The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted 10 the Task Of
Keeping Up With North Da-
kota Editors.

The Hope Pioneer will entertain
the business men Of Hope. Friday
evening, in honor Of its birthday
anniversary.
Congratulations, and many happy
returns.
The Fargo American thinks The
Co-Operators' Herald has Joined the
kept press" and says so as follows
And now comes The Co-Opera-
tors Herald, the latest weekly
to join in the ranks Of the real
kept press. Farmer members of
the Society Of Equity can rest
assured from now on that they
will read in that papers news and
advertisement columns just what
Townley and his socialistic fol-
lowers want them TO read, and
nothing more. So 1t comes 10
pass that another weekly lis add
ed to the long list OF the real
kept press" Of the state.
The Parshall Leader has this COM
ment on the farmer:
But il is different now A pair
OF Oyeralls is no criterion of
density. Rough clothes and
rouEhened hands doesn't convey
ignorance Of what is going on,
or indicate the ready dupe who is
easily swayed. Not on your tin
type! The average farmer Of
nowadays is a buzz-saw in dis
guise. and YOU are apt to get cut
If you monkey with him. And
he has become imbued with the
thought the Lord helps those
who help themselves, consequent
ly is helping himself to politics
that he has learned is intimately
connected with the marketing Of
his products. ..-~
The Mandan Pioneer calls for some
realists in this editorial:
Former Ambassador James w.
Gerard in discussing the war
says that America has too many
thinkers. too many dreameTs
and not enough doors. What we
need, he says, is more realism
in conducting the war. Those
are not the former an. bassador's
exact words but they express his
meaning.
And what he says is very true.
We need the realists. We need
the men who have the business
heads; the men who have the
who are trained to do things.
Thinkers and dreamers and
agitators will never win the war.
1t is q great task that is ahead
and we want to do IL in a great
way. IL Is going to take realists
to accomplish our purpose.
The Catholic Tribune of Dubuque,
Ia, publishes the following letter
from Rt. Rev. Vincent Wehrle Of the
Bismarck diocese. giving his views
on the Nonpartisan league
Bismarck, n. D..
Jan. /, 1918.
In answer to your letter Of the
oath wish to state: have no
objection to the Nonpartisan
league as such; sincerely hope
and wish that in many of their
endeavors they succeed: for the
people must defend themselves
against the acts OF injustice COM
mttted by capitalism. But ID Is
very important that the Nom
partisan league free itself from
the influence OF those Socialists
who are really guided by the
infidel and revolutionary ideas or
principles OF the founders OF
Socialism. / know that a great
many who call themselves So
ciallstB do not deserve that name:
all that they want n justice and
faIr play: but there are, es-
pecially among the leaders Of the
Nonpartisan league some real So
cialists, men who are infidels an
the fullest sense and want 10
overthrow the present social
order. instead Of reforming the
present conditions according to
Christian principles.
Fou may use this letter ~ YOU
So desire With best wishes
sincerely yours
Vincent Wehrle