The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-09
HAS oPPo sED. LOAN.

That Townley has ridiculed and op
posed the Liberty Loan, both in pub
lie speeches. and in, general state
Inents has been apparent in reports
Of all Of the meetings which he has
addressed during the present cam
paign, beginning at Devils Lake on
registration day. .:-
While apparently Governor Frazier
has worked in sympathy with the eff
fort ofleading citizens throughout the
state to save NORTH Dakota from the
disgrace Of falling to do its share
Townley has been making such state
ments at the following: -
"The nation demands that you
give yourself and your sons and
your brothers and your husbands
and your sweethearts to be taken y
across the seas and spill their
Iife's blood on the fields OF Eu- .
; rope, and then eomeSto you and
= asks you Is Subscribe Ter the Lib
erty Bonds, to. pay the expenses Of
the war. This Is the injustice Of
the war and the manner in which
officials Of the administration are
carrying It into effect"
This statement was made at Devils
Lake on registration day, a day mark
ed in every, other city in the state b!
loyalty demonstrations and patriotic
parades.
At Minot Townley is reported tt
have said of the Liberty Loan:
"This is wrong, all wrong.
say to you that measure is any
thing but patriotic, because 1t
takes the heart out Of those boys
going across the water to fight
battles, knowing that when they
get back they must pay for 1t.
When they get back! Some cost
for the boys that go across to
,fight!"
Again he said
"When this war is over, this gov
ernment will give back to the mother
what is left of her son; to the father
what is left of his boy: back to tn
sister what is left of the brother, ant
back to the sweetheart what is left o
the lover. The nation then gives bacl
to US as much as is left. So 1t should
be with the wealth, give back wha
is left"
Townley urged that instead of buy
ing Liberty Bonds the people OF Nortf
Dakota stand firm in insisting tha
tho government take from the multi
millionaires' the 25 billion dollar:
which he says will cover the cost o
the war, leaving the multi-milllona're'
just enough to live on.
Must Wake Up.
Unless the Northwest farmers Wh'
are "apathetic" wake up and 40 thel'
share in the next week, the Liberty
loan in the Ninth federal loan dis
trict will be a failure, Mr.. Void said
In a statement following meeting
of the banks officials with various
Minnesota bankers and members o
the Central Liberty Loan committee
John H. Rich, chairman OF the cen
trail loan committee, today SAID ina
the farmers, who are more prosperous
than ever before, are falling in 'hel'
support. -,
When the meeting broke up, 5O'
telegrams and $500 letters were sen'
to all sections, directing attention to
unsatisfactory returns, in an effort tt
arouse the farmers. Special notices
were also sent to $500 banks in the
district.
The Nonpartisan league is strong
in North Dakota, operates extensively
in Minnesota and maintains natlona
Headquarters in st. Paul.
The statement calls attention te
the success of the loan in Minneapo
lis, St. Paul, Duluth and Butte, ano
says the returns from the agriculture
districts are disappointing.
Not Responding.
"The farmers, who are receiving
the highest price in history for wheat
hogs and other crops, are not re
spending to the call Of their govern
ment and are displaying apathy and
Indifference" the statement says.
The joint statement then presents
the qualifying statement that the dit
ficulty in operating in large dis
trict where farmers are not used tc
buying bonds, is understood: 1t rec
ognizes the necessity and difficulty OF
personal approach in the thinly set
tied districts, but points to the salts
factory reports from similar districts
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