The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-14
FRAZIER PUTS COSTS UP

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"a cents; good beef cattle for 4 cents
per pound; good hogs for cents per
pound: Where l live in North Dakota
we raise a large amount of potatoes,
a aa last september we received rs to
gu cents per bushel. and at the same
time potatoes were selling in Kansas
City and Chicago for $3.50 to $1.75 per
bushel. Ne-
What Farmers Are Doino,
NOW what the farmers of North
OaKota are trying to do is to work out
a method OF handling or distributing.
the farm products whereby we can %
nifty fifty with the consumers; where
DIV we can save this enormous waste:
whereby we can save the unnecessary
difference in the price the producer
receives and the price the consumer
pays.
In telling Of the organization Of the
Nonpartisan league and the Equity
exchange, the governor said: "One Of
the arguments used against us was
that the price for our farm products
was fixed by the law Of supply and
demand, but this did not take well
with the farmers. for they had found
by actual experience that the law OF
supply and demand didn't always con-
troll the prices of our products. We
have found that the prices of our farm
products are regulated and fixed bv
the bulls and bears. the chamber of
commerce and the board of trade. 1t
Is lamentable fact that the prices
OF farm products that constitute the
dallv food of this nation should be
regulated by gamblers.
believe that it is all wrong for
anyone to gamble in food products.
Inc gamblers and the chamber of
commerce of MINNEAPOLIS and the
boards of trade of Chicago and Wall
street are protected by law and backed
by millions of dollars that have been
taken out of the pockets of the pro-
ducers and consumers of this country
why are they protected by law Be-
cause they control the Lawmakers.
adm have controlled them for years
both in our state legislatures and in
congress. Whose fault is it that per
cent OF the people in this country con-
Franchise the Women,
1t is time that we take an interest
IN politics; 1t is time that we wake up
IL is time that we elect men to office
that will honestly represent the ma
and If the men can't take enough in
terest in public affairs to clean things
UP let US franchise the women and
let them try it. There is one thing
sure-they can't make any worse fist
OF 1t than the men have done.
Let 'Em Go to Work.
Inc tlHle mas come when a change |
is necessary and a readjustment must |
be, made; change in our system of |
marketing and distribution must be |
brought about. A travelling salesman |
told me last summer that it was all |
wrong for the farmers to organize and
get the state to put up elevators, -four
mills and packing plants. He said it |
would work hardship upon these men |
who now make a living by handling |
our products. / told him it would be |
too bad Ii we put some of these COM |
mission men and produce gamblers out |
OF business; that / would not be sorry /
IL they had to go to work for a living /
I'VE want you men in the east to L
corporate with us. We can raise a /
great abundance of agricultural prod i
ucts in North Dakota and in the other |
middle west states, and we want a di- L
rect market for them here in the east. |
We want you to arrange for a buying 1
agency through your state or city, or
both. There is no reason why the
prices of our products should be multi
piled four or five times between North
Dakota and New York.
The N0mpartisam Ballot
~ believe that the only sure and
practical method of bringing about the
necessary reforms that will work for
the betterment Of the producer and
consumer alike is the intelligent, COM
1nOn-sense use OF the nonpartfsan bal
lot THE unbought independent ballot
voted is the greatest
power III the nation today"