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Federal and City Officials and
Prominent Priest Approve
Farmers Program,
In one week the program Of the
farmers has received commentator
and praise from three widely different
sources. The first to come was the
endorsement Of Hon. Louis r. Post,
u. s. Assistant Secretary Of Labor;
the next came In the form OF an
editorial In the Catholic Charities
Review written by Father Ryan, q
professor in the Catholic University
at Washington, D. O.; the latest was
q, letter written by Henry a. Klein,
Commissioner Of Accounts Of the City
of New York, and he showed SUR
prising grasp Of the movement out
here In North Dakota and discussed
1t both capably and forcibly. 2
The Message From Post
Under the date Of May 16, he wrote
from the u. s. Department Of Labor:
Much Of the legislation which is to-
come before the voters Of North Da-
kota, appeals SO strongly to me that
I should be glad to promote its adop.s
ton. ltf rests upon sound principles
OF justice, which cannot be assaileds
EXCEPT FROM IGNORANCE Or
IN BEHALF OF PREDATORY M.
TERESTS." Later, In an interview In
Washington he came out with an even
stronger endorsement Of the measures.
mentioning particularly the Industrial,
Commission law, the Bank OF North
Dakota and those tax laws which adj.
just the load SO that the back Of the
poorer man is not SO heavily burdened.
Seeing how these laws are framed,
Mr.. Post declares enthusiastically Il
The North Dakota legislation is a
new and towering landmark in the
economic progress Of the whole ma
ton" Evidently in the eastern states,
men have about given up hope Of the
government doing anything \, and /
when the understanding breaks upon
them Of what North Dakota Is trying
to do for the common man, they are
filled with amazement, and cry ont
like the man Paul saw In his dream =
{ "Come over into Macedonia and help
us" 3sg 81
Editorial In Catholic Review
The old gang hasssnot hesitated to
help spread the rumor that, the Catho-
lie church opposes the program Of the
farmers and their emancipation from
the plunderers. Like every conscience
less organization, It has FUSED" the
church to further Its own political
ends, and It has also tried to get both
priests and preachers to use their po-3
sit0ns to influence the people In favor
of the old system and the plunderers.
Bqt evidently Father Ryan, professor
In the Catholic University at WASH
ing, d. Gu was not to be .'used."' He
is also editor Of the Catholic Charf-
ties Review, and he writes his opin-l,
ions. After enumerating the new
laws, he says: "As compared with the
customary attitude OF the state gov-
ernments in this country, these enact
ments can, without undue straininE
Of language, be called revolutionary.
And yet, not one Of them can be con.
demned as necessarily in conflict with
either good morals or sound economic
PE0VSuVCs Lucy AdvS WAIlU0
them the possibilities Of enormous
good to the great majority Of the
people Of the state, OF, they can be
SO managed as to cause great losses
financially and to discredit similar ex-
periments elsewhere. To denounco
them as socialistic will prove nothing
and change nothing. The fair and
prudent course is to take them for
what they are, namely, very radical
reforms in the interest OF the farm
ing class and to observe carefully
their practical operation and effects"
Than which line Of reasoning the
farmers can ask no more just or no
more fair.
Henry e. Klein Watches us
Henry =. Klein, Commissioners Of .Ac-
counts Of New York City, has eound
time to keep step with the North Da-
kota farmer and he says the farmers
have taken a longer step toward the
restoration of government to the pe0-
pie than has been taken. by any state.
notice.. he says, ..that the financial
interests oppose your legislation and
misrepresent your purpose and aim.
Such misrepresentation Is to be ex-s
pected. r. you offered the same kind.
Of misrepresentation to their legisla-
ton you would be branded an anar-
chish or b0lshevik. The lawlessness
| Of greed is largely responsible for the
lanarchism of today. The campaign
for restorat Hon Of government to the
people, for q restoration Of democracy