The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-03-27

propaganda, while his right nand is If
in the pocket of the taxpayer-these
are the men who want the present
regime continued. 1t is time for the
people to wake up and get busy. Sign
up the petitions. "By their works W
shall know them," and the truth
"shall make you free"
THINK IN INTEREsT--sAVE--- s
If the speech at Cooperstown last
Wednesday was representative OF the
Nonpartisan League, the difference
between the League leaders and Rus
sian Bolshebism is only in degree;
for it was a preachment of hate, of
class against class, making no allow
ance for the needs and desires of our
agricultural population other than
for the Almighty Dollar.
The Sentinel Courier has no desire
to misrepresent anyone and does not
intend to do so; but we have finally
arrived at the turning point. Longer
silence would be cowardice. Town
elyism with it's fanciful program, it's
downright injustice and dishonesty,
must be held up in it's true light and
defeated, if North Dakota-yes, the
Nation-is to maintain it's accus-
toned place in the world.
The history of our country is re-
plete with the earnings Of the Wis
lonaries; more recently the Green
backs, the Farmers Alliance, the Pop
ulists and the present so-called Nom
partisan League. The former each in
turn disappeared because when given
lease Of power they proved incompe-
tent. The present movement must
be caused to disappear, because it is
not only showing its incompetency
but it's leaders are showing their dis
honesty. We do not deny anyone the
right to organize and gain control of
the government; but having gained
that control they are bound by all
that is sacred to administer the af-
fairs of state honestly, efficiently and
economically. This the League is
failing to do. 1t is needless to call
attention to other than its proposals
to impose an unjust assessment of
property; it's increased burden of
taxes; it's attempt to build up
"kept" press; it's fanciful and i'm
practical program, and it's abrogation
to itself of the privilege ofsdirecting
every educational institution to-
gether with it's power to edit and
print our school books, whereby it
may instill it's visionary ideas into
the rising generation.
And for how Sng, let US ask, have
these measures been a part of the
league program?
The league leaders forgot, if they
ever knew, that our railroads were
across our broad country
for the accommodation of our home
seekers-to bring them to the land
Of promise and to move their crops
to market; they forget that our
great system Of warehouses grew out
of the demand for facilities to move
these crops; that the great markets
grew from the same demand for dis
tribution of our grain and livestock
to all the peoples of the earth; they
forget that the banks and merchants
Of our town came at the demand of
our people to furnish them goods and
credit when the wolves of hunger and
poverty were at the door of every
pioneer. These institutions all may
come under the proper regulation
through just laws, but none should
be unjustly dealt with. The press of
the state noon not be swept out Of
existence to give place to League:
owned press to insure justice. All
these institutions re amenable to
law, and to fail in the enactment of
proper laws is to acknowledge in
The League leaders has shown
incompetent, visionary
and dishonest.
This paper is not the apologist of
anyone. Neither does anyone die
tate to it what shall be its policy.
However, in the cause of honesty and
justice, we declare that the purposes
IF those in control Of the Nonpar-
tisan League must be defeated and
The leaders themselves RELOCATED to
the scrap heap, that the course of
true progress may not be inpeded.
Taken from the Cooperstown Cour-
er-Sentinel. which has always leaned
toward the league program.
think IN 1NTEEEsT-sAvE-