The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-03-01

d9 i manner which now controls sis' the J exercise 3 d t dssy ssx sBa power POW L
lot the Federal government. s@Haass @Ha #
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION sUNDEsIRED .ss aa ~
The subscriptions Is the stock 81 the twelve i federal farm farm , Ea
banks have closed. Nine million dollars was The total amount to
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70 put gp he money 1sa. the ifs,sniosn. bsals, o. o. G Tie Contrary asfy
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: . fnaasisr s suggested q : that. the entire capital 8 The branch Is y,
i IN ! the financing ss1 d ! s. Rs1 inp alas az e eou assl' ea Rs5s
Ralsaeagat q e y l snsiT e ms1ss1 1aw IA ds md that @.tt y inst Sa;a;. .ths
ton Of government in the United States in these days Of the new
but deserving Desnoeratsa are r. { to be- Be- But d' IL ehslee e aa pa6lic ,nGne
prizes; and the people generally are 70 be kept IN the dark about
THE. THE Trade de. Commission i Of the Department g Agriculture have
sx mantha 9n tim sn ig W Mn 6e q ;rya an apRso gma ton. Ct 500 9eo and
sons for the high cost Of living: Four hundred thousand dollars
to give the newspaper reader At costof less than four cents. IF
the Commission and Department Of Agriculture spend that amount
summed up as follows:
1sl5-is was due to the un pr d demand a. dI From : forei s1a 'eann N
t1es Tor our products. on account Of the war. In return forsour
co. "Rs5t Of mass increase a;xas ! has i been nd due s.t t. The h /. high price the warning
z2ed e take adyantags Of : scarcity, and exact higher prices
''s IA { he se outbreak eaRa IF fSe n Ts sqP many za PERSONS asansa MIG 5' Msls under con.
tract to supply goods at specific prices were compelled to purchase
against similar losses in the future rai they advanced d sit their o own pTices
in anticipation Of higher costs which they might be compelled to
pay. @ !. .l@vS-a#asy4sBa m
Owing to the outbreak Of the war, thousands 81 foreign born
laboring men returned to their native countries and our immipra--
ton of labofers was curtaled,yswith the ~resultst1at there was a
shortage Of labor Wages increased rapidly. adding to the cost Of
production and necessitadng q higher price for#th product.
Prices have advanced because Of steadily increasing wages and
hours Of labor. Na& N #sa7# @
"Respondingto the demand for pure food, manufacturers have
neen compelled sanTsak .lt to put theinrIproduc:s il smaller packages, hermet-3
the maTket, and increasing the price to the cons0mer..
with, 11a her rs has been tSat z s; steady q, drift s. q population = lsai toward the cities
pc worn, and more money spent on nearly all articles Of consump-
ton. G@s 1as@ n
The styles Of living among: all classes Of Americans has been
raised with the natural increase in cost incident thereto.
We have thus summed up the facts which the Trade Commits
sion and the Department Of Agriculture win report after they have
spent spent SOC, 600 and six months time investigating the high cost Of
The Federation News. which is published at Mount Morris, Ill,
ton:
Those who are joining the Farmers, Non Partisan League move
|ment are 2ust like h7 many others; they want the other fellows bust
ness soclalzed. Let the workingmeno of the cities start a formida-
bic movement to have the State take over agriculture, and these
farmers would suddenly show how very thin a veneer is their So
It may not prove unfortunate that the Leagues program is So
comprehenslve-that it proposes to annihilate SO many lines Of
private business; twill but create the stronger opposition to Itself
1T will hut cOnvinen moro ronnlo+ ha +hn .n~.,4: ..:1.L