The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-22
PAPER OWNED BY.
MEES, NAGEL AND
FRIENDS SPEAKS
Morton County Farmers Press
Flat-Footedly Against
Graft Measures
WIDENING TOWNLEY FIELD
Must Add to List of Traitors 400
Farmers and Business
Men of Slope

Arthur Z. TOWnley, president OF the
National Nonpartisan league, who
yesterday branded as traitors. cow
ards and curs,' state officials who
dare to oppose graft within the
league, must add to his list of trait
ors and towards more than 400 influ-
entail farmers and businessmen of
the Slope, supporters Of the league
and stockholders In the Morton Coun-
ty Farmers Press. one of the strong
est league newspapers In North Da-
kOta
That publication on the front page
of today's issue, carries the follow
ing:
FACTS THAT CONCERN YOU
READ THIS.
The Morton County Farmers
Press, paper owned exclusive
Iy by farmers and taxpayers Of
this and oliver counties, does not
approve Of the following bills
passed by the recent legislative
session:
+. The Board Of Administration
. bill, the Tax Commission bill, the
IVTVtSIdIIVU ~ppt VpI Jaw" 0us
and the Printing bill.
OPPOSE JOBS JOBBERY."
We are opposed to the lmmi-
qration bill because the farmers
Of this state have paid SIS into
the Nonpartisan league, the politi-
cal organization which this paper
has supported, for the purposes
Of initiating the league movement
and the league program into laws
SO that laws would be passed for
the general benefit Of all. We
still support that platform but we
don't support any Of those bills
dressed up in camouflage. The
SIG paid by the farmers are for
the purpose Of financing the
LEAGUE movement in North Oako-
tat We don't approve Of enacting
into law a law which will demand
tax money to the extent Of $780,
900 in appropriation in the way
y Of the immigration act to edu-
cate the people Of other states at
our expense. We can't say that
We indorse the placing Of man in
charge Of such department who
is entirely foreign to the state
and who is not even taxpayer.
We don't believe in any news
paper man winking at bill that
will bring ruination to the ma
jority Of the press Of this state.
We do not belieev in the ONE
county official bill to the extent
of letting the people elect for the
county official paper, but would
limit the demands Of legal publ
cation to those Of public printing
and eliminate that Of private
nature.
Further, we don't endorse this
bill for the reason that it is ab-
soIutely MoNOPoLIsTic, the
very thing the Nonpartisan league
as political organization. is
AGAINST. We don't believe in en-
acting into law any power which
will make it possible for any
line of business men to mono?o-
lize the present mono?olists.
What we want is to break the
monopoIists and make their busi-
ness useful in the community in
which they exist.
ne 6OdFu OI ok'S"
Bill which empowers the eIim'na-
ton of the board Of control, board
of reaents and other sister boards,
and creating ONE commission
which will supervise placing all
our public schools under the same
head as the state penitentiary,
where criminals and outlaws are
guarded and reform schools
where wayward boys and girls
are kept. Our children are in our
public school from childhood to
maturity for education and we
don't believe any set Of officials,
no matter how competent they
are, can look for the children's
best welfare while at the same
time keeping in mind the best
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