The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-09-20
A FAIR SAMPLE OF UNFAIR TACTICS.

Among the horde of North Dakota newspapers prosecuting
violent yio1ent attack on the Nonpartsan League, the Minot Messenge
e the ent tire lot lot: We XTers city appears to be an unknown virtue to il
week, what he himself must know to be absolute faslehoods.
If 1Mhen a the Messenger Tc1S some time ago saw fit to attack Pres; Lad
to his salary of $4,000 per year, was last year I'm made dsa state ta a OIL ip
s pr tos at "a a salary salary of $500 per year and hote! inspector at $3.50
The implication is that Pres. Laid is a CRATER. The Couran
weeks ago. The current issue of the Nonpartisan Leader goes int
the matter more fully and cites some facts in connection with tn
charges OF the Messenger that should make Editor McGahan blus
Following is what the Leader says in part:
DR.. Laid does not make one cent above his salary as
president of the Agricultural college. Every other duty
he is performing under the law for the people of this state
he does free. His total compensation is his salary as pre-
sident of the college, $4,000 per year:
y DR.. Ladd gets no salary for being state oil inspector.
The law making him oil inspector specifically provides for
no salary for the chief oil inspector. Dr.. Laid himself drew
the bill and made it impossible to get paid for his work
Dr.. Ladd gets absolutely no salary or fees whatever
p salary for the chief hotel Inspector of the state. ~
Pr Laid gets absolutely no salary of fees whatever
larry Of $1,000 for this position, but Dr.: Laid refused to
take it, considering that his salary as president of the
Dr. Ladd is food commissioner Of the state. This job
carr carries ef s q salary 7; of, of $500 500 a y year; but it is So a part Of the sa;
Laid gets nothing above $4,000 for being food commits
: In addition to these duties DR.. Laid serves on the
United States food standards board, for which he gets
from the government of the United States 81 a day for
expenses, while he is serving for a few days each year.
This 81 a day does not begin to cover DR.: Ladds expenses
to Washington, D. c., in connection with his work, and
he makes up the difference out of his own pocket. .
- Dr.. Ladd recently served on the government wheat
prce-fxing committee. He was allowed 81 a day expens-
es by the United States government while at Washington, :
D. c., on this work. His hotel room alone cost him $3.50
a day, as hotel rates are excessive at Washington. In
addition he had to buy his meals and pay his other ,ex-
penses. He ate at Child's restaurant, a popular-prced
lunch room, and even with this economy had to dig down
in his pocket for. a large sum of money that his "a a day
expenses did not cover. In addition, while on this trip for
the farmers of North Dakota, in which he succeeded in
in getting the wheat price raised from S185 to 1920, he
had to pay $75 out of his own poke on kilograms sent by
North Dakota farmers who thoughtlessly neglected to re-
pay them. These kilograms were from farmers who
wired him in regard to the cost of raising wheat.
The editor of the Minot Messenger should get down
on his hands and knees and beg the pardon of DR.. Laid
for the cruel lies it printed in the above editorial. The
League, it's officers, it's members and the farmers it has
elected to office are used to SANDER and can stand it.
But when enemies of the farmers like the Messenger
attempt to strike at the farmers by attacking a man like
DR.. Ladd, who has dedicated his life to the cause of the
farmer, it is too much. We will not stand for it in
silence.
Nothing could more completely prove the dis honesty
of this nasty little enemy of the farmers and other nasty
little enemies of the farmers and of the League who fol-
low the Messengers methods.
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