Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-18
SOCIALISM IS
PREACHED AIT
FARGO MEETING
for Peoples coun-
Gil Of America ii on
Towrley's Session.
Condemn Minot u. C. It's
for Patriotic Stand--Czar
Wants Everything Fixed

i METFt- -
for Patriotic Stand--Czar
Wants Everything Fixed
ny Tom Parker Junldn)
The Peoples Council OF America
broke into Fargo this afternoon and
tonight, notwithstanding the fact that
the speakers OF that organisation had
been go successfully barred from 9TH
or cities and. states. One of these
speakers addressed d mass meeting at
the Auditorium both afternoon and
evening. 1t wassswith the consent, the
ehse Of the governor Of the state that
this speaker was made one of the
principal features Of the mass meeting
OF the, members OF the Town1ey Nom
partisan League.
Congressman Basr, who is develop
Ing into q more compelling spellbinder
than Townley himself and who may
brow Of his creator" was on the
platform. MI. Townley was also
among. those present" and there
We're others. It was Mrs. Jacob Pam
ken OF New York, Socialist leader Of
the East Side wot1en's food strikes in
New York last winter, who gives her
self the title OF Chairman Of the
York" the Peace Council orator,
who addressed the members Of the
league. She zis the wife of JACOB Pam
ken, one Of the leaders who through
the assistance Sof 'tKaiserite Bill"
Thompson, mayor Of Chicago, formed
an organization at q Sunday meeting
in Chicago before the governor of IL
hrois could get troops to the scene to
prevent the meeting. Mr.. Panken was
1coml1ittee at that meeting.
General Townley," as Justice Rob.
inson so lovingly terms the GEAR"
these days, was asked this afternoon.
"Who'i IL Mrs. Panken7"
Undiluted Socialism.
Ell don't know who she IL except
that she is from New York" was the
reply.
And Mrs. Panken was sone card
for the meeting, too. for she
preached socialism. Simon pure brand,
from Professor Frank Bohn (pro-
rloutced Bone, I am authoritatively In
forrned) when the founder Of 1. w.
W-isrn was introduced to the audience
there by Mr.. Townley as the repre-
sentative of the New York Times,
which paper promptly repudiated the
allegation, and who was sponsor for
Governor Frazier when he addressed
the Peoples Institute in Cooper Union
in April.
Mrs. Panken repaid the governor in
this complimentary finish:
"And when the Peoples Council, the
expression Of the city dwe1ler and
worker for democracy and peace was
expelled from your sister state, 1t was
the Hon. Lynn y. FRAZIER, your farm
or governor: who extended the vel
come hand"
This was but one Of many interest,"
ing incidents OF the Producers and
Consumers" mass meeting held here
today. Mr.. Townley declared the
meeting was not called as a protest
against the price; fixed wheat by the
commission in Washington. yet near
" every speaker on the program pro-
tested" the price fixed, including MI.
Townley, his governor, and his con-
gresham, and his commissioner Of
agriculture was chairman Of a COM
nnittee that breathed protest in every
paragraph. But Mr.. Townley was
patriotic and loyal-he said SO himself
and he ought to know.
He said the farmers Of the state
were patriotic-but he had no patent
on that for The Herald and every
PSAcSA WIN huOWb UQc Farmers 'HI
North Dakota. knows they are patrf6-
Ito, but Mr.. Townley put their patri-
otism on a provisionHl4basi It was
9 patriotism. with an IF that the
general preached andreiterated, It
is only just to say that the applause
OF this feature Of his two addresses
was the lightest of any Of his catchy
periods. Mr.. Townley again demon
strated his almost uncanny ability to
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70 q one thing when his words az
analysed are dangerously near to the
opposite.
I never tire of studying Mr.. Town
!ey's methods and I do not wonder at
his following for this reason.
AS might be expected he gave all
n credit for the price. of $500 per
bushel being fixed by the Commission
In Washington instead Of Hoo1erss
league, and utterly ignored the Sond-
mittee representing the commercial
clubs Of Grand Forks and Fargo IND
farmers Of the state, who were in
reality he only ones to get hearing
before the commission Il
Conditional Support OF Government.
This is not a meeting to- protest
the price of wheat as fixed by the COM
mittee," said Mr.. Townley, we stand
back of the government IF the row
eminent will go down the line and Ak
the prices on all other articles and
commodities on the same basis OF
profits as h farmer will GET
Mr.. Townley said the meeting was
not one of protest in the face Of his
statements In his own paper. the Far
go Courier News Of September 1, when
1t distinctly said, farmers believe the
price too low and will try to re-open
the question and obtain q higher Az.
ure. The National Non-Partisan
league issued a call for conference
70 protest against the maximum price
Mr.. Town1ey himself added: "Bu,
the fact is the price Is too low. II
means bankruptcy FOR many Of our
farmers. II the government wants
9 big crop NEXT year IL owes it 70 th1
year" t--s
MI. Townley was fairly pristine
with threats when he opened his after.
noon address, saying, w are about
at n point where we me not be re-.
sponsible fol-. what we say, and IL IN
didon continue we ma not be re-.
sponsible for what we do.
They say we are kicking on gov.
eminent control and regulation 81
prices when 1t hits us, but the poini
ts WE hollered too quick. we didnsi
realize we didn't have the government
down there. We had the cart befora
|the horse. Next year We VIII have oui