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The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19
GROWTH OF. TENANTRY
SHOWS SYSTEM is WRONG

He questions if we have adhered to
the Jeffersonian principle of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none and questions the common sense
used in making laws which have allow
ed Gods earth to get into the hands
Of the privileged few. When we think
of the constantly increasing tenantry,
he continues, and the -crowding
of our large cities; of thousands of chill
Gren brought into this world every day,
we realize that a problem of such
magnitude will require the sincere
thought, study and cooperation of
everyone. The economists, he said,
have offered us a solution, which will
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19
THE FARMER AND
HIS SACK OF WHEAT

In the wheat market demonstration,
Mr.. Morley begins by stating that
"The farmer through the production
Of his crops, feeds the world. These
crops are due in part to his own abiI-
ity in combination with Gods land,
rain and sunshine. Therefore. he is
entitled to all the product of his
labors."
A farmer is then seen to enter with
a sack of wheat containing 100 lbs
of wheat Mr.. Morley explains to the
farmer that the handling of his wheat
is done by number of different agen-
Cies which levy a. tribute for doing so.
He proceeds to tell Mr.. Farmer Of
these different agencies and the
amounts he will have to leave with
each one of them, before he gets this
100 pounds to the house wife or baker
Beginning with a local elevator, he. is
compelled to leave 2 pounds there. The
distance from this local elevator to the
central market, is about 200 miles and
for the transportation he is compelled
to leave pounds with the railroad
company. This brings him to the
chamber of commerce where he again
pays tribute. Some of this wheat is
not to be used Immediately and must
be stored in the terminal elevator, for
which he must deposit 1 pound. He
then proceeds to the miller, where he
is touched up to the extent of pounds
From there he goes to the wholesaler,
where 8 pounds is required to keep
this agency in motion. go
The sack is constantly becoming
lighter, yet very few buy their flour
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19

A fourth farmer comes along and
while the remaining quarter is quite
hilly, stony and quite unfit for farm
ing, but this being all that is left, he
takes that as his home. A fifth. per-
son then arrives on the island, being
a young man who has just graduated
from an agricultural school and is
looking for a place to farm. He does
not want a big farm; he would be
satisfied with a few acres, but finds
that there is no place left for him.
He can not understand how this con-
dition can exist
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19
WILL THEY BITE?

If Minnesota farmers are caught with
the bait thrown out by the demo-re-
publican oldline- politician nonparti-
san-league which has been incorporat-
ed in that state IS or nine-dollar suck
ers" will not begin to express their
credulityS The corporation was launch
ed to counteract the real farmers or
ganization, @nd the silk stocking tile
hat membership will be the most dis
appointed bunch of self-seekers in the
state for many year, or we miss our
guess.-CRYSTALC CALL.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19
FARMER DOESN'T SEE
WHY HE PAYS so MUCH

At times the farmer appeared to be
discouraged and unwilling to pay. 1t
seemed very hard for him to under
stand the function Of every agency, yet
he took his medicine and passed on.
After leaving Mr.. Morley went on to
explain that most of these agencies are
absolutely necessary. He stated that
the divisions as stated above were cor
rect according to the best of authori-
ties. The question remained whether
or not some of these were not charging
more than they ought to for the service
rendered. He urged the study of this
problem, not only to enable the farmer
to know what his rights are, but also
to broaden his vision, of giving him a
proper idea of his service to the world,
and the means through which that
service is accomplished. -.
The parliamentary law demonstration
was in the form of farmers meeting
to discuss raising the price of their
milk and besides calling attention to
the necessity of knowing something Of
the usages of parliamentary law. It
also brought out some of the argu-
ments that are being used against the
farmers in their fight for a reasonable
price for their dairy products as we'll
as the arguments for such a raise.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19

direct from the wholesaler and it is
necessary to go through the~retailer
as we'll. Mr. Morley explained that this
is often done by little groceries selling
flour in small sacks and consequently
there is considerable work connected
with this, as well as waste, and he
therefore has to deposit II pounds at
this station, or a total of 36 pounds,
leaving the farmer only 81 pounds to
receive pay for.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19

always been noted for being interest
ing practical demonstrations instead Of
futile attempts at lofty oratory.
But this year besides such demon
strations as that Of Lenora Torgerson
of Dalton, on the use of whole wheat
direct from the granary for breakfast
food, as well as the use of the whole
wheat flour ground at home for bread
that of Elmer Hanson of Faribault on
judging the dairy COW and that Of
Olive Cunningham of Pipestone on
dishwashing, the real head-liners were
"The Farmer and His Wheat Market"
by Joseph Morley of Red Wood Falls,
the parliamentary law demonstration
led by Arthur Christgau of Austin and
the Pantomine on the land question led
by Victor Christgau, also of Austin.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19
THE UNINHABlTED ISLAND
AND ITS LAND LESSON

The land question demonstration
which was led by Victor Christgau
consisted of some tanbark placed upon
a large canvas on the stage, which
represented an unnhabited island,
when along comes farmer No. and
discovers the island, finding it a fine
place to live and conditions for farm
ing ideal, he fences off about a quarter
Of it.
Another farmer arrives shortly af-
terWardS and takes possession of
another quarter. The third man comes
along and is city chap, who estab-
fishes his right to the third quarter
but not wanting to farm nor to remain
upon the island he hires farmers No. l
and 2 to fence it for him and he then
returns to his home city.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19
(By a Staff Correspondent

! 7. PAUL, April THE COM
mencement exercises at the
Minnesota School of Agricul-
I ture. under the supervision Of.
Principal D. D. Mayne have.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-19

The argument over the land question,
putting in clearer light the problems
of ownership and taxation of farm
property and the need that the state
should offer inducements to actual cuI-
tivation by owners. @
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
Not a Woman
Of Finance
By WILLIAM CHANDLER

I'm not a new wOman's man. l be-
lieve in the woman of the past, the
dear, innocent creature who depended
on man for everything. I'm married
to woman who will never trouble me
by telling me how l should manage my
business. Adele knows no more of
business than kitten knows about I'M
tangling a ball of yarn.
One evening soon after Adele and
were engaged | went to see her and
found her in very happy mood. She
told me that her father in order to
prepare her for certain responsibilities
that she might encounter as a wife, had
put $500 in the bank to her credit for
her trOusseau and had given her a
pass book and check book. Her ia
Their showed her how to enter her de
pOsits and bring down her balances in
her check book. Occasionally she was
to hand in her pass book, have it bal
anced and see that the balance brought
down in it was the same as the balance
in her check book.
A month later, when l went to see
Adele, 1 found her in tears.
"What's the matter, dearestY l ask
ed, drawing her to me and kissing
away the tears.
I'm in awful trouble"
Tell me Perhaps l can help you
why, you know papa put the money
FOR my trOusseau in the bank and gave
me a check book. When I had used
the bank to be balanced. On its re
turn to me l was delighted to see that
l still had more than 5000 in bank.
Several additional garments | needed
made up 1897. | bought them and gave
checks for them. This morning the
clerk at the bank telephoned me that
my account was Overdrawn $1OO, and
this afternoon my milliner accused me
of giving her a check for $97 on a
bank where 1 had no money. She
threatened to send me to prison, but
papa satisfied her by giving her an
other check on his own bank. Don't
you think it was very mean of my
bank to treat me that way?"
told her she probably had not con-
sidered that all the checks she had
given out had not been presented for
payment when she received her pass
book from the bank; but, failing to
make her understand the problem,
agreed with her that the bank had
treated her shamefully. What could
have been more refreshing than the
dear girl spending $500 instead Of $500
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09

given by several of the members.
Rev. hobbs gave an instructive re-
view for the members of the class on
the life of Woodrow Wilson, and
Arthur Hendricksen gave a reading
entitled "The Champion Pancake
Eater" Two of the members, Fran
els Eastman and William Roseneau
gave readings on the Life of Thorn
as A. Edison" and the Life of Book
er T. Washington"
The class now has a membership
of %. 1t has recently made applica-
ton to the general board of Sunday
Schools for a charter for the class
The next meeting will be held April
2.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
Hancock Bow Killed

Hancock Record.-A dispatch in
the st. Paul Dispatch under date of
the 22nd of February gives parti-
culars of a wreck on the Great
Northern road twenty miles east of
Sioux Falls. Four men we're killed
including a former Hancock boy,
Frank Hanson, who lived here for
a number of years with his aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Grand
jean. Frank was conductor of stock
train which was moving slowly
around a curve when a fast through
freight crashed into it from behind.
Matt Brennan, a farmer from near
Donnelly, was pretty badly bruised
up and had his face cut.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
Dissolution of Firm

Grand Rapids independents THE
firm of C. A. Pogue & Co., who have
had their office in the Hughes block
for the last two years, is no more. A
meeting of the members of the firm,
which consisted of C. A. Pogue of
this village, M. J. McGOvern of Sup
erior, and John S. Siverts of Morris,
was held Wednesday and the diff
erent members agreed to disagree.
Messrs. Siverts and McGovern
bought out the interests of G. A.
Pogue and will finish up the diff
erent ditching jobs that the firm
has under contract. c. A. Pogue
will continue his logging operations
and for the present retain the Offices
in the Hughes block formerly oc-
cupied by the firm.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09

ding of w. L. Colyer and Mrs. Ida
s. Loomer, of South Dakota, were re-
ceived in Morris early this week.
The announcements read "W. L.
Colyer announces his marriage to
Mrs. Ida s. Loomer, Tuesday, Febru-
airy 27, 1917. At home after June 1,
Morris, Mimi
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
Another Latter From FLORIDA

The Tribune used the postscript
of a letter received from Mr.. and
Mrs. John House, now spending the
winter in Florida, as a late bulletin
announcing the wedding of w. L..
Colyer. We received the letter too
! late to print it last week but believe
it will be just as we'll received this
week. The/letter is as follows:
403 East Pine Street,
Orlando, Florida.
J. G. Morrison.
| Dear Sir:
We met Mr.. Wells and Mr.. Wilcox
| in Jacksonville in January and they
with the rest of their party after
ward called on us at Green Cove
Springs, 80 miles up the St. John
river.
Mr.. Colyer and Mr.. Tewksbury
came and stayed couple of weeks
and then went to Cuba and we came
here to Orlando, Orange county.
We are both we'll and enjoying this
climate very much. It is fine most
of the time, from so to 80 above
zero.
Orlando is the most beautiful in
land city we have found this far in
Florida. 1t is situated lat miles
south of Jacksonville. 1t has a popu-
Iation of 10000 which is mostly
northern people. The negroes are
located on one side of the city.
The streets are nearly all paved.
There are fine shade trees on both
sides of the streets, fine buildings
and beautiful flowers, all kinds of
| fresh garden truck and fruit.
! Oranges sell for 10 cents a dozen at
the packing houses and grape fruit
and bananas at Is cents dozen.
There are several fine lakes about
one and a half miles in circumfer-
ence, with a six foot cement walk
all around them and brick paved
auto drives. There is fine hunting
and fishing everywhere. There is a
fine large tourist club room with
chairs, tables and cards and all kinds
of games free to all. I counted fifty
| people playing games of some kind,
and as many more seated around. 1t
is like a Fourth of July celebration
| here all the time. There are good
churches and schools; no saloons
and no liquor sold outside of drug
! stores and then only on prescrip-
ton I know of no better place in
Florida to locate than at Orlando.
We have two nicely furnished
rooms for light housekeeping with
nice bath, all for $40 month.
Fraternally Yours,
John House.
P. S. We just received a telegram
from a friend at the springs invit
ing us to the wedding of W. L.
Colyer and Mrs. Loomer of South
Dakota c. B. Burpee will receive
the telegram. Ask him to show it to
you. jill.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
S. S. Class Has Interesting Meeting

S. S. CLASS Has Interesting Weetlng
The Leaders Glass, composed of
boys from IA to 20 years old of the
Methodist Sunday School met with
Clifton Cole one of the members,
Monday night. The following Off
GERS of the class we're elected at this
time for the coming year: Martin
Mumbleau, president; Clifton Cole,
vice president; John Billups, trea-
surer and Leroy Welfare, secretary.
After the election of officers an
interesting literary program was
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
Rise a Little Higher.

Those who live on the mountains
have longer day than those who live
in the valleys. Sometimes all we need
to brighten our day is to rise a little
higher
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
Oriain of "PIaaiarist."

One who apprOpriates-that Is, steals,
the literary work of another to use it
as his own thought, the child Of his
own brain, is guilty Of plagiarism, as
everybody knows, yet few are acquaint-
ed with the derivation of the word or
know that the plagiarist is literally a
child stealer. Among a certain class Of
criminals in Rome in the time of the
earlier Caesars there existed the fear
full custom of stealing children and
selling them as slaves. According to
Roman law, the child stealers when de-
tected received as a part of the penalty
for their crime a severe fogging. AS
the Latin word playa signifies a stripe
or lash, the ancient kidnapers were
termed "plagiari' is, deserving of
stripes. So both the crime and the
criminals received their names from
the castigation inflicted
Mr.. Tiff-Why don't you like her
hat? Mrs. Toff-Because it is just like
mine.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09

A man ought never to quarrel with
a woman. He should bear her Unrea-
son In silence.-NapOleOn.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
MAKE MONEY SELLING

Our Statesmen are making BIG
MONEY selling the "Willoco"
Lime of High Grade Gasoline,
Kerosene, Lubricating Oils,
Greases, House and Barn
Paints, Auto Specialties, Hog
: oilers and Tank Heaters
DIRECT to CONSUMERS.
We Guarantee our Products.
. We cooperate with our agents.
We pay our men literally.
WE WANT A MAN to sell
our Products in this and ad-
joining counties. No Capital
Required. This is YOUR
OPPORTUNITY. Write Us
Today for our proposition.
WILHELM OIL COMPANY,
St. Paul, Minnesota
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09

for her trousseau and blaming the bank
for refusing to stand the difference?
regretted that the knot between us had
not been tied, depriving nae of the priv
ilege of turning in a couple of hundred
more to meet the deficiency.
Not long after this the telephone bell
called me, and Adele poured another
trouble over the wire.
ooh, Frank" she moaned, 81 have
lost $5O!'
How did you do that, pet|
why, l drew check for that
amount to pay bill at Osterhauser's.
Fido got hold of it and tore it into bits,
l have nothing left to pay the bill and
am ashamed to go to papa for any
more money"
What a chance for me to make a gift
to my sweetheart that etiquette for
babe!
"Il tell you what to do, darling. I'll
give Osterhauser's a check for your
bill We are to be married so soon that
it will be all right for me to do So"
"Oh, no; couldn't do that"
"Well, then, draw another check for
the amount, and l will put my name
on the back of it."
will that fix it all right"
"Of course it WILL
"And you won't be paying the billT'
Certainly not"
This satisfied her, and she had no
more trouble with her finances until
few days before our wedding, when
she was threatened with arrest for
forgery. This is how it happened:
She had spent over $1,000 for her
rousseau, and there were still bills
outstanding. Her father, being called
out of town, had told her that if any
amounts that must be paid came in
during his absence she was to draw
checks for them in his check book on
his own bank. He would notify the
bank that she was authorized to sign
for him.
Money was needed during his alb
sence, and Adele drew a check on the
bank, signing her fathers name, but
not adding to the signature, by Adele"
The person who presented the check
was accused of having forged the sig
nature He declared that he had re-
ceived it from Adele and was so indig-
nant at the fraud perpetrated against
him that he swOre out a warrant for
her arrest. Her father being absent,
was sent for pOsthaste. Examining
the check, 1 saw that she had initiated
her fathers signature.
why did you do that?" l asked.
"Why, l thought l should write it as
near like papa would as possible"
l settled the matter by explaining it
and giving my own check in place of it.
When Adele's father came home he
received an apology from the bank for
having declined to pay the check
drawn by his daughter according to
his directions. The clerk had not
known that a woman existed who was
not aware that imitation of signature
is forgery and forgery is a crime.
Ny wife and l have been married for
ten years, and do not regret her stu
Didity in financial affairs. l take care
of such matters myself. She has all
she can do to look out for the children.
There are many things in her sphere
about which 1 am as stupid as she is In
mine.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
Miscellaneous Continued

FOR SALE.-50O buhels first class
early good oats, also 200 bushels
later good oats. William Luthi,
Phone 518-g. st
FOR SALE-Full barred Plymouth
Rock rosters Henry Hartog. If
You will find more of the leading
people of Minnesota registered at the
Radisson, than at any other hotel in
the cities. adv.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09

Announcements Received
The announcements of the we'd
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
HOUSES FOR sALE-RENT

FOR RENT 200 acre-farm, g.
room house, good barn and gran
airy. Either cash or share rent.
$50 acres plowed. Section IS, Swan
Lake. J. o. Pearson.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
MISCELLANEOUS

SEED WHEAT.-169 Blue Stem,
1915 crop; 500 blu. good clean
wheat, $500 a bushel, also some
yellow Dent seed corn. H. B. Heuer,
Pepperton township, Rt 1. DonneI'y,
MINI. ct.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
:. The MARKET PLACE

WANTED-Young man or young
s, lady to learn photography. c. L.
.Voss. If.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09
FARMS FOR SALE-RENT

MONEY to loan on Improved farms
in Stevens and adjoining counties.
See A. A. Stone, Morris, MINI. If
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09

HEATING sTOVE-Elmhurst heat
ar in good condition and plenty Of
stove pipe for sale at Tribune office.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09

PURITY SOOTLESS 1.-THE Best Of
Best by Actual Test Lampert
Lumber Co. tt
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-03-09

P. S. We just received a telegram
from a friend at the springs invit-
ing us to the wedding of W. L.
CoIyer and Mrs. Loomer of South
Dakota. C. B. Burpee will receive
the telegram. Ask him to show it to
you. -J.H.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-22
A PITFALL TO BE AVOIDED.

The aims and ends the present great
very plain also the for participation
in it, world fights o wipe mHtarism from
the face of the earth
1t characteristic that it should be marked by
tain high lights representing the great strides forward
to civilization Magma Charta is such light, Jesus
Christ such a light. and the renaissance the
reformation, the French revolution, and Decara-
ton of independence by the American colonies And
so is the present great struggle 1t is also charac-
history that she demands blood and in
payment for all advancement. She demanding it
now she demanded it before Only yes
terday carried the cables that
million lives had laid down the various battle
fronts since the beginning.
The aim of the present struggle is the underlying
reason into it. other immediate
sons the sinking of American ships by subma-
rnes the loss of American lives existed
but they out OF the big chief reason.
This nation. foremost representative of republican
thought world could afford remain neutral
during great feudalism the
very antthiss o al her thought ideals. a
matter of principle the night is pre-emnently fight
Russa's desertion democracy efectualy eliminated
the paradoxical
But in participation in the let of America
beware of certain pitfalls which may possibly
plunge should avoid. would avoid black
plague, the military habit of thought. Mitarsm
gendered in minds by the titanic clash
should be crushed at its inception We must not
make war heroic. evidently had
something mind on last Saturday when he
declared that this occasion for the eXhi
bition of dramstics deadly scientific business
worked a deadly scientific the close
of the wish and expensive military
establishment fastened upon We would thereby fall
into the evil that befen Prussia forty
years spent the flower of its effort to build up the
I
defensive purposes finally ualeashed that machine
in destructive campaign of aggression. We look 20
the sound minds the various capitals
tente to preclude any such debace.
Let us remember that is unlovely. and that mil
tarism is wars weapon the servant of a sordid
thing of unbleached primal passions Only to minds
warped by lust power battle beautiful Through
the weller of blood let democratic
dream. the white light of equality men the right
of individual growth under the