Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-21

with tears In his eyes and voice, ex-
claimed: my God, men. the safety
of the nation is o important. than
mere questions of barter and sale.
ed at stake while you discuss tho price
of hogs" There was but a scattering
of applause for these otltburSts of pa
triotic protest against what had been
said. and a few minutes later. the
Judge was o ed that his time had
expired, although he had talked less
than half as long as Lindbergh.
Civil War Experience Repeated.
hDuring the Civil war;" said Judge
Torrance. I'VE had thousands of men
who at home tried to weaken the
power Of the arms of the men at
the front. Those were the hard days
for the nation. but we lived through
people On the face of the sglobe." Thts
brought little response except from
the fringe of the audience.
And now we r again in q great
war hegcontinued. "aFwar in which
the cause of righteousness and hu-
manity calls for great sacrifices. and
you must, make them, not some one
else. You can't sit back and be idle
spectators. The question is what you
can do for the common cause. We
must be united in a common purpose.
If we stand for liberty, liberty will
|be the heritage Of the earth" Still
little applause from the crowd that
had been yelling itself hoarse for the
Transcription of everything" speaker.
We must forget ourselves, lay aside
our prejudices, and remember the
flag" he said in pleading tones. w
must not allow prejudice against the
nations officials to minimize our eff
ficiency.
Support Liberty Loan.
'Our boys are in the trenches and
the stars and stripes are waving today
on the battlefields OF France. I wish
1 could>be with those boys, but that
is not possible for me or you because
Of age. But we must stand back of
them in every possible way. Thank
God. our young Americans are willing
to lay down their lives for their coun-
try. Without them u nation would
die and it's ideals perish.
I'VE must save those who are OPP
pressed by the divine right Of auto
Gratis. Friends of liberty must sub
scribe for Liberty bonds. Those bonds
belong to the people and not to Wal
street or not to the bankers. 1 am
here to ask you, when your govern
ment places. the bonds on sale. do your
duty"
The address Of DR.. Maxwell Of Col
orado, a league organizer in that state.
was marked with such statements as
this, which set the crowd wild with
cheering and applause:
1.-THE stream Of liberty following
from the mountains Of America is
cause the hogs have entered the
stream. The supreme purpose Of the
North Dakota farmers movement is
to turn the hogs out"
congressman" Jeanettee Rankin OF
Montana read a copy Of her recent
speech in congress bearing on the
mining condition in her state on the
text, "It Is unpatriotic for either labor
or capital to make unjust demands
Development of the country depends
on tho combined efforts of capital and
labor"
Albert M. Todd. the Peppermint
King Of Michigan" a millionaire, ad-
vocated the public ownership Of pub
lie utilities.
han of st. Paul made n Of his
characteristic Socialist speeches in
which he denounced the press of the
country.
W. B. colver Of he Federal Trade
commission and H. ]. Waters, presi-
dent of. the Kansas Agricultural coll
lege, and a member of the price fix
ing commission Of the food admin
istration, made addresses which were
more or less disappointing to the
leaders Of the Nonpartisan conference
when they urged the wholehearted
support of the work of the price fix
ing board. Mr.. Waters said:
To-day there is only one side on
which any loyal American can stand
and sthatsis the sideF3of the Stars and
Stripes. Since we are at war 1t is
necessary for us to all sacrifice and
the smallest sacrifice any of us a
make is that of money"
He said the prize fixed for wheat
had already brought about a move-
Iment for the lowering of prices on
flour and bread and yet it would pro-
tect the farmer for another year
against conditions that~would lower
the price Of wheat to one dollar a
bushel If the war should come to an
end,