Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-07-12
BAER ADDRESSES BIG
LEAGUE PICNIC CROWD
His Campaign Talk at Stoddard's
Grove Friday Afternoon Heard
By Large Audience


Hon. John M. Baer, a candidate for
election as congressmn of the First
district, having the distinct advantage
of the endorsement of the farmers 8
non.partisan league, was here last
Friday afternoon in the interest of his
candidacy in company with D. C.
Coates, an active oragnizer and work.
er of the league, from it's state head
quarters at Fargo.
The two gentlemen came here to
address picnic held by Cavlier coun-
ty members of the league that after
noon in the Stoddard grove, on the
George Armstrong farm, one mile
west of Langdon. The event that
was attended by upwards of three
hundred people, some of those being
from Calvin, Clyde, Mazda and Elk
wood, while the nearby localities of
Mt. Carn1ell, Dresden, Iona and
Moscow townships were quite largely
represented.
The speakers, Messrs Baer and
Coates, in their respective addresses
confined themselves quite closely to
the political issues of the day, their
effect upon the nation as a whole
since one participation in the worlds
war. and outlining how, as the league
viewed it, the interests of the farmers
OF the northwestern states were likely
to be affected by legislation being en-
acted by our national administration.
Candidate Baer, following an ad-
dress of nearly three quartres of an
hour by his colleague, Mr.. D. C.
Coates, stated "There is no question
as to our duty in this crisis. 1t is to
stand by the government and bring
the war to a successful conclusion as
soon as possible. Differences of opin-
ion were permissible before war was
declared, but now we are standing to-
gether. - Outlining his own ideas of
what could be done he pointed out that
with him patriotism did not necessar-
lily mean enlistment and the shoulder
ing of a gun in every instance and
that the fruits of the harvest were as
necessary as the handiwork of the mu-
milton maker. The speaker also urged
that now We are engaged in war we
must not adopt course that will al
low private speculators to grow rich
out of the unusual conditions that the
war has created in several lines of
manufacture. He said that the nation
had an equal right to enforce an en-
actment for the conscription of wealth
as it had for the conscription of our
young men to bear arms. In bring
| ing his address to conclusion Can
didate Baer stated that he foresaw
that the government is coming to the
point of taking over the control and
distribution of food supplies in an
effort to see that the food goes to the
people who need it. He goes a step
further in the making effective of this
matter and argued that if this can be
done successfully in time of war it
should be continued in time of peace.
The United States has the resources
and products that leave no reason for
our people to invite the food specula-
tor back to make his profit of millions
of dollars for ''big business after
the war is over and as he viewed it
the people would see it that specula-
tion in food supplies was about to re-
ceive its quietus at the hands of our
law makers.
At the close of his address lasting
nearly an hour, Mr.. Baer gave mum
ber of black and white outline sketch.
es of characters that have featured in
the cartoons he has been furnishing
the Non Partisan Leader in the past
two years. From Langdon the speak
ers autoed to Milton where an evening
meeting was scheduled to be held in
the Plain Hall.