The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-09
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted To The Task OF Keep
ing Up With North Dakota Editors

The Detroit Record makes a most interesting
explanation Of the backsliding of a formel
leaguer, follows:
Doctor Maxwell who so ably expounded
the doctrines of the Nonpartisan league in
Becker county during the past summer, has
resigned from the league and 10 to pub
lish an expose in book form, following the
publication Of his story in serial form by The
st. Paul Pioneer Press. The doctor created
much amusement at some Of the meetings
held in this county by referring to the kept
press in a smile where he described the
st. Paul papers as the hog the Mime
apolis papers as the tall and the humble
Detroit Record one Of the hairs on the
tall. The doctor has now been swallowed
by the hog at So much per swallow, while the
hair Is sim growing! See the point, you
The Valley City Times Record pays the fol
lowing little tribute to The Forums "shocl
troops: 49,. 49,
relieve the shortage of harvest help. 1t has
what 1t calls a Shock troop" Of nine print
ers, linotype operators, etc., which go out
into the harvest fields in a body and put in
five hours or so shocking on some farmers
farm. There has been something said about
these town fellows not making good but The
Forums bunch Of shock troops have more
than made good. The day before yesterday
they went out to farm near Fargo and in
five hours the nine Of them shocked up 80
acres of barley in first class shape--it was
done so we'll that the farmer came back next
day and made arrangements to have the
same bunch Of men work for him two days
next week when he gets into the wheat harry
est. The Forum Is advising the farmers who
want the services Of this bunch to cut down
60 or 70 acres 80 that when the bunch Is
turned loose there will be sufficient to keep
them busy and says they viii clean up that
much with ease. This is what we call help
ing out sin good shape. Other farmers are
employing this bunch and from the looks Of
things the Fargo shock crew will not run
out OF a job for some time.
The Ransom County Gazette pays this COM
pliment to the qualities Of the Roosevelts:
Roosevelt enriCheued its
service in France and the Roosevelt tradi-
ton OF national service and sacrifice has
made its Offering to the country, complete
proof Of the work Of an exemplary family
which under the influence Of its head, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, has stood for insistent, sac
rificng, noncompromising, 100 per cent
Amertcanism, contemptuous Of weaklingS, q,
illusionists, pacifsts, lukewarm Americans,
and the various other elements which vitiate
nationalism.
Nations come to their hours of trial, and
when they do the solid rock upon which they
stand is found in such stock. National
trerndty scatters the chaff Of intellectual
vagary, dissent Utopian altruism, senti-
mental eccentrcity, weakness and instability.
They may be loud in the forum, but they
are useless in the field. A pronounced in
fluence in weakening the confidence and
the strength Of assertve American national
ism that of Henry Ford and we think
that complete eXempification Of this in
fluence may be found in Mr. Ford's son, Ed
sci, applying for and obtaining exemption
from the draft. The complete exemplifica-
ton of the Roosevelt influence may be
found in the Roosevelt boys, all Immediately
accepting the greatest dangers Of the trial..
The editor Of the Dickinson Press has his say
about the mail order business:
Another bunch Of mail order catalogues
hit town this week, all containing the same
brilliantly illustrated pages with the won
derful bargains" All that is necessary is
for the prospect to Sign on the dotted line,"
put up the regular price, add to that the
money order price, the cost of sending the
order figure the express or parcel post rate,
few weeks for the order to be filled
Then, after few weeks use, the article is
discarded and the mail order house patron
comes to the local merchant and gets what
he wants when he wants it. And he also
has the privilege Of seeing the article before
buying it-something impossible with goods
ordered from the mail order houses. The
buyer would save money in the long run if
he would taboo the mail order and stick to
the home institution that helps pay the taxes
and maintains in large measure the home
institutions.