Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-04-05
MNPARIISAN LEAGUE HELD TWO
MEETINGS HERE YESTERDAY; THEIR
OPPONENTS ARE ROUNDlY> SCORED
Business Men and Lawyers Who Differ With Them Are
Attacked-Press and Pulpit Come in for
:s II Oratorcal Jabs.

grabbers in the east, right here % in
North Dakota. To do this the farm
ers must cooperate.
Il wish to say in behalf of the
people OF Grand Forks that the daily
paper in this city does not represent
the sentiment of the people OF the
city. In time the civilization Of the
people of the state will advance and
then such sheets as these will dig
appear"
Martin is Speaker.
K: 3. Martin. one of the state or
meeting yesterday afternoon.
] He declared that the money which
| Is building up Minneapolis and St.
raul IS coming to great extent from
the state OF North Dakota.
Keep the money in the state, and
when the farmers prosper the busi-
ness mon will prosper" he said. The
farmer is looking for bargains when
he sends to q mail order house, and
the merchant has no right to criticize
him." he declared.
BY sending the members of the
league to the state legislature meas
passed and not before this is done
can the farmer be helped in any way,
he stated. I'VE must have wheat
raisers In the legislature and organ
| ize to establish market prices.
| Fighting for Right"
We are fighting for better homes
Tor better manhood and for better
| humanity: There has never been a
movement for the betferment Of hu-
manity but what has been fought.
III the editor of the Grand Forks
Herald is in this audience we would
like to ask him question. Could
we mislead this audience? This il an
audience that has never made a mis-
step:
The farmers of the country are
studying. and they realize that some
| thing is wrong. Our aim is to keep
| the boy on the farm. by creating bet
ter conditions. The boys and the girls
must have a better chance than they
| have had formerly.
Should Help Boys and Girls.
| rs Bismarck trying to do the most
for the boys ana girls Of the state
| that they can possibly do7 II not,
they are not doing their duty. The
gang at the head must be broken up.
Mothers have to work too hard
now. We should stand together and
remedy this condition. but we've got
to pull together to do 1t. We must
get shoulder to shoulder with the
ere.'
Beecher Moore. another of the or
gantzers OF the league, also gave a
short talk on the aims and purposes
OF the organization.
Started on Nothing.
was not an % accident but ~ was s'iasat bai1t
up out of nothing. We started in
McHenry county with borrowed
auto and have built it up until now
there are $4,000 members.
Politicians are strong on prom
ises. but promises don't get you any
our own men there.
We want a. state terminal ele-
| vator. state stockyards. fiour mills ana
packing plants. To do this we can
sell long term bonds on the state the
same as a municipality.
We should have a packing plant
in the state to keep the money here
and to lower the price Of dressed
meat. IT would mean more business
and more market.
Want Hail Insurance.
I'VE also want state hail insur.
ance. At cents per acre in one year
the treasury Of a state hail insurance
movement could have a million dol
| lars in the treasury.
Single tax on farm lands is an
other of the reforms vi demand.
This means that the improvements on
farm lands would be exempt from
taxation. state inspector Of dockage
of grain is also demanded.
I'VE can't get these reforms with
| out an organization Of this sort. be-
| cause the farmers themselves must
get in the legislature to pass the
laws. This is because the lawyers,
! real estate men and bankers are the
ones who sell these things and profit
by them. The farmers have to buy
them"
Evening Session.
j. Arthur Williams, who ran for
mayor Of Grand Forks on the Social
| list ticket two years ago.. opened the
evening session. He stated that the
league resulted from the terminal ele-
vator fight in the legislature, when
the farmers Of the state went to Bis
| marck to demand legislation to which
they were entitled from their paid SER
! wants, and were told to go home and
feed the pigs" He introduced the
second speaker of the evening, r. B.
Martin.
Mr.. Martin opened his remarks by
comparing the formation of the
league to the formation Of the world
as narrated In the book Of Genesis
He declared that the league was here
to- wipe the enemies Of our homes
from the soil Of North Dakota" and
said that the papers that opposed the
movement were attacking the leaders
because they knew that without the
leaders the rank and file Of farmers
would be helpless ~.
49,, Denies Liquor Connection.
He closed, hts remarks by charac-
tertztng as q "damnable lie'' the accu-
sation that the Non-Partisan league
was trying to bring the liquor traffic
back tc the state.
The chief speaker Of the evening
was Q. N: Thomason, a member Of
the Non-Partisan Leaders editorial
staff: Mr.: Thomson said that Pc
rusal OF the Grand Forks papers Just
before the recent league meeting in
Fargo had given him the impression
that the league was dead. =.
Lawyers and Ministers.
Il was once preacher" declared
Mr.. Thomason. "and 80 I was fond
Of funerals. went to Fargo and
found the league to be- q very. lively
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