The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-06-26
JOHN H. WORST
SAYS "STICK!"
TELLS VOTERS THIS Is CULMN-
ALTON OF TWENTY FIVE
YEAR FIGHT

D.1H --1nA Il
Hon. John H. Worst, president unar-
titus of the North Dakota Axricl -
al College, and one of the best 80
men in the state, is back in IA
and like the war horse, "sreut;nc
tie from afar" comes to be in at ~
death, and at the final victory on e
principles for which the farmers ~
struggled for many years. Url NJ
them on to the completion Of their
pose, Pres. Worst has gwen out Ixs
statement: -
Stick or Apologize 8
1T, utter struggling Is yeaH t.
realize their principles; carrying .1As
state in two elections for thena,s -
the astonishment Of the politicinps;
writing them into the constitu1 h.
enacting them into law, in obedit -
to the mandate of the people; -
farmers of North Dakota allow th n-
selves to be so misled by the opposi-
tion that they will go to the polls Ind
repudiate these laws June 26th, u ss
is only one thing left for them to h:
They should call convention ~
apologize to the opposition for us-
ing them so much trouble. p
"For rs years the farmers a-
planned about the abuses they xe
suffered from market 1nanipula1 rs
and other exploiters have been fully
justified. This has been almost uni
versally admitted. The question has
been, how to cure the wrong. ThabA
political parties presented no remtdy
in Is years. The Nonpartisan Lea1ue
was organized expressly to effect, Ais
cure, and I believe if the measures
that have been enacted by this oraRn-
ization are honestly and efficiently
administered they will be we'll wuh
the trial. :: -
IT believe the essential meastss
are such that, with some edifica&n
they will become contagious after. he
adoption here and will be adopted1y
the. other great agricultural statR
Are Practical-Favors Then
"The reasons why I favor dosa
measures are: ,,,sn
"First: They have been trSeQ Il
other countries and have proved -,
cessful, helping all interests, excaG
those of parasitical nature. .,.,.,.
Second: The method of securI
the changes contemplated by these
measures are not revolutionary, BIT
are effected in legal, peaceful an
constitutional manner by the balA6,,
If we fail to find way out OF c.
present difficulties by these ordelH
methods, conditions will develop fAAs
will convulse the country" -
Stands by His Statement
Pres. Worst stands by the eiAbe-
ment that he made at the GYM
Growers convection in Fargo four .0r
five years ago, that the farmers tSf
the state lost $55, ,00c, 900 annually n
a 1O0,OOO,O00 bushel crop. He req Is
how, day or two after he made tt,
the Grand Forks Herald prophetico "
pictured him walking the PLAN m
company with DR.. E. F. Ladd, and he
prophecy, so far as he was concered
came true.
"These statements" said Presntat
Worst, "were based upon the mqet -
liable statistics obtainable. Maa6 sef
them came from Investigations OF d..
E. F. Ladd and Mr.. Quamme. Solae of
them came from series Of exQi-
ments in connection with the Ir
mill operated under the auspices of Re
Agricultural College. The opposi p,
so far as I know, has never gone e-
yond a flat denial Of these figu is.
They have never shown that these =
ures were wrong and have never
fered specific figures to the conttlH.
Until they do this their denials I'd
have little weight"
Items of the Bill of Loss
These are the items named BY eos.
Worst in making up the fifty five =
lion dollar loss on a hundred nd pa
bushel crop: Unfair grading; e
weighing and dockage; loss in fl 1t
both ways, in shipping out raw y
ducts; expectation in the raw w&at
Of the bran and shorts, which d
be fed in this state to livestock, y
and poultry; loss Of fertilizer A1 a,
failure to feed bran and shorts :,
thus dimishing livestock and the +
lizer that should be available n
rich the soil. Until this loss is sa ~
North Dakota farmers and peopI
sustain the drain upon their lar 8
resources. There is but one rem Il
fered and that is proposed by I'll n
partisan League program. II it I 3
. cure for this by the laws en =
and the operation Of the state oy ~
industries, it will have. given : ~
reason for It's existance, on this -
no other basis.
I. There d shortage Of pennies ~
until further notice we will nay lbD6