Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20

one who is moulding the character OF
the rising generation, Il 1t would not
be we'll for you to look into the ques-
ton Of patriotism and loyalty and
post yourself upon the exact meaning
of the words, and instead Of assisting
men who forced those words out Of
the constitution and would not per-
nit them in House Bill ~. to use
your best offices in seeing that a per-
Tod is set apart in your school, for the
purpose of teaching r American
ism. loyalty to the nag. honor. integ-
rity, and fair dealing with your coun-
try, your state and your neighbours.
need Of the nation. and stamp out
anything akin to class hatred. anita
gonism between neighbours. yes in
some cases. between father and son.,
and mon who have been friends UNI
til a poison tongued socialist entered
their lives and under his hypnotic in
~luence taught them to tight each 9TH
not happen to believe In the teach
ing Of the Car and his organizers.
Townley has meyer made a bust
ness success Of anything: he IL one
Of the biggest debtors in the state
today, and although he has plenty to
pay with, he does not act rs though,
he ever intended. to settle. SO far as
! C0l loAEuS 1V Al00 AOOS AAOAACy &OA
every man who ever allowed him to
handle any for him. He is a plunger
in, business and visionary. In poll
tics and the fundamental principles
of farming he Is the same in a much
greater degree. He has eve done
anything constructive. but always
tearing down and Offering no remedy.
ideas. personal greed. and q general
division Of all property. including
farm lands. He wants to take the
land away from anyone who has
moro than enough to raise what he
wants to eat, and divide 1t between
the T. w. WIS. the same as he wants
to take the money away from the
needs in order that he may divide
that between the men who won't
work. but never says a word about
distributing the thousands of dollars
he and his wife have to their credit
in the different banks owe the oun
try. Leave 1t to him to take care Of
his own and . that not a dollar
erty Bonds.
Consult Roosevelt and Wilson.
II you are q r American citizen
and the blood coursing your veins is
tinctured with patriotism and loyalty
and you are searching for q definition
Of the words spoken of, I cite you t.
Woodrow Wilson. the members o
congress who voted in favor Of pay
Ing the war debt. and conservation, I.
Unabridged Dictionary. You will ge,
a satisfactory answer from any o.
those. But. on the contrary. IL you
are pro-German. profoundly. pro-
Socialist or ro-Anarchist, the an
swer will undoubtedly displease you.
If you shoa4d happen to be in
Grand Forks at any time In the fu-
you call in order that we might go
over this matter at short range. and
II your heart is really right in this
struggle for world peace, we could
agree in a very short time.
Farmers Misrepresented.
My greatest interest is in agricul-
ture. I consider the farmer my best
friend. and my greatest friendship is
for the farmer. I do not yield or
doff my CAP to anyone within the
borders of the state. whose financial
condition is not better than mine,
when it comes to financial or moral
assistance, Or anything fair thai will,
in my judgment, benefit the farmer,
I have v stopped to reply to any
Of Townley's dirty assaults and would
not, at this time. II it were not for
the> fact that my country and the
fathers Of boys going to the front
have also been attacked and my state
and farmers made to
stand for many things of which I can
not believe they approve.
Trusting this will clear your mind
as to my position, and satisfy you a.
to whether I am loyal to the people
of my state and my government,
am,
Yours very truly,
7. d.