The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-04-25
DELOYALTY TO
NATlONLURKSB BE-
HlVDN.P.LEAGUE
BUSINESS WORLD AROUSED
OVER PRO-GERMANISM
OF ORGANIZATION
Organization Endeavering to
Cripple Big Business Re-
gardless of Effect at This
PerilOus Time

Warnings to the business men that
they must awaken at once to a rapidly
growing movement calculated to
weaken the efforts of the government
in its prosecution of the war az, be-
ing sounded in Denver, disloyalty
to the nation, it is charged, turks b.
hind clever. insistent and successful
efforts to array the farmer and the la
boring man against the nsn who are
conducting the main business oper-
ations of the country.
An organization recruited among
farmers of ten or twelve western
states and known as the Nonpartisan
league, in its enlistment propaganda,
its sowiRgs of discomfort based on un-
true and illogical grounds, it's CO.
operation with the labor element
known as the l. w. Wan organiza-
ton considered plainly hostile to the
patriotic advancement of the war
and utterances of its leaders subver-
sive of united, patriotic sentiment, is
held to be distinct menace to peace
full conditions of government. Swayed
be exhortatiOns of leaders who un-
,hesitating use every means of
arousings class hatred and prejudice,
farmers by the thousands, it is
pointed out, are unhesitatingly enroll
ing at sixteen dollars head, in most
instances believing that their leaders
will bring about such economic re-
forms as five dollar wheat, and divert
millions in business dividends to the
farmer.
Bureaus Take Notice
The alleged constant and repeated
instances of pro-germanism on the
part of this new organization have
aroused the business interests Of the
west, we profess to see plainly in
the movement a repetition of the
Bolshevikism of Russia. These ele-
ments of conflict, up to the present,
appear to have swirled around Colo
RADIO as a peaceful island. Within
three days, however, two important
bureaus of the Civic and Commercial
association have taken cognizance of
surrounding conditions presented by
speakers representing bureau in
terests.
Mark T. Mckee, of Detroit, general
counsel of the Insurance Federation
Of the United States on Saturday
last, gave the Insurance bureau men,
bers q complete outline Of the move
ment, plans and eetent Of operation Of
the Nonpartison league in the west.
and warned the insurance men the
Colorado farmers were being indus
triously solicited to poin the organiza-
tion and strike at. once in any direc-
tion to cripple so-called big business,
regardless of what effect such action
would have on the nations war under
takings.
On Monday of this week, John H.
Mcintosh, of the Montana Employer
association, specially invited to ap-
pear before the manufacturers Of
Denver, told the members Of the
Manufacturer bureau of the Civic
and Commercial association that what
was in effect national menace Of
German propaganda would manifest
itself strongly in Colorado in u short
time, if not promptly checked. The
speaker used plain language and ar
raigned the Nonpartisan league as an
ally of the l. w. w., both of whose
propaganda, he said, must be COM
batted at once by loyal business men
Of this city and state.
"If the business man allows any sha-
dow of doubt or suspicion to linger m
his mind that this is other than his
war, if he accedes to the proposal
that war is caused alone to bring
the rich man greater wealth, he is
serving to promote this wave of Ger
man propaganda that is sweeping the
country" said the speaker. Gall such
thoughts must be eliminated if we are
to win this war and the only way to
combat a spread of poison thru the
efforts of such organizations as the
Nonpartisan league and the I. w. W..
is to organize campaign of loyalty.
It is no incumbent upon you business
men to start movement that will in
clude persons from every station in
life-ministers, doctors, attorneys,
workmen, laborers and business men.
These, together with government bu-
reaus such as the Red Cross, the War
Savings Stamps committees, Liberty
Loan committees and state Councils
Of defense should flood the country
with loyalty literature that will kill
the vile and deloyal lies that German
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