The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-10
THE SPECIAL SESSION.

early accept the special session ixd bless
ing The Tribune stands firmly and fatty for anything which will
really benefit farmers Of North Dakota which will enable the
North Dakota farmer plant tabe with fertile seed
and to realize the opportunities offered in the fixed price
Of not less than s. for 1918 wheat Any interest which opposed
anything truly advantageous farmer in North Dakota
would be digging its for all Of prosperity depend
ent upon prosperity for the farmer.
There danger however, sham sympathy which is moth
ing than misrepresentation with political gain North
akoa has received much mfavorae advertising without bringing
good the farmer Tribune appreciates fact
that the farmer the business Of selling land and
that he feel he not personally injured when land values
depreciate That farmer realize however, that when
his community represented barren unaractve and himself
and his neighbors pfu the building of his
mun which means more people to share the tax burden and to
for better roads and better schools and other will
be induced locate by his SIDE land idle earning
the farmer and the state nothing.
There will be danger America of the food market
being glued More farmers North Dakota only
prosperity and attractive rural atmosphere. When
political discouages immigration to North Dakota
harmful and the agitation which North Daota crop failures and
the alleged resultant famine have had in the asredy has
done that thing
The Tribune does know that politics is behind
1t Governor Frazier credit for being his
belief that emergency relief for the farmer stricken districts
necessary and that the only left the special
session The position obtain information
the state OF his people which not available private inter-
est The Tribune hopes that only good from this session.
and that North Dakota through be saved further explota
ton at the hands of selfish politicians
TO the world The Tribune would say North Dakota is
bankrupt North Dakota has it's banks
companies deposits subject to check
than it had year it has time certificates of deposit
$42173S2 $O09371 than had has savings
deposits representing the surplus of the humble
So, 1886, or 1892, 576 more than it had
Deposits from September H. 1917 November 90 1917, in
creased $8667o and from November H. 1876 to November 90
1917 they increased $303 299 These statistics for
banks only Nothing said Of the millions deposit national
banks, which would make the picture more rosy.
This not the record of poverysrcken faminesuering
people And this record made during period when North
Dakota oversubscrbn its quotas for liberty loan bonds and
the Red Cross and the NJ c. A. and the Knights of Columbus
war fund and sending it's boys away to the front with tens of thou
sands in their funds. "."
Not all the political spelbinders America deude North
Dakota into believing that state But they and
instances The Tribune fears, they have convinced the
world outside which doesn't know particularly that this
is fact. @.@.+
And if the is based for political such
tissue of asehood and misrepresentation The Tribune intends
expose the facts, the legislatures deliberations develop the
truth.