The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-09-24

the farmers o. North Dakota : c,sa,
and often cheaper than any othee
state. In addition 70 Ill this. NJ. Hell
strom secured reduction q rates a
.twine shipments aud made possible the
connection Of more railroads into the
penitentiary 90 that the farmers were
saved over $4,000 annually. He ha6
to tight for everything he got from the
railroads, but he got Il.
He turned over the penitsndary on
April 80, 1918, 70 his successor, IN the
best condition the institution was ever
in. He turned over note settlements
covering the entire output Of the tWine
plant for 1913. All that remained Ia
be done by the incoming warden and
his business administration associates.
was to finish making the Irvine. dsliv.
or, and collect the money. The price
quoted was lower than any other fac
tory quotations that year. Tho farm
ers could have saved more on their
Irvine bills that year than ever.
: With all this, how did the business
administration run the penitentiary
the next year! Their prices in 1914
have run higher than the prices chare'
ed for the same grades Of binder
twine in Minnesota and make direct
overcharge to the North Dakota farm,
ers Of more than $4,000. which, aa
Mr.. Hellstrom 80 aptly said In open;
ing the campaign, Fought to put cash IN
the Golfers Of the business administraa
ton at the expense Of the farmers
This year, says Mr.. Hellstrom. prison
twine 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 luxury, II
comes high; It is q fine thing to tall
about" i
Other things in connection with tho
operation of the penitentiary by the
present business administration
have been opened to criticism. Theirs
are the extravagances Of the brick
yard and other things. OF course, Il
is a point to be taken into serious con,
sideration by all the farmers that ia
follow the successful six-year term Of
a competent economical business man
who has labored in the interests of HID
employers, the people, is difficult
thing for man unsuccessful and in.
experienced in business who has been
given the place simply because it ID
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 self-made man.
He is honest, straightforward, patri-
otto. He is an ardent supporter Of
Woodrow Wilson, Of William Jennings
Bryan and of the national administra.
tion which has achieved so much for
the American people in the brief two
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 that the poor man
may have a chance. II elected cover,
nor Of North Dakota, as all indications
from every quarter of the state now
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 O
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 il
possible to give, administer and en-,
force the law in 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, SO
that everybody will have 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: If you want 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
1ses, or governor who will turn q
keen ear to favor.seeking corporations
and interest collectors, then don't
vote for me. But If you want COVER.
nor who will give the peoples needs
his conscientious attention every mo.
ment while he IL In office, then | ash
you to consider my name on election
day."
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