Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-08
COL. FUTILE
CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS

Col. William P. futile, Dawson,
today formally announced his candi-
dacy for Republican nomination. for
congress from the Second COMPRESSION
al district. He has been looking over
the field for several weeks and after
assurance from a host of friends thru
out the district decided to make the
race again.
One of the chief planks in his plat
form is the advocacy of cooperative
marketing Of farm products. In this
system Col. Tuttle who is an extens-
i've farmer himself believes that the
farmers can get better prices for their
products.
On this point his announcement
well says:
"Inasmuch as the manufacturers Of
the country have seen fit to organize
themselves into trusts and into com
bines to insure themselves larger pro
fits and lower prices, the efforts Of
the farmer to cooperate should be on
c%ouraged.
To that end I would favor the pro-
ducers of farm products getting togeth
er as in the Society of Equity or some
similar organization for their mutual
benefit"
His complete announcement follows:
To the Voters Of the Second Congress.
sional District:
Primary elections are again upon
US. I myself a candidate as
representative in Congress for the Sc.
cond Congressional District Of North
Dakota. I stand for good government
morally and financially economic. 7
believe that the fundamental princi.
pal in order to be right must be "the
greatest good to the greatest number,
and I pledge myself If elected to be
for call the people all the time"
The interests Of the people must be
paramount. I am absolutely against
special privileges. I desire in seek.
ing this office to represent the real
people Of the state of North Dakota
and i~ncidently, in doing that. about
gagged in agricultural pursuits. I an
one-third Of the whole United States
viz: that part which tills the soil 70,
their living. I am pleased to express
this in this way because more thar
80 per cent Of d population are en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits. I an
absolutely opposed to the admission Of
free wheat, oats barley and flax, a1st
cattle, beef and hogs, from Canada
Australia and New Zealand. Also tn,
butter that we are threatened will
from Siberia and other countries, a!
well as eggs the world over, as recent
ly exemp1ified by punches Of six mil
lion dozen Chinese eggs, and selling
at 8 cents a dozen in San Francisco
Our farmers for the past so year
have been paying enhanced prices 70
nearly everything they have had t.
buy, in order to support American Ia
Dor. Hence, in return therefor, tn
farmer, of all people, should not b
legislated against, but on the contra
ry, if any class should have specia
legislation in it's favor, it is this one
third of the class that prae
tically produces the wealth o
the world on which the other twt
thirds lives-and the non-producin
class need not object, in return, I
pay the producer an adequate pric,
and thus furnish him the wherewith,
for an adequate living.
Tnasmuch as the manufacturers {
the country have seen fit to organic
themselves into trusts, into "gentl
mems agreements" and into combin;
lions to insure themselves larger pr,
fits and prevent lower prices, the e
forts of the farmer to co-operai
should be encouraged. To that end
would favor the producers getting t.
gether, as in the "society Of Equity
or some other similar organization, fl
their mutual benefit. The fruit raj
ers west of the Rocky mountains ha,
made a success of cooperation and
see no reason why the grain grove.
east Of the "Rockies" may not do Il
same.
Aside from my interests in the ag,
culture of our state, we must also g
low that all the other businesses
the country are as necessary and
trust, and I may say, believe, that n
many years of experience in vario
branches Of commercial life have {
pecially fitted me to pass upon tho
questions that may arise as to Il
best needs Of our whole country a,
that, consequently, I may safely re
resent all classes, all trades and .
emergencies Il; especially believe q
country should be run RI d On a busine
basis, more.+than ON q political OF
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