Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-04
FRAZIER GIVEN
BIC OVATION By
|MANDAN VOTERS
Republican Candidate for Gov
ernor Delivers Stirring
Address .
EQUITABLE PRICES FOR
MARKETING GRAIN ISSUE
Middle Man Must Be Eliminated
For Benefit of Farmers
and All
6Y STAFF CORRESPONDENT

oV SVAee OOHHeSPONOENT
Lynn J. Frazer Republican can.
didate for, governor. addressed a
good-sized gathering of voters at
Mandan yesterday afternoon In a
spirited speech in which he praised
the Non.Partisan league and all can
didates running for office on that
party ticket, and claimed that when
these candidates were placed in of.
fee the government of the state OF
North Dakota would be bettered ten
fold. ~ ..E
Inclement weather frustrated the
plans of POLITICAL leaders and others
in charge of affairs and Mr.. Frazier
did not deliver his address at the
fair grounds as was contemplated. In
stead he spoke from an automobile
stationed in front of the Commercial
Club rooms on Main street.
introduced BY II. e. 6ehrens
The gubernatorial candidate was in
troduced by H. E. Behrens, one OF
the organizers of the NOn.Partisau
league.
Immediately after the introduction
a lengthy ovation was rendered the
farmers candidate. The majority OF
his speech was devoted to explaining
the platform of the Non-Partisan lea.
que and the efforts being made by all
candidates at this early stage of the
game to uphold the issues at stake.
Equitable Prices For Marketing.
Equitable prices for marketing
home products is the main conten.
tion of the Non-P Partisan league" as.
serted Mr.. Frazier. For many years
grains and other products raised in
North Dakota have been shipped to
Minnesota and that state has been
the recipient Of the credit for these
products. We must eliminate the mid
dle-man! 1t is time to boost for the
farmers, their crop and best of all
our great state of North Dakota. .
II firmly believe that good, hon.
est civil service act should be pass
ed so that examinations must be TAX
en- by candidates for appointive Of
fees and thus efficient men be placed
in these positions. BY this method
all concerned would be benefited.
Eliminate the Middle-Man.
Year after year the profits derived
by the middle-man from North Dakota
farmers approximate $4,000, 900. This
money is being taken from the state
when there is absolutely no reason
why it should not be kept within the
boundary lines and the farmers of
North Dakota derive the benefit of
this amount. The money that goes
out of the state every year on the
wheat crop alone, divided among the
farmers of North Dakota, would give
approximately 81, 1000. per year to each
tiller of the soil. The farmers are
poor enough without being robbed Of
their just due. The middle-man takes
the cream of the profit and also the
credit. Why should not the farmers,
consumers and all concerned receive
what rightfully belongs to them?
IN my mind there is no reason why
every businessman in North Dakota,
in fact every resident of this great
state, should not cooperate and place
the farmers in a position where they
can get the best prices and also the
best profit from their products. When
the farmers are prosperous, business,
as we'll as the people, also find condi.
tions improved. This is sufficient rea-
son for the maintenance of slogan,
Boost the Farmer and You Will Boost
Your Own Interests
Three Evening Addresses.
Last evening three addresses were
delivered to the voters of Mandan and
surrounding vicinity. Mr.. Frazier
spoke to large crowd at the
Bowery tent on Main street, while
H. E. Behrens talked to gathering
of railroaders in the Commercial Club
rooms, delivering his famous speech.
Railroad and the Railroaders.'
Immediately after Mr.. Frazier COM
pleted his talk he went to the Com
mercial Club rooms, where he also
addressed the railroad men.