The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-02-27

The Farmers Political Nonpartisan League of North Dakota, whose foun-
der and president, Mr.. A. C. Townley, recently went into bankruptcy, and
who has been collecting SIG, two years dues, in advance from 100000 men,
brs, has come to New York to unite the farmers with the American Fedora
ton Of Labor. These dues amount to the tidy sum of three million dollars.
The League has a non-parisan tue but it's purpose is to enter politics and
control the legislature: AS n organization of farmers the League cut a con-
siderable figure in the North Dakota election in 1916, but Mr. Townley, reaiz-
ing that a farmers organization would not be sufficiently strong to swing a
national election, has sought a alliance will the unions. Such an alliance
is doomed to fail, because there are not sufficient points of contact between
the two parties. The unions work constantly for higher wages and shorter
hours, a combination which would spell disaster for the farmer. Wages are
already as high as the farmer is able to pay, while a eight hour day at har-
vest or hayng time, o. any other occasion when farm work has to be rushed
through, would be ruinous. This sis the a Nonpartisan League which held
citizen and organization. The farmers and workingmen of New York arr
Weekly. ~
Ed Note: The above puts il III nutshell. We might add to this however,
that the point If contact between the farmer and laboring unions arc just as
Tar apart in the price O. the farmers product as in the price of labor. The
farmer is striving to get as much Is he can for his product, while the CITY
laborer who is not dependent upon che farmer is trying to get it IS cheapy
as possible.
been made regarding the strange silence of the Townley organs o his bank
ripley proceedings:
lahve 20 his bankruptcy proceedings furnished the most astonishing and
astounding new items sin business transactions affecting thousands of people.
chat have been made public for a long time.
Here was a hearing in a court in which testimony showed that mi mar
held IN his absolute control the political dictatorship of upwards Of 10000
votes, collected, spent o. retained as he wined, dues and funds rece! ed from
stock sales amounting to far more than $1yO0OOO0, started ncwsuauers with
the funds, rn them with dummies, represented that organizations were form
cd for certain duties when nothing of the sort was done, G accounting was
made, n ne in connection with the whole string of affairs really own any,
n ns ~ was 81 ousy getting easy money that he did not buy a Liberty
pond or 90 anything else in that line Some of his associates stated that som
Donos a oen purchased in a jackpot fashion and one had been assigned 70
Mr. Twnley.
Mr. Townley and his whole chain Of newspapers beloved about the "ken+
pp .ess NJ TN lak Of news o" the past week shows concusively that the
lownley organs constitute Che only "kept press" in North Dakota and thov
orc ~ aosoutefy well gagged and muzzed that they hardly peeped about these
proceedings. c
GROSS NEGLECT
The most grewsome item in the many stories which the sinking of tho Tn.
anla hs brought over the cables is that which tells of the "long graves" in