The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-25

grove OF planted trees, IN Lne Nluule
of which was the speakers platform
and rows of seats for the audience.
But so great was the crowd that
hundreds had to stand thru the entire
speaking program or find seat on
the ground.
Dinner was the first thing on the
program and there's where shine
the eats" as one busy farmers WIFI
said. From Bossko township Mrs
Elmer Eddy brot the rooster that
had crowed it's last crow to set be-
side Mrs. Nate Gorsuch's spring
chicken that probably had crowed 70,
the first time. That Bossko potato sal
ad was about the finest ever, but had
to take back seat when Mrs. Ed
Thompson's wild gooseberry pie from
Good Will made its appearance.
Everybody was contented and hap.
py, when the singing of "America1
by all, made known that the speaking
was about to begin.
Mr.. Maurice Eggen acted as chail
man and introduced Mr.. Herman Hill
mond of Elbow Lake, Mimi, who is
working for the establishing of some
form of independent market ter
mfnal, the details of which your cor
respondent did not learn and feels
CONTAINED to say little about Mr..
Hillmond served two terms in the
Minnesota state legislature as repre-.
sentative of Grant Co., some years
ago. Our sister state has lost some of
the respect it should be entitled to
BY some of its recent laws and court
proceedings it has put itself way
back in the dark ages" of the history
OF our country and should by rights
now be classed with New England
when it tried innocent people, found
them guilty and burned them at the
stake. For witch burning was no more
disgraceful than are the arrests and
trials of Townley and other Non-par-
tisan League speakers.
Mr.. A. T. johnson and Equity
speaker from Wisconsin, a young man
just back from the battle fronts of
Europe was the next speaker. He hi.
the nail on the head when he declared
that the Co. Agents ask us to raise
two blades of grass where one grew
before, and we find ourselves receive
ing less for the two, than we received
for only the one. He emphasized the
Importance of markets. Mr.. Johnson
will be heard from in the future-a
clear thinker and forceful speaker
Walter Thomas Mills, one Of the
really great platform speakers in the
United States, was then introduced
He talked for two hours. He could
have kept on for two days and still
have had volumes to say. He is speal
ing four hours out of every "a, two
places day whenever it is humanl,
possible to make the needed connec
tions. The day before he had address
ed monster crowd at Lake City. Thu
League organizer ran out of blank
there, so great was the rush of new
members to Join the League Here a
this picnic, men and women too signe.
their names and became members O
the league and put up the preciou
$1,000 that has caused such conster
nation in the mind of tour friend, tn
enemy"
DR.. Mills, 1.-The grand old man
with the heavy name Of snow-whit
hair. who has travelled in many part
of the earth and devoted his Who'll
life to study is among other things
personal friend Of one of earth
greatest men, Thomas Edison.
DR.. Mills said in part: "There al
five great monopolies. First, natur,
resources. The ID.5 gave III the Ian
but the landlord took It away from u
neutrality-suspicious.. The raj
ways and the steamership lines.
Third-Big scale manufactures
Fourth-The final market.
Fifth-The financial market, Al
the financial system touches eve
other monopoly.
He emphasized that wonderf
blessing to the farmers Of exemptis
Of farm improvements from taxatio
He said that Switzerland is fart
eat advanced Of any nation in Il
world.
He explained that by the new Ia,
Ia North Dakota, the state can ere
it, own bakery In New York Gil
and from wheat raised In the stat
ana ground into hour in it, eta
owned mills, can bake in its state oy
I'd bakery 100000 IS ounce loav
every q hours with the help Of
men. and cell to the consumer 1t
cents . loaf.
State owned and operated cat Coz
that q the scientific road manki,
3a will have To travel tnward hannine