Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-20
THOUSANDS
or FAR /
C0NFERE 4; / ! REl;N|CE l;N|l
Called to Discuss Questions Of
Cost Of Living.
(By the Associated Presss

| r q . . ] e.
(By the Associated Press1
St. Paul. Sept. 1s.-Mayor V. If.
vine of St. Paul welcomed thousands
of farmers from Minnesota and North
Dakota to- this city at the opening OF
the Producers and Consumers con-
vention today, which closes Thursday
might. Hi ~. .
The morning session opened at 10
o'clock, the greater part of which
was spent in perfecting permanent
Organization. At the opening of the
afternoon session A.. c. Townley
president of the National Non-Par-
|tisan League, told delegates of the
purpose of the convention.
"It is our duty to see that the gov:
|ernment does not mistake the plead
ings and threats of those. making bill
lions out of the nations suffering, for
the voice of the majority Of our citi-
zens. The purpose of this conven-
tion is to aid, strengthen and support
the government and expedite its ef-
forts, to finish its program to reduce
prices.
Farmers and wage earners are
ready, willing and anxious to sup
port any law that makes for the sue
cess of this war for liberty and de.
mocracy. We are here to pledge our
loyalty to the government in this
world crisis, by words backed by
deeds. Patriotism and profits don't
60 together. It is your duty to sup
port the government ,sso that. too
much Of the billions .faised by taxa,
ton and bond sales will not stick to
the fingers of unpatriotic men who
deal in bread, bacon; steel and muni-
tions OF war. -
TheGspeaker further said:
We ARE at this convention to
support the government in the dis.
charge, Of sits ttFemendo responsi-
Ibility; to pledge our, loyalty to the
government in this world crisis, and
loyalty to remind the government
that we expect the government to be
loyal to the will OF the. majority Of
It's citizens.
'..The Halls of Congress. now
swarm with special representatives
Of. privilege, and none but super
men can Withstand the pressure of
those pirates. So the purpose Of this
convention is not, as the corporation
controlled press would have. you
believe, to protest against govern
ment fixed price on wheat, or against
the law that authorizes the fixing of
prices on wheat. The purpose Of
this convention is to aid, strengthen
and support the government, and
expedite its efforts to finish its pro-
gram to reduce prices. \ !.
"The wage worker who struggles
to produce the necessities Of life, and
of war, and to support family on a
wage that has advanced only 26 per
cent, while the cost of living has in
creased 85 per cent, Is good patrt-
iOt tho he may not have much to say
about it.. The farmer who not only
gives his son to go to war, but works
with his family from daylight until
dark to raise the wheat at less than
cost to FEED that son, tho he may
not have time to read the profiteer's
professions OF patriotism, is, never
theless, much more of q patriot than
those profiteers. Four billions of
dollars of war profits dumped into
the pockets OF pro ofiteers don't go far
towards winning this war for liberty
and democracy.
1.-THE surest way to help German
autocracys to defeat American liberty
and democracy in this war, is to
turn over. all the resources that this
nation can produce, to make profits
for the profiteers. and use none Of the
resources Of this nation to support
the war. The surest way to win the
war for liberty and democracy, and
defeat European autocracy, Is to
marshall all the resources OF this ma
tion in support Of the war, and all
profits till after the war is over