The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-06-19

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N GRINDSTONE
FOR OTHER FELLOW
OF all the insults ever hurled at
North Dakota this the %headliner of
the Courier-News capped the climax:
NORTH Dakota shall be self-sustain-
ing" shouts this imported bowler. My
dear fellow, North Dakota has been
sslf-sustaining long before it was dis
covered by You and Townley. Not
only has it sustained itself ever since
first settled, and created a billion dol
lars worth Of wealth, but has also
been a mark for exploiters and para
sites of various kinds. First it was
owned by the Northern Pacific rail-
road, which had been given vast tracts
OF land to build the road; then variou
milling interests using its large wheat
crops preyed upon it, until the Society
Of Equity began a crusade against the
marketing wrongs committed against
the state. Then when George Lotus
died, the whole cookoo family seized
the vacant nest and began sucking the
eggs. Just as the grasshoppers fell
upon the country in the 70's, so a
whole army Of greedy Organizers"
$500 patriots, $4,000 Consumers
store artists, a wild and ranting crew
of soapbox orators from the byways
of the cities, together with the most
unscrupulous, indecent and untruthful
newspaper %scrawlers, have lived off
North Dakota for three years. You
bet North Dakota is and has been
and probably will be self-sustaining
even until Townley and his ilk have
been shipped body, boots and
breeches to Bagdad" or where they
came from.
What the Courier-News possibly
meant to relieve itself of, was that
North Dakota should be self-suficient,
which is also a falsehood. 1t is not
self-sufficient any more than any other
state. 1t needs lumber, iron, silver,
gold, tin, cotton, fur and a thousand
other things from other states, besides
1t needs trade with every state in the
union. 1t also needs to feel that it
is part Of tho United States of Am
erica and moi some kind of q lunatic
asylum u by a bunch Of windjam-
mers, socialists and disturbers who
just now have set the farmers of this
state to turning the grindstone while
they sharpen their own IKE. Now
don't m%isunderstand us. It pays to
howl, so let tho Courier-Ne howl.
No matter what sort of a screech It
lets out, or how little sense it really
contains. 1t must make a noise, or
Townley, Lempke & Co., who control
the Doodle and plumber collected,
would %disconnsct it from tho hind tit
it is now sucking. Parasites have al
ways interested US. They are one Of
the mysteries Of Providence. But
Providence which is kind in many
ways has also taken care Of the para
sites by leaving out all self-respect or
consciousness Of its own little, pitiful-
ly dirty and humble r So gnaw
away, but please don't give US any
more such slush. The News may
feel perfectly certain Of two things:
First, North Dakota 10 self-sustaining;
and, second, when the farmers Of this
state wake up to the fleeing cona-
dence game Townley and his bench
men are putting over, in the name of
the farmer, you will have to 10 some
where else to be self-sustainins.
crime" Brinton sold Consumer Stores
certificates because 1t was the League.
Now Tewnley says the League has
nothing to do with Brinton's stores.
Who lies? Box and Hastings. did q
few bank organizing and bank reor-
ganizing stunts in the name of the
League. Townlsy says the League
had nothing to do with it. Who lies?
Ask Waters. He has tho evidence
which he will not publish. Bscause7
Make a special effort to get men,
bers Of the legislature from your dis
trict to come to all meetings and state
why they voted for or against the
various laws that are now to be voted
on by the people. II there are 20
meetings arranged for. get up some for
that purpose. II you push this in your
neighborhoods. you will get 4 lot of
interesting and valuable information
which is worth more than q lot Of
speeches BY outsiders.
The Townleyites do not dare to
place their case before the people.
They prevailed upon the governor to
deny the people the right to ratify or
: fe3eot the important measures passed
lA0t winter.