers were
saved over 10000 annually. He had
to fight for everything he got from the
railroads, but he got It,
He turned w the %penitentiary on
April 30, 1913, to his SUCCESSION in the
best condition the institution wat evsI
In. He turned I've note settlements
covering the entire output of the Irvine
plant for 1913. All that remained to
be done by the incoming warden and
his business administration associates,
was to finish making the Irvine, dellw
er, and collect the money. The price
quoted was lower than any other fac
tory quot atoms that year. The farm
ers could have saved Tor or theil
tWine bills that year than eve
With all this, how did the business
administration run the ~penitentiary
the next year? Their prices in 1914
have run higher than the prices chargs
ed for the same grades of binder
Irvine in Minnesota and make a direct
Overcharge to- the North Dakota farm.
ers Of than $32, 900, which, al
Mr.. Hellstrom so aptly said in open
ing the campaign, Ought to put cash in
the Golfers of the business administra
ton at the expense of the farmers.S
This year, says Mr.. HellstrOm, "prison
Irvine has cost the North Dakota farm
ers on their Irvine bills over 1926, 900
more than if the North Dakota prison
twine prices had been right. A bust
ness administration is a luxury, il
comes high; it is a fine thing to talk
about"
Other things in connection with the
DperatiCn OF the ~penitontiary by the
present business administration
have been opened to criticism. There
are the ayagances of the brick
yard and other things. OF course. il
Is a point to be taken into serious con,
HideratiOn by all the farmers that to
follow the successful ~siX-year term OF
d competent economical business man
who has labored in the interests of his
employers, the people, is a difficult
thing for a man unsuccessful and in
experienced in business who has been
given the place simply because it is
the best paying political berth in the
state and because his friends in the
old crowd wish him cared for in the
proper manner.
Mr.. HellstrOm is a self-made man
He is honest, straightforward, patri.
otto. He is an ardent supporter oil
Woodrow Wilson, of William Jennings
Bryan and Of the national administra
ton which has achieved so much fol
the American people in the brief tive
years it has been in power.
Mr.. Hellstrom is the farmers friend,
He is unalterably opposed to the board
Of trade as an institution. He believes
in the increase of the tax exemption
from $50 to 5000 so hat the poor man
may have a chance. If elected Cover
nor OF North Dakota, as all indications
from every quarter Of the state nov
point. he will at all times guard and
protect the rights and interests of the
people and the taxpayers of the state.
With such an enviable record as 4
competent public official, 1t is natural
to presume Mr.. Hellstrom will give
the people of his state the best and
most economical government that it ID
possible to give, administer and en-
force the law in a fair, candid and
straightforward manner and take the
people into his confidence at all times.
He will hew directly to the line and
let the chips fall where they may, 50
that everybody will have a square deal
With the unqualified endorsement Of
such men as former Governor John
Burke, now United States treasurer.
William Jennings Bryan, the secretary
of state. and many others of equal
fame and soundness, Mr.. Hellstrom
will receive the highest vote cast in
November.
Remember Mr.. Hellstrom's charao
teristically emphatic warning to the
people: III you want a governor to
play politics with state institutions and
public funds. or who is possessed Of
the idea that he can mollycoddle the
people by handing out empty prom.
ises, or a governor who will turn q
keen ear to favor-seeking corporations
and interest collectors, then don't
vote for me. But If you want a COVER
nor who will give the peoples needs
his conscientious attention every mo-
ment while he is in Office, then l ask
you to consider my name on election
day"