Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-11-28
TOWNLEY's SPEECH At WlLLMAR

,N1d Al WlLl4lNAk|
He might be all right in Russia. but
" Now II In this day day: when p FOR tSe safety
s5 1f the y tns as 81
the nation. to the end that we may
stand shoulder to shoulder and be fac
in particular are only two kinds
Of citizens in this country-those who
obey the law. who are patriots; and
those who are not good citizens. Gap
rhs ys about to ssf e ySY ron tt5e
had It's birth in the Stats Of North t Dae
kota want to tell you how it was |
started; how It was built: and for what
B Bris9y. It was built Will tell you
The parts Of the speech next following |
are omitted in the; stenographer's trans
cript of notes as received. After re-
hearsing the story of how the Non-Par- |
ttsan League came to be organized, and |
making an appeal to business men of |
the towns to serve their own interests |
best by helping the farmers Of their To- |
calities improve their conditions. which |
appeal was strongly emphasized by in |
cidents from the campaign in North Da- |
kota, Mr.. Townley read q list of war |
profiteers as published in the Daily !
News, giving the amounts of normal |
profits made before the war and also |
the annual profits Of the same concerns |
after the war-the aggregate showing
an increase Of $4.o00,000.0o0 in profits
of the corporations named. These dg-
| ures were taken from the Government
records, 1t was stated. Mr.. Townley's
discourse is resumed in the stenog-
rapher's notes as follows:
Some inQuis1tive cuss took notion,
to figure out how many box cars it
would take to carry that money. At 80
thousand. pounds to the box car, this
sSs :! @e ssS:sa!S !S: long 70 carry
Some +h PROFIT! For or one year tor poor
much. isn't it? (Laughter).
Now that money all comes out of the
pockets e. Of these american Pe9Ple3yo1
POCKETS. It is tremendous thing:
q 9ose Who make Ms9f F@TR Of HE'S
ION DOLLARS A YEAR war profits.
and somebody came along talking to the
sG is s RfSs
the flag around my, body, and I would
to be talking about things like that:
This country is in war. You look out
III that He er Is TRA1 H !! PRoeHR
Club to lock up the hall and not let him
MsSor to Sep Could s1a tns get he
ty Attorney, and the local newspapers.
would get them all to call him '.trai-
s pe 1So he 0t Of FxsRG and fSd
i I would HAVE to do that, because
II the people woke up and found out
e' of Of the FACE Of 'h t6e earth k'ff
would be matter Of self protection
time in this World crisis, when every ve y
but American citizens Should run loose loose
i every American citizen should stand
ton in Support Of this country 'ae pro- %o-
erican citizen should do A all he can a to
see that this country is successful in
its gigantic. struggle to win liberty and
democracy for all the world.
This is no time for traitors. This is
no ne. tine rst1 for n division among the Peo-
Ths is is time time % 18r eveTv ns
sh9p1d do all he can to see that We win:
; ~ we have heard a good deal the last
fs% about :" the duty Of the Am
ment; about the duty of the American
; people to stand behind their President.
every American citizen, to Stand pq Behind nd
the government. This is day when it
) is the duty of every American citizen
sSs5y %1G ars stfaS Se
When this government in carrying
: the people might secure the necessities
! Of life at price that would enable
them to IKE and SO that the boys who
, ed too much for their clothing, and for
the guns, and everything we furnish
the Feod &Gminfatrator and the aoG gov:
! acknowledgement in a program to lower
prices. so that the prices will be fair
! About two months ago-a little less
: the food administration fixed the
, price on wheat, the farmers product.
cost US $3.50 to raise buSher this Year, IT.
and am Informed that the cost in the
State Of Minnesota, when you figure in
everything as the manufacturers t do, is
axed at 1920, and we gathered in St.
against the governments right to Ak
, but we gathered there to say to the gov
wheat; We don't believe # would d' be aP pa1
We fer " to AGAINST this
that we support the government in its
: program; we don't believe it would be
patriotic for us to demand price that
would bring to us as much profit as
those gentlemen are making on the stun
, that they sell-we would not know
what to do with all the money.
: What we do demand though is this.
) that these American people shall raiIv
to the support of the government, SO
= that the government shall be able to fix
/ prices on everything else so that these
gentlemen here will make just as much
money in their business, as we make in
our business. (Applause).
We believe that will make better pa
, triOts out of them-that the patriotism
. they will have when those prices are
fixed. will be like the patriotism that
we have now. (Applause).
So repeat. that it is the patriotic
, duty of every American citizen in this
/ world crisis, to abide by the decisions
: OF the government, and to stand behind
, the President. 1t is the duty Of these
gentlemen here, who have been crying
: from the housetops for the last several
} months to us, about our duty to stand
/ behind the President-it is THEIR duty
also, to stand behind the President.
They say they do. They tell us every
night and noon and morning. and in the
) BEH1ND THE PRESIDENT. I guess
+ they Debut they are too damned FAR
behind! daughter and applause).
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