The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-20
NONPARTISAN LEAGUE RULE IN
NORTH DAKOTA.

That the danger that threatened
the state of Idaho by the nonpartisan
league was not overdrawn is now
made clearly evident by the radical
socialistic legislation enacted by that
organization in North Dakota A
burden of bonded debt has been sad
died upon the state, for the purpose
of inaugurating all manner Of freak
reforms, which has already resulted
In driving capital from the state and
brought about a condition of business
stagnation from which there can be
no relief until these visionary
schemes are tried out, until the boil
shevist bubbles are bursted and polit
ical and business sanity is restored in
the state. It may take years to eff
fectually explode the socialist here
sizes, and In the meantime property
values are destroyed, private enter
prise is strangled, and the good name
of North Dakota Is damaged beyond
repair
Although Idaho was successful in
defeating the nonpartisan league last
year, 1t would be a grave mistake to
assume that the fight is ended AL
ready the leaders of the league in
Idaho are preparing for the campaign
next year, and in order to free them
selves from the odium that attaches
to Townley. Lesueur and other lead
ers of the national organization, a
state organization Is being formed
which processes to be independent of
the national body. But this should
deceive no intelligent citizen. for the
leopard can not change its spots. In
this connection 1t is significant that
the legislature of North Dakota has
appropriated 100000 to be used in
spreading the propaganda of the non
partisan league In other states. 1t is
probable that the proposed independ-
ent state organization will be the me-
dunn through which this. propaganda
fund will be used in Idaho
What the nonpartisan league has
done in North Dakota should be a
warning to the people of Idaho. For
instance, the legislature has authorz-
ed bond issue of $5,0O0OOO to estab-
fish the North Dakota Mill & Eleva-
tor association, and when this fund
is exhausted the North Dakota state
bank will finance the enterprise. A
law was passed creating the Home
Building association, through which
any person can secure $4,000 farm
or $4,000 home in town by making a |
small payment down. the balance to
be paid monthly covering a period OF
twenty five years, Look at this for
the benefit of the downtrodden farm
er: Bonds to the amount of 10000
900 will supply funds to the state
owned bank to be loaned to farmers
at low interest rate, but. mark this
provision. in the event of crop fail
ure the state shall refrain from col
Letting the interest. Where the state
viii get off is indicated by the fact
that on an average there are three
crop failures out Of five in North Da-
kota. The state-owned bank will
handle the school fund, the 100000
700 rural credit fund, win be the de- b,
,ository for all state activities and i,
tlso for counties, cities and districts, I,
besides engaging in general COM
nercial banking business. Estimated
esources now in sight amount to
49,, 000.0 all of which can be used
o finance the impractical socialist
chemes.
Different classes of property will be
axed at different rates, while the IT
armer in a great measure escapes
axation at all. For example, all rail- .
pad property. public utilities. BUSH Ct
ess blocks and bank stocks will be n
ssessed at 100 per cent; town resi-
ences and merchandise stock will be III
ssessed at so per cent, while farm io
IMPLEMENTS, machinery and improve u
tents will be exempt from taxation. !"
A novel plan has been devised to &c
ippress the publication Of newspap- Is
IS opposed to the league, Which
lould interest Idaho newspaper men,
law has been passed to establish
trong nonpartisan league newspaper
! each county, which will be the Off