The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-26

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Lhe foregoing letter, received by Mrs.
David Barl4eEL OIL COoperstoWn from "a
relative, a boston manufactures, was Tor
Wardeu 10 Inc forum.
1t Is d very gOod sample OF the disrepute
into which the present leaders of the Nom
partisan league have brought the state.
These men and their newspaper organs
will argue that all the unfavorable adVer-
Using has resulted from the opposition to
the league. But you can t blame the health
department fer quarantining case of
smallpox because it gives the neighborhood
unfavorable Advertising
1t is a fact that opponents Of the league
in other states have through ignorance,
oVerrated its power, its menace and It's ca
paeity for evil. But the men in this state
who are consistently and conscientiously
fighting the policies Of the present league
leaders, are no more to be blamed for this
than they are for the policies which laid
the basis for the false and exaggerated
stories.
But to answer the Boston man; The
state Of North Dakota is very far from
being ruined from a business stand
point, - even though the entire league pro-
gram, if put into effect, undoubtedly would
discourage private enterprise and drive
capital from the state, as it is already do
ing.
The organization is not working against
the conduct Of the war now, for the very
good reason that the leaders do not dare
do so. At the outset these leaders were
frankly and openly opposed to the war.
They discouraged enlistments and the sale
Of Liberty bonds. They spoke against the
Red Cross.
But after a few of them were arrested,
and they discovered that the great ma
jority Of farmers were as loyal as any other
class of men, they executed a quick about
face and they are now, openly at least,
loyal, playing the same game that Mr..
Hearst is doing, and trying to shout down
the memory of their acts of year ago.
Business men are not "selling out for
what they can get, and leaving the state''.
Our North Dakota business men do not get
cold feet as easily as that. They are better
"sports". They are going to stick to
North Dakota and fight it out here, con-
fident in the Inherent good sense of the
majority of the people in the state.
The policies Of the league are not "anar-
chistic,' but frankly socialistic They
don't aim at lack Of government, but at a
government Of the people, by Mr.. Townley
and for Mr.. Townley.
LIE peSt dnLtdoCe we can prescribe Tor
those afflicted as is this Boston manufac.
turer, is to read North Dakota newspaper
like The Forum occasionally, and quit bas-
ing his opinions of the league on the arti-
cles of eastern correspondents who are sent
here to do" the Nonpartisan league by
a three hours stay in Fargo and half a
day in Bismarck.
incidentally somebody told us recently
we haven't had time to~verify it,-that Cass
county crops would bring $25 an acre for
every acre In the county. That doesn't
sound like "ruin".