Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-06-12
Beat Gang s Time.
Must Do It Once More
Diseu.sion Of New laws and Refsrendun
Election BY E. r. M.it.sn and
Judge MEG. Bssds

000BO UAGOs 0VO0O
Six times have the common
people Of North Dakota beaten the
gang politicians representing the
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce,
and now they return and ask us if
we meant it," was the way e. R.
Meit7en put the matter Of the refer.
endum election at an address deliv-
cred in Fort Yates last Friday after.
noon, when he and Judge Beede
discussed the seven measures to be-
voted on June 26.
DR.. Beede gave brief talk first,
telling his hearers that the whole
Nonpartisan league program was
for home, sweet home" as oppos.
ed to the speculators and monopol-
lists who wish to continue to gamble
in the necessities Of life. DR.. Beede
draws distinction between proper
ty which is owned or is used for the
upbuilding and support of homes
and that held by spectators for
mere profit. He declared that Nom
partisians believed in private owner.
ship Of those utilities which by
their nature are public and which
now are privately owned and oper-
ated to the immense profit Of a very
few men, without regard to public
rights or public service. He touch
ed upon the laws referred and urged
his hearers to vote ''yes'' seven
times on June 26, adding that II
have no more doubt of these laws
being approved than I have Of my
existence ~. a So.
Mr.. Meitzen stated. that the send.
-ioe of5speakerssat g thiss tiase passier
two purposes ior the ,f1rtberance
Of the great cause which the farmers
Of this state had started by repudi-
ating the outside interests which
wish to defeat it, and for the pur-
pose Of acquainting the people with
the details Of the new laws 80 the
people themselves may help 70 work
out the new measures, as the whole
program is for the benefit Of the
people.
The new laws, when they become
operative, said Mr.. Meitzen, will
stop speculation in farm products,
and allow the man who raises the
grain or grows the beef and pork to
get the full value for his product
instead Of some idle speculator in
Minneapolis reaping big profit.
This will alec be true as regards
money which the North Dakota
people must borrow. Heretofore,
the unnecessary middleman, gem
orally represented By Twin City
banks, mortgage companies and
brokers, take q toll Of from four to
six, and in times past even more,
off the interests the farmers had to
pay. With the Bank Of North Da-
kota handling farm mortgage bonds.
money may be loaned local people
at interest which eastern money
money may be secured. not over
five per cent, plus the actual cost
Of the hank in handling the busi-
ness. This other measure which
the big interests wants to defeat is
the industrial commission" the
peoples officers who will administer
the bank aud other state enterprises.
This commission is designed to do
the same thing which three directors
Of a private corporatioan do, and
the reason the Chamber Of com.
merce want it defeated is because
they know it is the proper means
Of hsndling such enterprises and
they don't wsnt the state enter
prises to succeed. Every one Of the
seven laws which will be voted on
Jpne 28 is q peoples lay and the
gang can't twist them into anything