The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-04-11
A FEW FARMERS FALL FOR SOFT TALK
OFNON-PARTlSAN MAN AT SIG PER FALL
NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE ENDEAVORS TO CREATE DIS
sENTION AMONG FARMERS OF SEDGWICK COUNTY
Absolute Harmony Absolutely Essential Between Citizens In
All Walks of Life During Great War Crisis Now at Hand
Solicitor Informed that Actions Would Not be
Tolerated Amy Longer and Was Asked
Leave Sedgwick County

| tivities, in assisting to win the war
for liberty and justice.
I The citizens of Sedgwick and COM
munity are to commended in the action
which they took the first of the week
dealing with the Non-Partisan LeIgu
solicitor. A meeting was held to dis
cuss the matter Monday afternoon,
and resolution adopted to the effect
that the solicitor suspend his opera
tions in their midst. and Mr.. bacon
was Immediately informed that his
activities would not be tolerated any
further. We believe this is the senti
ment of a large majority of the citi
zens of our county, who are working
with unity of purpose for the wei
fare of our government and this com
nunity. A number who had subscrb-
ed their memberships to the organi-
zation, after due sideration of the
matter, have withdrawn their mem
berships and the advent of the Nom
Partisan League in Sedgwick county
has been nipped in the budding, an
dclloH "HlSu VIC sHhSCieIy pSAc'S W
be highly conmendable to the citizen
ship of our progressive county.
The following article was publishe |
in the Fargo Forum, Of Fargo, North
Dakota, by Mr.. Ingle, who says he is
a stockholder in a Farmers Union ic
that state, and subscribed stock to one
of the store plans organized by the
National Nonpartisan league. The ar
ticle has since been published in 9TH
er newspapers, among them being the
St. Paul Dispatch. of ST. Paul, Mime
sofa.
] The article follows:
"At the outset want to make it
plain that I am not fighting the Non
partisan league-I am fighting the
man Townly, president of the organ
ization), and l feel justified in so do
ing:
"What have to tell am telling in
the Fargo Forum, because it is best
that the people of our state shall all
know the whole truth concerning the
man who has put himself at the head
Of our organization.
II became a member of the Non
partisan league back in the summer
or early fall of 1915. The organizer
approached me while was working in
| the field, and gave him 5000. While
didn't give the subject much thought
then, and not for some time after
wards, did get TO thinking about po-
lit;cal affairs quite bit, and finally
. decided in my own mind that the Nom
partisan league did not offer anything
in the way of politics not already Of
fered by the old parties.
II didn't say much about it, and
went along with the boys on the league
} proposition, satisfied in my own mind
that things wouldn't be any worse or
any better politically than they had
been. When the store organizer came
to me in October last year, l gave
> some little consideration to the ques-
ton, and thought at first that it was
. good thing. gave to him note
, for 500, for which he gave me re-
ceipt that is reproduced with this.
"Well, the organizer got me to go
dIOuIlu WIFI SIHl W oCC tHC oSAASA
farmers, and while we were going
around my suspicious became aroused
because of the different stories that
, he would tell to the different men. l
was paid $500 a day by the organic
er for my time, and he took me with
him to call on my neighbors because
of the influence he thought l might
have with them. understand that is
, the usual plan adopted by the organ
) izers all over the state who are work
! ing on the store proposition.
''The first thing that aroused my
suspicion was the organizers state
lnent that the company would turn the
money back to person who CHANGED
to leave the community before the
ten-year period was up.
"That is, if a man paid S100 and
=. stayed in the community only five
years, only $50 of his certificate would
, be used up. and he would be entitled
, to the return of $50. There is moth
ing like that in the contract, and, Of
} course, the organizers promise is not
= binding on the company. Another
thing that made me mad was the or
i. ganizer's action in getting $10O from
(, some farmers, and then telling them
that the 500 wasn't any good unless